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Shawn Johnson Wins Event #1 for $28,013
Shawn Johnson was the big stack through much of the final table, though Victor Ma and Eric Vansteelandt also competed for that title throughout the night. In the end, Johnson was able to hold his stack, even as short-stack Henry Friesen wouldn’t die.
Friesen ended up heads up with Johnson after being the short stack at 130k with 8 players left, just a couple of big blinds. Johnson made short work of heads up, however, coming in with about a 4:1 lead. Johnson bagged his first ring tonight, along with more than $28k.
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Henry Friesen Out in 2nd Place for $18,337
Level: 31 (100000/250000/250000) Entries: 1/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 2:30 AM 
Henry Friesen Henry Friesen had a great run today, sitting on the short stack for most of the final table, but still managing to get to heads up. Once they got two-ways, he fell to Shawn Johnson, who was a big stack through most of the FT.
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Friesen Makes Big Fold?
Level: 31 (100000/250000/250000) Entries: 2/404 Prizes: $134,071 Henry Friesen opened the button to 500k and Shawn Johnson called from the big blind. Johnson check-called for 500k on the 9♣5♣2♣ flop, and check-shoved the covering stack after Friesen fired 1 million on the Q♣ turn.
The shove sent Friesen into the tank. “The only way you beat me with with the king or ace. Do you hae the king or the ace?” he asked, muttering to himself before finally mucking hand for a massive fold if, in fact, he has the jack of clubs as indicated.
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Victor Ma Out in 3rd Place for $12,311
Level: 31 (100000/250000/250000) Entries: 2/404 Prizes: $134,071 
Victor Ma They are heads up in Event #1 now with Shawn Johnson beating short-stack Eric Friesen. Victor Ma was the player out in 3rd place for the first 5-digit payout tonight.
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Friesen Won’t Die
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 3/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 2 AM Henry Friesen shoved the button, and Shawn Johnson called from the small blind. Friesen was ahead with K♥7♠ against the suited gapper 6♣4♣ for Johnson. Friesen found his seven on the turn of J♠A♦9♦7♥8♠, and that was all he needed to double from 650k. Johsnon has the big stack right now with more than 6 million in front of him.
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Eric Vansteelandt Out in 4th Place for $8,470
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 3/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 1:50 AM 
Eric Vansteelandt They are down to 3 left after Eric Vansteelandt hit the rail for 4th place shortly after they returned for Level 30.
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Friesen Doubles to Stay Alive Again
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 4/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 1:20 AM Henry Friesen got his last 1 million in with king-jack of spades, and Eric Vansteelandt called with jack-eight of diamonds. Friesen hit his king on the flop of 3♥K♣2♦A♦6♠, though Vansteelandt nearly flushed him out after turning the backdoor diamonds.
Shawn Johnson is leading with 4.5 million, Victor Ma has 3.4 million, Vansteelandt has 1.6 million, while Friesen is now playing 2.3 million, with the players on a break now.
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Sukhpal Sihota Out in 5th Place for $5,975
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 4/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 1 AM 
Sukhpal Sihota Sukhpal Sihota Shoved for 1.2 million under the gun, and Shawn Johnson tank-called in the big blind with more. Sihota was on pocket eights against Q♦J♦ for Johnson.
Johnson smashed the flop of the 10♦A♦3♦10♣9♦ flop for the diamond flush, and sent Sihota to the rail for 5th place money.
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Sihota Holds for a Double
Level: 28 (60000/120000/120000) Entries: 5/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:45 AM Shawn Johnson raised the small blind to 325k, then called off when Sukhpal Sihota shoved the big for 730k. Sihota had pocket sevens against queen-deuce, and while Johnson found a duck on the flop, there was no more help and the sevens held to double Sihota back.
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Friesen Finds a Double
Level: 27 (50000/100000/100000) Entries: 5/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:30 AM Harry Friesen had almost half his stack in for the big blind and ante, and he called off a shove from Sukhpal Sihota. Friesen had pocket eights against ace-seven off, and the eights held on a board of J♣K♦J♠2♦3♦. Frisen doubled to over 500k, with Sihota also playing about 500k after the hand.
Most of th chips belong to Victor Ma and Shawn Johnson, who are both playing a bit more than 4 million each.
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Anthony Casten, Curtis Singleton Out
Level: 27 (50000/100000/100000) Entries: 5/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:25 AM 
Anthony Casten 
Curtis Singleton Place Player Prize 6 
Curtis Singleton$4,324 7 Anthony Casten$3,213 -
Chris Kenoras Out in 8th Place for $2,452
Level: 27 (50000/100000/100000) Entries: 7/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:20 AM 
Chris Kenoras Event #1 is down to 7 players left now after Chris Kenoras busted while I was grabbign pictures for the final table of Event #2.
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Chips at Break
Level: 26 (40000/80000/80000) Entries: 8/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 11:40 PM T-S Player Chips 40-1 Chris Kenoras 1,605,000 40-2 Henry Friesen 130,000 40-3 Curtis Singleton 1,370,000 40-4 Shawn Johnson 2,100,000 40-7 Sukhpal Sihota 770,000 40-8 Eric Vansteelandt 3,175,000 40-9 Victor Si Yun Ma 1,480,000 40-10 Anthony Casten 1,490,000 Eric Vansteelandt Leads the way as they are about to start Level 26.
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Vo Nguyen Out in 9th Place for $1,925
Level: 25 (30000/60000/60000) Entries: 8/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 11:25 
Vo Nguyen There are 8 players left after Vo Nguyen hit the rail for 9th place tonight.
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Final Table Faces
Level: 25 (30000/60000/60000) Entries: 9/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 11:20 PM Victor Ma Anthony Casten Eric Vansteelandt Sukhpal Sihota Vo Nguyen 
Bruce Takeda 
Shawn Johnson Curtis Singleton Henry Friesen Chris Kenoras Bruce Takeda was the first player off the final table tonight, though I missed the action while I was doing pictures.
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Final Table Time
Level: 24 (25000/50000/50000) Entries: 10/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 10:55 PM Event #1 is now at the final table with 10 players remaining. Stay tuned for pictures of the final 10, with the recent cashes below.
Place Player Prize 11 Zoran Kaniski$1,554 12 Norapat Arunyakanon$1,293 -
Nearing the Final Table
Level: 24 (25000/50000/50000) Entries: 12/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 10:45 PM The Event #1 field is down to 12 players now, just two away from the 10-handed final table. See below for the recent cashes to 13th place, with the full prizes under the Payouts tab.
Place Player Prize 13 Tim Chen$1,293 14 Adam Lamers$1,108 15 Christopher Iriye$1,108 16 Chad Blumes$1,108 17 Simon Belley-Roy$1,108 -
Sihota Gets there for a Double
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 16/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 10:25 PM Victor Ma opened to 100k under the gun, and Eric Vansteelandt called two seats to his left. Sukhpal Sihota then shoved from the middle, and it folded back to Ma, who called with more while Vansteelandt mucked his hand.
Ma had pocket sixes against ace-king, and while the board didn’t hit the big slick directly, the 2♣7♣5♣Q♦10♣ runout gave Sihota the club flush with the king of clubs.
During the deal, the dealer exposed the ace of clubs for Vo Nguyen, turning it into the burn card. Nguyen was short and almost certainly would have been in with the ace, hitting the best flush, but sometimes luck doesn’t run your way.
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Final Two Tables with 17 Left
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 17/404 Prizes: $134,017 The Big 30 Stack is down to 17 players left now, and the action has moved into the Chrome Room. Below is a look at the remaining players, with stacks updated at the last break, as well as the most recent cashes.
T-S Player Chips 40-1 Zoran Kaniski 300,000 40-2 Anthony Casten 1,050,000 40-3 Shawn Johnson 166,000 40-4 Norapat Arunyakanon 535,000 40-5 Henry Friesen 95,000 40-6 Curtis Singleton 920,000 40-8 Adam Lamers 540,000 40-9 Chad Blumes 535,000 41-1 Tim Chen 105,000 41-2 Victor Si Yun Ma 820,000 41-3 Bruce Takeda 500,000 41-4 Eric Vansteelandt 275,000 41-5 Sukhpal Sihota 195,000 41-6 Chris Kenoras 265,100 41-7 Vo Nguyen 100,000 41-8 Simon Belley-Roy 750,000 41-9 Christopher Mark Iriye 235,000 Place Player Prize 18 Mariano Liu$980 19 Glenn Slater$980 20 Ryan Teixeira$980 21 Maher Al Mousely$980 22 James Reynolds$980 -
Recent Cashes from Event #1
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 22/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 9:55 PM Below is a look at the most recent cashes for Event #1. See the Payouts tab for a look at the full prizes so far tonight.
Place Player Prize 23 Kenneth Tkachuk$980 24 Sean Sztyler$980 25 Gary Cooper$980 26 Morgan Mclellan$980 27 Jeff Lamarche$895 -
22 Players Remain
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 22/404 Prizes: $134,017 Event #1 is now down to 22 players left, and while the action is still playing out in the Sundance Room, I don’t have eyes on the game right now. However, they’ll be moving to Chrome once they hit 18 players, so I should be following this one shortly.
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Singleton Rockets To the Chip Lead and Recent Eliminations
Level: 20 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 29/404 Prizes: $126,654 Curtis Singleton opened to 40,000, and the small blind three-bet to 150,000.
Singleton took some time before re-raising to 400,000. His opponent went into the tank, but eventually found the fold.
Curtis Singleton: 1,030,000
Place Player Hometown Country Prize 28 Kyle Dery Calgary Canada $895 29 Youssef Hmama Vancouver Canada $895 30 David Davis Burnaby Canada $895 31 Adam Worr Rimbey Canada $895 32 Javier Rodriguez Calgary Canada $895 33 Jonah Garre Kirsh toronto Canada $895 34 CLARK MCKAY CALGARY Canada $895 35 Peter Amic Canada $895 36 Peter Amic Canada $846 37 VAN BAU TA EDMONTON Canada $846 38 Keith Andrew Gould Canada $846 39 Sherman Power Canada $846 40 Harsh Kumar Canada $846 41 Edward Daniel Sorensen Canada $846 42 Zhiyu Chen Mississauga Canada $846 43 Allan Hobbins Calgary Canada $846 44 JOSHUA MATTHEW BENNETT Canada $846 45 Liam Bergman Calgary $846 -
Updated Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Anthony Casten 1,020,000 Curtis Singleton 824,000 Simon Belley-Roy 695,000 Shawn Johnson 682,000 Mariano Liu 630,000 -
McLellan Won’t Slow Down
Level: 19 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 39/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 8:03 PM
Action was caught after the board ran out A♥5♥8♣6♠2♣, and Christopher Iriye checked from the small blind.
Morgan McLellan fired for 90,000, and Iriye went into the tank. Eventually he made the call, and revealed A♠J♦. He was bested by McLellan’s A♣Q♠.
Morgan McLellan: 521,000
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First Ladder Up
Position Player Hometown Country Prize 46 Brian Ellis , Alberta Canada $846 47 Jeremy Graham Coldstream, British Columbia Canada $846 48 Phong Truong Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 49 Nadav Bitton Kelowna, British Columbia Canada $846 50 Thomas Taylor Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 51 Ankhbayar Bayar Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 52 Chris Duffy Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 53 Kim Pham Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 54 Hardik Saini , Alberta Canada $846 55 Munkhbat Choijilsuren , Alberta Canada $846 56 Evan Thomas Victoria, British Columbia Canada $846 57 Shane Lee Brotherwood Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 58 Ahmed Nabeel Edmonton, Alberta Canada $846 59 Joseph Cosco Penticton, British Columbia Canada $846 60 Gerald Nelner , Alberta Canada $846 61 Clifton George Green , Alberta Canada $846 -
Belley-Roy Has the Hot Seat
Level: 18 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 47/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 7:41 PM
Thomas Gallagher opened to 25,000, and made the call from the button. Simon Belley-Roy made the call from the button.
The flop came Q♣6♠4♥, and Gallagher was quick to check. Belley-Roy fired for 25,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Simon Belley-Roy: 418,000
Thomas Gallagher: 161,000 -
Friesen Ices Out the Competition
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 52/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 7:26 PM
The button moved all in for 64,000, and Henry Riesen moved all in for 1,000 more from the small blind. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Button: K♠J♥
Henry Friesen: A♠8♣The board ran out 6♥4♦K♣7♠5♠ to give Friesen a straight.
Henry Friesen: 148,000
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McLellan Bursts Bubble
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 61/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 7:16 PM
Morgan McLellan opened to 16,000 from middle position, and the big blind made the call.
The flop came 6♠8♥9♥, and the big blind was quick to check. McLellan continued for 15,000, and his opponent made the call.
After the turn peeled the 7♣, the big blind checked to McLellan. He moved all in having his opponent covered. The big blind made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: 6♦7♦
Morgan McLellan: 4♦5♦The board completed with the K♣ to send the remaining players into the money. Each player has locked up a minimum of $846 with $28,013 going to the eventual winner.
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Belley-Roy Running Hot
Level: 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 68/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 6:56 PM
Middle position moved all in for 19,000 without looking at his hand. Simon Belley-Roy moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: K♣K♦
Simon Belley-Roy: A♣K♠The board ran out Q♦2♠10♥A♦5♥ to send the tournament one player closer to the bubble.
Simon Belley-Roy: 255,000
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Those Leading After the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Adam Lamers 540,000 Youssef Hmama 495,000 Eric Vansteelandt 407,000 Morgan McLellan 352,000 Anthony Caston 345,000 Vo Nguyen 340,000 Mariano Lieu 334,000 Kyle Dery 322,000 Sean Sztyler 309,000 Simon Belley-Roy 300,000 -
Kirsch Finds the Read
Level: 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 76/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:50
Jonah Kirsch opened to 13,000 from the button. The big blind moved all in for 34,500, and Kirsch flicked in the call.
Big Blind: Q♠10♦
Jonah Kirsch: K♥2♣The board ran out 5♦5♠K♣Q♣4♠ to give Kirsch the pot. Kirsch mentioned that he “had a gut feeling his king high was ahead.” Players are headed on a 45 minute dinner break and will return at 6:35 PM.
Jonah Kirsch: 262,500
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Diamonds are Iriye’s Best Friend
Level: 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 83/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:35 PM
Late position called, and so did Christopher Iriye from the small blind. Glenn Moller-Nielsen checked his big blind.
The flop came A♥4♦3♥, and Iriyen checked from the small blind. Moller-Nielsen fired for 5,000, and only Iriyen made the call.
Both the turn and river checked through as they came the 2♦10♦. Iriye revealed Q♦5♦ to best Moller-Nielsen’s A♥K♦.
Christopher Iriye: 108,000
Glenn Moller-Nielsen: 26,000 -
Lieu Finds Another Elimination
Level: 14 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 89/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:20 PM
Under the gun opened to 15,000, and Mariano Lieu moved all in. Under the gun called for 46,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Under the gun: 8♥8♣
Mariano Lieu: A♦J♦The board ran out J♣3♥9♠7♣Q♣ for Lieu to take the pot.
Mariano Lieu: 274,000
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Slater Takes it Down
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 107/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:03 PM
Action was caught after the flop of 6♦J♦2♥, and Glenn Slater fired for 20,000 from under the gun. Only Nicholas Darling called from the cutoff.
The turn peeled the 3♠, and Slater continued for 50,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Glenn Slater: 219,000
Nicholas Daring: 97,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $28,013 2 $18,337 3 $12,311 4 $8,470 5 $5,975 6 $4,324 7 $3,213 8 $2,452 9 $1,925 10-11 $1,554 12-13 $1,293 14-17 $1,108 18-26 $980 27-35 $895 36-44 $846 45-61 $805 -
Kelly Finds the Double
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 141/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 4:25 PM
Jason Kelly moved all in for 26,000, and Keith Gould made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jason Kelly: 9♥9♠
Keith Gould: K♣J♥The board ran out 9♦10♠6♠J♣4♦ for Kelly to take the pot.
Keith Gould: 222,000
Jason Kelly: 64,000 -
Lee Finds Life
Level: 11 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 156/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 4:16 PM
Nitin Verma moved all in from the small blind, and Gavin Lee made the call from the small blind for less (13,500). Both players revealed their holdings.
Gavin Lee: A♣8♠
Nitin Verma: K♥2♥The board ran out 3♥A♠J♣4♥3♣ for Lee to find the double. Last October’s Event #1 saw a total of 268 entries to bring a total prize pool of $88,440. This year’s series looks to smash records as already shown by the starting event.
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Updated Stacks as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Mariano Liu 197,000 Sean Sztyler 184,000 Jonah Kirsch 179,000 Evan Thomas 158,900 Wallace Aebli 144,000 Clark McKay 142,000 Dustin Tarbell 141,500 DJ Sharma 133,000 Randall Alwood 120,000 Harsh Kumar 110,500 -
Nuts Only for Blumes
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 197/389 Prizes: $121,952 Chad Blumes made the call from early position, and Joseph Wotschell raised to 6,000 from the big blind. Blumes made the call.
Action checked through on the A♦2♦J♦ flop.
The turn came the 9♣, and Wotschell led out for 6,000. Blumes made the call.
After the river peeled the Q♣, Wotschell continued for 12,000. Blumes moved all in for 23,000, and Wotschell made the call. Blumes revealed K♦Q♦ to best Wotschell’s A♥8♥.
Joseph Wotschell: 100,700
Chad Blumes: 73,200 -
Slater Finds the Elimination
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 215/374 Prizes: $117,249 Action was caught after the flop of 10♦Q♦Q♣, and under the gun was quick to check. Glenn Slater fired for 8,000, and under the gun moved all in for 11,700. Slater made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Under the Gun: Q♥8♥
Glenn Slater: A♦K♦The board ran out K♣6♦ for Slater to find the elimination.
Glenn Slater: 50,900
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Dattani Finds No Resistance
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 223/363 Prizes: $113,801 Harshil Dattani opened to 4,000 from middle position, and the cutoff made the call.
The flop came 4♠5♣K♣, and Dattani continued for 5,200. He was rewarded with the pot.
Harshil Dattani: 38,500
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Saini Finds the River
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 232/355 Prizes: $111,293 Action was caught after the turn of 5♥9♠6♥A♦, and Hardik Saini moved all in for 18,300. Mariano Liu made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Hardik Saini: A♥10♥
Mariano Liu: 5♣6♣The board completed with the 2♥ for Saini to find the double.
Mariano Liu: 92,800
Hardik Saini: 59,000 -
Scalise Finds a Hero Call
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 240/333 Prizes: $104,396 Action was caught after the turn of 9♦7♦K♦A♣, and both players were quick to check.
The river peeled the 2♥, and John Scalise was quick to check. Chad Blumes fired for 7,500, and Scalise made the call. He revealed J♦J♣ to take the pot.
John Scalise: 45,300
Chad Blumes: 8,200 -
Rockets for Slater
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 247/321 Prizes: $100,634 Mike Malm opened to 2,000 from under the gun, and early position made the call. Glenn Slater moved all in for 9,100 from the big blind. Malm made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Glenn Slater: A♦A♥
Mike Malm: K♠10♠The board ran out K♦2♦J♦6♣3♦ for Slater to find the double.
Glenn Slater: 21,700
Mike Malm: 20,800 -
Lieu Faces No Opposition
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 248/311 Prizes: $97,499 Middle position raised to 1,800, and Minh Lieu three-bet to 6,200 from the cutoff. Nadav Bitton called from the button, along with DJ Sharma in the small blind.
The flop came 8♦7♠6♥, and Sharma was quick to check. Lieu fired for 5,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Minh Lieu: 53,900
Nadav Bitton: 35,300
DJ Sharma: 22,200 -
Top Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Evan Thomas 95,600 Mark Laforest 90,000 Micah Quinn 90,000 Shane Brotherwood 65,000 Mariano Liu 64,000 Chris Kenoras 63,500 Gary Cooper 61,400 David Davis 60,200 Eric Vansteelandt 60,000 Keith Gould 59,400 -
Caron Carrries On
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 241/270 Prizes: $84,645 Action was caught after the board completed the 5♦4♦3♣6♠10♥, with an all in and call having occurred between Shawn Caron and Buyandelger Myangan for 13,400. Both players revealed their holdings.
Shawn Caron: 7♦7♠
Buyandelger Myangan: 10♦8♦Shawn Caron: 44,000
Buyandelger Myangan: 27,900 -
Hagan Has It
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 223/240 Prizes: $75,240 Mal Hagan opened to 1,200 from middle position, and late position made the call. Ryan Kenny three-bet to 3,800 from the small blind, and both players found a call.
The flop came J♥Q♥K♣, and Kenny fired for 3,500. Only Hagan made the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♣, Kenny was quick to check. Hagan blasted for 6,300, and was rewarded with the pot.
Mal Hagan: 39,400
Ryan Kenny: 29,600 -
Panas Goes Runner-Runner
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 211/217 Prizes: $68,030 Steven Barber opened to 800 from the button, and Gerald Nelner called from the small blind, and Tyler Panas three-bet to 5,600 from the big blind. Both players made the call.
The flop came J♦Q♦4♣, and Nelner was quick to check. Panas moved all in for 17,200, and Barber made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Tyler Panas: 10♦2♦
Steven Barber: K♣Q♥The board completed with the K♠9♣, for Panas to find the double.
Tyler Panas: 52,200
Gerald Nelner: 38,800
Steven Barber: 4,300 -
Laroque Bets Him Off
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 185/189 Prizes: $59,252 Action was caught after the flop of 3♣2♥9♦, and middle position led out for 1,500. Bertrand Laroque called from the button.
After the turn came the 8♥, and middle position checked to Laroque. He fired for 2,000, and was called.
The J♣ completed the board, and midde position was quick to check. Laroque blasted for 6,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Bertrand Laroque: 35,200
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Pham Risks it All
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 175/178 Prizes: $55,803 The button raised to 1,500, and the small blind made the call. Kim Pham three-bet to 5,500 from the big blind, and Wayne Johnson raised to 10,500. Pham made the call.
After the 3♦6♣7♠ flop, Pham took no time to move all in for 13,600. Johnson made the fold, and Pham revealed 9♣9♥ for the over pair.
Kim Pham: 37,700
Wayne Johnson: 19,600 -
Everyone Loves a Chopped Pot
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 154/154 Prizes: $48,279 Action was caught after the flop of K♥Q♠J♦, and the blinds checked to James Gale. He fired for 1,200, and only Bobby Jones called from the small blind.
The turn came the J♣, and Jones was quick to check. Gale continued for 3,000, and received a call.
After the 10♠ completed the board, Jones checked to Gale. He moved all in for 24,400, and Jones went into the tank. Eventually he made the call and revealed A♣10♦ to chop with Gale’s A♦9♥.
Bobby Jones: 30,300
James Gale: 29,900 -
2026 WSOP-C Jan Opens with Big 30 Stack
Event #1: $400 Big 30 Stack ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 7, 11 AM Blinds: 25 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 10 Levels (3:40 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event It’s time for the opening event of the 2026 WSOP-C Calgary Jan! Event #1 is the traditional opening game, the Big 30 Stack.
$400 gets a player 30k in chips, and levels will be 25 minutes long. The action gets going at 11 AM, with 10 levels of late entry. That will put the final entry chance at about 3:40 PM. This one-day event will then play down to a winner sometime late Wednesday night.
E1 Winner Josh Molnar In October, Winnipeg’s Josh Molnar took down this ring over a field of 371 entries. That gave him the best share of more than $122k in prizes, facing down Jacob Parent for the two biggest prizes at the end of the night.
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Shawn Johnson Wins Event #1 for $28,013
Shawn Johnson was the big stack through much of the final table, though Victor Ma and Eric Vansteelandt also competed for that title throughout the night. In the end, Johnson was able to hold his stack, even as short-stack Henry Friesen wouldn’t die.
Friesen ended up heads up with Johnson after being the short stack at 130k with 8 players left, just a couple of big blinds. Johnson made short work of heads up, however, coming in with about a 4:1 lead. Johnson bagged his first ring tonight, along with more than $28k.
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Henry Friesen Out in 2nd Place for $18,337
Level: 31 (100000/250000/250000) Entries: 1/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 2:30 AM Henry Friesen Henry Friesen had a great run today, sitting on the short stack for most of the final table, but still managing to get to heads up. Once they got two-ways, he fell to Shawn Johnson, who was a big stack through most of the FT.
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Friesen Makes Big Fold?
Level: 31 (100000/250000/250000) Entries: 2/404 Prizes: $134,071 Henry Friesen opened the button to 500k and Shawn Johnson called from the big blind. Johnson check-called for 500k on the 9♣5♣2♣ flop, and check-shoved the covering stack after Friesen fired 1 million on the Q♣ turn.
The shove sent Friesen into the tank. “The only way you beat me with with the king or ace. Do you hae the king or the ace?” he asked, muttering to himself before finally mucking hand for a massive fold if, in fact, he has the jack of clubs as indicated.
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Victor Ma Out in 3rd Place for $12,311
Level: 31 (100000/250000/250000) Entries: 2/404 Prizes: $134,071 Victor Ma They are heads up in Event #1 now with Shawn Johnson beating short-stack Eric Friesen. Victor Ma was the player out in 3rd place for the first 5-digit payout tonight.
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Friesen Won’t Die
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 3/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 2 AM Henry Friesen shoved the button, and Shawn Johnson called from the small blind. Friesen was ahead with K♥7♠ against the suited gapper 6♣4♣ for Johnson. Friesen found his seven on the turn of J♠A♦9♦7♥8♠, and that was all he needed to double from 650k. Johsnon has the big stack right now with more than 6 million in front of him.
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Eric Vansteelandt Out in 4th Place for $8,470
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 3/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 1:50 AM Eric Vansteelandt They are down to 3 left after Eric Vansteelandt hit the rail for 4th place shortly after they returned for Level 30.
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Friesen Doubles to Stay Alive Again
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 4/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 1:20 AM Henry Friesen got his last 1 million in with king-jack of spades, and Eric Vansteelandt called with jack-eight of diamonds. Friesen hit his king on the flop of 3♥K♣2♦A♦6♠, though Vansteelandt nearly flushed him out after turning the backdoor diamonds.
Shawn Johnson is leading with 4.5 million, Victor Ma has 3.4 million, Vansteelandt has 1.6 million, while Friesen is now playing 2.3 million, with the players on a break now.
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Sukhpal Sihota Out in 5th Place for $5,975
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 4/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 1 AM Sukhpal Sihota Sukhpal Sihota Shoved for 1.2 million under the gun, and Shawn Johnson tank-called in the big blind with more. Sihota was on pocket eights against Q♦J♦ for Johnson.
Johnson smashed the flop of the 10♦A♦3♦10♣9♦ flop for the diamond flush, and sent Sihota to the rail for 5th place money.
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Sihota Holds for a Double
Level: 28 (60000/120000/120000) Entries: 5/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:45 AM Shawn Johnson raised the small blind to 325k, then called off when Sukhpal Sihota shoved the big for 730k. Sihota had pocket sevens against queen-deuce, and while Johnson found a duck on the flop, there was no more help and the sevens held to double Sihota back.
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Friesen Finds a Double
Level: 27 (50000/100000/100000) Entries: 5/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:30 AM Harry Friesen had almost half his stack in for the big blind and ante, and he called off a shove from Sukhpal Sihota. Friesen had pocket eights against ace-seven off, and the eights held on a board of J♣K♦J♠2♦3♦. Frisen doubled to over 500k, with Sihota also playing about 500k after the hand.
Most of th chips belong to Victor Ma and Shawn Johnson, who are both playing a bit more than 4 million each.
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Anthony Casten, Curtis Singleton Out
Level: 27 (50000/100000/100000) Entries: 5/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:25 AM Anthony Casten Curtis Singleton Place Player Prize 6 Curtis Singleton$4,324 7 Anthony Casten$3,213 -
Chris Kenoras Out in 8th Place for $2,452
Level: 27 (50000/100000/100000) Entries: 7/404 Prizes: $134,071 Local Time: 12:20 AM Chris Kenoras Event #1 is down to 7 players left now after Chris Kenoras busted while I was grabbign pictures for the final table of Event #2.
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Chips at Break
Level: 26 (40000/80000/80000) Entries: 8/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 11:40 PM T-S Player Chips 40-1 Chris Kenoras 1,605,000 40-2 Henry Friesen 130,000 40-3 Curtis Singleton 1,370,000 40-4 Shawn Johnson 2,100,000 40-7 Sukhpal Sihota 770,000 40-8 Eric Vansteelandt 3,175,000 40-9 Victor Si Yun Ma 1,480,000 40-10 Anthony Casten 1,490,000 Eric Vansteelandt Leads the way as they are about to start Level 26.
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Vo Nguyen Out in 9th Place for $1,925
Level: 25 (30000/60000/60000) Entries: 8/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 11:25 Vo Nguyen There are 8 players left after Vo Nguyen hit the rail for 9th place tonight.
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Final Table Faces
Level: 25 (30000/60000/60000) Entries: 9/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 11:20 PM Victor Ma Anthony Casten Eric Vansteelandt Sukhpal Sihota Vo Nguyen Bruce Takeda Shawn Johnson Curtis Singleton Henry Friesen Chris Kenoras Bruce Takeda was the first player off the final table tonight, though I missed the action while I was doing pictures.
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Final Table Time
Level: 24 (25000/50000/50000) Entries: 10/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 10:55 PM Event #1 is now at the final table with 10 players remaining. Stay tuned for pictures of the final 10, with the recent cashes below.
Place Player Prize 11 Zoran Kaniski$1,554 12 Norapat Arunyakanon$1,293 -
Nearing the Final Table
Level: 24 (25000/50000/50000) Entries: 12/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 10:45 PM The Event #1 field is down to 12 players now, just two away from the 10-handed final table. See below for the recent cashes to 13th place, with the full prizes under the Payouts tab.
Place Player Prize 13 Tim Chen$1,293 14 Adam Lamers$1,108 15 Christopher Iriye$1,108 16 Chad Blumes$1,108 17 Simon Belley-Roy$1,108 -
Sihota Gets there for a Double
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 16/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 10:25 PM Victor Ma opened to 100k under the gun, and Eric Vansteelandt called two seats to his left. Sukhpal Sihota then shoved from the middle, and it folded back to Ma, who called with more while Vansteelandt mucked his hand.
Ma had pocket sixes against ace-king, and while the board didn’t hit the big slick directly, the 2♣7♣5♣Q♦10♣ runout gave Sihota the club flush with the king of clubs.
During the deal, the dealer exposed the ace of clubs for Vo Nguyen, turning it into the burn card. Nguyen was short and almost certainly would have been in with the ace, hitting the best flush, but sometimes luck doesn’t run your way.
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Final Two Tables with 17 Left
Level: 23 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 17/404 Prizes: $134,017 The Big 30 Stack is down to 17 players left now, and the action has moved into the Chrome Room. Below is a look at the remaining players, with stacks updated at the last break, as well as the most recent cashes.
T-S Player Chips 40-1 Zoran Kaniski 300,000 40-2 Anthony Casten 1,050,000 40-3 Shawn Johnson 166,000 40-4 Norapat Arunyakanon 535,000 40-5 Henry Friesen 95,000 40-6 Curtis Singleton 920,000 40-8 Adam Lamers 540,000 40-9 Chad Blumes 535,000 41-1 Tim Chen 105,000 41-2 Victor Si Yun Ma 820,000 41-3 Bruce Takeda 500,000 41-4 Eric Vansteelandt 275,000 41-5 Sukhpal Sihota 195,000 41-6 Chris Kenoras 265,100 41-7 Vo Nguyen 100,000 41-8 Simon Belley-Roy 750,000 41-9 Christopher Mark Iriye 235,000 Place Player Prize 18 Mariano Liu$980 19 Glenn Slater$980 20 Ryan Teixeira$980 21 Maher Al Mousely$980 22 James Reynolds$980 -
Recent Cashes from Event #1
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 22/404 Prizes: $134,017 Local Time: 9:55 PM Below is a look at the most recent cashes for Event #1. See the Payouts tab for a look at the full prizes so far tonight.
Place Player Prize 23 Kenneth Tkachuk$980 24 Sean Sztyler$980 25 Gary Cooper$980 26 Morgan Mclellan$980 27 Jeff Lamarche$895 -
22 Players Remain
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 22/404 Prizes: $134,017 Event #1 is now down to 22 players left, and while the action is still playing out in the Sundance Room, I don’t have eyes on the game right now. However, they’ll be moving to Chrome once they hit 18 players, so I should be following this one shortly.
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Singleton Rockets To the Chip Lead and Recent Eliminations
Level: 20 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 29/404 Prizes: $126,654 Curtis Singleton opened to 40,000, and the small blind three-bet to 150,000.
Singleton took some time before re-raising to 400,000. His opponent went into the tank, but eventually found the fold.
Curtis Singleton: 1,030,000
Place Player Hometown Country Prize 28 Kyle Dery Calgary Canada $895 29 Youssef Hmama Vancouver Canada $895 30 David Davis Burnaby Canada $895 31 Adam Worr Rimbey Canada $895 32 Javier Rodriguez Calgary Canada $895 33 Jonah Garre Kirsh toronto Canada $895 34 CLARK MCKAY CALGARY Canada $895 35 Peter Amic Canada $895 36 Peter Amic Canada $846 37 VAN BAU TA EDMONTON Canada $846 38 Keith Andrew Gould Canada $846 39 Sherman Power Canada $846 40 Harsh Kumar Canada $846 41 Edward Daniel Sorensen Canada $846 42 Zhiyu Chen Mississauga Canada $846 43 Allan Hobbins Calgary Canada $846 44 JOSHUA MATTHEW BENNETT Canada $846 45 Liam Bergman Calgary $846 -
Updated Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Anthony Casten 1,020,000 Curtis Singleton 824,000 Simon Belley-Roy 695,000 Shawn Johnson 682,000 Mariano Liu 630,000 -
McLellan Won’t Slow Down
Level: 19 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 39/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 8:03 PM
Action was caught after the board ran out A♥5♥8♣6♠2♣, and Christopher Iriye checked from the small blind.
Morgan McLellan fired for 90,000, and Iriye went into the tank. Eventually he made the call, and revealed A♠J♦. He was bested by McLellan’s A♣Q♠.
Morgan McLellan: 521,000
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First Ladder Up
Position Player Hometown Country Prize 46 Brian Ellis , Alberta Canada $846 47 Jeremy Graham Coldstream, British Columbia Canada $846 48 Phong Truong Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 49 Nadav Bitton Kelowna, British Columbia Canada $846 50 Thomas Taylor Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 51 Ankhbayar Bayar Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 52 Chris Duffy Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 53 Kim Pham Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 54 Hardik Saini , Alberta Canada $846 55 Munkhbat Choijilsuren , Alberta Canada $846 56 Evan Thomas Victoria, British Columbia Canada $846 57 Shane Lee Brotherwood Calgary, Alberta Canada $846 58 Ahmed Nabeel Edmonton, Alberta Canada $846 59 Joseph Cosco Penticton, British Columbia Canada $846 60 Gerald Nelner , Alberta Canada $846 61 Clifton George Green , Alberta Canada $846 -
Belley-Roy Has the Hot Seat
Level: 18 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 47/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 7:41 PM
Thomas Gallagher opened to 25,000, and made the call from the button. Simon Belley-Roy made the call from the button.
The flop came Q♣6♠4♥, and Gallagher was quick to check. Belley-Roy fired for 25,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Simon Belley-Roy: 418,000
Thomas Gallagher: 161,000 -
Friesen Ices Out the Competition
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 52/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 7:26 PM
The button moved all in for 64,000, and Henry Riesen moved all in for 1,000 more from the small blind. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Button: K♠J♥
Henry Friesen: A♠8♣The board ran out 6♥4♦K♣7♠5♠ to give Friesen a straight.
Henry Friesen: 148,000
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McLellan Bursts Bubble
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 61/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 7:16 PM
Morgan McLellan opened to 16,000 from middle position, and the big blind made the call.
The flop came 6♠8♥9♥, and the big blind was quick to check. McLellan continued for 15,000, and his opponent made the call.
After the turn peeled the 7♣, the big blind checked to McLellan. He moved all in having his opponent covered. The big blind made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: 6♦7♦
Morgan McLellan: 4♦5♦The board completed with the K♣ to send the remaining players into the money. Each player has locked up a minimum of $846 with $28,013 going to the eventual winner.
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Belley-Roy Running Hot
Level: 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 68/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 6:56 PM
Middle position moved all in for 19,000 without looking at his hand. Simon Belley-Roy moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: K♣K♦
Simon Belley-Roy: A♣K♠The board ran out Q♦2♠10♥A♦5♥ to send the tournament one player closer to the bubble.
Simon Belley-Roy: 255,000
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Those Leading After the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Adam Lamers 540,000 Youssef Hmama 495,000 Eric Vansteelandt 407,000 Morgan McLellan 352,000 Anthony Caston 345,000 Vo Nguyen 340,000 Mariano Lieu 334,000 Kyle Dery 322,000 Sean Sztyler 309,000 Simon Belley-Roy 300,000 -
Kirsch Finds the Read
Level: 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 76/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:50
Jonah Kirsch opened to 13,000 from the button. The big blind moved all in for 34,500, and Kirsch flicked in the call.
Big Blind: Q♠10♦
Jonah Kirsch: K♥2♣The board ran out 5♦5♠K♣Q♣4♠ to give Kirsch the pot. Kirsch mentioned that he “had a gut feeling his king high was ahead.” Players are headed on a 45 minute dinner break and will return at 6:35 PM.
Jonah Kirsch: 262,500
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Diamonds are Iriye’s Best Friend
Level: 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 83/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:35 PM
Late position called, and so did Christopher Iriye from the small blind. Glenn Moller-Nielsen checked his big blind.
The flop came A♥4♦3♥, and Iriyen checked from the small blind. Moller-Nielsen fired for 5,000, and only Iriyen made the call.
Both the turn and river checked through as they came the 2♦10♦. Iriye revealed Q♦5♦ to best Moller-Nielsen’s A♥K♦.
Christopher Iriye: 108,000
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Lieu Finds Another Elimination
Level: 14 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 89/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:20 PM
Under the gun opened to 15,000, and Mariano Lieu moved all in. Under the gun called for 46,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Under the gun: 8♥8♣
Mariano Lieu: A♦J♦The board ran out J♣3♥9♠7♣Q♣ for Lieu to take the pot.
Mariano Lieu: 274,000
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Slater Takes it Down
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 107/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 5:03 PM
Action was caught after the flop of 6♦J♦2♥, and Glenn Slater fired for 20,000 from under the gun. Only Nicholas Darling called from the cutoff.
The turn peeled the 3♠, and Slater continued for 50,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Glenn Slater: 219,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $28,013 2 $18,337 3 $12,311 4 $8,470 5 $5,975 6 $4,324 7 $3,213 8 $2,452 9 $1,925 10-11 $1,554 12-13 $1,293 14-17 $1,108 18-26 $980 27-35 $895 36-44 $846 45-61 $805 -
Kelly Finds the Double
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 141/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 4:25 PM
Jason Kelly moved all in for 26,000, and Keith Gould made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jason Kelly: 9♥9♠
Keith Gould: K♣J♥The board ran out 9♦10♠6♠J♣4♦ for Kelly to take the pot.
Keith Gould: 222,000
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Lee Finds Life
Level: 11 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 156/404 Prizes: $126,654 Local Time: 4:16 PM
Nitin Verma moved all in from the small blind, and Gavin Lee made the call from the small blind for less (13,500). Both players revealed their holdings.
Gavin Lee: A♣8♠
Nitin Verma: K♥2♥The board ran out 3♥A♠J♣4♥3♣ for Lee to find the double. Last October’s Event #1 saw a total of 268 entries to bring a total prize pool of $88,440. This year’s series looks to smash records as already shown by the starting event.
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Updated Stacks as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Mariano Liu 197,000 Sean Sztyler 184,000 Jonah Kirsch 179,000 Evan Thomas 158,900 Wallace Aebli 144,000 Clark McKay 142,000 Dustin Tarbell 141,500 DJ Sharma 133,000 Randall Alwood 120,000 Harsh Kumar 110,500 -
Nuts Only for Blumes
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 197/389 Prizes: $121,952 Chad Blumes made the call from early position, and Joseph Wotschell raised to 6,000 from the big blind. Blumes made the call.
Action checked through on the A♦2♦J♦ flop.
The turn came the 9♣, and Wotschell led out for 6,000. Blumes made the call.
After the river peeled the Q♣, Wotschell continued for 12,000. Blumes moved all in for 23,000, and Wotschell made the call. Blumes revealed K♦Q♦ to best Wotschell’s A♥8♥.
Joseph Wotschell: 100,700
Chad Blumes: 73,200 -
Slater Finds the Elimination
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 215/374 Prizes: $117,249 Action was caught after the flop of 10♦Q♦Q♣, and under the gun was quick to check. Glenn Slater fired for 8,000, and under the gun moved all in for 11,700. Slater made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Under the Gun: Q♥8♥
Glenn Slater: A♦K♦The board ran out K♣6♦ for Slater to find the elimination.
Glenn Slater: 50,900
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Dattani Finds No Resistance
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 223/363 Prizes: $113,801 Harshil Dattani opened to 4,000 from middle position, and the cutoff made the call.
The flop came 4♠5♣K♣, and Dattani continued for 5,200. He was rewarded with the pot.
Harshil Dattani: 38,500
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Saini Finds the River
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 232/355 Prizes: $111,293 Action was caught after the turn of 5♥9♠6♥A♦, and Hardik Saini moved all in for 18,300. Mariano Liu made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Hardik Saini: A♥10♥
Mariano Liu: 5♣6♣The board completed with the 2♥ for Saini to find the double.
Mariano Liu: 92,800
Hardik Saini: 59,000 -
Scalise Finds a Hero Call
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 240/333 Prizes: $104,396 Action was caught after the turn of 9♦7♦K♦A♣, and both players were quick to check.
The river peeled the 2♥, and John Scalise was quick to check. Chad Blumes fired for 7,500, and Scalise made the call. He revealed J♦J♣ to take the pot.
John Scalise: 45,300
Chad Blumes: 8,200 -
Rockets for Slater
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 247/321 Prizes: $100,634 Mike Malm opened to 2,000 from under the gun, and early position made the call. Glenn Slater moved all in for 9,100 from the big blind. Malm made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Glenn Slater: A♦A♥
Mike Malm: K♠10♠The board ran out K♦2♦J♦6♣3♦ for Slater to find the double.
Glenn Slater: 21,700
Mike Malm: 20,800 -
Lieu Faces No Opposition
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 248/311 Prizes: $97,499 Middle position raised to 1,800, and Minh Lieu three-bet to 6,200 from the cutoff. Nadav Bitton called from the button, along with DJ Sharma in the small blind.
The flop came 8♦7♠6♥, and Sharma was quick to check. Lieu fired for 5,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Minh Lieu: 53,900
Nadav Bitton: 35,300
DJ Sharma: 22,200 -
Top Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Evan Thomas 95,600 Mark Laforest 90,000 Micah Quinn 90,000 Shane Brotherwood 65,000 Mariano Liu 64,000 Chris Kenoras 63,500 Gary Cooper 61,400 David Davis 60,200 Eric Vansteelandt 60,000 Keith Gould 59,400 -
Caron Carrries On
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 241/270 Prizes: $84,645 Action was caught after the board completed the 5♦4♦3♣6♠10♥, with an all in and call having occurred between Shawn Caron and Buyandelger Myangan for 13,400. Both players revealed their holdings.
Shawn Caron: 7♦7♠
Buyandelger Myangan: 10♦8♦Shawn Caron: 44,000
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Hagan Has It
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 223/240 Prizes: $75,240 Mal Hagan opened to 1,200 from middle position, and late position made the call. Ryan Kenny three-bet to 3,800 from the small blind, and both players found a call.
The flop came J♥Q♥K♣, and Kenny fired for 3,500. Only Hagan made the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♣, Kenny was quick to check. Hagan blasted for 6,300, and was rewarded with the pot.
Mal Hagan: 39,400
Ryan Kenny: 29,600 -
Panas Goes Runner-Runner
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 211/217 Prizes: $68,030 Steven Barber opened to 800 from the button, and Gerald Nelner called from the small blind, and Tyler Panas three-bet to 5,600 from the big blind. Both players made the call.
The flop came J♦Q♦4♣, and Nelner was quick to check. Panas moved all in for 17,200, and Barber made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Tyler Panas: 10♦2♦
Steven Barber: K♣Q♥The board completed with the K♠9♣, for Panas to find the double.
Tyler Panas: 52,200
Gerald Nelner: 38,800
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Laroque Bets Him Off
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 185/189 Prizes: $59,252 Action was caught after the flop of 3♣2♥9♦, and middle position led out for 1,500. Bertrand Laroque called from the button.
After the turn came the 8♥, and middle position checked to Laroque. He fired for 2,000, and was called.
The J♣ completed the board, and midde position was quick to check. Laroque blasted for 6,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Bertrand Laroque: 35,200
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Pham Risks it All
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 175/178 Prizes: $55,803 The button raised to 1,500, and the small blind made the call. Kim Pham three-bet to 5,500 from the big blind, and Wayne Johnson raised to 10,500. Pham made the call.
After the 3♦6♣7♠ flop, Pham took no time to move all in for 13,600. Johnson made the fold, and Pham revealed 9♣9♥ for the over pair.
Kim Pham: 37,700
Wayne Johnson: 19,600 -
Everyone Loves a Chopped Pot
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 154/154 Prizes: $48,279 Action was caught after the flop of K♥Q♠J♦, and the blinds checked to James Gale. He fired for 1,200, and only Bobby Jones called from the small blind.
The turn came the J♣, and Jones was quick to check. Gale continued for 3,000, and received a call.
After the 10♠ completed the board, Jones checked to Gale. He moved all in for 24,400, and Jones went into the tank. Eventually he made the call and revealed A♣10♦ to chop with Gale’s A♦9♥.
Bobby Jones: 30,300
James Gale: 29,900 -
2026 WSOP-C Jan Opens with Big 30 Stack
Event #1: $400 Big 30 Stack ($330 + $70)
Date: Jan 7, 11 AM Blinds: 25 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 10 Levels (3:40 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event It’s time for the opening event of the 2026 WSOP-C Calgary Jan! Event #1 is the traditional opening game, the Big 30 Stack.
$400 gets a player 30k in chips, and levels will be 25 minutes long. The action gets going at 11 AM, with 10 levels of late entry. That will put the final entry chance at about 3:40 PM. This one-day event will then play down to a winner sometime late Wednesday night.
E1 Winner Josh Molnar In October, Winnipeg’s Josh Molnar took down this ring over a field of 371 entries. That gave him the best share of more than $122k in prizes, facing down Jacob Parent for the two biggest prizes at the end of the night.
| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Shawn Johnson | $28,013 |
| 2 | Henry Friesen | $18,337 |
| 3 | Victor Ma | $12,311 |
| 4 | Eric Vansteelandt | $8,470 |
| 5 | Sukhpal Sihota | $5,975 |
| 6 | Curtis Singleton | $4,324 |
| 7 | Anthony Casten | $3,213 |
| 8 | Chris Kenoras | $2,452 |
| 9 |  Vo Nguyen | $1,925 |
| 10 | Bruce Takeda | $1,554 |
| 11 | Zoran Kaniski | $1,554 |
| 12 | Norapat Arunyakanon | $1,293 |
| 13 | Tim Chen | $1,293 |
| 14 | Adam Lamers | $1,108 |
| 15 | Christopher Iriye | $1,108 |
| 16 | Chad Blumes | $1,108 |
| 17 | Simon Belley-Roy | $1,108 |
| 18 | Mariano Liu | $980 |
| 19 | Glenn Slater | $980 |
| 20 | Ryan Teixeira | $980 |
| 21 | Maher Al Mousely | $980 |
| 22 | James Reynolds | $980 |
| 23 | Kenneth Tkachuk | $980 |
| 24 | Sean Sztyler | $980 |
| 25 | Gary Cooper | $980 |
| 26 | Morgan Mclellan | $980 |
| 27 | Jeff Lamarche | $895 |
| 28 | Thomas Gallagher | $895 |
| 29 | Kyle Dery | $895 |
| 30 | Youssef Hmama | $895 |
| 31 | David Davis | $895 |
| 32 | Adam Worr | $895 |
| 33 | Javier Rodriguez | $895 |
| 34 | Jonah Kirsh | $895 |
| 35 | Clark Mckay | $895 |
| 36 | Peter Amic | $846 |
| 37 | Van Bau Ta | $846 |
| 38 | Keith Andrew Gould | $846 |
| 39 | Sherman Power | $846 |
| 40 | Harsh Kumar | $846 |
| 41 | Edward Daniel Sorensen | $846 |
| 42 | Zhiyu Chen | $846 |
| 43 | Allan Hobbins | $846 |
| 44 | Joshua Matthew Bennett | $846 |
| 45 | Liam Bergman | $846 |
| 46 | Brian Ellis | $846 |
| 47 | Jeremy Graham | $846 |
| 48 | Phong Truong | $846 |
| 49 | Nadav Bitton | $846 |
| 50 | Thomas Taylor | $846 |
| 51 | Ankhbayar Bayar | $846 |
| 52 | Chris Duffy | $846 |
| 53 | Kim Pham | $846 |
| 54 | Hardik Saini | $846 |
| 55 | Munkhbat Choijilsuren | $846 |
| 56 | Evan Thomas | $846 |
| 57 | Shane Lee Brotherwood | $846 |
| 58 | Ahmed Nabeel | $846 |
| 59 | Joseph Cosco | $846 |
| 60 | Gerald Nelner | $846 |
| 61 | Clifton George Green | $846 |
