Here are the final chip counts for Day 1c of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 188 entrants in the third of six starting flights in Event 3. Of the 188 players who started, 41 have qualified for Day 2 on Monday, November 17th 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.

Players are now bagging their chips as Day 1c of Event 3 has come to a close. There are around 45 players remaining and the chip leader to end the day looks to be Philippe Plouffe, who had a remarkable rush during the final level to take him from average stack to among the leaders at over 180K.

We’ll publish final counts and the final number of qualifiers from today’s flight as soon as tournament staff makes that information available.

The players in Event 3 Day 1c have entered the final level of the day and just 48 players remain.

Here are some photos of the larger stacks taken during the last level.

Rick Shamshoum

Tina Frascarelli

Eric Levesque

Philippe Plouffe

Robert Johnson

Play has begun in level 13 with 57 players left of the 188 who started today. With just two levels yet to play, there is still time for people to build up big stacks to take to Day 2 – and a few players have been steadily growing their counts throughout the day.

At the beginning of this level, Robert Johnson and Tina Frascarelli were still the chip leaders with stacks now surpassing 185K. Following him are several players hovering around 130K – Jonathan Bussieres, Eric Levesque, and Isham Yamani. Following these three players are several more between about 95K and 115K – any of whom could challenge for the chip lead before the day is though.

The players in Event 3 Day 1c have just taken their second break of the day while tournament staff removed the green T25 chips from play, and we took the opportunity to find the current leaders during the pause.

1. Robert Johnson – 121K
2. Tina Frascarelli – 105K
3. Zhen Wang – 104K
4. Eric Levesque – 99K
5. Muhyedine Fares – 98K

Event 3 may have a relatively low buy-in, but that hasn’t stopped some notable players from jumping into the action today.

• Eric Afriat – Eric is a Playground regular who is also a WPT Champion, having won the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Florida earlier this year.
• André Boyer – one of Quebec’s first poker stars, André is a WSOP Bracelet winner and once made the final table of the WSOP Main Event.
• Philippe Plouffe – Philippe is a member of the Playground Poker Players Club and has significant cashes at events around the world, including a final table of the PCA Main Event.
• Ami Alibay – Ami is another Playground regular who has significant results going back years, including a second-place finish in a $10K High Roller event here at Playground Poker Club as well as deep runs in both WSOP and EPT events over the past 5 years.
• Ricky Tang – Ricky is a poker player from Toronto who has had lots of big finishes, and has done very well here at Playground Poker Club, having finished 2nd in a $1.1K event in the 2013 Fall Classic and 3rd in one of our big $150 kickoff events.
• Kyle Myers – Kyle won Event 2 just 2 days ago here in the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic.
• Isham Yamani – Isham is well-known in the Montreal poker community and final tabled the $150 Re-entry Event 1 in the 2014 Fall Classic.

Players are back from the first break of the day and late registration has closed, with 188 total entries for today’s starting flight, which brings the total number of entries to 514 in the three Day 1s that have been held so far.

Before the break we took a few more photos of the field playing today.

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There are now 174 players who have bought in to Day 1c of the event – and with about 40 minutes left for late registration, there’s still enough time to get to Playground and take your seat!

Here are some photos of the players this morning.

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Cards are in the air for Day 1c of Event 3, The $250 Frenzy, in the Playground Poker Fall Classic! So far 141 players have taken their seats with late registration open for just under 2 hours to give more players the opportunity to buy in to the event.

Today’s Day 1c is the third of six starting flights in the tournament, which so far has seen 66 players qualify for Day 2 out of a total of 326 entries.

Play today will continue for 14 half-hour levels and we’ll be back soon with photos and more information about the field today.