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Event #9: $1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Event #9: $1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
1,700 CAD
Prize Pool
1,500,000 CAD
Total Entries
1,503
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
518
Players Left
52
Players Left 1 / 1,503
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Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1b of the World Series of Poker Circuit Playground has reached its conclusion after close to 15 hours of play in a busy Friday in Quebec. Some 518 entries was whittled down to 52 who put their chips in a bag at the end of the night.
David Quang finished as one of the chip leaders with 1,105,000. The Guleph, ON native was the beneficiary of a huge hand on the bubble when he flopped a set against two pair of Trevor Argue who had been a chip leader for much of the early part of the day. The two big stacks clashing created a pot of over a million which launched Quang into the lead.
Following Quang closely to end the night was Tommy Nguyen who edged over a million in the final level to end with 1,029,000. George Caragiorgas finished with 884,000 while Lily Kornik and Wayne Obrien closed out the top five counts with 842,000 and 833,000 respectively.
Top 10 Day 1b Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Quang | Guelph, ON | 1,105,000 |
| 2 | Tommy Nguyen | Mississauga, ON | 1,029,000 |
| 3 | George Caragiorgas | Laval, QC | 884,000 |
| 4 | Lily Kornik | Montreal, QC | 842,000 |
| 5 | Wayne Obrein | Lively, ON | 833,000 |
| 6 | Ian Monahoyios | Rosemere, QC | 799,000 |
| 7 | Srinivas Gottiparthi | Mississauga, ON | 762,000 |
| 8 | Victor Bovet | Montreal, QC | 678,000 |
| 9 | Jonathan Marrie | Conception Bay South, NL | 590,000 |
| 10 | Qiwen Chen | Aurora, ON | 589,000 |
The defending champion of this event from April also made his way to Day 2. Dustin Melanson bagged up a nice stack of 477,000 which was good for the 18th biggest stack of the 52 counts. He got a nice boon to his stack near the bubble when his pocket kings held up against nine-seven suited.
The 52 players will move on to Day 2 which is Sunday at 11 a.m. They will join the 21 from Day 1a and those who survive Day 1c on Saturday.
PokerNews will pick up coverage of Day 1c on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1b is now over with 8:12 left in Level 18. The 52 players are bagging up their chips. Full chip counts and recap to come shortly.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Viktor Jonsson was standing up and needing some serious help if he was to stay alive late in Day 1b.
Viktor Jonsson: K♥9♥ 
Ian Monahoyios: K♦10♣
The flop came A♦7♣10♥. The turn was the J♦ and the river the K♠ to end the night for Jonsson.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Caesars Entertainment has announced that they will be selling the iconic World Series of Poker brand to NSUS Group Inc, a leading investment group and operator of leading online poker room GGPoker.
The deal is set to be worth $500 million — $250 million in cash and a $250 million promissory note "due five years after the transaction's closing date", according to the press release.
The sale comes off the back of the largest WSOP Main Event in history and less than four months before the return of WSOP Paradise to the Bahamas.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Gabriel Croteau was all in preflop and dominated by a better pocket pair.
Gabriel Croteau: 8x8x
Srinivas Gottiparthi: 10x10x
The board ran out Kx10xQx5xJx and Croteau was sent away.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
