Day 2 of Event 1 is now on another break, as the T500 chips are being raced off the tables. We’ve found our five chip leaders, and here they are with their approximate stacks:
The registration period has just closed on this last of four Day 1s of Event 1 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and here are the final turn outs:
This gives us a total of 1492 entries for this opening Event, which almost doubles the guaranteed prizepool!
Good luck to everyone still in the running!
We are nearing the end of level 10 and there has been a slew of recent eliminations, resulting in some big movements between the stacks. There are now 149 players left in the field, with a little more than an hour and a half left of play for the day.
Final chips counts and seating arrangements will be made available shortly after the completion of this final Day 1, and play will resume tomorrow, Sunday March 23rd, at 1:00pm. Unless otherwise specified by our Tournament Director, Day 2 will play out for 16 levels, the first 5 of which are 30 minutes long, followed by 40 minute levels. Day 3 is scheduled for Monday March 24th at 7:30pm.
Just as a reminder to anyone who will be driving to Playground Poker Club from Montreal tomorrow, the Mercier bridge will be closed in the Kahnawake direction. A good alternative route is to take Champlain bridge.
Players are now returning from their second break of the night, and we took this time to try and find some of the bigger stacks in the room. The three biggest we found belonged to:
Not too far behind were:
This Day 1d will resume upon the completion of five more levels, which should be at roughly 3am.
We are now in level 7 of Day 1d of Event 1, and 229 players still remain.
Here are a few photos taken during the evening:
Our Tournament Director Martin Roy has just announced that Day 1c will end once all the tables have played their final 5 hands of the day, and in a few moments players will beginning bagging their chips.
Although much can change in these last few hands, here are the three biggest stacks that we came across in this last level of the day. Final chips counts for the day will be made available shortly, once our staff has tabulated all the results.
Level 12 has just begun here in Day 1c of Event 1, and 161 players are still in the field. Here are a few photos from levels 10 and 11:
Day 1c has just returned from it’s second break of the day, leaving five levels of play before the remaining players move on to Day 2 tomorrow at 1:00pm.
Here are some of the chip leaders in this 9th level of play, as well as their approximate stack sizes:
Event 1 Day 1b has just entered level 11, which means there are only three levels left to play today. The field has dwindled down to 161 entries, with the average stack being just over 50K.
There are still two chances left to make your seat to Day 2, with Day 1c at noon tomorrow and Day 1d at 7:30pm.
After 8 levels of play, a little more than half of tonight’s field has been eliminated, which means the average stack is just over twice the starting stack of 20K. A few players have climbed over the 100K mark, including the following (with their estimated stack size):
There are five levels left to play before the end of Day 1b.
