It was another agonizingly close call for Thomas Taylor in his quest for his first bracelet. He bagged a good stack for the final day of Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. and made it to the final two players.
Daniel Negreanu also notched another small cash in the $10k PLO8 Championship while UK native and Canadian resident Paul Sokoloff grabbed a modest cash from the Seniors High Roller. Benjamin Underwood recorded another cash in the $10k Limit Hold’em Championship while Georg Jancev led 8 Canadian cashes in the $1k PLO. Alex Livingston also continues to cash everything he touches — Livingston took 15th in the HORSE event, then jumped over to record a small cash in the $1k PLO
In addition to cashes, lots of Canadians found chip bags at the end of Friday’s play. Benny Chen leads 7 baggers in the $1k PLO with Mike Leah, Kyle Rosnos, and Don McCall among the Canucks joining him. Jonathan Krela bagged a top-20 stack in Day 1 of the $1.5k Razz, and he leads 5 Canadian bags in that one, while Jeffrey Mahoney was the biggest bag from 24 Canucks moving on from Day 1c of the Monster Stack.
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Taylor is Second Best Again
It must be getting a bit frustrating for Alberta’s #1 poker earner, Thomas Taylor. He keeps going deep in big bracelet events, then coming up one or two places short of the big prize.
It was the same story again in Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Taylor bagged the 5th stack for the final day of play, and managed to run that all the way to heads up, but then couldn’t overcome Russian Andrey Zhigalov, and had to settle for second.
Taylor pocketed a respectable $131,916 for second, but, at this point, the money probably isn’t that relevant to him — he’d probably give it all back to take the #1 spot and grab the bracelet. The score will put Taylor tantalizingly close to $2.4 million in lifetime earnings.
Canadian Cashes from Friday, Jun 13, 2025
| Event | Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event #36: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 51 | Daniel Negreanu | $20,262 |
| Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 2 | Thomas Taylor | $131,916 |
| Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 15 | Alex Livingston | $9,260 |
| Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 17 | Ari Engel | $7,562 |
| Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller | 64 | Paul Sokoloff | $10,722 |
| Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller | 108 | Martin Raus | $9,937 |
| Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller | 112 | Michael Adamo | $9,937 |
| Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship | 14 | Benjamin Underwood | $20,701 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 108 | Georg Jancev | $2,484 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 135 | Frederic Normand | $2,270 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 190 | Jay Dragland | $2,005 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 203 | Alemu Makonen | $2,005 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 220 | Samuel Gagnon | $2,005 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 221 | Behnam Patros | $2,005 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 240 | Alex Livingston | $2,005 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 279 | Alan “Ari” Engel | $2,005 |
Canadian Bags from Friday, Jun 13, 2025
| Event | Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 48 | Jeffrey Mahoney | 327,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 107 | Chen Wojun | 265,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 120 | Nicholas Peterson | 256,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 137 | Nghi Tran | 244,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 179 | Daniel Forte | 218,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 188 | Jeffrey Vertes | 214,800 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 192 | Weston Pring | 214,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 265 | Gregory Katayama | 180,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 269 | Anthony Mar | 179,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 316 | John De Klerk | 166,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 326 | Sebastien Roy | 163,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 423 | John Abbott-Brown | 137,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 481 | Jonas Mackoff | 126,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 497 | Felipe Davila | 121,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 520 | Tyler Warken | 115,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 608 | Kit Wan | 99,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 647 | Charli Azoulay | 89,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 669 | Geoffrey Mowatt | 85,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 732 | Douglas Protz | 69,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 737 | Seseung “Henry” Oh | 68,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 787 | Jason James | 56,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 808 | Evan Thomas | 52,000 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 827 | Gregory Arcand | 47,500 |
| Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK | 880 | Chris Gibson | 20,000 |
| Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller | 34 | Danny Li | 460,000 |
| Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship | 8 | Daniel Negreanu | 420,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 3 | Benny Chen | 1,161,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 7 | Mike Leah | 859,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 11 | Kyle Rosnes | 776,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 34 | Tony Hoang | 422,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 41 | Donald McCall | 360,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 63 | Luteng Li | 240,000 |
| Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 102 | Eric Cloutier | 27,000 |
| Event #43: $1,500 Razz | 18 | Jonathan Krela | 183,000 |
| Event #43: $1,500 Razz | 30 | Rami Hammoud | 140,000 |
| Event #43: $1,500 Razz | 39 | Dongwoo Ko | 122,000 |
| Event #43: $1,500 Razz | 57 | Daniel Idema | 96,000 |
| Event #43: $1,500 Razz | 64 | Patrick Stacey | 80,000 |
