Quang Finishes as Day 1b Chip Leader
Day 1b of the World Series of Poker Circuit Playground has reached its conclusion after close to 15 hours of play in a busy Friday in Quebec. Some 518 entries was whittled down to 52 who put their chips in a bag at the end of the night.
David Quang finished as one of the chip leaders with 1,105,000. The Guleph, ON native was the beneficiary of a huge hand on the bubble when he flopped a set against two pair of Trevor Argue who had been a chip leader for much of the early part of the day. The two big stacks clashing created a pot of over a million which launched Quang into the lead.
Following Quang closely to end the night was Tommy Nguyen who edged over a million in the final level to end with 1,029,000. George Caragiorgas finished with 884,000 while Lily Kornik and Wayne Obrien closed out the top five counts with 842,000 and 833,000 respectively.
Top 10 Day 1b Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Quang | Guelph, ON | 1,105,000 |
| 2 | Tommy Nguyen | Mississauga, ON | 1,029,000 |
| 3 | George Caragiorgas | Laval, QC | 884,000 |
| 4 | Lily Kornik | Montreal, QC | 842,000 |
| 5 | Wayne Obrein | Lively, ON | 833,000 |
| 6 | Ian Monahoyios | Rosemere, QC | 799,000 |
| 7 | Srinivas Gottiparthi | Mississauga, ON | 762,000 |
| 8 | Victor Bovet | Montreal, QC | 678,000 |
| 9 | Jonathan Marrie | Conception Bay South, NL | 590,000 |
| 10 | Qiwen Chen | Aurora, ON | 589,000 |
The defending champion of this event from April also made his way to Day 2. Dustin Melanson bagged up a nice stack of 477,000 which was good for the 18th biggest stack of the 52 counts. He got a nice boon to his stack near the bubble when his pocket kings held up against nine-seven suited.
The 52 players will move on to Day 2 which is Sunday at 11 a.m. They will join the 21 from Day 1a and those who survive Day 1c on Saturday.
PokerNews will pick up coverage of Day 1c on Saturday at 11 a.m.