And on to Day 2

2014/11/12 6:50pm by
Tournament:

Day 2 of The Wild $150 – Event 1 in the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic – is set to begin in about 10 minutes, when the 325 players who have qualified through the four starting flights take their seats and resume play.

Today’s action will start in level 14 (blinds 2.4K/1.2K/a400) and blinds will be 30 minutes long. The chip average to start the evening is 90.1K and play will be 9-handed for the rest of the tournament.

Among the players remaining, of note are Mathieu Tanguay (68,300), Michael Neuber (55,100), Jennifer Brooks (36,400), and Bill Kontaratos (60,600), who have all won or final tabled similar events here at Playground. In fact, Mathieu Tanguay won this event during last year’s Fall Classic. Unfortunately each of them starts the day below the tournament chip average.

Also in the field are some of the top 10 tournament players at Playground Poker in terms of the number of big-event cashes. Michael Korovine (142,000) has cashed in more events at Playground than any other player, and others on this list are Costa Psallidas (53,200), Justin Miller (33,600), Marc-André Racine (84,800), and David Hamel (96,900).

The bubble in the event will be reached once we get to 154 remaining and everyone after that will cash in the event. If past events are any indicator, we should hit the bubble relatively quickly tonight and play will only slow significantly once the pay jumps start to grow at the end of the evening.

Good luck to everyone playing tonight!

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Event 1 – Day 2 seating draw & counts

2014/11/12 3:48am by
Tournament:

There were a total of 1,464 entries in the four starting flights of Event 1, and 326 of those qualified for Day 2. Of those qualifiers, there was a single player who qualified on two different starting days, and that player’s smallest stack has been removed from further play.

The 325 players who have qualified for Day 2 will take their seats according to this seating chart when play resumes on Wednesday November 12th at 7pm.

First Name Last Name Seat Chip Count
Adam Cader Table 22 – Seat 3 62,200
Adam Hayden Table 52 – Seat 6 65,700
Ahmad Baalbaki Table 36 – Seat 2 181,300
Aidan Quin Table 69 – Seat 1 91,900
Aladin Reskallah Table 66 – Seat 5 101,000
Alain Pare Table 31 – Seat 1 163,200
Albert Bassal Table 60 – Seat 8 64,100
Albert Nguyen Table 51 – Seat 6 56,300
Alberto Scuderi Table 68 – Seat 1 86,500
Alex Chiasson Table 26 – Seat 8 81,700
Alex Lacroix Table 66 – Seat 7 116,700
Alex Shing Table 56 – Seat 1 35,700
Alexander Matveev Table 30 – Seat 7 51,100
Alexandre Bedard Table 32 – Seat 7 79,800
Alexandre Chapdelaine Table 63 – Seat 9 86,000
Alexandre Henry Table 24 – Seat 8 51,300
Alexandrine Charron Table 63 – Seat 2 59,000
Ali Sabrah Table 27 – Seat 7 71,400
Aline Genequand Table 22 – Seat 2 61,900
Amir Mohsen Table 50 – Seat 9 284,900
Andre Bilodeau Table 30 – Seat 3 157,000
Andre Boyer Table 32 – Seat 1 67,000
Andre Dionne Table 55 – Seat 4 80,000
Andre Vezina Table 52 – Seat 3 108,800
Andreas Loubounakis Table 29 – Seat 1 78,400
Andrei Gongu Grigore Table 55 – Seat 6 99,100
Andrej Bachynsky Table 69 – Seat 4 29,600
Andrew Boujaoude Table 27 – Seat 8 123,600
Andrew Dufresne Table 70 – Seat 6 106,400
Anthony Fiumidinisi Table 49 – Seat 9 48,100
Anthony Karim Table 68 – Seat 9 18,600
Antonio Amaya Table 59 – Seat 1 27,500
Arun Kumar Singh Table 55 – Seat 2 90,300
Behrooz Salemi Table 34 – Seat 5 77,800
Benoit Racette Table 65 – Seat 4 104,600
Bernard Poirier Table 55 – Seat 5 76,400
Bichr Awad Table 68 – Seat 7 176,000
Bill Kontaratos Table 68 – Seat 2 60,600
Bo Yan Shi Table 54 – Seat 8 324,200
Brayden Krusch Table 24 – Seat 9 148,200
Brent F Mccue Table 36 – Seat 7 79,200
Brian Mclean Table 70 – Seat 7 35,600
Bruce Malcolm Table 25 – Seat 4 91,000
Carl Couture Table 60 – Seat 5 178,900
Carl Laberge Table 34 – Seat 4 93,200
Carl St-Jean Table 26 – Seat 2 82,400
Catherine St-Pierre Table 25 – Seat 6 120,100
Cedrick Quenneville-Renaud Table 68 – Seat 3 34,300
Chris Sarena Table 24 – Seat 5 61,500
Christian Rho Table 24 – Seat 3 104,500
Cody Dobie Table 28 – Seat 3 69,100
Colin Piche Table 34 – Seat 2 163,300
Constantinos Psallidas Table 34 – Seat 1 53,200
Corey Jackson Table 63 – Seat 8 50,400
Corrado Carabetta Table 36 – Seat 6 64,400
Daniel Charette Table 52 – Seat 5 185,100
Daniel Fornara Table 63 – Seat 3 54,500
Daniel Gagnon Table 23 – Seat 2 107,800
Daniel Hamelin Table 35 – Seat 1 98,000
Daniel Leddy Table 50 – Seat 7 60,000
Daniel Mackay Table 22 – Seat 7 136,500
Danielle Bonin Table 68 – Seat 5 95,200
Danny Bettez Table 50 – Seat 8 199,700
Danny Mccarthy Table 27 – Seat 2 136,000
Danny Rouleau Table 23 – Seat 3 67,900
Dany Rochefort Table 25 – Seat 9 55,800
Darren Jones Table 60 – Seat 6 71,100
Darren Phipps Table 33 – Seat 6 83,600
Daryl jr Ackerman Table 25 – Seat 3 46,800
David Beaulieu Table 28 – Seat 5 59,700
David Bolduc Hamel Table 22 – Seat 8 96,900
David Bonneau Table 51 – Seat 8 38,500
David O'Neill Table 61 – Seat 5 64,700
Denis Scott Table 64 – Seat 2 148,100
Denise Berkowitz Table 54 – Seat 6 51,900
Diana Ferreira Table 49 – Seat 8 60,700
Dimitri Tchakarov Table 61 – Seat 4 81,000
Dmitrijs Feoktistovs Table 68 – Seat 8 46,400
Dmytro Bilan Table 23 – Seat 4 38,600
Domenico Boemio Table 65 – Seat 5 41,000
Dominic Gadoury Table 25 – Seat 2 94,800
Dominic Perrier Table 36 – Seat 1 39,000
Dominic Sanche Table 64 – Seat 5 48,000
Dominick Brunet Table 62 – Seat 2 153,900
Dominique Boucher Table 64 – Seat 8 187,900
Dominique Morin Table 30 – Seat 2 160,800
Donald Rathwell Table 24 – Seat 6 19,000
Duncan Dunham Table 53 – Seat 6 70,500
Edouard Dupuis Table 56 – Seat 7 87,500
Edward Hakim Table 22 – Seat 6 52,900
Elizabeth Stamper Table 54 – Seat 3 119,100
Eric Boire Table 64 – Seat 1 37,700
Eric Fournier Table 58 – Seat 7 101,900
Eric Gariepy Table 52 – Seat 7 158,900
Eric Lacelle Table 29 – Seat 2 54,500
Eric Levis Table 62 – Seat 8 87,500
Eric Ranger Table 29 – Seat 3 181,600
Eric Villeneuve Table 33 – Seat 5 34,700
Fabrice Levi Table 51 – Seat 5 190,200
Francis Carriere Table 70 – Seat 9 39,600
Francis Leblanc-Duval Table 53 – Seat 8 190,400
Franco Casarcia Table 50 – Seat 3 163,600
Francois Cote Table 49 – Seat 5 55,000
Francois Paulin Table 70 – Seat 2 28,300
Francois-Etienne Corbin Table 70 – Seat 1 43,500
Frederic Grimard Table 67 – Seat 8 75,000
Frederic Savard Table 32 – Seat 3 79,900
Gabriel Beaulieu Table 61 – Seat 6 41,300
Gabriel Jureidini Table 62 – Seat 7 48,300
Gabriel Lessard Table 28 – Seat 8 111,200
Gaetan Perreault Table 31 – Seat 4 52,800
Gaston Groulx Table 28 – Seat 1 28,800
Geoffrey Hum Table 60 – Seat 2 149,900
George Evans Table 30 – Seat 6 50,400
George Kazarian Table 67 – Seat 6 35,200
Gheorghe Priala Table 31 – Seat 7 98,300
Ghislain Veronneau Table 69 – Seat 2 68,300
Gianfranco Giordano Table 30 – Seat 1 113,300
Gregory Thomas Table 59 – Seat 2 53,800
Hassan Hares Table 53 – Seat 4 77,500
Heath McAllister Table 65 – Seat 8 185,000
Hope Stacey Table 62 – Seat 1 41,900
Hugues Belzile Table 54 – Seat 9 66,800
Ian Middel Table 58 – Seat 2 140,400
Isham Yamani Table 22 – Seat 4 144,700
Jack Curley Table 56 – Seat 3 86,100
Jacques Gélinas Table 59 – Seat 7 187,400
Jake Miller Table 23 – Seat 8 33,600
James McDermott Table 59 – Seat 8 64,500
James McDonald Table 23 – Seat 7 31,900
Jamieson Flores Table 59 – Seat 3 32,100
Janendra Mahendra Rajah Table 26 – Seat 1 94,600
Jason Comtois Table 61 – Seat 7 102,500
Jason Mottershead Table 32 – Seat 8 172,600
Jason Robineault Table 70 – Seat 3 185,200
Jay Doerr Table 35 – Seat 4 81,400
Jay Srinivasan Table 33 – Seat 1 249,000
Jean Bernard Audet Table 29 – Seat 8 220,700
Jean Pierre Noel Table 32 – Seat 5 32,600
Jean Rheaume Table 52 – Seat 8 170,900
Jean Vincent Bouchard Table 58 – Seat 6 86,700
Jean-Francois Langevin Table 26 – Seat 9 94,200
Jean-Gabriel Quenneville-Renaud Table 35 – Seat 3 37,100
Jean-Guy Larosiliere Table 58 – Seat 3 55,800
Jean-Sebastien Labonte Table 27 – Seat 6 130,600
Jeffrey Bartlett Table 49 – Seat 6 23,800
Jeffrey Goldstein Table 61 – Seat 1 60,600
Jennifer Brooks Table 25 – Seat 8 36,400
Jeremie Meynard Table 50 – Seat 2 46,600
Jesse Beauchamp Grill Table 63 – Seat 7 73,900
Jessika Beaudin Table 69 – Seat 9 38,300
JG Kastner Table 53 – Seat 3 108,000
Jimmy Durant Table 69 – Seat 7 199,300
Joel Berard Table 53 – Seat 7 40,800
Joey Anthony Boczek Table 65 – Seat 2 49,800
John Blaha Table 60 – Seat 1 95,700
John Sarantidis Table 57 – Seat 5 75,200
John Stassinos Table 62 – Seat 4 30,400
John Xenos Table 27 – Seat 3 149,700
Jonathan Bussieres Table 58 – Seat 1 102,700
Jonathan Caron Table 53 – Seat 1 27,400
Jonathan Gutierrez Table 30 – Seat 8 140,000
Jonathan Hared Table 70 – Seat 5 30,700
Jonathan Lach Table 51 – Seat 2 58,000
Jonathan Poissant Table 66 – Seat 6 127,100
Jonathan Poulin Table 64 – Seat 3 189,900
Jonathan Richer Table 56 – Seat 9 84,600
Jonathan Thibault Table 63 – Seat 6 43,100
Joseph Benz Table 56 – Seat 5 45,700
Joshua Caballero-Kowarsky Table 36 – Seat 5 62,000
Joshua Silverman Table 56 – Seat 8 74,800
Julien Sanscartier Table 51 – Seat 1 70,000
Karine Clermont Table 28 – Seat 7 49,500
Kathy Sawers Table 29 – Seat 4 56,600
Kaven Fontaine Bernier Table 53 – Seat 9 49,100
Keith Lacasse Table 55 – Seat 8 131,000
Kethees Thanabalasingham Table 52 – Seat 2 160,200
Kevin Bergeron Table 64 – Seat 7 56,800
Kevin Peacock Table 65 – Seat 3 181,000
Khaldi Hachem Table 27 – Seat 5 295,000
Khang Can Table 68 – Seat 6 199,200
Kimberly Peacock Table 24 – Seat 4 53,500
Larry M Table 57 – Seat 6 167,900
Laurent Kochenburger Table 26 – Seat 3 49,000
Leng Khauv Table 61 – Seat 8 102,400
Leslie Markofsky Table 69 – Seat 6 55,700
Levon Dedeyan Table 68 – Seat 4 55,700
Linda Huard Table 28 – Seat 6 72,200
Luc Campeau Table 59 – Seat 5 46,500
Luigi Fantigrossi Table 54 – Seat 7 40,200
Manfred Gunther Table 33 – Seat 4 63,200
Marc Guerbilsky Table 32 – Seat 6 37,700
Marc Lamothe Table 54 – Seat 2 27,300
Marc-Andre Racine Table 55 – Seat 1 84,800
Marcel Basset Table 34 – Seat 3 134,700
Marcel Deschamps Table 33 – Seat 3 62,200
Marco Sousa Table 25 – Seat 1 41,900
Marilyn Joannette Table 66 – Seat 4 112,500
Mario Bourassa Table 27 – Seat 1 69,000
Mario Lepine Table 31 – Seat 5 25,800
Marouane Tijani Table 58 – Seat 9 98,100
Martin Grothe Table 33 – Seat 8 34,000
Mathieu Jawirnycki Table 35 – Seat 2 121,800
Mathieu Morneau Table 23 – Seat 5 33,700
Mathieu Tanguay Table 60 – Seat 7 68,300
Matthew Durand Table 62 – Seat 5 67,000
Matthieu Lepine Table 52 – Seat 4 60,000
Maurice Simard Table 50 – Seat 1 136,100
Maxime Auclair Table 34 – Seat 6 55,500
Maxime Auger Table 58 – Seat 5 101,600
Maxime Marcouiller Table 57 – Seat 9 79,300
Michael Korovine Table 67 – Seat 1 142,000
Michael Lu Table 66 – Seat 2 155,000
Michael Mellor Table 50 – Seat 4 101,500
Michael Neuber Table 27 – Seat 4 55,100
Michael Provencher Table 32 – Seat 4 34,600
Michael Selliah Table 58 – Seat 8 85,900
Michel Cloutier Table 29 – Seat 5 185,400
Michel Dessureault Table 67 – Seat 4 33,800
Michel Gelinas Table 52 – Seat 1 84,100
Michel Gramigna Table 65 – Seat 7 51,900
Michel Martins Table 55 – Seat 9 57,700
Michel Merlitti Table 57 – Seat 8 116,900
Michel Plourde Table 26 – Seat 7 68,500
Micheline Roberge Table 23 – Seat 6 107,500
Miguel Goncalo Table 34 – Seat 7 50,500
Mike Lafable Table 54 – Seat 4 79,600
Mitcheal Ferguson Table 36 – Seat 8 131,100
Nabil Maali Table 60 – Seat 9 69,700
Naim Goulamhoussen Table 60 – Seat 4 164,900
Nicholas Soller Table 35 – Seat 5 100,000
Nicolas Aubin Table 65 – Seat 6 90,700
Nicolas Barrette Table 29 – Seat 6 179,500
Nimer Ltaif Table 35 – Seat 6 152,200
Norman Messier Table 69 – Seat 8 20,400
Olivier Lamarre Table 59 – Seat 9 53,400
Om Gerald Table 54 – Seat 1 118,900
Omar Tohme Table 52 – Seat 9 86,700
Pascal Roberge Table 22 – Seat 1 126,900
Patrick Azevedo Table 56 – Seat 4 75,600
Patrick David Hu-A-Kam Table 34 – Seat 8 86,700
Patrick Helie Table 31 – Seat 2 35,400
Patrick Leduc Table 31 – Seat 6 123,000
Patrick Mailloux Table 66 – Seat 8 31,600
Patrick Mercier Table 63 – Seat 4 117,100
Paul C Brunet Table 25 – Seat 5 114,000
Paul Mohorea Table 69 – Seat 3 217,900
Paul Quenneville Table 24 – Seat 7 120,300
Peter Marco Table 28 – Seat 2 34,500
Peyman Mahdi Table 63 – Seat 1 4,200
Phannasophea Muong Table 26 – Seat 6 70,400
Philip Montgomery Table 23 – Seat 9 38,200
Philip Richard Elliot Table 23 – Seat 1 72,800
Philippe Masse Table 69 – Seat 5 67,900
Pierre Gauthier Table 51 – Seat 7 103,600
Pierre Hubert Maltais Table 24 – Seat 1 89,600
Pierre Larrivee Table 49 – Seat 1 28,600
Pierre-Luc Gaudreau Table 30 – Seat 5 70,200
Pierre-Olivier L'Esperance Table 53 – Seat 5 36,400
Rajesh Sharma Table 22 – Seat 9 58,600
Raphael Ohayon Table 30 – Seat 4 117,000
Rasvan Rimniceanu Table 56 – Seat 6 66,000
Real Villeneuve Table 58 – Seat 4 176,800
Remi Blanc Table 57 – Seat 1 16,100
Remy Poulin Table 64 – Seat 4 74,700
Ren Zhe Jin Table 70 – Seat 8 114,900
Renato Zanai Table 62 – Seat 3 120,000
Richard Figiel Table 36 – Seat 4 101,800
Richard Phipps Table 35 – Seat 7 138,200
Richard Sysko Table 70 – Seat 4 107,700
Robert Amireault Table 36 – Seat 3 102,600
Robert Cote Table 49 – Seat 2 89,100
Robert Di Trapani Table 57 – Seat 7 141,300
Robert Piche Table 27 – Seat 9 106,800
Robin Clouatre Table 50 – Seat 6 78,500
Ronald Parsaram Table 53 – Seat 2 110,400
Sam Chiniara Table 22 – Seat 5 45,600
Samuel Barre Table 57 – Seat 2 157,600
Samuel Leblanc Table 33 – Seat 2 50,300
Scott Shein Table 54 – Seat 5 26,500
Scott Sprogis Table 35 – Seat 8 36,100
Sebastien Levesque Table 67 – Seat 2 89,700
Sebastien Proulx Table 57 – Seat 3 144,200
Sebastien Vandal Table 31 – Seat 3 56,400
Shane Flewelling Table 51 – Seat 4 101,300
Simon Huard-Dufresne Table 67 – Seat 5 99,200
Steeven Jacques Table 55 – Seat 7 67,600
Stefane Godinho Table 51 – Seat 9 173,400
Stephane Durocher Table 55 – Seat 3 121,500
Stephane Levy Table 62 – Seat 6 51,600
Stephane Roquebrune Table 66 – Seat 1 118,800
Stephen Baker Table 67 – Seat 3 87,600
Stephen Dias Table 67 – Seat 7 100,600
Stephen Nemeth Table 31 – Seat 8 65,400
Stephen Ubfal Table 29 – Seat 7 36,800
Steve Pouliot Table 61 – Seat 9 29,500
Steve Toulch Table 65 – Seat 1 41,300
Steve Ulloa-Torres Table 49 – Seat 7 4,700
Steven Chodjai Table 49 – Seat 3 132,000
Steven Morais De Sousa Table 50 – Seat 5 21,300
Steven Taylor Table 61 – Seat 3 69,100
Sylvain Lacasse Table 66 – Seat 9 149,900
Sylvain Leblanc Table 66 – Seat 3 121,400
Sylvie Pelletier Table 32 – Seat 2 70,100
Tanu Lusignan Table 63 – Seat 5 54,600
Tanweer Bhayani Table 60 – Seat 3 76,200
Theo Psihogios Table 51 – Seat 3 102,700
Thierry Boucher Table 64 – Seat 6 74,900
Thomas Cohen Table 28 – Seat 9 73,900
Thomas Harnois Table 62 – Seat 9 96,700
Thundup Ringpa Table 56 – Seat 2 83,600
Tina Frascarelli Table 33 – Seat 7 103,900
Todor Petkov Table 61 – Seat 2 157,800
Tristan Girard Table 57 – Seat 4 114,900
Vincent Bedard Table 49 – Seat 4 66,300
Vincent Giroux Table 59 – Seat 6 44,000
Wallis Jackson Table 59 – Seat 4 119,800
Wayne Walker Table 26 – Seat 4 53,300
Yanick Mailloux Table 26 – Seat 5 23,600
Yann Beauchamp Table 28 – Seat 4 43,600
Yannick Gagnon Table 24 – Seat 2 170,300
Yonathan Moryoussef Table 25 – Seat 7 373,800
Yong Shuo Zheng Table 67 – Seat 9 60,400
Younan Beddaoui Table 64 – Seat 9 122,200
Yves Aubin Table 65 – Seat 9 137,000
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Event 1 – Prize Pool & Payout Structure

2014/11/12 3:05am by
Tournament:

Event 1 in the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic is a $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry tournament with 4 Day 1s. A total of 1,464 entries began the event adding up to a total prize pool of $191,711.00! This prize pool will be distributed according to the following payout table.

Finish Prize
1 $34,000.00
2 $22,000.00
3 $15,600.00
4 $12,800.00
5 $9,200.00
6 $7,100.00
7 $4,800.00
8 $3,650.00
9 $2,851.00
10-12 $2,050.00
13-15 $1,700.00
16-18 $1,300.00
19-21 $1,090.00
22-24 $980.00
25-27 $860.00
28-30 $820.00
31-33 $790.00
34-36 $750.00
37-45 $690.00
46-54 $630.00
55-63 $560.00
64-72 $500.00
73-81 $440.00
82-90 $400.00
91-99 $360.00
100-108 $340.00
109-117 $330.00
118-126 $310.00
127-144 $290.00
145-153 $270.00
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Towards the end of the evening

2014/11/12 1:34am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1k
  • Big Blind: 2k
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 68.6K
  • Remaining: 118
  • Entries: 405


The final level to be played tonight is underway, and there are 120 players with quite a few well over 100K in chips. There are 5 players at around the 150K mark, plus three players hovering near the 200K mark: Khaldi Hachem (210K), Jean Bernard Audet (190K), and Naim Goulamhousse (180K).

The final list of qualifiers for Day 2 (including players from today’s Day 1d) will be available soon, including a seating draw for Day 2.

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Photos of the chip leaders

2014/11/12 1:03am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1600
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 59.6K
  • Remaining: 136
  • Entries: 405


The tournament has reached the beginning of level 12, which means there is one level to play after this one has completed.

Here are photos of some of the chip leaders:

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Leaders after the 2nd break

2014/11/12 12:03am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 39,9K
  • Remaining: 203
  • Entries: 405


The players are back from their second break of the night. There are 7 players with stacks of over 100K at this point in the tournament:

  1. Rick Shamshoum – 125K
  2. Dominic Brunet – 124K
  3. Khaldi Hachem – 108K
  4. Andreas Loubounakis – 105K
  5. Mike Lafable, Denis Quirion et Leng Khauv – 100K
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Level 8, 20 minutes until the break

2014/11/11 11:44pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 8
  • Small Blind: 300
  • Big Blind: 600
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 34K
  • Remaining: 238
  • Entries: 405


The tournament is in level 8 with just a half of this level to complete before the 2nd break of the evening. There are still a lot of players remaining, and for sure a lot of action left and stacks of chips to be exchanged before the day is over.

Here are a few more photos of players still active in the event.

 

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Back from break number 1

2014/11/11 9:22pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 24.5K
  • Remaining: 330
  • Entries: 405


The players in Day 1d of Event 1 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic are back from their first break of the day and with the end of the break comes the end of late registration on this, the last of the four starting flights in Event 1. The final number of entries tonight grew to 405, which adds up to 1464 total entries over the four Day 1s. Staff is working to confirm both the number and the Event’s prize pool, which we’ll be able to release shortly.

In the first four levels tonight just two players managed to build up extra-large stacks: Rick Shamshoum and Francis Karl Dubé are both sitting on stacks greater than 80K. The usual caution applies, however – there’s lot of poker to be played before the night is over.

Here are a few more photos from the first four levels tonight.

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Into level 3

2014/11/11 8:22pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 22.2K
  • Remaining: 354
  • Entries: 393


Day 1d is now about 15 minutes in to level 3 and there have already been 393 players seated in tonight’s fourth and final starting flight of Event 1, The Wild $150. With about 45 minutes left to late register, the number will certainly pass 400.

The Tournament Director has confirmed that once late registration is over we’ll be able to publish final prize pool and payout structure information relatively quickly, so stay tuned for what are likely to be some impressive numbers!

Here are some photos of the early action tonight.

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Cards are in the air for Day 1d

2014/11/11 7:11pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 294
  • Entries: 294


The Tournament Director has made the introductory announcements and cards are now in the air for Day 1d of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic! So far 294 players have taken their seats, but based on past experience this number is likely to jump up to somewhere close to 400 entries by the time late registration ends.

One of the great things about this event is that with the $150 total buy-in, it is accessible to almost every poker player – but with the huge field generating a huge prize pool (and a significant number up top) it also appeals to very experienced and successful players. We’ll publish a more complete list later this evening, but we have already seen past event champions and at least one WSOP bracelet winner in the field today.

Good luck to everyone in tonight’s starting flight!

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