In a tournament like this there are always interesting situations and stories that develop over the starting days and then intensify as the whole event comes together. A few of these we’ll be trying to follow today…
- Diana Shamshoum and Dawn Cook: They played most of Day 1c together, and after the first few tables broke to start today, they have randomly been seated at the same table today.
- Isham Yamani: Isham has gone very deep in this event in the past, and reports came from several sources at the beginning of the day that he had already doubled his starting stack in the first 25 minutes of play. He is now sitting on close to 300K in chips which puts him squarely among the contenders for the chip lead.
- André Boyer: Although poker has famously become a young person’s game, André Boyer defied the trend this summer in Las Vegas and won a WSOP bracelet – one of only 2 Quebec-based players to do so this year. He is a regular participant in events at Playground, and seems to be in quite good shape early in Day 2.
- Justin Miller: Justin is an accomplished player who was a participant in perhaps the most famous single hand in Playground Poker Club history – the 4-way all-in hand that closed out the Canada Cup a couple of years ago. Justin stated today with over 100K in chips.
- Ruben Perceval: Ruben is a local player who is acknowledged by many of the best local tournament players to be among the best they face in big events – but he hasn’t “closed one out” yet here at Playground Poker Club. Ruben started the day as one of the top-5 chip leaders.
