Rookie of the game Manish “Bubs” Rahl made a great start to his poker career, winning his first WSOPC ring after beating Angelo Jopek for the WSOPC Calgary Main Event title worth $321,624. His first live cash was in 2020; the rest of his results came in 2024.
Manish also said during the heads-up play that he recently started to take the game seriously, and he managed to quadruple his lifetime earnings ($80,000) by winning this event. His previous best cash was $44,470 from the C$3,300 No Limit Hold’em—High Roller WSOPC event in Montreal, where he came third. Angelo Jopek came second and won $208,416.
WSOPC Calgary Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manish “Bubs” Ralh |  Canada | $312,624 |
| 2 | Angelo Jopek | Canada | $208,416 |
| 3 | Ashkan Razavi | Canada | $147,340 |
| 4 | Pascal Gregoire | Canada | $105,691 |
| 5 | Scott Johnson | Canada | $76,945 |
| 6 | Gregory Taylor | Canada | $56,864 |
| 7 | Rus King | Canada | $42,669 |
| 8 | Robin Bergren | Canada | $32,516 |
| 9 | Nikhil Madadi | Canada | $25,172 |
| 10 | Won(Michael) Lim | Canada | $19,800 |
The Final Table
Entering the final table of the WSOPC Calgary Main Event, we had 10 players remaining who were ready to battle it out for the lion’s share of the $2,077,065 prize pool with $312,624 on top for the champion.
Michael Lim was the first to face elimination and finished in tenth place for $19,800.
The next one on the exit line was Nikhil Madadi, who shoved K♦Q♦ and got called by Rus King, who had pocket queens. The board paired jacks, but there was no king or diamonds for Madadi, and he was eliminated in ninth place for $25,172.
Robin Bergren went all-in with ace-eight for the remaining five big blinds and was called by queen-nine. Bergren was ahead until nine hit the river, sending him home in eighth place for $32,516.
Angelo Jopek opened from SB, and Rus King shoved king-seven from the BB and got snap-called by Jopek holding ace-king. The board ran 2♥5♥5♠10♠A♣, and no sevens were on sight for King, who was eliminated in seventh place for $42,669.
Greg Taylor was all-in from UTG holding king-queen, and he got called by Ashkan Razavi, who was holding ace-jack and sitting in BB. The board ran dry, and Razavi scored elimination and a payjump with ace high. Taylor was eliminated in sixth place for $56,864.
Scott Johnson was eliminated in fifth place for $105,691.
Angelo Jopek was on the hot run and was lining up victims. Jopek eliminated Pascal Gregorie by cracking his pocket kings with ten-nine flopping trips. Gregorie was eliminated in fourth place for $76,945.
Ashkan Razavi was fourth in this event in Aug 2024 and just went one better today with 3rd place. After the big stack, Angelo Jopek folded the button, Mansih Ralh raised from SB, got shoved by Razavi in BB, and called with pocket tens vs. pocket nines.
Razavi was dominated, and the tens held for Ralh, sending Razavi to the rail in third place with $147,340 won.
The Heads-Up
Coming into the heads-up battle, Angelo Jopek had the chip lead, but Manish Ralh had chips to battle it out.
Angelo Jopek was on the run of his life for most of the final table, but when he got heads up against Manish “Bubs” Ralh, it all came crashing down for him. Ralh dominated the heads-up portion, taking most of the pots and building a big lead by dinner. Jopek found some life and clawed some chips back on a hand with significant flop action.
The pot was more than 10 million by the end of the flop action, with paired nines and a three on the board. Jopek had been winning pots all day with a nine in his hand, prompting the 4-bet/call action on the flop. It slowed down to checking on the turn, and Jopek fired 3.2 million on the river when it ran out ten-four, forcing a fold from Ralh.
That was about all he could get, though, as Ralh’s relentless aggression and apparently going card dead kept Jopek on his heels. It ended on a hand when Ralh raised it to 1.25 million and then snap-called when Jopek shoved. Ralh was miles in front chip-wise and also with the hand as Jopek was left looking for a king with king-seven against pocket jacks. No help came on the flop, and Jopek had to settle for second, though it’s worth noting that the players evened the prizes a bit between them.
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