Event #9: $1,700 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Event #9: $1,700 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Buy-in
1,700 CAD
Prize Pool
1,500,000 CAD
Entries
1,503
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
149
Players Left
20
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
An eventful Day 2 of the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Playground Main Event has come to an end after close to 11 hours of play. Of the 149 players who started the day, just 20 remained at the end of it who still have a chance at the $350,000 grand prize.
James Pillon ended the day as the chip leader with 6,630,000. He started to accumulate a large amount of chips in the middle part of the day and really gained steam at the end of the night to finish as the leader.
Jishant Sapra finished second in chips with 4,715,000. He gained a big pot in the early part of the day with aces against ace-king and never looked back from there. Duff Charette and Tommy Nguyen finished third and fourth close in chips with Charette accumulated a lot earlier while Nguyen had a late level surge to boost himself up into the top contenders.
Arnaud Bonhomme-Lemieux had an eventful day as he was involved in several interesting hands and won several all in flips to finish with the eighth largest stack.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
| 1 | James Pillon | Windsor, ON | 6,630,000 |
| 2 | Jishant Sapra | Scarborough, ON | 4,715,000 |
| 3 | Duff Charette | Ottawa, ON | 4,595,000 |
| 4 | Tommy Nguyen | Oakville, ON | 4,540,000 |
| 5 | Vadym Sienichkin | Lasalle, QC | 4,215,000 |
| 6 | Fabrizio Bruno | Laval, QC | 4,015,000 |
| 7 | Colin Bernard | Millbrook, NS | 4,010,000 |
| 8 | Arnaud Bonhomme-Lemieux | Quebec, QC | 3,850,000 |
| 9 | George Caragiorgas | Sainte-Dorothe, QC | 3,045,000 |
| 10 | Di Zhang | North York, ON | 2,645,000 |
Start of day chip leader Hussein Hassan was able to make his way to Day 2 after he retained his large stack for most of the day. But he took some hits in the final couple of levels to finish on the lower end of the 20 counts.
And last but not least is defending champion Dustin Melanson who bagged the shortest stack but will head into the final day still with a chance of completing the improbable back-to-back.
The day began with 149 and several notables hit the rail before the day ended, including Kevin Javier, Mike Leah and Santiago Plante.
Day 3 will start up at 11 a.m. on Monday where PokerNews will be on hand for all of the action.
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,630,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
4,715,000
865,000
|
865,000 |
|
4,595,000
805,000
|
805,000 |
|
4,540,000
3,165,000
|
3,165,000 |
|
||
|
4,215,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
4,015,000
1,165,000
|
1,165,000 |
|
4,010,000
910,000
|
910,000 |
|
3,850,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
3,045,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
2,645,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
2,400,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
2,375,000
2,375,000
|
2,375,000 |
|
2,155,000
1,155,000
|
1,155,000 |
|
1,955,000
1,245,000
|
1,245,000 |
|
||
|
1,805,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
1,565,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
|
1,565,000
805,000
|
805,000 |
|
1,550,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
1,525,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
||
|
1,030,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Chip counts and recap to follow shortly.
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
James Pillon opened under the gun for 225,000. Jordan Grant piled all in for 1,125,000 and Pillon called after a moment.
Jordan Grant: 9x9x 
James Pillon: AxJx
The flop came 4x5x7x. The turn put Pillon ahead with the Jx and the river was the Qx to send Grant away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,900,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
There was a big flip in progress as Arnaud Bonhomme-Lemieux was at risk from the button.
Arnaud Bonhomme Lemieux: A♦K♦
Jishant Sapra: Q♠Q♥
"I win all my flips" said Bonhomme-Lemieux as the flop came Q♦J♦7♣ to give Sapra a set but give Bonhomme-Lemieux a royal flush draw. The turn was the 9♠ and the river the 6♦ to bring in the flush and keep him alive and keep his streak of flip wins going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,900,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
3,850,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Francis Chevalier jammed 600,000 from the button. Vadym Sienichkin called in the big blind.
Francis Chevalier: Qx10x
Vadym Sienichkin: Kx9x
Sienichkin stayed in the lead as the board did not help Chevalier as he was the next player to go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Shortly after losing lots of his stack, Dustin Melanson was all in for 730,000.
Dustin Melanson: K♣6♣
Hussein Hassan: 4♣4♦
The flop came J♣2♠9♦. The turn was the 7♥. Melanson clapped his hands as the card was dealt as if asking for the river to hit him and that it did as the K♠ came off to keep his chance of repeating as champion alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
1,490,000
|
1,490,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,460,000
735,000
|
735,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
The flop showed 3♥4♠9♠. Nick Skotidakis bet 450,000 from the big blind. Dustin Melanson took a minute before he raised to 1,100,000 which was enough to put Skotidakis all in who called.
Nick Skotidakis: 9♣4♦
Dustin Melanson: A♦4♣
The turn paire dthe board with the 3♦ and the river was the J♦ to give Skotidakis a big double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,220,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
|
725,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
After getting rivered on the hand before by Arnaud Bonhomme-Lemieux to lose a large portion of his stack, David Quang was all in in a flip situation.
David Quang: 8♥8♦
Vadym Sienichkin: A♣J♣
The flop came gin for Sienichkin as it came [ahjhad\ to give him a boat. The turn was the K♥ to eliminate the chance of running quads and the river was the 10♣ as the Day 1b end of day chip leader was sent away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,970,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
Busted | |
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