2024 WSOP-C Playground
Action was caught after the flop of 8♣Q♠A♠ and Alan Nacinovic checked from early position.
Late position fired for 13,000 and Nacinovic raised to 50,000.
His opponent went into the tank but eventually found the fold.
Early position raised to 16,000 and middle position made the call.
Dustin Melanson moved all in for around 180,000 from late position.
The button went into the tank and eventually made the fold.
The remaining two players made the fold for Melanson to take the pot uncontested.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Gurtej Toor raised to 12,000 and the button made the call. Anthony Bakri three-bet to 46,000 from the big blind and only Toor made the call.
The flop came 10♠9♣A♠ and Bakri led out for 25,000. Toor made the call.
While the turn and river peeled the K♣A♣ both players checked both streets.
Bakri's Q♦Q♣ were beat by Toor's K♦Q♥ for him to take the pot.
Manish Ralh raised from middle position and Robin Wezelenburg made the call from the cutoff.
The flop came K♥5♦2♣ and both players checked.
While the turn peeled the A♦, Ralh led out for 15,000. Wezelenburg made the call.
The river was the 9♣ and both players checked. Wezelenburg revealed K♠J♠ to take the pot.
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise schedule is out, and it includes 15 gold bracelet events highlighted by the largest guaranteed poker tournament prize pool ever.
All the action takes place at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas from Dec. 3-13. The series includes a record $25,000 buy-in Super Main Event starting Dec. 9, featuring a $50 million guaranteed prize pool. That is the highlight event of the series, but it is far from the only big one. Take, for example, the $500,000 buy-in Triton Million on Dec. 7, an invitational event through Triton Poker.
The warm weather poker festival begins Dec. 6 with the $2,500 WSOP Mini Main Event, a $5 million guaranteed tournament. It concludes Dec. 18 with the $5,000 The Closer - NLH Bounty Turbo. There is one other tournament scheduled for the last day of the bracelet series — Super Saver 1M Invitational ($1 million guaranteed), open to bracelet holders who enter the Super Main Event.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Another WSOPC ring winner will be crowned today at the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Playground. Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em attracted a field of 261 entrants to generate a prize pool of $243,680, more than double the $100,000 guarantee. That field was whittled down to just 40 players by the end of Day 1. Those 40 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $1,500 but will have their eyes set on the top prize of $50,000.
Sandy Lam bagged the overall chip lead going into Day 2, entering with 420,000, a stack worth 84 big blinds to start the day. Lam is most closely followed by Gaetano Di Maria (413,000) and William Pettersen (397,000).
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | City | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Lam | Toronto | 420,000 | 84 |
| 2 | Gaetano Di Maria | London | 413,000 | 83 |
| 3 | William Pettersen | Burlington | 397,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Fan Jia | Richmond Hill | 373,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Pierre-Paul Paulin | Saint-Simon | 356,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Hayden Toole | Hamilton | 323,000 | 65 |
| 7 | Manish Ralh | Milton | 315,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Anthony Bakri | Laval | 288,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Zheng-Yi Xie | Montreal | 271,000 | 54 |
| 10 | David Quang | Guelph | 246,000 | 49 |
Anthony Comand also managed to bag a stack of 104,000 and hopes to add to the success he's found in these series. Comand had a final table finish in this series Event #2: Monster Stack. He also managed to win that same event the last series that took place here for his first WSOPC Ring. WPT Winner Federic Normand also remains in contention, albeit with the shortest stack in the room at 53,000.
The final day will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time with blinds at 3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 40 minutes long and there will be a 15-minute break after every three levels. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.
| Table | Seat | Player | City | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paul Richardson | Belleville | 197,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Shane Brotherwood | Calgary | 112,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Adrian Brown | Scarborough | 147,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Hayden Alexander Toole | Hamilton | 323,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Gaetano Di Maria | London | 413,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Rong Xu | Kirkland | 150,000 |
| 1 | 8 | I. Tang | Toronto | 209,000 |
| 1 | 9 | William Chow | East York | 63,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Fan Jia | Richmond Hill | 373,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Manish Ralh | Milton | 315,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Mouloud Khezzaren | Montreal-Nord | 178,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Stuart Taylor | Cote Saint-Luc | 136,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Robin Wezelenburg | Halifax | 227,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Frederic Normand | Quebec | 53,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Youssef Hmama | Vancouver | 187,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Anthony Comand | Laval | 104,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Dustin Melanson | Toronto | 91,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Bernard Fortier | Greely | 190,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Sandy Lam | Toronto | 420,000 |
| 3 | 5 | David Quang | Guelph | 246,000 |
| 3 | 6 | William Prentice | Selwyn | 148,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Alan Nacinovic | Waterdown | 95,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Arash Shahi | Markham | 222,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Tyler Warken | Medicine Hat | 172,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Zahir Gilani | Markham | 99,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Andrew D'Amato | Montreal | 116,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Pierre-Paul Paulin | Saint-Simon | 356,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Gurtej Toor | Oshawa | 170,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Jolan Mancini | Rockwood | 198,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Anthony Bakri | Laval | 288,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Kevin Javier | Cote Saint-Luc | 192,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Stephane Edme | Terrebonne | 63,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Nicholas Belanger | Montreal | 190,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Tony Stratopoulos | Rosemere | 136,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Louis-Philippe Mondoux | Repentigny | 171,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Christopher Marquis | Ottawa | 111,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Stephane Blouin-Verroelst | Montreal | 64,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Zheng-Yi Xie | Montreal | 271,000 |
| 6 | 8 | James Gall | Ottawa | 236,000 |
| 6 | 9 | William Pettersen | Burlington | 397,000 |