Another massive Canadian edition of the WSOP Circuit is in the books, and with it, another CAD $300,000+ Main Event first prize was awarded.
Travis MacMillan of Halifax, Nova Scotia, topped the 910-entry field at Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary, Alberta, to claim CAD $312,965 and his first WSOP Circuit ring.
The win nearly doubled MacMillan’s career earnings of almost CAD $335,000, according to the Hendon Mob, and more than tripled his previous career-best score of CAD $100,860 from a WPT500 victory at Playground exactly one year ago.
MacMillan entered the ten-handed final table on Day 3 of the tournament in the middle of the pack, starting the day with 34 big blinds. He would ultimately defeat the start-of-day chip leader Victor Li heads-up for the title after just under eight hours of play. Li took home CAD $208,615 for his efforts.
Several other notables made deep runs in the event, including eighth-place finisher Gabriel Vezina (CAD $31,696), who finished 12th in August’s record-breaking WSOPC Main Event at Playground. Ruoxiao Shi, who won a WSOPC ring at Playground in April and then the $1,570 Wynn Mystery Bounty event for over $584,000 USD this summer, finished 15th for CAD $12,683, and April’s WSOPC Playground Main Event runner-up Arya Ghai finished 22nd for CAD $10,556.
WSOPC Calgary Main Event final table results:
- Travis MacMillan - $312,965
- Victor Li - $208,615
- Kwong Au - $146,349
- Sheraz Nasir - $104,305
- Kyle Chang - $75,546
- Jun-Yu Huang - $55,618
- Nicholas Lee - $41,633
- Gabriel Vezina - $31,696
- Calvin Chow - $24,549
- Tommy Nguyen - $19,349
MacMillan made to wait for his win
The final hand of the tournament was a dramatic one, with MacMillan winning the tournament after a hero-call from Li in a hand that lasted over 16 minutes.
According to live reporting from poker.pro's Lyle Bateman, Li faced a river jam for his tournament life on a 
board and tanked for ten minutes into a break before MacMillan called the clock on him. Li called with two pair, kings and queens, but MacMillan had trip kings for the win.
Another huge Main Event in Canada
The second series of the year at the Western Canadian home of the WSOP Circuit, Deerfoot Inn and Casino, drew the latest massive Main Event field north of the border with a prize pool approaching $2,000,000.
There’s one more massive Canadian WSOPC event to look forward to in just a few weeks, as Playground in Montreal hosts its third series of the year. They will be looking to break their own record for the largest Main Event prize pool in WSOP Circuit history, which was set in August.
2025 Canadian WSOP Circuit Main Events:
- WSOPC Calgary (January): $1,700 buy-in / 1,571 entries / $2,077,065 prize pool - Manish Ralh ($312,624)
- WSOPC Playground (April): $1,700 buy-in / 1,414 entries / $2,121,000 prize pool - Adil Morkos ($306,000)
- WSOPC Toronto: $2,000 buy-in / 2,139 entries / $3,743,240 prize pool - Pengxiang Ruan ($510,245)
- WSOPC Playground (September): $2,500 buy-in / 1,978 entries / $4,450,500 prize pool - Jacob Hobday ($620,000)
- WSOPC Calgary (October): $2,300 buy-in / 910 entries / $1,865,500 prize pool - Travis MacMillan ($312,965)
- WSOPC Playground (November): $2,500 buy-in / Upcoming - Nov 13-18
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