Playground Poker

Eric Ranger: the first millionaire

Level: 21

Small Blind: 6K

Big Blind: 12K

Ante: 2K

Chip Average: 292K

Remaining: 101

Entries: 1475

2015/11/09 - 22:55 by Playground Poker

It was only a few hands ago that Eric Ranger was sitting on a healthy 500,000 chip stack, good for a top 10 spot in the leaderboard. Two back to back hands versus table opponent Claudemir De Oliveria quickly change that however, as Eric got the best of him in two hands to more than double his already impressive stack.

In the first hand, Eric was the aggressor in a pot where he rivered aces-up with AK for a 500,000 pot, although it seems he may have been good even before catching his second pair. On the next hand however, he absolutely needed the river, as his overcame the of Claudemir on a board to clean out his opponent and build his stack up to 1,060,000.

Eric Ranger

Double elimination brings us in the money

Level: 20

Small Blind: 5K

Big Blind: 10K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 203K

Remaining: 145

Entries: 1475

2015/11/09 - 22:14 by Playground Poker

Hand-for-hand lasted all of 1 hand in The $250 Frenzy, as 2 players were eliminated in the same time to bring this event into the money.

Georges Halak and Shaun Bowring were both eliminated on the bubble on different tables, and therefore were awarded half of 145th place each, or $230 each, while the remaining 144 players have locked in at least $460 each, with $55,000 reserved for the eventual champion.

Photographs from levels 18 and 19:

: Frank Truong

Leaderboard as the bubble approaches

Level: 19

Small Blind: 4K

Big Blind: 8K

Ante: 1K

Chip Average: 178K

Remaining: 166

Entries: 1475

2015/11/09 - 21:28 by Playground Poker

Players are off their first break of the night, and with only 166 players left in the tournament, we are quickly approaching the money bubble. 144 are scheduled to be paid, and hand-for-hand will begin shortly before we reach this number.

Here is a look at the current leaderboard, as play enters level 19. You can also follow updated chip counts by clicking the “Live Counts – Event 3 Day 2” link near the top right of the page.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Nick-Real	Seide	614,000
Norman	Messier	605,000
Ruben	Perceval	521,000
Tomas	Larivee Magni	452,000
Nicolas	Martel	451,000
Aaron	Czaja	432,000
Adam	Farnley	427,000
Claudemir	De Oliveira	424,000
Driss	Aber	405,000
Alec	Brandstatter	386,000
Richard	Gauthier	380,000
Yannick	Labattaglia	380,000
Jeremy	Galin	360,000

Early Day 2 photos

Level: 16

Small Blind: 2K

Big Blind: 4K

Ante: 500

Chip Average: 124.5K

Remaining: 237

Entries: 1475

2015/11/09 - 20:00 by Playground Poker

Photographs taken during levels 15 and 16:

Final Table

Level: 24

Small Blind: 25K

Big Blind: 50K

Ante: 5K

Chip Average: 420K

Remaining: 10

Entries: 169

2015/11/09 - 19:06 by Playground Poker

Event 4 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic attracted a total of 169 entries, and the field has now been reduced to the final table of ten players. Coming in as the chip leader is Rabih Aboudib, who holds nearly 1 million in chips, however given the turbo format, the average stack is below the 10 big blind mark, meaning things can change very fast.

Good luck to our final tableists!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Rabih	Aboudib	955,000
Gary	Lucci	590,000
Saman	Rezvani	565,000
David	Keyes	510,000
Darryl	Beel	325,000
Michel	Belanger	315,000
Luc Vincent	Guay	275,000
Basil	Armanazi	260,000
Levi	Stevens	210,000
David	Nadler	205,000

: David Keyes

: Michel Belanger

: Saman Rezvani

: Luc Vincent Guay

: Levi Stevens

: Gary Lucci

: David Nadler

: Rabih Aboudib

: Darryl Beel

: Basil Armanazi

Day 1 of The $250 Frenzy is a wrap! On to Day 2…

Level: 15

Small Blind: 1.5K

Big Blind: 3K

Ante: 500

Chip Average: 92K

Remaining: 320

Entries: 1475

2015/11/09 - 3:13 by Playground Poker

The $250 Frenzy, which is Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, turned out to be a huge success! A total of 1,475 entries were made across 6 starting flights, creating a massive prize pool of $321,919.00, and a whopping $55,000 for the eventual winner, who will also take home a Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Trophy.

With all 6 flights now completed, we saw 320 players qualify for tomorrow night’s Day 2, which is set to begin at 7pm sharp (this number includes players who have qualified on more than one entry, of which only their largest stack will be kept in play). Of this, 145 will walk out with a cash prize of at least $460, with one lucky winner going home with $55,000. Play will continue in Day 2 for 12 levels of 30-minutes, after which the remaining players will bag for Day 3, where the champion will be crowned.

Leading the field into Day 2 is Michel Naggar, who bagged 300,000 chips after 14 levels of play, however there are dozens of players not too far behind.

Once the player’s have finished bagging their chips tonight, and the tournament staff has crunched all the numbers, we will be publishing the full list of player-reported chip counts for Day 2, as well as the seating assignments.

Tune in to our Playground Poker Club blog tomorrow night to follow the action, as we bring you up-to-date coverage throughout the night, including live chip counts and tons of photos.

Good luck to the players who have qualified into Day 2!

See you tomorrow!

Final levels

Level: 13

Small Blind: 1K

Big Blind: 2K

Ante: 300

Chip Average: 63.4K

Remaining: 119

Entries: 377

2015/11/09 - 2:10 by Playground Poker

Level 13 is underway, and we have less than 2 full levels to complete before going on break until Day 2. At the moment is it Patrick Boisvert who leads this Day 1F field, as he holds over 250,000 chips, and is the only player for now who has climbed over the 200,000 mark tonight.

Photographs from levels 11 and 12:

: Patrick Boisvert

5 more levels to go

Level: 10

Small Blind: 500

Big Blind: 1K

Ante: 100

Chip Average: 43.3K

Remaining: 173

Entries: 377

2015/11/09 - 0:34 by Playground Poker

The prizepool for The $250 Frenzy has been released, and the winner of this tournament will take home a huge $55,000! You can view the full list of payout by going to the “Results and Payouts” section for Event 3.

The second break of the night is now over, and we have brought an update on the leaderboard. At the moment it is Fabrice Levi who leads the field, and he is one of 8 players who hold stacks above 100,000. 5 levels remain before the surviving players pack up their chips onto Day 2, scheduled tomorrow at 7pm. Here is a look at the top ten stacks going into level 10 in this Day 1F:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Fabrice	Levi	178,700
Scott	Worsley	144,100
Claudy	Edouard	138,700
Santos	Ciulla	126,000
Alex	Fiorani	118,100
Carla	Sabini	113,300
Shawn Philip	Eckhardt	104,500
Florian Raphael Vincent	Grisorio	104,200
Ruben	Perceval	95,400
J-Sebastien	Schick	89,500

Photographs from levels 7, 8 and 9:

Photos

Level: 6

Small Blind: 200

Big Blind: 400

Ante: 50

Chip Average: 27.5K

Remaining: 274

Entries: 377

2015/11/08 - 22:41 by Playground Poker

Photographs from levels 5 and 6:

: Nick-Real Seide

1,475 total entries for The $250 Frenzy!

Level: 5

Small Blind: 150

Big Blind: 300

Ante: 50

Chip Average: 23.7K

Remaining: 318

Entries: 377

2015/11/08 - 21:54 by Playground Poker

The first break of the night is now over, and with it came the end of the registration period for this Event 3 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic, presented by Partypoker.net.

Through 6 action-packed starting flights, we saw a combined total of 1,475 entries, smashing the $200,000 guarantee, and even passing the total entries of this series The Wild $150, which saw 1,439 entires. The tournament staff is crunching the number as we speak, and we should soon be releasing the payout structure for this high-turnout event.

During the course of this break, we took a walk round the room to find out who has taken a head start after 4 levels of play. As play enters level 5, here are the current chip leaders: