During the short chip-up break following level 20, we did a quick update on the leaderboard. Here are the top 6 stacks as play enters level 21, with 17 players remaining:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | 475,000 |
| Gary | Lucci | 410,000 |
| Jordan | M | 394,000 |
| Samuel | Barre | 380,000 |
| Jeremy | Lyons | 339,000 |
| Carla | Sabini | 300,000 |
Event 12 has just reached the final 2 tables, and with the most recent elimination of Sean Windover in 19th place, the remaining players are now in the money!
Congratulations!
| First Name | Last Name | Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Xin | Qi | Table 66 - Seat 1 |
| Francois | Goulet | Table 66 - Seat 2 |
| Jeremy | Lyons | Table 66 - Seat 3 |
| Erwan | Palanque | Table 66 - Seat 4 |
| H | H | Table 66 - Seat 5 |
| Philippe | Kerri | Table 66 - Seat 6 |
| Frank | Katana | Table 66 - Seat 7 |
| Danielle | Micallef | Table 66 - Seat 8 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | Table 66 - Seat 9 |
| Samuel | Barre | Table 70 - Seat 1 |
| Carla | Sabini | Table 70 - Seat 2 |
| Gary | Lucci | Table 70 - Seat 3 |
| Joey | Boczek | Table 70 - Seat 4 |
| Frederick | Mowatt | Table 70 - Seat 5 |
| Michael | Noor | Table 70 - Seat 6 |
| Jordan | M | Table 70 - Seat 7 |
| Paul | Trebuss | Table 70 - Seat 8 |
| Kerry | Shears | Table 70 - Seat 9 |
With only 22 players left in Event 12, the money bubble is fast approaching. 18 players are scheduled to be paid, and with 4 more eliminations we will be in the money.
Stacks are quite even in the field, as not many players are short-stacked, and not many are big-stacked. The exception to this is Zheng-Yi Xie, who has built a stack of nearly 400,000, good for the chip lead, and nearly 150,000 ahead of any other player.
Behram Antia has chipped his way into the lead in the last few levels, as he sits on the current top stack of 264,000 as play enters level 17. Here are the top 4 stacks at the moment:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Behram | Antia | 264,000 |
| Carla | Sabini | 212,000 |
| Sean | Windover | 202,500 |
| Frederick | Mowatt | 192,000 |
Photographs taken during level 13 of Event 12:
Players have just returned from a short break in Event 12, and it is Shakeeb Kazemipur who currently holds the chip lead, being the only player above the 200,000 mark.
Here is a look at the leaderboard, as play enters level 13:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Shakeeb | Kazemipur | 205,400 |
| Jason | Conforti | 176,100 |
| Michael | Noor | 155,300 |
| Gary | Lucci | 147,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | 146,100 |
| Jordan | M | 142,700 |
| Robert | Buckenmayer | 134,000 |
| Kevin | McDonald | 123,600 |
| Steven | Escobar | 109,200 |
Players in Event 12 have now moved into level 8 of play. When late registration ended there were a total of 153 players who had joined the action, and 104 remain. The prize pool and payout structure for the event is being prepared now and we’ll publish it as soon as possible.
Our coverage of the event will expand as the day goes on.
The 1-Day 1.1K is already into level 3 and with another 3 levels of late registration left to go, participation has already passed 95 players with more certainly on the way. This will certainly result in a very nice prize pool for the event, which will continue today until a champion emerges.
Photos from level 2
Tuesday morning at 11am will see the debut of a totally new tournament in a Playground Poker Classic festival – it’s a relatively large buy-in event ($1,000 + $100), but on a compact, one-day schedule.
The small buy-in, multi-day tournaments like The Wild $150 and The $250 Frenzy are a great way for recreational players to have the entire experience of a big poker event but for an accessible buy-in – and they’ll be a key part of festivals at Playground for a long time to come.
In a long festival like the Fall Classic, though, it’s important to concentrate on the whole player population, a good portion of whom make their living playing this amazing game. For these players, we have heard the request loud and clear – more compact formats are always welcome.
In fact it’s becoming a bit of a trend in the game in the last year or so – to put together tournaments that are big enough to have amazing prize pools but take a lot less time than a full-blown Main Event to play through to a winner. We see this trend with the super high-rollers, which are often 3- or even 2-day events.
So join us tomorrow at 11am for what we’re calling, informally, the “1 Day 1K”. Late registration is open for 6 30-minute levels, and as always late registrants will start with a full T25K stack. You can also download the full tournament rules and structure in PDF format.
See you at 11!
