Event #8: $1,700 Main Event | 2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

04-22-2024 14:25 UTC-4

Hugo Morrissette Eliminated in 13th Place ($19,000)

Jeremy Geist

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Matthew Paplyk opened then button to 325,000 and Hugo Morrissette defended his big blind.

The 10♦2♣2♥ flop landed and the action checked to Paplyk who continued only to get check-raised by Morrissette. He called and the 3♣ rolled off on the turn. Morrissette moved all in. Paplyk called, and the cooler was real.

Hugo Morrissette: J♠2♠ All in
Matthew Paplyk: A♦2♦

Huge cooler with only one card left and the 5♠ did not improve him. Morrissette hit the rail after getting put in a brutal spot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Paplyk	9,200,000 5,900,000	5,900,000
Hugo Morrissette	Busted

Tags: Hugo Morrissette Matthew Paplyk

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

04-22-2024 14:41 UTC-4

Michael Porkolab Eliminated in 12th Place ($25,000)

Jeremy Geist

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Michael Porkolab had just lost a massive hand with queens against the kings of Nghi Van Tran when he got the last of his short stack in the middle for just a couple of blinds.

He got called in two spots and they made it all the way to the river on a A♣9♠6♥Q♣5♥ board and Porkolab was not the winner when he tabled 10♥7♥ and lost to the top pair of George James.

Porkolab hit the rail after grinding through multiple pay jumps.

Player	Chips	Progress
George James	4,800,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Michael Porkolab	Busted

Tags: George James Michael Porkolab Nghi Van Tran

04-22-2024 14:58 UTC-4

Ran Yi Eliminated in 11th Place ($25,000)

Jeremy Geist

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The action was opened in late position by Israel Pantaleon before it folded to Ran Yi in the big blind who moved all in for his tournament life. Pantaleon called and the cards hit their backs.

Ran Yi: J♦10♠ All in
Israel Pantaleon: A♥Q♠

The full board ran out 5♥8♦8♣9♥6♦ and Pantaleon sent Yi to the rail just before the final table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Israel Pantaleon	8,000,000 6,600,000	6,600,000
Ran Yi	Busted

Tags: Israel Pantaleon Ran Yi

04-22-2024 15:03 UTC-4

Final Table Redraw

Jeremy Geist

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Mohammad Feizi	Canada	5,900,000	30
1	2	George James	Canada	9,000,000	45
1	3	Matthew Paplyk	Canada	10,100,000	51
1	4	Pietro Lo Giudice	Canada	2,000,000	10
1	5	Israel Pantaleon	Canada	8,000,000	40
1	6	Joey Messina	Canada	11,000,000	55
1	7	Robert Wong	Canada	3,500,000	18
1	8	Dustin Melanson	Canada	4,900,000	25
1	9	Sergei Gurin	Canada	5,000,000	25
1	10	Nghi Van Tran	Canada	5,200,000	26

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Messina	11,000,000 8,700,000	8,700,000
Matthew Paplyk	10,100,000 900,000	900,000
George James	9,000,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Israel Pantaleon	8,000,000
Mohammad Feizi	5,900,000 900,000	900,000
Nghi Van Tran	5,200,000 3,450,000	3,450,000
Sergei Gurin	5,000,000 -6,500,000	-6,500,000
Dustin Melanson	4,900,000 -2,600,000	-2,600,000

Robert Wong	3,500,000 -3,500,000	-3,500,000
Pietro Lo Giudice	2,000,000 500,000	500,000

04-22-2024 15:08 UTC-4

Pietro Lo Giudice Eliminated in 10th Place ($25,000)

Jeremy Geist

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Pietro Lo Giudice moved all in off a short stack and was called by George James to put his tournament life at risk.

The cards hit their backs.

Pietro Lo Giudice: A♥Q♦ All in
George James: 9♦9♣

The full board ran out 10♥7♠4♠4♥4♣ and the nines held for James to send Lo Giudice to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
George James	10,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Pietro Lo Giudice	Busted

Tags: George James Pietro Lo Giudice

04-22-2024 15:29 UTC-4

Break Time

Jeremy Geist

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The final 9 players are now on a 15-minute break.

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

04-22-2024 15:55 UTC-4

Gurin Gets a Big Double

Jeremy Geist

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Matthew Paplyk opened in early position to 550,000 before action folded to the small blind, where Sergei Gurin three-bet to 2,300,000. It was back on Paplyk who got a count and then put Gurin all in. He called and the cards hit their backs.

Sergei Gurin: K♣K♠ All in
Matthew Paplyk: 6♣6♠

The full board ran out A♥3♦10♥J♥8♣ and Gurin earned the pure double to basically swap stacks with Paplyk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Gurin	10,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Matthew Paplyk	4,600,000 -5,500,000	-5,500,000

Tags: Big Double Matthew Paplyk Sergei Gurin

04-22-2024 16:10 UTC-4

Feizi Makes the Rail Go Wild

Jeremy Geist

Level 32 : Blinds 150,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

The action was picked up on the turn looking at a board of K♦6♠6♦10♠. It checked to Sergei Gurin on the button who was the preflop raiser and he put out a wager of 800,000. Mohammad Feizi was in the big blind and took a moment before moving all in for his remaining 4,000,000.

Gurin went deep into the tank and seemed to have a tough decsision. Eventually he returned his cards to the dealer and got the bad news.

Feizi let out a "Ship it!", before tabling the 7♠2♦ for a stone cold bluff and the rail went nuts.

Gurin was a great sport and cracked a smile while telling him "nice hand". He still sits healthy towards the top of the leaderboard despite the lost pot.

Does the table owe Feizi a bounty now?

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Gurin	9,500,000 -500,000	-500,000
Mohammad Feizi	7,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Mohammad Feizi Sergei Gurin