Sandy Lam Leads Stacked Day 2 of Event #8: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Another WSOPC ring winner will be crowned today at the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Playground. Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em attracted a field of 261 entrants to generate a prize pool of $243,680, more than double the $100,000 guarantee. That field was whittled down to just 40 players by the end of Day 1. Those 40 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $1,500 but will have their eyes set on the top prize of $50,000.
Sandy Lam bagged the overall chip lead going into Day 2, entering with 420,000, a stack worth 84 big blinds to start the day. Lam is most closely followed by Gaetano Di Maria (413,000) and William Pettersen (397,000).
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | City | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Lam | Toronto | 420,000 | 84 |
| 2 | Gaetano Di Maria | London | 413,000 | 83 |
| 3 | William Pettersen | Burlington | 397,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Fan Jia | Richmond Hill | 373,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Pierre-Paul Paulin | Saint-Simon | 356,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Hayden Toole | Hamilton | 323,000 | 65 |
| 7 | Manish Ralh | Milton | 315,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Anthony Bakri | Laval | 288,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Zheng-Yi Xie | Montreal | 271,000 | 54 |
| 10 | David Quang | Guelph | 246,000 | 49 |
Anthony Comand also managed to bag a stack of 104,000 and hopes to add to the success he's found in these series. Comand had a final table finish in this series Event #2: Monster Stack. He also managed to win that same event the last series that took place here for his first WSOPC Ring. WPT Winner Federic Normand also remains in contention, albeit with the shortest stack in the room at 53,000.
The final day will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time with blinds at 3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 40 minutes long and there will be a 15-minute break after every three levels. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.