Some notable players today

2014/11/15 2:26pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 7
  • Small Blind: 250
  • Big Blind: 500
  • Ante: 75
  • Chip Average: 28.1K
  • Remaining: 134
  • Entries: 188


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.
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More Day 1c photos

2014/11/15 1:15pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 22.9K
  • Remaining: 164
  • Entries: 188


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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A few photos

2014/11/15 12:28pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 21.8K
  • Remaining: 160
  • Entries: 174


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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Day 1c begins!

2014/11/15 11:02am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 141
  • Entries: 141


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.

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Event 3 Day 1b final chip counts

2014/11/15 3:15am by
Tournament:

Here are the final chip counts for Day 1b of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 of the 2014 Playground Poker Fall Classic. There were a total of 192 entrants in the second of six starting flights in Event 3. Of the 192 players who started, 40 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.

First Name Last Name Chip Count
Kamal Hamai 280,000
Joseph Abou Khalil 237,000
Eraldo Edouard 227,000
Darren Jones 206,500
Derek Lerner 206,500
Jean Pierre Hetu 200,000
Jason Mandanici-Turcot 158,500
Bradley Roe 135,500
Michael Korovine 127,500
Gaston Groulx 124,000
Sammy Chao 121,500
Daniel Leddy 110,000
Vo Victor Ly 102,000
Joanne Capritta-Gonzales 99,500
Maxime Nault 98,500
Phong Truong 90,500
Danik L'Ecuyer 89,000
Grant Pazarka 87,500
Mathieu Boulanger-Vaugeois 81,500
Elias Spiropoulos 72,500
David Brunelle 71,500
David Bolduc Hamel 68,500
Alain Mathieu 67,500
Hugo Dumoulin 67,500
Arthur W 67,000
Marie Tran 61,000
Kenny Faucher 59,000
Gianfranco Giordano 58,500
Jonathan Barrette 57,500
Mikael D'Amico 52,500
Julien Lauzon 49,200
Robert Piche 48,000
Nicholas Sheehy 44,000
Renato Soldera 41,000
Andrej Bachynsky 35,000
Julian Albert Mangan 35,000
Peter Zhou 31,500
Jonathan G 27,500
Eric Vouligny 25,000
Khang Can 18,000
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Level 13 Update (with photos)

2014/11/15 2:25am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 13
  • Small Blind: 1K
  • Big Blind: 2K
  • Ante: 300
  • Chip Average: 71.1K
  • Remaining: 50
  • Entries: 192


The players are approaching the end of Day 1b of Event 3, the $250 Frenzy ($225 + $25 NL Hold’em Re-entry) in the Playground Poker Fall Classic. There are 50 players left in the action on 5 tables, and the stacks are relatively balanced around the room. Jean-Pierre Hétu and Derek Lerner have separated from the rest of the field, having accumulated over 200K in chips. There is still a level and a half to play this evening, and with blinds going up it will be no surprise to see lots of action between now and the end of Day 1b.

Here are some photos of the players who remain:

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Leader photos – level 10

2014/11/15 12:54am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1000
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 45.7K
  • Remaining: 84
  • Entries: 192


Here are some shots of the chip leaders in Event 3 Day 1b:

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The leaders at level 10

2014/11/15 12:35am by
Tournament:
  • Level: 10
  • Small Blind: 500
  • Big Blind: 1000
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 42.7K
  • Remaining: 90
  • Entries: 192


Players have now returned from their second break of the night and there are currently 90 players left – a little fewer than half of the starting field tonight. Three players have pierced the 100K barrier with another right behind at 95K.

  1. David Brunelle – 105K
  2. Kenny Faucher – 104K
  3. Justin Miller – 100K
  4. Kamal Hamai – 95K
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Level 9 – before the 2nd break

2014/11/14 11:45pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 400
  • Big Blind: 800
  • Ante: 100
  • Chip Average: 38K
  • Remaining: 100
  • Entries: 192


Players have reached level 9 and there has been a lot of action in the last few levels. At this point there are 100 players left in this flight, and some large stacks are starting to be built – we’ll find out where these are during the upcoming break at the end of this level.

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Update – Event 3 Day 1b

2014/11/14 9:58pm by
Tournament:
  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 23.9K
  • Remaining: 160
  • Entries: 192


Players have returned from their first break of the night and late registration is now closed with 192 entries having bought in tonight. There are 160 players left in Day 1b, with lots of action to come.

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