2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

Event #8: $1,700 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
339,770 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,700 CAD
Prize Pool
2,490,000 CAD
Entries
1,660
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
828
Players Left
131

Event #8: $1,700 Main Event

Day 1c Completed

Tarik Mazari Bags the Overall Chip Lead Heading Into Day 2

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Tarik Mazari
Tarik Mazari

The third flight of Event #8: $1,700 No Limit Holdem Main Event at the World Series of Poker Circuit Playground has ended. A total of 828 players fired on Day 1c, making it the largest flight by a wide margin. 131 players found a bag, and after it was all said and done, it was Tarik Mazari who held the chip lead with a massive stack of 1,330,000 which is good for 133 big blinds. It's also almost 400,000 more than the Rami Hammoud, who sits in second with 953,000. He played aggressively and picked his spots well, but he will need to continue that aggression on Day 2 if he plans to return Monday for Day 3. He was followed behind by Philippe Beaudoin-Pellerin with 940,000 and Matthew Paplyk with 800,000 to round out the podium for Day 1c.

Matthew Paplyk
Matthew Paplyk

Play got interesting towards the end of the day when the Day 2 “bubble” drew near. Hand for Hand started with 20 minutes left on the clock, with two minutes coming off for each hand. That meant players could make an exact calculation of whether or not they could fold into the money over the 10 hands that were remaining. Play stood still for a bit but the sharp players locked up their cash and found a bag.

Anthony Potis
Anthony Potis

The Main Event boasted a killer $1,500,000 guarantee but it wasn’t even needed as the total prize pool ballooned up to $2,490,000. The total payouts will be announced before the start of Day 2, but for now, all players that make Day 2 are in the money. There now sits a total of 237 players from all the flights that will return on Sunday at 11 a.m. for Day 2 of the Main. They will come back to 5,000/10,000/10,000 blinds but the levels will bump up to a full hour.

Thomas Demarini
Thomas Demarini

It remains to be seen if anyone can catch the big stack of Mazari, but there will be plenty of crushers that will make their presence known. Who will win the ring, the money, and the glory at Playground? By the end of Sunday, we will have a much clearer picture of who it could be.

Stay tuned to Pokernews for updates on this and many other events happening worldwide.

Tags: Anthony PotisMatthew PaplykPhilippe Beaudoin-PellerinRami HammoudTarik MazariTarik Mazari Bags

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tarik Mazari ca
Tarik Mazari
1,330,000
380,000
380,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Profile photo of Philippe Beaudoin-Pellerin
Philippe Beaudoin-Pellerin
940,000
940,000
940,000
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Matthew Paplyk
800,000
290,000
290,000
Profile photo of Jaered Besse
Jaered Besse
790,000
790,000
790,000
Profile photo of Rodney Ramalho ca
Rodney Ramalho
700,000
500,000
500,000
Profile photo of Derek Dufour ca
Derek Dufour
690,000
315,000
315,000
Profile photo of Ruben Perceval ca
Ruben Perceval
663,000
663,000
663,000
Profile photo of Gaetano Di Maria ca
Gaetano Di Maria
662,000
662,000
662,000
Profile photo of Mohammad Feizi ca
Mohammad Feizi
660,000
660,000
660,000
Profile photo of Jason Blodgett ca
Jason Blodgett
585,000
190,000
190,000
Profile photo of Kyle Nevin Yun-Wing Ho
Kyle Nevin Yun-Wing Ho
578,000
578,000
578,000
Profile photo of Nghi Van Tran us
Nghi Van Tran
524,000
524,000
524,000
Profile photo of Robert George Zend-Gabori
Robert George Zend-Gabori
514,000
514,000
514,000
Profile photo of Van Tam Ho
Van Tam Ho
508,000
508,000
508,000
Profile photo of Philippe Breault Raymond
Philippe Breault Raymond
498,000
498,000
498,000
Profile photo of Robert Wong ca
Robert Wong
498,000
498,000
498,000
Profile photo of Gregory Taylor ca
Gregory Taylor
460,000
325,000
325,000
Profile photo of Mounzer Awada
Mounzer Awada
448,000
448,000
448,000
Profile photo of Shawn Daigle ca
Shawn Daigle
437,000
127,000
127,000
Profile photo of Shaan Siddiqui ca
Shaan Siddiqui
428,000
428,000
428,000
Profile photo of Harpreet Singh Padda ca
Harpreet Singh Padda
417,000
417,000
417,000
Profile photo of Jean-Manuel Estrela
Jean-Manuel Estrela
393,000
393,000
393,000
Profile photo of Devesh Thapar ca
Devesh Thapar
385,000
385,000
385,000
Profile photo of Tooraj Etemad
Tooraj Etemad
379,000
379,000
379,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Brazeau ca
Jonathan Brazeau
369,000
-146,000
-146,000

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Play Has Ended

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The clock has struck zero and play has come to a close. A total of 131 players are bagging for the night and will return in at 11 a.m. on Sunday for Day 2.

Full recap coming soon.

Five Hands Left

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Hand for Hand started with 20-minutes left on the clock with two minutes coming off for each hand. That means players can make an exact calculation of whether or not they can fold into the money over the 10 hands that were remaining.

Play has grinded to a halt and the big stacks are abusing the hard Day 2 bubble, as they should. Only one player has busted since it started and the players may not see another.

There are five hands left to be played before the bags.

Hand for Hand but Not on the Bubble

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The floor has confirmed that all players that make Day 2 will be in the money. Although we are still 8 players away from the official Day 1c bubble of 125, they have started hand for hand play to avoid the need for tanking. When the clock hits zero, all players will find a bag and be in the money for Day 2.

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Magdang Wins the Flip

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The action folded to Joseph Magdang in middle position who raised to 48,000. The next player to act was Wilson Igwe who only took a moment before moving all in for his tournamnet life. It folded back to Magdang who flicked in a call and they were off to the races for all of it.

Wilson Igwe: AQ All in
Joseph Magdang; 33

The full board ran out 8J64K and Igwe was sent to the rail with only about 15 to the money.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Magdang
135,000
135,000
135,000
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Wilson Igwe
Busted

Tags: Joseph MagdangWilson Igwe

Paplyk Puts the Pressure On

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Matthew Paplyk opened to 13,000 from early position before it folded to Larry Mansfield on the button who only took a minute before putting in a three-bet to 31,000. It folded back to Paplyk who thought it over for a moment before putting out a stack of chips large enough to put Mansfield all in.

He went deep into the tank and after about two minutes he called it off for his tournament life.

Larry Mansfield: AQ All in
Matthew Paplyk: AK

Paplyk would flop him almost dead on the 8K5 board. The A turn would seal the deal and the 3 river only improved Paplyk to the nuts. Mansfield hit the rail about 25 from the money.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthew Paplyk
510,000
510,000
510,000
Profile photo of Larry Mansfield ca
Larry Mansfield
Busted

Tags: Larry MansfieldMatthew Paplyk

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000