The second break of Day 1b is fast approaching, and there are still 219 players remaining in the field out of the 426 that started. There will be five more levels left to play before the surviving players bag and tag their chips for Day 2.

Here is an album of photos taken during levels 6 and 7. You can always visit the Playground Poker Flickr page to see all the albums from the Playground Poker Spring Classic, or to navigate through photos from our previous events.

Registration is now closed for Day 1b of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic, and 426 players have participated in tonights flight. With this afternoon’s 329 entries, the total number of entries thus far is 755, which means that the $100K guarantee has already been surpassed! We can expect this number to double with tomorrow’s two flights, therefore creating an impressive prize pool to kick off this series!

This tournament is a Re-entry tournament, which means that if you weren’t able to qualify for Day 2 today, you still have two chances tomorrow, with our Day 1c at 12:00pm, and Day 1d at 7:30pm. Register early to secure a seat!

Players in Day 1b are back from their short break, and a few have already more than doubled their stacks.

Here are estimates of four of the biggest stacks we came across during this break:

1. Robert Vaillancourt – 85K
2. Matthieu Boucher – 67K
3. Yannick Sanscartier – 63K
4. Chheng Bun – 62K

Day 1b of Event 1 is well underway, as we are now nearing the end of level 4. Upon completion of this level, the players will go on a 15-minute break before returning back to action at 150/300/a50.

Here are a few photos taken during levels 2 and 3: