Up next – Day 1d

2014/11/11 6:31pm by
Tournament:

Tonight is the final starting flight of Event 1 – The Wild $150 – in the Playground Poker Fall Classic. There have been 1,059 total entries over the course of the first three starting days and tonight’s fourth flight is shaping up to attract another large field. At 6:20pm there are already 112 players registered, a number that will grow quickly though the tournament’s start at 7pm all the way through late registration, which continues until just after 9pm.

Of the 1,059 entries so far, 234 have already qualified for Day 2, which will start at 7pm tomorrow night. The overall chip average is 90,700 based on the first three flights. The overall chip leader so far is Bo Yan Shi, who bagged 324,200 chips at the end of Day 1a.

There’s still lots of time to make your way to Playground Poker Club and jump into the action, so come and take a shot at a piece of what will be a truly huge prize pool for a $150 investment!

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Event 1 Day 1c final chip counts

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

Here are the final chip counts for Day 1c of Event 1 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 383 entrants in Day 1c of Event 1, which brings the total number of entries to 1,059. 77 players from tonight’s flight have qualified for Day 2 on Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.

First Name Last Name Chip Count
Amir Mohsen 284,900
Paul Mohorea 217,900
Danny Bettez 199,700
Khang Can 199,200
Francis Leblanc-Duval 190,400
Fabrice Levi 190,200
Jacques Gélinas 187 400
Jason Robineault 185,200
Heath McAllister 185,000
Jean Rheaume 170,900
Dominique Morin 160,800
Todor Petkov 157,800
Andre Bilodeau 157,000
Nimer Ltaif 152,200
John Xenos 149,700
Brayden Krusch 148,200
Danny Mccarthy 136,000
Steven Chodjai 132,000
Keith Lacasse 131,000
Pascal Roberge 126,900
Patrick Leduc 123,000
Younan Beddaoui 122,200
Mathieu Jawirnycki 121,800
Stephane Durocher 121,500
Elizabeth Stamper 119,100
Raphael Ohayon 117,000
Michel Merlitti 116,900
Paul C Brunet 114,000
Gianfranco Giordano 113,300
Benoit Racette 104,600
Jason Comtois 102,500
Nicholas Soller 100,000
Simon Huard-Dufresne 99,200
David Bolduc Hamel 96,900
Thomas Harnois 96,700
Pierre Hubert Maltais 89,600
Eric Levis 87,500
Jack Curley 86,100
Michel Gelinas 84,100
Alex Chiasson 81,700
Dimitri Tchakarov 81,000
Andre Dionne 80,000
Alexandre Bedard 79,800
Maxime Marcouiller 79,300
Hassan Hares 77,500
Patrick Azevedo 75,600
Remy Poulin 74,700
Thomas Cohen 73,900
Jesse Beauchamp Grill 73,900
Philip Richard Elliot 72,800
Darren Jones 71,100
Cody Dobie 69,100
Steeven Jacques 67,600
David O'Neill 64,700
James McDermott 64,500
Corrado Carabetta 64,400
Bill Kontaratos 60,600
Yong Shuo Zheng 60,400
David Beaulieu 59,700
Kevin Bergeron 56,800
Kathy Sawers 56,600
Albert N 56,300
Levon Dedeyan 55,700
Leslie Markofsky 55,700
Stephane Levy 51,600
Alexander Matveev 51,100
Dmitrijs Feoktistovs 46,400
Gabriel Beaulieu 41,300
Jean-Gabriel Quenneville-Renaud 37,100
Jennifer Brooks 36,400
Alex Shing 35,700
Patrick Helie 35,400
Martin Grothe 34,000
Jake Miller 33,600
Jean Pierre Noel 32,600
Jamieson Flores 32,100
Francois Paulin 28,300
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The top 5 in level 9

2014/11/11 12:19am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 42,1K
  • Remaining: 182
  • Entries: 383


The players – just 182 remain – have returned from their second break of the night and play has resumed in level 9. The chip leader through the first 8 levels is Amir Mohsen, who has accumulated 127K. Amir is followed by four players at around the 90-95K mark: Danny Bettez, Jason Robineault, Thomas Harness, and Keith Lacasse.

We’re sure to see some much larger stacks grow as more players are eliminated in this third starting flight of Event 1.

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More photos from Day 1c

2014/11/10 10:34pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 31,9k
  • Remaining: 240
  • Entries: 383


Here are some more photos from Day 1c. There are many familiar faces in the field tonight, from Playground regulars to former event champions and final tablists and more…

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Back from break

2014/11/10 9:19pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 25.1K
  • Remaining: 305
  • Entries: 383


The players in Event 1 Day 1c are back from their first break of the day and with the end of the break came the end of late registration in today’s flight. There were a total of 383 entries in Day 1c, which adds up to 1,059 players registered so far in the event!

It’s rare that anyone jumps out to a big lead so early in an event like this, but during our survey of the room at the break we found that John Xenos had already amassed just a shade under 100K, while Jonathan D’Souza already had 80K.

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Photos from Day 1c

2014/11/10 8:43pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 100
  • Big Blind: 200
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 23k
  • Remaining: 323
  • Entries: 375


Here are some photos from the early action in Day 1c of Event 1.

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Just 35 minutes left to late-register for 1c

2014/11/10 8:30pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 22.4K
  • Remaining: 327
  • Entries: 366


Day 1c has passed through most of level 3 which leaves just 40 minutes left to register in tonight’s starting flight of Event 1 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic. There are already 366 entries and as the last-minute players arrive it should push up still higher.

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Day 1c is underway

2014/11/10 7:10pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 303
  • Entries: 303


Although most of the festivals we host here at Playground Poker Club start with a low buy-in multi-day re-entry event like The Wild $150, this is the first time two of the starting flights have been held in the evening on a weeknight – Day 1c tonight and Day 1d tomorrow evening (also at 7pm).

By all indications, this new schedule is very popular. Cards have been in the air for 15 minutes and there are already over 300 runners in this third starting flight. With another 2 hours of late registration available, that number is certain to climb.

With 676 total entries in the first two starting flights, the overall prize pool has already surpassed the guaranteed $100,000 and every new entry will add more cash to what is sure to be an impressive final number.

Good luck to everyone playing tonight!

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Event 1 Day 1b final chip counts

2014/11/10 2:58am by
Tournament:

Here are the final chip counts for Day 1b of Event 1 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 285 entrants in this second starting flights in Event 1, which brings the total number of entries to 676. Of the 285 players who started, 75 have qualified for Day 2 on Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.

First Name Last Name Chip Count
Real Villeneuve 176,800
Larry M 167,900
Colin Piche 163,300
Michael Lu 155,000
Geoffrey Hum 149,900
Sylvain Lacasse 149,900
Michael Korovine 142,000
Richard Phipps 138,200
Daniel Mackay 136,500
Marcel Basset 134,700
Jean-Sebastien Labonte 130,600
Jonathan Poissant 127,100
Om Gerald 118,900
Stephane Roquebrune 118,800
Andre Vezina 108,800
Micheline Roberge 107,500
Robert Piche 106,800
Tina Frascarelli 103,900
Pierre Gauthier 103,600
Andrei Gongu Grigore 99,100
Daniel Hamelin 98,000
Aidan Quin 91,900
Bruce Malcolm 91,000
Nicolas Aubin 90,700
Jean Vincent Bouchard 86,700
Omar Tohme 86,700
Alberto Scuderi 86,500
Carl St-Jean 82,400
Jay Doerr 81,400
Frederic Savard 79,900
Tanweer Bhayani 76,200
Frederic Grimard 75,000
Pierre-Luc Gaudreau 70,200
Nabil Maali 69,700
Mario Bourassa 69,000
Mathieu Tanguay 68,300
Danny Rouleau 67,900
Andre Boyer 67,000
Hugues Belzile 66,800
Manfred Gunther 63,200
Joshua Caballero-Kowarsky 62,000
Jeffrey Goldstein 60,600
Matthieu Lepine 60,000
Alexandrine Charron 59,000
Rajesh Sharma 58,600
Jonathan Lach 58,000
Daniel Fornara 54,500
Kimberley Peacock 53,500
Denise Berkowitz 51,900
Samuel Leblanc 50,300
Joey Anthony Boczek 49,800
Gabriel Jureidini 48,300
Anthony Fiumidinisi 48,100
Jeremie Meynard 46,600
Joseph Benz 45,700
Sam Chiniara 45,600
Vincent Giroux 44,000
Domenico Boemio 41,000
Joel Berard 40,800
Luigi Fantigrossi 40,200
Dmytro Bilan 38,600
David Bonneau 38,500
Jessika Beaudin 38,300
Eric Boire 37,700
Pierre-Olivier L'Esperance 36,400
Brian Mclean 35,600
Michel Dessureault 33,800
Mathieu Morneau 33,700
Patrick Mailloux 31,600
John Stassinos 30,400
Steve Pouliot 29,500
Pierre Larrivee 28,600
Scott Shein 26,500
John Blaha 20,700
Anthony Karim 18,600
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The leaders in level 12 of Day 1b

2014/11/10 1:34am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 12
  • Small Blind: 800
  • Big Blind: 1600
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 55K
  • Remaining: 103
  • Entries: 285


The tournament is at the beginning of level 12, which means there are just two levels left to play. At this point in the evening, a few players have moved away from the pack, though compared with Day 1a (earlier today), the large stacks are quite a bit more balanced among the 104 players who remain.

Among the chip leaders is Michael Korovine with 145K, with Marcel Basset right behind with 135K and Robert Piché at 115K. The action in tonight’s second flight is quite different without a massive leader, but there’s still a long way to go… Final counts to come when Day 1b wraps up.

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