WSOP Circuit Playground Colossus Reaches 883 Entries as Samuel Chartier Leads Day 2

The C$1,000 Colossus at WSOP Circuit Playground has completed its three starting flights with 883 entries and a C$790,285 prize pool, exceeding its C$600,000 guarantee by C$190,285. Canadian Samuel Chartier will lead the 88 qualifiers into Day 2 after finishing Tuesday's flight with approximately 1.5 million chips.

Wednesday's final flight attracted 523 entries at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, making Day 1C the largest of the tournament's three starting sessions. David Quang topped the final flight with approximately 1.1 million chips, while another 51 players joined him in advancing.

The Colossus now moves into its concluding stage on November 12, the same day that the festival's C$2,500 Main Event gets underway.

The final Colossus starting flight drew more entries than the first two combined, with 523 registrations recorded on Wednesday.

David Quang finished at the top of the standings with approximately 1.1 million chips, equivalent to 88 big blinds at the recorded finishing level.

Leonardo Aiello followed with 975,000, narrowly ahead of Ali Razzaq on 971,000 and Daniel Deluca on 970,000. Just 18,000 chips separated those three players.

Anas Slaoui, who won the C$400 Mega Stack Turbo for C$29,895 on November 9, continued his strong festival by bagging 957,000 in fifth place.

Daniel Ferguson finished with 807,000, while Nabil Ben-Naoum accumulated 704,000. Kalyan Cheekuri, winner of the WSOP Circuit Calgary Main Event earlier this autumn, advanced with 700,000.

The flight paid 79 places, with 52 players advancing. The minimum listed payout for players eliminated in the money was C$2,100.

Despite Quang's strong finish, Chartier remains the overall leader entering Day 2.

His approximately 1.5 million chips from Day 1B put him ahead of Quang and Day 1A leader Thomas Yarbrough, who qualified with 912,000.

The three starting flights produced 883 entries, with 88 players advancing to the final day.

The final C$790,285 prize pool represents a substantial increase over the advertised guarantee. Chartier enters the next stage in the strongest position, but several sizeable stacks remain in contention, including Per Hindrikes with 804,000 and Quang's approximately 1.1 million.

The focus at Playground now shifts to two major tournaments on Thursday.

The Colossus returns for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m., while the C$2,500 Main Event begins with Day 1A at the same time. The Main Event carries a C$2.5 million guarantee and features three starting flights from November 12 through November 14.

The November 12 programme also includes the C$600 Pot-Limit Omaha ring event at 4:00 p.m., with C$100,000 guaranteed, followed by the C$400 Ladies Event at 6:00 p.m.

Players preparing for the four-card tournament can review our Pot-Limit Omaha rules, while the full remaining festival programme is covered in our WSOP Circuit Canada guide.

The November series continues through November 17, with further results and upcoming live events listed in the Canadian poker tournament calendar.