Event #11: $3,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2024 WSOP-C Playground

09-01-2024 17:43 UTC-4

Updated Stacks

Alek Gillies

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Warken	215,000 175,000	175,000
Dean Murphy	179,000 88,500	88,500
Omar Elnasrallah	154,000 112,500	112,500
Hossein Cheraghi	110,000 70,000	70,000
Yuan Li	101,000 61,000	61,000

Xin Chen	91,200 11,200	11,200
Renmei Liu	80,000 40,000	40,000
Kambiz Zamani	69,300 33,700	33,700
Vincent Giuliano	67,000 7,000	7,000
Johan Levyssohn	52,400 37,600	37,600
Van Ho	50,000 10,000	10,000
Daniel Wojcik	50,000 10,000	10,000
Zackery Lowrie	44,200 800	800
Shaan Siddiqui	43,000
Jeffrey Cormier	40,000 10,000	10,000
George James	40,000
Craig Allan	38,000 3,100	3,100
Nicholas Belanger	38,000 18,100	18,100
Andrew LeBlanc	37,000 9,500	9,500
Timmy Vaillancourt	35,000
Colin Jung	34,000 2,500	2,500
Anthony Bakri	31,400
Gurtej Toor	30,500 500	500
Chris McClung	22,600 6,900	6,900
Jubin Joy	22,200 17,800	17,800

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

09-01-2024 17:16 UTC-4

Players on Break

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Alek Gillies

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The remaining 61 players are headed on a 15 minute break.

09-01-2024 17:11 UTC-4

McClung Hangs on To Take the Pot

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Alek Gillies

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was caught after the flop of K♥7♦10♦ and Chris McClung checked from the small blind. Vincent Giuliano led out for 2,600 from under the gun. Middle position folded and McClung made the call.

The turn was the 9♦ and both players checked their option.

While the river peeled the J♥, McClung led out for 2,000. Giuliano made the fold for McClung to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Giuliano	74,000 18,000	18,000
Chris McClung	29,500 4,500	4,500

Tags: Chris McClung Vincent Giuliano

09-01-2024 16:57 UTC-4

Life Outside Poker: Why Romulo "Poker Profit" Dorea Makes Poker Vlogs in Two Languages

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Alek Gillies

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Romulo "Poker Profit" Dorea — Romulo \"Poker Profit\" Dorea

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 14th episode, Connor speaks with Brazilian poker vlogger and WPT Global ambassador Romulo Dorea, aka "Poker Profit," who talked about coming to the US to play college soccer, studying economics, discovering poker and making content in both English and Portuguese.

Romulo also shared his six principles for success in poker and talked about his life-changing trip on the WPT Voyage.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Romulo Dorea by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

_{*Thumbnail image courtesy World Poker Tour (WPT)}

09-01-2024 16:50 UTC-4

Steel Looks Sharp

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Alek Gillies

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was caught after the flop of 6♣3♥5♠ and Bassil Karam checked from the cutoff.

Damien Steel fired for 3,000 from the button.

Karam took little time before he made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bassil Karam	98,000 47,500	47,500
Damien Steel	30,000 10,000	10,000

09-01-2024 16:38 UTC-4

Zhang Soars Through the Chip Count

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Alek Gillies

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Frederic Normand raised to 1,200 and the small blind made the call. Jinrong Zhang meant to call but put in an extra chip to raise to 5,500. Normand four-bet to 13,000 and Zhang moved all in. Normand made the call and both players revealed their hands.

Frederic Normand: A♥K♥ All in
Jinrong Zhang: 8♣8♥