2026 WSOPC Calgary Jan – Event #2: $600 NLH/PLO

Mehmet Siginc was a big stack for most of the final table tonight, and he was able to ride that big stack to his second Circuit ring in Event #2. He held steady with one of the top stacks from 10-handed down to the end.

In the final phase, he was heads up with quadruple ring winner Nicholas Lee, who was looking for his fifth. Lee was nearly out in 3rd tonight when he shoved over a raise from Siginc, but ran into pocket queens for Amir Khan. Lee was making a move with king-six, but found his king for a huge double up, and left Khan on fumes, sending the west coast player out in 3rd.

Lee was very short coming into heads up, and it looked like it might be a quick finish for Siginc. Lee had other ideas, finding doubles when he needed to, but for most of heads up, he was barely staying alive, with less than 10 bigs. Lee did manage to double up into a slight lead at one point right before the end, but a few hands later, when Siginc had retaken a small lead, they got it in when Lee shoved king-ten, and Siginc called ace-nine, with the ace-nine holding for the win.

Siginc’s first ring came in 2023 when he won the $1k Turbo, and this looks to be his fourth-best score, pushing his lifetime earnings to more than $350k.

Nicholas Lee technically had the lead for a hand or two, near the end of the game. He doubled to the lead when his ace-ten won a race against ducks for Mehmet Siginc, but he was only up by a big blind or two. A few hands later, Siginc had chipped back to a slight lead, and that’s when it all hit the fan.

Lee woke up with king-ten and shoved the button, with Siginc calling it off holding ace-nine. Siginc held to send the quadruple ring winner and soon-to-be Doctor out in 2nd place.

Nick Lee has a slight lead now after getting another double. He limped, then called when Mehmet Siginc shoved the covering stack.

Siginc was on pocket deuces against ace-ten for Lee, and Lee flopped his ten on a board of 6♣3♥10♣3♦K♥.

Nicholas Lee is still the short stack, playing about 900k right now after getting a double from his short stack. He flopped the straight with K♦J♣10♠4♥ on a board of J♣9♠Q♠3♣10♦ and held for the win.

Amir Khan was just coolered out in 3rd place. After an open from Mehmet Siginc, Nicholas Lee shoved all in. Khan woke up with pocket queens, and reshoved for more.

Siginc got out of the way, and Khan’s queens looked to be in great shape against king-six for Lee. Lee found a king on the flop though, and the double left Khan with barely a big blind remaining, which he lost shortly after.

Mehmet Siginc now has about 4.5 million, while Lee is playing about 1.5 million.

Mehmet Siginc leads the final four players with about 2.6 million. Amir Khan and Nicholas Lee are both playing more than a million, while Dolore Elumir was the 4th place finisher tonight for $7,384.

They are down to 4 left now in the Mix game after Stefan Maloney and Maksym Shkurupii busted during the last level.

Mike Malm hit the rail in 7th place from the Mix game tonight, bringing the field to 6 left with Level 22 just coming to a close.

The Mix game is down to seven now, with the exit of double ring winner Peter Darlinton. I’m not watching this one very closely as I’m watching the final four in Event #1 for now.

They are down to 8 left in the Mix game after Neil Smith busted in 9th while I was doing the FT pics.

Chip counts to come at the break in about 10 minutes.

They are down to 9 left in the MIx game now, with both games at the final table. See below for the recent cashes, and stay tuned for some final table pics.

Place	Player	Prize
10	Weston Pring	$1,624
11	Greg Genge	$1,624
12	Emanuel Obong	$1,436
13	Larry Chernenkoff	$1,436
14	Sonja Mussell	$1,323
15	Kirk Miller	$1,323
16	Christian Vincent	$1,323
17	Kyle Rosnos	$1,323
18	Dallas Larson	$1,272
19	Lawrence Gerard	$1,272

They are down to the final two tables with 18 players left in the Mix game, with just over 15 minutes to play in Level 17, playing with two cards. Below is a look at the recent cashing spots down to 20th place.

Place	Player	Prize
20	Fraezor Caldwell	$1,272
21	Mitchel Storie	$1,211
22	Darrell Moore	$1,211
23	Jerry Li	$1,211
24	Austin Snyder	$1,211
25	Devon Morgan	$1,211
26	David Katzov	$1,211
27	Adrian Gouveia	$1,211

Mehmet Siginc leads the final 26 players in Event #2.

The NLH/PLO Mix is down to the final three tables with 27 players left. See below for the first four payouts of the night, with a reminder that the full payouts will be available under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
28	Kris Steinbach	$1,211
29	Angelo Jopek	$1,211
30	Mal Hagan	$1,211
31	Ning Wang	$1,211

The bubble was non-existent tonight as they lost the bubble player on the hand where the clock was about to be paused. That leaves 31 players in the mix, with all players now guaranteed at least $1,211 for their day’s work. There are just over 5 minutes to play in Level 14.

Final 30 Players, In the Money

The field is down to the final 4 tables now, 5 off the 31 paid spots. There are just under 20 minutes to play in Level 14, with the next break scheduled after Level 15.

The field is down to 43 remaining now on the final five tables. That puts them just 12 eliminations off the money spots, with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 13.

The prizes are now in, and the field is confirmed at 201 entries. That puts the prizes over $100k, with $24,850 up top for 1st place and 31 places paid. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab, but see below for the final table prizes later tonight.

Level 12 has just begun with 53 players remaining in the game. I’m still waiting for the prizes to be posted, but if the numbers hold at 201, then that should mean 30 or 31 paid spots tonight with around $10k up top for the winner. Those numbers will be confirmed when the prizes are posted shortly.

The final numbers are in, though they are still unofficial. It looks like the field ended with 201 entries for prizes of just shy of $100k.

Mike Malm, who was the 2024 & 2025 Alberta Poker Index Player of the Year, leads the way to start Level 11 with 255k (after being down to just 200 earlier in the day), with Peter Darlington close behind at 250k.

The satellite game is up to 122 entries now for more than $35k in prizes. That puts 11 packages in the pool so far, with about $1,600 left over for 12th place. Level 6 has about 15 minutes to play before the first break of the day.

Peter Darlington opened to 5k under the gun before Shariq “Sharqi” Khan reraised from the middle to 17k. It folded to Ning Wang on the button, and he reshoved.

That pushed Darlington out, but Khan called with A♠A♦J♣2♦ against 8♥7♠6♠5♠ for Wang. Wang flopped two pair, then turned the straight when the board ran out 7♥5♦Q♠9♥9♣. The second break of the day will start in about 3 minutes when this level ends, and I’ll grab another look at the leading stacks when they return for Level 11 with entries closed in just under 20 minutes.

The prizes are nearing $85k now with 193 entries on the board. Level 10 has just begun, and this is the final level of entries. It seems likely they’ll hit 200 entries or more, with more than 30 minutes still remaining to buy into this one.

DJ Sharma shoved for 16.4k under the gun, and without looking at his cards, Mike Malm asked “You want action, right DJ?” Sharma said yes, and Malm called blind from the middle, and the rest of the table folded.

Malm was strogner than a typical blind hand with queen-nine of hearts, but he was up against ace-king of spades for Sharma. Sharma hit his ace on the flop, but Malm found two hearts as well. The king of clubs & seven of diamonds runout improved Sharma and bricked for Malm.

Sharma’s double didn’t last long as he was seen heading for the rebuy desk shortly after. Malm, on the other hand, was down to 200 chips on this bullet, but is now playing over 200k.

There are just over 15 minutes to play in Level 9, and the field is now ahead of the numbers for this game for either of the 2025 WSOP-C series. The combined prizes are now over $90k, with 185 entries.

There is still about an hour left to enter today’s game, so it looks like this field could easily flirt with 200 entries before the reg-desk shuts down at 7:40 PM.

6:20 PM

There are just shy of $20k in prizes in the opening level of the satellite. That means there are 6 packages up for grabs right now, with about $750 left over for 7th place, but those numbers will continue to grow through the night.

There wont be much coverage of the satty game, but I’l try to keep updated on the numbers and prizes available as the night goes on.

6:10 PM

Youri Parisien leads the way at the start of Level 8. They are now playing four-card PLO. Below is a look at the top ten stacks in play right now.

6:05 PM

The action is in Level 7 now, with about 90 minutes left to enter today’s game, and the field is just 12 entries off of last January’s total of 178. There are still 90 players in action, and it seems likely they’ll get enough entries in the next 90 minutes to beat that number.

Level 6 is about to begin with almost 150 entries and more than 100 players in their seats. After a quick look around on the break, it looks like Kris Steinbach is leading the way with about 100k in play. See below for a look at a few other big stacks from the break.

Level 5 has just begun with 124 entries on the board so far today. That leaves about 3 hours left to enter the NLH/PLO Mix, with entries set to close at about 7:40 PM tonight.

Among the players in the mix so far today is the double defending champion, Praba Siva, as well as some other “usual suspects” like Jerry Li, Ramaz Haymour, Angelo Jopek, George Skrzypniak, Peter Darlington, Stefan Maloney, Dominick French, Brady O’hara, Mal Hagan, Debi Loomer, Craig Caldwell, Jody Lewchuk, and Chros Clisby.

Entries continue to soar with 118 total entries combining for a prize pool of $57,732. Currently 93 players remain with an average stack of 31,500. Registration remains open for 3 hours and a chip update will follow after the break.

The $600 PLO/NLH is underway. Currently there are 64 total entries with two players finding the rail early. Late registration is open for another four hours with action playing down to a winner within the night.

Event #2: $600 NLH/PLO ($515 + $85)

The side action on Wednesday is the NLH/PLO mix game, which alternates between two and four cards every level. The game starts with two-card NLH in Level 1, and moves to four-card PLO for Level 2, and that pattern continues for the rest of the game.

The action starts at 3 PM, and players can enter for 10 Levels. That should put the final entry shot at about 7:40 PM, after which they’ll play to a winner before it ends.

Players get 25k to start, with 25-minute levels for the duration of the game. Breaks will come every 5 levels throughout the day.

In October, Parba Siva completed a back-to-back run in this event, winning his second NLH/PLO ring of 2026. He took down his second title over Andy Truong heads up, after battling 183 entries for a prize pool of just shy of $95k.

Mehmet Siginc was a big stack for most of the final table tonight, and he was able to ride that big stack to his second Circuit ring in Event #2. He held steady with one of the top stacks from 10-handed down to the end.

In the final phase, he was heads up with quadruple ring winner Nicholas Lee, who was looking for his fifth. Lee was nearly out in 3rd tonight when he shoved over a raise from Siginc, but ran into pocket queens for Amir Khan. Lee was making a move with king-six, but found his king for a huge double up, and left Khan on fumes, sending the west coast player out in 3rd.

Lee was very short coming into heads up, and it looked like it might be a quick finish for Siginc. Lee had other ideas, finding doubles when he needed to, but for most of heads up, he was barely staying alive, with less than 10 bigs. Lee did manage to double up into a slight lead at one point right before the end, but a few hands later, when Siginc had retaken a small lead, they got it in when Lee shoved king-ten, and Siginc called ace-nine, with the ace-nine holding for the win.

Siginc’s first ring came in 2023 when he won the $1k Turbo, and this looks to be his fourth-best score, pushing his lifetime earnings to more than $350k.

Nicholas Lee technically had the lead for a hand or two, near the end of the game. He doubled to the lead when his ace-ten won a race against ducks for Mehmet Siginc, but he was only up by a big blind or two. A few hands later, Siginc had chipped back to a slight lead, and that’s when it all hit the fan.

Lee woke up with king-ten and shoved the button, with Siginc calling it off holding ace-nine. Siginc held to send the quadruple ring winner and soon-to-be Doctor out in 2nd place.

Nick Lee has a slight lead now after getting another double. He limped, then called when Mehmet Siginc shoved the covering stack.

Siginc was on pocket deuces against ace-ten for Lee, and Lee flopped his ten on a board of 6♣3♥10♣3♦K♥.

Nicholas Lee is still the short stack, playing about 900k right now after getting a double from his short stack. He flopped the straight with K♦J♣10♠4♥ on a board of J♣9♠Q♠3♣10♦ and held for the win.

Amir Khan was just coolered out in 3rd place. After an open from Mehmet Siginc, Nicholas Lee shoved all in. Khan woke up with pocket queens, and reshoved for more.

Siginc got out of the way, and Khan’s queens looked to be in great shape against king-six for Lee. Lee found a king on the flop though, and the double left Khan with barely a big blind remaining, which he lost shortly after.

Mehmet Siginc now has about 4.5 million, while Lee is playing about 1.5 million.

Mehmet Siginc leads the final four players with about 2.6 million. Amir Khan and Nicholas Lee are both playing more than a million, while Dolore Elumir was the 4th place finisher tonight for $7,384.

They are down to 4 left now in the Mix game after Stefan Maloney and Maksym Shkurupii busted during the last level.

Mike Malm hit the rail in 7th place from the Mix game tonight, bringing the field to 6 left with Level 22 just coming to a close.

The Mix game is down to seven now, with the exit of double ring winner Peter Darlinton. I’m not watching this one very closely as I’m watching the final four in Event #1 for now.

They are down to 8 left in the Mix game after Neil Smith busted in 9th while I was doing the FT pics.

Chip counts to come at the break in about 10 minutes.

They are down to 9 left in the MIx game now, with both games at the final table. See below for the recent cashes, and stay tuned for some final table pics.

Place	Player	Prize
10	Weston Pring	$1,624
11	Greg Genge	$1,624
12	Emanuel Obong	$1,436
13	Larry Chernenkoff	$1,436
14	Sonja Mussell	$1,323
15	Kirk Miller	$1,323
16	Christian Vincent	$1,323
17	Kyle Rosnos	$1,323
18	Dallas Larson	$1,272
19	Lawrence Gerard	$1,272

They are down to the final two tables with 18 players left in the Mix game, with just over 15 minutes to play in Level 17, playing with two cards. Below is a look at the recent cashing spots down to 20th place.

Place	Player	Prize
20	Fraezor Caldwell	$1,272
21	Mitchel Storie	$1,211
22	Darrell Moore	$1,211
23	Jerry Li	$1,211
24	Austin Snyder	$1,211
25	Devon Morgan	$1,211
26	David Katzov	$1,211
27	Adrian Gouveia	$1,211

Mehmet Siginc leads the final 26 players in Event #2.

The NLH/PLO Mix is down to the final three tables with 27 players left. See below for the first four payouts of the night, with a reminder that the full payouts will be available under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
28	Kris Steinbach	$1,211
29	Angelo Jopek	$1,211
30	Mal Hagan	$1,211
31	Ning Wang	$1,211

The bubble was non-existent tonight as they lost the bubble player on the hand where the clock was about to be paused. That leaves 31 players in the mix, with all players now guaranteed at least $1,211 for their day’s work. There are just over 5 minutes to play in Level 14.

Final 30 Players, In the Money

The field is down to the final 4 tables now, 5 off the 31 paid spots. There are just under 20 minutes to play in Level 14, with the next break scheduled after Level 15.

The field is down to 43 remaining now on the final five tables. That puts them just 12 eliminations off the money spots, with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 13.

The prizes are now in, and the field is confirmed at 201 entries. That puts the prizes over $100k, with $24,850 up top for 1st place and 31 places paid. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab, but see below for the final table prizes later tonight.

Level 12 has just begun with 53 players remaining in the game. I’m still waiting for the prizes to be posted, but if the numbers hold at 201, then that should mean 30 or 31 paid spots tonight with around $10k up top for the winner. Those numbers will be confirmed when the prizes are posted shortly.

The final numbers are in, though they are still unofficial. It looks like the field ended with 201 entries for prizes of just shy of $100k.

Mike Malm, who was the 2024 & 2025 Alberta Poker Index Player of the Year, leads the way to start Level 11 with 255k (after being down to just 200 earlier in the day), with Peter Darlington close behind at 250k.

The satellite game is up to 122 entries now for more than $35k in prizes. That puts 11 packages in the pool so far, with about $1,600 left over for 12th place. Level 6 has about 15 minutes to play before the first break of the day.

Peter Darlington opened to 5k under the gun before Shariq “Sharqi” Khan reraised from the middle to 17k. It folded to Ning Wang on the button, and he reshoved.

That pushed Darlington out, but Khan called with A♠A♦J♣2♦ against 8♥7♠6♠5♠ for Wang. Wang flopped two pair, then turned the straight when the board ran out 7♥5♦Q♠9♥9♣. The second break of the day will start in about 3 minutes when this level ends, and I’ll grab another look at the leading stacks when they return for Level 11 with entries closed in just under 20 minutes.

The prizes are nearing $85k now with 193 entries on the board. Level 10 has just begun, and this is the final level of entries. It seems likely they’ll hit 200 entries or more, with more than 30 minutes still remaining to buy into this one.

DJ Sharma shoved for 16.4k under the gun, and without looking at his cards, Mike Malm asked “You want action, right DJ?” Sharma said yes, and Malm called blind from the middle, and the rest of the table folded.

Malm was strogner than a typical blind hand with queen-nine of hearts, but he was up against ace-king of spades for Sharma. Sharma hit his ace on the flop, but Malm found two hearts as well. The king of clubs & seven of diamonds runout improved Sharma and bricked for Malm.

Sharma’s double didn’t last long as he was seen heading for the rebuy desk shortly after. Malm, on the other hand, was down to 200 chips on this bullet, but is now playing over 200k.

There are just over 15 minutes to play in Level 9, and the field is now ahead of the numbers for this game for either of the 2025 WSOP-C series. The combined prizes are now over $90k, with 185 entries.

There is still about an hour left to enter today’s game, so it looks like this field could easily flirt with 200 entries before the reg-desk shuts down at 7:40 PM.

6:20 PM

There are just shy of $20k in prizes in the opening level of the satellite. That means there are 6 packages up for grabs right now, with about $750 left over for 7th place, but those numbers will continue to grow through the night.

There wont be much coverage of the satty game, but I’l try to keep updated on the numbers and prizes available as the night goes on.

6:10 PM

Youri Parisien leads the way at the start of Level 8. They are now playing four-card PLO. Below is a look at the top ten stacks in play right now.

6:05 PM

The action is in Level 7 now, with about 90 minutes left to enter today’s game, and the field is just 12 entries off of last January’s total of 178. There are still 90 players in action, and it seems likely they’ll get enough entries in the next 90 minutes to beat that number.

Level 6 is about to begin with almost 150 entries and more than 100 players in their seats. After a quick look around on the break, it looks like Kris Steinbach is leading the way with about 100k in play. See below for a look at a few other big stacks from the break.

Level 5 has just begun with 124 entries on the board so far today. That leaves about 3 hours left to enter the NLH/PLO Mix, with entries set to close at about 7:40 PM tonight.

Among the players in the mix so far today is the double defending champion, Praba Siva, as well as some other “usual suspects” like Jerry Li, Ramaz Haymour, Angelo Jopek, George Skrzypniak, Peter Darlington, Stefan Maloney, Dominick French, Brady O’hara, Mal Hagan, Debi Loomer, Craig Caldwell, Jody Lewchuk, and Chros Clisby.

Entries continue to soar with 118 total entries combining for a prize pool of $57,732. Currently 93 players remain with an average stack of 31,500. Registration remains open for 3 hours and a chip update will follow after the break.

The $600 PLO/NLH is underway. Currently there are 64 total entries with two players finding the rail early. Late registration is open for another four hours with action playing down to a winner within the night.

Event #2: $600 NLH/PLO ($515 + $85)

The side action on Wednesday is the NLH/PLO mix game, which alternates between two and four cards every level. The game starts with two-card NLH in Level 1, and moves to four-card PLO for Level 2, and that pattern continues for the rest of the game.

The action starts at 3 PM, and players can enter for 10 Levels. That should put the final entry shot at about 7:40 PM, after which they’ll play to a winner before it ends.

Players get 25k to start, with 25-minute levels for the duration of the game. Breaks will come every 5 levels throughout the day.

In October, Parba Siva completed a back-to-back run in this event, winning his second NLH/PLO ring of 2026. He took down his second title over Andy Truong heads up, after battling 183 entries for a prize pool of just shy of $95k.