2025 WSOPC Calgary – Event #8: $1k NLH

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	8/485
Prizes:	$424,375

I missed the action while getting pictures sorted and eating some dinner, but they are down to 8 on the final table now with Devon Morgan and Jimmy Lee ending their runs in 10th and 9th places respectively. The approximate chip counts for the remaining players are below.

Player	Chips
Thomas Taylor	2,895,000
Michael Malm	2,300,000
Jeremy Doll	2,250,000
Mehmet Ali Siginc	2,205,000
Joel Kogan	2,180,000
Duff Charette	1,400,000
Mike Schmidt	745,000
Garrett Gilmurray	500,000

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	11/485
Prizes:	$424,375

It looks like there’s been som chip movement as Mehmet Siginc now looks to be the leader with about 2.8 million in front of him which Jeremy Doll, who is to Siginc’s right, has dropped down to a bit more than a million. Thomas Taylor looks to be playing more than 1.5 million now.

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	11/485
Prizes:	$424,375

They are down to 11 left in Day 2 of the Two-Day now with just under 30 minutes to play in Level 24. 61st place is still missing, but the rest of the full prizes are under the Payouts tab, with the recent cashers below.

Place	Player	Prize
12	Kyle Levicki	$3,994
13	Jui Hsu	$3,994
14	Matthew Ouellette	$3,340
15	Erin Pulchinski	$3,340

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	12/485
Prizes:	$424,375

They are down to 12 remaining in the Two-Day $1k with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 23. Erin Pulchinski and Matthew Ouellette were among the recent busts, but I still haven’t seen a name for 13th place yet.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	15/485
Prizes:	$424,375

I’ve just had a quick look at the remaining players in the Two-Day $1k and it looks like Jeremy Doll is the big stack right now. He’s on about 3 million with the next biggest stack in front of Thomas Taylor, playing about 1.4 million. Jimmy Lee is to Taylor’s right with about 950k.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	15/485
Prizes:	$424,375

They are down to 15 remaining in the Two-Day $1k with about 15 minutes to play in Level 22. 61st place is still blank, but otherwise, all the prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab with he recent busts below.

Place	Player	Prize
16	Jay Dragland	$3,340
17	Serge Noel	$3,340
18	Kyle Ho	$2,865

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	17/485
Prizes:	$194,370

The final 17 players in the Two-Day $1k are now back in their seats for Level 22.

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	17/485
Prizes:	$424,375

The dinner break has just begun with 17 players remaining in the field. Kyle Ho was the first player to exit the game from the final two tables and the remaining field will be back in action in about 40 minutes.

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	18/485
Prizes:	$424,375

They are down to the final two tables in the Two-Day $1k now with about 15 minutes to play until dinner. We are still missing 61st place but otherwise, the full prizes are posted under the Payouts tab with cashing players since my last update below.

Place	Player	Prize
19	Steven Barber	$2,865
20	Donal Fujita	$2,865
21	David Burnard	$2,865
22	Michael St.Pierre-Porter	$2,865
23	Jerry Li	$2,865
24	Marco Di Nardo	$2,865
25	Kyle Chang	$2,865
26	Matthew O’Brien	$2,865
27	Steven Wiens	$2,522
28	Marc Lavergne	$2,522
29	Taran Parmar	$2,522

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	29/485
Prizes:	$424,375

They are down to 29 remaining in the Two-Day $1k with just over 20 minutes to play in Level 19. They’ll take a 45-minute dinner break following Level 21. See below for the payouts so far (with full prizes under the Payouts tab) but 61st place is still blank.

Place	Prize	Player
30	Deven Lane	$2,522
31	Ian Monahoyios	$2,522
32	Morgan Mclellan	$2,522
33	Shawn Sperber	$2,522
34	Youssef Hmama	$2,522

Level:	18 (6000/12000/12000)
Entries:	34/485
Prizes:	$424,375

They are down to four tables with 34 players left now in the Two-Day $1k. 61st place is still missing from the list, but the rest of the prizes since my last update are below with full prizes under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
35	Allan Alejandro	$2,522
36	Yu(Alex) Liu	$2,279
37	Pavlo Vertiiko	$2,279
38	Dylan Boyer	$2,279
39	Kelly Becker	$2,279
40	Shannon Lazorko	$2,279
41	Pascal Gregoire	$2,279
42	Daniel Bong	$2,279
43	Darnell Simpson	$2,279
44	Zachary Verpaalen	$2,279
45	Malcolm Bolger	$2,117
46	Garrett Birch	$2,117
47	Zhi Lin	$2,117
48	Sunny Labana	$2,117
49	Jeremy Roberts	$2,117
50	Christopher Charlton	$2,117

Level:	17 (5000/10000/10000)
Entries:	50/485
Prizes:	$424,375

I was a bit late getting to the floor today as it was a very late night on Monday night. There are about 30 minutes to play in Level 17 with the field now at 50 entries. It looks like 61st place hasn’t stopped by the payout desk yet to get their slip signed, so I don’t have a name for them yet, but the rest of the prizes so far are below.

Place	Player	Prize
51	Nichols Lee	$2,117
52	Jae Lee	$2,117
53	Stephen Dauphanis	$2,117
54	Eun Park	$2,017
55	Melvin Podaima	$2,017
56	Chad Winnick	$2,017
57	Zacharie Desautels	$2,017
58	Marc-Andre Yelle	$2,017
59	Dennis Ashmore	$2,017
60	Christian Wallmuth	$2,017
61		$2,017
62	Faisel Al Qutub	$2,017
63	Behnam Esfahanizeadeh	$2,017
64	Ty Duong	$2,017
65	Brett Lambden	$2,017
66	Colten Yamagishi	$2,017
67	Ronald Berdusco	$2,017
68	Zhi Yang	$2,017
69	Haven Taylor	$2,017
70	Jodie Dunfield	$2,017
71	Bobby Jones	$2,017
72	Hassan Issa	$2,017
73	Douglas Berry	$2,017

Event 8:	$1000 Two-Day $1k ($875 + $125)
Date:	Day 2: Jan 14, 2 PM
Blinds:	40 Minutes
Entries:	72/485
Prizes (Winner):	$424,375 ($84,962)

Day 2 of the $1k is now set with 72 players returning in the money. Day 2 action kicks off at 2 PM in the Chrome room on Tuesday and they’ll play down to the ring before they end for the day. The blinds will stay at 40 minutes for the rest of the event.

Pavlo Vertiiko is the big stack going into Day 2 with 762k. Jui Hsu, Jerry Li, Jeremy Doll, and Taran Parmar round out the top 5 stacks. This game should be my main focus on Tuesday until the ring is awarded.

Day 2 Chips by Name

T-S	Player	Kyle Chang
38 – 8	Alex Liu	315,000
42 – 7	Allan Alejandro	204,000
34 – 1	Behnam Esfahanizadeh	59,000
35 – 1	Bobby Jones	48,000
33 – 2	Chad Winnick	37,000
39 – 6	Chris Charlton	195,000
32 – 6	Chris Wallmuth	114,000
35 – 3	Colten Yamagishi	61,000
39 – 5	Dan Bong	82,000
33 – 5	Darnell Simpson	67,000
33 – 8	Dave Burnand	84,000
39 – 1	Dennis Ashmore	170,000
35 – 9	Deven Lane	140,000
40 – 8	Devon Morgan	449,000
40 – 7	Don Fujita	61,000
40 – 2	Duff Charette	249,000
32 – 3	Dylan Boyer	125,000
39 – 9	Erin Pulchinski	109,000
34 – 8	Eun Ji Park	53,000
34 – 4	Faisal Al Qutab	38,000
33 – 7	Garrett Birch	203,000
32 – 8	Garrett Gilmuray	212,000
40 – 1	Hassan Issa	53,000
38 – 4	Haven Taylor	75,000
35 – 7	Ian Modder	125,000
32 – 1	Ian Monahoyios	260,000
34 – 3	Jae Whan Lee	216,000
34 – 9	Jay Dragland	234,000
35 – 2	Jeremy Doll	570,000
42 – 9	Jeremy Roberts	59,000
33 – 3	Jerry Li	630,000
35 – 6	Jimmy Lee	375,000
33 – 1	Jodie Dunfield	221,000
32 – 7	Joel Kogan	97,000
32 – 9	Jui Hsu	661,000
38 – 5	Kelly Becker	196,000
32 – 2	Kyle CHang	84,000
40 – 4	Kyle Ho	264,000
33 – 9	Kyle Levicki	168,000
38 – 3	Lambden Brett	70,000
38 – 9	Malcolm Bolger	182,000
32 – 5	Marc Lavergne	241,000
34 – 5	Marc-Andre Yelle	219,000
40 – 9	Mario Di Narelo	137,000
33 – 6	Mathew O’Brien	230,000
38 – 7	Matthew Ouellette	161,000
35 – 8	Mehmet Ali Siginc	464,000
33 – 4	Mel Podaima	139,000
39 – 4	Michael Malm	227,000
39 – 3	Michael St. Pierre-Porter	251,000
35 – 5	Mike Schmidt	35,000
42 – 3	Morgan McLellan	327,000
38 – 2	Nicholas Lee	111,000
39 – 8	Pascal Gregoire	210,000
41 – 5	Pavlo Vertiiko	762,000
40 – 3	Ronald Berdusoo	57,000
41 – 6	Serge Noel	346,000
34 – 2	Shannon Lazorko	119,000
41 – 1	Shawn Sperber	349,000
42 – 5	Stephen Dauphinais	159,000
39 – 2	Steve Barber	107,000
41 – 4	Steven Wiens	271,000
42 – 4	Sunny Lubana	124,000
40 – 5	Taran Parmar	545,000
34 – 6	Thomas Taylor	213,000
41 – 7	Ty Duong	154,000
38 – 1	Weijie Zhang	191,000
42 – 8	Youssef Hmama	422,000
41 – 3	Zacharie DeSautels	247,000
32 – 4	Zachary Verpaalen	321,000
41 – 9	Zhi Lin Lin	116,000
42 – 2	Zhigang Yang	191,000

Day 2 Chips by Seat

T-S	Player	Chips
32 – 1	Ian Monahoyios	260,000
32 – 2	Kyle Chang	84,000
32 – 3	Dylan Boyer	125,000
32 – 4	Zachary Verpaalen	321,000
32 – 5	Marc Lavergne	241,000
32 – 6	Chris Wallmuth	114,000
32 – 7	Joel Kogan	97,000
32 – 8	Garrett Gilmuray	212,000
32 – 9	Jui Hsu	661,000
33 – 1	Jodie Dunfield	221,000
33 – 2	Chad Winnick	37,000
33 – 3	Jerry Li	630,000
33 – 4	Mel Podaima	139,000
33 – 5	Darnell Simpson	67,000
33 – 6	Mathew O’Brien	230,000
33 – 7	Garrett Birch	203,000
33 – 8	Dave Burnand	84,000
33 – 9	Kyle Levicki	168,000
34 – 1	Behnam Esfahanizadeh	59,000
34 – 2	Shannon Lazorko	119,000
34 – 3	Jae Whan Lee	216,000
34 – 4	Faisal Al Qutab	38,000
34 – 5	Marc-Andre Yelle	219,000
34 – 6	Thomas Taylor	213,000
34 – 8	Eun Ji Park	53,000
34 – 9	Jay Dragland	234,000
35 – 1	Bobby Jones	48,000
35 – 2	Jeremy Doll	570,000
35 – 3	Colten Yamagishi	61,000
35 – 5	Mike Schmidt	35,000
35 – 6	Jimmy Lee	375,000
35 – 7	Ian Modder	125,000
35 – 8	Mehmet Ali Siginc	464,000
35 – 9	Deven Lane	140,000
38 – 1	Weijie Zhang	191,000
38 – 2	Nicholas Lee	111,000
38 – 3	Lambden Brett	70,000
38 – 4	Haven Taylor	75,000
38 – 5	Kelly Becker	196,000
38 – 7	Matthew Ouellette	161,000
38 – 8	Alex Liu	315,000
38 – 9	Malcolm Bolger	182,000
39 – 1	Dennis Ashmore	170,000
39 – 2	Steve Barber	107,000
39 – 3	Michael St. Pierre-Porter	251,000
39 – 4	Michael Malm	227,000
39 – 5	Dan Bong	82,000
39 – 6	Chris Charlton	195,000
39 – 8	Pascal Gregoire	210,000
39 – 9	Erin Pulchinski	109,000
40 – 1	Hassan Issa	53,000
40 – 2	Duff Charette	249,000
40 – 3	Ronald Berdusoo	57,000
40 – 4	Kyle Ho	264,000
40 – 5	Taran Parmar	545,000
40 – 7	Don Fujita	61,000
40 – 8	Devon Morgan	449,000
40 – 9	Mario Di Narelo	137,000
41 – 1	Shawn Sperber	349,000
41 – 3	Zacharie DeSautels	247,000
41 – 4	Steven Wiens	271,000
41 – 5	Pavlo Vertiiko	762,000
41 – 6	Serge Noel	346,000
41 – 7	Ty Duong	154,000
41 – 9	Zhi Lin Lin	116,000
42 – 2	Zhigang Yang	191,000
42 – 3	Morgan McLellan	327,000
42 – 4	Sunny Lubana	124,000
42 – 5	Stephen Dauphinais	159,000
42 – 7	Allan Alejandro	204,000
42 – 8	Youssef Hmama	422,000
42 – 9	Jeremy Roberts	59,000