The players in Day 1c have just taken their first break of the day and during the break we’ve put together the first leaderboard of the night. You’ll find the top 5 below, but remember that this time you can also go to the Live Counts page to get updates on these and many other players in the tournament.
| Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|
| Marco Sousa | 82,100 |
| Sebastien Copeau | 71,000 |
| Simon Assouline | 68,400 |
| Isham Yamani | 58,100 |
| Richard St-Jean | 56,500 |
Photos taken during level 4
Here are some photos of the early action in Day 1c of The Wild $150 here at Playground Poker Club.
Another 20+ players have joined since the last update and the 400 mark for the night is sure to be surpassed very soon.
Photos from level 3
Attendance for this starting flight in The Wild $150 started out strong and is only getting stronger as the tournament makes its way to the end of the late registration period. There are already 364 players seated and a full hour left to jump in the action!
One of the classic poker dilemmas just played out on Table 62 as during the 3rd hand of play, Dany Lavoie found himself with pocket Aces and was raised all-in by his opponent in the hand.
When you ask people, “what do you do if, in the first hand of a tournament, you’re forced to call off your entire stack preflop with AA?” the answer is surprisingly mixed. According to probabilities it’s not even a reasonable question – of course you call with such a strong holding. But when you actually ask players, the answers you get will be all over the map!
In any case, there was no dilemma for Dany, nor for his opponent, and soon all the chips were in the middle.
Dany: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out completely safely for the pocket Aces and Dany managed the early double up.
Day 1c is now underway, but not before a special guest helped us to get the festivities going tonight – none other than Guy Carbonneau was on hand to instruct dealers to shuffle up and deal! He’s not just hanging around either – Carbo is playing the event. Currently he’s sitting at Table 30 – we’ll keep an eye on his stack as the evening progresses.
Players are taking their seats in the Tournament Hall here at Playground Poker Club as we get ready for action in the 3rd of 4 starting flights in The Wild $150. This is Event 1 of the 2015 Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net, and as usual for this event, there’s a massive $100,000 prize pool guarantee!
With 5 minutes to go before the start of the action tonight there are already 151 players registered, which many more players due to arrive throughout the late registration period. Players can join the tournament any time until the end of the break after level 4 – which is to say they have until about 10 past 9 to jump in the action.
Good luck to everyone in tonight’s flight!
Day 1b of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net began at 7pm on Sunday, November 1st. There were a total of 229 entries in this, the second of four starting flights in the event. When all 13 levels had been played, 55 players remained. These players have all qualified for Day 2, which will begin at 7pm on Wednesday November 4th.
Any player who entered either of today’s starting flights in the tournament may re-enter in a subsequent starting flight – this is a “next day re-entry” event, meaning that players enter each of the 4 starting flights once.
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Paolo | Tana | 210,800 |
| Donghai | Lu | 188,200 |
| Said | Michailidis | 181,300 |
| Tanvir | Ahmed | 173,000 |
| Gil | Charles | 156,000 |
| Dave | Pelletier-Bremner | 154,800 |
| Jean-Bruno | Courcelles | 150,100 |
| Sid | L | 146,300 |
| Maxime | Doyon | 144,600 |
| Cherif | Si Hadj Mohand | 129,100 |
| Jason | Conforti | 120,700 |
| Louis | Lam | 117,400 |
| Adam | Hedley | 113,300 |
| Robert | Sibbald | 98,600 |
| Fadi | Haddad | 96,000 |
| Patrick | St-Laurent | 94,500 |
| Elzbieta | K | 88,700 |
| Jeff | Porter | 87,900 |
| Marc | Blanchette | 87,600 |
| Danny | Caprara | 83,000 |
| Mobolaji | Ademolu | 81,800 |
| Pierre | Leonard | 78,900 |
| Moshe | Cohen | 77,900 |
| Stephane | Leroux | 77,600 |
| Daniel | Chahabian | 75,100 |
| Albert | Bassal | 73,300 |
| Maxime | Boulay | 68,400 |
| Paolo | Pasquariello | 68,200 |
| David | Bolduc Hamel | 67,000 |
| Anthony | Ciambella | 66,600 |
| Carl | Laberge | 65,600 |
| Scott Albert | Francois | 65,400 |
| Brett Gregory | Hart | 65,000 |
| Marc | Gagne | 64,200 |
| Thien Loc Albert | Nguyen | 62,500 |
| Kethees | Thanabalasingham | 62,000 |
| Andy | Carriere | 60,900 |
| Richard | Johansen | 58,600 |
| Robert | Dagenais | 57,700 |
| Marc | Guerbilsky | 57,000 |
| Kathy | Sawers | 55,400 |
| Serge | Girard | 52,000 |
| Luc | Plante | 45,200 |
| Joel | Moreau | 44,800 |
| Fabian | Garzon | 43,300 |
| Danick | Landriault | 41,000 |
| Sammy | Chao | 41,000 |
| Steven | Dubois-Daigle | 40,600 |
| Michel | Vincent | 40,300 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | 39,800 |
| Tony | Farcy | 36,600 |
| Arjade | Gregorio | 33,700 |
| Terrence | Davis | 30,600 |
| David Alfonso | Martinez | 27,700 |
| Miltiadis | Mavrigiannakis | 27,400 |
With play entering level 12 of this Day 1B of The Wild $150, players only have 2 more 30-minute levels left to complete before bagging their chips onto Day 2.
We will be publishing the full list of player-reported chip counts shortly after the completion of the night.
Photographs from levels 10 and 11:
The second and last break of the night has just passed us, and we took this time to bring a new leaderboard. 6 players have already breached the 100,000 mark, with Donghai Lu leading the way at the moment. Play will continue for 5 more 30-minute levels before the remaining players bag and tag their chips onto Day 2.
Here is a look at the current top stacks:
| Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|
| Donghai Lu | 141,000 |
| Stephane Leroux | 117,000 |
| Tanvir Ahmed | 112,000 |
| David Pelletier-Bremmer | 111,000 |
| Said Michalaitis | 104,000 |
| Fadi Haddad | 92,500 |
| William Hock | 92,000 |
| Pierre Leonard | 92,000 |
We’ve just reached level 8 in this second flight of The Wild $150, and the field has been nearly cut in half since the start of the night. 6 levels remain before the end of the night, and those who were unfortunately eliminated from tonights flight will still have two more shots at qualifying for Day 2, as this event follows a “re-entry” format, allowing players to play multiple flights.
You can follow live updates on chip counts by following the orange “chip count” link at the top-right of the post. This is not a complete list of all the players in the field, however if ever you would like to know the status of a specific player that is not shown in the list, you can ask us via Twitter by addressing your request to @PlaygroundPoker, and we will do our best to bring you an update.
Photographs from levels 5-6-7:
