The action on table 61 got off to a super fast start – they’ve played just a few hands and already there are two players out of the tournament.

On the very first hand, Mohamad Mahbouba took out Christos Zavouris with AQ > 44 to bring him all the way back into contention. Mohamad had been among the chip leaders since the beginning of Day 2 before losing a series of hands that took him all the way down to around 200K. Now he’s all the way back – over 1.4M.

Day 3 of Event 1 is going to resume tonight at 7pm, and there are still 33 players remaining all with a chance of winning that $35,250 first prize!

Last fall it was Stéphanie Daigle who outlasted a field of 895 entries to take home the $24,000 win. Will it be another woman who will rise as the winner this year? Erica has been holding on strong throughout Day 2, and earned a key double up with aces in the final minutes of the day, bringing her stack up to 900K. Marilyn, our other female contender, has been quietly chipping up here and there, and is now sitting atop 1.1M.

Or will it be one of the current chipleaders who will maintain control and take the money home? Both Simon Pier and Mehdi, holding 2.35M and 2.21M respectively, were nothing more than average stacks until the final levels of Day 2. They both ended up on the winning end of some massive pots, and grew to be well over the tournament average of 850K.

Local grinders Stephen and George are showing that they are here to win, and both considerably increased their net worth in the final stages of the day. Stephen is up to 1.35M, largely due to winning with back to back aces, whereas George managed to double his stack up to just over 1M in the final hand of the night, as his A9o all-in shove preflop held against a QJs call.

Former chip leader Mohamad Mahbouba also came off more than a double-up in the last instants of the night; however he is still below the chip average with 773K.

Playground regulars Ricky and Andy also have a good chance at making it deep. Ricky has been nurturing his below average stack most of the day, but still holds almost 10BB, and Andy has increased his stack from below 250K to over 650K in the final two levels of play yesterday.

So who will be our Event 1 Champion? Find out tonight! Action starts at 7pm, and we will be providing live updates and photos throughout the night here at the Playground Poker Club blog: events.playgroundpoker.ca.

Good luck to all!

A total of 33 players have survived to Day 3 of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic. The remaining players will return tonight at 7pm to play for the remaining prize pool including a top prize of over $35K!

Day 2 has come to an end, and 33 players will be back tomorrow for the third and final day of Event 1.

Chip stacks and seating draws will be made available first thing in the morning, but our two chip leaders are neck to neck with over 2M each.

Our chip leader is Simon Pier Belair-Grondin, with 2.35M, and just behind him is Mehdi Alami, with 2.25M.

Good luck to the remaining players!

Level 26 has just begun, which means that if we do not fall down to 27 players in the next 30 minutes, the tournament will be paused until tomorrow night.

Here are some photos from level 25:

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The tournament floor has just announced that Day 2 will end when either the field drops down to 27 players, or we reach the end of level 26. With the clock showing 12 minutes left to level 24, Day 2 is set to end within the next 1h12.

Three players have already breached the million chip mark, each sitting on just below 1.1M. With the tournament average at 510K, all three have a good chance at making it very deep in this event!

The three players are:

• 1.07M – Angelo Simard
• 1.05M – Kevin Cote
• 1M – Matthieu Tanguay

The players are going on a short 10 minute break, which is likely to be the last one of the night. We are just 34 eliminations away from the completion of Day 2, and the surviving 27 players will be back here tomorrow night at 7pm to compete for the 35,250$ first prize. The 61 remaining players are guaranteed a payday of at least 490$.

Here are some photos from level 23:

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We are just past the half-way mark of level 22, and we are down to under 80 players left. Here is an estimate of the top few stacks:

• 1.1M – Mohamad Mahbouba
• 950K Tanveer Dhanjal
• 800K – Derek Sproul
• 750K David Guay
• 750K Yohann Malo-Brumet
• 725K – Phannasophea Muong
• 675K – Vincent Martin-Bouthillette
• 650K – Philippe Mercier