Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic – known as “The $250 Frenzy” – was a $225 + $25 NL Hold’em Re-entry event that featured 6 Day 1s. The event attracted a total of 1,332 entries over the 6 starting days, which generated a prize pool of $290,709.00. This prize pool was distributed according to the following table.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond | Kay | $50,000.00 |
| 2 | Jean-Francois | Lescadres | $34,270.00 |
| 3 | Lesley | Amos | $22,030.00 |
| 4 | Thomas | Wintermans | $16,279.00 |
| 5 | Rick | Shamshoum | $12,290.00 |
| 6 | Andrew | Hislop | $9,940.00 |
| 7 | Michael | Malm | $8,250.00 |
| 8 | Nicolas | Malo Majeau | $6,590.00 |
| 9 | Gregory | Katayama | $4,910.00 |
| 10 | Andrew | Lalonde | $3,690.00 |
| 11 | James | Danchuk | $3,690.00 |
| 12 | Terence | Lai | $3,690.00 |
| 13 | John | Helou | $2,960.00 |
| 14 | Tyler | St Clair | $2,960.00 |
| 15 | Al | Caranci | $2,960.00 |
| 16 | Georges | Hallak | $2,550.00 |
| 17 | Andre | Bilodeau | $2,550.00 |
| 18 | Michel | Leblanc | $2,550.00 |
| 19 | Rahman | Khakban | $2,260.00 |
| 20 | Vo Victor | Ly | $2,260.00 |
| 21 | Alexandre | Normandin Charest | $2,260.00 |
| 22 | Sebastien | Rioux | $2,000.00 |
| 23 | Rostand | Asselin | $2,000.00 |
| 24 | Joel | Moreau | $2,000.00 |
| 25 | Marc-Andre | Racine | $1,740.00 |
| 26 | Derek | Lerner | $1,740.00 |
| 27 | Tian Lin | Liao | $1,740.00 |
| 28 | Stephane | Lacas | $1,510.00 |
| 29 | Shane | Flewelling | $1,510.00 |
| 30 | Jean-Gabriel | Quenneville-Renaud | $1,510.00 |
| 31 | Joseph | Abou Khalil | $1,510.00 |
| 32 | Kamal | Hamai | $1,510.00 |
| 33 | David | Bonneau | $1,510.00 |
| 34 | Bradley | Roe | $1,510.00 |
| 35 | David | Scott | $1,510.00 |
| 36 | Nimer | Ltaif | $1,510.00 |
| 37 | Alemu | Makonen | $1,300.00 |
| 38 | Daniel | Charette | $1,300.00 |
| 39 | Francois | Miville | $1,300.00 |
| 40 | Marco | Caza | $1,300.00 |
| 41 | Frederic | Breton | $1,300.00 |
| 42 | Marcel | Deschamps | $1,300.00 |
| 43 | Kieu Hoa | Lam | $1,300.00 |
| 44 | David | Etmanskie | $1,300.00 |
| 45 | Dave | Pelletier-Bremner | $1,300.00 |
| 46 | Deron | Noksana | $1,100.00 |
| 47 | claudio | Fabrizio | $1,100.00 |
| 48 | Maurice | Simard | $1,100.00 |
| 49 | Andrew | Boujaoude | $1,100.00 |
| 50 | Timothy | Fryer | $1,100.00 |
| 51 | Matthew | Durand | $1,100.00 |
| 52 | Peter | Zhou | $1,100.00 |
| 53 | Alexander | Villa | $1,100.00 |
| 54 | Jean Pierre | Hetu | $1,100.00 |
| 55 | Grant | Pazarka | $930.00 |
| 56 | Robert | Piche | $930.00 |
| 57 | Isham | Yamani | $930.00 |
| 58 | Rawad | Haddad | $930.00 |
| 59 | Tina | Frascarelli | $930.00 |
| 60 | Sourasay | Souvanh | $930.00 |
| 61 | Olivier | Brossard | $930.00 |
| 62 | Karim | Hadj Hassine | $930.00 |
| 63 | Bradley | Webber | $930.00 |
| 64 | Julian | Volpe | $780.00 |
| 65 | Robert | Amireault | $780.00 |
| 66 | Louis | Richard | $780.00 |
| 67 | Faisal | Khan | $780.00 |
| 68 | Michel | Melancon | $780.00 |
| 69 | Jeffrey | Goldstein | $780.00 |
| 70 | Sebastien | Proulx | $780.00 |
| 71 | Jose | Pereira | $780.00 |
| 72 | Robert | Johnson | $780.00 |
| 73 | Charles – Eric | Benoit | $660.00 |
| 74 | Chris | Sarena | $660.00 |
| 75 | Christian | Brousseau | $660.00 |
| 76 | David | Bolduc Hamel | $660.00 |
| 77 | Lance | Syme | $660.00 |
| 78 | Pietro | Matricardi | $660.00 |
| 79 | Jean-F | M. | $660.00 |
| 80 | Michele | Beliveau | $660.00 |
| 81 | Vince | Dwyer | $660.00 |
| 82 | Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | $580.00 |
| 83 | Jeff | Belford | $580.00 |
| 84 | Glenn | Holcombe | $580.00 |
| 85 | Nancy | George | $580.00 |
| 86 | Michael | Pitcher | $580.00 |
| 87 | Pierre Marc | Chadi | $580.00 |
| 88 | Michael | Neuber | $580.00 |
| 89 | Eric | Bienenstock | $580.00 |
| 90 | Michael | Korovine | $580.00 |
| 91 | Phil | Breault | $490.00 |
| 92 | Alain | Poirier | $490.00 |
| 93 | Jerry | Felberbaum | $490.00 |
| 94 | Rohit | Jain | $490.00 |
| 95 | Francois | Cholette | $490.00 |
| 96 | Justin | Jarrett | $490.00 |
| 97 | Kiril Martinov | Gelev | $490.00 |
| 98 | Eric | Levesque | $490.00 |
| 99 | Shawn A | Martell | $490.00 |
| 100 | Hugo | Dumoulin | $400.00 |
| 101 | Jean-Louis | Cyr | $400.00 |
| 102 | Philippe | Plouffe | $400.00 |
| 103 | Jessie | Wheatley | $400.00 |
| 104 | Maxime | Marcouiller | $400.00 |
| 105 | Peter | Johnson | $400.00 |
| 106 | Jean-Paul | Zeidan | $400.00 |
| 107 | Michel | Gagne | $400.00 |
| 108 | Sammy | Chao | $400.00 |
| 109 | Patrick | Girard | $400.00 |
| 110 | Eraldo | Edouard | $400.00 |
| 111 | Stephane | Boucher | $400.00 |
| 112 | Odette | Tremblay | $400.00 |
| 113 | Norman | Gauthier | $400.00 |
| 114 | Marco | Pigeon | $400.00 |
| 115 | Quoc | Nguyen | $400.00 |
| 116 | Vasilios | Critsotakis | $400.00 |
| 117 | Jared | Havelock | $400.00 |
| 118 | Stephen | Baker | $400.00 |
| 119 | Eric | Vallee | $400.00 |
| 120 | Ricky | Lamirande | $400.00 |
| 121 | Jake | Miller | $400.00 |
| 122 | Mohammed | Rubel | $400.00 |
| 123 | Eric | Villeneuve | $400.00 |
| 124 | Michael | Selliah | $400.00 |
| 125 | Yves | Bohemier | $400.00 |
| 126 | Alexander | Matveev | $400.00 |
| 127 | Janendra | Mahendra Rajah | $400.00 |
| 128 | Alan | Dagenais | $400.00 |
| 129 | Tommy | Coulombe | $400.00 |
| 130 | Gaston | Groulx | $400.00 |
| 131 | Gary | Lucci | $400.00 |
| 132 | Karl | Poulin | $400.00 |
| 133 | Jimmy | Lee | $400.00 |
| 134 | Nicola | Basile | $400.00 |
| 135 | Andre | Theriault | $400.00 |
