Prior to the beginning of the World Series of Poker Super Circuit important occasion, Mayukh Chakraborty had a grand whole of two lifetime stay event cashes, for a grand whole of $3,260. After Chakraborty’s victory on this large WSOP Super Circuit occasion, that quantity has grown exponentially.
The Canadian cyber safety skilled outlasted a discipline of two,844 entrants on this $5,000 CAD buy-in event, taking dwelling a first-place prize of $1,080,000 USD. (Note: all additional payouts can be listed in USD except in any other case specified) This important occasion at Playground Poker Club is formally the most important stay poker event in Canadian poker historical past by a number of measures, producing a complete prize pool of $9,150,707.
On his technique to a life-changing victory, Chakraborty outlasted a last desk with a number of standout gamers, together with four-time WSOP bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Chance Kornuth, and England’s Jack Salter.
“Honestly, it feels absolutely surreal,” Chakraborty advised theWSOP’s Jeff Platt following his victory. “This whole week has been… to say that it’s blown expectations way out of the water would be the biggest understatement of my life. I’ve had plenty of very memorable days in my life, and this will be definitely one of them. An incredible journey, an incredible experience, and I just feel very lucky, obviously, for how everything worked out.”
A Massive Week For Canadian Poker
The spectacular turnout to Playground close to Montreal, Quebec, Canada made for a large prize pool, with the highest 428 gamers incomes a share. An impactful shift to the prizes was introduced by organizers on day 3. Originally, a top-heavy payout desk indicated a first-place prize of $2,000,000 CAD, with virtually half of the prize pool allotted to the ultimate desk.
WSOP officers introduced an altered payout schedule, lowering the first-place prize to $1,500,000 CAD and flattening the payouts all the way in which down the road. Despite some small measure of controversy, the overall pleasure surrounding the event because it performed out was palpable. The remaining discipline mixed on day 3 on Sept. 7, and by the shut of motion that day solely 116 gamers remained.
There had been nonetheless three days of poker separating the remaining gamers from the ultimate desk. On day 4, gamers together with Justin Liberto (one hundred and fifteenth – $10,440), Daniel Negreanu (99th – $10,440), Vanessa Kade (94th – $12,600), Rami Hammoud (93rd – $12,600), Pascal LeFrancois (87th – $12,600), Michael Mizrachi (78th – $15,120), Will Givens (thirty third – $36,720), and Fred Normand ($thirty second – $36,720) fell.
On day 5, Rayan Chamas (twentieth – $46,800), Fabian Gumz (18th – $46,800), Nick Palma (sixteenth – $61,457), and WPT champions Jack Hardcastle (twenty third – $46,800) and Paul Klann (thirteenth – $72,000) all busted simply shy of the ultimate desk.
An Historic Final Table
At the ultimate desk of the most important stay event in Canadian historical past, the house nation was nicely represented. There had been six Canadian gamers among the many last 9, together with Chakraborty, who held a slender lead over Kornuth because the pair considerably outpaced the remainder of the sector.
Kornuth stepped into the lead thanks to an enormous pot early on on the last desk. He picked up pocket aces towards Robert Renaud’s pocket kings and held, eliminating Renaud in ninth place ($108,000).
CA $1.5 MILLION up high and THIS is how the day begins. 😳
If the remainder of the stream goes to be like this… be careful.
🇨🇦 Robert Renaud finishes ninth for CA $150,000.
The CA $10M GTD Main Event Final Table is LIVE NOW on the WSOP YouTube channel.@PlaygroundPoker… pic.twitter.com/tNIpTLIMzb
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) September 10, 2026
Chakraborty picked his personal pocket pair of aces shortly thereafter, which beat Deven Lane’s pocket queens to ship him out in eighth place ($144,000). Just after the gamers returned from their first break of the day, Kornuth picked up his second elimination, taking out a short-stacked Parth Mansukh with A♣Ok♥ holding off Q♦J♣. With Mansukh out in seventh place ($216,000), Chakraborty held a big chip lead, Kornuth stood alone in second place, and the remainder of the pack was left chasing them from the shorter stacks.
The Fall Of Kornuth
While the primary three eliminations got here shortly, the tempo slowed considerably because the day went on. More than two-and-a-half hours handed earlier than the following knockout. Chakraborty picked up pocket aces once more, and dispatched Brazilian Felipe Baraky in sixth place ($288,000), regardless of an action-friendly A♥J♦4♥ flop.
Kornuth picked up extra chips of his personal along with his third elimination of the ultimate desk, lowering the sector to 4. But from that time on, issues went sideways for essentially the most achieved participant at this last desk. After dropping some chips, Kornuth limped within the small blind with pocket fives, and Chakraborty made a hefty elevate from the large blind with pocket jacks. Kornuth jammed for 31 massive blinds, and Chakraborty known as.
Kornuth picked up a couple of extra outs to a straight on the flip, however his pair of fives in the end didn’t enhance. He settled for fourth place ($432,000) simply over per week faraway from making simultaneous final-tables in each Venom occasions on-line.
Salter, who began the ultimate desk as one of many shorter stacks, had laddered up properly. At this level although, he was working with simply over 10 massive blinds. He chipped up considerably over an prolonged three-handed session that lasted practically 4 hours in actual time. Salter then discovered an opportunity to double into true rivalry, opening after which calling a three-bet all-in from Chakraborty with pocket tens. Chakraborty was behind with A♣8♥.
Three gamers left within the Main Event. CA $1.5 MILLION up high. And THIS pot is for the chip lead.
🇬🇧 Jack Salter finishes in third place for CA $750,000.
The CA $10M GTD Main Event heads-up match is LIVE NOW on the WSOP YouTube channel.@PlaygroundPoker pic.twitter.com/wOnefrYPZG
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) September 11, 2026
The 5♠4♠3♦ flop gave Chakraborty outs to a wheel, however the Q♠ flip took them away, courtesy of a spade flush draw for Salter. The 2♥ accomplished Charkaborty’s wheel, and Salter was out in third place ($540,000). Salter, who has had a number of shut requires WSOP bracelets and European Poker Tour titles, secured the third-largest stay event results of his profession.
Chakraborty Closes It Out
Heads-up play pitted Chakraborty towards fellow Canadian Benjamin Veenstra, which meant the title was assured to stay on dwelling soil. Veenstra had ten occasions the stay event earnings of Chakraborty heading into their match, however $32,262 in comparison with the nicely over $1 million that was on the road nonetheless paled by comparability.
Chakraborty’s lead was practically 4:1 in the beginning of heads-up play. Veenstra closed the hole to lower than 2:1, however then Chakraborty pulled away for good. On the ultimate hand, Veenstra, who had simply over 10 massive blinds remaining in his stack, shoved with Ok♠8♦. Chakraborty thought over his choice, and finally known as with J♥10♦.
Veenstra is in danger and solely a slight favourite to outlive this high-card flip.
🇨🇦 Benjamin Veenstra finishes runner-up within the Main Event for CA $1,000,000.@PlaygroundPoker pic.twitter.com/Ld0Igze4Yv
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) September 11, 2026
The Q♠7♦3♠ flop was clear for Veenstra, however the J♣ flip modified every thing. The river was the 7♠, and Chakraborty secured the victory. Veenstra additionally earned a career-best end result by a terrific margin, locking up $720,000 because the second-place finisher.
For his win, Chakraborty earned 2,400 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This end result alone was sufficient to raise him to 129th place within the yearlong POY race offered by CoinPoker.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Mayukh Chakraborty | $1,080,000 | 2,400 |
| 2 | Benjamin Veenstra | $720,000 | 2,000 |
| 3 | Jack Salter | $540,000 | 1,600 |
| 4 | Chance Kornuth | $432,000 | 1,200 |
| 6 | Felipe Baraky | $288,000 | 800 |
| 7 | Parth Mansukh | $216,000 | 600 |
| 8 | Deven Lane | $144,000 | 400 |
| 9 | Robert Renaud | $108,000 | 200 |
Photo Credit: Playground Casino
