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The CA$5,000 WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main Event at Playground has reached its final 30 players, with Paul Klann holding the chip lead heading into Day 5. The event drew 2,844 entries, generating a CA$13,082,400 prize pool that far surpassed the CA$10 million guarantee, making it the largest live poker tournament ever staged in Canada.

Klann ended Day 4 with 11.3 million chips, equal to 113 big blinds. Guoyan Li trails in second with 8.1 million, while Nicholas Palma sits third with 7.6 million. The remaining field will play six more levels on Wednesday before the tournament concludes Thursday, September 10.

Several high-profile names fell during Day 4, including Poker Hall of Famers Daniel Negreanu and Michael Mizrachi, along with Rami Hammoud, who finished sixth in this year’s WSOP Main Event. Negreanu was eliminated by Chance Kornuth, who now returns sixth in chips with 6.6 million.

Will Givens, another 2026 WSOP Main Event standout, briefly held one of the tournament’s biggest stacks before a costly bluff into Klann’s flush sent much of his chips to the eventual leader, ultimately ending his run.

Klann, the 2013 WPT L.A. Poker Classic champion with $1,170,830 in career earnings, has played sparingly since that win, with his last cash coming at Playground last year. A victory Thursday would net him CA$1.5 million, surpassing his previous best result.

All Day 5 survivors are guaranteed at least CA$51,000, with payouts climbing sharply toward the final table. The runner-up will earn CA$1 million, while the champion claims the CA$1.5 million top prize. Other notable players still alive include Jack Salter, Rayan Chamas, and Jack Hardcastle.