Day 1c of Event 3 was the 3rd of 6 starting flights in this event, known as The $250 Frenzy. 198 players started the flight and at the end of 14 levels, 42 players remained. Here are the chip counts of the players who have qualified for Day 2 from this flight.
You may also consult a list of all qualifiers through 3 flights of Event 3: /fall-classic-news/event-3-compiled-qualifying-counts/
There are 50 players still alive in Day 1c of The $250 Frenzy, and one 30-minute level to go before players bag up their chips to return for Day 2.
Starting flights of tournaments at any buy-in level are usually fairly similar in the sense that after a significant passage of play, stack sizes tend to be relatively smoothly distributed. Between level 10 and the beginning of level 14, however, we saw two players with clearly dominant stacks (Vital Cleary and Alexander Villa) and many of the other leaders from earlier in the day slipped back to the pack. At this point, there is a clear 100K drop-off from Alexander in 2nd place and the 3rd place stack, held by Jason Conforti. It remains to be seen if the chip distribution smoothes out during this last level.
Players have just returned from a break during which tournament staff removed the green T25 chips from play. This break also enabled us to put together a complete leaderboard at this point in the tournament.
Vital Cleary
Vital Cleary and Keith Secord are still the chip leaders about 15 minutes into level 9 today, but Ioannis Pentefountas and a couple of others seem determined to make their mark on today’s activities as well. We’ll prepare a full leaderboard during the next break, in 15 minutes.
In the meantime, here are some photos taken during level 9.
We made the first update to today’s Live Counts page and we will be adding players – not just “big stacks” but potentially anyone – as the day progresses.
Just two players have gone past the 60K mark: Vital Cleary and Keith Secord – but there’s still a LONG way to go before bagging up chips tonight!
The players in Day 1c are on their first break of the day. Players interested in joining in the tournament have until the end of this break to buy their ticket from the cashier.
During the break we’ll be putting together the first leaderboard for the day, so we’ll have a few leaders identified just minutes from now.
Play is now most of the way through level 2 and there are 171 players seated with over an hour of late registration left to go. Here are some photos of the field early in the day.
Play has begun in today’s Day 1c starting flight of The $250 Frenzy and even though it’s very (very) early for poker players, there are already 117 people distributed around the tables as the action starts. Late registration is open until the end of the break following level 4, which is to say that players may enter the day until 1:15 this afternoon.
It’s a beautiful day, but there’s just enough of a nip in the air that it’s not an “outside” day for a lot of people. The highways and bridges are all 100% clear, and here at Playground Poker Club we have one of the best values of the year underway – The $250 Frenzy!
Today is Day 1c – the third of the six starting flights in this event in the Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net. The first two starting days, held yesterday, attracted a very strong 352 combined entries, and if history is any indication, today’s two flights should both be significantly larger. For the record, 72 of those 352 have already qualified for Day 2.
Action gets underway in Day 1c in just about half an hour, with late registration open until 1:15 this afternoon so there’s plenty of time to get to the Club and jump in the action!
