Here are some photos from the early action in Day 1c of Event 1.
Photos from Day 1c
2014/11/10 8:43pm by
- Level: 4
- Small Blind: 100
- Big Blind: 200
- Ante: 25
- Chip Average: 23k
- Remaining: 323
- Entries: 375
Just 35 minutes left to late-register for 1c
2014/11/10 8:30pm by
- 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.
Day 1c is underway
2014/11/10 7:10pm by
- 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!
Event 1 Day 1b final chip counts
2014/11/10 2:58am by
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 |
The leaders in level 12 of Day 1b
2014/11/10 1:34am by
- 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.
More photos from Day 1b
2014/11/09 11:53pm by
Top counts after the 2nd break
2014/11/09 11:41pm by
- Level: 9
- Small Blind: 400
- Big Blind: 800
- Ante: 100
- Chip Average:
- Remaining:
- Entries: 285
The players have now completed a full 8 levels of the 13 that will be played tonight in Day 1b. During the break we took the opportunity to find the chip leaders at this point in the tournament.
It’s important to remember that having a top 5 stack now does not necessarily predict having a top 5 stack at the end of the flight – only one player in the top 5 at this point in today’s Day 1a ended up in the top 5 by the end of level 13!
- Joseph – 120K
- Anthony Fiumidinisi – 88K
- Joseph Zambito – 85K
- Jean-Paul Zeidan – 83K
- Kirk Sorensen, David Bolduc Hamel, David Elliott Marrache – 75K
Day 1b photos
2014/11/09 9:20pm by
- Level: 5
- Small Blind: 150
- Big Blind: 300
- Ante: 50
- Chip Average: 24.1K
- Remaining: 237
- Entries: 285
Registration closes for Day 1b
2014/11/09 9:12pm by
- Level: 5
- Small Blind: 150
- Big Blind: 300
- Ante: 50
- Chip Average: 24.1K
- Remaining: 237
- Entries: 285
Players in Event 1 Day 1b have completed the first 4 levels in Day 1b, the second flight in Event 1 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic. In tonight’s flight there were a total of 285 entries, which brings the total number of entries so far to 676. That many entries in just two of the four starting days means one thing for players: a huge prize pool is being built!
Event 1 Day 1a final chip counts
2014/11/09 8:03pm by
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.
| First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| Bo Yan | Shi | 324,200 |
| Jay | Srinivasan | 249,000 |
| Jimmy | Durant | 199,300 |
| Dominique | Boucher | 187,900 |
| Eric | Ranger | 181,600 |
| Ahmad | Baalbaki | 181,300 |
| Kevin | Peacock | 181,000 |
| Nicolas | Barrette | 179,500 |
| Yannick | Gagnon | 170,300 |
| Alain | Pare | 163,200 |
| Kethees | Thanabalasingham | 160,200 |
| Isham | Yamani | 144,700 |
| Robert | Di Trapani | 141,300 |
| Yves | Aubin | 137,000 |
| Maurice | Simard | 136,100 |
| Mitcheal | Ferguson | 131,100 |
| Andrew | Boujaoude | 123,600 |
| Sylvain | Leblanc | 121,400 |
| Paul | Quenneville | 120,300 |
| Catherine | St-Pierre | 120,100 |
| Renato | Zanai | 120,000 |
| Wallis | Jackson | 119,800 |
| Ren Zhe | Jin | 114,900 |
| Tristan | Girard | 114,900 |
| Gabriel | Lessard | 111,200 |
| Daniel | Gagnon | 107,800 |
| Andrew | Dufresne | 106,400 |
| Christian | Rho | 104,500 |
| Jonathan | Bussieres | 102,700 |
| Theo | Psihogios | 102,700 |
| Robert | Amireault | 102,600 |
| Eric | Fournier | 101,900 |
| Michael | Mellor | 101,500 |
| Shane | Flewelling | 101,300 |
| Stephen | Dias | 100,600 |
| Marouane | Tijani | 98,100 |
| Danielle | Bonin | 95,200 |
| Janendra | Mahendra Rajah | 94,600 |
| Arun Kumar | Singh | 90,300 |
| Sebastien | Levesque | 89,700 |
| Robert | Cote | 89,100 |
| Stephen | Baker | 87,600 |
| Alexandre | Chapdelaine | 86,000 |
| Marc-Andre | Racine | 84,800 |
| Darren | Phipps | 83,600 |
| Thundup | Ringpa | 83,600 |
| Brent F | Mccue | 79,200 |
| Robin | Clouatre | 78,500 |
| Behrooz | Salemi | 77,800 |
| Thierry | Boucher | 74,900 |
| Ali | Sabrah | 71,400 |
| Sylvie | Pelletier | 70,100 |
| Julien | Sanscartier | 70,000 |
| Michel | Plourde | 68,500 |
| Matthew | Durand | 67,000 |
| Vincent | Bedard | 66,300 |
| Stephen | Nemeth | 65,400 |
| Albert | Bassal | 64,100 |
| Adam | Cader | 62,200 |
| Aline | Genequand | 61,900 |
| Chris | Sarena | 61,500 |
| Sebastien | Vandal | 56,400 |
| Francois | Cote | 55,000 |
| Gregory | Thomas | 53,800 |
| Wayne | Walker | 53,300 |
| Constantinos | Psallidas | 53,200 |
| Gaetan | Perreault | 52,800 |
| Corey | Jackson | 50,400 |
| Kaven | Fontaine Bernier | 49,100 |
| Dominic | Sanche | 48,000 |
| Steve | Toulch | 41,300 |
| Francis | Carriere | 39,600 |
| Marc | Guerbilsky | 37,700 |
| Eric | Villeneuve | 34,700 |
| Michael | Provencher | 34,600 |
| James | McDonald | 31,900 |
| Gaston | Groulx | 28,800 |
| Antonio | Amaya | 27,500 |
| Marc | Lamothe | 27,300 |
| Jeffrey | Bartlett | 23,800 |
| Yanick | Mailloux | 23,600 |
| Norman | Messier | 20,400 |
