Elevating Mid-Stack Play Near the Bubble: Future-Stack Equity, ICM Leverage Reversal & Aggression Windows
Straddle Smart: Why Most Players Misuse the Most Misunderstood Move in Poker
Mistake Tolerance in Poker: Why Some Boards Punish You More Than Others
Pressure Point Sizing: A New C-Betting Framework
Check out live updates and reporting from the 2025 WSOP Circuit Calgary by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
The 2025 poker season in Canada kicks off with WSOP Circuit Calgary starting on Jan 8. There are 13 days of Circuit action planned for Cowtown and among the new additions this time around is a HORSE game for the first time in modern Alberta.
Follow the action here on the live reporting links with updates from all games on the schedule throughout the series. See below for a look at all the structures for the ring events and the live satellites.
| Level: | 28 (60000/120000/120000) |
| Entries: | 11/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Mason St. Martin just hit the rail for 12th place today ($3,766) after a big confrontation with chip leader Colin Burton. St. Martin raised preflop under the gun and Burton called from the big blind. It all went off on the flop of [invalid notations] smashed the trip eights for the win after the rest of the board bricked out for the overpair.
| Level: | 28 (60000/120000/120000) |
| Entries: | 12/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
It was blind on blind when Matt Hall limped the small and Kali Shuali checked her option in the big. They both checked the 6♥A♥7♥ flop but Hall led for 125k on the A♠ turn. Shuali took a second before announcing all in for a smaller stack than Hall, but Hall elected to fold showing a 6♦ as he did.
| Level: | 27 (50000/100000/100000) |
| Entries: | 12/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
They are down to 2 off the final table now with 12 players left in the game. Cashing players since my last update are below.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 13 |  Rami Hammoud | $3,766 |
| 14 | Mohsen Shafizadeh | $3,127 |
| 15 | David Katzov | $3,127 |
| 16 | Cory Hauser | $3,127 |
| 17 | Senthuren Indrasithu | $3,127 |
| Level: | 8 (600/1200, 1200/2400, 300/300/1200) |
| Entries: | 80/98 |
| Prizes: | $68,110 |
The HORSE game is getting good turnout considering how unusual the game is for this market. They are just shy of 100 entries and Paul Sokoloff is now among the players having busted out of the Seniors game in 57th place for $844. Level 8 has just begun so there are just under two levels of entry left in this one — it looks like a decent bet to crack 100 entries.
| Level: | 15 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 54/564 |
| Prizes: | $186,120 |
The Seniors is moving quickly despite the big field with just 54 players left in the game in Level 15. Payouts to date are below, with the full prizes under the payouts tab.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | Michael Letal | $844 |
| 56 | James Mccrimmon | $844 |
| 57 | Paul Sokoloff | $844 |
| 58 | Lorne Voth | $844 |
| 59 | Laura Mccollom | $844 |
| 60 | Thomas Mansell | $844 |
| 61 | Gary Tripps | $844 |
| 62 | Frederick Werezak | $844 |
| 63 | Darrell Moore | $804 |
| 64 | John Foley | $804 |
| 65 | Earl Martin | $804 |
| 66 | Gerald Nelner | $804 |
| 67 | Gerald Edwards | $804 |
| 68 | Richard Bracchi | $804 |
| 69 | Jennifer Leubkert | $804 |
| 70 | Max Fernandez | $804 |
| 71 | Behnam Esfahanizadeh | $804 |
| 72 | Don Kehler | $804 |
| 73 | Martin Sayle | $804 |
| 74 | Richard Housch | $804 |
| 75 | Richard Mclaren | $804 |
| 76 | Pierre St. Martin | $804 |
| 77 | David Page | $804 |
| 78 | Duane Van Keulen | $804 |
| 79 | Garry Chan | $804 |
| 80 | Garth Frizzell | $804 |
| 81 | William Harrison | $804 |
| 82 | Kevin Baraluk | $804 |
| 83 | Mohammad Feizi | $804 |
| 84 | Thomas Dratwa | $804 |
| 85 | Frederick Perron | $804 |
| Level: | 26 (40000/80000/80000 |
| Entries: | 14/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Colin Burton is the leader at the dinner break with almost 4 million. Full stacks are below.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Colin Burton | 3,940,000 |
| Roy(Shane) Kozniuk | 3,680,000 |
| Caleb Simmons | 2,745,000 |
| Tyler Panas | 2,725,000 |
| Kali Shuali | 2,700,000 |
| Pieter Kobben | 2,645,000 |
| Evan Casey | 2,095,000 |
| Steve Dejarlais | 1,715,000 |
| Eyal Pevzner | 1,650,000 |
| Mason St. Martin | 1,600,000 |
| Rami Hammoud | 1,430,000 |
| Josh Myers | 1,390,000 |
| Matt Hall | 1,285,000 |
| Mohsen Shafizadeh | 890,000 |
| Level: | 26 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 15/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Kali Shuali opened the action from the cutoff to 180k before Cory Hauser shoved his button for about 1.3 million. Big blind Steve Dejarlais hit the tank for a bit before reshoving for a bit more, while Shuali snap-mucked.
Hauser was on Q♥9♥ against pocket queens for Dejarlais and the queens held to send Hauser to the rail in 16th place.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Colin Burton picked up some dead money after he shoved his big blind over a raise to 200k from Tyler Panas in the middle, forcing Panas to fold.
They are now five minutes from the dinner break when I’ll get a good look at all the stacks in play.
| Level: | 26 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 17/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Josh Myers opened to 160k from the middle before big blind David Katzov shoved. Myers called it off with more and looked to be in good shape with ace-king over ace-queen. Poker had other ideas, however, and Katzov spiked both an ace and a queen on the flop, boating up with another queen on the turn for the win.
“I don’t know how I can lose ace-king into ace-queen so often,” Myers said as he was counting out the double. Day 2 will be going on a dinner break following this level, and I’ll grab full chip counts then for all remaining players.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Anderson Frank-Graham | $2,650 |
| 19 | Deven Lane | $2,650 |
| Level: | 25 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 19/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
They are down to 19 now, on the bubble to the final two tables. Day 1c chip leader Bash Ramahi was among the recent players to hit the rail.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Bash Ramahi | $2,650 |
| 21 | Trevor Otterson | $2,650 |
| 22 | Ryan(Zoran) Kaniski | $2,650 |
| 23 | Dylan Boyer | $2,650 |
| Level: | 4 (300/500, 500/1000, 100/200/500) |
| Entries: | 75/75 |
| Prizes: | $52,125 |
The turnout for the HORSE is pretty decent considering how unusual the game is compared to most poker here in Alberta lately. The field is up to 75 entries for more than $50k in prizes.
It was no surprise to see Thomas Taylor show up for this one — he is a high-stakes mixed game tournament specialist who routinely hits the final table of big mixed games at the WSOP every summer, so he’ll be one of the favorites in this today. His main competition likely would have been Paul Sokoloff, who is also a high-stakes mixed game specialist, though his specialty tends more to the cash side, but Sokoloff had a tough decision today — whether to try and defend his Seniors ring, or jump into the HORSE. He elected to get into the Seniors this morning, despite the late night last night in the Mystery Bounty, so unless he busts early over there, we won’t likely see him in this one.
Other players in the field include Ronnie Dattani, Mike Malm, Chris Alcindor, Shane Brotherwood, Antoine Saddleback, Hari Aujla, Greg Genge, Stephen Dauphinais, Tyler Hurman, Michael Khan, Gail Flaherty, David Ko, Ryan Smith, Calvin Lake, and Andrew Goosen.
| Level: | 1 (100/200, 200/400, 100/100/200) |
| Entries: | 48/48 |
| Prizes: | $33,360 |
The HORSE game is now underway with Level 1 about halfway complete and the field at 48 entries. Given that this is the first HORSE game in Alberta in recent memory, it’s a bit difficult to estimate numbers, but the turnout so far feels pretty solid given how long it’s likely been since anyone in the field played live stud games.
I won’t be watching this one very closely for Day 1 as I’ll be on Day 2 of the 4-Flight and then the endgame of the Seniors tournament. However, Day 2 of this one will be my main focus on Monday.
| Level: | 24 (25000/50000/50000) |
| Entries: | 23/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
They are down to 23 left in the 4-Flight now with just under 30 minutes to play in Level 24. See below for a look at payouts since my last update.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Bobby Lauderville | $2,650 |
| 25 | Jeffery Clarke | $2,650 |
| 26 | Kyle Chang | $2,650 |
| 27 | Varanpreet Sidhu | $2,291 |
| Level: | 12 (2000/4000/4000) |
| Entries: | 135/564 |
| Prizes: | $186,120 |
The Seniors game is down to 135 players left with the action in Level 12. They’ll go for a dinner break following this level and it looks like the bubble will come in Level 14 or 15 tonight.
| Level: | 11 (1500/3000/3000) |
| Entries: | 162/564 |
| Prizes: | $186,120 |
The prizes are in for the Seniors game and the field is confirmed at 564 entries for more than $186k in prizes. The winner later tonight is set to pocket $33,615 with more than $100k on the final table.
I likely won’t be over to watch this one until they are well into the money, but it will also depend on how late Day 2 of the 4-Flight runs.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $33,615 |
| 2 | $22,410 |
| 3 | $15,679 |
| 4 | $11,171 |
| 5 | $8,108 |
| 6 | $5,996 |
| 7 | $4,521 |
| 8 | $3,476 |
| 9 | $2,726 |
| 10-11 | $2,182 |
| 12-13 | $1,784 |
| 14-17 | $1,489 |
| 18-26 | $1,270 |
| 27-35 | $1,108 |
| 36-44 | $989 |
| 45-53 | $903 |
| 54-62 | $844 |
| 63-85 | $804 |
| Level: | 23 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 27/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
They are down to 27 remaining with just 3 minutes remaining in Level 23. There is another break following this level – See below for the payouts since my last update.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Simon Juno | $2,291 |
| 29 | Ryan Smith | $2,291 |
| 30 | Kyle Rognes | $2,291 |
| 31 | Alison Senycz | $2,291 |
| 32 | Harry Newton | $2,291 |
| 33 | Lorne(Ed) Gaetz | $2,291 |
| 34 | Jorden Arbuthnott | $2,291 |
| 35 | Jeffry Grigg | $2,291 |
| 36 | Coltyn Gaetz | $2,023 |
| 37 | Alexander Allison | $2,023 |
| Level: | 23 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 37/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
The field is down to 37 remaining now with Level 23 just underway. I made a small error on my last post of payouts, missing one player and reporting the wrong finish for a few others as a result. That is corrected in the list below, and 72nd place has now reported in as well.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Devon Morgan | $2,023 |
| 39 | Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin | $2,023 |
| 40 | Aris Forbes | $2,023 |
| 41 | Lanze Chevillard | $2,023 |
| 42 | Jason Chan | $2,023 |
| 43 | William Duncan | $2,023 |
| 44 | Steven Barber | $2,023 |
| 45 | Allan Alejandro | $1,826 |
| 46 | Sean O’Reilly | $1,826 |
| 72 | Julius Roque | $1,739 |
| Level: | 9 (1000/1500/1500) |
| Entries: | 252/564 |
| Prizes: | $186,120 |
Entries are now closed on the Seniors game and it was a huge one. The numbers are still unofficial, but the final tally on the board was 564 entries for prizes of $186,120. That’s a new record for the Seniors game here in Calgary beating the previous high by more than 100 entries.
If the numbers hold, it looks like 85 players will getting a piece of the prizes later tonight, and this could be a late one, given the size of the field.
| Level: | 22 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 42/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
The field is down to five tables now with 42 players left in the game. There are about 30 minutes to play in Level 22 with the next break scheduled following Level 23. The average stack right now is about 730k which is a bit more than 24 big blinds in the current level.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | Jason Chan | $2,023 |
| 44 | Steven Barber | $2,023 |
| 45 | Allan Alejandro | $1,826 |
| 46 | Sean O’Reilly | $1,826 |
| 47 | Louis Flewin | $1,826 |
| 48 | Michael Rozak | $1,826 |
| 49 | Christopher Fagan | $1,826 |
| Level: | 21 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 49/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
They are down to 49 left in the 4-Flight now with just over 10 minutes to play in Level 21. They’ve just finished the min-cash level of $1,739 with four players jumping to the next level at $1,826. See below for payouts since my last update here.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Bruce Demish | $1,826 |
| 51 | Daniel Luczyk | $1,826 |
| 52 | Sam Gottiparthi | $1,826 |
| 53 | George Mounsef | $1,826 |
| 54 | Lance Andre | $1,739 |
| 55 | Jeremy Harper | $1,739 |
| 56 | Christopher Clisby | $1,739 |
| 57 | Craig Caldwell | $1,739 |
| 58 | Shane Rawlins | $1,739 |
| Level: | 7 (400/800/800) |
| Entries: | 329/529 |
| Prizes: | $174,570 |
The Day 2 players are back in their seats for the first level at 45 minutes. I’ve just been collating the data from all the events so far, and the series has already capped $1 million in total prizes without even considering the Seniors and HORSE games set to run today. With those included, it’s likely that the total prizes at the end of Sunday will be in the range of $1.4 million or more with the Seniors field closing in on $175k in prizes.
It remains to be seen how the turnout will be in the final week of the series starting tomorrow, but it’s still looking pretty good to meet or beat the 2024 Jan total of $5.8 million.
| Level: | 21 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 58/165 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
The Day 2 players are back in their seats for the first level at 45 minutes. I’ve just been collating the data from all the events so far, and the series has already capped $1 million in total prizes without even considering the Seniors and HORSE games set to run today. With those included, it’s likely that the total prizes at the end of Sunday will be in the range of $1.4 million or more with the Seniors field closing in on $175k in prizes.
It remains to be seen how the turnout will be in the final week of the series starting tomorrow, but it’s still looking pretty good to meet or beat the 2024 Jan total of $5.8 million.
| Level: | 21 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 58/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
The 4-Flight players are on their first break of Day 2 now and will return for action in Level 21 with blinds at 15k/25k/25k. This will be the start of the 45-minute Day 2 levels.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 59 | Alex Langlais | $1,739 |
| 60 | Kristopher Taylor | $1,739 |
| Level: | 20 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 60/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
They are down to 60 players left alive in the 4-Flight now with Level 20 about halfway finished. They’ll take their first break of Day 2 following this level and when they return for Level 21, they’ll be playing for 45 minutes before the blinds change again.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | Hoang Quach | $1,739 |
| 62 | Marco Kondo | $1,739 |
| 63 | Justin Pennell | $1,739 |
| 64 | John Nielsen | $1,739 |
| 65 | Peter Darlington | $1,739 |
| 66 | Kwong Au | $1,739 |
| 67 | John Boland | $1,739 |
| 68 | Easton Walker | $1,739 |
| Level: | 6 (300/600/600) |
| Entries: | 354/471 |
| Prizes: | $155,100 |
The Seniors field today is now the second event to beat the 2024 numbers after the first event of the series beat it by 1 entry. This win is a bit more significant, however, as they are already close to 20 extra over 2024 with just under 2 hours left to enter the game. Given the current numbers, it seems likely this one will cap 500, which will be the first time the Seniors has ever gone that big here at WSOP-C Calgary. The prizes are currently over $155k.
| Level: | 19 (10000/15000/15000) |
| Entries: | 68/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
As expected, things are moving pretty quickly and they are down to 68 players left in Day 2 of the 4-Flight now. I am still missing the name for 72nd place as they haven’t checked in with the desk yet, but the rest of the payouts since my last update are below with the full prize list under the Payouts tab.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 69 | Stephen Dauphanais | $1,739 |
| 70 | Larry Quon | $1,739 |
| 71 | Edward Cook | $1,739 |
| 72 | | $1,739 |
| 73 | Colten Yamagishi | $1,739 |
| 74 | Nohad Teliani | $1,739 |
| 75 | Joel Kogan | $1,739 |
| 76 | Nate Rajakumar | $1,739 |
| Level: | 19 (10000/15000/15000) |
| Entries: | 76/1565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Level 19 has just begun with the field already down to 76 entries. They’ll play this level and the next one at 30 minutes in length, with the Day 2 levels of 45 minutes kicking in at the start of Level 21.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | Shane Brotherwood | $1,739 |
| 78 | Chao Wang | $1,739 |
| 79 | Triston Buchanan | $1,739 |
| 80 | Claire Leclerc | $1,739 |
| 81 | Trevor Simpson | $1,739 |
| Level: | 18 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 81/1,565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Day 2 is now underway with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 18. Day 1 blinds will continue until the end of Level 20 at 30 minutes, then will jump to the Day length of 45 minutes to start Level 21.
| Level: | 18 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 81/1,565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 |
Day 2 is about to get underway with 81 players returning. They are all in the money with the min-cash today set at $1,739 and more than $70k up top for the winner later today. I expect the early part of today will be mostly just responding to bustouts, but as the field thins and the pace slows, I’ll get some action in as well.
| Level: | 4 (200/400/400) |
| Entries: | 424/424 |
| Prizes: | $139,590 |
It’s a big turnout for the Seniors today. The action is still in Level 4 with more than 2 hours left to enter and the field is already over 400 entries. Last January the field was 453 total, and they are now less than 30 away from that total so it seems very likely this event will cap the 2024 number.
I won’t be following this one very closely until later in the day as my early day will be focused on Day 2 of the 4-Flight.
It took more than 13 hours to decide the Mystery Bounty but in the end, Adrian Selero took down the big prize tonight. He was a middling stack for most of the final table, but found a new gear near the end, first sending Shaun Scrymgeour out in 3rd place before besting Russ King, who had been the big stack fro much of the final phase.
The final hand saw King flop the lead with an ace pair of aces, but Selero flopped a royal gutshot, needing the K♥ to complete. The turn bricked for him, but the river brought an offsuit king for the basic straight, which was still plenty to take it all down.
| Level: | 29 (100000/150000/150000) |
| Entries: | 1/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Russ King was the big stack for much of the endgame tonight, but when things got heads up it turned around. Adrian Selero had the lead after sending Shaun Scrymgeour to the rail in third, and shortly after, it all went in when King qoke up with ace-three of spades against jack-ten of hearts for Selero.
Selero flopped a royal gutshot, then rivered the straight with an offsuit king to take it down.
| Level: | 29 (100000/150000/150000) |
| Entries: | 2/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
It wasn’t easy, but Adrian Selero finally got the best of Shaun Scrymgeour. After doubling him off a couple of times, Selero finally held with ace-five over ace-deuce and the five played for the win.
| Level: | 29 (100000/150000/150000) |
| Entries: | 3/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Shaun Scrymgeour shoved for 850k from the button and Adrian Selero reshoved the small blind while big stack Russ King got out of the way. Scrymgeour had kings against ace-eight of spades and he flopped the set before turning a boat against trip eights for Selero.
| Level: | 29 (100000/150000/150000) |
| Entries: | 3/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Shaun Scrymgeour shoved the small blind for 675k and Adrian Selero called from the big. Scrymgeour had pocket nines against A♣6♣ and the nines held on the board of 8♥7♠10♦Q♦5♦. Russ King is still in the lead.
| Level: | 29 (100000/150000/150000) |
| Entries: | 3/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Adrian Selero shoved the small blind for 1.675 million and Russ King called it off from the big. King was in good shape with the best jack, holding jack-nine gainst jack-three. Selero hit his three on the flop, though, and nothing else hit.
| Level: | 28 (60000/120000/120000) |
| Entries: | 3/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Easton Walker was down to barely enough to pay his big blind, with only 50k behind once he posted ante and blind. The rest of the table limped in before he threw in the extra 50k, and they all called. Action checked through the 8♦4♥4♣J♣Q♦ and Russ King’s jack was enough to take it down.
| Level: | 28 (60000/120000/120000) |
| Entries: | 4/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
It was a brutal end for Paul Sokoloff as he got his remaining 1.2 million in with aces and looked in good shape to double until Adrian Selero rivered trip nines to crack the rockets.
| Level: | 28 (60000/120000/120000) |
| Entries: | 5/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
It was limped preflop between Easton Walker and Russ King in the blinds. They both checked the A♣6♣K♣ flop and King called a bet of 150k on the 8♣ turn. Walker fired again on the 6♥ river for 350k, and King snapped it off with J♣4♣.
| Level: | 27 (50000/100000/100000) |
| Entries: | 5/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Shaun Scrymgeour shoved the big blind after a raise from button Russ King. King called with more and was in good shape with ace-jack against ace-seven. As the saying goes, however, it’s always coming seven and that was true this time as the board ran out 6♣5♠7♠Q♠A♦.
| Level: | 26 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 5/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
They are down to 5 now after Tony Melowski got his remaining 800k in with pocket fives but ran into queens for Paul Sokoloff. The queens held and Sokoloff outstacked Melowsky by 10k, so he was on the rail for 6th.
| Level: | 26 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 6/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Shaun Scrymgeour Raised to 160 from the button and Easton Walker called from the big blind.They both checked the flop of 3♥9♥K♠, but Walker check-raised from 150k to 400k on the 9♦ turn and got the fold.
| Level: | 26 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 6/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Melowsky | 1,910,000 |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | Russ King | 4,450,000 |
| 4 | Paul Sokoloff | 1,070,000 |
| 5 | Shaun Scrymgeour | 2,100,000 |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | Adrian Selero | 1,415,000 |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | Easton Walker | 545,000 |
| Level: | 25 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 6/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
When action folded to Rob McMullin in the small blind, he shoved. Russ King looked at his hand in the big blind and said “I think I gotta call you.”
McMullin was dominated with ace-six into ace-queen, and the board missed both hands to send McMullin to the rail in 7th.
| Level: | 25 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 7/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Tony Meloqwsky opened the cutoff to 175, then called off when Paul Sokoloff shoved the small blind for 425k. Melowsky was dominated with J♥10♥ against A♣J♦ for Sokoloff. There was an ace on the flop and that was enough for Sokoloff to score the double.
Sokoloff will likely have a decision to make tomorrow, though the late hour might make it for him. He has Seniors rings already, so he is always eager to jump in that one, but he’s also known as a high-stakes mixed-game specialist, so he’ll also be very interested in Day 1 of the HORSE tomorrow. It’ll be interesting to see which one he ends up in.
| Level: | 24 (25000/50000/50000) |
| Entries: | 7/549 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
While I was doing the pictures, there were a few players to hit the rail. Shortly after the FT started, Julius Roque (10th) and Brian Mennis (9th) both went out to big stack Tony Melowsky. Roque was on ace-five and the shortest stack against Mennis with queens and Melowsky with eights. The board ran out to four hearts with Melowsky holding the 8♥ for the double knockout.
A few hands later, Michael Khan also hit the rail for 8th place, but I missed the action. He found a few doubles early on, including winning a race with ace-king over nines, but he bowed out in 8th place.
| Level: | 23 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 10/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
It’s final table time as Youssef Hmama was the final table bubble tonight in 11th place. I’ll grab names, pictures, and stacks for the final table shortly, but meanwhile, below is a look at the most recent cashers.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Youssef Hmama | $1,853 |
| 12 | Mark Laforest | $1,504 |
| 13 | Gary Speck | $1,504 |
| 14 | Darrell Domes | $1,243 |
| Level: | 23 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 14/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
They are closing in on the final table now in the Mystery Bounty with 14 players left. Level 23 has just begun and they’ll go to the final table at 10 players.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Hongwei Liu | $1,243 |
| 16 | Frederic Moss | $1,243 |
| 17 | Eric Westrum | $1,243 |
| 18 | Korey Dadgar | $1,047 |
| Level: | 21 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 18/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
They are down to the final two tables now with 18 players remaining. They’ll throw in the second big bounty now, so there are now two $11,520 bounties in the bin as the first one hasn’t been pulled yet.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Sam Gottiparthi | $1,047 |
| 20 | Michael Admussen | $1,047 |
| 21 | Jan Madayag | $1,047 |
| 22 | Krystian Hady | $1,047 |
| 23 | Arya Ghai | $1,047 |
| 24 | Tristan Buchanan | $1,047 |
| 25 | Bash Ramahi | $1,047 |
| 26 | April Facey | $1,047 |
| 27 | Shawn Holland | $899 |
| T-S | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 32 – 2 | Alex Allison | 438,000 |
| 37 – 3 | Alex Lenslais | 411,000 |
| 38 – 9 | Alison Senycz | 844,000 |
| 35 – 5 | Allan Alejandro | 245,000 |
| 36 – 6 | Anderson Frank-Graham | 412,000 |
| 36 – 1 | Aris Forbes | 602,000 |
| 32 – 6 | Bash Ramahi | 825,000 |
| 32 – 8 | Bill Duncan | 429,000 |
| 40 – 4 | Bruce Demish | 155,000 |
| 34 – 5 | Caleb Simmons | 380,000 |
| 33 – 8 | Chaohuai Wang | 104,000 |
| 37 – 1 | Chris Clisby | 345,000 |
| 38 – 4 | Chris Fagan | 393,000 |
| 35 – 9 | Claire Leclerc | 165,000 |
| 33 – 6 | Colin Burton | 340,000 |
| 33 – 7 | Colten Yamagishi | 81,000 |
| 40 – 1 | Coltyn Gaetz | 270,000 |
| 39 – 7 | Cory Hauser | 494,000 |
| 37 – 2 | Craig Caldwell | 511,000 |
| 34 – 9 | Dan Luczyk | 399,000 |
| 36 – 8 | David Katzov | 495,000 |
| 37 – 7 | Deven Lane | 785,000 |
| 32 – 9 | Devon Morgan | 731,000 |
| 32 – 5 | Dylan Boyer | 359,000 |
| 36 – 4 | Easton Walker | 269,000 |
| 35 – 4 | Ed Gaetz | 224,000 |
| 33 – 4 | Edward Cook | 334,000 |
| 38 – 3 | Ethan Flewin | 426,000 |
| 37 – 8 | Evan Casey | 472,000 |
| 37 – 4 | Eyal Pevzner | 336,000 |
| 40 – 9 | George Mounsef | 152,000 |
| 33 – 1 | Harry Newton | 201,000 |
| 37 – 5 | Hoang Quach | 108,000 |
| 40 – 5 | Jason Chan | 470,000 |
| 38 – 7 | Jeff Clarke | 336,000 |
| 34 – 6 | Jeff Grigg | 86,000 |
| 33 – 9 | Jeremy Harper | 646,000 |
| 40 – 3 | Joel Kogan | 152,000 |
| 39 – 1 | John Boland | 130,000 |
| 33 – 3 | JOhn Nielsen | 286,000 |
| 36 – 9 | Jorden Arbuthnott | 210,000 |
| 38 – 8 | Josh Myers | 452,000 |
| 39 – 4 | Julius Roque | 156,000 |
| 32 – 7 | Justin Pennell | 263,000 |
| 39 – 3 | Kali Shuali | 477,000 |
| 34 – 7 | Kristopher Taylor | 320,000 |
| 39 – 8 | Kwong Au | 198,000 |
| 32 – 4 | Kyle Chang | 771,000 |
| 39 – 2 | Kyle Rosnes | 550,000 |
| 39 – 9 | Lance Andre | 250,000 |
| 37 – 9 | Lanze Chevillard | 305,000 |
| 33 – 5 | Larry Quon | 471,000 |
| 36 – 7 | Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin | 217,000 |
| 38 – 2 | Marcio Kondo | 465,000 |
| 39 – 5 | Mason St. Martin | 611,000 |
| 33 – 2 | Matt Hall | 351,000 |
| 36 – 3 | Mike Rozak | 294,000 |
| 35 – 2 | Mohsen Shafizadeh | 459,000 |
| 38 – 1 | Nate Rajukumar | 73,000 |
| 40 – 6 | Nohad Teliani | 204,000 |
| 40 – 2 | Peter Darlington | 565,000 |
| 40 – 8 | Pieter Kobben | 980,000 |
| 40 – 7 | Rami Hammoud | 368,000 |
| 35 – 3 | Bobby Launderville | 333,000 |
| 32 – 1 | Roy Kozniuk | 851,000 |
| 34 – 2 | Ryan Smith | 668,000 |
| 34 – 3 | Sam Gottiparthi | 608,000 |
| 36 – 5 | Sean O’Reilly | 430,000 |
| 34 – 1 | Senthuran Indrasithu | 806,000 |
| 35 – 6 | Shane Brotherwood | 91,000 |
| 35 – 8 | Shane Rawlins | 209,000 |
| 34 – 8 | Simon Juno | 326,000 |
| 35 – 7 | Stephen Dauphinais | 153,000 |
| 35 – 1 | Steve Barber | 479,000 |
| 39 – 6 | Steve Dejarlais | 283,000 |
| 38 – 6 | Trevor Otterson | 338,000 |
| 37 – 6 | Trevor Simpson | 166,000 |
| 38 – 5 | Tristan Buchanan | 265,000 |
| 32 – 3 | Tyler Panas | 338,000 |
| 36 – 2 | Varan Sidhu | 644,000 |
| 34 – 4 | Zoran Kaniski | 513,000 |
| T-S | Player | John Nielsen |
|---|---|---|
| 32 – 1 | Roy Kozniuk | 851,000 |
| 32 – 2 | Alex Allison | 438,000 |
| 32 – 3 | Tyler Panas | 338,000 |
| 32 – 4 | Kyle Chang | 771,000 |
| 32 – 5 | Dylan Boyer | 359,000 |
| 32 – 6 | Bash Ramahi | 825,000 |
| 32 – 7 | Justin Pennell | 263,000 |
| 32 – 8 | Bill Duncan | 429,000 |
| 32 – 9 | Devon Morgan | 731,000 |
| 33 – 1 | Harry Newton | 201,000 |
| 33 – 2 | Matt Hall | 351,000 |
| 33 – 3 | JOhn Nielsen | 286,000 |
| 33 – 4 | Edward Cook | 334,000 |
| 33 – 5 | Larry Quon | 471,000 |
| 33 – 6 | Colin Burton | 340,000 |
| 33 – 7 | Colten Yamagishi | 81,000 |
| 33 – 8 | Chaohuai Wang | 104,000 |
| 33 – 9 | Jeremy Harper | 646,000 |
| 34 – 1 | Senthuran Indrasithu | 806,000 |
| 34 – 2 | Ryan Smith | 668,000 |
| 34 – 3 | Sam Gottiparthi | 608,000 |
| 34 – 4 | Zoran Kaniski | 513,000 |
| 34 – 5 | Caleb Simmons | 380,000 |
| 34 – 6 | Jeff Grigg | 86,000 |
| 34 – 7 | Kristopher Taylor | 320,000 |
| 34 – 8 | Simon Juno | 326,000 |
| 34 – 9 | Dan Luczyk | 399,000 |
| 35 – 1 | Steve Barber | 479,000 |
| 35 – 2 | Mohsen Shafizadeh | 459,000 |
| 35 – 3 | Bobby Launderville | 333,000 |
| 35 – 4 | Ed Gaetz | 224,000 |
| 35 – 5 | Allan Alejandro | 245,000 |
| 35 – 6 | Shane Brotherwood | 91,000 |
| 35 – 7 | Stephen Dauphinais | 153,000 |
| 35 – 8 | Shane Rawlins | 209,000 |
| 35 – 9 | Claire Leclerc | 165,000 |
| 36 – 1 | Aris Forbes | 602,000 |
| 36 – 2 | Varan Sidhu | 644,000 |
| 36 – 3 | Mike Rozak | 294,000 |
| 36 – 4 | Easton Walker | 269,000 |
| 36 – 5 | Sean O’Reilly | 430,000 |
| 36 – 6 | Anderson Frank-Graham | 412,000 |
| 36 – 7 | Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin | 217,000 |
| 36 – 8 | David Katzov | 495,000 |
| 36 – 9 | Jorden Arbuthnott | 210,000 |
| 37 – 1 | Chris Clisby | 345,000 |
| 37 – 2 | Craig Caldwell | 511,000 |
| 37 – 3 | Alex Lenslais | 411,000 |
| 37 – 4 | Eyal Pevzner | 336,000 |
| 37 – 5 | Hoang Quach | 108,000 |
| 37 – 6 | Trevor Simpson | 166,000 |
| 37 – 7 | Deven Lane | 785,000 |
| 37 – 8 | Evan Casey | 472,000 |
| 37 – 9 | Lanze Chevillard | 305,000 |
| 38 – 1 | Nate Rajukumar | 73,000 |
| 38 – 2 | Marcio Kondo | 465,000 |
| 38 – 3 | Ethan Flewin | 426,000 |
| 38 – 4 | Chris Fagan | 393,000 |
| 38 – 5 | Tristan Buchanan | 265,000 |
| 38 – 6 | Trevor Otterson | 338,000 |
| 38 – 7 | Jeff Clarke | 336,000 |
| 38 – 8 | Josh Myers | 452,000 |
| 38 – 9 | Alison Senycz | 844,000 |
| 39 – 1 | John Boland | 130,000 |
| 39 – 2 | Kyle Rosnes | 550,000 |
| 39 – 3 | Kali Shuali | 477,000 |
| 39 – 4 | Julius Roque | 156,000 |
| 39 – 5 | Mason St. Martin | 611,000 |
| 39 – 6 | Steve Dejarlais | 283,000 |
| 39 – 7 | Cory Hauser | 494,000 |
| 39 – 8 | Kwong Au | 198,000 |
| 39 – 9 | Lance Andre | 250,000 |
| 40 – 1 | Coltyn Gaetz | 270,000 |
| 40 – 2 | Peter Darlington | 565,000 |
| 40 – 3 | Joel Kogan | 152,000 |
| 40 – 4 | Bruce Demish | 155,000 |
| 40 – 5 | Jason Chan | 470,000 |
| 40 – 6 | Nohad Teliani | 204,000 |
| 40 – 7 | Rami Hammoud | 368,000 |
| 40 – 8 | Pieter Kobben | 980,000 |
| 40 – 9 | George Mounsef | 152,000 |
| Level: | 20 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 27/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
Things are moving pretty quickly in the Mystery Bounty with the field down to 27 players on the final three tables. See below for payouts since my last update, and there have been a few more big bounties pulled along the way. April Facey pulled a yellow worth $1,728 while Youssef Hmama bagged a purple worth $9,216.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Nate Rajakumer | $899 |
| 29 | Ethan Flewin | $899 |
| 30 | Zhaowei Cheng | $899 |
| 31 | Sunny Lubana | $899 |
| 32 | David Macneil | $899 |
| 33 | Edward Guergis | $899 |
| 34 | Jui Hsu | $899 |
| 35 | Reza Yazdani-Aminabadi | $899 |
| 36 | Jayvee Lumahan | $787 |
| 37 | Robert Mosher | $787 |
| 38 | Kendra Bernard | $787 |
| 39 | Jiachen Zhang | $787 |
| 40 | Ferdinando Pettigrosso | $787 |
| 41 | Justin Pennell | $787 |
| 42 | David Ko | $787 |
| 43 | Thomas Bona | $787 |
| 44 | Ghislaine Johnson | $787 |
| 45 | | $749 |
| 46 | Haochewn Zhou | $749 |
| 47 | Sandy Lam | $749 |
| 48 | Trent Hopper | $749 |
| 49 | Nichols Leslie | $749 |
| 50 | Dennis Duval | $749 |
| 51 | Nadav Bitton | $749 |
| 52 | Zacharie Desautels | $749 |
| 53 | Barry Frey | $749 |
| 54 | Lohrasp Seify | $749 |
| Event 4: | $400 4-Flight ($330 + $70) |
| Date: | Day 1a: Jan 9 – 4 PM Day 1b: Jan 10 – 11 AM Day 1c: Jan 10 – 4 PM Day 1d: Jan 11 – 11 AM Day 2: Jan 12 – 1 pm |
| Entries: | 81/1,565 |
| Prizes: | $516,450 ($382,989 on Day 2) |
| Winner: | $70,054 |
Day 2 of the 4-Flight is now set with 81 players returning for the final day of play. Pieter Kobben from the Netherlands leads the way into Day 2 with almost 1 million chips. He has more than 100k more than 2nd place Roy Kozniuk. Alison Senycz, Bash Ramahi, and Senthuran Indrasithu round out the top five counts going into Sunday’s action.
Day 2 action will start with 21 minutes remaining in Level 18 and will move to Day 2 blinds of 45 minutes at the start of Level 19. They’ll be playing down to a winner on Sunday.
There is still $382,989 waiting in the prize pool after all the Day 1 cashes were paid out, and that means the winner on Sunday will pocket a bit more than $70k. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab, but below is a look at the final table payouts.
I should be focused on this one until they award the ring sometime late Sunday night.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $70,054 |
| 2 | $46,703 |
| 3 | $32,885 |
| 4 | $23,554 |
| 5 | $17,165 |
| 6 | $12,732 |
| 7 | $9,614 |
| 8 | $7,394 |
| 9 | $5,794 |
| 10 | $4,626 |
| Level: | 17 (5000/10000/10000) |
| Entries: | 54/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
The field is down to 54 players left now, and the first big bounty has been pulled. Kory Dadgar pulled a yellow card out of the bin worth $1,728. He grabbed the bounty when he reshoved the small blind after a smaller shove. Calvin Lake called with a covering stack for both from the big blind looking for a double knockout. Lake had pocket tens, against ace-queen for Dadger, and ace-six for the original shove. Dadgar hit his queen and held for the win and the yellow bounty. Lake was left short and hit the rail shortly after for 55th place.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | Calvin Lake | $749 |
| 56 | Jesse Ingaldson | $749 |
| 57 | | $749 |
| 58 | Simon Snell | $749 |
| 59 | Shane Chief | $749 |
| 60 | Laura Mccollom | $749 |
| 61 | Steven Nielsen | $749 |
| Level: | 17 (5000/10000/10000) |
| Entries: | 61/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
The Mystery Bounty is in the money now with 61 players left and 8 players already cashing out for a prize. See below for the cashing players to date. All eliminations so far have been for average bounties of $600.
I’m still not watching this one very closely as I’m still sorting out the Day 2 posts for the 4-Flight, but I should be watching this one a bit closer as I’m at least in the same room now.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | Martin Sayle | $749 |
| 63 | Kim Pham | $749 |
| 64 | Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin | $749 |
| 65 | Jeffery Casey | $749 |
| 66 | Zhiyu Chen | $749 |
| 67 | Dylan Payne | $749 |
| 68 | Adam Balis | $749 |
| 69 | Michael St. Pierre Porter | $749 |
The Day 1d stacks are in and collated and Pieter Kobben, from Amsterdam, is the chip leader from Day 1d and overall with 980k. Roy Kozniuk, Alison Senycz, Senthuran Indrasithu, and Varan Sisdhu round out the top 5 counts from 1d. See below for all the 1d stacks, and stay tuned for the Day 2 seat assignments. Day 2 prizes are now posted under the Payouts tab.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Pieter Kobben | 980,000 |
| Roy Kozniuk | 851,000 |
| Alison Senycz | 844,000 |
| Senthuran Indrasithu | 806,000 |
| Varan Sidhu | 644,000 |
| Aris Forbes | 602,000 |
| Kyle Rosnes | 550,000 |
| Zoran Kaniski | 513,000 |
| Steve Barber | 479,000 |
| Larry Quon | 471,000 |
| Dan Luczyk | 399,000 |
| Caleb Simmons | 380,000 |
| Rami Hammoud | 368,000 |
| Matt Hall | 351,000 |
| Chris Clisby | 345,000 |
| Edward Cook | 334,000 |
| Simon Juno | 326,000 |
| JOhn Nielsen | 286,000 |
| Lance Andre | 250,000 |
| Shane Rawlins | 209,000 |
| Nohad Teliani | 204,000 |
| Kwong Au | 198,000 |
| Claire Leclerc | 165,000 |
| Stephen Dauphinais | 153,000 |
| Joel Kogan | 152,000 |
| John Boland | 130,000 |
| Hoang Quach | 108,000 |
| Jeff Grigg | 86,000 |
| Colten Yamagishi | 81,000 |
| Level: | 19 (10000/15000/15000) |
| Entries: | 29/563 (81/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The final flight to the 4-Flight is now complete with 29 players left. The day ended with 56 seconds remaining in Level 19, so Day 2 will restart at the 1b finish time of 21 minutes remaining in Level 18.
I’ll have the chip counts shortly for the 1d players, and the Day 2 prizes, along with seat assignments, should be posted in an hour or so. Meanwhile, below is a full look at the cashing players from Day 1d.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Joseph Movsessian | $1,106 |
| 31 | Pete Flyma | $1,106 |
| 32 | Andrew Neels | $1,106 |
| 33 | Michael Campitelli | $1,106 |
| 34 | Dennis Neels | $1,106 |
| 35 | Glenn Slater | $1,106 |
| 36 | David Burnard | $987 |
| 37 | Glenn Tarasoff | $987 |
| 38 | Daniel Kozinski | $987 |
| 39 | Daniel Bong | $987 |
| 40 | Evan Chen | $987 |
| 41 | Shariq Khan | $987 |
| 42 | Yu(Alex) Liu | $987 |
| 43 | Justin Joson | $987 |
| 44 | Yan Chouinard | $987 |
| 45 | Manfred Gunther | $901 |
| 46 | Mehrad Khalajzadeh | $901 |
| 47 | Garrett Birch | $901 |
| 48 | Zachary Nicholls | $901 |
| 49 | Derek Holme | $901 |
| 50 | Guneet Singh | $901 |
| 51 | Zachary Verpaalen | $901 |
| 52 | Ian Tang | $901 |
| 53 | Cory Malenfant | $901 |
| 54 | Brian Bond | $843 |
| 55 | Michael Noor | $843 |
| 56 | Xianan Lu | $843 |
| 57 | Chin Hsu | $843 |
| 58 | Sean Godley | $843 |
| 59 | Andy Truong | $843 |
| 60 | Robert Stuve | $843 |
| 61 | Prabakaran Sivabalasundaram | $843 |
| 62 | Scott Stuve | $843 |
| 63 | Nathan Tang | $803 |
| 64 | Gregory Liow | $803 |
| 65 | Rauno Tahvonen | $803 |
| 66 | Brett Mccagherty | $803 |
| 67 | Carlos Marquez Baglietto | $803 |
| 68 | Andrew Goosen | $803 |
| 69 | Cory Bisson | $803 |
| 70 | Timothy Bignell | $803 |
| 71 | Michael St.Pierre-Porter | $803 |
| 72 | Jason Livingston | $803 |
| 73 | Mikaela Gauthier | $803 |
| 74 | Bryan Truong | $803 |
| 75 | Mohammad Feizi | $803 |
| 76 | Cory Breland | $803 |
| 77 | Juan(Sebastien) Lamprea | $803 |
| 78 | Aaron Patton | $803 |
| 79 | David Kumar | $803 |
| 80 | Stephen Scott | $803 |
| 81 | Griffin Ristevski | $803 |
| 82 | Matthew O’Brien | $803 |
| 83 | Andrew Bowers | $803 |
| 84 | Sheldon Mcateer | $803 |
| 85 | Adam Cader | $803 |
| Level: | 13 (2000/4000/4000) |
| Entries: | 108/459 |
| Prizes: | $236,385 ($144,585 prizes, $91,800 bounties) |
The numbers are in and the field ended up at 459 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $236,385 with $91,800 of that in bounties. Full prizes are loaded under the payouts tab.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $27,617 |
| 2 | $18,411 |
| 3 | $13,038 |
| 4 | $9,383 |
| 5 | $6,863 |
| 6 | $5,104 |
| 7 | $3,860 |
| 8 | $2,970 |
| 9 | $2,325 |
| 10-11 | $1,853 |
| 12-13 | $1,504 |
| 14-17 | $1,243 |
| 18-26 | $1,047 |
| 27-35 | $899 |
| 36-44 | $787 |
| 45-69 | $749 |
| Value | % of Remaining Pool |
|---|---|
| $11,520 | 20.00% |
| $11,520 | 20.00% |
| $9,216 | 16.00% |
| $6,336 | 11.00% |
| $4,320 | 7.50% |
| $2,592 | 4.50% |
| $2,592 | 4.50% |
| $2,592 | 4.50% |
| $1,728 | 3.00% |
| $1,728 | 3.00% |
| $1,728 | 3.00% |
| $1,728 | 3.00% |
| $600 | Average |
| Level: | 18 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 36/563 (88/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The final table break of Day 1d has just occurred with the field down to 36 players now. The next break would be at 27, but the bags will come out at 29, so it’s now a race to the early end.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | Glenn Tarasoff | $987 |
| 38 | Daniel Kozinski | $987 |
| 39 | Daniel Bong | $987 |
| Event 7: | $800 HORSE ($695 + $105) |
| Date: | Jan 12, 3 PM |
| Blinds: | 40 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 30k |
| Late Entry: | 9 Levels (~9:45) |
| Day 1 Ends: | 12 Levels (~11:45 PM) |
Sunday marks a new era in Alberta poker with the first HORSE tournament in modern memory. While Deerfoot put on a HOSE game a few years ago, razz wasn’t an approved game at the time, so they weren’t able to run the full HORSE rotation.
That has changed for 2025 and the full HORSE rotation will be in play for Event #7. The action will change games every 8 hands moving through limit holdem, limit O8, limit razz, limit stud, and limit stud8 before starting the rotation all over again.
The action gets going at 3 pm and there are nine levels of late entry on Day 1. That will put the final entry around 9:45 PM, with another three levels to play on Day 1 after that. At the end of Level 12 (which should be at about 11:45 PM), all remaining players will bag up their chips for Day 2 at 1 PM on Monday.
I won’t be watching Day 1 of this game very closely, but I plan to make it my main focus for Monday’s Day 2.
| Level: | 17 (5000/10000/10000) |
| Entries: | 39/563 (91/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
Flight 1d is now down to 39 players left in the action with about 5 minutes to play in Level 17. That puts them 10 players away from an early end to the night with three more levels on the schedule before the hard stop, so it seems likely the night will end early.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | Evan Chen | $987 |
| 41 | Shariq Khan | $987 |
| 42 | Yu(Alex) Liu | $987 |
| 43 | Justin Joson | $987 |
| 44 | Yan Chouinard | $987 |
| 45 | Manfred Gunther | $901 |
| Level: | 16 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 45/563 (97/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The 1d players are on their final break of the day now with 45 players left in the action. That puts them 16 eliminations away from the bags coming out early when they return for Level 17 in about 10 minutes.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | Mehrad Khalajzadeh | $901 |
| 47 | Garrett Birch | $901 |
| 48 | Zachary Nicholls | $901 |
| 49 | Derek Holme | $901 |
| 50 | Guneet Singh | $901 |
| 51 | Zachary Verpaalen | $901 |
| 52 | Ian Tang | $901 |
| 53 | Cory Malenfant | $901 |
| Event 6: | $400 Seniors ($330 + $70) |
| Date: | Jan 12, 11 AM |
| Blinds: | 30 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 20k |
| Late Entry: | 8 Levels (~3:30 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | One-Day Event |
The Seniors game is the early start on Sunday with the game kicking off at 11 AM. Players will sit down with 20k in chips to play 30-minute levels for the whole day.
Late registration is open for 8 levels plus breaks which should put the last chance to enter at about 3:30 pm. This is a one-day event so once entries close, they’ll be playing down to a winner before they shut down for the night.
I likely won’t be watching this one very closely in the early part of the day as my attention will be on Day 2 of the 4-Flight, but once that game ends I’ll move over to cover the endgame of this one.
| Level: | 9 (1000/1500/1500) |
| Entries: | 208/423 |
| Prizes: | $217,845 ($133,245 prizes, $84,600 bounties) |
There are about 10 minutes to play in Level 9 with another level of poker before the end of entries and the field is at 423 entries now. Registration will close in less than an hour, but that still gives a fair bit of time to increase the numbers.
| Level: | 16 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 53/563 (105/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The 1d field is down to 53 players now with Level 16 just underway. They’ll go for the final break of the night following this level, and it looks like they’ll be within 20 players of the early bags when they hit the break. See below for payouts since my last update.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | Brian Bond | $843 |
| 55 | Michael Noor | $843 |
| 56 | Xianan Lu | $843 |
| 57 | Chin Hsu | $843 |
| 58 | Sean Godley | $843 |
| 59 | Andy Truong | $843 |
| 60 | Robert Stuve | $843 |
| 61 | Prabakaran Sivabalasundaram | $843 |
| 62 | Scott Stuve | $843 |
| 63 | Nathan Tang | $803 |
| 64 | Gregory Liow | $803 |
| 65 | Rauno Tahvonen | $803 |
| 66 | Brett Mccagherty | $803 |
| 67 | Carlos Marquez Baglietto | $803 |
| 68 | Andrew Goosen | $803 |
| 69 | Cory Bisson | $803 |
| 70 | Timothy Bignell | $803 |
| Level: | 14 (3000/5000/5000) |
| Entries: | 71/563 (123/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The numbers are dropping in 1d with 71 players left in the action now. Level 14 has about 5 minutes left to play with the final break of the day scheduled following Level 16.
Based on the current pace, it looks like the bags will probably come out in Level 19, but there’s a lot of poker to play between now and then. See below for the payouts since my last update.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 71 | Michael St.Pierre-Porter | $803 |
| 72 | Jason Livingston | $803 |
| 73 | Mikaela Gauthier | $803 |
| 74 | Bryan Truong | $803 |
| 75 | Mohammad Feizi | $803 |
| 76 | Cory Breland | $803 |
| 77 | Juan(Sebastien) Lamprea | $803 |
| 78 | Aaron Patton | $803 |
| 79 | David Kumar | $803 |
| Level: | 14 (3000/5000/5000) |
| Entries: | 79/563 (131/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
They are down to 79 left now with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 14. See below for cashing players so far.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | Stephen Scott | $803 |
| 81 | Griffin Ristevski | $803 |
| 82 | Matthew O’Brien | $803 |
| 83 | Andrew Bowers | $803 |
| 84 | Sheldon Mcateer | $803 |
| 85 | Adam Cader | $803 |
| Level: | 14 (3000/5000/5000) |
| Entries: | 84/563 (136/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The bubble lasted three hands and they are now in the money with 84 players left in the game. There’s a bit of a rush on the payout desk right now, so I’ll publish a list of cashing players shortly once the line reduces.
| Level: | 13 (20004/4000/4000) |
| Entries: | 86/563 (138/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
They are on the bubble now with 86 players left in the game. The clock is now paused with 5:45 remaining in Level 13, and they’ll manually drop the clock by two minutes for every hand played.
| Level: | 13 (2000/4000/4000) |
| Entries: | 94/563 (146/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
.They are back from dinner now with 94 players left in the game so it looks likely that the bubble will come sometime in this level.
| Level: | 5 (300/600/600) |
| Entries: | 254/335 |
| Prizes: | $172,525 ($105,525 prizes, $67,000 bounties) |
It’s a big turnout for the Mystery Bounty tonight with the field at 335 entries before the first break of the day. That puts the total prize pool at more than $170k with $67,000 of that in the Bounty pool now.
There are still about 3 hours left in the registration period for this one as well, so the numbers look to grow significantly still. Last January’s Mystery Bounty got 472 entries by the time it all closed down, so it’s looking like a reasonable bet that this year will be similar.
| Level: | 12 (1500/3000/3000) |
| Entries: | 100/563 (152/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
They are 15 off the money as the dinner break kicks off. They’ll come back in about 40 minutes to 2k/4k/4k action in Level 13 with the average stack at a bit less than 30 big blinds.
With only 15 to go until the money, it seems likely the bubble will come late in Level 13 or early Level 14 and from there, it will be a race to 29 players or the end of Level 20, whichever comes first.
| Level: | 12 (2000/3000/3000) |
| Entries: | 117/563 (169/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
They are down to 13 tables left in action now with about 10 minutes to play in Level 12. The 45-minute dinner break is scheduled at the end of this level, so it looks like the bubble will come sometime after dinner. It’s likely the numbers will still drop a bit in the next 10 minutes, but they’ll still likely be ~20 off the money when dinner begins.
| Level: | 11 (1500/2500/2500) |
| Entries: | 153/563 (205/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
The numbers are now official with 563 entries recorded for Day 1d, putting the event total at 1,565. That puts the combined prizes at $516,450 and the full Day 2 prizes should be published before the end of the night.
Day 1d got $185,790 in total prizes and $49,684 of that us set to be handed out tonight with the rest moving to tomorrow’s Day 2 prizes. Prizes will start getting paid out at 85th place, and at least 29 players will bag chips for Day 2.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1-29 | Day 2 |
| 30-35 | $1,106 |
| 36-44 | $987 |
| 45-53 | $901 |
| 54-62 | $843 |
| 63-85 | $803 |
| Level: | 10 (1000/2000/2000) |
| Entries: | 171/563 (223/1,565) |
| Prizes: | $185,790 ($516,450 total) |
It looks like the number crunching turned up one fewer entries than previously recorded, with the 1d field now showing 563. I’m still waiting for the prize pool for confirmation of the numbers, but the difference doesn’t really change much about the end of the night or qualifying players.
Stay tuned for final confirmation of the numbers, but the remaining field is now down to 171 players left with about 15 minutes to play in Level 10.
| Event 5: | $600 Mystery Bounty ($315 + $200 + $85) |
| Date: | Jan 11, 4 PM |
| Blinds: | 25 MInutes |
| Starting Stack: | 25k |
| Late Entry: | 10 Levels (~8:50 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | One-Day Event |
The side event on Saturday is the Mystery Bounty. The action kicks off at 4 pm and entries are open for 10 levels (25 minutes each) which should put the final chance to buy in at around 8:50 pm tonight.
After entry closes, it will be a race to the finish as this is a one-day event. $200 from the buy in goes to the Mystery bounty pool, and those bounties go into effect when players hit the money.
| Level: | 9 (1000/1500/1500) |
| Entries: | 234/564 (286/1,566) |
| Prizes: | $186,120 ($516,780 total) |
Entries are now closed for Day 1d of the 4-Flight and the final field is set. Deerfoot staff are still crunching the numbers to verify the prizes today, but it looks like 564 entries today made for a grand total of 1,566 and prizes of $516,780.
Today’s players will be playing for a share of $186,120 collected today, and it looks like 85 players will figure in the cash with at least 28 moving through to tomorrow’s final day. I’ll confirm all the numbers when the Day 1d prizes are posted, and I should have a look at the Day 2 payouts shortly as well.
| Level: | 8 (600/1200/1200) |
| Entries: | 251/534 (303/1,536) |
| Prizes: | $176,220 ($506,880 total) |
There are just over 10 minutes to play in Level 8 with the final break of registration scheduled after this level. That means there are about 25 minutes left to enter the 4-Flight. The current field across all starting flights is 1,536 for combined prizes of $506,880. Those numbers will likely still increase a bit over the next 25 minutes or so, and I’ll post an update once Level 9 begins.
| Level: | 8 (600/1200/1200) |
| Entries: | 256/515 (308/1,517) |
| Prizes: | $169,950 ($500,610 total) |
The prize pool is now over $500k across all four flights with 512 entries on the board for 1d. That puts the total field so far at 1,514, but there are still about 40 minutes left to enter this final flight.
There are now just over 20 minutes to play in Level 8.
| Level: | 6 (400/800/800) |
| Entries: | 254/462 (306/1,464) |
| Prizes: | $152,460 ($483,120 total) |
The final flight is well underway now with action in Level 6. There are about 15 minutes to play in that level with two more entry levels before it all shuts down.
The 1d field is now ate 462 entries with ~254 players still in play. That puts the combined field at 1,464 and climbing. It looks pretty likely the field today will cap 500 entries for a total of more than 1,500 entries with another 90 minutes or so to enter the game.
Kim Pham, Tang Jooce, George Mounsef, Shawn Sperber, Jacob Parent, Mike Malm, Laurence Louie, and Black Chip Bounty winner Jordan Banfield are among the players in action today.
| Event 4: | $400 4-Flight ($330 + $70) |
| Date: | Day 1a: Jan 9 – 4 PM Day 1b: Jan 10 – 11 AM Day 1c: Jan 10 – 4 PM Day 1d: Jan 11 – 11 AM Day 2: Jan 12 – 1 pm |
| Blinds: | 30 Minutes |
| Starting Stack: | 20k |
| Late Entry: | 8 Levels (~3:45) |
| Day 1 Ends: | Level 20 (or %5 of the field) |
Bash Ramahi is the stack to beat for 1d players on Saturday. He is the only stack bigger than 800k after bagging the 1c and overall lead tonight.
The 1d action gets going at 11 am and it promises to be a big one. The numbers for this year’s event have been slightly lower than last year, but 1d still promises to be the biggest of the lot, with 400+ entries a solid bet. So far the field is at 1,002 from the first three flights, so 1d needs to be truly stupendous to beat the Jan 2024 field of 1,715, but last year, 1d was 50% bigger than 1c. If that increase holds for this year, it will mean a total field approaching 1,600 entries.
I’ll likely be a bit late to the floor for this one, but will be focused here for the day once I get in.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Bash Ramahi | 825,000 |
| Deven Lane | 785,000 |
| Kyle Chang | 771,000 |
| Devon Morgan | 731,000 |
| Ryan Smith | 668,000 |
The 1c chips are in and “Big Daddy” Bash Ramahi bagged the biggest of the day, and the tournament so far. Earlier in the night he asked me what the biggest stack was, and when I told him Deven Lane bagged almost 800k on 1a, he immediately sent a troll voicemail to Lane, then proceeded to best the stack.
Kyle Chang. Jeremy Harper, Mason St. Martin, and Peter Darlington round out the top five stacks from 1c. Darlington will be one to watch on Sunday as he’ll be playing more than half a million and he already knows how to win this ring, having won the May 2024 edition of this tournament.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Bash Ramahi | 825,000 |
| Kyle Chang | 771,000 |
| Jeremy Harper | 646,000 |
| Mason St. Martin | 611,000 |
| Peter Darlington | 565,000 |
| Craig Caldwell | 511,000 |
| Jason Chan | 470,000 |
| Alex Allison | 438,000 |
| Alex Lenslais | 411,000 |
| Trevor Otterson | 338,000 |
| Jeff Clarke | 336,000 |
| Mike Rozak | 294,000 |
| Coltyn Gaetz | 270,000 |
| Easton Walker | 269,000 |
| Allan Alejandro | 245,000 |
| Trevor Simpson | 166,000 |
| Julius Roque | 156,000 |
| Bruce Demish | 155,000 |
| George Mounsef | 152,000 |
| Chaohuai Wang | 104,000 |
| Level: | 19 (10000/15000/15000) |
| Entries: | 20/385 (52/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
Day 1c is complete with 20 players bagging chips now. I’ll have the chip counts compiled within an hour and posted here, but below is a look at the full payouts from Day 1c.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Nohad Teliani | $971 |
| 22 | Scott Carragher | $971 |
| 23 | Zach Verpaalen | $971 |
| 24 | Devin Frank | $971 |
| 25 | Tanya Andre | $971 |
| 26 | Oleksandr Polkovsky | $971 |
| 27 | Allison Buffalo | $849 |
| 28 | Kim Pham | $849 |
| 29 | Garrett Birch | $849 |
| 30 | Stefan Maloney | $849 |
| 31 | Diogenes Forbes | $849 |
| 32 | Robbie Roscoe | $849 |
| 33 | April Facey | $849 |
| 34 | Andy Truong | $849 |
| 35 | Ka Lok Yeung | $849 |
| 36 | Korey Dadgar | $808 |
| 37 | Lee Miller | $808 |
| 38 | Adam Worr | $808 |
| 39 | Daniel O’Leary | $808 |
| 40 | Brandon Wammes | $808 |
| 41 | Bradley Bernier | $808 |
| 42 | Zacharie Desautels | $808 |
| 43 | Adam Cader | $808 |
| 44 | Rami Hammond | $808 |
| 45 | Aidan Klingbeil | $808 |
| 46 | Scott Roland | $808 |
| 47 | Trent Hopper | $808 |
| 48 | Steven Barber | $808 |
| 49 | Maddick Schulz | $808 |
| 50 | Jerry Li | $808 |
| 51 | Kenneth Trautmann | $808 |
| 52 | Jason Livingston | $808 |
| 53 | Geraldine Spears | $808 |
| 54 | Thomas Mcinnis | $808 |
| 55 | Derek Holme | $808 |
| 56 | Parth Mansukh | $808 |
| 57 | Dee Nguyen | $808 |
| 58 | Ryan Johal | $808 |
| Level: | 19 (10000/15000/15000) |
| Entries: | 21/385 (52/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
They are on the bubble to the end of the night now with 21 players left in the game. The next elimination will bring out the bags. Level 19 has just under 25 minutes to play with another level on the schedule following this one, but it seems very unlikely it’ll last that long.
| Level: | 18 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 27/385 (59/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
They are down to the final three tables now with 27 left as Level 18 begins. That puts them 7 eliminations off the early bags with almost three full levels left to play on the schedule. Cashing players since my last update are below.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Kim Pham | $849 |
| 29 | Garrett Birch | $849 |
| 30 | Stefan Maloney | $849 |
| Level: | 16 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 30/385 (62/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
They are just 11 off the early end to 1c as they head out for break following Level 16. There are 30 players left in action at the break, so it looks likely the bags will come out sometime in Level 17 or 18. Cashing players since my last update are listed below.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Diogenes Forbes | $849 |
| 32 | Robbie Roscoe | $849 |
| 33 | April Facey | $849 |
| 34 | Andy Truong | $849 |
| 35 | Ka Lok Yeung | $849 |
| 36 | Korey Dadgar | $808 |
| 37 | Lee Miller | $808 |
| 38 | Adam Worr | $808 |
| 39 | Daniel O’Leary | $808 |
| 40 | Brandon Wammes | $808 |
| 41 | Bradley Bernier | $808 |
| Level: | 15 (3000/6000/6000) |
| Entries: | 41/385 (73/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
They are down to 41 players left in Day 1c with about 5 minutes to play on Level 15. They’ll go for the final break of the night following Level 16 and it seems likely this flight will end early, likely in Level 17 or 18. See below for the cashing players since my last update.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | Zacharie Desautels | $808 |
| 43 | Adam Cader | $808 |
| 44 | Rami Hammond | $808 |
| 45 | Aidan Klingbeil | $808 |
| 46 | Scott Roland | $808 |
| 47 | Trent Hopper | $808 |
| 48 | Steven Barber | $808 |
| 49 | Maddick Schulz | $808 |
| 50 | Jerry Li | $808 |
| 51 | Kenneth Trautmann | $808 |
| 52 | Jason Livingston | $808 |
| Level: | 15 (3000/6000/6000) |
| Entries: | 52/385 (84/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
Flight 1c is now in the money with 52 players left in the game now. They’ll be playing down to 20 players tonight, or the end of Level 20, whichever comes first. Below is a look at the first 6 players to cash out on 1c.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | Geraldine Spears | $808 |
| 54 | Thomas Mcinnis | $808 |
| 55 | Derek Holme | $808 |
| 56 | Parth Mansukh | $808 |
| 57 | Dee Nguyen | $808 |
| 58 | Ryan Johal | $808 |
| Level: | 13 (2000/4000/4000) |
| Entries: | 72/385 (104/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
There are about 15 minutes to play in Level 13 with the field down to 72 players left now. That puts them 14 off the 58 paid spots for tonight so it seems like a decent bet that they’ll hit the bubble sometime near the end of this level or the start of 14.
| Level: | 10 (1000/2000/2000) |
| Entries: | 126/385 (159/1,002) |
| Prizes: | $127,050 ($330,660 total) |
Entries are closed for 1c now with 385 entries on the board. That puts the combined total at 1,002 with one more flight to run on Saturday morning.
The total prizes so far are just over $330k with $127,050 coming from 1c. At least 20 players will be advancing to Day 2 from 1c, while 58 players will be part of the money.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1-20 | Day 2 |
| 21-26 | $971 |
| 27-35 | $849 |
| 36-58 | $808 |
| Level: | 8 (600/1200/1200) |
| Entries: | 185/352 (232/969) |
| Prizes: | $116,160 ($319,770 total) |
The combined prizes are now nearing $320k with 352 entries on the board in 1c to start the final level of entries. That puts the combined field so far at 969 with a full flight yet to run tomorrow, but it seems likely we’ll see another 20+ entries in 1c before it finally shuts down for the night.
| Level: | 6 (400/800/800) |
| Entries: | 199/316 (273/933) |
| Prizes: | $104,280 ($307,890 total) |
The combined prizes are now over $300k with 933 entries across all three flights. There is still more than an hour left to enter 1c, so there’s a good chance the combined total will be at around 1,000 by the end of entries.
| Level: | 4 (300/500/500) |
| Entries: | 216/240 (300/857) |
| Prizes: | $79,200 ($282,810 total) |
Level 4 has just begun with 240 entries on the board and 216 players still in action. That brings the 3-flight total to 857 entries for combined prizes of more than $280k.
Registration for 1c is open until the start of Level 9, which should be around 8:30 pm tonight, so there is still lots of time for the numbers to grow.
| Level: | 3 (200/400/400) |
| Entries: | 220/220 (323/837) |
| Prizes: | $72,600 ($276,210 total) |
Day 1c is in Level 3 now with the field over 200 entries. Registration is open until the start of Level 9, so there is still lots of time for these numbers to grow
| Level: | 1 (100/200/200) |
| Entries: | 101/101 (249/718) |
| Prizes: | $33,330 ($236,940 total) |
The third of four flights for the 4-Flight is now underway with action happening in the Chrome room at Deerfoot Inn & Casino. The game kicked off with 101 entries on the board, but I expect that number to be in the 400 range or more before the end of the night.
Last Jan, this flight got 418 entries, though this year 1a and 1b have been a bit smaller than last year. I still expect to see this flight beat 1b’s number of 378, so 400+ seems like a reasonable bet. Entries remain open in 1c until about 8:30 tonight, with entries closing at the start of Level 9.
| Level: | 20 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 13/239 |
| Prizes: | $78,870 |
The first flight to the 4-Flight is now complete, and they played the full 20 levels. When the final hand was played at the end of Level 20, there were still 13 stacks in the game.
Regina’s Deven Lane is the leader from the opening flight with 785k and fellow Saskatchewanite Ryan Smith is second, about 100k behind Lane. Cory Hauser, Kali Shuali, and Josh Myers round out the top five. See below for the full stacks from 1a.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Deven Lane | 785,000 |
| Ryan Smith | 668,000 |
| Cory Hauser | 494,000 |
| Kali Shuali | 477,000 |
| Josh Myers | 452,000 |
| Colin Burton | 340,000 |
| Tyler Panas | 338,000 |
| Eyal Pevzner | 336,000 |
| Kristopher Taylor | 320,000 |
| Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin | 217,000 |
| Harry Newton | 201,000 |
| Shane Brotherwood | 91,000 |
| Nate Rajukumar | 73,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Zhiyu Chen | $912 |
| 15 | Ryan Cairns | $912 |
| 16 | Micah Quinn | $912 |
| 17 | Seamus Mcgarty | $912 |
| 18 | Brent Brereton | $858 |
| 19 | Connor Daynard | $858 |
| 20 | Jacob Hobday | $858 |
| 21 | David Lemay | $858 |
| 22 | Evan Casey | $858 |
| 23 | Simon Lau | $858 |
| 24 | Jacob Johnston | $858 |
| 25 | Christopher Klementis | $858 |
| 26 | Dylan Boyer | $858 |
| 27 | Dylan Ellis | $817 |
| 28 | Arya Ghai | $817 |
| 29 | Wyatt Reader | $817 |
| 30 | Dennis Duval | $817 |
| 31 | Dennis Duval | $817 |
| 32 | Gurdeep Parhar | $817 |
| 33 | Clayton Littke | $817 |
| 34 | Kyle Myers | $817 |
| 35 | Colum O’Sullivan | $817 |
| 36 | Jui Hsu | $817 |
| Level: | 18 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 17/239 |
| Prizes: | $78,870 |
They are down to 17 players left in Day 1a of the 4-Flight now, just five off the early end to the night. There are a bit more than 5 minutes left in Level 18 with two more levels to play after this one so it looks like the bags will likely come out early.
Below is a look at the cashing players so far, and while I don’t have all the names for remaining players, Ryan Smith, Colin Burton, Tyler Panas, Deven Lane, Shane Brotherwood, Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin, Kali Shuali, and Seamus McGearty are among the players still alive in this one.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Brent Brereton | $858 |
| 19 | Connor Daynard | $858 |
| 20 | Jacob Hobday | $858 |
| 21 | David Lemay | $858 |
| 22 | Evan Casey | $858 |
| 23 | Simon Lau | $858 |
| 24 | Jacob Johnston | $858 |
| 25 | Christopher Klementis | $858 |
| 26 | Dylan Boyer | $858 |
| 27 | Dylan Ellis | $817 |
| 28 | Arya Ghai | $817 |
| 29 | Wyatt Reader | $817 |
| 30 | Dennis Duval | $817 |
| 31 | Dennis Duval | $817 |
| 32 | Gurdeep Parhar | $817 |
| 33 | Clayton Littke | $817 |
| 34 | Kyle Myers | $817 |
| 35 | Colum O’Sullivan | $817 |
| 36 | Jui Hsu | $817 |
| Level: | 30 (100000/200000/200000) |
| Entries: | 1/363 |
| Prizes: | $119,790 ($83,490 prizes, $36,300 bounties) |
It’s been a long time coming for Jordan Banfield but he won his first Circuit ring tonight. He was heads up for a ring in the PKO game last August, but he had to give that ring to Antoine Saddleback (who won the Big 30 Stack yesterday for his second ring). This time, he was able to hold on for the win against runner-up Daniel Bourdages and picked up 9 bounties along the way.
Banfield has about $75k in lifetime earnings, and after the exchange, this should push him to a bit more than $85k for live poker earnings, but most of his volume is online. Banfield is a streamer with WPT Global and is usually found grinding the online streets on Twitch.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Banfield | $16,963 |
| 2 | Daniel Bourdages | $11,308 |
| 3 | Kyle Rosnes | $7,847 |
| 4 | Clair Ramsay | $5,555 |
| 5 | Robert Assu | $4,015 |
| 6 | Nadav Bitton | $2,963 |
| 7 | James Britton | $2,234 |
| 8 | Trevor Otterson | $1,722 |
| 9 | Marcio Kondo | $1,357 |
| 10 | Kyle Kamachi | $1,095 |
| 11 | Ryan Tedesco | $1,095 |
| 12 | Parth Mansukh | $905 |
| 13 | Charlene Boustead | $905 |
| 14 | Gary Tripps | $764 |
| 15 | Ryan Godson | $764 |
| 16 | Anthony Williams | $764 |
| 17 | David Kumar | $764 |
| 18 | Martinus Kaspers | $662 |
| 19 | Nicholas Peterson | $662 |
| 20 | Colten Yamagishi | $662 |
| 21 | Samuel Roth | $662 |
| 22 | Graham Lupton | $662 |
| 23 | Jack Dick | $662 |
| 24 | Laura Mccollom | $662 |
| 25 | Roneil Sewak | $662 |
| 26 | Hoang Quach | $662 |
| 27 | Darlene Hernandez | $589 |
| 28 | Juluis Roque | $589 |
| 29 | Carlos Alaniz | $589 |
| 30 | Youssef Hmama | $589 |
| 31 | Bash Ramahi | $589 |
| 32 | Jeffrey Zhang | $589 |
| 33 |  Richard Marquez | $589 |
| 34 | Joseph Houle | $589 |
| 35 | Avery Aloneissi | $589 |
| 36 | Ryan Parungao | $561 |
| 37 | Donnie Potts | $561 |
| 38 | Micah Quinn | $561 |
| 39 | Garth Frizzell | $561 |
| 40 | Scott Carragher | $561 |
| 41 | Troy Schwab | $561 |
| 42 | Jan Madayag | $561 |
| 43 | Gregory Liow | $561 |
| 44 | Daniel O’Leary | $561 |
| 45 | David Katzov | $561 |
| 46 | Benny Gill | $561 |
| 47 | Max Fernandez | $561 |
| 48 | Aaron Syrene | $561 |
| 49 | Nancy Asselin | $561 |
| 50 | Pushpinder Singh | $561 |
| 51 | Guneet Singh | $561 |
| 52 | Shaun Scrymegeor | $561 |
| 53 | Bradley Rogers | $561 |
| 54 | Andrew Fahey | $561 |
| 55 | Kyle Ivanich | $280.50 |
| 56 | Devon Morgan | $280.50 |
| Level: | 30 (100000/200000/200000) |
| Entries: | 1/363 |
| Prizes: | $119,790 ($83,490 prizes, $36,300 bounties) |
The big hand happened with Jordan Banfield on ace-queen against king-ten for Daniel Bourdages. It was all in before the flop and while Banfield flopped his ace, Bourdages flopped a diamond draw but then bricked the turn and river to send a huge double to Banfield.
That left Bourdages on just 200k which he doubled once by flopping a flush against a flopped pair for Banfield. That gave him 400k, or two big blinds, which went in the next hand when Banfield raised to 400k and Bourdages called. Banfield had queens against six-four and the queens held for the win.
| Level: | 30 (100000/200000/200000) |
| Entries: | 2/363 |
| Prizes: | $119,790 ($83,490 prizes, $36,300 bounties) |
The heads-up players are taking a break with Jordan Banfield in a slight lead. He has 4 million to 3.275 million for Daniel Bourdages.
| Level: | 29 (100000/150000/150000) |
| Entries: | 2/363 |
| Prizes: | $119,790 ($83,490 prizes, $36,300 bounties) |
Jordan Banfield had about a 5:2 lead, but things just evened up after Daniel Bourdages won a race for a double. He was on pocket tens against king-jack for Banfield, and while Banfield flopped a gutshot, he bricked the rest of the board for the underpaid to hold. Bourdages was in for 1.825 million, so they are both now playing about 3.5 million each.
