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Bernardo Dal Pozzo Leads Mini Main as Michel Guerin Wins WSOP Circuit Mystery Bounty

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Bjorn Lindberg 27 minutes ago

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Bernardo Dal Pozzo leads the Mini Main Event with 962,000 chips after Day 1B.
Michel Guerin won the C$400 Mystery Bounty, earning C$13,200.
The Mini Main has 336 entries and 35 players advancing to Day 2.

Bernardo Dal Pozzo has taken the overall chip lead in the C$400 Mini Main Event at WSOP Circuit Playground after bagging 962,000 chips on November 3. Meanwhile, Michel Guerin captured the festival's second ring event, winning the C$400 Mystery Bounty for a listed payout of C$13,200.

It was another busy day at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec, where the November WSOP Circuit festival is now two days into its 18-event schedule.

The Mini Main attracted another 165 entries, bringing the combined field from the first two starting flights to 336. Seventeen players survived Day 1B, joining the 18 who advanced from Monday's opening flight.

Bernardo Dal Pozzo Sets the Pace in Mini Main Day 1B

Dal Pozzo dominated the chip counts at the conclusion of Day 1B, finishing with 962,000 chips, equivalent to 96 big blinds at the final recorded level.

His nearest challenger was Babak Forozandeh, who accumulated 653,000 chips. Lenny Dupre finished third with 399,000, followed closely by Annemarie Angelil on 389,000.

Gerald Om completed the top five with 306,000, while Rodney Ramalho, Jose Romero and Maxime Marcouiller also secured places among the leading stacks.

The flight began at 11:00 a.m. with a C$400 buy-in and 30,000 starting chips. Twenty-five players reached the money, and 17 remained when play concluded.

Mini Main Day 1B, Final Chip Counts

Position	Player	Chips
1	Bernardo Dal Pozzo	962,000
2	Babak Forozandeh	653,000
3	Lenny Dupre	399,000
4	Annemarie Angelil	389,000
5	Gerald Om	306,000
6	Rodney Ramalho	296,000
7	Jose Romero	279,000
8	Maxime Marcouiller	260,000
9	Jonathan Melancon	254,000
10	Mickael Thomas	235,000
11	Austin Laprade	174,000
12	Sebastien Proulx	169,000
13	Evan Bilow	163,000
14	Thomas D'astous-Morin	117,000
15	Jean Lauzon	105,000
16	Dan Perez	103,000
17	Pascal Laurent	85,000

All 17 advancing players were listed with Canadian flags in the tournament results.

Dal Pozzo Overtakes Keng Ho in Overall Chip Counts

Dal Pozzo's 962,000 chips put him comfortably ahead of Keng Ho, who led Day 1A with 678,000.

Forozandeh also moved ahead of several leading stacks from the opening flight, although Ho remains second overall after two starting days.

The Mini Main has now registered 336 entries, with 35 players qualified for Day 2 on November 8.

Flight	Entries	Players Advanced	Chip Leader	Chips
Day 1A, Nov. 2	171	18	Keng Ho	678
Day 1B, Nov. 3	165	17	Bernardo Dal Pozzo	962

Four starting flights remain before the surviving players return to compete for the Mini Main title and its share of the C$500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Michel Guerin Wins C$400 Mystery Bounty

While the Mini Main field was building, Michel Guerin secured the second WSOP Circuit ring of the November festival.

Guerin finished first in Event #3, the C$400 Mystery Bounty, collecting a listed tournament payout of C$13,200.

Rong Xu finished runner-up for C$8,600, followed by Franco Tucci in third for C$5,830. Kevin Klun took fourth for C$4,060, while Daniel Bitton rounded out the top five with C$2,910.

Mystery Bounty, Top 10 Results

Position	Player	Listed Payout
1	Michel Guerin	C$13,200
2	Rong Xu	C$8,600
3	Franco Tucci	C$5,830
4	Kevin Klun	C$4,060
5	Daniel Bitton	C$2,910
6	Michael Kwag	C$2,140
7	Owen Mathison	C$1,610
8	Simon Tremblay	C$1,260
9	Grigore Miron Banea	C$1,018
10	Daniel Deluca	C$830

All payouts are listed with bounties excluded

The tournament carried a C$50,000 guarantee. The published results show finishing-place payouts, but do not establish each player's complete mystery bounty winnings.

Guerin joins Gilbert Charles, winner of Monday's Progressive Bounty, on the festival's early champions list.

Mini Main Day 1C and C$400 Bounty Next

The WSOP Circuit Canada schedule continues on November 4 with Mini Main Day 1C beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Event #4, a C$400 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty tournament carrying a C$50,000 guarantee, follows at 5:00 p.m.

The Mini Main continues through November 8, while the festival's C$2,500 Main Event, featuring a C$2.5 million guarantee, begins on November 12.

The remaining events are listed in our Canadian poker tournament calendar, covering the major live poker festivals scheduled across Canada.

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