Event #8: $1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 WSOP International Circuit Playground

04-21-2024 22:09 UTC-4

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Maurizio Lo Russo	Canada	1,200,000	20
1	2	Jason Blodgett	Canada	750,000	13
1	3	Jimmy Senta	Canada	1,100,000	18
1	4	Sergei Gurin	Canada	3,800,000	63
1	5	Dustin Melanson	Canada	7,000,000	117
1	6	Eli Cohen	Canada	4,000,000	67
1	7	Wangchao Yuan	Canada	1,400,000	23
1	8	Pietro Lo Giudice	Canada	1,800,000	30
1	9	Michael Porkolab	United States	2,800,000	47

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
2	1	Derek Jonathan Van Lieshout	Canada	2,000,000	33
2	2	Robert Wong	Canada	3,100,000	52
2	3	Devesh Thapar	Canada	2,000,000	33
2	4	Xing He	Canada	1,000,000	17
2	5	Christopher Baoukian	Canada	1,800,000	30
2	6	George James	Canada	700,000	12
2	7	Israel Pantaleon	Canada	800,000	13
2	8	Jonathan Brazeau	Canada	2,300,000	38
2	9	Joey Messina	Canada	1,600,000	27

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
5	1	Ran Yi	Canada	1,800,000	30
5	2	Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst	Canada	1,800,000	30
5	3	Harpreet Singh Padda	Canada	580,000	10
5	4	Mohammad Feizi	Canada	5,300,000	88
5	5	Jean-Pascal Gauthier	Canada	925,000	15
5	6	Hugo Morrissette	Canada	5,000,000	83
5	7	Tony Wong	Canada	4,400,000	73
5	8	Nghi Van Tran	Canada	1,050,000	18
5	9	Matthew Paplyk	Canada	2,500,000	42

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Melanson	7,000,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Mohammad Feizi	5,300,000 900,000	900,000
Hugo Morrissette	5,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Tony Wong	4,400,000 -100,000	-100,000
Eli Cohen	4,000,000 100,000	100,000
Sergei Gurin	3,800,000 3,594,000	3,594,000
Robert Wong	3,100,000 -100,000	-100,000
Michael Porkolab	2,800,000 2,568,000	2,568,000
Matthew Paplyk	2,500,000 -500,000	-500,000
Jonathan Brazeau	2,300,000 1,931,000	1,931,000
Derek Jonathan Van Lieshout	2,000,000 -300,000	-300,000
Devesh Thapar	2,000,000 600,000	600,000
Pietro Lo Giudice	1,800,000 600,000	600,000
Christopher Baoukian	1,800,000 950,000	950,000
Ran Yi	1,800,000 1,172,000	1,172,000
Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst	1,800,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000
Joey Messina	1,600,000 600,000	600,000
Wangchao Yuan	1,400,000 968,000	968,000
Maurizio Lo Russo	1,200,000 972,000	972,000
Jimmy Senta	1,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Nghi Van Tran	1,050,000 -2,450,000	-2,450,000
Xing He	1,000,000 85,000	85,000

Jean-Pascal Gauthier	925,000 -425,000	-425,000
Israel Pantaleon	800,000 -200,000	-200,000
Jason Blodgett	750,000 -450,000	-450,000

Feizi Sends Dao to the Rail

Jeremy Geist

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Thi Dao moved all in for 1,200,000 from early position before the action folded to Mohammad Feizi in late position who only took a moment before calling and the remaining players got out of the way.

Thi Dao: 9♥9♣ All in
Mohammad Feizi: A♣Q♠

The full board ran out A♥A♦5♣J♦J♥ and Dao lost the flip for her tournament life. She hit the rail just a few hands before the three table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammad Feizi	4,400,000 900,000	900,000
Thi Dao	Busted

Tags: Mohammad Feizi Thi Dao

04-21-2024 21:32 UTC-4

Melanson Goes for It

Jeremy Geist

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action was opened in late position to 125,000 by Day 1a chip leader Khaly Dang. The next player to act was Devesh Thapar in the cutoff who put in a three-bet to 325,000. The rest of the players folded around to Dustin Melanson in the big blind who went into the tank for about a minute before placing a single chip in the middle and announcing he was all in.

It was back on Dang who thought over her options for close to a minute before folding. Thapar quickly got out of the way too and Melanson was the recipient of a nice pot without even seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Melanson	4,400,000 1,700,000	1,700,000

Devesh Thapar	1,400,000 -50,000	-50,000
Khaly Dang	400,000 -475,000	-475,000

Tags: Devesh Thapar Dustin Melanson Khaly Dang

04-21-2024 21:15 UTC-4

Wong Sends Brotherwood to the Rail

Jeremy Geist

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

There was a middle position limp followed by Shane Brotherwood moving all in for his last 175,000. The next player to act was Tony Wong in the cutoff who clicked it to 350,000. It folded back to the limper who also folded and the cards hit their backs with Brotherwood all in and at risk.

Shane Brotherwood: A♣K♠ All in
Tony Wong: 10♠10♥

The full board ran out 7♦9♣5♣4♥6♣ and the tens held for Wong who sent Brotherwood to the rail before the three table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Wong	4,500,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Shane Brotherwood	Busted

Tags: Shane Brotherwood Tony Wong

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

04-21-2024 20:38 UTC-4

Break Time

Jeremy Geist

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Players in the Main Event are now on their last 15-minute break of the day.

04-21-2024 20:37 UTC-4

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Jeremy Geist

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

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04-21-2024 20:37 UTC-4

Lo Giudice Double Barrells

Jeremy Geist

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The action was opened to 125,000 by the button before the small blind folded and Pietro Lo Giudice called from the big blind.

The 4♦8♠Q♠ flop landed and Lo Giudice quickly led out for 175,000. The button called.

The J♣ rolled off on the turn and Lo Giudice sat in the tank for a moment before putting out a chunky bet of 350,000. The button thought it over for a bit but eventually surrendered his cards backs to the dealer. Lo Giudice scooped.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pietro Lo Giudice	1,200,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Lo Giudice Pietro Lo Giudice

04-21-2024 20:15 UTC-4

Emerging Stacks in the Field

Jeremy Geist

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Cohen	3,900,000 3,643,000	3,643,000
Hugo Morrissette	3,600,000 3,325,000	3,325,000
Mohammad Feizi	3,500,000 2,840,000	2,840,000
Tony Wong	3,200,000 200,000	200,000
Robert Wong	3,200,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Matthew Paplyk	3,000,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

04-21-2024 19:54 UTC-4

Chamoun and Baoukian Flip for it

Jeremy Geist

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Fadi Chamoun opened the action when he moved all in from under the gun. The action then folded all the way around to Christopher Baoukian in the big blind who snap called and the cards hit their backs.

Fadi Chamoun: K♣J♣ All in
Christopher Baoukian: 5♥5♣

The full board ran out 8♠K♥9♣8♣Q♣ and with a pair of kings Chamoun got the pure double. Baoukian still sits with a workable stack.