Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Event #2: $400 Monster Stack
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 WSOP-C Playground
Buy-in
400 CAD
Prize Pool
233,310 CAD
Entries
707
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
107
Players Left
1
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
An all in and call occurred between Marc Lavergne and Weldon Ward in the blinds. Both players revealed their holdings.
Marc Lavergne: 10?10? 
Weldon Ward: A?Q?
The board ran out 4?8?6?Q?7? for Ward to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
535,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Dylan Baliesh raised to 25,000 from late position and the big blind defended.
The flop came 7?7?K? and both players checked.
While the turn peeled the 5? the big blind checked. Baliesh fired for 30,000 and received a call from his opponent.
The river was the A? and both players checked. Baliesh revealed Q?Q? to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Etienne Leduc raised to 26,000 from under the gun and Nathalie Gerlewych called to be all in for 3,000. Anderson Frank-Graham raised to 77,000 from the button and Leduc made the call.
The flop came 7?5?2? and Leduc led out for 100,000. Frank-Graham made the fold and both remaining players revealed their hands. "Queens are good," Frank-Graham chimed in before the hands were tabled.
Nathalie Gerlewych: A?5?
Etienne Leduc: Q?Q?
The board ran out 5?3? for Gerlewych to take the main spot and stay alive within the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
|
180,000
-168,000
|
-168,000 |
|
|
29,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Maurice Cyr raised to 17,000 from middle position and the big blind defended.
The flop came 6?Q?Q? and both players were quick to check.
While the turn peeled the 2?, the big blind checked to Cyr. He fired for 25,000 and was rewarded with the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Cards are in the are as Day 2 gets underway.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Montreal continues here at Playground with the final day of the $400 Monster Stack. The second of 15 WSOP-C ring events attracted a field of 1,194 entrants to generate a prize pool of $233,310, to surpass the $200,000 guarantee. Only 107 hopefuls remain with their eyes set on the top prize of $40,000, and an elusive WSOPC circuit ring.
Micheal Hales comes into Day 2 with the overall chip lead, entering the day with 969,000 chips. Hales is most closely followed by Christian Benoit (866,000), and Jason Machado (794,000).
Monster Stack Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micheal Hales | Toronto | 969,000 |
| 2 | Christian Benoit | Montreal | 866,000 |
| 3 | Jason Machado | Blainville | 794,000 |
| 4 | Rohit Kaul | Varennes | 788,000 |
| 5 | Ali Hussain | Quebec | 666,000 |
| 6 | Vasilios Gerontakos | Ottawa | 613,000 |
| 7 | Yaniv Soussan | Lasalle | 564,000 |
| 8 | Jennifer Frankenstein | Montreal-Nord | 547,000 |
| 9 | Andre Shuchman | Disraeli | 517,000 |
| 10 | Laetitia Jeancolas | Basking Ridge | 509,000 |
The last time this event was held was in April 2024, Anthony Comand overcame a field of 1,174 entrants to take home $49,735 CAD and a WSOP circuit ring.
The action begins at 6:00 p.m. local time and will play down to a winner. Stay tuned as the PokerNews team brings you all the action from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.
| Table | Seat | Player | City | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Andre Shuchman | Richmond | 517,000 |
| 1 | 2 | John Whitley | Burlington | 175,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Philippe Vadeboncoeur | Laval | 203,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Kyle Yang | Markham | 410,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Carla Sabini | Pointe-Claire | 448,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Alexandre Claude | Montreal | 95,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Daniel Linh Nang Le | Montreal | 204,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Georges Martinez | Chateauguay | 279,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Anthony Comand | Laval | 77,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Alain Kalache | Montreal | 80,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Yancy Ferris Matteau | Au Sable Forks | 51,641 |
| 2 | 3 | Gary Lee Schoenfeldt | Plaisance | 332,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Christian Benoit | Laval | 866,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Michael Malouin | Montreal | 278,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Simon Lefebvre | Brossard | 199,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Johan Levysssohn | Riverview | 185,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Kyle Huckers | Windsor | 239,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Yaniv Soussan | Montreal | 564,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Jean-Francois Gamache | Montreal | 65,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Steeve Brown | Rimouski | 304,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel Golea | Granby | 476,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Rohit Kaul | Burlington | 788,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Stuart Taylor | Cote Saint-Luc | 350,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Adam Hussen | Montreal | 166,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Jean-Francois Stoycheff | Cote St Luc | 109,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Gabriel Croteau | Sherbrooke | 174,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Anthony Alexander Borysek | Canmore | 203,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Etienne Leduc | Sainte-Anne de la Perade | 167,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Maurice Cyr | Gatineau | 260,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Martin Messier | Boucherville | 2,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Nathalie Gerlewych | Milton | 49,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Ali Keshavarz | Thornville | 192,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Di Zhang | North York | 115,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Anderson Frank-Graham | Lasalle | 348,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Gary J Biggar | Cambridge | 233,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Christian Rho | Valleyfield | 423,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Adam Kharman | Green Acre | 158,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Allister Ford Nicholson | St Stephen | 164,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Yvan Gravel | Cornwall | 353,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Kami Chisholm | Toronto | 332,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Bernard Fortier | Greely | 226,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Francois Barrette | Montreal | 20,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Aaron Roy Parsons | Bay Roberts | 54,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Micheal Hales | Highgate | 969,000 |
| 6 | 1 | David Edgett | Charlottetown | 120,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Marc Jacques William Lavergne | Orleans | 219,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Weldon Ward | Beaver Dam | 341,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Malcolm Prentice | Oakville | 236,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Jason Machado | Georgetown | 794,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Yiquan Zhong | Kitchener | 128,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Paul Richardson | Belleville | 109,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Charanjeev Malhotra | Pointe-Claire | 268,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Tarik Mazari | Gloucester | 420,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Nicholas Yim | Toronto | 424,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Riad Bendali | Anjou | 109,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Jennifer Frankenstein | Longwood | 547,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Rayan Chetoui | Longueuil | 134,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Salim Bouchali | Montreal | 113,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Maxim Kogay | Toronto | 308,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Dustin Donald Melanson | Toronto | 274,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Chalom Suissa | Cote Saint-Luc | 195,000 |
| 7 | 9 | Christopher James Lewis | Penetanguishene | 169,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Edouard Dupuis | Drummondville | 368,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Mohamed Mehdi Kechiche | Montreal | 192,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Viktor Ari Jonsson | St. John's | 445,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Ofer Cohen | Montreal | 365,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Ryan Leeming | Simcoe | 472,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Larry Farr | Barrie | 210,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Konstantin Shukhman | Toronto | 116,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Benoit Perras | Chambord | 103,000 |
| 8 | 9 | Heath McAllister | Swanton | 146,000 |
| 9 | 1 | Robert Morrison | Kentville | 48,000 |
| 9 | 2 | Ilyes Khanchouch | Montreal | 87,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Sivaanajan Sivakumar | Montreal | 236,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Laetitia Jeancolas | Montreal | 509,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Austin Lamanna | Toronto | 127,000 |
| 9 | 6 | Oroson Ernest Howard | Pickering | 421,000 |
| 9 | 7 | David Converse | Winnipeg | 397,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Craig Wilson | Ottawa | 239,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Jean Christophe Derrien | Cagnes-sur-Mer | 186,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Dylan Baliesh | Dollard-des-Ormeaux | 208,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Frederick Lessard | Saint-Eustache | 34,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Stephen E. Smith | Laval | 247,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Sergio De Dominicis | Montreal | 107,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Vasilios Gerontakos | Ottawa | 613,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Richard Huang | Toronto | 302,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Zachary Martin | Barrie | 230,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Mina Gerges | St Hubert | 101,000 |
| 12 | 9 | Bianca Perron | Saint-Romuald | 175,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Chun Kit Kwan | North York | 116,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Alexandre Charlebois | Valleyfield | 339,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Rodney Ramalho | Montreal | 190,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Chris Jennings | Innisfil | 68,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Fares Ben Hadj Hassine | Saint Lambert | 436,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Paul Duval | Bath | 210,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Karim Lahlou | Brossard | 133,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Kevin Lussier | Acton Vale | 362,000 |
| 13 | 9 | Dylan Kalisky | Thornhill | 506,000 |
| 14 | 1 | Christine Do | Brampton | 209,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Richard Bradbury | Coleys Point | 284,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Jay Doerr | London | 138,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Sylviane Michee-Blanc | Montreal | 415,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Claude Elharrar | Cote-Saint-Luc | 342,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Daniel Sauve | Chateauguay | 270,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Cory Justin Hauser | Sexsmith | 140,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Paul Nakhle | Laval | 54,000 |
| 14 | 9 | Ali Hussain | Lasalle | 666,000 |