Event 1 Day 1d counts

2014/03/23 3:00am by
Tournament:

There were 341 total entries on Day 1d and 86 players qualified for Day 2. The average stack upon for this flight upon completion was 79,500.

Rank First Name Last Name Chip Count
1 Luc Benoit 222,900
2 Samuel Roussy 201,300
3 Marc-Andre Racicot 196,800
4 Michel Dagenais 185,200
5 Chulsoo Park 185,000
6 Steve Pouliot 151,400
7 Anthony Zakem 151,100
8 Jeffrey Bartlett 146,700
9 Steve Carriere 138,100
10 Genevieve Champagne 137,600
11 Robert Haines 135,200
12 Paul Manoian 131,500
13 Darcy J Wright 126,000
14 Long Phi Pham 123,300
15 Glenn Sauve 122,000
16 Steve Black 119,000
17 Danick Landriault 117,000
18 Christien Beaudoin 116,500
19 Nicola Merlo 109,400
20 Gaston Dumas 105,600
21 Carlo Nini 105,500
22 Raffi Garabetian 105,100
23 Jonathan Castiel 101,100
24 Kiril Martinov Gelev 96,700
25 Robert Deslage 93,100
26 Chris Franklin 90,300
27 Sebastien Circe 90,100
28 Martin Riendeau 87,700
29 Diana Ferreira 87,500
30 Eddie Bangash 84,500
31 Peter Johnson 83,500
32 Michael Mellor 82,500
33 Jordan Martin 82,100
34 Simon Gosselin 81,100
35 James Gall 80,400
36 Eduard Goutnik 76,900
37 Andrew Hum 73,700
38 Steven Mavrigiannakis 73,700
39 Stylianos Stafylakis 71,700
40 Lesley Amos 71,200
41 William Blais 70,500
42 Gino Grande 67,400
43 Johnathan Neil Hansmeyer 67,000
44 Samuel Blouin 66,100
45 Jonathan Tardif 65,400
46 Kevin Yee 64,700
47 Shane St John 64,400
48 Andre Frechette 64,200
49 Jean Philippe Bouchard 64,100
50 Hashem Mohammad 63,400
51 Andrew Lalonde 62,300
52 Maxime Labrecque 61,600
53 Yong Li 60,900
54 Alex Leclerc 60,100
55 Nicholas Belanger 59,100
56 Patrick Carriere 56,500
57 Richard Gagnon 55,200
58 Sylvain Roland 54,600
59 Isabelle Lukawecki 52,800
60 Robert Piche 49,300
61 Stephane Bedard 49,100
62 Joel Malo 49,000
63 Brady Hinnegan 48,600
64 Denis Simard 48,500
65 Blake Hanson 47,600
66 Randy Hayes 47,000
67 Joseph Zambito 46,900
68 Moshe Cohen 46,000
69 Myriam Tessier 45,000
70 Alberto Melendez 41,800
71 Louis-Thomas Tremblay 40,000
72 Mustafa Ismail 38,500
73 Fabrizio Andaloro 37,500
74 Adam Daniels 36,900
75 Stephen Klimasko 36,100
76 Jose Castillo Ruiz 35,100
77 Matthew Parker 35,000
78 Alec Brandstatter 34,600
79 Bianca Perron 32,700
80 Hope Stacey 32,700
81 Etienne Duo 30,400
82 Wade Toutant 26,900
83 Sebastien Laviolette 25,200
84 Donald Rathwell 22,900
85 Dylan Cram 20,000
86 Darren Mcivor 11,000
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The final number for Event 1 is in!

2014/03/23 1:36am by
Tournament:

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:

  • Day 1a: 329 entries,
  • Day 1b: 426 entries,
  • Day 1c: 396 entries,
  • Day 1d: 341 entries.

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!

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End of level 10 and the chips are flying!

2014/03/23 1:33am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1K
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 45.8K
  • Remaining: 149
  • Entries: 341


    • 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.

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    Some big stacks

    2014/03/23 12:46am by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 35.9K
  • Remaining: 190
  • Entries: 341


    • 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:

    1. Michel Dagenais – 106K
    2. Kiril Marinov Gelev – 100K
    3. Darcy J. Wright – 93K

    Michel DagenaisKiril Martinov GelevDarcy J. Wright

    Not too far behind were:

    • Anthony Zachem – 80K
    • Samuel Roussy – 75K

    Anthony ZachemSamuel Roussy

    This Day 1d will resume upon the completion of five more levels, which should be at roughly 3am.

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    Day 1d photos

    2014/03/22 11:21pm by
    Tournament:
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 29.8K
  • Remaining: 229
  • Entries: 341


    • 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:

    Event 1 Day 1d photo set

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    And finally… Day 1d!

    2014/03/22 8:50pm by
    Tournament:

    Although the $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry format is the usual – and very popular – way that we kick off major tournament series’ at Playground, this is the first time we have run the event with four Day 1s.

    So far the event has been a hit – and we surpassed the guarantee last night – so the extra Day 1 being played tonight will do two things: a) give players an additional chance to qualify for Day 2, and b) pump up the prize pool so we’ll be able to pay out more money to more players when the whole affair comes to a conclusion on Monday night.

    As the tournament is about to start there are already 272 registrants with a published cap of 350 and late registration open until about 10:10pm tonight.

    Good luck to all!

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