Here are the final chip counts for Day 1a of Event 1 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 391 entrants in this, the first of four starting flights in Event 1. Of the 391 players who started, 82 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.

There are just 12 minutes remaining to play in Day 1a of Event 1 and the TD will be announcing a final number of hands to play at each table. When those hands are completed, the remaining players will bag their chips and we’ll post final results for the flight shortly after that.

Of the 391 who started today just 93 remain at the moment, so it’s likely that somewhere around 85-90 players will have qualified for Day 2 through today’s first flight.

With just two full levels left to play on Day 1a, a few players have put their foot on the accelerator and are separating their stacks from the pack. In particular, Bo Yan Shi (playing on table 65) has been stacking chips almost every time we have visited his table, and his stack was last seen approaching 200K. Others who have been moving up quickly include Luigi Fantigrossi, and Bob Amireault.

The players have just returned from a break during which tournament staff removed the green T25 chips from play and during the break we found the chip leaders in the event so far.

1. Marouane Tijani – 125K
2. Robert Coté – 120K
3. Yanick Mailloux – 115K
4. Kethees Thanabalasingham – 102K
5. Etienne Caron, Bo Yan Shi, Gregory Thomas – 95K

Play continues with 200 players remaining with 5 levels left to play before today’s Day 2 qualifiers bag their chips.

There are still 217 players in the action on Day 1a with just 12 minutes left until the players’ second break of the day. During the break we’ll find the chip leaders and publish the first leaderboard of the event.

It’s still early in Day 1a, but during the first break we found that although there were quite a few players who had doubled or even tripled their starting stack of 20K in tournament chips, Isham Yamani had taken the chip lead, having built his stack to an impressive 92K during the first 4 levels of play.

The other news, now that the break has ended is that the final number in this flight grew to 391 entries, which represents a solid start to the four starting flights for Event 1.

There are so many players seated we’ll never be able to photograph them all, but here are a few more shots of the early action in Day 1a of The Wild $150. Late registration ends at the end of the break following this blind level (level 4).

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Here are some photos of the action early in Day 1a.

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Day 1a is approaching the end of level 2 and there are already 356 players seated with over an hour left for late registration (2 more 30-minute levels plus the break following level 4). As usual, when the Tournament Hall is almost full there is a palpable buzz in the room as players are both excited to get started – but they’re also settling in for a long day.

Opening announcements have been made and the TD has issued the traditional command: “Dealers, shuffle up and deal”. And with that, the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic is underway.

Day 1a of The Wild $150 is starting off strong with 275 players seated as the first flight of the tournament begins and still more than 2 hours available for late registration. The published capacity for today’s daytime flight is 400 players, and it wouldn’t be a surprise for us to approach that number by the time registration ends.

Good luck!