2025 WSOPC Calgary – Event #3: $400 NLH Black Chip Bounty

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.

Final Results for Black Chip Bounty

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

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.

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.

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.

Jordan Banfield is now in the lead after a huge pot saw him check-shove the river and get a fold from Daniel Bourdages. I missed the early action, but the pot chipped Banfield up to around 4 million for the lead over Bourdages who has about 3.2 in front of him now.

So far, Daniel Bourdages has all the momentum in heads up. He’s won most of the pots, though they’ve typically been pretty small. In a recent hand, he raised to 250k and got a call from Jordan Banfield. Banfield check-called for 250k on the 7♥4♥J♦ flop and they both checked the 3♥ turn. After a check from Banfield on the A♦ river, Bourdages slid out a stack of blues worth 2 million and Banfield mucked. Banfield is now playing about 2 million.

The game is heads up now after Daniel Bourdages sent Kyle Rosnes to the rail. Rosnes was good preflop with ace-deuce over king-ten, but Bourdages found a king and held to take it down. He now has the big stack against Jordan Banfield heads up.

Clair Ramsay was all in before the flop, with Daniel Bourdages and Kyle Rosnes live going to the flop. The lop came ten-high and Bourdages bet 500k to push Rosnes off. His jacks were ahead of Ramsay’s fives, and the rest of the board changed nothing.

Daniel Bourdages and Jordan Banfield both have more than 2 million now but there’s not a lot of light between the stacks right now.

They are down to four now after a blind-on-blind spot sent Robert Assu to the rail for 5th place. He limped in from the small blind, then called when big blind Kyle Rosnes raised enough to put him all in. It was a race between pocket sixes for Assu and ace-nine for Rosnes. It looked good for the sixes until the river of the 7♦2♣J♥10♦A♠ board.

They are down to five now after Nadav Bitton hit the rail in 6th place after a brutal post-break level. He came back from the break with the chip lead, but he gave a big double to Daniel Bourdages to leave him short just before he hit the cage for 6th place.

Jordan Banfield opened under the gun to 120k and Kyle Rosnes was the only called from the button. Action checked through the Q♣6♥2♥10♣K♣ to the river where Banfield fired 120k. Rosnes slid out a quick call and his ace-king out-kicked the king-ten for Banfield.

Meanwhile a couple of hands previous, break leader Nadav Bitton sent a bunch of chips to Daniel Bourdages. I missed the action, but Bitton was left short with less than 200k after the hand.

I missed the final action for James Britton, but he was left short just before the break when his pocket aces were cracked by the tens of Robert Assu to leave Britton on less than 500k.

Nadav Bitton leads at the break with just shy of 2 million chips right now, but WPT Global streamer Jordan Banfield is close behind with 1.8 million. See below for all the stacks of the remaining 7 players.

Robert Assu just survived with a two-outer. He opened the action to 100k, then called off when James Britton shoved the cutoff with more.

Assu was in trouble with pocket tens with Britton waking up with aces. This is poker, however, and the game is more than preflop — Assu found his ten on the flop of the 10♥7♠Q♥7♦9♠ runout for the win. The double put him up to about 1.2 million while Britton was down to about 520k after the hand.

The average stack right now is about 20 bigs.

Nadav Bitton raised early to 85k in the final hand of Level 23, then called it off when Trevor Otterson shoved his big blind for a bit more than 500k. Otterson had ace-king against queen-ten for Bitton, but Bitton hit his queen and held on the board of Q♣8♣4♠6♦9♦.

They are down to 8 now as Marcio Kondo busted while I was processing and uploading the pictures.

Daniel Bourdages was the chip leader to start the final table with Kyle Rosnes and Jordan Banfield also in the 7-digit range.

They are down to the final table with 9 players left after two players busted on the final table bubble. I’ll grab some names, stacks, and pictures shortly, but one player at the FT is WPT Global streamer Jordan Banfield. He had a pretty solid Fall Super Stack to end last year, and it looks like he’s on a decent run to start this year as well after a cash in the opening event, and now an FT in the bounty.

Place	Player	Prize
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

Level 20 has just begun with the field at 15 players left now. The average stack right now is 484k chips, for just over 20 big blinds so things should move pretty quickly to the 10-handed final table.

Place	Player	Prize
16	Anthony Williams	$764
17	David Kumar	$764
18	Martinus Kaspers	$662

They are down to the final two tables in the Black Chip Bounty game now with 18 players left. Level 19 has just over 10 minutes to play with the next break scheduled following Level 20. Below is a look at the recent cashers with full prizes under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
19	Nicholas Peterson	$662
20	Colten Yamagishi	$662
21	Samuel Roth	$662
22	Graham Lupton	$662
23	Jack Dick	$662
24	Laura Mccollom	$662

The Black Chip action has now moved to the Chrome Room to finish out the night with 24 players left in the game now. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab, but the most recent busts are below.

Place	Player	Prize
25	Roneil Sewak	$662
26	Hoang Quach	$662
27	Darlene Hernandez	$589

They are down to 27 remaining now with the plan to move to the Chrome room now that the game is at three tables. Below is a look at cashers since my last post, including 45th place who has now checked in to the desk.

Place	Player	Prize
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
45	David Katzov	$561

They are down to four tables now with 36 players left. 45th place still hasn’t gone to the desk for payout authorization so that spot is still blank, but otherwise, the cashing players since my last update are below.

Place	Player	Prize
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		$561

They are down to 45 players remaining in the Black Chip now on the final five tables. Level 16 has just begun.

Place	Player	Prize
46	Benny Gill	$561
47	Max Fernandez	$561

They are down to 47 left now after a few eliminations after dinner. Another 12 players will get the $561 min-cash payout before the pay jumps to $589 at 35th place.

Place	Player	Prize
48	Aaron Syrene	$561
49	Nancy Asselin	$561
50	Pushpinder Singh	$561

The Black Chip players are back from the dinner break now and Level 15 action is underway with 50 players remaining. The payouts remain at $561 until 35th place when they jump to $589.

The Black Chip players are on their dinner break now with 50 players remaining in action. They’ll be back at the felt for Level 15 (3k/6k/6k) in about 40 minutes. Below is a look at cashing players to date.

Place	Player	Prize
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

There wasn’t any hand-for-hand in the end as there was a double elimination in the final hand of play. Kyle Ivanich and Devon Morgan split the $561 min-cash spot today and the remaining 54 players are all in the money. They have about 5 more minutes of poker before they head off for the dinner break.

The Black Chip Bounty is on the bubble now with 56 left and 55 paid. The clock is paused with 8″38 remaining until the dinner break and they’ll take two minutes off the clock for every hand played until the next elimination. There will be five hands before dinner and if they haven’t lost anyone in those hands, they’ll return from dinner still hand-for-hand.

The numbers are confirmed at 363 entries for total prizes of $119,790 with $36,300 of that in the bounty pool and the rest divided 55 ways in the prize pool.

They are now just 10 off those money spots with 65 players left in the game so it looks likely the bubble will come near the end of this level or the start of 14.

The full prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, but below is a look at the final table payouts for the ten-handed WSOP final table.

The field is down to 108 players left in the game now with just under 10 minutes to play in Level 10. The prizes aren’t posted yet but it looks like they are about 50 off the money spots now given the tentative numbers.

The entries are closed on the Black Chip Bounty game now with Level 10 just underway. The unofficial total today is 363 entries for prizes just shy of $120k and more than $80k of that in the prize pool with the rest in bounties.

I’ll confirm these numbers when the prizes are posted, but if they hold then 55 players will be sharing in the prizes later tonight.

The feature game on Thursday is the Black Chip Bounty. For $400, players get 20k in chips to play 25-minute levels. $230 from the buy-in goes to the prize pool while the other hundred goes to the player’s bounty.

Action for the Black Chip gets going at 11 am with 9 levels of entry. That should put the final buy-in at about 3:15 PM. After that it will be a race to the ring in this one-day event.

Wednesday was a very late night for me, so I’ll be late to the floor for this one, but once I do arrive, I’ll have my focus on this one until it finishes.