2026 WSOPC Calgary Jan – Event #3: $600 NLH Black Chip Bounty

Claire Leclerc just picked up her first Circuit ring at the end of the Black Chip Bounty tonight. The Manitoba player was joined at the final table by her husband, Leo Leclerc, who ended his run in 8th, then moved to the rail to cheer on his wife. She also had fellow Manitoban and ring winner Dylan Ellis on the rail tonight.

She was short through much of the final table, and got to heads up against double ring winner Graham Lupton with about a 3:1 deficit. Lupton held the lead for most of HU, but the script flipped when Leclerc slow-played aces, flopped a boat with trip threes on the flop, then extracted 1.1million of value on the river to leave Lupton short.

A few hands later, he shoved his button, but Leclerc woke up with an ace and called it off. Lupton was suited and paired on the flop, but Leclerc also hit her ace for the bigger pair. Nothing else changed after the flop, and Leclerc took down the game. She had just under $100k in lifetime earnings on Hendon Mob prior to this game, so the result tonight should push her to $115/$120k depending on the exchange rate at the time.

Graham Lupton got to heads up with a big lead, but he ran into aces for Claire Leclerc in a big pot near the end to double her up to the lead. After that, he was on his back foot, and eventually shoved his big blind for 915k.

Leclerc called, and was ahead with A♠5♥ against 8♥3♥. They both hit the flop on a board of A♦8♠6♦4♣10♣ but Leclerc hit it hardest, and held for the win. Lupton was looking for his third ring tonight.

I missed the preflop action, but when the flop came trip threes, both players checked. When the turn came a deuce, Claire Leclerc check-called for 600k.

On the river 9, she led out for 1.1 million, and after a bit of a tank, Graham Lupton called. Leclerc showed aces for the flopped boat, and Lupton mucked his hand. The hadn gave Leclerc about a 2:1 lead now.

Claire Leclerc limped, then called when Graham Lupton raised to 420k. The flop was J♠2♠8♦ and Lupton bet 1.1 million, nearly enough to put her all in.

She shoved over top, and Lupton called with A♠Q♣ against ]pcn]9h8s[/pcn]. Leclerc was on a pair of eights, but Lupton had the better backdoor flush draw. The rest of the board bricked and Leclerc’s eight held up for a double to around 3 million, but Lupton still leads.

Graham Lupton limped the small and Mehrad Khalajzadeh shoved the big. Lupton was slow playing aces and snapped it off for aces over fours. He hit an ace on the flop, and while Khalajzadeh flopped a wheel draw, the needed 3 didn’t come and he was out in 3rd place.

Lupton is now heads up with a big lead against Claire Leclerc.

They are down to three left after Evan Thomas (5th, $6,099) & Anthony Blaise (4th, $8,452) hit the rail while I was out of the room.

They are down to 5 left in the Black Chip Bounty after Adrian Gouveia & Joseph Cosco hit the rail recently. I missed the action while working on some Event #4 busts.

Leo Leclerc shoved the small blind, and Mehrad Khalajzadeh called with more from the big. Leclerc was dominated with ace-ten into ace-queen, and the ace-queen held for the win.

I missed the action, but Glen Moller-Nielsen ended his day in 9th place tonight.

Brendan Wolovick was the first player off the final table tonight when his ace-nine suited couldn’t get there against big slick for Graham Lupton. I’m still working on the rest of the FT photos.

They are just setting the final table now with 10 players left. Stay tuned for final table photos shortly, and see below for the recent busts.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Fanhao Kong	$1,677
12	Martin Stapely	$1,392

Evan Thomas shoved from the big blind over a raise from Martin Stapely. Stapely called with nines against kings for Thomas.

It looked like Thomas might be out when Stapely turned a set of nines, but Thomas rivered the king for a bigger set and the win. Meanwhile, on the other table, Joseph Cosco shoved 380k early, and got it through.

They are down to 12 remaining in the Black Chip Bounty now, two off the final table. There are now just over 45 minutes until the next break, and it seems likely they’ll be on the final table by then.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Maksym Shkurupii	$1,392
14	Sheldon Petty	$1,185

They are down to 14 left in the Black Chip Bounty now, with a bit more than 10 minutes to play in Level 22. See below for a look at the recent cashes, with a reminder that the full prize list is under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
15	David Davis	$1,185
16	Dave S	$1,185
17	Donald Russell	$1,185
18	Craig Caldwell	$1,036

Fanhao Kong leads the way in the final 17 players from the Black Chip Bounty. He had 700k at the last break, with Leo Leclerc and Martin Stapely playing more than 600k each for second & third.

Justin Pennell shoved the hijack for about 425k, and Graham Lupton reshoved the button with less. Pennell was on tens, and was racing against the big slick for Lupton. The flop was all Pennell, but when the board completed 9♠4♣8♥K♠K♥ Lupton was on trip kings for the win. The hand left Pennell on about 60k, and he busted shortly after for 21st place.

Place	Player	Prize
19	Mitchel Storie	$1,036
20	Alexander Meer	$1,036
21	Justin Pennell	$1,036
22	Dominick French	$1,036
23	Samson Mesenegeeshik	$1,036

Final 18 Players in Black Chip Bounty

The Black Chip Bounty game is now in the Chrome Room to finish out the night, with 23 players left alive. The Payouts tab shows results to 26th place, with more to come shortly. Among the players left in the game are Evan Thomas, Claire & Leo Leclerc, Graham Lupton, Dom French, Craig Caldwell, and Justin Pennell.

Place	Player	Prize
24	Matt Hall	$1,036
25	Jason Maurer	$1,036
26	Michel Knoepfer	$1,036

Dave Chhabra moved all in, and the big blind called for 87,000. Both players revealed their holdings.

Big Blind: K♦10♦
Dave Chhabra: J♣8♠

The board ran out 3♣5♦A♥J♦A♠ to send the pot Chhabra’s way.

Dave Chhabra: 180,000

Action was caught after the flop of J♦8♠5♣, and the small blind was quick to check. Alexander Meer moved all in for 63,000 from the big blind. Dylan Johnson made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Alexander Meer: Q♠J♣
Dylan Johnson: 6♦5♠

The board ran out Q♣Q♥ to give Meer the pot.

Alexander Meer: 164,000
Dylan Johnson: 34,000

Dustin Tarbell moved all in for 75,000, and Fanhao Kong made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Dustin Tarbell: A♣10♣
Fanhao Kong: Q♠Q♥

The board ran out J♥2♠8♣8♠4♦ to send the pot Kong’s way. Remaining players have locked up $986 with $25,986 sitting up top.

Fanhao Kong: 604,000

Action was caught after the river of J♦3♥5♣4♠Q♠, and Dylan Johnson was quick to check from late position. Viacheslav Nezhalskyi fired for 28,000 from the cutoff.

Johnson went into the tank but found the call. He revealed 9♦9♥ to best Nezhalskyi’s K♠10♠

Dylan Johnson: 212,000
Viacheslav Nezhalskyi: 204,000

Action was caught after the flop of 9♣9♠K♦, and Clark McKay was quick to check. Kyle Kamachi fired for 12,000 and was called.

The turn came the 3♠, and both players checked their option.

After the river peeled the 10♠, McKay moved all in for 61,000. Kamachi made the call and was shown the bad news, as McKay revealed K♥J♠.

Clark McKay: 207,000
Kyle Kamachi: 124,000

Kris Steinbach opened to 10,500, and Maksym Shkurupii made the call from the big blind.

The flop came Q♠5♣2♣, and Shkurupii was quick to check. Steinbach fired for 7,000, and was called.

After the turn peeled the 7♦, Shkurupii again checked to Steinbach. He continued for 16,000, and was called.

Both players checked the 5♥ river. Shkurupii revealed A♠7♠ to take the pot.

Maksym Shkurupii: 289,000
Kris Steinbach: 143,000

Action was caught after the board ran out 7♥2♠10♥K♣Q♦, and Dave Chhabra checked from the big blind. Jae Lee moved all in for 78,000 into the 115,000 pot.

Chaabra went into the tank but eventually folded A♠10♠.

Jae Lee: 204,000
Dave Chaabra: 138,000

Acion was caught after the turn of Q♥7♠A♥Q♣, and an all in occurred between the middle position, and Evan Thomas for 105,500. Both players revealed their holdings.

Small Blind: A♠A♣
Evan Thomas: Q♦Q♠

The river came the 4♠ for Thomas to scoop the massive pot.

Evan Thomas: 279,000

Glenn Moller-Nielsen opened to 5,000 from under the gun, and Ross Carleton moved all in for 20,500. Moller-Nielsen made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Ross Carleton: 9♦9♥
Glenn Moller-Nielsen: A♠8♥

The board ran out 5♦J♠10♠J♦3♣, for Carleton to find the double.

Glenn Moller-Nielsen: 63,500
Ross Carleton: 48,500

The small blind moved all in for 12,500, and Jacob Parent called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.

Small Blind: A♠Q♣
Jacob Parent: 9♣7♥

The board ran out 2♥K♥K♦K♠7♠ for Parent to find the bounty

Jacob Parent: 85,500

Munkhbat Choijilsuren moved all in for 6,600, and Seyed Seyednabian moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded and both players revealed their holdings.

Munkhbat Choijilsuren: A♥K♦
Seyed Seyednabian: 9♥9♦

The board ran out A♠Q♠3♠2♥6♠ for Choijilsuren to find the double.

Munkhbat Choijilsuren: 15,100
Seyed Seyednabian: 14,200

Toms Kanjoothara opened to 2,500 from early position. Mitchel Storie made the call from the button, along with Justin Pennell in the big blind.

The flop came 10♦5♥A♣, and action checked to Storie. He fired for 5,500, and both players made the call.

After the turn peeled the Q♣, Pennell moved all in for 24,000. He was rewarded with the pot.

Justin Pennell: 49,500
Toms Kanjoothara: 16,000
Mitchel Storie: 11,200

Under the gun called, and Matthew Hall opened to 2,500 from early position. The small blind moved all in for 14,700, and Hall made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Small Blind: A♠Q♥
Matthew Hall: K♠Q♦

The board ran out 2♥8♠3♠J♥K♣ for Hall to take the pot and bounty

Matthew Hall: 36,800

Under the gun opened to 2,000, and Hongwei Liu made the call from middle position. Samuel Roth raised to 5,000 from the cutoff. The button called along with Liu.

The flop came A♦10♦8♣, and Liu checked to Roth. He fired for 6,000, and the button made the fold. Liu three-bet to 14,000, and was rewarded with the pot.

Hongwei Liu: 41,300
Samuel Roth: 8,400

Craig Watson opened to 1,500, and four players made the call.

The flop came 5♦3♣J♦, and Watson fired for 5,500. Samson Mesenegeeshik jammed for 19,100, and Watson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Samson Mesenegeeshik: 8♦3♦
Craig Watson: A♠A♣

The board completed with the K♠A♦ for Watson’s Aces to get cracked.

Samson Mesenegeeshik: 45,300
Craig Watson: 7,100

Kyle Dery waved me over to recount a hand that had just occurred. After an initial raise and two calls, Dery three-bet to 4,500, after looking down at K♦K♥. Only the initial raiser called.

The flop came J♣Q♣7♦, and Dery continued for 4,000. His opponent made the call.

After the turn came the 2♥, Dery fired for 7,000. His opponent didn’t budge and flicked in the call.

The 6♦ completed the board, and Dery jammed for 13,100. His opponent went into the tank, but made the call. Dery’s Kings were the winner as he sent his opponent to the rail.

Kyle Dery: 59,000

Action was caught after the board ran out K♥6♠10♠Q♣4♥, and Joshua Bennett fired for 6,500 from middle position.

Jason Kelly went into the tank but made the call from the cutoff.

He was shown the bad news as Bennett revealed Q♠10♣ to take the pot.

Joshua Bennett: 35,400
Jason Kelly: 8,200

Larry Chernenkoff opened to 800 from under the gun, and Jeffory Saunders three-bet to 1,800 from early position. Chernenkoff made the call.

The flop came K♠3♥A♣, and Chernenkoff was quick to check. Saunders fired for 1,400, and was called.

After the turn peeled the 5♠, both players were quick to check/

The river came the 5♣, and Chernenkoff blasted for 3,000. He was rewarded with the pot.

Jeffory Saunders: 37,800
Larry Chernenkoff: 27,300

Action was caught after the flop of 3♠6♣K♣, and Bobby Jones checked from under the gun. Krys Alipio fired for 600 from early position, and Jones made the call.

The turn came the 10♥, and Jones checked to Alipio. He continued for 1,800, and was rewarded with the pot.

Bobby Jones: 37,500
Krys Alipio: 27,600

Action was caught after the turn of K♦9♦5♦4♥, and an all in and call occurred between Viacheslav Nezhalskyi and James Reynolds. Both players revealed their holdings.

Viacheslav Nezhalskyi: 3♦4♦
James Reynolds: K♥K♠

The board completed with the Q♠ to send Reynolds to the rail.

Viacheslav Nezhalskyi: 52,700

Action was caught after the flop of 10♥4♠2♦, and action checked to Ryan MacLean in the midldle position. He fired for 1,200, and Nicholas Andreas called from the small blind.

The turn came the 10♠, and Andreas checked. MacLean continued for 2,500, and Andreas flicked in the call.

After the river peeled the 8♦, both players were quick to check. MacLean revealed 8♥6♥ to take the pot.

Ryan MacLean: 31,300
Nicholas Andreas: 20,000

Event #3: $600 NLH Black Chip Bounty ($515 + $85)

The main game on Day 2 of the 2026 Jan WSOP-C Calgary is the Black Chip bounty, with action kicking off at 11 AM. Players sit down with 25k in chips to play 25-minute levels, and entries are open until the start of Level 10.

That should put the last chance to buy in at about 3:15 PM. After that, they’ll play down to a winner, likely well after midnight.

Last October, it was Stephen Scuderi who took down this ring. He defeated Cindy Kerslake heads up after they made it through 345 entries. Scuderi’s top score was $17,383 for his second career ring, and that was the best share of $79,350 (there were an additional $34,500 in bounties in the pool for a combined total of $113,850).

Claire Leclerc just picked up her first Circuit ring at the end of the Black Chip Bounty tonight. The Manitoba player was joined at the final table by her husband, Leo Leclerc, who ended his run in 8th, then moved to the rail to cheer on his wife. She also had fellow Manitoban and ring winner Dylan Ellis on the rail tonight.

She was short through much of the final table, and got to heads up against double ring winner Graham Lupton with about a 3:1 deficit. Lupton held the lead for most of HU, but the script flipped when Leclerc slow-played aces, flopped a boat with trip threes on the flop, then extracted 1.1million of value on the river to leave Lupton short.

A few hands later, he shoved his button, but Leclerc woke up with an ace and called it off. Lupton was suited and paired on the flop, but Leclerc also hit her ace for the bigger pair. Nothing else changed after the flop, and Leclerc took down the game. She had just under $100k in lifetime earnings on Hendon Mob prior to this game, so the result tonight should push her to $115/$120k depending on the exchange rate at the time.

Graham Lupton got to heads up with a big lead, but he ran into aces for Claire Leclerc in a big pot near the end to double her up to the lead. After that, he was on his back foot, and eventually shoved his big blind for 915k.

Leclerc called, and was ahead with A♠5♥ against 8♥3♥. They both hit the flop on a board of A♦8♠6♦4♣10♣ but Leclerc hit it hardest, and held for the win. Lupton was looking for his third ring tonight.

I missed the preflop action, but when the flop came trip threes, both players checked. When the turn came a deuce, Claire Leclerc check-called for 600k.

On the river 9, she led out for 1.1 million, and after a bit of a tank, Graham Lupton called. Leclerc showed aces for the flopped boat, and Lupton mucked his hand. The hadn gave Leclerc about a 2:1 lead now.

Claire Leclerc limped, then called when Graham Lupton raised to 420k. The flop was J♠2♠8♦ and Lupton bet 1.1 million, nearly enough to put her all in.

She shoved over top, and Lupton called with A♠Q♣ against ]pcn]9h8s[/pcn]. Leclerc was on a pair of eights, but Lupton had the better backdoor flush draw. The rest of the board bricked and Leclerc’s eight held up for a double to around 3 million, but Lupton still leads.

Graham Lupton limped the small and Mehrad Khalajzadeh shoved the big. Lupton was slow playing aces and snapped it off for aces over fours. He hit an ace on the flop, and while Khalajzadeh flopped a wheel draw, the needed 3 didn’t come and he was out in 3rd place.

Lupton is now heads up with a big lead against Claire Leclerc.

They are down to three left after Evan Thomas (5th, $6,099) & Anthony Blaise (4th, $8,452) hit the rail while I was out of the room.

They are down to 5 left in the Black Chip Bounty after Adrian Gouveia & Joseph Cosco hit the rail recently. I missed the action while working on some Event #4 busts.

Leo Leclerc shoved the small blind, and Mehrad Khalajzadeh called with more from the big. Leclerc was dominated with ace-ten into ace-queen, and the ace-queen held for the win.

I missed the action, but Glen Moller-Nielsen ended his day in 9th place tonight.

Brendan Wolovick was the first player off the final table tonight when his ace-nine suited couldn’t get there against big slick for Graham Lupton. I’m still working on the rest of the FT photos.

They are just setting the final table now with 10 players left. Stay tuned for final table photos shortly, and see below for the recent busts.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Fanhao Kong	$1,677
12	Martin Stapely	$1,392

Evan Thomas shoved from the big blind over a raise from Martin Stapely. Stapely called with nines against kings for Thomas.

It looked like Thomas might be out when Stapely turned a set of nines, but Thomas rivered the king for a bigger set and the win. Meanwhile, on the other table, Joseph Cosco shoved 380k early, and got it through.

They are down to 12 remaining in the Black Chip Bounty now, two off the final table. There are now just over 45 minutes until the next break, and it seems likely they’ll be on the final table by then.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Maksym Shkurupii	$1,392
14	Sheldon Petty	$1,185

They are down to 14 left in the Black Chip Bounty now, with a bit more than 10 minutes to play in Level 22. See below for a look at the recent cashes, with a reminder that the full prize list is under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
15	David Davis	$1,185
16	Dave S	$1,185
17	Donald Russell	$1,185
18	Craig Caldwell	$1,036

Fanhao Kong leads the way in the final 17 players from the Black Chip Bounty. He had 700k at the last break, with Leo Leclerc and Martin Stapely playing more than 600k each for second & third.

Justin Pennell shoved the hijack for about 425k, and Graham Lupton reshoved the button with less. Pennell was on tens, and was racing against the big slick for Lupton. The flop was all Pennell, but when the board completed 9♠4♣8♥K♠K♥ Lupton was on trip kings for the win. The hand left Pennell on about 60k, and he busted shortly after for 21st place.

Place	Player	Prize
19	Mitchel Storie	$1,036
20	Alexander Meer	$1,036
21	Justin Pennell	$1,036
22	Dominick French	$1,036
23	Samson Mesenegeeshik	$1,036

Final 18 Players in Black Chip Bounty

The Black Chip Bounty game is now in the Chrome Room to finish out the night, with 23 players left alive. The Payouts tab shows results to 26th place, with more to come shortly. Among the players left in the game are Evan Thomas, Claire & Leo Leclerc, Graham Lupton, Dom French, Craig Caldwell, and Justin Pennell.

Place	Player	Prize
24	Matt Hall	$1,036
25	Jason Maurer	$1,036
26	Michel Knoepfer	$1,036

Dave Chhabra moved all in, and the big blind called for 87,000. Both players revealed their holdings.

Big Blind: K♦10♦
Dave Chhabra: J♣8♠

The board ran out 3♣5♦A♥J♦A♠ to send the pot Chhabra’s way.

Dave Chhabra: 180,000

Action was caught after the flop of J♦8♠5♣, and the small blind was quick to check. Alexander Meer moved all in for 63,000 from the big blind. Dylan Johnson made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Alexander Meer: Q♠J♣
Dylan Johnson: 6♦5♠

The board ran out Q♣Q♥ to give Meer the pot.

Alexander Meer: 164,000
Dylan Johnson: 34,000

Dustin Tarbell moved all in for 75,000, and Fanhao Kong made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Dustin Tarbell: A♣10♣
Fanhao Kong: Q♠Q♥

The board ran out J♥2♠8♣8♠4♦ to send the pot Kong’s way. Remaining players have locked up $986 with $25,986 sitting up top.

Fanhao Kong: 604,000

Action was caught after the river of J♦3♥5♣4♠Q♠, and Dylan Johnson was quick to check from late position. Viacheslav Nezhalskyi fired for 28,000 from the cutoff.

Johnson went into the tank but found the call. He revealed 9♦9♥ to best Nezhalskyi’s K♠10♠

Dylan Johnson: 212,000
Viacheslav Nezhalskyi: 204,000

Action was caught after the flop of 9♣9♠K♦, and Clark McKay was quick to check. Kyle Kamachi fired for 12,000 and was called.

The turn came the 3♠, and both players checked their option.

After the river peeled the 10♠, McKay moved all in for 61,000. Kamachi made the call and was shown the bad news, as McKay revealed K♥J♠.

Clark McKay: 207,000
Kyle Kamachi: 124,000

Kris Steinbach opened to 10,500, and Maksym Shkurupii made the call from the big blind.

The flop came Q♠5♣2♣, and Shkurupii was quick to check. Steinbach fired for 7,000, and was called.

After the turn peeled the 7♦, Shkurupii again checked to Steinbach. He continued for 16,000, and was called.

Both players checked the 5♥ river. Shkurupii revealed A♠7♠ to take the pot.

Maksym Shkurupii: 289,000
Kris Steinbach: 143,000

Action was caught after the board ran out 7♥2♠10♥K♣Q♦, and Dave Chhabra checked from the big blind. Jae Lee moved all in for 78,000 into the 115,000 pot.

Chaabra went into the tank but eventually folded A♠10♠.

Jae Lee: 204,000
Dave Chaabra: 138,000

Acion was caught after the turn of Q♥7♠A♥Q♣, and an all in occurred between the middle position, and Evan Thomas for 105,500. Both players revealed their holdings.

Small Blind: A♠A♣
Evan Thomas: Q♦Q♠

The river came the 4♠ for Thomas to scoop the massive pot.

Evan Thomas: 279,000

Glenn Moller-Nielsen opened to 5,000 from under the gun, and Ross Carleton moved all in for 20,500. Moller-Nielsen made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Ross Carleton: 9♦9♥
Glenn Moller-Nielsen: A♠8♥

The board ran out 5♦J♠10♠J♦3♣, for Carleton to find the double.

Glenn Moller-Nielsen: 63,500
Ross Carleton: 48,500

The small blind moved all in for 12,500, and Jacob Parent called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.

Small Blind: A♠Q♣
Jacob Parent: 9♣7♥

The board ran out 2♥K♥K♦K♠7♠ for Parent to find the bounty

Jacob Parent: 85,500

Munkhbat Choijilsuren moved all in for 6,600, and Seyed Seyednabian moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded and both players revealed their holdings.

Munkhbat Choijilsuren: A♥K♦
Seyed Seyednabian: 9♥9♦

The board ran out A♠Q♠3♠2♥6♠ for Choijilsuren to find the double.

Munkhbat Choijilsuren: 15,100
Seyed Seyednabian: 14,200

Toms Kanjoothara opened to 2,500 from early position. Mitchel Storie made the call from the button, along with Justin Pennell in the big blind.

The flop came 10♦5♥A♣, and action checked to Storie. He fired for 5,500, and both players made the call.

After the turn peeled the Q♣, Pennell moved all in for 24,000. He was rewarded with the pot.

Justin Pennell: 49,500
Toms Kanjoothara: 16,000
Mitchel Storie: 11,200

Under the gun called, and Matthew Hall opened to 2,500 from early position. The small blind moved all in for 14,700, and Hall made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Small Blind: A♠Q♥
Matthew Hall: K♠Q♦

The board ran out 2♥8♠3♠J♥K♣ for Hall to take the pot and bounty

Matthew Hall: 36,800

Under the gun opened to 2,000, and Hongwei Liu made the call from middle position. Samuel Roth raised to 5,000 from the cutoff. The button called along with Liu.

The flop came A♦10♦8♣, and Liu checked to Roth. He fired for 6,000, and the button made the fold. Liu three-bet to 14,000, and was rewarded with the pot.

Hongwei Liu: 41,300
Samuel Roth: 8,400

Craig Watson opened to 1,500, and four players made the call.

The flop came 5♦3♣J♦, and Watson fired for 5,500. Samson Mesenegeeshik jammed for 19,100, and Watson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Samson Mesenegeeshik: 8♦3♦
Craig Watson: A♠A♣

The board completed with the K♠A♦ for Watson’s Aces to get cracked.

Samson Mesenegeeshik: 45,300
Craig Watson: 7,100

Kyle Dery waved me over to recount a hand that had just occurred. After an initial raise and two calls, Dery three-bet to 4,500, after looking down at K♦K♥. Only the initial raiser called.

The flop came J♣Q♣7♦, and Dery continued for 4,000. His opponent made the call.

After the turn came the 2♥, Dery fired for 7,000. His opponent didn’t budge and flicked in the call.

The 6♦ completed the board, and Dery jammed for 13,100. His opponent went into the tank, but made the call. Dery’s Kings were the winner as he sent his opponent to the rail.

Kyle Dery: 59,000

Action was caught after the board ran out K♥6♠10♠Q♣4♥, and Joshua Bennett fired for 6,500 from middle position.

Jason Kelly went into the tank but made the call from the cutoff.

He was shown the bad news as Bennett revealed Q♠10♣ to take the pot.

Joshua Bennett: 35,400
Jason Kelly: 8,200

Larry Chernenkoff opened to 800 from under the gun, and Jeffory Saunders three-bet to 1,800 from early position. Chernenkoff made the call.

The flop came K♠3♥A♣, and Chernenkoff was quick to check. Saunders fired for 1,400, and was called.

After the turn peeled the 5♠, both players were quick to check/

The river came the 5♣, and Chernenkoff blasted for 3,000. He was rewarded with the pot.

Jeffory Saunders: 37,800
Larry Chernenkoff: 27,300

Action was caught after the flop of 3♠6♣K♣, and Bobby Jones checked from under the gun. Krys Alipio fired for 600 from early position, and Jones made the call.

The turn came the 10♥, and Jones checked to Alipio. He continued for 1,800, and was rewarded with the pot.

Bobby Jones: 37,500
Krys Alipio: 27,600

Action was caught after the turn of K♦9♦5♦4♥, and an all in and call occurred between Viacheslav Nezhalskyi and James Reynolds. Both players revealed their holdings.

Viacheslav Nezhalskyi: 3♦4♦
James Reynolds: K♥K♠

The board completed with the Q♠ to send Reynolds to the rail.

Viacheslav Nezhalskyi: 52,700

Action was caught after the flop of 10♥4♠2♦, and action checked to Ryan MacLean in the midldle position. He fired for 1,200, and Nicholas Andreas called from the small blind.

The turn came the 10♠, and Andreas checked. MacLean continued for 2,500, and Andreas flicked in the call.

After the river peeled the 8♦, both players were quick to check. MacLean revealed 8♥6♥ to take the pot.

Ryan MacLean: 31,300
Nicholas Andreas: 20,000

Event #3: $600 NLH Black Chip Bounty ($515 + $85)

The main game on Day 2 of the 2026 Jan WSOP-C Calgary is the Black Chip bounty, with action kicking off at 11 AM. Players sit down with 25k in chips to play 25-minute levels, and entries are open until the start of Level 10.

That should put the last chance to buy in at about 3:15 PM. After that, they’ll play down to a winner, likely well after midnight.

Last October, it was Stephen Scuderi who took down this ring. He defeated Cindy Kerslake heads up after they made it through 345 entries. Scuderi’s top score was $17,383 for his second career ring, and that was the best share of $79,350 (there were an additional $34,500 in bounties in the pool for a combined total of $113,850).