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WSOP Circuit Playground Mini Main Reaches 1,949 Entries as Tae Cha Leads Final Flight

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Mini Main Event at Playground Poker Club reached 1,949 entries and C$672,405 prize pool.
Felix-Antoin Leclerc leads into Day 2 with 1.1 million chips.
Saturday's final flight saw the largest turnout with 768 entries.

The C$400 Mini Main Event at WSOP Circuit Playground has closed its starting-flight stage with 1,949 entries and a C$672,405 prize pool, comfortably exceeding its C$500,000 guarantee. Saturday's final flight drew 768 entries, the largest of the six, with Tae Cha leading 77 players through to Day 2.

It was another packed day at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake on November 7. Alongside the Mini Main, Event #6 continued with the second starting flight of its C$400 Mystery Bounty, where Anas Slaoui finished on top.

With the Mini Main field now complete, 197 players have qualified for Sunday's Day 2. Felix-Antoin Leclerc, who accumulated approximately 1.1 million chips on Friday, retains the overall lead.

Tae Cha Tops 768-Entry Mini Main Day 1F

The Mini Main's final starting flight produced almost twice as many entries as Friday's Day 1E, which had previously been the largest with 409.

Tae Cha finished Saturday with 756,000 chips, narrowly ahead of Carter Young, who bagged 712,000. Daniel Deluca secured third with 671,000, just 1,000 chips ahead of Joel Kogan.

The top five was completed by Konstantinos Methenitis, listed with 648,000, while Gabriel Desrochers-Tasse followed with 624,000.

Mini Main Day 1F, Top 10 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Chips
1	Tae Cha	756,000
2	Carter Young	712,000
3	Daniel Deluca	671,000
4	Joel Kogan	670,000
5	Konstantinos Methenitis	648,000
6	Gabriel Desrochers-Tasse	624,000
7	Ralph Villeneuve	596,000
8	Christopher Glover	574,000
9	Michael Khan	548,000
10	Pengxiang Ruan	545,000

The flight paid 116 places, with 77 players surviving to Day 2. The minimum payout shown for eliminated players finishing in the money was C$800.

Among those advancing were Franco Tucci with 413,000, Shailesh Patel with 115,000 and Kevin Hedderson, who secured the final qualifying position with 36,000.

Mini Main Prize Pool Climbs to C$672,405

Across six starting flights, the Mini Main accumulated 1,949 entries, generating C$672,405 in prize money.

The tournament exceeded its advertised guarantee by C$172,405, with Saturday's 768 entries accounting for the largest share of the field.

Flight	Entries	Advanced	Chip Leader
Day 1A	171	18	Keng Ho
Day 1B	165	17	Bernardo Dal Pozzo
Day 1C	191	20	Saadeddine Nahlous
Day 1D	245	24	Marc-Andre Yelle
Day 1E	409	41	Felix-Antoin Leclerc
Day 1F	768	77	Tae Cha
Total	1,949	197	Felix-Antoin Leclerc overall

Leclerc's 1.1 million chips remain the largest recorded stack entering Day 2, followed by Bernardo Dal Pozzo's 962,000.

The tournament display lists C$46,231 for first place in the Day 1F payout information. The complete final-event payout structure will be determined by the official tournament results.

Anas Slaoui Leads Mystery Bounty Day 1B

The C$400 Mystery Bounty continued with another 200 entries on Saturday, bringing its combined attendance to 408 across the first two flights.

Anas Slaoui finished Day 1B with 552,000 chips, leading 30 players through to the next stage. Tomas Larivee-Magni followed with 433,000, while Maksim Nazheyeu finished third with 426,000.

Joseph Macinnis bagged 348,000, with Daniel Ferguson completing the top five on 332,000.

Mystery Bounty Day 1B, Top 10

Position	Player	Chips
1	Anas Slaoui	552,000
2	Tomas Larivee-Magni	433,000
3	Maksim Nazheyeu	426,000
4	Joseph Macinnis	348,000
5	Daniel Ferguson	332,000
6	Emilien Boisgontier	290,000
7	Anthony Casten	268,000
8	Yanda Li	264,000
9	Ran Yi	250,000
10	Simon Delarosbil	212,000

After two flights, 62 players have advanced. Friday's leader Mihail Cojocaru remains ahead overall with 590,000 chips.

Mini Main Day 2 Begins November 8

Sunday marks the return of the Mini Main qualifiers, with Day 2 scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m.

The programme also includes Event #7, a C$1,000 Progressive Bounty with C$160,000 guaranteed, and Mystery Bounty Day 1C at 4:00 p.m.

The November festival continues through November 17, with the C$2,500 Main Event beginning on November 12. Further details are available in our WSOP Circuit Canada guide and Canadian poker tournament calendar.

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