Event #2: $400 Monster Stack | 2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

04-16-2024 00:06 UTC-4

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Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

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04-16-2024 00:13 UTC-4

Three Table Redraw (full)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Grant Douglas	685,000	9
1	2	Maxime Gerard	550,000	7
1	3	Wing Seto	1,200,000	15
1	4	Griffin Clifford	1,800,000	23
1	5	Paolo Balopoulos	1,900,000	24
1	6	Marc Lavergne	1,775,000	22
1	7	Wei Han Zhang	2,300,000	29
1	8	Jordan Schneibel	2,900,000	36
1	9	Andrew D'Amato	1,150,000	14

2	1	Maxim Kogay	1,100,000	14
2	2	Seth Nuhn Jordan	1,300,000	16
2	3	Colin Grant	975,000	12
2	4	Fady Habashi	1,850,000	23
2	5	Nadir Lalji	1,000,000	13
2	6	Quang Ngo	1,250,000	16
2	7	Anthony Comand	675,000	8
2	8	Nicholas Doumkos	900,000	11
2	9	Aaron Grayer	1,600,000	20

5	1	Nicholas Mackenzie	2,825,000	35
5	2	Joshua James	2,900,000	36
5	3	Boyan Shi	3,450,000	43
5	4	Brian Bond	3,500,000	44
5	5	Sergey Hovakimyan	2,600,000	33
5	6	Gorkem Sari	950,000	12
5	7	Rafik Zouaghi	2,950,000	37
5	8	Gabriel Croteau	1,575,000	20
5	9	Alex Plourde	1,400,000	18

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Bond	3,500,000 -75,000	-75,000
Boyan Shi	3,450,000 3,034,000	3,034,000
Rafik Zouaghi	2,950,000 400,000	400,000
Joshua James	2,900,000 2,499,000	2,499,000
Jordan Schneible	2,900,000 200,000	200,000
Nicholas Mackenzie	2,825,000 2,547,000	2,547,000
Sergey Hovakimyan	2,600,000 290,000	290,000
Wei Han Zhang	2,300,000 -715,000	-715,000
Paolo Balopoulos	1,900,000 1,316,000	1,316,000
Fady Habashi	1,850,000 1,772,000	1,772,000
Griffin Clifford	1,800,000 1,569,000	1,569,000
Marc Lavergne	1,775,000 -975,000	-975,000
Aaron Grayer	1,600,000 1,393,000	1,393,000
Gabriel Croteau	1,575,000 450,000	450,000
Alex Plourde	1,400,000 -375,000	-375,000
Seth Nuhn Jordan	1,300,000 895,000	895,000

Quang Hoang Ngo	1,250,000 999,000	999,000
Wing Seto	1,200,000 772,000	772,000
Andrew D'Amato	1,150,000 895,000	895,000
Maxim Kogay	1,100,000 678,000	678,000
Nadir Lalji	1,000,000 831,000	831,000
Colin Grant	975,000 -50,000	-50,000
Gorkem Sari	950,000 150,000	150,000
Nicholas Doumkos	900,000 243,000	243,000
Grant Douglas	685,000 504,000	504,000

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04-16-2024 00:24 UTC-4

Zhang Leaves D'Amato on Fumes

Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Wei Han Zhang opened from the cutoff and received a call from Andrew D'Amato in the small blind.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of J♦6♥J♠K♥5♥. D'Amato checked, Zhang bet 415,000 and D'Amato called.

Zhang tabled J♥10♠ for trip jacks which was good enough to take the pot while D'Amato was left with under two big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Han Zhang	3,300,000 285,000	285,000
Andrew D'Amato	115,000 -1,035,000	-1,035,000

Tags: Andrew D'Amato Wei Zhang

Level: 26

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

04-16-2024 00:35 UTC-4

Nadir Lalji Eliminated in 27th Place ($1,750 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Nadir Lalji was recently eliminated.

Lalji got the last of his chips in from the small blind with ace-jack and was called by Quang Hoang Ngo who held ace-six. Despite being ahead preflop Ngo got the best of it by the river to send Lalji to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quang Hoang Ngo	2,200,000 950,000	950,000
Nadir Lalji	Busted

Tags: Nadir Lalji Quang Hoang Ngo

04-16-2024 00:42 UTC-4

Gabriel Croteau Eliminated in 26th Place ($1,750 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation Gabriel Croteau found himself all in and at risk preflop against Brian Bond.

Gabriel Croteau: KxJx All in
Brian Bond: AxQx

Croteau found no help on the 3x5x2x4x4x runout and was sent to the rail while Bond continued to accumulate chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Bond	4,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Gabriel Croteau	Busted

Tags: Brian Bond Gabriel Croteau

04-16-2024 01:00 UTC-4

Maxime Gravel Eliminated in 25th Place ($1,750 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation Wei Han Zhang was all in from early position for roughly 600,000, Maxime Gravel was all in from the cutoff for slightly more and Paolo Balopoulos had called from the big blind covering both players.

Wei Han Zhang: J♠10♠ All in
Maxime Gravel: AxQx All in
Paolo Balopoulos: 6♠6♣

The board ran out 7♥8♣2♠9♦4♦. Zhang had turned a straight to take the main pot, Balopoulos took the side pot with a pair of sixes and Gravel's deep run came to an end in 5th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Han Zhang	1,750,000 -1,550,000	-1,550,000
Paolo Balopoulos	1,100,000 -800,000	-800,000
Maxime Gravel	Busted

Tags: Maxime Gravel Paolo Balopoulos Wei Zhang

04-16-2024 01:04 UTC-4

Gorkem Sari Eliminated in 24th Place ($2,050 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

At the same time as Maxime Gravel and Gabriel Croteau were making their exits from the tournament area, Gorkem Sari was also eliminated in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gorkem Sari	Busted

Tags: Gabriel Croteau Gorkem Sari Maxime Gravel

04-16-2024 01:09 UTC-4

Seth Nuhn Jordan Eliminated in 23rd Place ($2,050 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Seth Nuhn Jordan shoved for 1,275,000 from under the gun and was called by Maxim Kogay in the big blind who had a covering stack.

Seth Nuhn Jordan: K♣9♣ All in
Maxim Kogay: Q♥Q♠

Jordan flopped top pair but it was no good against Kogay's set on the K♦Q♦5♠ flop. Jordan couldn't improve further on the 3♣ turn or 10♣ river and was eliminated in 23rd place while Kogay collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxim Kogay	3,400,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Seth Nuhn Jordan	Busted

Tags: Maxim Kogay Seth Nuhn Jordan

04-16-2024 01:15 UTC-4

Rafik Zouaghi Eliminated in 22nd Place ($2,050 CAD), Aaron Grayer Eliminated in 21st Place ($2,475 CAD)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Rafik Zouaghi was all in from middle position, Aaron Grayer was all in from the small blind for slightly more and Maxim Kogay had called from the big blind covering both players.

Rafik Zouaghi: 7♠7♣ All in
Aaron Grayer: Q♣10♣ All in
Maxim Kogay, Q♠Q♥

The board ran out 4♠9♣4♦J♦Q♦. Kogay was good at showdown with a set of queens to score the double knockout and drag in a massive pot.