2024 WSOP-C Playground

Event #9: $1,700 Main Event
Day: 1c
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Event Info
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
350,000 CAD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,700 CAD
Prize Pool
1,500,000 CAD
Total Entries
1,503
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
778
Players Left
76
Players Left 1 / 1,503
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Event #9: $1,700 Main Event

Day 1c Completed

Hassan Takes Massive Chip Lead After Day 1c

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Hussein Hassan
Hussein Hassan

Day 1c was the largest and longest of the Day 1 flights with 778 entries that took nearly 16 hours to play down to under 10% with 76 players to end the night. It was a day full of action that leads into Day 2 seamlessly.

Ending the night as the runaway chip leader was Hussein Hassan who bagged a gargantuan 2,037,000. He caught fire at the end of the night as he held a big chip lead in the final levels but extended that lead even more in one of the last hands of the night when he was called after a river bet with the nut flush.

Well behind in second place was Kevin Javier with 937,000 and Sebastien Aube in third with 902,000 as the only other two players to bag more than 900,000.

A notable who found his way to Day 2 was Santiago Plante who bagged 650,000. He got the vast majority of his chips in a crazy aces vs aces cooler, where he found the four-card diamond flush to brutally bust his opponent and allow him to cruise into Day 2 from there.

Some other notables to make it through to Day 2 included; David Guay, Diana Shamshoum and Daniel Chalifour.

Top 10 Day 1c Chip Counts

PositionPlayerHometownChip Count
1Hussein HassanSouthport, Australia2,037,000
2Kevin JavierCote Saint-Luc, QC937,000
3Sebastien AubeMontreal, QC902,000
4Kevin RinesNew Ipswich, NH863,000
5Anthony Belanger-NaderTerrebonne, QC796,000
6Kayvan PaymanCoquitlam, BC764,000
7Eric LupovichMont-Royal, QC748,000
8Manish RalhMilton, ON717,000
9Diana ShamshoumPointe-Claire, QC673,000
10Samuel Barre-ComtoisBonsecours, QC666,000

The 76 players will join the survivors of the first two flights to make for 149 players going into Day 2, which will begin in just 8 hours at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be on hand to bring you the live coverage of Day 2.

Tags: Daniel ChalifourDavid GuayDiana ShamshoumHussein HassanKevin JavierSantiago PlanteSebastien AubeKayvan PaymanKevin RinesManish RalhSamuel Barre-Comtois

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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End of Day

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Three eliminations in the final hand of the night at the very end of Level 19 means that Day 1c is over after close to 16 hours. Chip counts and recap to come.

Hand For Hand to End the Night

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With two eliminations away until the 10% stopping threshold, Day 1c is now in hand for hand play to make things a bit slower in what has already been a grueling day of poker that has now extended past 15 hours.

Players are set to return in less than 9 hours at 11 a.m. for Day 2.

Wezelenburg Doubles Through Big Stack

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Robin Wezelenburg was spotted gathering a double up with his AQ showing on a board of 9x10x2xQx5x. Hassan Hussein's losing hand was already turned over and discarded as he counted out the amount to give to his left to Wezelenburg.

Despite losing this hand, Hussein remains as the chip leader late in the night on Day 1c.

Tags: Robin WezelenburgHassan Hussein's

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Petit-Levesque Gets One Through

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was an already large pot of about 321,000 in the middle as the flop showed 2K4. From the hijack, Jonathan Petit-Levesque moved all in to force Johan Levyssohn to decide for his remaining 115,000 in middle position.

Levyssohn shifted in his seat and tried to stare down Petit-Levesque across the dealer in the awkward seat 9 to 1 position. After quite a while he eventually folded his hand as Petit-Levesque smiled and gathered the large pot.

Tags: Johan LevyssohnJonathan Petit-Levesque

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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