$75 to C$620,000: Jacob Hobday’s Record-Breaking WSOP Circuit Montreal Win

Jacob Hobday’s biggest career score was around $60,000. Then a $75 GGPoker satellite sent him to Montreal — and he turned it into C$620,000.

In 2025, Hobday booked his seat online and walked straight into the record books at Playground Poker Club.

The qualifier

Hobday qualified through a $75 satellite on GGPoker for the WSOP Circuit Montreal Main Event.

The run

He conquered a record-breaking field of 1,978 entries at Playground Poker Club — one of the biggest WSOP Circuit Main Events ever staged there.

The payoff

First place: C$620,000, a WSOP Circuit gold ring, and a $5,000 package to WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas — a life-changing leap from his previous best of roughly $60,000.

Your path to glory

One satellite. One record-breaking run. The WSOP Express ladder starts at just $0.50 — where will yours take you?