Event 3 – The $250 Frenzy ($225 + $25 NL Hold’em Re-entry) – Page 6

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:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Fabrice	Levi	84,750
Mirwais	Karimi	68,600
Kim	Jungmin	67,475
Denis	Quirion	65,325
Claudy	Edouard	59,125
Santos	Culla	58,025
Kassandra Dawn	Cox	56,400

Photographs from levels 3 and 4:

Through the viewfinder

Level: 2

Small Blind: 75

Big Blind: 150

Ante: 0

Chip Average: 20.6K

Remaining: 316

Entries: 326

2015/11/08 - 20:22 by Playground Poker

Registration keeps climbing for this last flight of The $250 Frenzy, as Day 1F is already up to 326 entries, with still well over an hour left before registration closes.

Below are some photographs taken during the first two levels of the tournament:

Event 3 Day 1e – final chip counts

2015/11/08 - 19:50 by

Day 1e was the 5th of 6 starting flights in Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net. This flight contributed an impressive 317 entries to the tournament. Of those 317 entries, 71 qualified for Day 2. 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 5 flights of Event 3: /fall-classic-news/event-3-compiled-qualifying-counts/

First Name	Last Name	Stack
Michel	Naggar	300,000
Daryl	Andrews	230,500
Andrew	Lalonde	207,500
Brandon	Caldeira	180,500
Roger	Thibault	171,500
John E	Slaughter	168,000
Patrick	St-Onge	161,500
Andonios	Papageorgiou	150,500
Hiroaki	Harada	144,500
Carolyn	Carter	139,000
Mark	Howie	127,500
Dwayne	Burkett	120,500
Frank	Truong	117,500
Jean-Guy	Roy	113,500
Francis	Lau	113,000
Collin	Scheckman	112,500
Shane	St John	112,500
Matthew	Bracanovic	112,000
Troy	Vandaalen	110,000
Arun Kumar	Singh	107,500
Thibaut	Delmarle	107,500
Jeremy	Galin	107,000
Claudemir	De Oliveira	106,000
Mathew	Hossack	105,000
Gabriel	Allaire	103,000
Grant	Guevremont	101,000
Jonathan	G	100,500
Edward	Hislop	98,500
Chris	Arvanitis	98,000
Douglas	Mackie	97,000
Peter	Mott	95,500
Eric	Gariepy	91,000
Hiyaw	Gebreyohannes	89,000
Marc	Doyer-St-Jean	88,000
Mario	Lepine	87,500
Matthew	Bissonette	86,000
Cesidio	Ricci	76,500
Corey	Volfson	75,500
Patrick	Tranquille	71,500
Patrick	M	70,000
Troy	Higgins	70,000
Norman	Messier	68,000
Steven	Martin	66,000
Marko	X	65,500
Eric	Bourget	64,500
Ranko	Vlahovic	63,500
Walt	Asatoorian	62,000
David	Cadoch	59,000
Michel	McCarthy	57,000
Steven James	Dunn	57,000
Alex	Guerrera	55,000
Marc	Guerbilsky	53,500
Daniel	Johnston	51,500
Gino	Cavalieri	50,000
James	Wesley	49,000
Dominic	Allaire	48,500
Rhonda Susan	Perry	48,500
Simon	Huard-Dufresne	48,000
Terence	Lai	48,000
Sebastien	Allain	47,500
Debbie	Van Kooten-Brinac	45,000
Louis	Arpin	45,000
Gianfranco	Giordano	40,500
Richard	Lajeunesse	40,500
Luc	Loiselle	37,500
Ben	Menache	35,000
James	Rubin	34,500
Qiang	Dong	30,500
Christopher	Milloy	28,500
Duy Tan	Pham	28,000
Michael	Snowdon	24,000

The final flight of The $250 Frenzy begins now

2015/11/08 - 19:31 by Playground Poker

Already 5 flights have come and gone for this The $250 Frenzy of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, meaning only 1 more flight remains before this tournament moves on to Day 2. So far we’ve seen total of 1,098 entries combined through the first 5 starting flights, thus already surpassing the $200,000 guarantee boasted by Playground!

Tonight is the last chance to participate in what is turning out to be a massive Event 3. Our tournament director has just announced the traditional “Shuffle up and deal!”, and action is underway, but it’s not too late to register.

So far we have 204 players already seated at the tables, but late registration will remain open through until the end of the first break, closing at 9:45pm. Don’t miss you change to turn $225 + $25 into a potential huge score, come down to Playground Poker Club and jump into this final flight of The $250 Frenzy!

See you on the felts!

Last level of Day 1e

Level: 14

Small Blind: 1.2K

Big Blind: 2.4K

Ante: 400

Chip Average: 71.2K

Remaining: 89

Entries: 317

2015/11/08 - 18:08 by

Play has entered the last level of this 5th flight in Event 3, The $250 Frenzy. Play will continue for about 30 minutes and then players will bag up their chips to return for Day 2.

Two extremely skilled and experienced players have jetted to the top during the past couple of levels – Patrick St-Onge and Jonathan G. are both playing over 150K and look to be poised to build top-5 or at least top-10 stacks by the end of the action today.

We’ll have full chip counts plus a combined list ready early this evening, plus of course coverage of the final Day 1f tonight starting at 7:30.

A few new photos

Level: 12

Small Blind: 800

Big Blind: 1.6K

Ante: 200

Chip Average: 58.2K

Remaining: 109

Entries: 317

2015/11/08 - 17:28 by

Play in Day 1e is 2/3 of the way through level 12, which means there are two full levels to go after the current blind level. There are still 11 tables in action at this time, which is an indication that there’s still some pretty heavy action to come – we expect that to get down to 7 or so tables by the end of the next hour!

Photos taken during level 12:

Level 10 leaders

Level: 10

Small Blind: 500

Big Blind: 1K

Ante: 100

Chip Average: 40.4K

Remaining: 157

Entries: 317

2015/11/08 - 16:17 by

Players have just returned from a break as tournament staff removed the T25 chips from play. During the break we managed to get updated counts for almost everyone on the Live Counts page and also put together a new leaderboard of the top 5 at this point in the tournament.

Although there were a few front-runners, some of those have fallen back to the field leaving only Simon Huard-Dufresne still in a leadership position. Overall, though, no one has really stomped on the gas yet – so there are lots of fireworks still to come!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Simon	Huard-Dufresne	95200
David	Cadoch	94000
Trevor	Roy	87000
John E	Slaughter	80600
Matthew	Bissonette	80400

The front-runners

Level: 5

Small Blind: 150

Big Blind: 300

Ante: 50

Chip Average: 23.3K

Remaining: 272

Entries: 317

2015/11/08 - 13:30 by

The players in Day 1e are back from their first break of the day and during the pause we scanned the room to see if anyone had taken an early lead in today’s starting flight. Indeed, we found that there are 3 players who have built up stacks over over 70K through the first 4 levels of play: Matthew Bissonette, Chico, and Simon Huard Dufresne.

We’ll continue to track these players and more on our Live Counts page throughout the day.

Some welcome visitors

Level: 4

Small Blind: 100

Big Blind: 200

Ante: 25

Chip Average: 22.1K

Remaining: 278

Entries: 307

2015/11/08 - 12:57 by

Over the years here at Playground Poker Club we have had the good fortune to build relationships with players who visit from near and far around festival time. This applies to big-name professionals, but it applies just as much to recreational players. And on this Sunday afternoon for the $250 Frenzy we’ve seen an influx of our out-of-town “festival regulars”.

So this is a shout out to some of our friends we’ve seen today: Peter Johnson, Brian Bond, Shawn Martell, Gary Lucci, and Debra Ann Holman, to name but a few.

It’s probably not a coincidence that most of these players have achieved considerable success in events here at Playground in the past, so I expect to see at least a couple of these names repeated often over the next two weeks!

Day 1e early photos

Level: 4

Small Blind: 100

Big Blind: 200

Ante: 25

Chip Average: 21.6K

Remaining: 269

Entries: 290

2015/11/08 - 12:45 by

Day 1e of The $250 Frenzy continues to explode – registration is up to 290 players already this afternoon – as players continue to register and join in the event at a regular (and quick) pace.

Here are some photos taken during level 2 and 3 today.