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Benny Sarnelli Defeats Samson Mesenegeeshik in Record Mini Main
Level: 36 (400000/800000/800000) Entries: 1/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 2:20 AM 
Benny Sarnelli, winner of the Mini Main 
Samson Mesenegeeshik The massive Mini Main Event is now over, and Edmonton’s Benny Sarnelli got his first ring at the end. It was a pretty solid final table that featured Skyler York, Michael Khan, Michael Malm, Regan Duong, and Harp Padda, among others.
Sarnelli wasn’t the big stack the whole way. Malm and Khan were usually the ones with the big stack as the table played down, until Malm was chipped down shortly after the FT started. After that, Khan mostly ran the show until they got down to the final four.
That’s when the stacks started yoyoing. York was the first to go from four-handed play, and Khan still had the lead. A few hands later, Khan was down to the short stack with Sarnelli on top. Khan got a double back, but couldn’t hold onto it before finishing in 3rd.
That left Sarnelli with the big stack going into heads-up against Samson Mesenegeeshik. Sarnelli was about 2:1 up, and the final phase only took a few hands to complete. The final hand was all in preflop, with Mesenegeeshik on K♠J♠ against ace-three off for Sarnelli. Sarnelli hit his three to take a bigger lead and held for the win.
Mini Main Final Hand This was Sarnelli’s first ring, but he’s had a few wins before up in Edmonton. He had $56k in wins going into this one, so the huge score here will come close to doubling his previous lifetime earnings.
Final Table Results from Mini Main Event
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Benny Sarnelli$101,977 2 Samson Mesenegeeshik$62,983 3 Michael Khan$46,616 4 Skyler York$34,880 5 Regan Duong$26,388 6 Mike Malm$20,187 7 Harpreet Padda$15,618 8 Brian Bond$12,222 9 Jimmy Lee$9,675 10 Michael Grol$7,749 -
Michael Khan Out in 3rd Place for $46,616
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:55 AM 
Michael Khan Benny Sarnelli has the big lead now, with about twice as many chips as second-place Samson Mesenegeeshik. He just picked up a big pot to drop Michael Khan back to the short stack.
He raised the button to 1.2 million, and Khan called to the 10♦6♥8♥ flop. Khan check-raised from 1.2 million to 2.7 million, and Sarnelli called.
Khan led for 4 million on the 4♥ turn, and Sarnelli flatted. The fourth heart came on the river with the Q♥. Khan checked, then swore under his breath when Sarnelli fired 4 million, before ultimately folding. That left him with about 9 million, and he busted shortly after.
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Khan Chips Back Up
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:35 AM Michael Khan was the chip leader at the break about half an hour ago, but he’d chipped down to the short stack by the time they were three-handed. That changed when Benny Sarnelli raised the button to 1.2 million, and Khan called from the big blind.
The flop was 4♥10♣4♦, and Khan check-raised from 1.2 million to 2.4 million. Sarnelli made the call to the Q♣ turn.
Khan led out for 3.2 million, then called when Sarnelli shoved his covering stack. Sarnelli was on ace-queen with top pair, but Khan tripped up on the flop with 5♠4♠ and held for the win. He doubled back up to over 20 million.
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Skyler York Out in 4th Place for $34,880
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:25 AM 
Skyler York Skyler York was the short stack at the break 20 minutes ago, and he just ended his night in 4th place. Samson Mesenegeeshik limped the button before York shoved the small blind. Mesenegeeshik snap-called with aces against queen-ten for York, and the aces held for the win.
That leaves the record-setting Mini Main Event 3-handed between Michael Khan, Benny Sarnelli, and Samson Mesenegeeshik.
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Khan Leads at Break
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:00 AM T-S Player Chips 40-2 Skyler York 10,500,000 40-3 Michael Khan 26,900,000 40-4 Benny Sarnelli 13,800,000 40-5 Samson Mesenegeeshik 16,900,000 -
Sarnelli Takes Family Pot
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 12:40 AM Michael Khan raised to 1 million under the gun, and everyone else called to see a flop of 2♥8♠10♥. The action checked around to Benny Sarnelli on the button, and he fired a bet of 2 million.
The rest of the family folded, and Sarnelli showed the 10♣ as he collected the pot.
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Sarnelli Takes One
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 12:14 AM Benny Sarnelli limped in from the small blind, and Samson Mesenegeeshik checked the big. They both checked the J♠K♥6♥ flop, and Sarnelli check-called for 850k on the Q♣ turn. They both checked the 7♠ river, and Mesenegeeshik showed A♥6♣ against K♦5♦ for Sarmelli, who took it down with top pair.
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Regan Duong Out in 5th Place for $26,388
Level: 33 (200000/400000/400000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 11:45 PM 
Regan Duong The big hand happened against Michael Khan with Regan Duong on the big blind. I missed the preflop action, but with the flop os K♦2♦J♣ showing, Duong checked, Khan bet 1.5 million, Duong raised to 3.7 million, and Khan shoved a covering stack. Duong mucked his hand to leave himself short, and he was out shortly after.
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Mike Malm Out in 6th Place for $20,187
Level: 33 (200000/400000/4000000) Entries: 5/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 11:20 PM 
Mike Malm There are five left in the Mini Main now after Mike Malm took sixth place. He started the day as the leader, and was stacking big all day, but ran into some trouble at the final table. He was the shortest stack at the last break, but I missed his bustout action updating other events.
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Mesenegeeshik Leads at Break
Level: 32 (150000/300000/300000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 10:30 PM The players are on a break with the end of Level 31, and Samson Mesenegeeshik is leading the way with a but more than 14 million, but Regan Duong is close behind.
T-S Player Chips 40-2 Skyler York 11,325,000 40-3 Michael Khan 10,730,000 40-4 Benny Sarnelli 9,575,000 40-5 Samson Mesenegeeshik 14,225,000 40-7 Regan Duong 13,750,000 40-9 Michael Malm 8,400,000 -
Duong Takes it on River
Level: 31 (150000/250000/250000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735.405 Local Time: 10:15 PM Regan Duong raised the button to 500k, and Skyler York called from the big blind. York check-called for 350k on the 4♦J♦K♠ flop, and they both checked the Q♥ turn.
When the river came 9♠ York checked again, then mucked when Duong bet 850k. “Jack-ten is good,” he muttered as he mucked his hand.
There is a break coming in about 5 minutes, and I’ll get a round of chip counts then.
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York Takes from Malm; Kahn Leads Final 6
Level: 31 (150000/250000/250000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 9:50 PM In a hand with the action picked up on the turn, small blind Mike Malm bet 1.5 million with the board reading 3♠10♠A♥Q♠. After some tank-time, Skyler York flatted from the big blind to the 3♣ river. Both players checked it down.
“You win,” Malm said, reluctant to show his hand. He eventually showed seven-four off with a spade, but Yprk had seven-deuce of spades for the flush win.
Below is a look at the current chips.
T-S Player Chips 40-2 Skyler York 12,500,000 40-3 Michael Khan 17,000,000 40-4 Benny Sarnelli 11,000,000 40-5 Samson Mesenegeeshik 11,650,000 40-7 Regan Duong 6,000,000 40-9 Michael Malm 9,300,000 -
Six Left in Mini Main
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 9:30 PM 
Harpreet Padda 
Brian Bond 
Jimmy Lee They are down to 6 left in the Mini Main. I haven’t caught much of the action yet as I’ve been updating the other two events underway today, but I should be on the stage for hand reports shortly.
Place Player Prize 7 Harpreet Padda$15,618 8 Brian Bond$12,222 9 Jimmy Lee$9,675 -
Final Table Faces; Jimmy Lee Out in 9th Place for $9,675
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 8/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 9:15 PM Harpreet Padda Mike Malm Brian Bond Regan Duong Jimmy Lee Samson Mesenegeeshik 
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Final Table Time
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 9/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:55 PM Three quick eliminations has brought the Mini Main down to a nine-handed final table. The full prizes are now loaded under the payouts tab, with the recent eliminations below. Stay tuned for final table faces shortly.
Place Player Prize 10 Michael Grol$7,749 11 Ben Cooper$7,749 12 Seyed Seyednabian$7,749 -
Two Off the Final Table
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 12/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:40 PM The Mini Main Event is down to 12 players left, which means they are just two players off the final table.
Place Player Prize 13 Adam Ratchford$6,280 14 Simon Delarosbil$6,280 -
14 Left
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 14/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:25 PM The Mini Main is down to 14 left now, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 29.
Place Player Prize 15 Bobby Jones$6,280 16 Aaron Walters$5,151 17 Christopher Clellband$5,151 -
Back in Action after Dinner
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 17/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:00 PM The final 17 players in the Mini Main are back at the felt after their dinner break. Mike Malm still looks to be the leader with almost 14 million in play, but Harp Padda, who cashed for 4th in the Mystery Bounty early this morning, is playing close to 9 million for second place.
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Yizhe Sheng Eliminated in 18th Place ($5,151)
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 17/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 7:10 PM 
Yizhe Sheng: 6♥6♦
Simon Delarosbil: 10♠10♣The board ran out 2♠4♣8♣2♣7♥ for Sheng to hit the rail.
Simon Delarosbil: 3,480,000
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Mesenegeeshik Finds the Double
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 19/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 6:43 PM Samson Mesenegeeshik moved all in for 1,760,000, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Samson Mesenegeeshik: K♣K♠
Middle Position: 10♣10♠The board ran out A♥3♥6♠5♥5♠ for Mesenegeeshik to find the double.
Samson Mesenegeeshik: 3,820,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 19 Robert Buckingham $4,276 20 Sheldon Xu $4,276 21 Ryan Johnston $4,276 22 Bradley Bishop $3,593 23 Donald Hart $3,593 24 Kyle Rosnes $3,593 25 Jeffory Saunder $3,057 26 Shane Chief $3,057 27 Aren James $3,057 -
Grol Doubles
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 20/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 6:28 PM Michael Grol moved all in for 520,000 from the cutoff, and the small blind moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Grohl: A♥8♥
Small Blind: A♦9♦The board ran out Q♠K♥3♥9♥3♠ for Grohl to find the double.
Michael Grohl: 1,280,000
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Khan Wins the Battle of the Michael’s
Level: 27 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 22/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 6:03 PM Action was caught after the turn of 6♦5♠8♣4♠, and Michael Khan led out for 215,000. Mike Malm made the call.
After the river came the [invalid notations], Khan took some time before sliding out a bet of 1,300,000. Malm went into the tank, but eventually made the fold.
Mike Malm: 9,350,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 28 Steven Labelle $2,637 29 Fanhao Kong $2,637 30 Morgan MacQueen $2,637 31 Jacob Parent $2,298 32 Jordan Banfield $2,298 33 Andrew Neels $2,298 34 Clayton Switzer $2,031 35 Ankhbayar Bayar $2,031 36 Karandev Bhullar $2,031 -
Duong Finds the Call
Level: 26 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 29/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 5:16 PM Action was caught after the board ran out 5♣10♥4♦5♦J♥, and the big blind moved all in for 780,000.
With the pot at 900,000, Regan Duong went into the tank. Eventually he found the call, and revealed Q♠Q♣ to best his opponent’s A♠6♦.
Regan Duong: 2,450,000
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Big Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 6,600,000 Michael Khan 5,600,000 Jimmy Lee 3,700,000 Ben Sarnelli 3,600,000 Bobby Jones 3,300,000 Brian Bond 2,700,000 Robert Buckingham 2,600,000 Steven Labelle 2,400,000 Sheldon Xu 2,300,000 Bradley Bishop 2,100,000 -
Mesenegeeshik Gets Value
Level: 26 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 40/2,298 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 4:18 PM The flop came K♣K♥Q♠, and Samson Mesenegeeshik led out for 150,000 from the big blind. Middle position made the call.
Both players checked on the 2♥ turn.
The river came the A♠, and Mesenegeeshik fired for 375,000. His opponent made the call, and Mesenegeeshik revealed K♥4♣. This bested his opponent’s A♦3♦
Samson Mesenegeeshik
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Ratchford Finds an Elimination
Level: 25 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 42/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 4:00 PM Early position raised to 430,000, and Adam Ratchford moved all in for 1,560,000. Early position made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: A♣7♣
Adam Ratchford: A♦Q♠The board ran out 5♠4♠6♥9♥5♥, for Ratchford to take the pot.
Adam Ratchford: 2,110,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 55 Christopher Richard $1,518 56 George Mounsef $1,518 57 Rahul Sharma $1,518 58 Shannon Vargo $1,518 59 Russell King $1,518 60 Yafei Jian $1,518 61 Daniel Lefebvre $1,518 62 Gregory Taylor $1,518 63 Daniele Collu $1,518 64 Rajiv Khanna $1,415 65 Richard Pepito $1,415 66 Michael Campitelli $1,415 67 Conor McGregor $1,415 68 Elvis Kastrati $1,415 69 Minh Lieu $1,415 70 Andrew Fearnley $1,415 71 Edward Sorensen $1,415 72 Sinisa Kovacevic $1,415 73 John Anderson $1,337 74 Joshua James $1,337 75 Justin Pennell $1,337 76 Aidan Klingbeil $1,337 77 Ning Ma $1,337 78 Murray Kristoff $1,337 79 Ryan Maclean $1,337 80 Travis Kruger $1,337 81 Tyler Bourassa $1,337 -
Padda Check Raises to Perfection
Level: 24 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 61/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 3:32 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♥4♦K♠, and Harpreet Padda was quick to check from the big blind.
Early position fired for 80,000, and Padda three-bet to 250,000. The early position player was quick to fold.
Harpreet Padda: 1,915,000
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York Faces No Resistance
Level: 24 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 63/2,689 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 3:13 PM Skyler York opened to 100,000, and the big blind made the call.
The flop came 6♠A♦9♦, and the big blind was quick to check. York fired for 65,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Skyler York: 780,000
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Taylor Gets it Through
Level: 23 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 59/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 3:01 PM Action was caught after the board ran out 4♥K♣K♥K♦3♣, and Evan Taylor moved all in from the small blind.
Middle position went into the tank, but eventually found the fold having revealed Q♥Q♣.
Evan Taylor: 1,325,000
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Hart Takes it Down
Level: 23 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 63/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 2:49 PM Middle position opened to 85,000, and Donald Hart three-bet to 195,000. Middle position made the call.
The flop came 5♣9♦5♠, and both players were quick to check.
The turn came the Q♦, and Hart fired for 100,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Donald Hart: 935,000
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Big Stacks After the Break
Player Chip Count Bradley Bishop 2,900,000 Mike Malm 2,600,000 Robert Buckingham 2,500,000 Karandev Bhullar 2,300,000 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,900,000 Michael Khan 1,700,000 Steven Labelle 1,700,000 Kyle Rosnes 1,700,000 Brian Bond 1,600,000 Ben Sarnelli 1,600,000 -
Jiggities for Macleod
Level: 23 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 74/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 2:25 PM Early position moved all in for 270,000, and Darren Macleod made the call from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: Q♠8♠
Darren Macleod: J♠J♥The board ran out 4♠7♠K♣8♦3♣, for Macleod to take the pot.
Darren Macleod: 850,000
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All Eliminations So Far
Position Player Prize 82 Parth Mansukh $1,281 83 Terry Howe $1,281 84 Chris Ruddell $1,281 85 Scott Stuve $1,281 86 Sandy Lam $1,281 87 Mark Inglis $1,281 88 Tyler Thomas $1,281 89 James Cruickshank $1,281 90 Cole Harmon $1,281 91 Sheng Qiu $1,245 92 Prabhsimran Cheema $1,245 93 Gilbert Anderson $1,245 94 Jaewon Lee $1,245 95 Jamie Lam $1,245 96 Greg Liow $1,245 97 Maksym Shkurupii $1,245 98 Jason Maurer $1,245 99 Yan Lin $1,245 100 Jeffrey Harris $1,228 101 Christopher Lahey $1,228 102 David Anderson $1,228 103 Marc Lavergne $1,228 104 Oleksandr Lobur $1,228 105 Mehrad Khalajzadeh $1,228 106 Joshua Bennett $1,228 107 Richard Rex $1,228 108 Nathan Fortin $1,228 109 Andrew MacDonald $1,228 110 Shane Smith $1,228 111 David Swaim $1,228 112 Scott Groone $1,228 113 Kevin Grant $1,228 114 Sedrick Celi $1,228 -
Malm On a Heater
Level: 22 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 88/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:36 PM Mike Malm opened to 100,000 from the button, and the big blind moved all in for 555,000. Malm made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: A♥8♦
Mike Malm: 3♠3♣The board ran out A♦3♥9♣7♥K♥ for Malm to find the elimination.
Mike Malm: 2,770,000
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Johnston Makes the Call
Level: 21 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 98/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:20 PM Action was caught after the flop of J♣3♦K♦, and the small blind fired for 175,000. Ryan Johnston called from middle position.
After the turn came the A♥, and both players were quick to check.
The river came the 7♣, and the small blind moved all in for 355,000. Johnston went into the tank, but made the call. He revealed A♦Q♦ to best the small blind’s J♦9♦.
Ryan Johnston: 1,630,000
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Malm Leads 114 Day 2 Players in Record Mini Main
Event #4: $400 NLH Mini Main Event Day 2 ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 2: Jan 11, 1 PM Blinds: 30/45 Minutes Entries: 114/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Leadert: Mike Malm (2.2 million) Day 2 of the record-setting Mini Main Event is ready to roll at 1 PM on Sunday. 2024 & 2025 API Player of the Year Mike Malm is the chip leader for day 2 with 2.2 million. That puts him 700k ahead of second-place Ben Cooper.
The Day 2 action starts in Level 21, with nearly the full level to play at 15k/25k/25k. Blinds will be 30 minutes for Levels 21 & 22, and switch to 45 minutes for Level 23, and remain there for the rest of the game.
There are 114 players returning for Day 2 action, so this could be a long one. The winner on Sunday can expect to pocket more than $100k, with the Day 2 min-cash set at $1,228. Full prizes will be posted in the Payouts tab later today.
Day 2 Stacks by Seat
T-S Player Chips 40 – 1 Joshua James 600,000 40 – 2 Joshua Myers 695,000 40 – 3 Prabhsimran Cheema 590,000 40 – 4 Christopher Richard 290,000 40 – 5 Marc Lavergne 365,000 40 – 6 Robert Buckingham 375,000 40 – 7 Shane Chief 440,000 40 – 8 Parth Mansukh 375,000 40 – 9 Travis Kruger 235,000 41 – 1 Jacob Parent 965,000 41 – 2 Regan Duong 540,000 41 – 3 Joel Kogan 720,000 41 – 4 Christopher Clellband 605,000 41 – 5 George Mounsef 1,180,000 41 – 6 Fanhao Kong 535,000 41 – 7 Aaron Walters 335,000 41 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 1,350,000 41 – 9 Andrew Neels 1,075,000 42 – 1 Mark Inglis 380,000 42 – 2 Karandev Bhullar 870,000 42 – 3 James Cruickshank 330,000 42 – 4 Aren James 195,000 42 – 5 David Swaim 770,000 42 – 6 Maksym Shkurupii 380,000 42 – 7 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 150,000 42 – 8 Yafei Jian 850,000 42 – 9 Justin Pennell 345,000 34 – 1 Daniele Collu 475,000 34 – 2 Yizhe Sheng 445,000 34 – 3 Jatinder Brar 175,000 34 – 4 Andrew Macdonald 560,000 34 – 5 Cory J Malenfant 980,000 34 – 6 Michael Campitelli 765,000 34 – 7 Alexander Meer 840,000 34 – 8 Cristituto Costales 500,000 34 – 9 Murray Kristoff 390,000 35 – 1 Rajiv Khanna 550,000 35 – 2 Jeffrey Harris 175,000 35 – 3 Bradley Bishop 910,000 35 – 4 Morgan Macqueen 400,000 35 – 5 Sheldon Xu 1,010,000 35 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 350,000 35 – 7 Shane Smith 325,000 35 – 8 Oleksandr Lobur 295,000 35 – 9 Terry Howe 480,000 36 – 1 Reginaid Lepine 1,220,000 36 – 2 Shannon Vargo 300,000 36 – 3 Jamie Lam 360,000 36 – 4 Kyle Crego 1,125,000 36 – 5 Chris Ruddell 260,000 36 – 6 Wayne Hoffert 980,000 36 – 7 Gregory Taylor 895,000 36 – 8 Richard Pepito 1,125,000 36 – 9 Evan Taylor 90,000 28 – 1 Christopher Lahey 315,000 28 – 2 Benjamin Cooper 1,495,000 28 – 3 Darren Macleod 355,000 28 – 4 Michael Sobil 810,000 28 – 5 Aidan Klingbeil 300,000 28 – 6 Conor Mcgregor 180,000 28 – 7 Gilbert Anderson 255,000 28 – 8 Jeffory Saunders 955,000 28 – 9 David Anderson 630,000 29 – 1 Harpreet Singh Padda 780,000 29 – 2 Jimmy Lee 445,000 29 – 3 John Anderson 1,020,000 29 – 4 Ryan Johnston 440,000 29 – 5 Ryan Maclean 380,000 29 – 6 Brendan Faulkner 440,000 29 – 7 Joshua Bennett 260,000 29 – 8 Ning Ma 1,235,000 29 – 9 Scott Groome 135,000 30 – 1 Andrew Fearnley 405,000 30 – 2 Kyle Rosnes 485,000 30 – 3 Simon Delarosbil 240,000 30 – 4 Yan Lin 610,000 30 – 5 Ankhbayar Bayar 1,425,000 30 – 7 Sandy Lam 855,000 30 – 8 Rahul Sharma 345,000 30 – 9 Sedrick Celi 145,000 43 – 1 Samson Mesenegeeshik 875,000 43 – 3 Tyler Bourassa 355,000 43 – 4 Tyler Thomas 365,000 43 – 5 Cuong Lieu 315,000 43 – 6 Russell King 785,000 43 – 8 Devon Morgan 855,000 43 – 9 Michael Grol 435,000 37 – 1 Bobby Jones 505,000 37 – 2 Michael Malm 2,200,000 37 – 3 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,220,000 37 – 4 Sheng Qiu 335,000 37 – 5 Cole Harmon 625,000 37 – 6 Kevin Grant 510,000 37 – 7 Sinisa Kovacevic 420,000 37 – 8 Nathan Fortin 305,000 37 – 9 Steven Labelle 685,000 31 – 1 Donald Hart 765,000 31 – 2 Jordan Banfield 660,000 31 – 3 Scott Stuve 830,000 31 – 4 Jae Lee 435,000 31 – 5 Skyler York 420,000 31 – 6 Jason Maurer 145,000 31 – 7 Edward Sorensen 285,000 31 – 8 Seyed Seyednabian 430,000 31 – 9 Clayton Milford Switzer 930,000 32 – 1 Michael Khan 1,365,000 32 – 2 Benny Sarnelli 1,405,000 32 – 3 Adam Ratchford 815,000 32 – 4 Richard Rex 115,000 32 – 5 Brian Bond 835,000 32 – 6 Fat Wong 330,000 32 – 7 Gregory Liow 830,000 32 – 8 Scot Munro 120,000 32 – 9 Elvis Kastrati 130,000 Day 2 Chips by Name
T-S Player Chips 41 – 7 Aaron Walters 335,000 32 – 3 Adam Ratchford 815,000 28 – 5 Aidan Klingbeil 300,000 34 – 7 Alexander Meer 840,000 30 – 1 Andrew Fearnley 405,000 34 – 4 Andrew Macdonald 560,000 41 – 9 Andrew Neels 1,075,000 30 – 5 Ankhbayar Bayar 1,425,000 42 – 4 Aren James 195,000 28 – 2 Benjamin Cooper 1,495,000 32 – 2 Benny Sarnelli 1,405,000 37 – 1 Bobby Jones 505,000 35 – 3 Bradley Bishop 910,000 29 – 6 Brendan Faulkner 440,000 32 – 5 Brian Bond 835,000 36 – 5 Chris Ruddell 260,000 41 – 4 Christopher Clellband 605,000 28 – 1 Christopher Lahey 315,000 40 – 4 Christopher Richard 290,000 31 – 9 Clayton Milford Switzer 930,000 37 – 5 Cole Harmon 625,000 35 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 350,000 28 – 6 Conor Mcgregor 180,000 34 – 5 Cory J Malenfant 980,000 34 – 8 Cristituto Costales 500,000 43 – 5 Cuong Lieu 315,000 41 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 1,350,000 34 – 1 Daniele Collu 475,000 28 – 3 Darren Macleod 355,000 28 – 9 David Anderson 630,000 42 – 5 David Swaim 770,000 43 – 8 Devon Morgan 855,000 31 – 1 Donald Hart 765,000 31 – 7 Edward Sorensen 285,000 32 – 9 Elvis Kastrati 130,000 36 – 9 Evan Taylor 90,000 41 – 6 Fanhao Kong 535,000 32 – 6 Fat Wong 330,000 41 – 5 George Mounsef 1,180,000 28 – 7 Gilbert Anderson 255,000 32 – 7 Gregory Liow 830,000 36 – 7 Gregory Taylor 895,000 29 – 1 Harpreet Singh Padda 780,000 41 – 1 Jacob Parent 965,000 31 – 4 Jae Lee 435,000 42 – 3 James Cruickshank 330,000 36 – 3 Jamie Lam 360,000 31 – 6 Jason Maurer 145,000 34 – 3 Jatinder Brar 175,000 28 – 8 Jeffory Saunders 955,000 35 – 2 Jeffrey Harris 175,000 29 – 2 Jimmy Lee 445,000 41 – 3 Joel Kogan 720,000 29 – 3 John Anderson 1,020,000 31 – 2 Jordan Banfield 660,000 29 – 7 Joshua Bennett 260,000 40 – 1 Joshua James 600,000 40 – 2 Joshua Myers 695,000 42 – 9 Justin Pennell 345,000 42 – 2 Karandev Bhullar 870,000 37 – 6 Kevin Grant 510,000 36 – 4 Kyle Crego 1,125,000 30 – 2 Kyle Rosnes 485,000 42 – 6 Maksym Shkurupii 380,000 40 – 5 Marc Lavergne 365,000 42 – 1 Mark Inglis 380,000 42 – 7 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 150,000 34 – 6 Michael Campitelli 765,000 43 – 9 Michael Grol 435,000 32 – 1 Michael Khan 1,365,000 37 – 2 Michael Malm 2,200,000 28 – 4 Michael Sobil 810,000 37 – 3 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,220,000 35 – 4 Morgan Macqueen 400,000 34 – 9 Murray Kristoff 390,000 37 – 8 Nathan Fortin 305,000 29 – 8 Ning Ma 1,235,000 35 – 8 Oleksandr Lobur 295,000 40 – 8 Parth Mansukh 375,000 40 – 3 Prabhsimran Cheema 590,000 30 – 8 Rahul Sharma 345,000 35 – 1 Rajiv Khanna 550,000 41 – 2 Regan Duong 540,000 36 – 1 Reginaid Lepine 1,220,000 36 – 8 Richard Pepito 1,125,000 32 – 4 Richard Rex 115,000 40 – 6 Robert Buckingham 375,000 43 – 6 Russell King 785,000 29 – 4 Ryan Johnston 440,000 29 – 5 Ryan Maclean 380,000 43 – 1 Samson Mesenegeeshik 875,000 30 – 7 Sandy Lam 855,000 32 – 8 Scot Munro 120,000 29 – 9 Scott Groome 135,000 31 – 3 Scott Stuve 830,000 30 – 9 Sedrick Celi 145,000 31 – 8 Seyed Seyednabian 430,000 40 – 7 Shane Chief 440,000 35 – 7 Shane Smith 325,000 36 – 2 Shannon Vargo 300,000 35 – 5 Sheldon Xu 1,010,000 37 – 4 Sheng Qiu 335,000 30 – 3 Simon Delarosbil 240,000 37 – 7 Sinisa Kovacevic 420,000 31 – 5 Skyler York 420,000 37 – 9 Steven Labelle 685,000 35 – 9 Terry Howe 480,000 40 – 9 Travis Kruger 235,000 43 – 3 Tyler Bourassa 355,000 43 – 4 Tyler Thomas 365,000 36 – 6 Wayne Hoffert 980,000 42 – 8 Yafei Jian 850,000 30 – 4 Yan Lin 610,000 34 – 2 Yizhe Sheng 445,000 
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Benny Sarnelli Leads 1d Stacks
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 46/916 (114/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 12:45 AM The stacks are compiled for Day 1d of the Mini Main Event, and Edmonton’s Benny Sarnelli bagged up the chip lead with just over 1.4 million. Full stacks for Day 1d are below, and stay tuned for a Day 2 preview with seat draws coming later.
Player Chips Benny Sarnelli 1,405,000 Michael Khan 1,365,000 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,220,000 Reginaid Lepine 1,220,000 George Mounsef 1,180,000 Andrew Neels 1,075,000 Sheldon Xu 1,010,000 Cory Malenfant 980,000 Jeffory Saunders 955,000 Clayton Switzer 930,000 Brian Bond 835,000 Gregory Liow 830,000 Adam Ratchford 815,000 Michael Sobil 810,000 David Swaim 770,000 Michael Campitelli 765,000 Joel Kogan 720,000 David Anderson 630,000 Cole Harmon 625,000 Rajiv Khanna 550,000 Kevin Grant 510,000 Cristituto Costales 500,000 Daniele Collu 475,000 Yizhe Sheng 445,000 Ryan Johnston 440,000 Michael Grol 435,000 Morgan Macqueen 400,000 Murray Kristoff 390,000 Ryan Maclean 380,000 Marc Lavergne 365,000 Jamie Lam 360,000 Tyler Bourassa 355,000 Darren Macleod 355,000 Rahul Sharma 345,000 Justin Pennell 345,000 Aaron Walters 335,000 Sheng Qiu 335,000 Fat Wong 330,000 Christopher Lahey 315,000 Minh Lieu 315,000 Aidan Klingbeil 300,000 Chris Ruddell 260,000 Simon Delarosbil 240,000 Elvis Kastrati 130,000 Scot Munro 120,000 Richard Rex 115,000 -
Day 1d is Complete with 46 Players Advancing
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 46/916 (114/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 11:35 PM The final flight to the record-setting Mini Main Event is now complete, with the final flight collecting well over 900 entries. That put the combined total at 2.269, obliterating the previous record field of 1,715 from January of 2024.
Below is a look at the final round of cashers from the end of Day 1d, and stay tuned for the Day 2 qualifiers coming shortly in another post.
Place Player Prize 47 Teddy Hudson$1,094 48 Benham Esfahanizadeh$1,094 49 David Molloy$1,094 50 Jeffrey Gies$1,094 51 Yi Kam$1,094 52 Russ Dauti$1,094 53 Frank Gallie$1,094 54 Justin Santoro$991 -
More Cashers from Day 1d
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 54/916 (122/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 11:00 PM They are nearing the end of the day in Day 1d of the Mini Main. The field is down to 54 on the break following level 20, leaving them just 9 players off the bags, with two levels to play before the hard stop at the end of Level 22.
More Day 1d Cashes
Place Player Prize 55 Kayvan Payman$991 56 Russ Sluchinski$991 57 
Andrii Dorofieiev$991 58 Jeffrey Pritchard$991 59 Michael Windsor$991 60 Gabriel Petrehele$991 61 Kassam Zishan$991 62 Bret Larson$991 63 Saiful Syed$918 64 Haofeng Shi$918 65 Jonathan Medori$918 66 Ka Yeung$918 67 Trent Hopper$918 68 Imran Lalani$918 69 George Caragiorgas$918 70 Robert Acorn$918 71 Shawn Meegan$918 72 
Hoang Nguyen$869 73 James Wery$869 74 Bcboy3991$869 75 Darrell Moore$869 76 Sukhbinder Singh$869 77 Cameron Mcmanus$869 78 Paul Kraychy$869 79 Dj Sharma$869 80 Ho Sin$869 81 Keiven Yellowfly$841 82 Shayne Stumpf$841 83 Dwayne Reid$841 84 
Chun Yau$841 85 Simon Snell$841 86 Jason Chan$841 87 Babyshark!!$841 88 Kyle Chang$841 89 
Vi Ha$841 90 Julius Roque$801 91 Westly Franks$801 92 Jody Brett$801 93 No Limit Poker$801 94 
Khalnayak69$801 95 Brady O’Hara$801 96 Jeff Charlebois$801 97 Richard Gilliard$801 98 Ryan Johal$801 99 Clayton Holbrook$801 -
Mini Main 1d is Deep into Day 1 Pay
Level: 20 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 61/916 (129/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 10:35 PM Day 1d of the Mini Main Event is down to 61 players left, with at least 46 bags at the end of tonight. There are about 10 minutes left in Level 20.
Day 1 Cashers to 100th Place
Place Player Prize 100 Roman Brar$801 101 Brett Doty$801 102 David Macneil$801 103 Patrick Woelk$801 104 Jc Martin$801 105 Webmyster$801 106 Joseph Cosco$801 107 Ruoxiao Shi$801 108 Ivanna Yatsiuk$801 109 Ryan Andrade$801 110 David Ballantine$801 111 Dennis Macpherson$801 112 Pam Meady$801 113 Ryan Cairns$801 114 Chris Duffy$801 115 Steven Barber$801 116 Caleb Simmons$801 117 Kaymar Amini$801 118 Aditya Aggarwal$801 119 Eric Vansteelandt$801 120 Ghislaine Johnson$801 121 Trent Leavitt$801 122 Michael Admussen$801 123 Graham Lupton$801 124 Dallas Williams$801 125 Kip Howard$801 126 Teo Sanchez$801 127 Duoduo2436$801 128 Berkley Williams$801 129 Lucky@Fish$801 130 Alen Bakovic$801 131 Andy Truong$801 132 Karin Schulenborg$801 133 Arif Dhalla$801 134 Tyson Malo$801 135 Deven Lane$801 136 Mike Leah$801 137 Jennelle Exner$801 138 Yilan Wang$801 -
Chop it Up
Level: 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 145/916 Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 8:05 PM Action was caught after the flop of J♥Q♣K♠, and Rahul Sharma checked from the big blind. Brett Larson moved all in for 130,000, and Sharma made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Rahul Sharma: A♥A♦
Brett Larson: A♠10♠The board completed with the 10♥3♦ to give both players the pot.
Brett Larson: 273,000
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Day 1 D Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 47-53 $1,094 54-62 $991 63-71 $918 72-80 $869 81-89 $841 90-138 $801 -
The 2026 Mini Main Smashes Previous Record
WSOP Mini Main 1d 1 With registration having come to a close, a whopping 2,269 entries joined the field of January’s Mini Main Event. The $400 entry garnered a total prize pool of $735,405. The event is a huge success and just a showcase of the rest of the series to come. A Day 1d prize pool will be posted shortly with a total prize pool following after.
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Life for Leah
Level: 14 (3,000/5,000/5,000) Entries: 203/916 Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 7:03 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♠9♠3♦, and Mike Leah moved all in for 20,000. Late position made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Leah: 9♦7♣
Late Position: 6♦6♣The board completed with the 10♦2♥ to give Leah the pot.
Mike Leah: 68,000
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Khan Finds Set over Set
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 234/916 Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 6:45 PM Middle position opened to 8,000, and Michael Khan raised to 22,000. His opponent made the call.
The flop came 7♦A♠8♠, and middle position was quick to check. Khan fired for 8,000, and was called.
After the turn peeled the 10♥, middle position checked to Khan. He continued for 26,000, and middle position moved all in. Khan called for his remaining 80,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Khan: A♥A♦
Middle Position: 10♦10♠The board completed with the K♣ for Khan to find the double.
Michael Khan: 230,000
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Big Stacks After Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Greg Liow 460,000 Tyler Bourassa 420,000 Joel Kogan 347,000 Morgan MacQueen 345,000 David Molloy 312,000 Jason Chan 302,000 Rahul Sharma 302,000 Eric Vansteelandt 301,000 Aaron Walters 268,000 Veronica Wautier 252,000 -
Lucky Ladies for Chang
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 288/895 Prizes: $280,583 ($728,475 total) Local Time: 5:25 PM Action was caught after the flop of 6♠2♣9♣, and early position was quick to check. Kyle Chang fired for 12,000, and early position moved all in. Chang called for 36,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Kyle Chang: Q♣Q♦
Middle Position: K♣10♣The board completed with the 4♠2♠ for Chang to find the double.
Kyle Chang: 97,500
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Barber Makes the Cut
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 290/880 Prizes: $275,880 ($723,525 total) Local Time: 5:18 PM Steven Barber moved all in for 37,500, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Steven Barber: 4♠4♥
Middle Position: K♣J♠The board ran out 5♣7♥A♥8♣3♣ for Barber to find the double.
Steven Barber: 81,500
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Crema Climbing
Level: 11 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 310/865 Prizes: $270,864 ($718,245 total) Local Time: 5:03 PM Action was caught after the river of 10♣6♥A♥9♠6♦, and Sebastian Crema moved all in for 58,000.
His opponent went into the tank, but eventually found the call. Crema revealed 7♣6♣ to take the pot.
Sebastian Crema: 143,500
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Tong Finds the Double
Level: 11 (1,500/2,5000/2,500) Entries: 323/845 Prizes: $264,908 ($711,975 total) Local Time: 4:49 PM Action was caught after the flop of 4♠9♣6♠, and both blinds were quick to check. Early position fired for 5,000, and Hamish Tong moved all in for 29,500 from the cutoff. The button made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Hamish Tong: 9♥8♠
Button: 9♦5♥The board ran out A♠K♥ for Tong to take the pot.
Hamish Tong: 72,000
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Life for Lemmen
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 352/826 Prizes: $258,951 ($705,705 total) Local Time: 4:31 PM Teddy Lemmen moved all in for 12,000, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Teddy Lemmen: Q♣J♥
Middle Position: A♥9♥The board ran out 4♦5♣7♦Q♦K♠, for Lemmen to find the double.
Teddy Lemmen: 29,000
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Huang Finds the Double
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 368/812 Prizes: $254,562 ($701,085 total) Local Time: 4:19 PM Shuoheng Huang moved all in for 22,000, and late position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Sheoheng Huang: 9♣7♣
Late Position: 4♣4♦The board ran out 3♦J♥7♠3♣10♣ to give Huang the pot.
Shuoheng Huang: 46,000
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Price Pool Nearing $700,000
Day 1d hasn’t disappointed, as entries continue to surge. Players are filling both rooms for the event as 794 entries have registered thus far. The prize pool is nearing $700,000 and will surely pass before late registration ends. Late registration is open for just under two and a half hours, so make sure to join this historic event.
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Current Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Tyler Bourassa 215,000 Anh Dao 173,000 Joel Kogan 169,000 Caleb Simmons 168,500 Roger Dang 149,000 Ranko Zec 147,500 James Werry 135,000 Thi Nguyen 135,000 Vi Ha 130,000 Jeffory Saunders 129,000 -
Nuts Only for Ha
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 412/749 Prizes: $234,812 ($680,295 total) Local Time: 3:14 PM Action was caught after the turn of 10♣A♥6♦9♥, and Vi Ha checked from the big blind. Middle position fired for 7,000, and cutoff called. Ha moved all in for 38,200, and both players made the call.
The river came the 3♦, and both players checked. Ha revealed 7♦8♠ to take the pot.
Vi Ha: 129,000
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Kelley Finds the Elimination
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 424/716 Prizes: $224,466 ($669,405 total) Local Time: 2:50 PM David Kelley called from the small blind, and the big blind moved all in for 16,500. Kelley made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: A♥9♠
David Kelley: 10♠7♥The board ran out 10♦2♥6♣7♠J♠ for Kelley to take the pot.
David Kelley: 88,400
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Parking Lot Hand Proves Good for Cocks
Level: 16 (400/800/800) Entries: 414/616 Prizes: $193,116 ($636,405 total) Local Time: 2:10 PM Early position opened to 2,000, and middle position raised to 5,000. Only Riley Katchui from late position made the call.
The flop came 5♥9♣A♠, and middle position led out for 6,000. Katchui raised to 15,000, and middle position made the call.
After the turn came the 4♥, middle position checked to Katchui. He moved all in for 34,200 and his opponent made the fold.
Riley Katchui: 67,200
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2026 Mini Main Smashes the Record
With a total current prize pool of $177,128 ($619,575 total) Day 1d has pushed the 2026 Mini Main to be the largest Mini Main in the Calgary series history. It upended the 2025 January iteration that drew 1,565 for a $516,450 prize pool. That led to a first place payout of $70,054. Todays tournament should guarantee at least $80,000 for the eventual winner. Stay tuned as this record breaking series continues full steam ahead.
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Big Stacks at the First Break
Player Chip Count Anh Dao 173,000 Ning Wang 119,000 Denis Amirault 101,300 Hasanain Ghunaim 100,000 Jenelle Exner 99,700 Andy Truong 96,600 Dallas Williams 87,000 Maher Mouselly 84,500 Yvan Gravel 83,900 Darrell Moore 83,000 -
Wang Wins a Big One
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 395/464 Prizes: $145,464 ($586,245 total) Local Time: 12:39 PM Action was caught after the river of 6♣J♠6♦3♠5♦, and Ning Wang fired for 21,000. His opponent made the fold, and Wang revealed Q♦Q♥.
Ning Wang: 110,700
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Ghunaim Goes From Bluff to Best
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 381/428 Prizes: $134,178 ($574,365 total) Local Time: 12:23 PM After the turn of 3♠4♣3♣5♠, Hasanain Ghunaim fired for 4,700 from the small blind. The big blind made the call.
The river came the A♠, and Ghunaim continued for 12,000. His opponent made the call, and Ghunaim revealed 8♦2♥ to take the pot.
Hasanain Ghunaim: 79,400
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Wood Finds the Knockout
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 327/346 Prizes: $108,471 ($547,305 total) Local Time: 11:53 PM Action was caught after the turn of J♠3♥2♥8♣, and the Gregory Wood was quick to check from the small blind. The button fired for 5,000, and Wood moved all in for 27,400. His opponent called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Button: 6♥4♥
Gregory Wood: J♣J♦The board completed with the 8♦, for Wood to take the pot.
Gregory Wood: 49,400
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Woelk Finds the Elimination
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 266/273 Prizes: $85,586 ($523,215 total) Local Time: 11:32 PM After the turn came the 4♦6♥Q♥9♦, and under the gun led out for 4,000. Patrick Woelk three-bet to 12,000 from the button. Under the gun moved all in for 15,200, and Woelk made the call.
The river came 6♠, and Woelk revealed 4♠4♥ to take the pot.
Patrick Woelk: 53,600
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Ha Makes the Call
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 238/241 Prizes: $75,554 ($512,655 total) Local Time: 11:22 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♥4♦A♠, and both blinds checked. Vi Ha fired for 1,000 from under the gun. Only the small blind called.
The turn came the 5♣, and both players were quick to check.
Afte the 9♠ completed the board, the small blind fired for 3,000. Ha made the call and revealed A♥Q♦ to take the pot.
Vi Ha: 32,500
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Day 1d of the Record(?) Mini Main Set for Saturday
Event #4: $400 NLH Mini Main Event Day 1D ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 1d: Jan 10, 11 AM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~6:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: End of Level 22 or 5% of the field Entries: 1,353 Prizes: $441,227 I’m calling it now — the January 2026 Mini Main Event is going to set a new Alberta record for field size. With three flights in the books, the game already has 1,353 entries for nearly $450k in prizes.
The previous biggest field in Alberta came in January 2024, when the 4-Flight got 1,715 entries by the end of Day 1d. To contrast that with this year’s Mini Main, after three flights in 2024, the field was at 1,093, nearly 300 fewer than this year’s 3-flight total.
The Jan 2024 game got 622 entries on Day 1d, and that seems like a pretty easy target to hit, based on the interest in this 2026 game so far. But this year’s 1d doesn’t even have to hit that number — 362 entries are all Day 1d needs to meet the record, and it seems impossible to imagine it getting less. With nearly $450k in prizes so far, I’d bet that the 1d field will easily beat the 622 from Jan 2024 1d, and could approach 4 digits as players start to look at what is likely to be a top prize nearing $100k or more for this $400 buy-in.
The 1d action kicks off at 11 AM on Saturday, and expect the game to overflow from Sundance to Chrome fairly early in the day. Blinds are 30 minutes, with the usual 30k starting stack.
They play 12 levels of poker with entries open, with entries closing at the start of Level 13 after the dinner break at about 6:15 PM. Once entries close, they’ll play down to 5% of the starting field, or the end of Level 22, whichever comes first.
2024 & 2025 API Player of the Year Mike Malm is the stack to beat for 1d players. He has 2.2 million in his bag from Day 1b, and no one else is even close yet, with the 1a leader Ankhbayar Bayar at 1.45 million and the 1c leader at 1.495 million, giving Malm a 700k lead over the field, so far anyway.
Get ready for a massive Day 1d. I don’t always get my predictions right, but I’m pretty confident in saying that 1d will be among the biggest flights ever at a Deerfoot WSOP-C, and that the final number will not only break the local records, but could easily flirt with 2,000 entries or more for prizes in the $650k range.
Buckle up, Calgary — Day 1d of the Mini Main Event is going to be massive.
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Ben Cooper Leads 1c Stacks
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 25/491 (68/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 2:25 AM The final numbers are in, and the biggest bag of Day 1c belongs to Ben Cooper. He put nearly 1.5 million into a bag, and was more than 350k ahead of second place, Richard Pepito with 1.125 million. Wayne Hoffert, Gregory Taylor, and Samson Mesenegeeshik round out the top five counts, with Hoffert at just shy of a million.
That still leaves 1b leader Mike Malm as the Day 2 big stack, but there is still a flight to be played, and it promises to have a lot of chips in play. Malm has 2.2 million in his 1b bag, but there are likely to be enough chips in play on Saturday for someone to stack up more.
Day 1c Qualifying Stacks
Player Chips Benjamin Cooper 1,495,000 Richard Pepito 1,125,000 Wayne Hoffert 980,000 Gregory Taylor 895,000 Samson Mesenegeeshik 875,000 Devon Patrick Morgan 855,000 Alexander Meer 840,000 Russell King 785,000 Donald Hart 765,000 Christopher Clellband 605,000 Joshua James 600,000 Fanhao Kong 535,000 Terry Howe 480,000 Jimmy Lee 445,000 Brendan Faulkner 440,000 Seyed Seyednabian 430,000 Sinisa Kovacevic 420,000 Mark Inglis 380,000 Colten Yamagishi 350,000 Shane Smith 325,000 Nathan Fortin 305,000 Gilbert Anderson 255,000 Aren James 195,000 Jeffrey Harris 175,000 Sedrick Celi 145,000 -
Day 1c is Complete with 25 Remaining
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 25/491 (68/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 2:15 AM Day 1c is complete now, with the field hitting 25 players with 16:26 remaining in Level 22. Dj Sharma was the bubble to Day 2 tonight, when his ace-queen couldn’t crack pocket eights for Ben Cooper. The final 25 players are now bagging up – See below for the recent cashouts, and stay tuned for the final 25 stacks coming shortly in a new post.
Place Player Prize 26 Dj Sharma$1,086 27 Robert Tomma$970 28 Terry Langdon$970 29 Dallas Larson$970 30 Aidan Klingbeil$970 31 Chad Winnick$970 32 Kris Steinbach$970 33 Robert Cicchelli$970 -
8 Off the Bags
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 33/491 (76/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 1:45 AM The 1c field is down to 33 players left, with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 21. That means this is the longest flight so far, as Day 1a ended in Level 21 with 18 minutes remaining, and they finished 1b with almost all of Level 21 left to play.
Samson Mesenegeeshik still looks to be the chip leader, with more than 1 million now, and Wayne Hoffert is also playing more than 1 million. See below for the recent busts from Day 1c, in the money.
Place Player Prize 34 Chase Cromwell$970 35 Andy Truong$970 36 Ka Yeung$892 37 Matthew Osorio$892 38 Jordan Johnstone$892 -
13 Off the Bags
Level: 20 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 38/491 (81/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 1:14 AM They are down to 38 remaining in Day 1c now, with 25 bags expected, so the end of the night is nearing. See below for a look at the recent busts.
39 Deron Noksana$892 40 Dustin Melanson$892 41 Donald Russell$892 42 Raghav Sharma$892 43 Tyson Malo$892 44 Cody Kinequon$892 45 Dennis Macpherson$846 -
Final Five Tables
Level: 19 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 45/491 (88/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 12:40 AM They are down to 45 players left in Day 1c, 20 players off the bags. A bit less than 15 minutes are left in Level 19, with the final break of Day 1c following Level 20. Below are the recent cashes from Day 1c.
Place Player Prize 46 Victor Ma$846 47 Chad Blumes$846 48 Lyle Feeney$846 49 Anand Dattani$846 50 Sebastian_15$846 -
Payouts So Far
Level: 18 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 50/491 (93/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 12:25 AM They are down to 50 left in Day 1c now, with at least 25 bags expected for the end of the night. Below is a look at the Day 1c cashers so far.
Place Player Prize 51 Nicholas Lee$846 52 Cory Evans$846 53 Mehmet Siginc$846 54 Eldho Kuriakose$806 55 Jerod Dobson$806 56 Danesh Luthra$806 57 Alex Liu$806 58 Shayne Stumpf$806 59 Donald Arsenault$806 60 George Caragiorgas$806 61 Nikola Boseovski$806 62 
22 Inches$806 63 Giulio Rosati$806 64 Jonathan Leicht$806 65 Khalnayak69$806 66 Micah Quinn$806 67 Craig Caldwell$806 68 R_Chizz$806 69 Christopher Macdonald$806 70 David Macnell$806 71 Jerry Li$806 72 Richard Steele$806 73 Clayton Holbrook$806 74 Ivan Mahood$806 -
Malm Heads the List of Qualifiers from 1b
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 28/543 (43/862) Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 11:50 PM Mike Malm is the only player to bag more than 2 million chips so far in this one, and there’s a good chance that will be the big stack for Sunday’s Day 2. See below for the full stacks from the 28 players advancing from Day 1b.
Player Chips Michael Malm 2,200,000 Daniel Lefebvre 1,350,000 Ning Ma 1,235,000 John Anderson 1,020,000 Jacob Parent 965,000 Scott Stuve 830,000 Harpreet Singh Padda 780,000 Steven Labelle 685,000 Jordan Banfield 660,000 Yan Lin 610,000 Prabhsimran Cheema 590,000 Andrew Macdonald 560,000 Bobby Jones 505,000 Jae Whan Lee 435,000 Skyler York 420,000 Andrew Fearnley 405,000 Maksym Shkurupii 380,000 Tyler Thomas 365,000 James Cruickshank 330,000 Oleksandr Lobur 295,000 Christopher Richard 290,000 Edward Sorensen 285,000 Joshua Bennett 260,000 Conor Mcgregor 180,000 Jatinder Brar 175,000 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 150,000 Jason Maurer 145,000 Scott Groome 135,000 -
Malm Leads 28 Qualifiers from Day 1b
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 28/543 (43/862) Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 11:40 PM Day 1b is complete with 28 players advancing to Day 2. Mike Malm has the chip lead with 2.2 million, with Daniel Lefebvre, Ning Ma, and John Anderson playing stacks in the 1 million range for Day 2. Full stack details for the 28 qualifying stacks will come shortly in the next post, while below is a look at all the players who cashed out at the end of Day 1b.
Place Player Prize 29 Teo Sanchez$1,008 30 Kien Luong$1,008 31 Ryan Teixeira$1,008 32 Matthew Piasecki$1,008 33 Ghislaine Johnson$1,008 34 Stugots403$1,008 35 James Taksas$1,008 36 Devin Frank$909 37 Greg Liow$909 38 Zhiyu Chen$909 39 Robert Acorn$909 40 Mohsen Shafizadeh$909 41 Danny Farias$909 42 Kyle Bodi$909 43 Vo Nguyen$909 44 Brendan Spearing$909 45 Brody Wildeman$853 46 Morgan Mclellan$853 47 Toms Kanjoothara$853 48 Miah Tran$853 49 Ali Razzaq$853 50 Mitchell Fox$853 51 Tianshu Liu$853 52 Cory Bisson$853 53 Youssef Hmama$853 54 Brady O’Hara$802 55 Brad Evans$802 56 Nicholas Mcewan$802 57 Yucheng Zhang$802 58 Weston Pring$802 59 Joseph Charlebois$802 60 Raymond New$802 61 Curtis Singleton$802 62 David Kelly$802 63 Colten Yamagishi$802 64 Tim Chen$802 65 Faramarz Ghorbani$802 66 Michael Hinacay-Boulton$802 67 Michael Windsor$802 68 Scot Munro$802 69 Kyle Kamachi$802 70 Dylan Ellis$802 71 Krys Alipio$802 72 Jerod Dobson$802 73 Daren Dichow$802 74 Antonio Ma$802 75 Levi Mcateer$802 76 Patrick Corbett$802 77 Paul Kraychy$802 78 Dave S$802 79 Mark Smith$802 80 Thomas Gallagher$802 81 William Pacarynuk$802 82 Fanhao Kong$802 -
No Bubble Play for 1c
Level: 16 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 74/491 (118/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 11:20 PM 1c is now in the money, with no bubble play, as two players busted on the hand just before the clock pause. They’ll be on break in less than 5 minutes, and action tonight will play down to 25 players, or until the end of Level 22, whichever comes first.
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4 Off the Money
Level: 16 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 78/491 (122/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 11:05 PM The 1c field is down to 78 players left, just 4 off the money spots. Level 16 has just begun, with the next break following this level, but my guess is they’ll be hand-for-hand on the bubble, or in the money, by the time the break comes.
Meanwhile, 1b is nearly complete in Sundance, as they are on the bubble to the end of the night.
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74 Places Paid; At Least 25 Advance
Level: 15 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 96/491 (143/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 10:45 PM The prizes for 1c are in, and there will be 74 paid spots tonight. That puts them just over 20 eliminations away from the money at the moment.
Once they hit the money, they will keep playing until they get to the end of Level 22, or 25 players are left, whichever comes first. Day 1b is now nearing completion, with just a few eliminations left before the bags come out.
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Fearnley “Has to Bluff Sometimes”
Level: 20 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 31/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 10:45 PM Action was caught after the turn of 9♥9♣2♦3♥, and Andrew Fearnley fired for 95,000. His opponent went into the tank, but eventually made the fold.
“You have to bluff sometimes,” Fearnley said as he revealed K♦J♦.
Andrew Fearnley: 513,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 36 Devin Frank $909 37 Liow $909 38 Zhiyu Chen $909 39 Robert Acorn $909 40 Mohsen Shafizadeh $909 41 Danny Farias $909 42 Kyle Bodi $909 43 Vo Nguyen $909 44 Brendan Spearing $909 45 Brody Wildeman $853 46 Morgan McLellan $853 47 Toms Kanjoothara $853 48 Miah Tran $853 49 Ali Razzaq $853 50 Mitchell Fox $853 51 Tianshu Liu $853 52 Cory Bisson $853 53 Youssef Hmama $853 -
Jones Gets it Through
Level: 19 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 38/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 10:25 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♣5♥K♣Q♠, and Bobby Jones moved all in from middle position for 243,000.
His opponent went into the tank, but found the fold.
Bobby Jones: 443,000
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Lefebvre Risks it All
Level: 18 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 45/453 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 10:04 PM Daniel Lefebvre opened to 25,000, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came 5♦9♠J♥, and all three players checked.
After the turn came the K♠, both blinds checked to Lefebvre. He fired for 35,000, and only Mehrad Khalajzadeh called.
The river was the K♣, and Khalajzadeh led out for 50,000. Lefebvre moved all in for 410,000, and Khalajzadeh went into the tank. Eventually he found the fold.
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Some Big Stacks from 1c
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 130/491 (187/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 10:10 PM Below is a look at the top ten stacks in 1c, as counted on the last break by dealers.
Player Chips Samson Mesenegeeshik 380,000 Chase Cromwell 286,000 Russell King 250,000 Ivan Mahood 205,000 Wayne Richard Hoffert 172,000 David Crowchild 130,000 Donald Russell 128,000 Dallas Larson 127,500 Mark Inglis 126,000 Behnam Esfahanizadeh 122,000 -
490 Entries for 1c
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 164/490 (229/1,352) Prizes: $153,615 ($440,897 total) Local Time: 9:50 PM Entries are now closed for Day 1c, with the final total at 490 entries. That puts the combined total over 1,350, putting this field more than 250 entries above the record field after three flights in 2024. The total record came in at 1,715, which means that Day 1d needs fewer than 400 entries to still break the record.
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Groome Risks it All
Level: 18 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 51/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 9:46 PM Cutoff opened to 26,000, and Scott Groome defended his big blind.
The flop came 9♦Q♠J♠, and Groome moved all in for 63,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Scott Groome: 128,000
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First Ladder Up
Player Prize Brady O’Hara $802 Brad Evans $802 Nicholas McEwan $802 Yucheng Zhang $802 Weston Pring $802 Joseph Charlebois $802 Raymond New $802 Curtis Singleton $802 David Kelly $802 Colten Yamagishi $802 Tim Chen $802 Faramarz Ghorbani $802 Michael Hinacay-Boulton $802 Michael Windsor $802 Scot Munro $802 Kyle Kamachi $802 Dylan Ellis $802 Krys Alipio $802 Jerod Dobson $802 Daren Dichow $802 Antonio Ma $802 Levi McAteer $802 Patrick Corbett $802 Paul Kraychy $802 Dave Chhabra $802 Mark Smith $802 Thomas Gallagher $802 William Pacarynuk $802 Fanhao Kong $802 -
Labelle Goes Runner-Runner
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 56/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 9:20 Early position moved all in for 96,000, and Steven Labelle made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: 9♦9♠
Steven Labelle: Q♦8♦The board ran out 4♥6♥6♦J♦10♦, for Labelle to take the pot.
Steven Labelle: 573,000
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Just Under 30 Minutes to Enter 1c
Level: 12 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 166/466 (237/1,328) Prizes: $146,091 ($432,977 total) Local Time: 9:20 PM Level 12 has less than 15 minutes left, and once they sit down for Level 13 after the break, entries for 1c will be closed. At the moment, 1c has 466 entries, putting the combined total at 1,328, which is more than 200 ahead of the record field after 3 flights. Day 1d will be the determining factor, but the record seems almost certain to fall sometime tomorrow.
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Aggression Pays off for Lin
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 65/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 9:06 PM Action was caught after the flop of 7♠K♥8♣, and the small blind was quick to check. Yan Lin fired for 35,000, and the small blind made the call.
The turn came the 7♦, and the small blind checked to Lin. He fired for 82,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Yan Lin: 368,000
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An Hour to go in 1c Entries
Level: 11 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 193/432 (278/1,294) Prizes: $135,432 ($421,757 total) Local Time: 8:45 PM Just under an hour remains in entries for Flight 1c, and all flights so far have beaten the individual flight numbers from the 2024 record field. The combined total is almost 1,300 already, and it seems likely that 1c will see another 30-50 entries at least before it closes at 9:45 PM.
At this point, assuming 1d isn’t a complete bust for entries, it looks like this event will crush the previous record, as 1d only needs about 400 entries to hit the record.
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Liu Falls to Burst Bubble
Level: 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 81/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 8:31 PM Alex Liu moved all in for 89,000, and Christopher Richard called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Alex Liu: A♦Q♦
Christopher Richard: 7♥7♣The board ran out 3♦4♠5♦10♥K♣ to give Richard the pot. The remaining player have locked up a minimum of $802.
Christopher Richard: 224,000
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More than 400 for 1c
Level: 10 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 201/404 (299/1,266) Prizes: $126,654 ($412,517 total) Local Time: 8:20 PM The 1c field just pushed over 400, with the combined total now at 1,266. The 1c field is now just 14 entries away from the 1c field from Jan 2024, with the combined total more than 150 entries ahead of that record field after three full flights.
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Nearing 400 Entries for 1c
Level: 9 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 215/384 (313/1,246) Prizes: $120,384 ($405,917 total) Local Time: 8:00 PM Day 1c is now closing in on 400 entries, and it looks like a safe bet they’ll hit that before entries close in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Day 1c in 2024 January got 418 entries, which should also hittable by the end of today, and that would put the field nearly 200 entries ahead of the January record, but even at the current numbers, it is still well above the full three-flight numbers for Jan 2024.
Some 100k+ Stacks from 1c
Player Prize Dallas Larson 127,500 Pascal Gregoire 122,000 Brendan Faulkner 114,000 Garnet Workman 111,900 Devon Morgan 106,800 Stephen Dauphinais 106,700 Adrian Gouveia 103,500 Ryan Biermann 100,500 -
Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $34,852 2 $23,203 3 $15,814 4 $11,003 5 $7,818 6 $5,675 7 $4,211 8 $3,196 9 $2,481 10 $1,972 11 $1,972 12 $1,606 13 $1,606 14 $1,340 15 $1,340 16 $1,340 17 $1,340 18 $1,147 19 $1,147 20 $1,147 21 $1,147 22 $1,147 23 $1,147 24 $1,147 25 $1,147 26 $1,147 27 $1,008 28 $1,008 29 $1,008 30 $1,008 31 $1,008 32 $1,008 33 $1,008 34 $1,008 35 $1,008 36 $909 37 $909 38 $909 39 $909 40 $909 41 $909 42 $909 43 $909 44 $909 45 $853 46 $853 47 $853 48 $853 49 $853 50 $853 51 $853 52 $853 53 $853 54 $802 55 $802 56 $802 57 $802 58 $802 59 $802 60 $802 61 $802 62 $802 63 $802 64 $802 65 $802 66 $802 67 $802 68 $802 69 $802 70 $802 71 $802 72 $802 73 $802 74 $802 75 $802 76 $802 77 $802 78 $802 79 $802 80 $802 81 $802 82 $802 -
Some Big Stacks
Level: 8 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 214/362 (327/1,224) Prizes: $113,487 ($398,657 total) Local Time: 7:30 PM The combined field is now up to 1,224, with just shy of $400k in combined prizes. Devon Morgan looks to be the leader right now with 122k, and Garnet Workman is also playing more than 100k. See below for the top five stacks, and I’ll add another stack update after the break coming in about 20 minutes.
Player Chips Devon Morgan 122,400 Garnet Workman 111,900 Stephen Dauphinais 106,700 Chad Blumes 93,000 James Werry 81,000 -
Liu Finds the Turn
Level: 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 103/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 7:24 PM Action was caught after the flop of 7♦10♠4♣, big blind was quick to check. Tianshiu Liu fired for 15,000, and Jacob Parent called from late position.
The turn came the K♥, and Liu continued for 42,000. He was rewarded with the pot. Liu shared that he had ace-king for turned top pair
Tianshu Liu: 256,000
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More than 1,200 Combined
Level: 8 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 218/351 (336/1,213) Prizes: $110,039 ($395,027 total) Local Time: 7:15 PM There are about 15 minutes left in Level 8 of Day 1c, with the 1c field now over 350 entries, and combined prizes closing in on $400k.
There are still a bit more than 2 hours left to enter this 3rd flight, plus a full fourth flight tomorrow. The 1c total for Jan 2024 was 418 entries, putting this field less than 70 away from the 1c number from 2024, but the total from the first three flights is already more than 100 entries above the final three-flight total from the 2024 record.
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Chip and a Chair for Chen
Level: 14 (3,000/5,000/5,000) Entries: 114/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 7:03 PM A three-way all in occurred with Zhiyu Chen being all in for 46,000. The three players revealed their holdings.
Zhiyu Chen: K♥10♦
Middle Position: A♥J♠
Big Blind: A♣J♦The board ran out Q♣A♠J♥2♣2♥ for Chen to take the pot. Chen shared that he had initially been down to his last 1,000 chip and survived five all ins to get back to the stack he has now.
Zhiyu Chen: 151,000
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Wildeman Finds the Elimination
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 120/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 6:50 PM Shariq Khan moved all in from middle position for 40,000, and Brody Wildeman called from late position. Both players revealed their holdings.
Shariq Khan: A♣9♣
Brody Wildeman: A♠Q♠The board ran out 8♠J♠7♦K♣J♥ for Khan to hit the rail.
Brody Wildeman: 211,000
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Ankhbayar Bayar Leads 1a Stacks
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 15/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 3:00 AM The final 15 stacks are in, and the chip leader from the opening flight is Ankhbayar Bayar with 1.425 million. Kyle Crego also has more than a million, but they are the only two with 7-figure bags.
Bradley Bishop has just over 900k, while Karandev Bhullar and Sandy Lam round out the top five with more than 850k. The Day 1a action ended a bit early, with the clock paused at 18:21 remaining in Level 21, and there is one fewer bag than expected after a double bust on the bubble.
Day 2 seat assignments will be published after all flights are complete, sometime Saturday evening. Players returning for Day 2 should be ready to play at 1 PM on Sunday, in the Chrome room.
Qualifying Stacks from Day 1a of the Mini Main Event
Player Chips Ankhbayar Bayar 1,425,000 Kyle Crego 1,125,000 Bradley Bishop 910,000 Karandev Bhullar 870,000 Sandy Lam 855,000 Yafei Jian 850,000 Josh Myers 695,000 Regan Duong 540,000 Kyle Rosnes 485,000 Shane Chief 440,000 Robert Buckingham 375,000 Parth Mansukh 375,000 Shannon Vargo 300,000 Travis Kruger 235,000 Evan Taylor 90,000 -
Double Bubble Bust Leaves 15 Bags from 1a
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 15/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 2:30 AM Day 1a of the Mini Main Event is complete, but there are fewer players advancing than expected. Based on the 319 entries, which beat both Oct & Jan 2025 Day 1a for this game (it was called the 4-Flight in Jan, but otherwise the same event), there should have been at least 16 bags at the end of the night.
Instead, they got to the bubble and then lost two players, Hongwei Liu (17th) and Timothy Smith (16th), on the same hand, leaving just 15 players still alive. That happened with 18:21 remaining in Level 21, so the first flight ended a bit early, with fewer qualifiers than expected. Below is a look at all the cashing players from Day 1a, and stay tuned for a list of qualifying bags in a following post.
Place Player Prize 16 Timothy Smith$981 17 Hongwei Liu$981 18 Ghislaine Johnson$897 19 Youssef Hmama$897 20 Sebastian Crema$897 21 Bobby Jones$897 22 Darren Mccagherty$897 23 
David Ballantine$897 24 Victor Ma$897 25 Darryl Power$897 26 Teo Sanchez$897 27 Rodney Poirier$853 28 Colten Yamagishi$853 29 Jerry Li$853 30 
Kevin Huynh$853 31 Scott Serwa$853 32 Mike Malm$853 33 Neil Smith$853 34 Brad Shackman$853 35 Dallas Larson$853 36 Patrick Girard$812 37 Samson Mesenegeeshik$812 38 Jonathan Breitenstein$812 39 Daniel Lefebvre$812 40 Richard Pepito$812 41 Ramaz Haymour$812 42 Levi Mcateer$812 43 Seamus Mcgearty$812 44 
Bertrand Laroque$812 45 Adam Cygman$812 46 Lap Chi Duong$812 47 Dj Sharma$812 48 Yucheng Zhang$812 -
Down to 38
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 38/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 12:10 AM Place Player Prize 39 Damiel Lefebvre$812 40 Richard Pepito$812 41 Ramaz Haymour$812 42 Levi Mcateer$812 -
In the Money
Level: 17 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 42/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 11:55 PM Place Player Prize 43 Seamus Mcgearty$812 44 Bertrand Laroque$812 45 Adam Cygman$812 46 Lap Chi Duong$812 47 Dj Sharma$812 48 Yucheng Zhang$812 -
12 Off the Money
Level: 14 (3000/5000/5000) Entries: 62/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 10:35 PM They are down to 62 players left in the Mini Main Day 1a. That puts them 12 players off the money spots, with Level 14 coming to an end. They’ll keep playing once they hit the money, with as many as 32 players cashing out tonight. At least 16 players will bag today, but they’ll bag more if they get to the end of Level 22 before they hit 16 players.
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48 Paid, 16 Advance
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 86/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 10:00 PM The prizes for Day 1a are in, and 48 place will be paid tonight. The action will continue once they hit the money, with only the top 5%, or 16 players, expected to bag tonight. However, if they make it to the end of Level 22 without hitting 16 players, they’ll bag up then, no matter how many are left. See below for a look at the prizes to 17th place tonight.
Just as a reminder, there will be nothing under the Payouts tab until Day 2. For Day 1 pay, I’ll be posting the payouts in posts as we go. They are now just under 40 eliminations off the money.
Place Prize 17 $981 18 $897 19 $897 20 $897 21 $897 22 $897 23 $897 24 $897 25 $897 26 $897 27 $853 28 $853 29 $853 30 $853 31 $853 32 $853 33 $853 34 $853 35 $853 36 $812 37 $812 38 $812 39 $812 40 $812 41 $812 42 $812 43 $812 44 $812 45 $812 46 $812 47 $812 48 $812 -
319 Entries for 1a
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 95/319 Prizes: $100,007 Local Time: 9:55 PM Entries are now closed for Day 1 of the Mini Main Event, with the final tally on the board at 319. That is well ahead of both the Jan & Oct numbers for 1a in this event (note that in Jan last year, this game was called the 4-Flight). There will be 48 paid spots tonight, and at least 16 bags at the end. The action will continue until they hit 16 players, or the end of Level 22, whichever comes first.
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1a Beats October
Level: 10 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 125/281 Prizes: $88,094 Local Time: 8:35 PM The Day 1a field for the Mini Main has now exceeded the total for the opening flight in October. With just over an hour to enter today’s flight, the field is now 5 entries over the 276 recorded last time. With just 19 entries to go to hit 300, that still looks like a decent number to end on today.
The final three tables of the Black Chip Bounty have now moved to Chrome, so I’ll be watching that one most closely until it finishes, at which point I’ll move back to finish the endgame on this one.
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Ghai Sends Charlebois Out
Level: 9 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 135/260 Prizes: $81,510 Local Time: 8:00 PM Arya Ghai and Jeff “Ironman” Charlebois went at it in a couple of hands. Charlebois shoved the cutoff on Ghai’s big blind, and when Ghai woke up with a suited ace, he called. They were both playing an ace, with low kickers, and the board ran out to a chop.
In the very next hand, Charlebois again shoved, this time from the hijack. Ghai woke up with an ace-ten in the small blind and called off for a race against Charlebois’ pocket deuces. Ghai found a ten on the flop of 10♦4♣K♦J♥7♦ and held to take it down.
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Victor Ma Leads at Second Break
Level: 9 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 137/251 Prizes: $78,689 Local Time: 7:50 PM Victor Ma looks to be the chip leader after 8 levels of play, with 149k. Evan Taylor and Jonathan Chimu also have more than 100k. Below is a look at the top ten stacks as counted on the break by dealers.
T-S Player Chips 24-3 Victor Si Yun Ma 149,000 30-7 Evan Taylor 127,000 25-4 Jonathan Chimuk 104,500 29-5 Sebastian Crema 91,500 27-1 Yucheng Zhang 91,300 26-8 Parth Mansukh 89,900 31-6 Jerod Dobson 86,100 26-4 Jordan Banfield 85,600 37-8 Brad Shackman 80,000 26-2 Jerry Li 75,300 -
250 Entries on Second Break
Level: 9 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 136/250 Prizes: $78,375 Local Time: 7:40 PM The players from Day 1a are now on their second break of the day, with the field at 250 entries. That is just 26 away from the October numbers, and it seems likely there will be at least that many entries over the next two hours before it all closes.
The prizes now are nearing $80k, but if they can find another 50 entries for 300, that would put the prizes close to $95k for the opening flight.
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30 Away from Oct Numbers
Level: 8 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 147/242 Prizes: $75,867 Local Time: 7:20 PM There are about 15 minutes left in Level 8, with the second break of Day 1a scheduled following this level. The field is now at 242 for today’s flight, putting it just 32 entries away from matching Oct 2025. With more than 2 hours left to enter, it looks like a lock to beat that number, but entries do tend to slow a bit after the second break. It still looks like ~300 entries is a decent bet today.
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Columbres Doubles
Level: 7 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 146/231 Prizes: $72,419 Local Time: 7:05 PM Zhiyu Chen raised early to 2k before Loyd Columbres shoved all in for 16.4 from the hijack. It folded back to Chen who put in the call with a starting stack.
It was a race between nines for Columbres against king-jack of soades for Chen. Chen found a jack on the flop, but Columbres had already set up with the win with a nine on the board of [invalid notations]9c7hJdAh6c[/pcn[. The hand doubled Calumbres to more than $35k, while Chen is down to a bit more than 13k.
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Nearing 220 Entries
Level: 7 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 149/218 Prizes: $68,343 Local Time: 6:45 PM The 1a field is now closing in on 220 entries as Level 7 begins. That leaves three hours left in the entry period, with the next break following Level 8, and then four more levels of entry after that.
At the moment, the field is only about 60 entries away from capping the October 2025 numbers, so it’s still looking like a solid bet.
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More than 200 Entries to Start Level 6
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 152/203 Prizes: $63,641 Local Time: 6:20 PM Level 6 has just begun, and the field is now over 200 entries, with prizes nearing $65k. There are now a bit more than 3 hours left to enter today’s flight, so capping the 276 entries from October 2025 still looks to be in the cards.
Among the players in today’s flight are DJ “Sharma Time” Sharma, who has just apparently hit a hand, as I heard shouts of Sharma Time across the casino. Along with the McDonald’s magnate from Edmonton, the 2024 & 2025 API Player of the Year, Mike Malm, is also in action today, along with Josh Myers, Stephen Dejarlais, Shane Chief, Skyler York, Victor Ma, Eric Vansteelandt, Jacob Sujata, Jerry Li, Jordan Banfield, Wayne Hoffert, Ghislaine Johnson, Chad Winnick, Sebastian Crema, Gail Flaherty, and Scot Munro.
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191 Entries after First Break
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 156/191 Prizes: $59,879 Local Time: 6:00 PM The 1a players are back in their seats for the start of Level, and today’s field is up to 191 entries now. That means the prize pool so far is creeping up towards $60k, and it seems likely the 200-entry mark will fall sometime during this level. There are now just under 4 hours left to get into the opening flight, but there are 3 more flights before Sunday’s Day 2.
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First Break of 1a
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 154/186 Prizes: $58,311 Local Time: 5:40 PM The Day 1a players are heading out for their first break of the day with the conclusion of Level 4. There are 186 entries on the board as they head out, with 154 players left alive currently.
The total for Day 1a in October was 274, so this game is still easily on pace to cap that number, and perhaps go to 300 or more.
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Closing in on 200 Entries before the First Break
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 153/174 Prizes: $54,549 Local Time: 5:25 PM About 15 minutes remain in Level 4, with the first break of the day scheduled following this level. The field is now at 174 entries for prizes of almost $55k, with more than 4 hours left to enter today’s opening flight.
Of course, players still have three more shots at a bag in this event after today’s flight closes, with final numbers for this event expected to easily exceed 1,500. As it stands, Day 1a is already only about 100 entries off the 2025 October numbers for the opening flight.
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135 Entries in Level 2
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 129/135 Prizes: $42,323 Local Time: 4:45 PM Level 2 is just coming to a close, with 135 entries on the board already. In October, the opening flight to the Mini Main Event saw 276 entries, so today’s flight is well on the way to meeting or beating that number. There are still almost 5 hours left to enter today’s flight.
The players will take their first break of the day following Level 4, with entries open until the beginning of Level 13, which should be about 9:45 PM.
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A Healthy Start to the Mini Main
The first flight of the Mini Main has just began. Already it has seen a surge of players with 98 players having entered. One unlucky player has hit the rail, and there is plenty of time to join the action. Late registration will remain open for approximately five and a half hours.
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Flight #1 to the Mini Main Boards Thursday Afternoon
Event #4: $400 NLH Mini Main Event ($330 + $70)
Date: Dat 1a: Jan 8, 4 PM Blinds: 25 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~9:45) Day 1 Ends: 22 Levels or 5% of the field The opening flight to the Mini Main Event takes off at 4 PM on Thursday afternoon. Players get 30k in chips to start, and the blinds for Day 1a & c are 25 minutes long.
Players have 12 levels to get into the game, which should put the last chance to enter at about 9:45 PM. After that, the bags will come out at the end of Level 22, or with 5% of the field remaining, whichever comes first. If it goes the full 22 levels, Days 1a/c will finish after 4 AM.
Nicolas Lee (R), winner of Mini Main Event, with Zeyu Huang October 2025’s series saw Nicholas Lee take down this game for more than $75k. That was the biggest share of more than $550k in prizes from a field of 1,668, among the largest fields WSOP-C Calgary has seen. Lee was heads up against Chinese native & Toronto resident Kezheng Peng, who won just over $50k for second, with Winnipeg’s Dylan Ellis in 3rd. It was Lee’s fourth ring and gave him more than $575k (USD) in lifetime earnings, and he’s at well over $600k now after coming second on opening day at the 2026 January series in the NLH/PLO Mix.
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Malm Heads the List of Qualifiers from 1b
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 28/543 (43/862) Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 11:50 PM Mike Malm is the only player to bag more than 2 million chips so far in this one, and there’s a good chance that will be the big stack for Sunday’s Day 2. See below for the full stacks from the 28 players advancing from Day 1b.
Player Chips Michael Malm 2,200,000 Daniel Lefebvre 1,350,000 Ning Ma 1,235,000 John Anderson 1,020,000 Jacob Parent 965,000 Scott Stuve 830,000 Harpreet Singh Padda 780,000 Steven Labelle 685,000 Jordan Banfield 660,000 Yan Lin 610,000 Prabhsimran Cheema 590,000 Andrew Macdonald 560,000 Bobby Jones 505,000 Jae Whan Lee 435,000 Skyler York 420,000 Andrew Fearnley 405,000 Maksym Shkurupii 380,000 Tyler Thomas 365,000 James Cruickshank 330,000 Oleksandr Lobur 295,000 Christopher Richard 290,000 Edward Sorensen 285,000 Joshua Bennett 260,000 Conor Mcgregor 180,000 Jatinder Brar 175,000 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 150,000 Jason Maurer 145,000 Scott Groome 135,000 -
Malm Leads 28 Qualifiers from Day 1b
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 28/543 (43/862) Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 11:40 PM Day 1b is complete with 28 players advancing to Day 2. Mike Malm has the chip lead with 2.2 million, with Daniel Lefebvre, Ning Ma, and John Anderson playing stacks in the 1 million range for Day 2. Full stack details for the 28 qualifying stacks will come shortly in the next post, while below is a look at all the players who cashed out at the end of Day 1b.
Place Player Prize 29 Teo Sanchez$1,008 30 Kien Luong$1,008 31 Ryan Teixeira$1,008 32 Matthew Piasecki$1,008 33 Ghislaine Johnson$1,008 34 Stugots403$1,008 35 James Taksas$1,008 36 Devin Frank$909 37 Greg Liow$909 38 Zhiyu Chen$909 39 Robert Acorn$909 40 Mohsen Shafizadeh$909 41 Danny Farias$909 42 Kyle Bodi$909 43 Vo Nguyen$909 44 Brendan Spearing$909 45 Brody Wildeman$853 46 Morgan Mclellan$853 47 Toms Kanjoothara$853 48 Miah Tran$853 49 Ali Razzaq$853 50 Mitchell Fox$853 51 Tianshu Liu$853 52 Cory Bisson$853 53 Youssef Hmama$853 54 Brady O’Hara$802 55 Brad Evans$802 56 Nicholas Mcewan$802 57 Yucheng Zhang$802 58 Weston Pring$802 59 Joseph Charlebois$802 60 Raymond New$802 61 Curtis Singleton$802 62 David Kelly$802 63 Colten Yamagishi$802 64 Tim Chen$802 65 Faramarz Ghorbani$802 66 Michael Hinacay-Boulton$802 67 Michael Windsor$802 68 Scot Munro$802 69 Kyle Kamachi$802 70 Dylan Ellis$802 71 Krys Alipio$802 72 Jerod Dobson$802 73 Daren Dichow$802 74 Antonio Ma$802 75 Levi Mcateer$802 76 Patrick Corbett$802 77 Paul Kraychy$802 78 Dave S$802 79 Mark Smith$802 80 Thomas Gallagher$802 81 William Pacarynuk$802 82 Fanhao Kong$802 -
Fearnley “Has to Bluff Sometimes”
Level: 20 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 31/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 10:45 PM Action was caught after the turn of 9♥9♣2♦3♥, and Andrew Fearnley fired for 95,000. His opponent went into the tank, but eventually made the fold.
“You have to bluff sometimes,” Fearnley said as he revealed K♦J♦.
Andrew Fearnley: 513,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 36 Devin Frank $909 37 Liow $909 38 Zhiyu Chen $909 39 Robert Acorn $909 40 Mohsen Shafizadeh $909 41 Danny Farias $909 42 Kyle Bodi $909 43 Vo Nguyen $909 44 Brendan Spearing $909 45 Brody Wildeman $853 46 Morgan McLellan $853 47 Toms Kanjoothara $853 48 Miah Tran $853 49 Ali Razzaq $853 50 Mitchell Fox $853 51 Tianshu Liu $853 52 Cory Bisson $853 53 Youssef Hmama $853 -
Jones Gets it Through
Level: 19 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 38/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 10:25 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♣5♥K♣Q♠, and Bobby Jones moved all in from middle position for 243,000.
His opponent went into the tank, but found the fold.
Bobby Jones: 443,000
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Lefebvre Risks it All
Level: 18 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 45/453 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 10:04 PM Daniel Lefebvre opened to 25,000, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came 5♦9♠J♥, and all three players checked.
After the turn came the K♠, both blinds checked to Lefebvre. He fired for 35,000, and only Mehrad Khalajzadeh called.
The river was the K♣, and Khalajzadeh led out for 50,000. Lefebvre moved all in for 410,000, and Khalajzadeh went into the tank. Eventually he found the fold.
Daniel Lefebvre: 743,000
Mehrad Khalajzadeh: 718,000 -
Groome Risks it All
Level: 18 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 51/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 9:46 PM Cutoff opened to 26,000, and Scott Groome defended his big blind.
The flop came 9♦Q♠J♠, and Groome moved all in for 63,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Scott Groome: 128,000
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First Ladder Up
Player Prize Brady O’Hara $802 Brad Evans $802 Nicholas McEwan $802 Yucheng Zhang $802 Weston Pring $802 Joseph Charlebois $802 Raymond New $802 Curtis Singleton $802 David Kelly $802 Colten Yamagishi $802 Tim Chen $802 Faramarz Ghorbani $802 Michael Hinacay-Boulton $802 Michael Windsor $802 Scot Munro $802 Kyle Kamachi $802 Dylan Ellis $802 Krys Alipio $802 Jerod Dobson $802 Daren Dichow $802 Antonio Ma $802 Levi McAteer $802 Patrick Corbett $802 Paul Kraychy $802 Dave Chhabra $802 Mark Smith $802 Thomas Gallagher $802 William Pacarynuk $802 Fanhao Kong $802 -
Labelle Goes Runner-Runner
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 56/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 9:20 Early position moved all in for 96,000, and Steven Labelle made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: 9♦9♠
Steven Labelle: Q♦8♦The board ran out 4♥6♥6♦J♦10♦, for Labelle to take the pot.
Steven Labelle: 573,000
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Aggression Pays off for Lin
Level: 17 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 65/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 9:06 PM Action was caught after the flop of 7♠K♥8♣, and the small blind was quick to check. Yan Lin fired for 35,000, and the small blind made the call.
The turn came the 7♦, and the small blind checked to Lin. He fired for 82,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Yan Lin: 368,000
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Liu Falls to Burst Bubble
Level: 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 81/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 8:31 PM Alex Liu moved all in for 89,000, and Christopher Richard called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Alex Liu: A♦Q♦
Christopher Richard: 7♥7♣The board ran out 3♦4♠5♦10♥K♣ to give Richard the pot. The remaining player have locked up a minimum of $802.
Christopher Richard: 224,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $34,852 2 $23,203 3 $15,814 4 $11,003 5 $7,818 6 $5,675 7 $4,211 8 $3,196 9 $2,481 10 $1,972 11 $1,972 12 $1,606 13 $1,606 14 $1,340 15 $1,340 16 $1,340 17 $1,340 18 $1,147 19 $1,147 20 $1,147 21 $1,147 22 $1,147 23 $1,147 24 $1,147 25 $1,147 26 $1,147 27 $1,008 28 $1,008 29 $1,008 30 $1,008 31 $1,008 32 $1,008 33 $1,008 34 $1,008 35 $1,008 36 $909 37 $909 38 $909 39 $909 40 $909 41 $909 42 $909 43 $909 44 $909 45 $853 46 $853 47 $853 48 $853 49 $853 50 $853 51 $853 52 $853 53 $853 54 $802 55 $802 56 $802 57 $802 58 $802 59 $802 60 $802 61 $802 62 $802 63 $802 64 $802 65 $802 66 $802 67 $802 68 $802 69 $802 70 $802 71 $802 72 $802 73 $802 74 $802 75 $802 76 $802 77 $802 78 $802 79 $802 80 $802 81 $802 82 $802 -
Liu Finds the Turn
Level: 15 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 103/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 7:24 PM Action was caught after the flop of 7♦10♠4♣, big blind was quick to check. Tianshiu Liu fired for 15,000, and Jacob Parent called from late position.
The turn came the K♥, and Liu continued for 42,000. He was rewarded with the pot. Liu shared that he had ace-king for turned top pair
Tianshu Liu: 256,000
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Chip and a Chair for Chen
Level: 14 (3,000/5,000/5,000) Entries: 114/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 7:03 PM A three-way all in occurred with Zhiyu Chen being all in for 46,000. The three players revealed their holdings.
Zhiyu Chen: K♥10♦
Middle Position: A♥J♠
Big Blind: A♣J♦The board ran out Q♣A♠J♥2♣2♥ for Chen to take the pot. Chen shared that he had initially been down to his last 1,000 chip and survived five all ins to get back to the stack he has now.
Zhiyu Chen: 151,000
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Wildeman Finds the Elimination
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 120/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 6:50 PM Shariq Khan moved all in from middle position for 40,000, and Brody Wildeman called from late position. Both players revealed their holdings.
Shariq Khan: A♣9♣
Brody Wildeman: A♠Q♠The board ran out 8♠J♠7♦K♣J♥ for Khan to hit the rail.
Brody Wildeman: 211,000
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Shi Finds the Hero Call
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 122/543 Prizes: $179,190 ($279,197 total) Local Time: 6:40 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♥10♠Q♠7♥, and Ruoxiao Shi was quick to check from under the gun. Dylan Ellis fired for 35,000 from the button, and Shi made the call.
The river came the 3♦, and Shi checked to Ellis. He continued for 50,000, and Shi made the call for his remaining 25,000. He revealed A♦10♦ to best Ellis’ K♥J♥.
Ruoxiao Shi: 143,000
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Big Stacks as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 549,000 Jerod Dobson 356,000 Jordan Banfield 338,000 Vo Nguyen 308,000 Jason Maurer 297,000 Morgan McLellan 294,000 Maksym Shkurupii 292,500 Harpreet Padda 290,000 Greg Liow 288,000 Devin Frank 271,000 -
Cheema Risks it All
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 141/524 Prizes: $172,920 ($272,927 total) Local Time: 5:28 PM The button opened to 26,000, and Prabhsimran Cheema called from the big blind.
The flop came 8♣J♦8♦, and Cheema moved all in for 59,500. His opponent went into the tank, but made the fold.
Prabhsimran Cheema: 116,000
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Pil Cracks Aces
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 156/516 Prizes: $170,280 ($270,287 total) Local Time: 5:13 PM At Blinds of 1,500 and 2,500, Sunni Pil opened to 5,000. Middle position raised to 10,000, and Pil moved all in for 32,000. Her opponent made the call.
Sunni Pil: A♦Q♥
Middle Position: A♠A♣The board ran out 3♥J♠K♥10♥3♣, for Pil to find the double.
Sunni Pil: 70,000
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Dobson Finds the Elimination
Level: 11 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 169/508 Prizes: $167,640 ($267,647 total) Local Time: 4:59 PM Early position moved all in for 37,000, and Jerod Dobson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: K♦J♣
Jerod Dobson: A♦Q♥The board ran out A♥A♠9♥5♣4♣, for Dobson to take the pot.
Jerod Dobson: 192,000
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Chan Takes it Down
Level: 11 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 109/502 Prizes: $165,660 ($265,667 total) Local Time: 4:44 PM Under the gun opened to 4,000, and Jason Chan made the call from middle position. The cutoff raised to 12,000, and both players made the call.
The flop came J♦K♣4♣, and all three players were quick to check.
After the turn came the K♠, and under the gun checked. Chan fired for 21,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Jason Chan: 187,000
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Gallagher Chipping Up
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 194/489 Prizes: $161,370 ($261,377 total) Local Time: 4:27 PM Matthew Ouellette moved all in for 4,100, and Thomas Gallagher made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Matthew Ouelette: A♦K♥
Thomas Gallagher: 8♦8♣The board ran out 3♣6♣6♥3♥10♣, for Gallagher to take the pot.
Thomas Gallagher: 228,000
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Lobur Finds a Double KO
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 208/487 Prizes: $160,710 ($260,717 total) Local Time: 4:15 PM A three way all in occurred and the three players revealed their holdings.
Small Blind: 8♦8♣
Middle Position: J♠J♣
Oleksandr Lobur: Q♥Q♣The board ran out 5♠7♣4♦Q♦7♦ to give Lobur the pot.
Oleksandr Lobur: 209,000
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Cowboys for Lobur
Level: 9 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 228/483 Prizes: $159,390 ($259,397 total) Local Time: 4:00 PM Action was caught after the turn of 6♣8♦7♦8♥, and middle position fired for 10,000 from late position. Oleksander Lobur made the call.
The river came the A♦, and both players were quick to check. Lobur revealed K♣K♠ to take the pot.
Oleksander Lobur: 97,000
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Updated Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Paul Kraychy 180,000 Ryan Teixira 171,500 Scott Stuve 170,000 Jordan Banfield 166,000 David Ballantine 158,500 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 153,000 Maksym Shkurupii 140,000 Jerod Dobson 135,000 Nicholas Andreas 133,000 Clark McKay 129,800 -
Kim Plays it Back
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 252/450 Prizes: $148,500 ($248,507 total) Local Time: 3:07 PM Action was caught after the flop of 3♥10♦10♣, and middle position checked.
Seolhee Kim fired for 2,000 from late position, and the button was quick to fold.
Middle position three-bet to 10,000, and Kim four-bet to 30,000. She was rewarded with the pot.
Seolhee Kim: 69,000
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Malm Finds the Bluff
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 256/444 Prizes: $146,520 ($246,527 total) Local Time: 2:53 PM After the flop of 6♠8♦3♣, both blinds were quick to check. Mike Malm fired for 2,000, and only the small blind made the call.
The turn came the 2♣, and the small blind again checked to Malm. He fired for 10,000, and was rewarded with the pot. Malm revealed Q♠5♠ for the stone bluff.
Mike Malm: 48,000
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Pedelsen Risks it All
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 260/424 Prizes: $139,920 ($239,927 total) Local Time: 2:37 PM Action was caught after the flop of 7♣8♦10♠8♠, and Christopher Pedersen checked from under the gun.
His opponent fired for 8,000 from the cutoff, and Pedersen moved all in for 37,100. He was rewarded with the pot.
Christopher Pedesen: 59,800
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Mahood Making Moves
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 269/405 Prizes: $133,650 ($233,657 total) Local Time: 2:19 PM Action was caught after the board ran out A♣10♦Q♥7♥6♣, and Sheldon McAteer fired for 5,000 from the button.
Ivan Mahood flicked in the call, and revealed A♥5♥. This was enough to best McAteer’s Q♣J♣.
Ivan Mahood: 33,900
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Ouellette On the Board
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 273/387 Prizes: $127,710 ($227,717 total) Local Time: 2:05 PM Action was caught after the turn of 8♠5♣10♣7♦, and Matthew Ouellete fired for 7,500 from the big blind.
His opponent was quick to fold for Ouelette to take the pot.
Matthew Ouelette: 40,800
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Leclerc Finds the Flush
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 276/372 Prizes: $122,430 ($222,437 total) Local Time: 1:47 PM Action was caught after the flop of J♦Q♦J♠, and early position moved all in for 14,400. Leo Leclerc made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: A♣Q♥
Leo Leclerc: K♦7♦The board completed with the 8♦7♥ for Leclerc to find the pot.
Leo Leclerc: 70,700
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Kraychy Finds the Elimination
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 271/356 Prizes: $117,480 ($217,487 total) Local Time: 1:35 PM Action was caught after the river, and the big blind moved all in for 18,200.
Paul Kraychy made the call and revealed J♠J♥, to best the big blinds 7♠7♦.
Paul Kraychy: 118,200
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Korey Dadgar 167,000 Jonathan Chimuk 116,400 Adam Paolini 111,700 Clark McKay 108,400 Andrew Fearnley 100,000 Mitchell Fox 100,000 Daniel Hughes 94,300 John Anderson 90,000 Paul Kraychy 90,000 Dale Foyle 86,000 -
Paolini Finds a Flush
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 259/305 Prizes: $100,650 ($200,657 total) Local Time: 12:47 PM Action was caught after the river of 8♣K♦10♣5♦J♣, and early position was quick to check. Adam Paolini fired for 11,000 into the 20,000 pot, and cutoff was quick to fold. Early position moved all in for 36,200, and Paolini made the call.
Paolini revealed 5♣3♣ to best early position’s 8♠4♠.
Adam Paolini: 94,100
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Bullets for Fox
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 252/289 Prizes: $95,370 ($195,377 total) Local Time: 12:35 PM Action was caught after the turn of 2♣Q♣K♥J♦, and Mitchell Fox led out for 15,000 from the small blind. Middle position moved all in for 20,800, and Fox made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Middle Position: K♦10♥
Mitchell Fox: A♠A♥The board completed with the 5♥ for Fox to find the elimination
Mitchell Fox: 63,300
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Kelly Takes it Down
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 241/266 Prizes: $87,780 ($187,787 total) Local Time: 12:16 PM The flop came A♦8♦4♥, and Jay Doerr checked from under the gun. Middle position made the call, and Jason Kelly fired for 1,500 from late position. Doerr made the call.
After the turn came the J♠, Doerr checked to Kelly. He fired for 2,500, and was rewarded with the pot.
Jason Kelly: 41,800
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Body Check Raises to Perfection
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 239/252 Prizes: $83,160 ($183,167 total) Local Time: 11:59 AM Action was caught after the flop of 8♥9♥5♠, and Kyle Bodi checked from the big blind.
Middle position checked, and the button fired for 1,500. Bodi raised to 4,600, and was rewarded with the pot.
Kyle Bodi: 32,500
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Tringle-Thibault Finds Two Pair
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 219/225 Prizes: $74,250 ($174,257 total) Local Time: 11:38 AM Action was caught after the flop of J♥2♠10♠, and both players were quick to check.
The turn came the 4♣, and Vince Elliott fired for 800 from the small blind, Vincent Tringle-Thibault made the call.
After the river came the K♦, both players were quick to check.
Tringle-Thibault revealed 2♥4♦ to best Elliott’s K♥Q♦.
Vincent Tringle-Thibault: 30,100
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Chimuk Takes it Down
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 201/204 Prizes: $67,320 ($167,327 total) Local Time: 11:24 PM Under the gun opened to 600, and two players made the call.
The flop came 3♠6♣J♥, and under the gun was quick to check.
Jonathan Chimuk fired for 1,200 from middle position, and was rewarded with the pot.
Jonathan Chimuk: 32,700
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Brar Starting Hot
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 161/161 Prizes: $53,130 ($153,137 total) Local Time: 11:09 PM Middle position opened to 600, and Jatinder Brar raised to 2,200 from the button. His opponent made the call.
The flop came A♣5♥K♦, and middle position was quick to check. Jatinder Brar fired for 1,600, and was rewarded with the pot.
Jatinder Brar: 26,300
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Ben Cooper Leads 1c Stacks
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 25/491 (68/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 2:25 AM The final numbers are in, and the biggest bag of Day 1c belongs to Ben Cooper. He put nearly 1.5 million into a bag, and was more than 350k ahead of second place, Richard Pepito with 1.125 million. Wayne Hoffert, Gregory Taylor, and Samson Mesenegeeshik round out the top five counts, with Hoffert at just shy of a million.
That still leaves 1b leader Mike Malm as the Day 2 big stack, but there is still a flight to be played, and it promises to have a lot of chips in play. Malm has 2.2 million in his 1b bag, but there are likely to be enough chips in play on Saturday for someone to stack up more.
Day 1c Qualifying Stacks
Player Chips Benjamin Cooper 1,495,000 Richard Pepito 1,125,000 Wayne Hoffert 980,000 Gregory Taylor 895,000 Samson Mesenegeeshik 875,000 Devon Patrick Morgan 855,000 Alexander Meer 840,000 Russell King 785,000 Donald Hart 765,000 Christopher Clellband 605,000 Joshua James 600,000 Fanhao Kong 535,000 Terry Howe 480,000 Jimmy Lee 445,000 Brendan Faulkner 440,000 Seyed Seyednabian 430,000 Sinisa Kovacevic 420,000 Mark Inglis 380,000 Colten Yamagishi 350,000 Shane Smith 325,000 Nathan Fortin 305,000 Gilbert Anderson 255,000 Aren James 195,000 Jeffrey Harris 175,000 Sedrick Celi 145,000 -
Day 1c is Complete with 25 Remaining
Level: 22 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 25/491 (68/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 2:15 AM Day 1c is complete now, with the field hitting 25 players with 16:26 remaining in Level 22. Dj Sharma was the bubble to Day 2 tonight, when his ace-queen couldn’t crack pocket eights for Ben Cooper. The final 25 players are now bagging up – See below for the recent cashouts, and stay tuned for the final 25 stacks coming shortly in a new post.
Place Player Prize 26 Dj Sharma$1,086 27 Robert Tomma$970 28 Terry Langdon$970 29 Dallas Larson$970 30 Aidan Klingbeil$970 31 Chad Winnick$970 32 Kris Steinbach$970 33 Robert Cicchelli$970 -
8 Off the Bags
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 33/491 (76/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 1:45 AM The 1c field is down to 33 players left, with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 21. That means this is the longest flight so far, as Day 1a ended in Level 21 with 18 minutes remaining, and they finished 1b with almost all of Level 21 left to play.
Samson Mesenegeeshik still looks to be the chip leader, with more than 1 million now, and Wayne Hoffert is also playing more than 1 million. See below for the recent busts from Day 1c, in the money.
Place Player Prize 34 Chase Cromwell$970 35 Andy Truong$970 36 Ka Yeung$892 37 Matthew Osorio$892 38 Jordan Johnstone$892 -
13 Off the Bags
Level: 20 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 38/491 (81/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 1:14 AM They are down to 38 remaining in Day 1c now, with 25 bags expected, so the end of the night is nearing. See below for a look at the recent busts.
39 Deron Noksana$892 40 Dustin Melanson$892 41 Donald Russell$892 42 Raghav Sharma$892 43 Tyson Malo$892 44 Cody Kinequon$892 45 Dennis Macpherson$846 -
Final Five Tables
Level: 19 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 45/491 (88/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 12:40 AM They are down to 45 players left in Day 1c, 20 players off the bags. A bit less than 15 minutes are left in Level 19, with the final break of Day 1c following Level 20. Below are the recent cashes from Day 1c.
Place Player Prize 46 Victor Ma$846 47 Chad Blumes$846 48 Lyle Feeney$846 49 Anand Dattani$846 50 Sebastian_15$846 -
Payouts So Far
Level: 18 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 50/491 (93/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 12:25 AM They are down to 50 left in Day 1c now, with at least 25 bags expected for the end of the night. Below is a look at the Day 1c cashers so far.
Place Player Prize 51 Nicholas Lee$846 52 Cory Evans$846 53 Mehmet Siginc$846 54 Eldho Kuriakose$806 55 Jerod Dobson$806 56 Danesh Luthra$806 57 Alex Liu$806 58 Shayne Stumpf$806 59 Donald Arsenault$806 60 George Caragiorgas$806 61 Nikola Boseovski$806 62 22 Inches$806 63 Giulio Rosati$806 64 Jonathan Leicht$806 65 Khalnayak69$806 66 Micah Quinn$806 67 Craig Caldwell$806 68 R_Chizz$806 69 Christopher Macdonald$806 70 David Macnell$806 71 Jerry Li$806 72 Richard Steele$806 73 Clayton Holbrook$806 74 Ivan Mahood$806 -
No Bubble Play for 1c
Level: 16 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 74/491 (118/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 11:20 PM 1c is now in the money, with no bubble play, as two players busted on the hand just before the clock pause. They’ll be on break in less than 5 minutes, and action tonight will play down to 25 players, or until the end of Level 22, whichever comes first.
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4 Off the Money
Level: 16 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 78/491 (122/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 11:05 PM The 1c field is down to 78 players left, just 4 off the money spots. Level 16 has just begun, with the next break following this level, but my guess is they’ll be hand-for-hand on the bubble, or in the money, by the time the break comes.
Meanwhile, 1b is nearly complete in Sundance, as they are on the bubble to the end of the night.
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74 Places Paid; At Least 25 Advance
Level: 15 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 96/491 (143/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 10:45 PM The prizes for 1c are in, and there will be 74 paid spots tonight. That puts them just over 20 eliminations away from the money at the moment.
Once they hit the money, they will keep playing until they get to the end of Level 22, or 25 players are left, whichever comes first. Day 1b is now nearing completion, with just a few eliminations left before the bags come out.
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Some Big Stacks from 1c
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 130/491 (187/1,353) Prizes: $153,929 ($441,227 total) Local Time: 10:10 PM Below is a look at the top ten stacks in 1c, as counted on the last break by dealers.
Player Chips Samson Mesenegeeshik 380,000 Chase Cromwell 286,000 Russell King 250,000 Ivan Mahood 205,000 Wayne Richard Hoffert 172,000 David Crowchild 130,000 Donald Russell 128,000 Dallas Larson 127,500 Mark Inglis 126,000 Behnam Esfahanizadeh 122,000 -
490 Entries for 1c
Level: 13 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 164/490 (229/1,352) Prizes: $153,615 ($440,897 total) Local Time: 9:50 PM Entries are now closed for Day 1c, with the final total at 490 entries. That puts the combined total over 1,350, putting this field more than 250 entries above the record field after three flights in 2024. The total record came in at 1,715, which means that Day 1d needs fewer than 400 entries to still break the record.
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Just Under 30 Minutes to Enter 1c
Level: 12 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 166/466 (237/1,328) Prizes: $146,091 ($432,977 total) Local Time: 9:20 PM Level 12 has less than 15 minutes left, and once they sit down for Level 13 after the break, entries for 1c will be closed. At the moment, 1c has 466 entries, putting the combined total at 1,328, which is more than 200 ahead of the record field after 3 flights. Day 1d will be the determining factor, but the record seems almost certain to fall sometime tomorrow.
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An Hour to go in 1c Entries
Level: 11 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 193/432 (278/1,294) Prizes: $135,432 ($421,757 total) Local Time: 8:45 PM Just under an hour remains in entries for Flight 1c, and all flights so far have beaten the individual flight numbers from the 2024 record field. The combined total is almost 1,300 already, and it seems likely that 1c will see another 30-50 entries at least before it closes at 9:45 PM.
At this point, assuming 1d isn’t a complete bust for entries, it looks like this event will crush the previous record, as 1d only needs about 400 entries to hit the record.
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More than 400 for 1c
Level: 10 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 201/404 (299/1,266) Prizes: $126,654 ($412,517 total) Local Time: 8:20 PM The 1c field just pushed over 400, with the combined total now at 1,266. The 1c field is now just 14 entries away from the 1c field from Jan 2024, with the combined total more than 150 entries ahead of that record field after three full flights.
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Nearing 400 Entries for 1c
Level: 9 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 215/384 (313/1,246) Prizes: $120,384 ($405,917 total) Local Time: 8:00 PM Day 1c is now closing in on 400 entries, and it looks like a safe bet they’ll hit that before entries close in about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Day 1c in 2024 January got 418 entries, which should also hittable by the end of today, and that would put the field nearly 200 entries ahead of the January record, but even at the current numbers, it is still well above the full three-flight numbers for Jan 2024.
Some 100k+ Stacks from 1c
Player Prize Dallas Larson 127,500 Pascal Gregoire 122,000 Brendan Faulkner 114,000 Garnet Workman 111,900 Devon Morgan 106,800 Stephen Dauphinais 106,700 Adrian Gouveia 103,500 Ryan Biermann 100,500 -
Some Big Stacks
Level: 8 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 214/362 (327/1,224) Prizes: $113,487 ($398,657 total) Local Time: 7:30 PM The combined field is now up to 1,224, with just shy of $400k in combined prizes. Devon Morgan looks to be the leader right now with 122k, and Garnet Workman is also playing more than 100k. See below for the top five stacks, and I’ll add another stack update after the break coming in about 20 minutes.
Player Chips Devon Morgan 122,400 Garnet Workman 111,900 Stephen Dauphinais 106,700 Chad Blumes 93,000 James Werry 81,000 -
More than 1,200 Combined
Level: 8 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 218/351 (336/1,213) Prizes: $110,039 ($395,027 total) Local Time: 7:15 PM There are about 15 minutes left in Level 8 of Day 1c, with the 1c field now over 350 entries, and combined prizes closing in on $400k.
There are still a bit more than 2 hours left to enter this 3rd flight, plus a full fourth flight tomorrow. The 1c total for Jan 2024 was 418 entries, putting this field less than 70 away from the 1c number from 2024, but the total from the first three flights is already more than 100 entries above the final three-flight total from the 2024 record.
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Two-Flight Total Nearly 200 Above the Record
Level: 6 (400/800/800) Entries: 212/272 (366/1,134) Prizes: $85,272 ($368,957 total) Local Time: 6:30 PM Entries for Day 1c are still open for more than 3 hours, but the Day 1b field is now set in stone with 543 entries on the board. That means that after two full flights, there are 862 entries in this event (without considering the 1c entries), while in the record event from 2024, there were only 675 entries after two flights.
Much will depend on the final numbers for 1c/d, but the field is still well ahead of record pace.
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Combined Field Now Ahead of the Record
Level: 5 (300/600/600) Entries: 215/257 (363/1,111) Prizes: $80,570 ($361,367 total) Local Time: 6:10 PM In Jan 2024, after three full flights, the record field 4-Flight game was sitting at 1,092. It eventually went on to get more than 600 entries on 1b for a total of 1,715, but this field looks well on pace to beat that.
With about 3.5 hours left in 1c entry this year, the combined total is already over 1,100 and climbing. It’s easy to imagine another 100-200 entries in today’s 3rd flight before it closes, meaning the three-flight total this year could easily reach 1,200-1,300 or more. Time will tell what happens, and much will depend on the turnout for the final flight on Saturday, but at this point, even if the numbers for 1d are below the 2024 numbers, there is still a good chance of a record.
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Nearing 1,100 Combined on First Break in 1c
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 202/236 (353/1,082) Prizes: $73,986 ($351,797 total) Local Time: 5:45 PM Day 1c is now on their first break of the day, while Day 1b is on their dinner break. Entries for 1b will close in just over 30 minutes, with the field well above the record field number for 1b from 2024.
Day 1c still has open entries for about 4 hours, and this flight is already close to 2/3rds of the 1c total from the record 2024, and the combined field is already nearing the 3-flight total from that one. After 3 flights in 2024, there were 1,093 total entries, with 1,082 already in the mix for this one, with plenty of time left in 1c entries.
Predictions in poker are hard, but more and more it’s looking like this game will smash the records for the biggest field.
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Record Field Well Within Sight
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 193/218 (347/1,063) Prizes: $68,343 ($345,527 total) Local Time: 5:30 PM I’ve just had a bit of a dive into the previous record field from the January 2024 4-Flight, and so far, this event is well ahead of that record field. That game saw 280 entries on 1a, almost 40 less than 1a this time around. Likewise, Day 1b is also much larger, with more than 520 in this time around compared to 395 in Jan 2024.
Day 1c is still early in registration, but the field is already more than halfway to the Jan 2024 1c total, and it looks like a safe bet it’ll get there before entries close later tonight. Based on the entries from the first two flights, this event is well ahead — there were 675 entries after two flights in 2024, while this event already has 845 entries through two flights, with the second flight entries not even closed yet.
While it remains to be seen what the final totals for 1c/d will be, based on the first two flights, this game looks on pace to smash the record field size by he end of entries tomorrow.
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Combined Entries Nearing 1,050
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 185/204 (353/1,040) Prizes: $63,954 ($337,937 total) Local Time: 5:15 PM The combined field is now at 1,040 and climbing. Day 1b has about an hour left to enter, with that field over 500 already. 1c is at more than 200 with Level 4 just underway and some 4.5 hours left to enter.
It seems like the entries on 1c will pock up once 1b closes at 6:15, with players busting from that one moving to this one. It’s within reason to guess the combined field will be 1,300 or more by the time entries close tonight.
Currently, the record for entries in any WSOP-C event in Calgary since 2022 is 1,715 from the Jan 2024 4-Flight, which was what this event was called prior to Oct 2025. Given the current pace with the full 1d yet to run, it seems like a reasonable bet that this event could well compete for the biggest field ever in Calgary.
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17 Away from 1,000 Combined
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 158/162 (360/983) Prizes: $50,787 ($319,127 total) Local Time: 4:45 PM The 1c field is now over 160 entries with Level 2 ticking down to the end. 1b now has over 500 entries, for a combined total of 983, and prizes of almost $320k. Entries on 1b will be closed in about 90 minutes, but there are still about 5 hours left to get into 1c, this is looking like it could be among the biggest fields ever here at Deerfoot.
Time will tell with 1d running tomorrow, but it’s looking good to have 1,600 or more by the end of entries tomorrow
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More than $300k in Combined Prizes
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 138/140 (342/955) Prizes: $43,890 ($309,887 total) Local Time: 4:30 PM Day 1c is now underway with 140 entries on the board in Level 2. With 1b pushing 500 entries already, and the desk still open on that one, the combined field is now almost at 1,000 entries already.
That puts the combined prizes over $300k and climbing, and given that 1b still has almost 2 hours of reg remaining, and 1c has more than 5 hours remaining, it seems like a lock that the combined field by the end of entries tonight will be well over 1,000, with prizes above $350k. 1d tomorrow should push that into the $500k range.
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Flight #3 to the Mini Main Event goes Friday Afternoon
Event #4: $400 NLH Mini Main Event Day 1c ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 1c: Jan 9, 4 PM Blinds: 25 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~9:45 PM) Day 1 Ends: End of Level 22 or 5% of the field The third flight to the Mini Main Event Day 2 is set to take off at 4 PM on Friday. There are already 15 players waiting after Day 1a saw a solid turnout of 319 players, beating the 1a for the Oct Mini Main and the 1a for the Jan 4-Flight, and while there should have been at least 16 bags, a double knockout on the bubble meant they finished with less.
There are a couple of millionaires from Day 1a, Ankhbayar Bayar & Kyle Crego, leading the counts — a full look at the Day 1a qualifying stacks can be found at the end of day post for 1a, with the Day 1a cashouts in the previous Day 1a post.
Day 1c is a redo of 1a, with 25-minute blinds, and no dinner break. Entries are closed at the start of Level 13, which should be about 9:45 PM. After that, they play down to 5% of the field, or the end of Level 22, whichever comes first.
The top 15% of players cash in this event, with only 5% going through, so players finishing from 15%-5% will get paid out on Day 1. Note that players who cash out of a Day 1 are allowed to enter again in a later flight; however, once a player puts chips in a bag at the end of a flight, they may NOT register in any subsequent flights in this event.
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Benny Sarnelli Leads 1d Stacks
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 46/916 (114/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 12:45 AM The stacks are compiled for Day 1d of the Mini Main Event, and Edmonton’s Benny Sarnelli bagged up the chip lead with just over 1.4 million. Full stacks for Day 1d are below, and stay tuned for a Day 2 preview with seat draws coming later.
Player Chips Benny Sarnelli 1,405,000 Michael Khan 1,365,000 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,220,000 Reginaid Lepine 1,220,000 George Mounsef 1,180,000 Andrew Neels 1,075,000 Sheldon Xu 1,010,000 Cory Malenfant 980,000 Jeffory Saunders 955,000 Clayton Switzer 930,000 Brian Bond 835,000 Gregory Liow 830,000 Adam Ratchford 815,000 Michael Sobil 810,000 David Swaim 770,000 Michael Campitelli 765,000 Joel Kogan 720,000 David Anderson 630,000 Cole Harmon 625,000 Rajiv Khanna 550,000 Kevin Grant 510,000 Cristituto Costales 500,000 Daniele Collu 475,000 Yizhe Sheng 445,000 Ryan Johnston 440,000 Michael Grol 435,000 Morgan Macqueen 400,000 Murray Kristoff 390,000 Ryan Maclean 380,000 Marc Lavergne 365,000 Jamie Lam 360,000 Tyler Bourassa 355,000 Darren Macleod 355,000 Rahul Sharma 345,000 Justin Pennell 345,000 Aaron Walters 335,000 Sheng Qiu 335,000 Fat Wong 330,000 Christopher Lahey 315,000 Minh Lieu 315,000 Aidan Klingbeil 300,000 Chris Ruddell 260,000 Simon Delarosbil 240,000 Elvis Kastrati 130,000 Scot Munro 120,000 Richard Rex 115,000 -
Day 1d is Complete with 46 Players Advancing
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 46/916 (114/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 11:35 PM The final flight to the record-setting Mini Main Event is now complete, with the final flight collecting well over 900 entries. That put the combined total at 2.269, obliterating the previous record field of 1,715 from January of 2024.
Below is a look at the final round of cashers from the end of Day 1d, and stay tuned for the Day 2 qualifiers coming shortly in another post.
Place Player Prize 47 Teddy Hudson$1,094 48 Benham Esfahanizadeh$1,094 49 David Molloy$1,094 50 Jeffrey Gies$1,094 51 Yi Kam$1,094 52 Russ Dauti$1,094 53 Frank Gallie$1,094 54 Justin Santoro$991 -
More Cashers from Day 1d
Level: 21 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 54/916 (122/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 11:00 PM They are nearing the end of the day in Day 1d of the Mini Main. The field is down to 54 on the break following level 20, leaving them just 9 players off the bags, with two levels to play before the hard stop at the end of Level 22.
More Day 1d Cashes
Place Player Prize 55 Kayvan Payman$991 56 Russ Sluchinski$991 57 Andrii Dorofieiev$991 58 Jeffrey Pritchard$991 59 Michael Windsor$991 60 Gabriel Petrehele$991 61 Kassam Zishan$991 62 Bret Larson$991 63 Saiful Syed$918 64 Haofeng Shi$918 65 Jonathan Medori$918 66 Ka Yeung$918 67 Trent Hopper$918 68 Imran Lalani$918 69 George Caragiorgas$918 70 Robert Acorn$918 71 Shawn Meegan$918 72 Hoang Nguyen$869 73 James Wery$869 74 Bcboy3991$869 75 Darrell Moore$869 76 Sukhbinder Singh$869 77 Cameron Mcmanus$869 78 Paul Kraychy$869 79 Dj Sharma$869 80 Ho Sin$869 81 Keiven Yellowfly$841 82 Shayne Stumpf$841 83 Dwayne Reid$841 84 Chun Yau$841 85 Simon Snell$841 86 Jason Chan$841 87 Babyshark!!$841 88 Kyle Chang$841 89 Vi Ha$841 90 Julius Roque$801 91 Westly Franks$801 92 Jody Brett$801 93 No Limit Poker$801 94 Khalnayak69$801 95 Brady O’Hara$801 96 Jeff Charlebois$801 97 Richard Gilliard$801 98 Ryan Johal$801 99 Clayton Holbrook$801 -
Mini Main 1d is Deep into Day 1 Pay
Level: 20 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 61/916 (129/2,269) Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 10:35 PM Day 1d of the Mini Main Event is down to 61 players left, with at least 46 bags at the end of tonight. There are about 10 minutes left in Level 20.
Day 1 Cashers to 100th Place
Place Player Prize 100 Roman Brar$801 101 Brett Doty$801 102 David Macneil$801 103 Patrick Woelk$801 104 Jc Martin$801 105 Webmyster$801 106 Joseph Cosco$801 107 Ruoxiao Shi$801 108 Ivanna Yatsiuk$801 109 Ryan Andrade$801 110 David Ballantine$801 111 Dennis Macpherson$801 112 Pam Meady$801 113 Ryan Cairns$801 114 Chris Duffy$801 115 Steven Barber$801 116 Caleb Simmons$801 117 Kaymar Amini$801 118 Aditya Aggarwal$801 119 Eric Vansteelandt$801 120 Ghislaine Johnson$801 121 Trent Leavitt$801 122 Michael Admussen$801 123 Graham Lupton$801 124 Dallas Williams$801 125 Kip Howard$801 126 Teo Sanchez$801 127 Duoduo2436$801 128 Berkley Williams$801 129 Lucky@Fish$801 130 Alen Bakovic$801 131 Andy Truong$801 132 Karin Schulenborg$801 133 Arif Dhalla$801 134 Tyson Malo$801 135 Deven Lane$801 136 Mike Leah$801 137 Jennelle Exner$801 138 Yilan Wang$801 -
Chop it Up
Level: 16 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 145/916 Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 8:05 PM Action was caught after the flop of J♥Q♣K♠, and Rahul Sharma checked from the big blind. Brett Larson moved all in for 130,000, and Sharma made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Rahul Sharma: A♥A♦
Brett Larson: A♠10♠The board completed with the 10♥3♦ to give both players the pot.
Brett Larson: 273,000
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Day 1 D Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 47-53 $1,094 54-62 $991 63-71 $918 72-80 $869 81-89 $841 90-138 $801 -
The 2026 Mini Main Smashes Previous Record
WSOP Mini Main 1d 1 With registration having come to a close, a whopping 2,269 entries joined the field of January’s Mini Main Event. The $400 entry garnered a total prize pool of $735,405. The event is a huge success and just a showcase of the rest of the series to come. A Day 1d prize pool will be posted shortly with a total prize pool following after.
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Life for Leah
Level: 14 (3,000/5,000/5,000) Entries: 203/916 Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 7:03 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♠9♠3♦, and Mike Leah moved all in for 20,000. Late position made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Leah: 9♦7♣
Late Position: 6♦6♣The board completed with the 10♦2♥ to give Leah the pot.
Mike Leah: 68,000
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Khan Finds Set over Set
Level: 13 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 234/916 Prizes: $287,166 ($735,405 total) Local Time: 6:45 PM Middle position opened to 8,000, and Michael Khan raised to 22,000. His opponent made the call.
The flop came 7♦A♠8♠, and middle position was quick to check. Khan fired for 8,000, and was called.
After the turn peeled the 10♥, middle position checked to Khan. He continued for 26,000, and middle position moved all in. Khan called for his remaining 80,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Khan: A♥A♦
Middle Position: 10♦10♠The board completed with the K♣ for Khan to find the double.
Michael Khan: 230,000
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Big Stacks After Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Greg Liow 460,000 Tyler Bourassa 420,000 Joel Kogan 347,000 Morgan MacQueen 345,000 David Molloy 312,000 Jason Chan 302,000 Rahul Sharma 302,000 Eric Vansteelandt 301,000 Aaron Walters 268,000 Veronica Wautier 252,000 -
Lucky Ladies for Chang
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 288/895 Prizes: $280,583 ($728,475 total) Local Time: 5:25 PM Action was caught after the flop of 6♠2♣9♣, and early position was quick to check. Kyle Chang fired for 12,000, and early position moved all in. Chang called for 36,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Kyle Chang: Q♣Q♦
Middle Position: K♣10♣The board completed with the 4♠2♠ for Chang to find the double.
Kyle Chang: 97,500
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Barber Makes the Cut
Level: 12 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 290/880 Prizes: $275,880 ($723,525 total) Local Time: 5:18 PM Steven Barber moved all in for 37,500, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Steven Barber: 4♠4♥
Middle Position: K♣J♠The board ran out 5♣7♥A♥8♣3♣ for Barber to find the double.
Steven Barber: 81,500
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Crema Climbing
Level: 11 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 310/865 Prizes: $270,864 ($718,245 total) Local Time: 5:03 PM Action was caught after the river of 10♣6♥A♥9♠6♦, and Sebastian Crema moved all in for 58,000.
His opponent went into the tank, but eventually found the call. Crema revealed 7♣6♣ to take the pot.
Sebastian Crema: 143,500
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Tong Finds the Double
Level: 11 (1,500/2,5000/2,500) Entries: 323/845 Prizes: $264,908 ($711,975 total) Local Time: 4:49 PM Action was caught after the flop of 4♠9♣6♠, and both blinds were quick to check. Early position fired for 5,000, and Hamish Tong moved all in for 29,500 from the cutoff. The button made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Hamish Tong: 9♥8♠
Button: 9♦5♥The board ran out A♠K♥ for Tong to take the pot.
Hamish Tong: 72,000
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Life for Lemmen
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 352/826 Prizes: $258,951 ($705,705 total) Local Time: 4:31 PM Teddy Lemmen moved all in for 12,000, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Teddy Lemmen: Q♣J♥
Middle Position: A♥9♥The board ran out 4♦5♣7♦Q♦K♠, for Lemmen to find the double.
Teddy Lemmen: 29,000
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Huang Finds the Double
Level: 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 368/812 Prizes: $254,562 ($701,085 total) Local Time: 4:19 PM Shuoheng Huang moved all in for 22,000, and late position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Sheoheng Huang: 9♣7♣
Late Position: 4♣4♦The board ran out 3♦J♥7♠3♣10♣ to give Huang the pot.
Shuoheng Huang: 46,000
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Price Pool Nearing $700,000
Day 1d hasn’t disappointed, as entries continue to surge. Players are filling both rooms for the event as 794 entries have registered thus far. The prize pool is nearing $700,000 and will surely pass before late registration ends. Late registration is open for just under two and a half hours, so make sure to join this historic event.
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Current Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Tyler Bourassa 215,000 Anh Dao 173,000 Joel Kogan 169,000 Caleb Simmons 168,500 Roger Dang 149,000 Ranko Zec 147,500 James Werry 135,000 Thi Nguyen 135,000 Vi Ha 130,000 Jeffory Saunders 129,000 -
Nuts Only for Ha
Level: 8 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 412/749 Prizes: $234,812 ($680,295 total) Local Time: 3:14 PM Action was caught after the turn of 10♣A♥6♦9♥, and Vi Ha checked from the big blind. Middle position fired for 7,000, and cutoff called. Ha moved all in for 38,200, and both players made the call.
The river came the 3♦, and both players checked. Ha revealed 7♦8♠ to take the pot.
Vi Ha: 129,000
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Kelley Finds the Elimination
Level: 7 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 424/716 Prizes: $224,466 ($669,405 total) Local Time: 2:50 PM David Kelley called from the small blind, and the big blind moved all in for 16,500. Kelley made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: A♥9♠
David Kelley: 10♠7♥The board ran out 10♦2♥6♣7♠J♠ for Kelley to take the pot.
David Kelley: 88,400
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Parking Lot Hand Proves Good for Cocks
Level: 16 (400/800/800) Entries: 414/616 Prizes: $193,116 ($636,405 total) Local Time: 2:10 PM Early position opened to 2,000, and middle position raised to 5,000. Only Riley Katchui from late position made the call.
The flop came 5♥9♣A♠, and middle position led out for 6,000. Katchui raised to 15,000, and middle position made the call.
After the turn came the 4♥, middle position checked to Katchui. He moved all in for 34,200 and his opponent made the fold.
Riley Katchui: 67,200
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2026 Mini Main Smashes the Record
With a total current prize pool of $177,128 ($619,575 total) Day 1d has pushed the 2026 Mini Main to be the largest Mini Main in the Calgary series history. It upended the 2025 January iteration that drew 1,565 for a $516,450 prize pool. That led to a first place payout of $70,054. Todays tournament should guarantee at least $80,000 for the eventual winner. Stay tuned as this record breaking series continues full steam ahead.
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Big Stacks at the First Break
Player Chip Count Anh Dao 173,000 Ning Wang 119,000 Denis Amirault 101,300 Hasanain Ghunaim 100,000 Jenelle Exner 99,700 Andy Truong 96,600 Dallas Williams 87,000 Maher Mouselly 84,500 Yvan Gravel 83,900 Darrell Moore 83,000 -
Wang Wins a Big One
Level: 4 (300/500/500) Entries: 395/464 Prizes: $145,464 ($586,245 total) Local Time: 12:39 PM Action was caught after the river of 6♣J♠6♦3♠5♦, and Ning Wang fired for 21,000. His opponent made the fold, and Wang revealed Q♦Q♥.
Ning Wang: 110,700
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Ghunaim Goes From Bluff to Best
Level: 3 (200/400/400) Entries: 381/428 Prizes: $134,178 ($574,365 total) Local Time: 12:23 PM After the turn of 3♠4♣3♣5♠, Hasanain Ghunaim fired for 4,700 from the small blind. The big blind made the call.
The river came the A♠, and Ghunaim continued for 12,000. His opponent made the call, and Ghunaim revealed 8♦2♥ to take the pot.
Hasanain Ghunaim: 79,400
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Wood Finds the Knockout
Level: 2 (200/300/300) Entries: 327/346 Prizes: $108,471 ($547,305 total) Local Time: 11:53 PM Action was caught after the turn of J♠3♥2♥8♣, and the Gregory Wood was quick to check from the small blind. The button fired for 5,000, and Wood moved all in for 27,400. His opponent called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Button: 6♥4♥
Gregory Wood: J♣J♦The board completed with the 8♦, for Wood to take the pot.
Gregory Wood: 49,400
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Woelk Finds the Elimination
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 266/273 Prizes: $85,586 ($523,215 total) Local Time: 11:32 PM After the turn came the 4♦6♥Q♥9♦, and under the gun led out for 4,000. Patrick Woelk three-bet to 12,000 from the button. Under the gun moved all in for 15,200, and Woelk made the call.
The river came 6♠, and Woelk revealed 4♠4♥ to take the pot.
Patrick Woelk: 53,600
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Ha Makes the Call
Level: 1 (100/200/200) Entries: 238/241 Prizes: $75,554 ($512,655 total) Local Time: 11:22 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♥4♦A♠, and both blinds checked. Vi Ha fired for 1,000 from under the gun. Only the small blind called.
The turn came the 5♣, and both players were quick to check.
Afte the 9♠ completed the board, the small blind fired for 3,000. Ha made the call and revealed A♥Q♦ to take the pot.
Vi Ha: 32,500
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Day 1d of the Record(?) Mini Main Set for Saturday
Event #4: $400 NLH Mini Main Event Day 1D ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 1d: Jan 10, 11 AM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 12 Levels (~6:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: End of Level 22 or 5% of the field Entries: 1,353 Prizes: $441,227 I’m calling it now — the January 2026 Mini Main Event is going to set a new Alberta record for field size. With three flights in the books, the game already has 1,353 entries for nearly $450k in prizes.
The previous biggest field in Alberta came in January 2024, when the 4-Flight got 1,715 entries by the end of Day 1d. To contrast that with this year’s Mini Main, after three flights in 2024, the field was at 1,093, nearly 300 fewer than this year’s 3-flight total.
The Jan 2024 game got 622 entries on Day 1d, and that seems like a pretty easy target to hit, based on the interest in this 2026 game so far. But this year’s 1d doesn’t even have to hit that number — 362 entries are all Day 1d needs to meet the record, and it seems impossible to imagine it getting less. With nearly $450k in prizes so far, I’d bet that the 1d field will easily beat the 622 from Jan 2024 1d, and could approach 4 digits as players start to look at what is likely to be a top prize nearing $100k or more for this $400 buy-in.
The 1d action kicks off at 11 AM on Saturday, and expect the game to overflow from Sundance to Chrome fairly early in the day. Blinds are 30 minutes, with the usual 30k starting stack.
They play 12 levels of poker with entries open, with entries closing at the start of Level 13 after the dinner break at about 6:15 PM. Once entries close, they’ll play down to 5% of the starting field, or the end of Level 22, whichever comes first.
2024 & 2025 API Player of the Year Mike Malm is the stack to beat for 1d players. He has 2.2 million in his bag from Day 1b, and no one else is even close yet, with the 1a leader Ankhbayar Bayar at 1.45 million and the 1c leader at 1.495 million, giving Malm a 700k lead over the field, so far anyway.
Get ready for a massive Day 1d. I don’t always get my predictions right, but I’m pretty confident in saying that 1d will be among the biggest flights ever at a Deerfoot WSOP-C, and that the final number will not only break the local records, but could easily flirt with 2,000 entries or more for prizes in the $650k range.
Buckle up, Calgary — Day 1d of the Mini Main Event is going to be massive.
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Benny Sarnelli Defeats Samson Mesenegeeshik in Record Mini Main
Level: 36 (400000/800000/800000) Entries: 1/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 2:20 AM Benny Sarnelli, winner of the Mini Main Samson Mesenegeeshik The massive Mini Main Event is now over, and Edmonton’s Benny Sarnelli got his first ring at the end. It was a pretty solid final table that featured Skyler York, Michael Khan, Michael Malm, Regan Duong, and Harp Padda, among others.
Sarnelli wasn’t the big stack the whole way. Malm and Khan were usually the ones with the big stack as the table played down, until Malm was chipped down shortly after the FT started. After that, Khan mostly ran the show until they got down to the final four.
That’s when the stacks started yoyoing. York was the first to go from four-handed play, and Khan still had the lead. A few hands later, Khan was down to the short stack with Sarnelli on top. Khan got a double back, but couldn’t hold onto it before finishing in 3rd.
That left Sarnelli with the big stack going into heads-up against Samson Mesenegeeshik. Sarnelli was about 2:1 up, and the final phase only took a few hands to complete. The final hand was all in preflop, with Mesenegeeshik on K♠J♠ against ace-three off for Sarnelli. Sarnelli hit his three to take a bigger lead and held for the win.
Mini Main Final Hand This was Sarnelli’s first ring, but he’s had a few wins before up in Edmonton. He had $56k in wins going into this one, so the huge score here will come close to doubling his previous lifetime earnings.
Final Table Results from Mini Main Event
1 Benny Sarnelli$101,977 2 Samson Mesenegeeshik$62,983 3 Michael Khan$46,616 4 Skyler York$34,880 5 Regan Duong$26,388 6 Mike Malm$20,187 7 Harpreet Padda$15,618 8 Brian Bond$12,222 9 Jimmy Lee$9,675 10 Michael Grol$7,749 -
Michael Khan Out in 3rd Place for $46,616
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:55 AM Michael Khan Benny Sarnelli has the big lead now, with about twice as many chips as second-place Samson Mesenegeeshik. He just picked up a big pot to drop Michael Khan back to the short stack.
He raised the button to 1.2 million, and Khan called to the 10♦6♥8♥ flop. Khan check-raised from 1.2 million to 2.7 million, and Sarnelli called.
Khan led for 4 million on the 4♥ turn, and Sarnelli flatted. The fourth heart came on the river with the Q♥. Khan checked, then swore under his breath when Sarnelli fired 4 million, before ultimately folding. That left him with about 9 million, and he busted shortly after.
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Khan Chips Back Up
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:35 AM Michael Khan was the chip leader at the break about half an hour ago, but he’d chipped down to the short stack by the time they were three-handed. That changed when Benny Sarnelli raised the button to 1.2 million, and Khan called from the big blind.
The flop was 4♥10♣4♦, and Khan check-raised from 1.2 million to 2.4 million. Sarnelli made the call to the Q♣ turn.
Khan led out for 3.2 million, then called when Sarnelli shoved his covering stack. Sarnelli was on ace-queen with top pair, but Khan tripped up on the flop with 5♠4♠ and held for the win. He doubled back up to over 20 million.
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Skyler York Out in 4th Place for $34,880
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 3/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:25 AM Skyler York Skyler York was the short stack at the break 20 minutes ago, and he just ended his night in 4th place. Samson Mesenegeeshik limped the button before York shoved the small blind. Mesenegeeshik snap-called with aces against queen-ten for York, and the aces held for the win.
That leaves the record-setting Mini Main Event 3-handed between Michael Khan, Benny Sarnelli, and Samson Mesenegeeshik.
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Khan Leads at Break
Level: 35 (300000/600000/600000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:00 AM T-S Player Chips 40-2 Skyler York 10,500,000 40-3 Michael Khan 26,900,000 40-4 Benny Sarnelli 13,800,000 40-5 Samson Mesenegeeshik 16,900,000 -
Sarnelli Takes Family Pot
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 12:40 AM Michael Khan raised to 1 million under the gun, and everyone else called to see a flop of 2♥8♠10♥. The action checked around to Benny Sarnelli on the button, and he fired a bet of 2 million.
The rest of the family folded, and Sarnelli showed the 10♣ as he collected the pot.
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Sarnelli Takes One
Level: 34 (250000/500000/500000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 12:14 AM Benny Sarnelli limped in from the small blind, and Samson Mesenegeeshik checked the big. They both checked the J♠K♥6♥ flop, and Sarnelli check-called for 850k on the Q♣ turn. They both checked the 7♠ river, and Mesenegeeshik showed A♥6♣ against K♦5♦ for Sarmelli, who took it down with top pair.
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Regan Duong Out in 5th Place for $26,388
Level: 33 (200000/400000/400000) Entries: 4/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 11:45 PM Regan Duong The big hand happened against Michael Khan with Regan Duong on the big blind. I missed the preflop action, but with the flop os K♦2♦J♣ showing, Duong checked, Khan bet 1.5 million, Duong raised to 3.7 million, and Khan shoved a covering stack. Duong mucked his hand to leave himself short, and he was out shortly after.
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Mike Malm Out in 6th Place for $20,187
Level: 33 (200000/400000/4000000) Entries: 5/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 11:20 PM Mike Malm There are five left in the Mini Main now after Mike Malm took sixth place. He started the day as the leader, and was stacking big all day, but ran into some trouble at the final table. He was the shortest stack at the last break, but I missed his bustout action updating other events.
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Mesenegeeshik Leads at Break
Level: 32 (150000/300000/300000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 10:30 PM The players are on a break with the end of Level 31, and Samson Mesenegeeshik is leading the way with a but more than 14 million, but Regan Duong is close behind.
T-S Player Chips 40-2 Skyler York 11,325,000 40-3 Michael Khan 10,730,000 40-4 Benny Sarnelli 9,575,000 40-5 Samson Mesenegeeshik 14,225,000 40-7 Regan Duong 13,750,000 40-9 Michael Malm 8,400,000 -
Duong Takes it on River
Level: 31 (150000/250000/250000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735.405 Local Time: 10:15 PM Regan Duong raised the button to 500k, and Skyler York called from the big blind. York check-called for 350k on the 4♦J♦K♠ flop, and they both checked the Q♥ turn.
When the river came 9♠ York checked again, then mucked when Duong bet 850k. “Jack-ten is good,” he muttered as he mucked his hand.
There is a break coming in about 5 minutes, and I’ll get a round of chip counts then.
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York Takes from Malm; Kahn Leads Final 6
Level: 31 (150000/250000/250000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 9:50 PM In a hand with the action picked up on the turn, small blind Mike Malm bet 1.5 million with the board reading 3♠10♠A♥Q♠. After some tank-time, Skyler York flatted from the big blind to the 3♣ river. Both players checked it down.
“You win,” Malm said, reluctant to show his hand. He eventually showed seven-four off with a spade, but Yprk had seven-deuce of spades for the flush win.
Below is a look at the current chips.
T-S Player Chips 40-2 Skyler York 12,500,000 40-3 Michael Khan 17,000,000 40-4 Benny Sarnelli 11,000,000 40-5 Samson Mesenegeeshik 11,650,000 40-7 Regan Duong 6,000,000 40-9 Michael Malm 9,300,000 -
Six Left in Mini Main
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 6/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 9:30 PM Harpreet Padda Brian Bond Jimmy Lee They are down to 6 left in the Mini Main. I haven’t caught much of the action yet as I’ve been updating the other two events underway today, but I should be on the stage for hand reports shortly.
Place Player Prize 7 Harpreet Padda$15,618 8 Brian Bond$12,222 9 Jimmy Lee$9,675 -
Final Table Faces; Jimmy Lee Out in 9th Place for $9,675
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 8/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 9:15 PM Harpreet Padda Mike Malm Brian Bond Regan Duong Jimmy Lee Samson Mesenegeeshik Benny Sarnelli Michael Khan Skyler York -
Final Table Time
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 9/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:55 PM Three quick eliminations has brought the Mini Main down to a nine-handed final table. The full prizes are now loaded under the payouts tab, with the recent eliminations below. Stay tuned for final table faces shortly.
Place Player Prize 10 Michael Grol$7,749 11 Ben Cooper$7,749 12 Seyed Seyednabian$7,749 -
Two Off the Final Table
Level: 30 (100000/200000/200000) Entries: 12/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:40 PM The Mini Main Event is down to 12 players left, which means they are just two players off the final table.
Place Player Prize 13 Adam Ratchford$6,280 14 Simon Delarosbil$6,280 -
14 Left
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 14/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:25 PM The Mini Main is down to 14 left now, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 29.
Place Player Prize 15 Bobby Jones$6,280 16 Aaron Walters$5,151 17 Christopher Clellband$5,151 -
Back in Action after Dinner
Level: 29 (100000/150000/150000) Entries: 17/2269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 8:00 PM The final 17 players in the Mini Main are back at the felt after their dinner break. Mike Malm still looks to be the leader with almost 14 million in play, but Harp Padda, who cashed for 4th in the Mystery Bounty early this morning, is playing close to 9 million for second place.
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Yizhe Sheng Eliminated in 18th Place ($5,151)
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 17/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 7:10 PM Yizhe Sheng: 6♥6♦
Simon Delarosbil: 10♠10♣The board ran out 2♠4♣8♣2♣7♥ for Sheng to hit the rail.
Simon Delarosbil: 3,480,000
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Mesenegeeshik Finds the Double
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 19/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 6:43 PM Samson Mesenegeeshik moved all in for 1,760,000, and middle position made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Samson Mesenegeeshik: K♣K♠
Middle Position: 10♣10♠The board ran out A♥3♥6♠5♥5♠ for Mesenegeeshik to find the double.
Samson Mesenegeeshik: 3,820,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 19 Robert Buckingham $4,276 20 Sheldon Xu $4,276 21 Ryan Johnston $4,276 22 Bradley Bishop $3,593 23 Donald Hart $3,593 24 Kyle Rosnes $3,593 25 Jeffory Saunder $3,057 26 Shane Chief $3,057 27 Aren James $3,057 -
Grol Doubles
Level: 28 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 20/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 6:28 PM Michael Grol moved all in for 520,000 from the cutoff, and the small blind moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Grohl: A♥8♥
Small Blind: A♦9♦The board ran out Q♠K♥3♥9♥3♠ for Grohl to find the double.
Michael Grohl: 1,280,000
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Khan Wins the Battle of the Michael’s
Level: 27 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 22/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 6:03 PM Action was caught after the turn of 6♦5♠8♣4♠, and Michael Khan led out for 215,000. Mike Malm made the call.
After the river came the [invalid notations], Khan took some time before sliding out a bet of 1,300,000. Malm went into the tank, but eventually made the fold.
Mike Malm: 9,350,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 28 Steven Labelle $2,637 29 Fanhao Kong $2,637 30 Morgan MacQueen $2,637 31 Jacob Parent $2,298 32 Jordan Banfield $2,298 33 Andrew Neels $2,298 34 Clayton Switzer $2,031 35 Ankhbayar Bayar $2,031 36 Karandev Bhullar $2,031 -
Duong Finds the Call
Level: 26 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 29/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 5:16 PM Action was caught after the board ran out 5♣10♥4♦5♦J♥, and the big blind moved all in for 780,000.
With the pot at 900,000, Regan Duong went into the tank. Eventually he found the call, and revealed Q♠Q♣ to best his opponent’s A♠6♦.
Regan Duong: 2,450,000
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Big Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 6,600,000 Michael Khan 5,600,000 Jimmy Lee 3,700,000 Ben Sarnelli 3,600,000 Bobby Jones 3,300,000 Brian Bond 2,700,000 Robert Buckingham 2,600,000 Steven Labelle 2,400,000 Sheldon Xu 2,300,000 Bradley Bishop 2,100,000 -
Mesenegeeshik Gets Value
Level: 26 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 40/2,298 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 4:18 PM The flop came K♣K♥Q♠, and Samson Mesenegeeshik led out for 150,000 from the big blind. Middle position made the call.
Both players checked on the 2♥ turn.
The river came the A♠, and Mesenegeeshik fired for 375,000. His opponent made the call, and Mesenegeeshik revealed K♥4♣. This bested his opponent’s A♦3♦
Samson Mesenegeeshik
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Ratchford Finds an Elimination
Level: 25 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 42/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 4:00 PM Early position raised to 430,000, and Adam Ratchford moved all in for 1,560,000. Early position made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: A♣7♣
Adam Ratchford: A♦Q♠The board ran out 5♠4♠6♥9♥5♥, for Ratchford to take the pot.
Adam Ratchford: 2,110,000
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Recent Eliminations
Position Player Prize 55 Christopher Richard $1,518 56 George Mounsef $1,518 57 Rahul Sharma $1,518 58 Shannon Vargo $1,518 59 Russell King $1,518 60 Yafei Jian $1,518 61 Daniel Lefebvre $1,518 62 Gregory Taylor $1,518 63 Daniele Collu $1,518 64 Rajiv Khanna $1,415 65 Richard Pepito $1,415 66 Michael Campitelli $1,415 67 Conor McGregor $1,415 68 Elvis Kastrati $1,415 69 Minh Lieu $1,415 70 Andrew Fearnley $1,415 71 Edward Sorensen $1,415 72 Sinisa Kovacevic $1,415 73 John Anderson $1,337 74 Joshua James $1,337 75 Justin Pennell $1,337 76 Aidan Klingbeil $1,337 77 Ning Ma $1,337 78 Murray Kristoff $1,337 79 Ryan Maclean $1,337 80 Travis Kruger $1,337 81 Tyler Bourassa $1,337 -
Padda Check Raises to Perfection
Level: 24 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 61/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 3:32 PM Action was caught after the flop of 5♥4♦K♠, and Harpreet Padda was quick to check from the big blind.
Early position fired for 80,000, and Padda three-bet to 250,000. The early position player was quick to fold.
Harpreet Padda: 1,915,000
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York Faces No Resistance
Level: 24 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 63/2,689 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 3:13 PM Skyler York opened to 100,000, and the big blind made the call.
The flop came 6♠A♦9♦, and the big blind was quick to check. York fired for 65,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Skyler York: 780,000
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Taylor Gets it Through
Level: 23 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 59/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 3:01 PM Action was caught after the board ran out 4♥K♣K♥K♦3♣, and Evan Taylor moved all in from the small blind.
Middle position went into the tank, but eventually found the fold having revealed Q♥Q♣.
Evan Taylor: 1,325,000
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Hart Takes it Down
Level: 23 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 63/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 2:49 PM Middle position opened to 85,000, and Donald Hart three-bet to 195,000. Middle position made the call.
The flop came 5♣9♦5♠, and both players were quick to check.
The turn came the Q♦, and Hart fired for 100,000. He was rewarded with the pot.
Donald Hart: 935,000
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Big Stacks After the Break
Player Chip Count Bradley Bishop 2,900,000 Mike Malm 2,600,000 Robert Buckingham 2,500,000 Karandev Bhullar 2,300,000 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,900,000 Michael Khan 1,700,000 Steven Labelle 1,700,000 Kyle Rosnes 1,700,000 Brian Bond 1,600,000 Ben Sarnelli 1,600,000 -
Jiggities for Macleod
Level: 23 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 74/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 2:25 PM Early position moved all in for 270,000, and Darren Macleod made the call from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Early Position: Q♠8♠
Darren Macleod: J♠J♥The board ran out 4♠7♠K♣8♦3♣, for Macleod to take the pot.
Darren Macleod: 850,000
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All Eliminations So Far
Position Player Prize 82 Parth Mansukh $1,281 83 Terry Howe $1,281 84 Chris Ruddell $1,281 85 Scott Stuve $1,281 86 Sandy Lam $1,281 87 Mark Inglis $1,281 88 Tyler Thomas $1,281 89 James Cruickshank $1,281 90 Cole Harmon $1,281 91 Sheng Qiu $1,245 92 Prabhsimran Cheema $1,245 93 Gilbert Anderson $1,245 94 Jaewon Lee $1,245 95 Jamie Lam $1,245 96 Greg Liow $1,245 97 Maksym Shkurupii $1,245 98 Jason Maurer $1,245 99 Yan Lin $1,245 100 Jeffrey Harris $1,228 101 Christopher Lahey $1,228 102 David Anderson $1,228 103 Marc Lavergne $1,228 104 Oleksandr Lobur $1,228 105 Mehrad Khalajzadeh $1,228 106 Joshua Bennett $1,228 107 Richard Rex $1,228 108 Nathan Fortin $1,228 109 Andrew MacDonald $1,228 110 Shane Smith $1,228 111 David Swaim $1,228 112 Scott Groone $1,228 113 Kevin Grant $1,228 114 Sedrick Celi $1,228 -
Malm On a Heater
Level: 22 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 88/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:36 PM Mike Malm opened to 100,000 from the button, and the big blind moved all in for 555,000. Malm made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Big Blind: A♥8♦
Mike Malm: 3♠3♣The board ran out A♦3♥9♣7♥K♥ for Malm to find the elimination.
Mike Malm: 2,770,000
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Johnston Makes the Call
Level: 21 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 98/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Local Time: 1:20 PM Action was caught after the flop of J♣3♦K♦, and the small blind fired for 175,000. Ryan Johnston called from middle position.
After the turn came the A♥, and both players were quick to check.
The river came the 7♣, and the small blind moved all in for 355,000. Johnston went into the tank, but made the call. He revealed A♦Q♦ to best the small blind’s J♦9♦.
Ryan Johnston: 1,630,000
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Malm Leads 114 Day 2 Players in Record Mini Main
Event #4: $400 NLH Mini Main Event Day 2 ($330 + $70)
Date: Day 2: Jan 11, 1 PM Blinds: 30/45 Minutes Entries: 114/2,269 Prizes: $735,405 Leadert: Mike Malm (2.2 million) Day 2 of the record-setting Mini Main Event is ready to roll at 1 PM on Sunday. 2024 & 2025 API Player of the Year Mike Malm is the chip leader for day 2 with 2.2 million. That puts him 700k ahead of second-place Ben Cooper.
The Day 2 action starts in Level 21, with nearly the full level to play at 15k/25k/25k. Blinds will be 30 minutes for Levels 21 & 22, and switch to 45 minutes for Level 23, and remain there for the rest of the game.
There are 114 players returning for Day 2 action, so this could be a long one. The winner on Sunday can expect to pocket more than $100k, with the Day 2 min-cash set at $1,228. Full prizes will be posted in the Payouts tab later today.
Day 2 Stacks by Seat
T-S Player Chips 40 – 1 Joshua James 600,000 40 – 2 Joshua Myers 695,000 40 – 3 Prabhsimran Cheema 590,000 40 – 4 Christopher Richard 290,000 40 – 5 Marc Lavergne 365,000 40 – 6 Robert Buckingham 375,000 40 – 7 Shane Chief 440,000 40 – 8 Parth Mansukh 375,000 40 – 9 Travis Kruger 235,000 41 – 1 Jacob Parent 965,000 41 – 2 Regan Duong 540,000 41 – 3 Joel Kogan 720,000 41 – 4 Christopher Clellband 605,000 41 – 5 George Mounsef 1,180,000 41 – 6 Fanhao Kong 535,000 41 – 7 Aaron Walters 335,000 41 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 1,350,000 41 – 9 Andrew Neels 1,075,000 42 – 1 Mark Inglis 380,000 42 – 2 Karandev Bhullar 870,000 42 – 3 James Cruickshank 330,000 42 – 4 Aren James 195,000 42 – 5 David Swaim 770,000 42 – 6 Maksym Shkurupii 380,000 42 – 7 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 150,000 42 – 8 Yafei Jian 850,000 42 – 9 Justin Pennell 345,000 34 – 1 Daniele Collu 475,000 34 – 2 Yizhe Sheng 445,000 34 – 3 Jatinder Brar 175,000 34 – 4 Andrew Macdonald 560,000 34 – 5 Cory J Malenfant 980,000 34 – 6 Michael Campitelli 765,000 34 – 7 Alexander Meer 840,000 34 – 8 Cristituto Costales 500,000 34 – 9 Murray Kristoff 390,000 35 – 1 Rajiv Khanna 550,000 35 – 2 Jeffrey Harris 175,000 35 – 3 Bradley Bishop 910,000 35 – 4 Morgan Macqueen 400,000 35 – 5 Sheldon Xu 1,010,000 35 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 350,000 35 – 7 Shane Smith 325,000 35 – 8 Oleksandr Lobur 295,000 35 – 9 Terry Howe 480,000 36 – 1 Reginaid Lepine 1,220,000 36 – 2 Shannon Vargo 300,000 36 – 3 Jamie Lam 360,000 36 – 4 Kyle Crego 1,125,000 36 – 5 Chris Ruddell 260,000 36 – 6 Wayne Hoffert 980,000 36 – 7 Gregory Taylor 895,000 36 – 8 Richard Pepito 1,125,000 36 – 9 Evan Taylor 90,000 28 – 1 Christopher Lahey 315,000 28 – 2 Benjamin Cooper 1,495,000 28 – 3 Darren Macleod 355,000 28 – 4 Michael Sobil 810,000 28 – 5 Aidan Klingbeil 300,000 28 – 6 Conor Mcgregor 180,000 28 – 7 Gilbert Anderson 255,000 28 – 8 Jeffory Saunders 955,000 28 – 9 David Anderson 630,000 29 – 1 Harpreet Singh Padda 780,000 29 – 2 Jimmy Lee 445,000 29 – 3 John Anderson 1,020,000 29 – 4 Ryan Johnston 440,000 29 – 5 Ryan Maclean 380,000 29 – 6 Brendan Faulkner 440,000 29 – 7 Joshua Bennett 260,000 29 – 8 Ning Ma 1,235,000 29 – 9 Scott Groome 135,000 30 – 1 Andrew Fearnley 405,000 30 – 2 Kyle Rosnes 485,000 30 – 3 Simon Delarosbil 240,000 30 – 4 Yan Lin 610,000 30 – 5 Ankhbayar Bayar 1,425,000 30 – 7 Sandy Lam 855,000 30 – 8 Rahul Sharma 345,000 30 – 9 Sedrick Celi 145,000 43 – 1 Samson Mesenegeeshik 875,000 43 – 3 Tyler Bourassa 355,000 43 – 4 Tyler Thomas 365,000 43 – 5 Cuong Lieu 315,000 43 – 6 Russell King 785,000 43 – 8 Devon Morgan 855,000 43 – 9 Michael Grol 435,000 37 – 1 Bobby Jones 505,000 37 – 2 Michael Malm 2,200,000 37 – 3 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,220,000 37 – 4 Sheng Qiu 335,000 37 – 5 Cole Harmon 625,000 37 – 6 Kevin Grant 510,000 37 – 7 Sinisa Kovacevic 420,000 37 – 8 Nathan Fortin 305,000 37 – 9 Steven Labelle 685,000 31 – 1 Donald Hart 765,000 31 – 2 Jordan Banfield 660,000 31 – 3 Scott Stuve 830,000 31 – 4 Jae Lee 435,000 31 – 5 Skyler York 420,000 31 – 6 Jason Maurer 145,000 31 – 7 Edward Sorensen 285,000 31 – 8 Seyed Seyednabian 430,000 31 – 9 Clayton Milford Switzer 930,000 32 – 1 Michael Khan 1,365,000 32 – 2 Benny Sarnelli 1,405,000 32 – 3 Adam Ratchford 815,000 32 – 4 Richard Rex 115,000 32 – 5 Brian Bond 835,000 32 – 6 Fat Wong 330,000 32 – 7 Gregory Liow 830,000 32 – 8 Scot Munro 120,000 32 – 9 Elvis Kastrati 130,000 Day 2 Chips by Name
T-S Player Chips 41 – 7 Aaron Walters 335,000 32 – 3 Adam Ratchford 815,000 28 – 5 Aidan Klingbeil 300,000 34 – 7 Alexander Meer 840,000 30 – 1 Andrew Fearnley 405,000 34 – 4 Andrew Macdonald 560,000 41 – 9 Andrew Neels 1,075,000 30 – 5 Ankhbayar Bayar 1,425,000 42 – 4 Aren James 195,000 28 – 2 Benjamin Cooper 1,495,000 32 – 2 Benny Sarnelli 1,405,000 37 – 1 Bobby Jones 505,000 35 – 3 Bradley Bishop 910,000 29 – 6 Brendan Faulkner 440,000 32 – 5 Brian Bond 835,000 36 – 5 Chris Ruddell 260,000 41 – 4 Christopher Clellband 605,000 28 – 1 Christopher Lahey 315,000 40 – 4 Christopher Richard 290,000 31 – 9 Clayton Milford Switzer 930,000 37 – 5 Cole Harmon 625,000 35 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 350,000 28 – 6 Conor Mcgregor 180,000 34 – 5 Cory J Malenfant 980,000 34 – 8 Cristituto Costales 500,000 43 – 5 Cuong Lieu 315,000 41 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 1,350,000 34 – 1 Daniele Collu 475,000 28 – 3 Darren Macleod 355,000 28 – 9 David Anderson 630,000 42 – 5 David Swaim 770,000 43 – 8 Devon Morgan 855,000 31 – 1 Donald Hart 765,000 31 – 7 Edward Sorensen 285,000 32 – 9 Elvis Kastrati 130,000 36 – 9 Evan Taylor 90,000 41 – 6 Fanhao Kong 535,000 32 – 6 Fat Wong 330,000 41 – 5 George Mounsef 1,180,000 28 – 7 Gilbert Anderson 255,000 32 – 7 Gregory Liow 830,000 36 – 7 Gregory Taylor 895,000 29 – 1 Harpreet Singh Padda 780,000 41 – 1 Jacob Parent 965,000 31 – 4 Jae Lee 435,000 42 – 3 James Cruickshank 330,000 36 – 3 Jamie Lam 360,000 31 – 6 Jason Maurer 145,000 34 – 3 Jatinder Brar 175,000 28 – 8 Jeffory Saunders 955,000 35 – 2 Jeffrey Harris 175,000 29 – 2 Jimmy Lee 445,000 41 – 3 Joel Kogan 720,000 29 – 3 John Anderson 1,020,000 31 – 2 Jordan Banfield 660,000 29 – 7 Joshua Bennett 260,000 40 – 1 Joshua James 600,000 40 – 2 Joshua Myers 695,000 42 – 9 Justin Pennell 345,000 42 – 2 Karandev Bhullar 870,000 37 – 6 Kevin Grant 510,000 36 – 4 Kyle Crego 1,125,000 30 – 2 Kyle Rosnes 485,000 42 – 6 Maksym Shkurupii 380,000 40 – 5 Marc Lavergne 365,000 42 – 1 Mark Inglis 380,000 42 – 7 Mehrad Khalajzadeh 150,000 34 – 6 Michael Campitelli 765,000 43 – 9 Michael Grol 435,000 32 – 1 Michael Khan 1,365,000 37 – 2 Michael Malm 2,200,000 28 – 4 Michael Sobil 810,000 37 – 3 Mohsen Shafizadeh 1,220,000 35 – 4 Morgan Macqueen 400,000 34 – 9 Murray Kristoff 390,000 37 – 8 Nathan Fortin 305,000 29 – 8 Ning Ma 1,235,000 35 – 8 Oleksandr Lobur 295,000 40 – 8 Parth Mansukh 375,000 40 – 3 Prabhsimran Cheema 590,000 30 – 8 Rahul Sharma 345,000 35 – 1 Rajiv Khanna 550,000 41 – 2 Regan Duong 540,000 36 – 1 Reginaid Lepine 1,220,000 36 – 8 Richard Pepito 1,125,000 32 – 4 Richard Rex 115,000 40 – 6 Robert Buckingham 375,000 43 – 6 Russell King 785,000 29 – 4 Ryan Johnston 440,000 29 – 5 Ryan Maclean 380,000 43 – 1 Samson Mesenegeeshik 875,000 30 – 7 Sandy Lam 855,000 32 – 8 Scot Munro 120,000 29 – 9 Scott Groome 135,000 31 – 3 Scott Stuve 830,000 30 – 9 Sedrick Celi 145,000 31 – 8 Seyed Seyednabian 430,000 40 – 7 Shane Chief 440,000 35 – 7 Shane Smith 325,000 36 – 2 Shannon Vargo 300,000 35 – 5 Sheldon Xu 1,010,000 37 – 4 Sheng Qiu 335,000 30 – 3 Simon Delarosbil 240,000 37 – 7 Sinisa Kovacevic 420,000 31 – 5 Skyler York 420,000 37 – 9 Steven Labelle 685,000 35 – 9 Terry Howe 480,000 40 – 9 Travis Kruger 235,000 43 – 3 Tyler Bourassa 355,000 43 – 4 Tyler Thomas 365,000 36 – 6 Wayne Hoffert 980,000 42 – 8 Yafei Jian 850,000 30 – 4 Yan Lin 610,000 34 – 2 Yizhe Sheng 445,000
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benny Sarnelli | $101,977 |
| 2 | Samson Mesenegeeshik | $63,795 |
| 3 | Michael Khan | $46,616 |
| 4 | Skyler York | $34,880 |
| 5 | Regan Duong | $26,388 |
| 6 | Michael Malm | $21,040 |
| 7 | Harpreet Padda | $15,618 |
| 8 | Brian Bond | $12,222 |
| 9 | Jimmy Lee | $9,675 |
| 10 | Michael Grol | $7,749 |
| 11 | Benjamin Cooper | $7,749 |
| 12 | Seyed Seyednabian | $7,749 |
| 13 | Adam Ratchford | $6,280 |
| 14 | Simon Delarosbil | $6,280 |
| 15 | Bobby Jones | $7,177 |
| 16 | Aaron Walters | $5,151 |
| 17 | Christopher Clellband | $5,151 |
| 18 | Yizhe Sheng | $5,151 |
| 19 | Robert Buckingham | $4,276 |
| 20 | Sheldon Chenxi Xu | $4,276 |
| 21 | Ryan Johnston | $4,276 |
| 22 | Bradley Bishop | $3,593 |
| 23 | Donald Rene Hart | $3,593 |
| 24 | Kyle Rosnes | $3,593 |
| 25 | Jeffory Saunders | $3,057 |
| 26 | Shane Chief | $3,057 |
| 27 | Aren James | $3,057 |
| 28 | Steven Labelle | $2,634 |
| 29 | Fanhao Kong | $3,436 |
| 30 | Morgan Macqueen | $2,634 |
| 31 | Jacob Todd Parent | $2,298 |
| 32 | Jordan Banfield | $2,298 |
| 33 | Andrew Neels | $2,298 |
| 34 | Clayton Switzer | $2,031 |
| 35 | Ankhbayar Bayar | $2,031 |
| 36 | Karandev Bhullar | $2,031 |
| 37 | Wayne Hoffert | $1,819 |
| 38 | Evan Taylor | $1,819 |
| 39 | Devon Morgan | $1,819 |
| 40 | Joel Kogan | $1,819 |
| 41 | Cristituto Costales | $1,819 |
| 42 | Mohsen Shafizadeh | $2,728 |
| 43 | Darren Macleod | $1,819 |
| 44 | Colten Yamagishi | $3,474 |
| 45 | Alexander Meer | $1,819 |
| 46 | Joshua James Myers | $1,650 |
| 47 | Reginaid Lepine | $1,650 |
| 48 | Cory J Malenfant | $1,650 |
| 49 | Brendan Faulkner | $1,650 |
| 50 | Kyle Crego | $1,650 |
| 51 | Fat Cheong Wong | $1,650 |
| 52 | Jatinder Brar | $1,650 |
| 53 | Scot Munro | $2,452 |
| 54 | Michael Sobil | $1,650 |
| 55 | Christopher Richard | $1,518 |
| 56 | George Mounsef | $1,518 |
| 57 | Rahul Sharma | $1,518 |
| 58 | Shannon Vargo | $1,518 |
| 59 | Russell King | $1,518 |
| 60 | Yafei Jian | $1,518 |
| 61 | Daniel Lefebvre | $2,330 |
| 62 | Gregory Taylor | $1,518 |
| 63 | Daniele Collu | $1,518 |
| 64 | Rajiv Khanna | $1,415 |
| 65 | Richard Pepito | $2,227 |
| 66 | Michael Campitelli | $1,415 |
| 67 | Conor Mcgregor | $1,415 |
| 68 | Elvis Kastrati | $1,415 |
| 69 | Cuong Lieu | $1,415 |
| 70 | Andrew Fearnley | $1,415 |
| 71 | Edward Sorensen | $1,415 |
| 72 | Sinisa Kovacevic | $1,415 |
| 73 | John Anderson | $1,337 |
| 74 | Joshua James | $1,337 |
| 75 | Justin Pennell | $1,337 |
| 76 | Aidan Klingbeil | $2,307 |
| 77 | Ning Ma | $1,337 |
| 78 | Travis Kruger | $1,337 |
| 79 | Murray Kristoff | $1,337 |
| 80 | Tyler Bourassa | $1,337 |
| 81 | Parth Mansukh | $1,337 |
| 82 | Terry Howe | $1,281 |
| 83 | Terry Howe | $1,281 |
| 84 | Chris Ruddell | $1,281 |
| 85 | Scott Stuve | $1,281 |
| 86 | Sandy Lam | $1,281 |
| 87 | Mark Inglis | $1,281 |
| 88 | Jae Whan Lee | $1,281 |
| 89 | James Cruickshank | $1,281 |
| 90 | Cole Harmon | $1,281 |
| 91 | Sheng Qiu | $1,245 |
| 92 | Prabhsimran Cheema | $1,245 |
| 93 | Gilbert Anderson | $1,245 |
| 94 | Jae Whan Lee | $1,245 |
| 95 | Jamie Lam | $1,245 |
| 96 | Gregory Liow | $2,154 |
| 97 | Maksym Shkurupii | $1,245 |
| 98 | Jason Maurer | $1,245 |
| 99 | Yan Lin | $1,245 |
| 100 | Jeffrey Harris | $1,228 |
| 101 | Christopher Lahey | $1,228 |
| 102 | David Anderson | $1,228 |
| 103 | Marc Lavergne | $1,228 |
| 104 | Oleksandr Lobur | $1,228 |
| 105 | Mehrad Khalajzadeh | $1,228 |
| 106 | Josh Bennett | $1,228 |
| 107 | Richard Rex | $1,228 |
| 108 | Nathan Fortin | $1,228 |
| 109 | Andrew Macdonald | $1,228 |
| 110 | Shane Smith | $1,228 |
| 111 | David Swaim | $1,228 |
| 112 | Scott Groome | $1,228 |
| 113 | Kevin Grant | $1,228 |
| 114 | Sedrick Celi | $1,228 |
| 115 | Dhiraj Sharma | $2,767 |
| 116 | Ghislaine Johnson | $2,706 |
| 117 | Teo Sanchez | $2,706 |
| 118 | Robert Acorn | $1,827 |
| 119 | Dallas Larson | $1,823 |
| 120 | Ka Lok Yeung | $1,810 |
| 121 | Michael Windsor | $1,793 |
| 122 | Vo Nguyen | $1,778 |
| 123 | Andy Truong | $1,771 |
| 124 | Victor Si Yun Ma | $1,743 |
| 125 | Youssef Hmama | $1,740 |
| 126 | George Caragiorgas | $1,724 |
| 127 | David Ballantine | $1,698 |
| 128 | Tyson Malo | $1,693 |
| 129 | Paul Kraychy | $1,671 |
| 130 | Jerry Li | $1,659 |
| 131 | Dennis Macpherson | $1,647 |
| 132 | Shayne Stumpf | $1,647 |
| 133 | Levi Mcateer | $1,614 |
| 134 | Yucheng Zhang | $1,614 |
| 135 | Jerod Dobson | $1,608 |
| 136 | Clayton Holbrook | $1,607 |
| 137 | Shariq Khan | $1,607 |
| 138 | David Macneil | $1,607 |
| 139 | Joseph Charlebois | $1,603 |
| 140 | Brady Ohara | $1,603 |
| 141 | Resul Dauti | $1,094 |
| 142 | Behnam Esfahanizadeh | $1,094 |
| 143 | Frank Gallie | $1,094 |
| 144 | Jeffrey Gies | $1,094 |
| 145 | Teddy Hudson | $1,094 |
| 146 | Yi Hoi Kam | $1,094 |
| 147 | David Molloy | $1,094 |
| 148 | Ronald Berdusco | $1,008 |
| 149 | Kien Tu Luong | $1,008 |
| 150 | Matthew Piasecki | $1,008 |
| 151 | James Taksas | $1,008 |
| 152 | Ryan Teixeira | $1,008 |
| 153 | Andrii Dorofieiev | $991 |
| 154 | Bret Larsen | $991 |
| 155 | Kayvan Payman | $991 |
| 156 | Gabriel Petrehele | $991 |
| 157 | Jeffrey Pritchard | $991 |
| 158 | Justin Santoro | $991 |
| 159 | Russel Sluchinski | $991 |
| 160 | Kassam Zishan | $991 |
| 161 | Hongwei Liu | $981 |
| 162 | Timothy Smith | $981 |
| 163 | Robert Cicchelli | $970 |
| 164 | Chase Cromwell | $970 |
| 165 | Terry Langdon | $970 |
| 166 | Kris Steinbach | $970 |
| 167 | Robert Tomma | $970 |
| 168 | Chad Winnick | $970 |
| 169 | Trent Hopper | $918 |
| 170 | Imran Lalani | $918 |
| 171 | Jonathan Medori | $918 |
| 172 | Shawn Meegan | $918 |
| 173 | Haofeng Shi | $918 |
| 174 | Saiful Syed | $918 |
| 175 | Kyle Bodi | $909 |
| 176 | Zhiyu Chen | $909 |
| 177 | Danny Farias | $909 |
| 178 | Devin Frank | $909 |
| 179 | Brendan Spearing | $909 |
| 180 | Sebastian Crema | $897 |
| 181 | Darren Mccagherty | $897 |
| 182 | Darryl Power | $897 |
| 183 | Jordon Johnstone | $892 |
| 184 | Cody Kinequon | $892 |
| 185 | Dustin Melanson | $892 |
| 186 | Deron Noksana | $892 |
| 187 | Matthew Osorio | $892 |
| 188 | Donald Russell | $892 |
| 189 | Raghav Sharma | $892 |
| 190 | Cameron Mcmanus | $869 |
| 191 | Darrell Moore | $869 |
| 192 | Hoang Hiep Nguyen | $869 |
| 193 | Ho Yin Sin | $869 |
| 194 | Sukhbinder Singh | $869 |
| 195 | James Werry | $869 |
| 196 | Kevin Huynh | $853 |
| 197 | Rodney Poirier | $853 |
| 198 | Scott Serwa | $853 |
| 199 | Brad Shackman | $853 |
| 200 | Neil Smith | $853 |
| 201 | Chad Blumes | $846 |
| 202 | Anand Dattani | $846 |
| 203 | Cory Evans | $846 |
| 204 | Lyle Feeney | $846 |
| 205 | Juan Lamprea | $846 |
| 206 | Nicholas Lee | $846 |
| 207 | Mehmet Siginc | $846 |
| 208 | Cory Bisson | $843 |
| 209 | Mitchell Fox | $843 |
| 210 | Toms Varghese | $843 |
| 211 | Tianshu Liu | $843 |
| 212 | Morgan Mclellan | $843 |
| 213 | Ali Razzaq | $843 |
| 214 | Minh Tran | $843 |
| 215 | Brody Wildeman | $843 |
| 216 | Jason Chan | $841 |
| 217 | Kyle Chang | $841 |
| 218 | Vi Hung Ha | $841 |
| 219 | Thi Nguyen | $841 |
| 220 | Dwayne Reid | $841 |
| 221 | Simon Snell | $841 |
| 222 | Chun Sing Yau | $841 |
| 223 | Keivin Yellowfly | $841 |
| 224 | Jonathan Breitenstein | $812 |
| 225 | Adam Cygman | $812 |
| 226 | Patrick Desfosses-Girard | $812 |
| 227 | Lap Chi Duong | $812 |
| 228 | Ramaz Haymour | $812 |
| 229 | Bertrand Laroque | $812 |
| 230 | Seamus Mcgearty | $812 |
| 231 | Donald Arsenault | $806 |
| 232 | Richard Berenbaum | $806 |
| 233 | Remy Bhend | $806 |
| 234 | Nikola Boseovski | $806 |
| 235 | Craig Caldwell | $806 |
| 236 | Eldho Kuriakose | $806 |
| 237 | Jonathan Leicht | $806 |
| 238 | Alex Liu | $806 |
| 239 | Danesh Luthra | $806 |
| 240 | Christopher Macdonald | $806 |
| 241 | Ivan Mahood | $806 |
| 242 | Giulio Rosati | $806 |
| 243 | Micah Quinn | $806 |
| 244 | Richard Steele | $806 |
| 245 | Krys Alipio | $802 |
| 246 | Tim Chen | $802 |
| 247 | Dave Chhabra | $802 |
| 248 | Patrick Corbett | $802 |
| 249 | Daren Dichrow | $802 |
| 250 | Dylan Ellis | $802 |
| 251 | Brad Evans | $802 |
| 252 | Thomas Gallagher | $802 |
| 253 | Faramarz Ghorbani | $802 |
| 254 | Michael Hinacay-Boulton | $802 |
| 255 | Kyle Kamachi | $802 |
| 256 | David Kelley | $802 |
| 257 | Antonio Ma | $802 |
| 258 | Nicholas Mcewen | $802 |
| 259 | Raymond New | $802 |
| 260 | William Pacarynuk | $802 |
| 261 | Weston Pring | $802 |
| 262 | Curtis Singleton | $802 |
| 263 | Mark Smith | $802 |
| 264 | Michael Admussen | $801 |
| 265 | Aditya Aggarwal | $801 |
| 266 | Kamyar Amini | $801 |
| 267 | Ryan Andrade | $801 |
| 268 |  Alen Bakovic | $801 |
| 269 | Steven Barber | $801 |
| 270 | Romandeep Brar | $801 |
| 271 | Jody Brett | $801 |
| 272 | Ryan Cairns | $801 |
| 273 | Joseph Cosco | $801 |
| 274 | Arif Dhalla | $801 |
| 275 | Brett Doty | $801 |
| 276 | Chris Duffy | $801 |
| 277 | Jenelle Exner | $801 |
| 278 | Westly Franks | $801 |
| 279 | Richard Gilliard | $801 |
| 280 | Kip Howard | $801 |
| 281 | Ryan Johal | $801 |
| 282 | Deven Lane | $801 |
| 283 | Michael Leah | $801 |
| 284 | Trent Leavitt | $801 |
| 285 | Graham Lupton | $801 |
| 286 | John Martin | $801 |
| 287 | Pam Meady | $801 |
| 288 |  Julius Roque | $801 |
| 289 | Karin Schulenborg | $801 |
| 290 | Ruoxiao Shi | $801 |
| 291 | Caleb Simmons | $801 |
| 292 | Caleb Sonnenberg | $801 |
| 293 | Shoaib Syed | $801 |
| 294 | Eric Vansteelandt | $801 |
| 295 | Ning Wang | $801 |
| 296 | Yilin Wang | $801 |
| 297 | Dallas Williams | $801 |
| 298 | Berkley Williams | $801 |
| 299 | Patrick Woelk | $801 |
| 300 | Ivanna Yatsiuk | $801 |
| 301 | Zizhu Zhao | $801 |
