Playground 200 | Page 9 of 13 | Playground Power Weekend March 2018

The cards are in the air on Day 1C

Level: 1
Small Blind: 50
Big Blind: 100
Button Ante: 0
Chip Average: 25,000
Remaining: 87
Entries: 87

2018/03/24 - 11:14 by Shawn McCrory

The March Power Weekend continues this afternoon with Day 1C of the Playground 200. This multi-day $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Re-entry event offers a $100,000.00 guaranteed prize pool and always draws a big turnout. The player-friendly format offers a 25,000 chip starting stack and 30-minute levels. There have already 464 entries to this event before the first card was pitched today thanks to the big turnouts for the first two live Day 1s here at Playground and the online flight offered on partypoker.

On top of the guaranteed prize pool, there is some added value for the players today with a last-longer free roll being offered by partypoker. If you are the last player in the field wearing the partypoker LIVE patch then you automatically win a free $530.00 final satellite ticket for the upcoming MILLIONS North America. But even if you don’t last the longest in the Playground 200, linking partypoker LIVE to your real money account gets you a free $22.00 satellite ticket; that’s some free value for entering a free roll, what more could a player ask for?

The tournament hall is filling up quickly with 87 players already in their seats. The late registration period is open until 2:15pm so there’s still plenty of time to join the action.

Good luck to all!

Moreau rushes to the finish line

2018/03/24 - 3:12 by Jôle Simard

Day 1B attracted 222 entries, substantially more than last night’s flight. The last starting flight for this edition of the Playground 200 starts at 11:00am tomorrow morning, and the guarantee will be met when the first card is pitched.

Tonight, the Day 2 field was doubled. Its chips leader is still Jerry Joseph Jaber, surprisingly. Bigger fields usually produce bigger bags, but tonight was different. Chips were volatile, and many leaders had to step down from their position, instead of reinforcing it.

It was the case for Mingzhe Zhang and Martin Gélinas, who were both on their way to send commanding stacks to Day 2, but had to settle for a wobbly qualification.

Richard Moreau, who picked up some crazy speed in the last few levels, finished on top of Day 1B’s final standings, with 271,000 chips. George Ciucuireanu is not too far behind, with 264,500 chips. They rank 3rd and 4th on the Day 2 qualifiers’ list, which will be updated shortly. 47 names will be added to the list, which is now 95-name deep. Sunday will definitely be fun day!

The Playground 200 rolls on tomorrow with Day 1C.

Radita on a comeback

Level: 13
Small Blind: 1K
Big Blind: 2K
Button Ante: 2K
Chip Average: 99.1K
Remaining: 56
Entries: 222

2018/03/24 - 2:15 by Jôle Simard

Cristian Radita and Pierre-Luc Bourgeois had a pre-flop all-in clash, again. Bourgeois tried to knock him out at least two occasions, but couldn’t get it done. Here is the latest try:

Pierre-Luc Bourgeois:
Cristian Radita:

Board:

Bourgeois was not going to try again, because he was taken out by Chen Turjeman a few hands later.

Zhang and Gélinas: the accretion disk

Level: 12
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
Button Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 73K
Remaining: 76
Entries: 222

2018/03/24 - 1:32 by Jôle Simard

Two players have distanced their rivals. These players are Mingzhe Zhang (190,500) and Martin Gélinas (171,500), and they are sitting side-by-side! Sébastien ”Seabass” Drolet-Poitras follows. Seabass stayed below the radar all evening, but raced to the top in the last 2 levels.

Here are our current leaders:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
Mingzhe	Zhang	190,500
Martin	Gélinas	171,500
Sébastien	Drolet-Poitras	145,000
Kurtis Lee David	Brooks	140,500
Karim	Hamdani	138,500
Priam	Syllion	138,000

Runner runner chop

Level: 11
Small Blind: 600
Big Blind: 1.2K
Button Ante: 1.2K
Chip Average: 58.4K
Remaining: 95
Entries: 222

2018/03/24 - 0:40 by Jôle Simard

Raphael Bernard, all-in and at risk with an over pair, was on his way to the showers. Azizul Haque had flopped a set and was looking to hold and catch the average.

Bernard:
Haque:

Board:

The gap was filled!

From way behind to the check mark

Level: 10
Small Blind: 500
Big Blind: 1K
Button Ante: 1K
Chip Average: 53.9K
Remaining: 103
Entries: 222

2018/03/24 - 0:22 by Jôle Simard

When Michele Oriente went all-in on the turn, Éric Després elected to make the call. When he saw Oriente’s hole cards, he regretted it instantly, but lady luck had something special lined up for him.

Michele Oriente:
Éric Després:

Board:

The river came flooding the board, and Oriente walked away, unsteady.