Three Canadian Ring Winners at WSOP Circuit Playground as Slaoui Claims C$29,895

Three Canadian players collected WSOP Circuit rings at Playground on November 9, with Anas Slaoui delivering the day's biggest victory in the C$400 Mega Stack Turbo for C$29,895. Giuseppe Galluzzo won the C$400 Seniors Event for C$20,900, while David Beer took down the C$400 Mystery Bounty for a listed C$18,000 payout.

The three titles came during another busy day at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec. The C$1,000 Colossus also got underway, with American Thomas Yarbrough narrowly edging Canada's Timothy Ulmer for the opening-flight chip lead.

Slaoui emerged victorious in Event #10, the C$400 No-Limit Hold'em Mega Stack Turbo, which generated C$147,315 in prize money.

The tournament surpassed its C$100,000 guarantee, with 65 players collecting payouts. Slaoui secured the C$29,895 first prize, while James Jackson finished runner-up for C$19,560.

Anthony Belanger-Nader took third for C$13,260, followed by Rahul Sharma in fourth for C$9,190. Alexander Bitsakis rounded out the top five with C$6,510.

Slaoui had already featured prominently during the festival, leading the second starting flight of the C$400 Mystery Bounty with 552,000 chips on November 7. Two days later, he had a Circuit ring and the largest payout awarded on Monday.

Galluzzo claimed the C$400 No-Limit Hold'em Seniors title, topping a tournament that generated C$97,980 in prize money.

George Caragiorgas finished runner-up for C$13,750, while Geoffrey Wells collected C$9,480 for third. Ronald Bossence finished fourth for C$6,680 and Sai Lee took fifth for C$4,810.

The event paid 43 places, with a minimum payout of C$790. All nine players at the final table were listed with Canadian flags.

The C$400 Mystery Bounty concluded after 656 entries across three starting flights.

David Beer finished first for C$18,000 in listed tournament prize money, defeating Edward Bell, who collected C$13,000. Jun Wang took third for C$8,830, followed by Hubert Morissette with C$6,000.

The C$1,000 Colossus began with 105 entries, sending ten players through to Day 2.

Thomas Yarbrough finished with 912,000 chips, just ahead of Timothy Ulmer on 910,000. Edward Parkinson followed with 549,000, while Daniel Watton advanced with 385,000.

The C$600,000 guaranteed Colossus continues with Day 1B on November 10 and Day 1C on November 11, ahead of Day 2 on November 12.

That same day also marks the beginning of the C$2,500 Main Event, carrying a C$2.5 million guarantee. Further information is available in our WSOP Circuit Canada guide and Canadian poker tournament calendar.