Earlier this week, Canadian Anas Slaoui won Event #10—the $400 Mega Stack Turbo—at the WSOP Circuit Canada at the Playground Poker Club, taking home $29,895 in prize money. Now, the poker pro from Quebec has followed that up by also securing victory in Event #9, the $1,000 The Colossus. In addition, the $2,500 Main Event has kicked off with Day 1A.
Event #9, the $1,000 The Colossus, was played over three starting days. On Day 1A, there were 105 entries and 10 survivors. On Day 1B, 255 entries were added, of which 26 advanced to the next day. Day 1C then attracted a whopping 523 entries. Of those, 52 were able to pack up their stacks for the second day. This brought the total prize pool to $790,285. There were 88 paid places, with the minimum cash prize set at $2,500.
The tournament was completely dominated by local players. The top 24 spots all went to Canada. In the end, Anas Slaoui prevailed in the heads-up match against Daniel Ferguson. Anas Slaoui’s second victory was rewarded with $115,000.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | Anas Slaoui | Canada | CA$115,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Ferguson | Canada | CA$72,000 |
| 3 | Nabil Ben-Naoum | Canada | CA$50,976 |
| 4 | David Quang | Canada | CA$36,000 |
| 5 | Benjamin Tabuns | Canada | CA$27,000 |
| 6 | Louis-Philippe Roy | Canada | CA$21,000 |
| 7 | Alexander Puchalski | Canada | CA$17,000 |
| 8 | Daniel Watton | Canada | CA$14,000 |
| 9 | Adil Morkos | Canada | CA$11,500 |
| 10 | Jingzhe Cheng | Canada | CA$10,000 |
| 11 | Joel Kogan | Canada | CA$10,000 |
In addition, the $2,500 Main Event kicked off yesterday with Day 1A at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake. There were 211 entries in the first flight, 22 of whom qualified for Day 2. American James Gilbert currently leads the field with 998k chips.
The top 10 chip counts from Day 1A are as follows:
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | BB |
| 1 | James Gilbert | USA | 998,000 | 66 |
| 2 | Matthew Wade | Canada | 915,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Daniel Ghionoiu | Canada | 813,000 | 54 |
| 4 | Gurtej Toor | Canada | 772,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Timothy Baiden | Canada | 646,000 | 43 |
| 6 | James Harnden | Canada | 611,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Jean Charron | Canada | 595,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Illankumaran Kan… | Canada | 594,000 | 39 |
| 9 | Dave Fay Grenier | Canada | 563,000 | 37 |
| 10 | Augustin Bud | Canada | 558,000 | 37 |
For more information on the World Series of Poker Circuit at Playground, visit the WSOP website.