Here are the final chip counts for Day 1c of The Wild $150 – Event 1 of the Playground Winter Festival.

There were 434 entrants in this, the 3rd of 4 starting flights in Event 1. 108 of these players have qualified for Day 2 on Sunday, March 1st at 1pm.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.

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First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
Stacy,Levac,”215,900″
Martin,McManus,”203,000″
Vasilios,Sklavounos,”202,500″
Mathieu,Gaudette,”183,200″
Stephan,Belisle,”176,600″
Vitaly,Rimmer,”171,200″
Thierry,De Fondaumiere,”168,500″
Bianca,Perron,”145,100″
Michel,Champagne,”142,700″
Harry,Strul,”138,200″
Guy,Murray,”136,800″
Andrew,Dick,”124,700″
Stephane,Faucher,”123,000″
Belal,El Bizri,”122,900″
Line,St Pierre,”121,100″
Luc,Lariviere,”121,000″
Dominic,Gadoury,”116,600″
Michel,Gramigna,”113,900″
Maxime,Doyon,”113,000″
Michael,Patrick,”112,500″
David,Guay,”110,500″
Mathieu,Couture,”107,900″
Daniel,Gates,”107,100″
Michael,Beauchamp,”106,800″
Stephen,Nemeth,”105,200″
Simon,Marciano,”104,400″
Zarko,Predin,”99,000″
Philippe,Vennes,”98,800″
Corey,Jackson,”93,400″
Marc,Lacroix,”93,200″
Stephane,Madore,”92,200″
Brian,Bond,”90,700″
Gary,Robert,”90,700″
Michel,Leblanc,”90,200″
Patrick,Renaud,”90,200″
Dave,Jeanneau-Cyr,”89,500″
Paul,Coolidge,”87,600″
John,Chionidis,”86,600″
Jean-Francois,Turgeon,”84,100″
Pierre,Gadoury,”83,800″
Theo,Psihogios,”82,700″
Pierre Olivier,Guay,”82,200″
Julien,Lemay,”81,900″
Elvis,Ouimet,”81,400″
Estefano,Park,”81,400″
Rabah Belal Ahin,Al-Nasseri,”81,100″
Cedric,Larochelle,”78,300″
Armen,Afarian,”78,200″
Rejean,Grenier,”76,100″
Robert,Leboeuf,”75,000″
Fernando,Morgado,”74,900″
Jessie,Wheatley,”74,700″
Robert,Di Trapani,”74,500″
Bang,Tran,”71,200″
Frederic,Charest,”70,800″
Elie,Barrak,”70,300″
Russel,Turner,”69,500″
Ryan,Garonce,”69,500″
Yousef,El-Farawi,”69,400″
Mitchell,Tkatch,”68,100″
William,Doucet,”65,900″
Nicole,Lapierre,”65,500″
Lukas,Moravec,”65,200″
Chris,McClung,”63,400″
David Elliott,Marrache,”63,100″
Maxim,Briand,”62,700″
Christian,Barbeau,”62,200″
Mathias,Lamothe,”61,200″
Luc,Gagnon,”60,900″
Tony,Zarife,”60,200″
Steve,Winters,”59,300″
Peter,Johnson,”59,100″
Johnson,Phanyaseng,”57,900″
Jay,Srinivasan,”57,400″
Edward,Hakim,”57,200″
Marc-Andre,Long,”56,600″
Alexandre,Nadeau-Levesque,”55,900″
Andrew,Hum,”55,400″
Patrick,Lalonde,”53,700″
Chris,Annis,”53,300″
Jonathan,Frigon,”52,000″
Philippe,Masse,”49,000″
Mitcheal,Ferguson,”47,700″
Shane,Grenier,”46,700″
Eric,Boire,”45,000″
Jonathan,Poulin,”44,100″
Michel,Gelinas,”44,100″
Philippe,Desilets,”43,800″
Shawn,Stefanyk,”43,300″
Rong,Xu,”42,300″
Stephane,Arbour,”38,000″
Joel,Thibeault,”37,000″
Peter,Katsoulis,”36,900″
Rami,Rached,”35,900″
Marie Claude,Grondin,”33,700″
Donald,Rathwell,”30,700″
Sergio,Vigano,”30,300″
Alexandra,Chapados,”29,200″
Brian,Lopez,”28,900″
Jian-Xin,Ma,”27,500″
Phillipe,Beaudoin,”26,900″
Carl,Lefebvre,”25,200″
David,Voyer,”22,700″
Thibaut,Delmarle,”22,600″
Grant,Guevremont,”22,400″
Marie,Desroches,”20,200″
Maurice,Langlois,”18,600″
Behrooz,Salemi,”16,800″
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Play has moved into the final level to be played in this third of four starting flights in Event 1 – The Wild $150. In the past couple of levels, quite a few players have chipped up to over 100K – and two players have build up their stacks to over 200K.

The chip leader going into level 13 is Stacy Levac who has already passed the 220K mark, followed closely by Vasilios “Billy” Skavounos with about 210K. Billy has profited from a fortunate table change – his table closed shortly after the last break and he was moved to a table that seated 2 of the other 5 leaders at that time – and it’s clear he’s had the best of the action since.

The players have returned from their second break and during the first 8 levels of play, 6 players have managed to grow stacks over 100K in chips while the flight’s average stack remains under 40K!

1. Stephan Belisle – 171K
2. Elvis Ouimet – 141K
3. Vasilos Skavounos – 127K
4. Luc Lariviere – 108K
5. Behrooz Salemi – 106K

Behind this group are quite a few players in the 75K – 90K range, and with almost 5 full levels left to be played, there’s more than enough time for anyone still playing to catch and pass the current leaders!

The players are back from their break and now that late registration has closed we can report that there were a total of 434 entries in today’s flight, which takes the total for Event 1 so far all the way up to 1,105 total entries – far past the number required to meet the guarantee, and getting into certified “monster prize pool” territory!

During the break we didn’t try and put together the list of chip leaders – but a quick survey of the room indicated at least 4-5 players already approaching the 80K range – which will put those players in a good position to think about a deep run in the event!

The players in Day 1c have taken their first short break of the day, and once this break is over, registration will be closed for this third starting flight in The Wild $150. The number of entries was up to 430 at the end of the level, so it will grow just little bit beyond that – we’ll have the final number in just a few minutes.

Today’s starting flight in The Wild $150 is approaching the end of level 2 and with about an hour and 15 minutes of late registration still available, registration is already up to 391 entries! So far this is the largest of the starting days in the event with more players still to come.

Here are a few photos of the action today.

The preliminary announcements have been made, the traditional “shuffle up and deal” command has been given, and with the formalities aside, Day 1c of The Wild $150 has begun.

There are 266 players already seated in today’s flight, and when added to the 671 entries from yesterday’s two starting flights, the event has already blown past the guarantee and every new entry will just add to the total prize pool!

Good luck to everyone today!