Event #9: $1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 WSOP-C Playground

09-01-2024 15:33 UTC-4

Pillon Finishes Off Belmaaza

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

After the recent action at table 3, there was more to be had. Action was joined on the flop of 2♠9♣5♣. Ramsey Belmaaza was all in from the big blind for 275,000 while Qiwen Chen was contemplating from early position. Chen showed Ax5x before folding, while James Pillon called in the small blind.

Ramsey Belmaaza: 9♦7♣ All in
James Pillon: 5♦5♥

Belmaaza called for running clubs but the turn was the 4♠ and the river the J♥ to end his day.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Pillon	1,900,000 450,000	450,000
Qiwen Chen	465,000 420,000	420,000
Ramsey Belmaaza	Busted

Tags: James Pillon Qiwen Chen Ramsey Belmaaza

09-01-2024 15:24 UTC-4

Interesting Developments at Table 3

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Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ramsey Belmaaza was spotted with a significantly smaller stack than last check and James Pillon was apt to tell the story of how it happened.

He said that Colin Bernard limped, three other players came along before Belmaaza raised. Only Bernard called from there. The flop was low 2x3x6x. The exact details of the hand were somewhat haphazardly told by the table while another hand was going on. But the it seemed as though Belmaaza had check-called 200,000 on the turn and 300,000 on the river after a low turn and river card.

Belmaaza had called Bernard down with king-high, while Bernard had that beat with ace-high to give Bernard an unintentional big pot.

Meanwhile while the retelling was happening, there was action in the current ongoing hand where Pillon ended up all in against Wayne Obrien.

James Pillon: 10♣10♠ All in
Wayne Obrien: Q♦Q♥

The flop came 10♥6♦8♥ to some audible "wow' reactions as Obrien was suddenly close to being out the door. The turn was the 4♥ and the river the 4♦ to end his run and give Pillon a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Bernard	1,850,000 615,000	615,000
James Pillon	1,450,000 790,000	790,000
Ramsey Belmaaza	470,000 755,000	755,000
Wayne Obrien	Busted

Tags: Colin Bernard James Pillon Ramsey Belmaaza Wayne Obrien

09-01-2024 15:10 UTC-4

Bruno Shoves Aube Out

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Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The flop showed 10♠J♥8♥. Sebastien Aube bet 100,000 from the cutoff. Fabrizio Bruno thought for quite a while before jamming for around 550,000.

Aube took about 30 seconds before he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Aube	2,050,000 910,000	910,000

Fabrizio Bruno	1,100,000 750,000	750,000

Tags: Sebastien Aube Fabrizio Bruno

09-01-2024 15:01 UTC-4

Sapra Saps Nguyen With Aces

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Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

There was a lot of chips changing direction, being cut out by the dealer and the cards were showing to display the damage.

Jishant Sapra had the A♠A♥ showing as the winner on a board of 4xQxAx2x4x. Tommy Nguyen was losing a large portion of his stack with his beaten A♦K♦.

Sapra reeled in the chips to become one of the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jishant Sapra	2,600,000 2,116,000	2,116,000
Tommy Nguyen	970,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Jishant Sapra Tommy Nguyen

09-01-2024 14:57 UTC-4

Eliminations in Previous Level

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Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Smart	Busted
Mario Lim	Busted
Fadi Haddad	Busted
Etienne Leduc	Busted
Yiquan Zhong	Busted
Matthew Wilkins	Busted
Haroun Ben Ounis	Busted
Adrian Brown	Busted
Paul Russell	Busted
Mike Leah	Busted

Daniel Chalifour	Busted
Anthony Williams	Busted
Matwej Troitschanski	Busted
Israel Pantaleon	Busted
Hugo Theotol	Busted
Zachary Martin	Busted
Kevin Javier	Busted
Bill Germanis	Busted
Nikolas Psarris	Busted

09-01-2024 14:54 UTC-4

MacDonald Keeps Stacking

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Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Three-way action was on the flop of 7♠3♦8♣. Olivier Rebello-Frechette bet 125,000 from the big blind. Kevin MacDonald called on the button. Kayvan Payman tanked in frustration before he folded the small blind.

The turn was the 9♥. MacDonald moved all in which forced a fairly quick fold from Rebello-Frechette. MacDonald added more chips to his stack which is more nearing 3 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacDonald	2,850,000 520,000	520,000

Kayvan Payman	640,000 640,000	640,000
Olivier Rebello-Frechette	430,000 575,000	575,000

Tags: Kayvan Payman Kevin MacDonald Olivier Rebello-Frechette

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

09-01-2024 14:45 UTC-4

MacDonald Picks Off Bluff to Send Lee to the Rail

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Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action came in on the river with a board reading 8♠K♥7♦5♦10♦. The pot had around 400,000 in it and From the button, David Chen Lee jammed for 380,000.

Kevin MacDonald was in the big blind and thought for a solid minute before calling.

Lee shook his head in frustration and tabled his Q♣6♠ bluff, while MacDonald showed the K♦J♣ as he surged to well over 2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacDonald	2,330,000 915,000	915,000

David Chen Lee	Busted

Tags: Kevin MacDonald David Chen Lee

09-01-2024 14:37 UTC-4

Paulin Gets Called With Straight

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Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was a large pot of at least 550,000 in the middle on the river. The board read 4♥A♠8♣6♦6♠. From the big blind, Pierre-Paul Paulin bet 330,000.

Diana Shamshoum went into the tank from under the gun. She studied the board and Paulin while stewing it over. After about three minutes she called the clock on herself. As the seconds ticked down from ten she tossed in the call.

Paulin tabled the 7♥5♥ for the straight. "I knew it." said Shamshoum as she showed her beaten A♣Q♣ while Paulin gathered the big boost to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre-Paul Paulin	1,920,000 780,000	780,000
Diana Shamshoum	515,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Diana Shamshoum Pierre-Paul Paulin

09-01-2024 14:27 UTC-4

Melanson Rising Up Again

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Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a hand retold to PokerNews, Dustin Melanson three-bet to 110,000 over a raise. Ian Monohoyios four-bet jammed and Melanson called off his remaining 695,000 after the initial raiser folded.

Dustin Melanson: KxKx All in
Ian Monohoyios: QxQx

The board did not help Monohoyios and just like that the defending champion was up amongst the big stacks.