Joël Giguère was still deciding how to enter the pot when he saw chips flying in from his left hand side. Charles Desharnais thought the action was on him, and threw in 3,500 chips out of turn. The floor came to the table, and explained the rule, which is that the bet stands unless the action changes.

Giguère, with a bit of an apologetic smile, limped in. Desharnais’ raise stood, and everybody else folded very quickly, knowing what was going to happen. Desharnais watched as the inevitable shove came in, and threw his cards in. He proved himself accountable, telling his opponent that he deserved to get punished for that mistake.

Level 10 photographs:

After 8 levels, Alberto Scuderi has the most chips. He sits on a table that counts three 6-digit stacks. Stéphane Bédard and Jerry Joseph Jaber are just over that mark, while our chip leader trumps it by 50%.

Registration for Day 1A has closed mid-way through the 2nd segment, with 170 entries on the slate! If this Thursday night’s flight turns out to be the smallest live flight, as is usually the case, our players will be looking at an unbelievable prize pool.

Here is the current top 5:

Not much is known about this hand, but the size of the pot alone is worth mentioning. Miguel Goncalo’s last 22K were matched, after a pot of about 60K was formed. Charles Migliara, the leader at the first break, had to bow to Goncalo’s set of fours, and took a serious hit.

Goncalo joins the leaders in the 100K vicinity.

When Daniel Charette bet 6,000 on the turn, Amirpasha Emami went all-in, covering Charette’s remaining 14K. Charette called, despite the presence of a pair on the board, with a hand that was not drawing dead against quads:

Charette:
Emami:

Board:

In fact, against Charette’s hand, only the specific would have given Emami the check mark on the turn. This being said, his spot against 2 outs was comfortable, and he managed to dodge them and chip up nicely.

Level 6 photographs:

After 4 levels of play in Day 1A of the Playground 200, Charles Migliara found a way to claim the driver’s seat. His 77,000 chips stand alone on top of a field of 146 entries.

There is another 45 minutes to the registration period, which includes both first entries and unlimited re-entries.

The Playground 200 is in full swing, with Day 1A filling up the room nicely. 131 entries have been compiled, and 120 players are at the tables. A few re-entries have been placed, but the bulk of them will come after the break, during levels 5 and 6, when the blinds are more likely to dictate big pots.

The Playground 200 is now sharing the room with a $110 + $10 MILLIONS Main Event Satellite Step 1, the first of 2 steps towards a seat for the $10,000,000 guaranteed MILLIONS Main Event. There will be a few opportunities to do business in that corner this weekend. Click here to see this weekend’s satellite schedule.

Playground 200 Level 3 photographs: