Joel Kogan was on the river with his opponent with a completed board of 3♦4♣J♠3♥10♥. He bet 5,000 into a pot of about 15,000.
His opponent made the call after a few moments. Kogan tabled the A♠10♠ which was good to take the pot when his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 |
Action was on the turn with the board reading 8♠5♦6♣8♥. Michael Watts but 6,500 which was called by his opponent.
The river came the A♣. Watts fired again, this time for 16,000. His opponent thought for a solid minute before pitching his cards.
Watts flashed the 5x5x for a full house and smiled as he gathered the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Action was joined on the turn with the board reading 10♠K♥5♥3♣. Derek Van Lieshout called the bet of 8,400 from his opponent.
The river came the 9♦. Van Lieshout pushed forward 30,000 and was called quickly.
Van Lieshout tabled the Q♥J♠ for the rivered straight which crushed the KxKx of his opponent who got up from the table as the rivr bet had him covered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 |
The last WSOP-C stop at Playground came in April, when Dustin Melanson took down the $1,700 Main Event by defeating a field of 1,660 entrants to take home $339,770.
"I felt like I was at my best, and I felt like my opponents couldn't really keep up with my aggression and the pressure I was putting on, Melanson told PokerNews after his win. “I felt like my opponents couldn't really keep up with my aggression and the pressure I was putting on."
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Melanson | Canada | $339,770* |
| 2 | Sergei Gurin | Canada | $285,230* |
| 3 | Mohammad Feizi | Canada | $181,600 |
| 4 | George James | Canada | $140,000 |
| 5 | Nghi Van Tran | Canada | $105,000 |
| 6 | Joey Messina | Canada | $82,500 |
| 7 | Israel Pantaleon | Canada | $65,000 |
| 8 | Matthew Paplyk | Canada | $50,000 |
| 9 | Robert Wong | Canada | $35,000 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
120,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
119,000 | |
|
|
107,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
|
|
86,000 | |
|
85,000 | |
|
80,000 | |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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|
54,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The cards were already displayed by the dealer in a preflop all in.
At risk player: QxQx 
Timothy Anderson: K♥K♦
The board would provide no surprises as it came out 4♠9♦7♣J♣2♣ and the player holding queens was sent to the rail while Anderson took in the nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 |
Action was on the river with the board showing 10♦K♣5♣2♦A♦. Kassandra Cox bet 5,000 into a pot of about 13,000.
Her opponent thought for a solid minute before he folded to send Cox the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
