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Santiago Plante Leads WSOP Circuit Playground Main Event as Samdish Singh Wins Bounty

14 Nov 2026

Bjorn Lindberg 14 Nov 2026

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Santiago Plante leads the Main Event after Day 1B with 1.125 million chips.
Day 1B saw 368 entries, boosting the total field to 579 and 59 Day 2 qualifiers.
Samdish Singh won the C$600 Progressive Bounty, earning C$18,000.

Santiago Plante has taken the overall chip lead in the C$2,500 WSOP Circuit Playground Main Event after topping Friday's 368-entry Day 1B flight. The Canadian finished with approximately 1.1 million chips, moving ahead of Thursday's leader James Gilbert as the tournament approaches its final starting flight.

November 13 also produced another Canadian ring winner at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec. Samdish Singh claimed the C$600 Progressive Bounty title, collecting C$18,000 in listed prize money after finishing ahead of Jungmin Kim.

With two Main Event flights completed, the field has reached 579 entries, with 59 players advancing to Day 2.

Santiago Plante Takes Main Event Chip Lead

Friday's Day 1B attracted 368 entries, a significant increase over the 211 recorded on Thursday. The flight concluded with 37 players advancing, bringing the combined number of qualifiers to 59.

Plante topped the standings with 1.125.000 million chips, equivalent to 75 big blinds at the recorded finishing level.

Karim-Olivier Kamal followed closely with another stack displayed at 1.080.000 million, representing 72 big blinds. Shaan Siddiqui finished at 1.065.000 million, with 71 big blinds.

Anthony Tulai was the next closest challenger with 971,000, while Paul Nakhle completed the top five on 939,000.

Main Event Day 1B - Top 12 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Chips
1	Santiago Plante	1,125,000
2	Karim-Olivier Kamal	1,080,000
3	Shaan Siddiqui	1,065,000
4	Anthony Tulai	971,000
5	Paul Nakhle	939,000
6	Justin Halioua	838,000
7	Parth Mansukh	800,000
8	Lawrence Leblanc	793,000
9	Carter Swidler	758,000
10	Donald Cowie	705,000
11	Jonathan Bussieres	648,000
12	Philippe Bouchard	604,000

Main Event Reaches 579 Entries

The C$2,500 Main Event carries a C$2.5 million guarantee and has one starting flight remaining.

American James Gilbert led Day 1A with 998,000 chips, ahead of Matthew Wade on 915,000 and Daniel Ghionoiu on 813,000.

Friday's larger field has changed the overall standings, with Plante, Kamal and Siddiqui all moving ahead of Gilbert.

Flight	Date	Entries	Advanced	Chip Leader
Day 1A	Nov. 12	211	22	James Gilbert
Day 1B	Nov. 13	368	37	Santiago Plante
Total		579	59	Santiago Plante

Day 1C takes place on November 14, with the surviving players returning for Day 2 on November 15. The final prize pool remains to be determined.

Samdish Singh Wins C$600 Progressive Bounty

Samdish Singh claimed the ring in Event #14, the C$600 No-Limit Hold'em Progressive Bounty.

Singh finished first for C$18,000 in listed tournament prize money, with runner-up Jungmin Kim receiving the same amount. Johan Levysson took third for C$12,570, followed by Waynegibson Seeley in fourth for C$8,300.

The event generated C$115,700 in regular prize money and a separate C$71,200 bounty allocation. A total of 54 positions were paid.

C$600 Progressive Bounty - Final Results

Place	Player	Listed Prize
1	Samdish Singh	C$18,000
2	Jungmin Kim	C$18,000
3	Johan Levysson	C$12,570
4	Waynegibson Seeley	C$8,300
5	Brent Quick	C$5,923
6	Jonathan Brazeau	C$3,740
7	Zeyang Zhao	C$2,780
8	Philippe Boucher	C$2,120
9	Martin Peltier	C$1,670
10	Anthony Belanger-Nader	C$1,340

The listed payouts exclude individual progressive bounty earnings, which are accounted for separately.

Final Main Event Flight Set for November 14

Saturday brings the last opportunity to qualify through a Main Event starting flight before the tournament moves into Day 2.

The Main Event remains the centrepiece of the November WSOP Circuit Canada festival, which runs through November 17.

Further details about the venue are available in our Playground Poker Club guide, while the Canadian poker tournament calendar covers upcoming live poker events across the country.

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