Play has just finished on Day 1C of the Playground 200. Today was the final starting flight for this event, and it drew a great turnout with 218 total entries. The large field put a huge number of chips in play so there are several huge stacks that will move to tomorrow’s Day 2. By the end of level 14, 42 players remained to bag chips.

Given this tournament’s format – extended late registration as well as unlimited re-entries – the early levels were reminiscent of the previous Day 1s with loose and aggressive play. But in contrast to the other Day 1s, the action seemed to simmer down as the day went on. By the time we had reached level 14, most players were simply counting their stacks and waiting to get them in the bag.

The dramatic development of the late levels was the clash between the two big stacks at the final break, Shawn S and David Bonneau. When the dust settled, Shawn S emerged victorious with over half a million chips, giving him an huge chip lead over the field.

See the combined results for all Day 1s in the event here: Playground 200 Combined Day 1 Results

Here are the chip leaders from Day 1C:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Shawn	S	510,500
Hassan	Salha	385,500
Kathy	Sawers	355,000
Ferederic	Gagnon	238,000
Marc	Touloute	221,500

When the blinds were 600/1.2K, the action was opened from early position by Kevin Daily to 4K. His raise drew three callers, and the four players saw the flop of . Not much of an action flop, right? As it turns out, it was!

Daily continued his aggression with a small lead bet of 4K on the flop. That bet picked up two callers before the action came back to Douglas Best, who check-raised to 12K. Daily immediately called and the other two players folded. Best continued his line on the turn with a bet of 25K. To everyone’s surprise, Daily moved all in for nearly 75K and was quickly called by Best. One stunned observer was heard saying “aces against quads?” Not quite. It was for Daily and for Best. The river brought the , and Best got work stacking all his new found chips.

Play has resumed following he final break if today’s flight. The field is down to 62 players, less than a third of the total entries. Even though the players are quite deep at this stage, the chips were flying throughout the last two levels, as players hit the rail one after the other. If the first two flights are an indicator then play will likely tighten up for the next two levels before the action goes crazy again in the final level of the day.

Two players, David Bonneau and Shawn S, stand well above the field with stacks that are more than triple the current average.

Here are the current chip leaders:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Shawn	S	271,200
David	Bonneau	269,000
Eric	Lupovich	190,300
Kathy	Sawers	173,500
Dario	S	157,000
Jason	Guiley	156,500

 

Play continues in level 10 of Day 1C,the most popular starting flight of the Playground 200 with nearly 5.5 million chips in play. The average stack provides over 60 big blinds so the depth of play offers lots of interesting possibilities. Today’s strong turnout has let some players run up some huge stacks, with many players sitting on well over 100 big blinds, and those chips are being put to good use to pull out all in the tricks in the book; we’re seeing players running big floats, huge overbets and major bluffs.

Here are a few more photos from the recent levels:

 

After 8 levels of play in Day 1C of the Playground 200, we found 10 players with 6-figure stacks. The captain of that group is none other than our own Kevin Daily, who proudly sports a brand new sweater picturing a huge king – suit unknown – and a Playground hat.

Kevin is a regular at Playground Poker Club and is a real class act. We wish all the best for the rest of his adventure!

Here is the top 10:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Kevin	Daily	131,500
Richard	Lajeunesse	124,000
André	St-Jean	121,000
Cristian	Muset	117,500
Daniel	Fortier	117,500
Hassan	Salha	114,000
Yan	Touchette	110,500
Ricky	Campanelli	109,000
Dario	S	106,100
Steve	Bérubé	104,900

Registration in Day 1C, the last starting flight of the Playground 200, is now closed. 182 players took part, with 36 re-entries, for a total of 218 entries. Here is the breakdown:

• Online Day 1 – 59 entries, 4 re-entries
• Day 1A – 125 entries, 19 re-entries
• Day 1B – 141 entries, 41 re-entries
• Day 1C – 182 entries, 36 re-entries

All flights combined, we registered a total of 607 entries for the Playground 200, which is nothing short of a great success! So far, 85 players have sent bags to tomorrow’s Day 2, and with today’s qualifiers, that number should boost to over 120. Day 2 starts tomorrow at 12pm sharp, and we will be there to bring you live updates along the way. Don’t miss it!

The tournament staff is currently working on the payout table, and as soon they are done, we will publish it here.