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Khoury doubles up

Level: 17
Small Blind: 2.5K
Big Blind: 5K
Button Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 163K
Remaining: 115
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 13:35 by Jôle Simard

Albert Nguyen open raised to 8,500, and Anthony Khoury, after preparing a raising amount, startled the crowd with a flat call. The flop was checked by both players, and Nguyen placed his delayed continuation bet on the turn, dropping 10,500 in front of him. Khoury called.

When the river appeared, Nguyen was quick on the draw, and fired 23K. Khoury thought for a while, then lifted his head for the first time of the hand and looked at his opponent’s face. He finally announced all-in, sending Nguyen to the tank. It was 74K on top to call, and call he did.

Board:

Khoury showed:

Nguyen mucked his hand. His call indicates that he had something pretty good, and was trying to disguise that by checking the flop. The rest is runner runner history.

Legit hand or textbook grind

Level: 16
Small Blind: 2K
Big Blind: 4K
Button Ante: 4K
Chip Average: 152.4K
Remaining: 123
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 13:10 by Jôle Simard

This pot was raised to 8,000 chips, and called once, when Joël Giguère decided to invest some chips. He 3bet to 28,500, and after the initial raiser folded, Nabil Nahoul called. The flop came out, and Nahoul checked it, waiting to see how Giguère felt about it. A continuation bet of 22K was placed, and Nahoul did not wait for too long before throwing his cards in.

Legit hand or textbook grind?

Level 16 photographs:

Tam Ho picks up where he left off

Level: 15
Small Blind: 1.5K
Big Blind: 3K
Button Ante: 3K
Chip Average: 132K
Remaining: 142
Entries: 750

2018/03/25 - 12:36 by Jôle Simard

Tam Ho started the day in 5th place, with 277,500, about 40K below the leading stack. He was in a pot with Jocelyn poirier, and found what he was looking for on the turn:

Tam Ho:
Poirier:

Board:

The money went in on the turn. Poirier’s Day 2 adventure was so cut short, and Tam Ho added another regiment to his army, and may very well be the new leader.

Fifteen short stacks have hit the rail after half a level.

Photos of other healthy stacks, early level 15:

Day 2: all qualifiers merge

2018/03/25 - 11:54 by Jôle Simard

Today is a very exciting day at Playground Poker Club. In a few minutes, Day 2 of the Playground 200 will get underway, with qualifiers from 4 Day 1s merging in the tournament hall. These runners will battle it out for a share of the amazing $145,932 prize pool that was generated by the 750 entries that were placed in this edition of the Playground 200.

157 players will be at the starting line today, and with 94 payouts, nearly two thirds of these runners will get paid. Ten levels of 40 minutes are on today’s schedule, after which the survivors will bag their chips and return tomorrow night at 7:00pm for Day 3 and the conclusion of The March Power Weekend.

Here is a look at the payout structure:

Rank \| Pos	Prize \| Bourse
1st	$26,262.00
2nd	$18,490.00
3rd	$11,920.00
4th	$8,810.00
5th	$6,730.00
6th	$5,330.00
7th	$4,410.00
8th	$3,510.00
9th	$2,640.00
10th-12th	$2,180.00
13th-15th	$1,740.00
16th-18th	$1,440.00
19th-21st	$1,180.00
22nd-24th	$1,000.00
25th-27th	$840.00
28th-36th	$680.00
37th-45th	$600.00
46th-54th	$530.00
55th-63rd	$480.00
64th-72nd	$440.00
73rd-81st	$400.00
82nd-90th	$360.00
91st-94th	$320.00

Playground 200 Day 2 seating draw (with counts)

2018/03/24 - 20:05 by

With a total of 750 entries, the Playground 200 in the March Power Weekend blew past the $100,000 guarantee by a full 50%, setting up a terrific Day 2 and Day 3 in the tournament. Of the 750 entries, 157 players are still in the tournament and will begin play at 12:00pm tomorrow – High Noon – to continue play. The prize pool hasn’t been released yet by tournament staff, but it’s a sure thing that the money bubble will be reached tomorrow on Day 2, as play will continue for 10 40-minute levels tomorrow.

The chip leader to start the day is the leader from Day 1A, Jerry Joseph Jaber, and is followed by Anderson Frank-Graham, from the same flight. The online Day 1 leader, Mat Aymerich, will start in 12th position by chip count on Day 2.

Good luck to everyone on Day 2!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Seat \| Siège	Stack \| Tapis
Normand	Loyer	Table 49 - Seat 1	97,500
Mingzhe	Zhang	Table 49 - Seat 2	83,500
Joakim	Beaupre	Table 49 - Seat 3	43,500
Claire	Ferdinando	Table 49 - Seat 4	13,500
Rasvan	Rimniceanu	Table 49 - Seat 5	44,500
Anthony	Khoury	Table 49 - Seat 6	76,000
Konstantinos	Fotopoulos	Table 49 - Seat 7	146,500
Alex	Barbosa	Table 49 - Seat 8	150,000
Kurtis Lee David	Brooks	Table 49 - Seat 9	206,500
Michael	Cohen	Table 50 - Seat 1	127,500
Martin	Gelinas	Table 50 - Seat 2	65,000
Makan	Salimi	Table 50 - Seat 3	181,500
Paul	El-Khouri	Table 50 - Seat 4	56,500
Robert	Cohen	Table 50 - Seat 5	215,500
Ken	Ransom	Table 50 - Seat 6	102,500
Miguel	Goncalo	Table 50 - Seat 7	202,000
Maxime	Flibotte-Blanchard	Table 50 - Seat 8	4,000
Antoine	Sankari	Table 50 - Seat 9	71,500
Paul	Bertrand	Table 51 - Seat 1	180,500
Alexandre	Boyer	Table 51 - Seat 2	80,500
Joseph	Macaluso	Table 51 - Seat 3	90,500
Anderson	Frank-Graham	Table 51 - Seat 4	293,000
Eric	Ranger	Table 51 - Seat 5	58,500
Elvira	Popescu	Table 51 - Seat 6	33,000
Bao Ngoc	Phu	Table 51 - Seat 7	145,000
Rottanak	Ly	Table 51 - Seat 9	126,000
Michael	Tremblay	Table 52 - Seat 1	80,500
Richard	Moreau	Table 52 - Seat 2	271,000
Justin	Gibson	Table 52 - Seat 3	81,000
Alberto	Scuderi	Table 52 - Seat 4	140,000
Monica	Du	Table 52 - Seat 5	93,000
Mathieu	Aymerich	Table 52 - Seat 6	232,000
Randy L	Ordway	Table 52 - Seat 7	169,000
Raphael	Bernard	Table 52 - Seat 8	70,500
Veasna	Nun	Table 52 - Seat 9	48,000
Joel	Giguere	Table 53 - Seat 1	251,000
Franco	Sicondolfi	Table 53 - Seat 2	199,000
Brent A	Bidan	Table 53 - Seat 3	118,000
Rocky	Orton	Table 53 - Seat 4	57,000
Vsevolod	Malamud	Table 53 - Seat 5	222,000
Jean-Francois	Lescadres	Table 53 - Seat 6	132,500
Ryan	Jensen	Table 53 - Seat 7	95,500
Nabil	Nahoul	Table 53 - Seat 8	124,000
Bill	Kontaratos	Table 53 - Seat 9	91,000
Evgenij	Berezov	Table 54 - Seat 1	215,500
Donald	Abdelhay	Table 54 - Seat 2	89,000
Christopher	Auger Bergeron	Table 54 - Seat 3	200,000
Albert	Nguyen	Table 54 - Seat 4	116,500
Tanvir	Ahmed	Table 54 - Seat 6	211,000
Kiril Martinov	Gelev	Table 54 - Seat 7	60,000
Andrii	Grynechko	Table 54 - Seat 8	31,500
Jean Maurice	Lauzon	Table 54 - Seat 9	66,000
Denis	Quirion	Table 55 - Seat 1	171,000
Azizul	Haque	Table 55 - Seat 2	180,000
Marcello	Simonetti	Table 55 - Seat 3	62,500
Michel	St-Jean	Table 55 - Seat 4	113,500
Pierre	Gauthier	Table 55 - Seat 5	87,500
Marilou	Groulx-Vermeulen	Table 55 - Seat 6	53,500
Serge	Grenier	Table 55 - Seat 7	46,000
Rohit	K	Table 55 - Seat 8	106,000
Sebastien	Brazeau	Table 55 - Seat 9	164,500
Marcel Andre	Peroval	Table 56 - Seat 1	95,000
Mark	Guerbilsky	Table 56 - Seat 2	69,000
Fadi	Haddad	Table 56 - Seat 3	46,500
Jacob Daniel	Lafleur	Table 56 - Seat 4	190,000
Chen	Turjeman	Table 56 - Seat 5	222,000
Daniel	Leddy	Table 56 - Seat 6	128,500
Ibrahim Sami	Kaddour	Table 56 - Seat 7	220,500
James	Reinhart	Table 56 - Seat 8	53,000
Shailesh	Patel	Table 56 - Seat 9	140,000
Jerry Joseph	Jaber	Table 57 - Seat 1	316,000
Karim	Hamdani	Table 57 - Seat 2	81,500
Pierre	Lauze	Table 57 - Seat 3	117,000
George	Ciucuireanu	Table 57 - Seat 4	264,500
Sebastien	Drolet-Poitras	Table 57 - Seat 5	170,000
Tommy	Coulombe	Table 57 - Seat 6	190,000
Patrick	Charron	Table 57 - Seat 7	71,000
Nadiya	Aifaoui	Table 57 - Seat 8	67,500
Jonathan	Cote	Table 57 - Seat 9	70,000
Priam	Syllion	Table 58 - Seat 1	166,000
Jean-Pascal	Gauthier	Table 58 - Seat 2	209,000
Andy	D'Alessandro	Table 58 - Seat 3	48,500
Brent	McCue	Table 58 - Seat 4	111,000
Daune	Fernandez	Table 58 - Seat 5	45,000
Arman	Bosnakyan	Table 58 - Seat 6	64,000
Karl	Sahyouni	Table 58 - Seat 7	248,500
David	Lejeune	Table 58 - Seat 8	149,100
Ayo	Smith	Table 58 - Seat 9	57,000
Co	Tran	Table 61 - Seat 1	207,500
Dan	Edery	Table 61 - Seat 2	290,500
Jean	Morency	Table 61 - Seat 3	84,500
Richard	Barlow	Table 61 - Seat 4	22,000
Sherif	Saad	Table 61 - Seat 5	174,000
Stephen	Caplan	Table 61 - Seat 6	95,500
Michael	Mckinnon	Table 61 - Seat 7	71,500
Cristian	Radita	Table 61 - Seat 8	52,000
Rene	Fortin	Table 61 - Seat 9	166,500
Maxime	Laberge	Table 62 - Seat 1	262,500
Darryl	Mah	Table 62 - Seat 2	53,000
Tam	Ho	Table 62 - Seat 3	277,500
Colin	Scheckman	Table 62 - Seat 4	94,500
Eric W	Davis	Table 62 - Seat 5	88,500
Jocelyn	Poirier	Table 62 - Seat 6	142,500
Mitcheal	Ferguson	Table 62 - Seat 7	79,000
Pascal	Monarque	Table 62 - Seat 8	285,000
Eric	Moniquier	Table 62 - Seat 9	98,500
Jason	So	Table 64 - Seat 1	52,000
Daniel	Le	Table 64 - Seat 2	91,500
Catherine	Graves	Table 64 - Seat 3	230,000
Brigitte	Metivier	Table 64 - Seat 4	172,500
Jeremy	Bertrand	Table 64 - Seat 5	61,500
Dario	S	Table 64 - Seat 6	123,000
Vasile	Cozma	Table 64 - Seat 7	145,000
Robert	Riendeau	Table 64 - Seat 8	77,500
Andrew	Dufresne	Table 64 - Seat 9	62,500
Yannick	Labattaglia	Table 65 - Seat 1	75,000
Michael	Monteleone	Table 65 - Seat 2	72,500
Eric	Despres	Table 65 - Seat 3	114,500
Andre	Vezina	Table 65 - Seat 5	46,500
Adam	Cader	Table 65 - Seat 6	62,000
Robert	Mcknight	Table 65 - Seat 7	38,000
Majid	Khajed Hosseini	Table 65 - Seat 8	116,500
Tommy	Dion	Table 65 - Seat 9	72,000
Gregory	Feuz	Table 66 - Seat 1	70,000
Joey	Mccomber	Table 66 - Seat 2	201,500
Pauline	Briand	Table 66 - Seat 4	66,000
Frederic	Normand	Table 66 - Seat 5	29,500
Jean-Philippe	Lehoux	Table 66 - Seat 6	49,500
Gabriel	Lessard	Table 66 - Seat 7	89,500
Eric	Leblond	Table 66 - Seat 8	130,500
Brenda Mary	Blackburn	Table 66 - Seat 9	92,500
Patrick	Williams	Table 68 - Seat 1	58,000
Mina	Mourad	Table 68 - Seat 2	61,000
Isham	Yamani	Table 68 - Seat 3	229,000
Romeo	Godin	Table 68 - Seat 4	122,500
Hassan	Mohammad	Table 68 - Seat 6	126,500
Kevin Mark	Proctor	Table 68 - Seat 7	94,500
Maxime-Olivier	Sevegny	Table 68 - Seat 8	67,000
David	Jalbert	Table 68 - Seat 9	123,000
Simon	Rochefort	Table 69 - Seat 1	123,500
Robert	Dagenais	Table 69 - Seat 2	137,000
Cole	Cross-Lusignan	Table 69 - Seat 3	167,000
Benjamin	Lauzon	Table 69 - Seat 4	95,500
William	Wammes	Table 69 - Seat 5	74,000
Vincent Attilio	Laise	Table 69 - Seat 6	66,000
Julien	Landry	Table 69 - Seat 7	48,500
James	Cooke	Table 69 - Seat 8	90,000
Joseph	Crivello	Table 69 - Seat 9	33,500
Grant	Ellis	Table 70 - Seat 1	239,000
Gabriel	Desrochers-Tasse	Table 70 - Seat 2	73,000
Etienne	Lanteigne	Table 70 - Seat 3	175,000
James	Fry	Table 70 - Seat 4	93,000
Robert	Di Trapani	Table 70 - Seat 5	191,000
Yves	Plante	Table 70 - Seat 6	55,500
Vera	G	Table 70 - Seat 7	95,500
Joseph	Sabbah	Table 70 - Seat 8	151,500
Jean-Francois	Stoycheff	Table 70 - Seat 9	83,500

Chips in the bag on Day 1C

2018/03/24 - 19:19 by Shawn McCrory

Day 1C of the Playground 200 brought out a huge field of 286 players.

The massive turnout put 7,150,000 chips in play, and when the dust settled at the end of level 14 there were 62 players left to bag chips.

Here are the big stacks to emerge from Day 1C:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Dan	Edery	290,500
Pascal	Monarque	285,000
Tam	Ho	277,000
Maxime	Laberge	262,000
Grant	Ellis	239,000
Catherine	Graves	230,000

The Playground 200 easily surpassed its $100,000.00 guarantee, providing great value for the players. Our partners at partypoker also chipped in with some extra added value in the form of a last-longer free roll for the Playground 200 participants.

This final Day 1 put an exclamation point on an already popular tournament; between the three live Day 1s and the online flight on partypoker there were 750 entries for this event. Of those 750 entries, 157 players will return for tomorrow’s Day 2 at 12:00pm. Good luck to all!