2026 WSOPC Calgary Jan – Event #7: $600 NLH

The final table started out pretty quickly, with the action getting down to four-way pretty quickly. Then it stalled a bit before Skyler York ended his run in 4th place.

That’s when things really stalled. They played three-handed for almost an hour before the short stack, Andrew Sabbagh, shoved for a bit more than a big blind from the small blind, and Ryan Teixeira, who was sitting with more than half the chips in play, called blind.

He had a suited jack-four, and was ahead of the suited eight-five for Sabbagh. An 8 on the flop changed that, but Teixeira flopped a flush draw, and got there on the turn to send Sabbagh home in 3rd.

Teixeira started with a huge lead, but runner-up Tyson Malo wasn’t about to go down lightly. He bagged a couple of double-ups to take the lead, and then things evened up.

They ended up going more than an hour heads up, trading chips back and forth, until two coolers decided in the end. In the first hand, Teixeira flopped a set of queens against Malo on ace-eight. Malo flopped the eight, and paid off a value bet on the river to send Teixeira back to the lead.

The next hand, Teixeira woke up with kings against an ace for Malo, and the chips were in. The kings held, and Teixeira had his first ring.

Ryan Teixeira shoved the button for 1.825 million, and Tyson Malo snapped it off with the covering stack. He had ace-king into 8♥6♥ for Teixeira.

Teixeira hit his eight on the flop of 3♥3♣8♣10♣10♦ and held to double and stay alive. Malo still has the lead.

The final two players are on a break, and Tyson Malo has chipped up to a small lead. He has 5.8 million to 4.525 million for Ryan Teixeira. They’ll be back in action in about 10 minutes for Level 30 with an average stack of about 25 big blinds.

Tyson Malo was all in for about 1.5 million with pocket nines, against ace-three for Ryan Teixeira. The nines held for a double to a bit more than 3 million for Malo, but Teixeira still has most of the 10.8 million in play.

Andrew Sabbagh was down to less than a big blind, and he shoved his small blind. Ryan Teixeira called blind in the big with J♠4♠ against 8♥5♥. Sabbagh hit his eight on the flop, but Teixeira turned the spade flush for the win.

Tyson Malo shoved the small blind, saying, “Time to die” with a smile. Andrew Sabbagh called from the big blind, and it was a fair fight between ace-six of spades for Malo and king-queen off for Sabbagh. The board of 8♥7♦3♥J♠7♠ missed both hands, and the ace-high took it down for a double.

Andrew Sabbagh shoved the small blind, and after getting a count of 810k, big blind Ryan Teixeira called. Teixeira was good with queen-ten of spades against six-five of clubs for Sabbagh. Sabbagh hit the five on the flop of 5♥4♥9♠A♥K♠ and held for the double. Teixeira is still the big leader at the table with more than half the chips in play.

Andrew Sabbagh shoved the button, and Ryan Teixeira reshoved the small blind with the big stack. Sabbagh called, but was dominated with king-jack off against the big slick for Teixeira. Sabbagh found a jack on the turn of 10♥7♦4♣J♣9♠ to stay alive.

Curtis Singleton got his money in with ace-nine and was called off with king-queen. A king on the board sealed the deal for Singleton, and he got his third cash, and second final table of the series.

Chris Lahey just hit the rail after he ran into the big stack of Ryan Teixeira. Lahey got it in good with ace-king, but Teixeira flushed him out the door with suited connectors.

The field dropped to five while I was out of the room, with Parth Mansukh and Caleb Trenh hitting the rail. The average stack right now is about 20 big blinds.

Place	Player	Prize
6	Caleb Trenh	$7,035
7	Parth Mansukh	$5,229

Ryan Teixeira shoved the small blind, and Parth Mansukh called from the big. Teixeira was on a suited gapper, nine-seven of clubs, against king-six off for Mansukh. The board ran clean for king-high, and Mansukh doubled to about 1.1 million, but Teixeira is still the chip leader/

Three players busted while I was getting the photos sorted out. See below for a look at the cashing players to 8th place.

Place	Player	Prize
8	Nicholas Andreas	$3,987
9	Richard Rex	$3,120
10	Sean Carpenter	$2,508
11	Patrick Woelk	$2,508
12	Gilbert Anderson	$2,072

Event #7 is at the final table now, with Ryan Teixeira leading the way. He has almost 4 million, around twice the next biggest stack. Final table pics to follow shortly, but the current stacks are below.

Event #7 is at the final two tables now, with 17 players remaining. I’m not watching this game very closely as the Mini Main is still four-handed at the final table with big money up for grabs.

Place	Player	Prize
18	George Caragiorgas	$1,540
19	Nicholas Lee	$1,540
20	Ryan Andrade	$1,540
21	Liwei Huang	$1,540

There was a double-bust on the bubble, so the min-cash spot was shared between two players.

Place	Player	Prize
58	Ryan Cairns	$1,229
59	Yafei Jian	$1,229
60	Hugp Soares	$1,229
61	Aryan Setoodeh	$1,229
62	Joel Kogan	$615
63	Colten Yamagishi	$614

Event #7 is now in the money with 62 players left. 20 Minutes remain in Level 17, with the next break scheduled in a bit more than an hour.

They are now nine off the money in Event #7, with 71 players left. Just over 5 minutes are left in Level 15, so bubble time early iin in Level 16 still looks like a reasonable bet.

Event #7 is just heading out for a break following Level 14. They are now 21 off the money with 83 players left and 62 paid tonight. The action is moving fairly quickly in this one so far, so it seems likely they’ll hit the bubble sometime around the start of Level 16.

Event #7 is down to 124 players now, with the action still more than 60 players off the money. There are just over 5 minutes left in Level 12, and the average stack right now is a bit less than 30 big blinds.

The field for Event #7 is now set, with the action in Level 11. The final tally came to 413 entries, and there are still 143 players competing for 62 paid spots. The full prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, with final table payouts below.

There is about an hour left to get into Event #7, with Level 8 ticking down. They’ll play one more level with entries open, then go for their second break of the day. When they return from that break for Level 10, entries will be closed and they’ll be racing to the finish.

The field is currently at 363 for prizes of almost $180k.

Event #7 is underway and the entries are climbing. At the moment, 206 players remain of the 288 player field. This combined for a prize pool of around $150,000. Late registration is open for another two and a half hours, as the event will play down to a winner later in the night.

Event #7: $600 NLH ($515 + $85)

The 3rd game on Sunday is the $600 NLH. The game kicks off at 3 PM, and players get 25k to start. Blinds are 25 minutes long, and players can enter the game for 9 Levels, or until about 8 PM.

This is a one-day event that expects to finish, but as always, staff has the right to call for a second day. This is a new game on the schedule, so there are no numbers from October to compare with.