2025 WSOPC Calgary – Event #8: $1k NLH

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  • Day 1 is Complete with 72 Players Left In the Money

    Level:16 (2000/3000/3000)
    Entries:72/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    Day 1 of the $1k is complete and there are 72 players still alive with chips. There were 73 paid spots tonight, with Douglas Berry from Vanderhoof, BC, as the min-cash spot at the end of Day 1.

    The remaining 72 players will return to the action at 2 pm on Tuesday to play down to a winner. I’ll load the full prize list into the backend shortly, but in the meantime, here is the short list of payouts below.

    PlacePrize
    1$84,962
    2$56,641
    3$38,684
    4$26,970
    5$19,202
    6$13,968
    7$10,386
    8$7,898
    9$6,145
    10-11$4,895
    12-13$3,994
    14-17$3,340
    18-26$2,865
    27-35$2,522
    36-44$2,279
    45-53$2,117
    54-73$2,017
  • Nearly 400 Entries for $1k

    Level:6 (400/800/800)
    Entries:262/374
    Prizes:$327,250

    The $1k is into Level 6 now with the field just shy of 375 entries. That puts more than $325k into the prize pool so far with more than 3 hours left to enter the game today.

    They’ll take the second break of the day following this level of play, then return for the final three levels of entry. There is a 45-minute dinner break following Level 9, and entries close when they sit down for Level 10. I haven’t had a chance to lool through the other room yet so I’m not totally sure who is over there, but I did see Marc-Andre Kudjick-Paquin heading into the room with a seat tag.

  • Two-Day $1k Kicks Off Monday Action

    Event 8:$1000 Two-Day $1k ($875 + $125)
    Date:Day 1: Jan 13, 11 AM
    Blinds:40 Minutes
    Starting Stack:30k
    Late Entry:9 Levels (~6:15 PM)
    Day 1 Ends:15 Levels (~10:30 PM)

    Day 1 of the Two-Day $1k is set to roll on Monday as the early start, though I won’t be watching the opening day very closely. I plan to make this my focus on Tuesday when they are in Day 2, but Monday’s focus will be on the final day of the HORSE.

    Players sit down with 30k in chips for 40-minute levels. Registration is open for 9 levels plus breaks, which should put the last chance to enter at about 6:15 PM. Once entries close, they’ll play another 6 levels before the bag for the night with the remaining players returning on Tuesday’s Day 2.

    Event 8
    WSOPC Calgary 2025 Schedule
  • Michael Malm Wins Two-Day $1k for $84,962

    Michael Malm had an amazing 2024 and it looks like 2025 is off to a great start as well as he just picked up his first Circuit Ring. He had to come from behind to defeat a bit of an end-boss to do it too as he was facing Thomas Taylor with the chip lead when they got heads-up.

    Malm first got a double to the lead when his overpair of kings held over Taylor’s top pair, and then a cooler ended it all when both players flopped three jacks, but Malm had an eight to go along with it for a boat.

    Malm won the Alberta Poker Index Player of the Year for 2024 and this will put him on his way to another deep run in the local standings.

  • Thomas Taylor Out in 2nd Place for $56,641

    Level:28 (60000/120000/120000)
    Entries:1/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Thomas Taylor

    It was a bit of a brutal end for Thomas Taylor tonight. He got to heads up with a big chip lead, but then doubled up Mike Malm when he flopped top pair but Malm had an overpair.

    That put Malm in the lead, and then a huge cooler happened. The flop was 8JJ and Malm checked to Taylor who bet 250k. Malm pumped it up to a million before Taylor clicked it back to 1.75 million. Malm flatted and the 10 turn hit the board.

    Malm bet 1 million, then snap-called when Taylor shoved. Taylor had jack-four for flopped trip, but Malm had jack-eight for the flopped boat and the win. Taylor was drawing to a chop, but the 6 was a brick.

  • Malm Doubles to Lead

    Level:28 (60000/120000/120000)
    Entries:2/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    I missed the early action but Mike Malm’s kings just held for a huge pot over Thomas Taylor’s flopped top pair of jacks. The double flipped the script in chips putting Malm out in front.

  • Malm Doubles; Taylor Takes Some Back

    Level:28 (60000/120000/120000)
    Entries:2/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    Mike Malm grabbed an early double when he flopped a nine and it held. That evened them out a little bit, though Thomas Taylor was still in the lead.

    A couple of hands later, Taylor limp-called a raise to 500k to see a flop of 1035. Malm led for 400k and Taylor called to the 8 flop.

    They both checked it to the A river where Malm fired 1 million. Taylor tanked for about 15 seconds before tossing in two plaques for a call.

    “You’re good,” Malm said, showing king-high. Taylor showed ace-six for the win.

  • Jeremy Doll Out in 3rd Place for $38,684

    Level:28 (60000/120000/120000)
    Entries:2/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Jeremy Doll

    Thomas Taylor is the big leader heads up after he called off a shove from Jeremy Doll with the best ace. Taylor’s ace-king ran out to Broadway against the ace-nine for Doll.

  • Taylor with Big Lead at Break

    Level:27 (50000/100000/100000)
    Entries:3/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    The final three players are on a break now with Thomas Taylor playing with most of the chips. he has 9.52 million compared to 3.36 million for Mike Malm and 1.6 million for Jeremy Doll. They’ll be back at the felt in about 10 minutes.

  • Garrett Gilmurray Out in 4th Place for $26,970

    Level:27 (50000/100000/100000)
    Entries:3/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Garrett Gilmurray

    I missed the action, but the field is now down to 3 after Garrett Gilmurray hit the rail for 4th place tonight.

  • Mehmet Siginc Out in 5th Place for $19,202

    Level:27 (50000/100000/100000)
    Entries:4/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Mehmet Ali Siginc

    Mehmet Siginc was left short after a hand against Thomas Taylor earlier in the night when Taylor flopped trip fours. He doubled back once, but couldn’t hold onto it and ended his day in 5th place.

  • Joel Kogan Out in 6th Place for $13,968

    Level:27 (50000/100000/100000)
    Entries:5/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Joel Kogan

    Joel Kogan got into a race against Thomas Taylor. Taylor was on ace-ten against pocket fives for Kogan, and by the time the board was done, Taylor had trip tens and the win.

  • Duff Charette Out in 7th Place for $10,386

    Level:26 (40000/80000/80000)
    Entries:6/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Duff Charette

    Dugg Charette just hit the rail in a cooler when Garrett Gilmurray shoved after a limp from Jeremy Doll. It folded to Charette in the big blind and he shoved for less. Doll tanked for a bit, then folded pocket fours face up. Charette showed pocket kings against ace-king for Gilmurray.

    Gilnurray hit his ace on the 910A42 board to take the lead and send Charette to the cage, but Doll was annoyed by the turned four as he would have taken both.

  • Mike Schmidt Out in 8th Place for $7,898

    Level:26 (40000/80000/80000)
    Entries:7/485
    Prizes:$424,375
    Mike Schmidt

    They are down to 7 left now after Mike Schmidt hit the rail in 7th place.

  • Charette Doubles Blind on Blind

    Level:26 (40000/80000/80000)
    Entries:8/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    Mehmet Siginc shoved the small blind and Duff Charette tank-called from the big. Charette had Siginc pipped with king-nine over king-eight and the nine player with tens and an ace on the board.

  • Taylor Flops It

    Level:25 (30000/60000/60000)
    Entries:8/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    Thomas Taylor opened to 150k under the gun and got to callers to the flop of 4104Taylor led for 150k, and only Joel Kogan called to the 6 turn. They both checked it and the 8 river and Kogan showed pocket eights, but there were no good against the 43 trips for Taylor.

  • Devon Morgan & Jimmy Lee First Off FT

    Level:25 (30000/60000/60000)
    Entries: 8/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    I missed the action while getting pictures sorted and eating some dinner, but they are down to 8 on the final table now with Devon Morgan and Jimmy Lee ending their runs in 10th and 9th places respectively. The approximate chip counts for the remaining players are below.

    PlayerChips
    Thomas Taylor2,895,000
    Michael Malm2,300,000
    Jeremy Doll2,250,000
    Mehmet Ali Siginc2,205,000
    Joel Kogan2,180,000
    Duff Charette1,400,000
    Mike Schmidt745,000
    Garrett Gilmurray500,000
  • Final Table Faces

  • Mehmet Siginc Looks to be Leading

    Level:24 (25000/50000/50000)
    Entries:11/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    It looks like there’s been som chip movement as Mehmet Siginc now looks to be the leader with about 2.8 million in front of him which Jeremy Doll, who is to Siginc’s right, has dropped down to a bit more than a million. Thomas Taylor looks to be playing more than 1.5 million now.

  • Final Table Bubble

    Level:24 (25000/50000/50000)
    Entries:11/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    They are down to 11 left in Day 2 of the Two-Day now with just under 30 minutes to play in Level 24. 61st place is still missing, but the rest of the full prizes are under the Payouts tab, with the recent cashers below.

    PlacePlayerPrize
    12 Kyle Levicki$3,994
    13 Jui Hsu$3,994
    14 Matthew Ouellette$3,340
    15 Erin Pulchinski$3,340
  • 12 Left

    Level:23 (20000/40000/40000)
    Entries:12/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    They are down to 12 remaining in the Two-Day $1k with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 23. Erin Pulchinski and Matthew Ouellette were among the recent busts, but I still haven’t seen a name for 13th place yet.

  • Doll Leading

    Level:23 (20000/40000/40000)
    Entries:15/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    I’ve just had a quick look at the remaining players in the Two-Day $1k and it looks like Jeremy Doll is the big stack right now. He’s on about 3 million with the next biggest stack in front of Thomas Taylor, playing about 1.4 million. Jimmy Lee is to Taylor’s right with about 950k.

  • Down to 15 Left

    Level:22 (15000/30000/30000)
    Entries:15/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    They are down to 15 remaining in the Two-Day $1k with about 15 minutes to play in Level 22. 61st place is still blank, but otherwise, all the prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab with he recent busts below.

    PlacePlayerPrize
    16 Jay Dragland$3,340
    17 Serge Noel$3,340
    18 Kyle Ho$2,865
  • Back From Dinner

    Level:22 (15000/30000/30000)
    Entries:17/485
    Prizes:$194,370

    The final 17 players in the Two-Day $1k are now back in their seats for Level 22.

  • Dinner Time with 17 Left

    Level:21 (15000/25000/25000)
    Entries:17/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    The dinner break has just begun with 17 players remaining in the field. Kyle Ho was the first player to exit the game from the final two tables and the remaining field will be back in action in about 40 minutes.

  • Final Two Tables

    Level:21 (15000/25000/25000)
    Entries:18/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    They are down to the final two tables in the Two-Day $1k now with about 15 minutes to play until dinner. We are still missing 61st place but otherwise, the full prizes are posted under the Payouts tab with cashing players since my last update below.

    PlacePlayerPrize
    19 Steven Barber$2,865
    20 Donal Fujita$2,865
    21 David Burnard$2,865
    22 Michael St.Pierre-Porter$2,865
    23 Jerry Li$2,865
    24 Marco Di Nardo$2,865
    25 Kyle Chang$2,865
    26 Matthew O’Brien$2,865
    27 Steven Wiens$2,522
    28 Marc Lavergne$2,522
    29 Taran Parmar$2,522
  • Down to 29

    Level:19 (10000/15000/15000)
    Entries:29/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    They are down to 29 remaining in the Two-Day $1k with just over 20 minutes to play in Level 19. They’ll take a 45-minute dinner break following Level 21. See below for the payouts so far (with full prizes under the Payouts tab) but 61st place is still blank.

    PlacePrizePlayer
    30 Deven Lane$2,522
    31 Ian Monahoyios$2,522
    32 Morgan Mclellan$2,522
    33 Shawn Sperber$2,522
    34 Youssef Hmama$2,522
  • 34 Left in Two-Day

    Level:18 (6000/12000/12000)
    Entries:34/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    They are down to four tables with 34 players left now in the Two-Day $1k. 61st place is still missing from the list, but the rest of the prizes since my last update are below with full prizes under the Payouts tab.

    PlacePlayerPrize
    35 Allan Alejandro$2,522
    36 Yu(Alex) Liu$2,279
    37 Pavlo Vertiiko$2,279
    38 Dylan Boyer$2,279
    39 Kelly Becker$2,279
    40 Shannon Lazorko$2,279
    41 Pascal Gregoire$2,279
    42 Daniel Bong$2,279
    43 Darnell Simpson$2,279
    44 Zachary Verpaalen$2,279
    45 Malcolm Bolger$2,117
    46 Garrett Birch$2,117
    47 Zhi Lin$2,117
    48 Sunny Labana$2,117
    49 Jeremy Roberts$2,117
    50 Christopher Charlton$2,117
  • 50 Left in $1k

    Level:17 (5000/10000/10000)
    Entries:50/485
    Prizes:$424,375

    I was a bit late getting to the floor today as it was a very late night on Monday night. There are about 30 minutes to play in Level 17 with the field now at 50 entries. It looks like 61st place hasn’t stopped by the payout desk yet to get their slip signed, so I don’t have a name for them yet, but the rest of the prizes so far are below.

    PlacePlayerPrize
    51 Nichols Lee$2,117
    52 Jae Lee$2,117
    53 Stephen Dauphanis$2,117
    54 Eun Park$2,017
    55 Melvin Podaima$2,017
    56 Chad Winnick$2,017
    57 Zacharie Desautels$2,017
    58 Marc-Andre Yelle$2,017
    59 Dennis Ashmore$2,017
    60 Christian Wallmuth$2,017
    61$2,017
    62 Faisel Al Qutub$2,017
    63 Behnam Esfahanizeadeh$2,017
    64 Ty Duong$2,017
    65 Brett Lambden$2,017
    66 Colten Yamagishi$2,017
    67 Ronald Berdusco$2,017
    68 Zhi Yang$2,017
    69 Haven Taylor$2,017
    70 Jodie Dunfield$2,017
    71 Bobby Jones$2,017
    72 Hassan Issa$2,017
    73 Douglas Berry$2,017
  • 72 Players Returning in the Money for Day 2

    Event 8:$1000 Two-Day $1k ($875 + $125)
    Date:Day 2: Jan 14, 2 PM
    Blinds:40 Minutes
    Entries:72/485
    Prizes (Winner):$424,375 ($84,962)

    Day 2 of the $1k is now set with 72 players returning in the money. Day 2 action kicks off at 2 PM in the Chrome room on Tuesday and they’ll play down to the ring before they end for the day. The blinds will stay at 40 minutes for the rest of the event.

    Pavlo Vertiiko is the big stack going into Day 2 with 762k. Jui Hsu, Jerry Li, Jeremy Doll, and Taran Parmar round out the top 5 stacks. This game should be my main focus on Tuesday until the ring is awarded.

    Day 2 Chips by Name

    T-SPlayerKyle Chang
    38 – 8Alex Liu315,000
    42 – 7Allan Alejandro204,000
    34 – 1Behnam Esfahanizadeh59,000
    35 – 1Bobby Jones48,000
    33 – 2Chad Winnick37,000
    39 – 6Chris Charlton195,000
    32 – 6Chris Wallmuth114,000
    35 – 3Colten Yamagishi61,000
    39 – 5Dan Bong82,000
    33 – 5Darnell Simpson67,000
    33 – 8Dave Burnand84,000
    39 – 1Dennis Ashmore170,000
    35 – 9Deven Lane140,000
    40 – 8Devon Morgan449,000
    40 – 7Don Fujita61,000
    40 – 2Duff Charette249,000
    32 – 3Dylan Boyer125,000
    39 – 9Erin Pulchinski109,000
    34 – 8Eun Ji Park53,000
    34 – 4Faisal Al Qutab38,000
    33 – 7Garrett Birch203,000
    32 – 8Garrett Gilmuray212,000
    40 – 1Hassan Issa53,000
    38 – 4Haven Taylor75,000
    35 – 7Ian Modder125,000
    32 – 1Ian Monahoyios260,000
    34 – 3Jae Whan Lee216,000
    34 – 9Jay Dragland234,000
    35 – 2Jeremy Doll570,000
    42 – 9Jeremy Roberts59,000
    33 – 3Jerry Li630,000
    35 – 6Jimmy Lee375,000
    33 – 1Jodie Dunfield221,000
    32 – 7Joel Kogan97,000
    32 – 9Jui Hsu661,000
    38 – 5Kelly Becker196,000
    32 – 2Kyle CHang84,000
    40 – 4Kyle Ho264,000
    33 – 9Kyle Levicki168,000
    38 – 3Lambden Brett70,000
    38 – 9Malcolm Bolger182,000
    32 – 5Marc Lavergne241,000
    34 – 5Marc-Andre Yelle219,000
    40 – 9Mario Di Narelo137,000
    33 – 6Mathew O’Brien230,000
    38 – 7Matthew Ouellette161,000
    35 – 8Mehmet Ali Siginc464,000
    33 – 4Mel Podaima139,000
    39 – 4Michael Malm227,000
    39 – 3Michael St. Pierre-Porter251,000
    35 – 5Mike Schmidt35,000
    42 – 3Morgan McLellan327,000
    38 – 2Nicholas Lee111,000
    39 – 8Pascal Gregoire210,000
    41 – 5Pavlo Vertiiko762,000
    40 – 3Ronald Berdusoo57,000
    41 – 6Serge Noel346,000
    34 – 2Shannon Lazorko119,000
    41 – 1Shawn Sperber349,000
    42 – 5Stephen Dauphinais159,000
    39 – 2Steve Barber107,000
    41 – 4Steven Wiens271,000
    42 – 4Sunny Lubana124,000
    40 – 5Taran Parmar545,000
    34 – 6Thomas Taylor213,000
    41 – 7Ty Duong154,000
    38 – 1Weijie Zhang191,000
    42 – 8Youssef Hmama422,000
    41 – 3Zacharie DeSautels247,000
    32 – 4Zachary Verpaalen321,000
    41 – 9Zhi Lin Lin116,000
    42 – 2Zhigang Yang191,000

    Day 2 Chips by Seat

    T-SPlayerChips
    32 – 1Ian Monahoyios260,000
    32 – 2Kyle Chang84,000
    32 – 3Dylan Boyer125,000
    32 – 4Zachary Verpaalen321,000
    32 – 5Marc Lavergne241,000
    32 – 6Chris Wallmuth114,000
    32 – 7Joel Kogan97,000
    32 – 8Garrett Gilmuray212,000
    32 – 9Jui Hsu661,000
    33 – 1Jodie Dunfield221,000
    33 – 2Chad Winnick37,000
    33 – 3Jerry Li630,000
    33 – 4Mel Podaima139,000
    33 – 5Darnell Simpson67,000
    33 – 6Mathew O’Brien230,000
    33 – 7Garrett Birch203,000
    33 – 8Dave Burnand84,000
    33 – 9Kyle Levicki168,000
    34 – 1Behnam Esfahanizadeh59,000
    34 – 2Shannon Lazorko119,000
    34 – 3Jae Whan Lee216,000
    34 – 4Faisal Al Qutab38,000
    34 – 5Marc-Andre Yelle219,000
    34 – 6Thomas Taylor213,000
    34 – 8Eun Ji Park53,000
    34 – 9Jay Dragland234,000
    35 – 1Bobby Jones48,000
    35 – 2Jeremy Doll570,000
    35 – 3Colten Yamagishi61,000
    35 – 5Mike Schmidt35,000
    35 – 6Jimmy Lee375,000
    35 – 7Ian Modder125,000
    35 – 8Mehmet Ali Siginc464,000
    35 – 9Deven Lane140,000
    38 – 1Weijie Zhang191,000
    38 – 2Nicholas Lee111,000
    38 – 3Lambden Brett70,000
    38 – 4Haven Taylor75,000
    38 – 5Kelly Becker196,000
    38 – 7Matthew Ouellette161,000
    38 – 8Alex Liu315,000
    38 – 9Malcolm Bolger182,000
    39 – 1Dennis Ashmore170,000
    39 – 2Steve Barber107,000
    39 – 3Michael St. Pierre-Porter251,000
    39 – 4Michael Malm227,000
    39 – 5Dan Bong82,000
    39 – 6Chris Charlton195,000
    39 – 8Pascal Gregoire210,000
    39 – 9Erin Pulchinski109,000
    40 – 1Hassan Issa53,000
    40 – 2Duff Charette249,000
    40 – 3Ronald Berdusoo57,000
    40 – 4Kyle Ho264,000
    40 – 5Taran Parmar545,000
    40 – 7Don Fujita61,000
    40 – 8Devon Morgan449,000
    40 – 9Mario Di Narelo137,000
    41 – 1Shawn Sperber349,000
    41 – 3Zacharie DeSautels247,000
    41 – 4Steven Wiens271,000
    41 – 5Pavlo Vertiiko762,000
    41 – 6Serge Noel346,000
    41 – 7Ty Duong154,000
    41 – 9Zhi Lin Lin116,000
    42 – 2Zhigang Yang191,000
    42 – 3Morgan McLellan327,000
    42 – 4Sunny Lubana124,000
    42 – 5Stephen Dauphinais159,000
    42 – 7Allan Alejandro204,000
    42 – 8Youssef Hmama422,000
    42 – 9Jeremy Roberts59,000
    Event 8
    WSOPC Calgary 2025 Schedule
Event 8
PlacePlayerPrize
1$84,962
2$56,641
3 Jeremy Doll$38,684
4 Garrett Gilmurray$26,970
5 Mehmet Siginc$19,202
6 Joel Kogan$13,968
7 Duff Charette$10,386
8 Michael Schmidt$7,898
9 Jimmy Lee$6,145
10 Devon Morgan$4,895
11 Weijie Zhang$4,895
12 Kyle Levicki$3,994
13 Jui Hsu$3,994
14 Matthew Ouellette$3,340
15 Erin Pulchinski$3,340
16 Jay Dragland$3,340
17 Serge Noel$3,340
18 Kyle Ho$2,865
19 Steven Barber$2,865
20 Donal Fujita$2,865
21 David Burnard$2,865
22 Michael St.Pierre-Porter$2,865
23 Jerry Li$2,865
24 Marco Di Nardo$2,865
25 Kyle Chang$2,865
26 Matthew O’Brien$2,865
27 Steven Wiens$2,522
28 Marc Lavergne$2,522
29 Taran Parmar$2,522
30 Deven Lane$2,522
31 Ian Monahoyios$2,522
32 Morgan Mclellan$2,522
33 Shawn Sperber$2,522
34 Youssef Hmama$2,522
35 Allan Alejandro$2,522
36 Yu(Alex) Liu$2,279
37 Pavlo Vertiiko$2,279
38 Dylan Boyer$2,279
39 Kelly Becker$2,279
40 Shannon Lazorko$2,279
41 Pascal Gregoire$2,279
42 Daniel Bong$2,279
43 Darnell Simpson$2,279
44 Zachary Verpaalen$2,279
45 Malcolm Bolger$2,117
46 Garrett Birch$2,117
47 Zhi Lin$2,117
48 Sunny Labana$2,117
49 Jeremy Roberts$2,117
50 Christopher Charlton$2,117
51 Nichols Lee$2,117
52 Jae Lee$2,117
53 Stephen Dauphanis$2,117
54 Eun Park$2,017
55 Melvin Podaima$2,017
56 Chad Winnick$2,017
57 Zacharie Desautels$2,017
58 Marc-Andre Yelle$2,017
59 Dennis Ashmore$2,017
60 Christian Wallmuth$2,017
61 Ian Modder$2,017
62 Faisel Al Qutub$2,017
63 Behnam Esfahanizeadeh$2,017
64 Ty Duong$2,017
65 Brett Lambden$2,017
66 Colten Yamagishi$2,017
67 Ronald Berdusco$2,017
68 Zhi Yang$2,017
69 Haven Taylor$2,017
70 Jodie Dunfield$2,017
71 Bobby Jones$2,017
72 Hassan Issa$2,017
73 Douglas Berry$2,017

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