Registration in Day 1e has just hit 243 entries, which makes this the largest flight yet in terms of participation. Registration will continue until 1:15 this afternoon as well, so that number should continue to grow all day.
The significance of this: the prize pool guarantee has been surpassed, and every additional entry today and tonight will grow the prize pool, $225 at a time! And those buy-ins add up – at this rate it’s starting to look like a truly massive prize pool for this tournament!
It sounds kind of like a character from Star Trek, but in fact it’s just a way to identify today’s Day 1e starting flight in The $250 Frenzy. This is the fifth of the six total starting flights in the tournament, and action gets underway in just about 2 minutes.
The Tournament Hall at Playground Poker Club has just been opened to players, and they’re now moving in to take their places at the tables. IDs and tournament tickets are being checked and in just minutes the action will commence. Then play will continue through 14 30-minute levels – and we’ll do it all again tonight for Day 1f!
So far there have been 164 entries that have qualified for Day 2, to be held on Monday November 9th at 7pm. At least 3 of those stacks belong to players who have qualified twice – so to this point there are 161 unique players qualified for Day 2. Considering that the two starting flights today are certain to be the largest in the event, that number should go up considerably though these final two starting days.
Good luck to all!
The 4th of 6 starting flights in Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by Partypoker.net was the largest yet in terms of total entries at 231, and of those entries, 50 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 4 flights of Event 3: /fall-classic-news/event-3-compiled-qualifying-counts/
| First Name | Last Name | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Yannick | Labattaglia | 226,500 |
| Aaron | Czaja | 209,000 |
| Thomas | Cohen | 203,000 |
| Fazeel | Munawar | 163,500 |
| Kuo Chaun | Liao | 151,000 |
| Ian Anderson | Johnson | 147,500 |
| Raymond | Latinsky | 146,000 |
| Haralambos | Margaritis | 145,000 |
| Mokhtar | Khedadi | 143,000 |
| Rami | Hammoud | 140,000 |
| David-Alexander | Jimenez-Murcia | 134,000 |
| Kuong chhe | Kuoch | 126,000 |
| Nicholas | Soller | 115,100 |
| Driss | Aber | 112,500 |
| Mathieu Rene Jospeh | Savage-Cleroux | 112,500 |
| Quang Hoang | Ngo | 112,000 |
| Graham | Lupton | 108,000 |
| Steve | Daraiche | 105,000 |
| Krzysztof | Birecki | 99,000 |
| Denis | Simard | 96,000 |
| Harley | Stoffmaker | 96,000 |
| George | Lagos | 93,000 |
| Thomas | Smith | 93,000 |
| Derek Joseph | Fee | 92,500 |
| Danik | L'Ecuyer | 85,000 |
| Yang | Guo | 84,500 |
| Brady | Spencer | 83,000 |
| Andre | Pelletier | 81,500 |
| Jason | Mandanici-Turcot | 72,500 |
| Antonio | Sozinho | 71,500 |
| Adam | Farnley | 68,500 |
| Dany | Middleton | 67,000 |
| Shawn | Dubeau | 64,500 |
| Shaun | Bowring | 63,500 |
| Steven | Saab | 60,500 |
| Michelle L | Reyes | 59,500 |
| Michel | Vincent | 59,000 |
| Jose | Martin | 58,000 |
| Georges | Hallak | 57,500 |
| Etienne | Duo | 57,000 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | 56,500 |
| Patrick | Melancon | 54,000 |
| Gabriel | Couture | 49,500 |
| Martin | Plante Trudel | 46,500 |
| Matthew | Grocholsky | 45,500 |
| Justin | Kuzmicki | 33,000 |
| Mikael | Abittan | 32,500 |
| Eleuterio | Guedes | 30,000 |
| Elaine | Rawn | 19,000 |
| Marcello | Simonetti | 11,500 |
Day 1D of The $250 Frenzy is midway through level 13, meaning only 45 minutes remain before the surviving players bag their chips onto Day 2.
This has been the biggest of the flights so far, however we are expecting tomorrow’s 2 last flights to attract a handful of players once again. Anyone wishing to participate can play join in the 11am flight or the 7:30pm flight, or even both if they so choose!
Once Day 1D has wrapped up, and players have bagged their chips, we will publish the full list of player-reported chip counts.
Photographs from levels 12 and 13:
The players are off their second break of the night, and will play 5 more 30-minute levels before calling it a night and bagging their chips. A few players have breached the 100,000 mark, however it is a very tight race up top, with the top 5 stacks all within 10 blinds of each other.
Here is a look at the current leaderboard, as play enters level 10:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Kuo Chaun | Llao | 110,100 |
| Sean | Raboy | 107,100 |
| Ian Anderson | Johnson | 104,800 |
| Driss | Aber | 102,700 |
| Shaun | Bowring | 102,100 |
Photographs from levels 7, 8 and 9:
Day 1D of The $250 Frenzy has just entered level 7, and although no one has really jumped far ahead of the field, many players are hovering in the double-average range in chip stacks. We should start seeing a few players pull ahead of the field in the orbits to come.
Photographs from levels 5 and 6:
The $250 Frenzy is up to 781 total entries after 4 flights, as tonight’s Day 1D attracted 231 players. Two more flights remain, with Day 1E at 11am tomorrow, and Day 1F at 7:30pm. All the players who finished a flight with chips will return on Monday night at 7:00pm for Day 2.
Players have just returned from a short break after 4 levels of play, and below is a table with the current chip leaders.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Haralambos | Margaritis | 73,300 |
| Tedde | Ballanger | 70,125 |
| Sean | Raboy | 68,050 |
| Peter | Giavanolou | 64,100 |
| Yang | Guo | 61,975 |
Level 3 has just finished here in Day 1D of The $250 Frenzy, and it has been the most popular of the flights to date in this event. Already 220 players have taken their seats, and registration is still open for another 45 minutes.
Photographs from level 1:
The fourth flight of The $250 Frenzy is now on, and it’s not too late to join in the action. Late registration is open for the first four levels through until the end of the break, and will close at 9:45pm.
170 players are already at their seats, but you can show up late, no one has called time yet.
Event 3 of the Playground Poker Fall Classic, presented by Partypoker.net, is a $250 re-entry tournament with 6 starting flights which boasts a guarantee of $200,000.
Three of the six flights have already taken place, culminating to 550 total entries so far, meaning we are likely to see over 1,000 entries total for this increasingly popular side event.
The tournament director has recently announced the start of the tournament, and with that action is well underway. 156 players have already taken their seats, and late registration will remain open for another 2 hours (until 9:45pm).
Don’t miss your chance at taking home your piece of the prize pool! Come and join us here in the tournament hall at Playground Poker Club.
See you on the felts!
