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    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 NameLast NameChip Count
    Dan Edery290,500
    PascalMonarque285,000
    Tam Ho 277,000
    MaximeLaberge262,000
    GrantEllis239,000
    CatherineGraves230,000

    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!

     

     

    Aces stand

    • Level: 14
    • Small Blind: 1,200
    • Big Blind: 2,400
    • Button Ante: 2,400
    • Chip Average: 106,716
    • Remaining: 67
    • Entries: 286

    2018/03/24 - 18:35 by Shawn McCrory

    In the final level of Day 1C, every pot could be the turning point in someone’s tournament. That turning point might have just arrived for Jean Morency.

    Morency was lucky enough to find himself with a healthy lead in a dramatic three-way all-in before the flop. Morency had opened the action from early position and picked up a caller, Patrick Williams, in the small blind before the big blind, Alain Mathieu, moved all-in for around 38,000. Morency quickly moved all-in under for slightly less and the small blindWilliams made the call.

    Morency: Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds

    Mathieu: Ace of Hearts King of Diamonds

    Williams: 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts

    The flop, Jack of Diamonds 8 of Clubs Queen of Diamonds, offered nothing but gut-shot straight draws for his opponents, and they were blocking each. A pretty good spot for aces! The turn and river, 3 of Hearts and 2 of Hearts, fell harmlessly and Morency tripled up.

     

    Photos from the late stages of Day 1C

    • Level: 13
    • Small Blind: 1K
    • Big Blind: 2K
    • Button Ante: 2K
    • Chip Average: 85,119
    • Remaining: 84
    • Entries: 286

    2018/03/24 - 17:56 by Shawn McCrory

    With less than an hour before the chips get bagged on Day 1C, the players are starting to set their sights on tomorrow. But that’s not to say that they are slowing down. It’s a race to the finish at this point as everyone is looking to take as many chips as possible to Day 2.

    Here another look at the field from level 13:

    Chip leaders after 11 levels

    • Level: 12
    • Small Blind: 800
    • Big Blind: 1,600
    • Button Ante: 1,600
    • Chip Average: 65,000
    • Remaining: 110
    • Entries: 286

    2018/03/24 - 17:19 by Shawn McCrory

    The field in Day 1C of the Playground 200 has just returned from their final break of the day for the last three levels of play. At this point in the flight, there is a huge disparity between the rich and the poor, as some players are clinging to life with only a few big blinds while the big stacks have well over 100 big blinds at their disposal.

    Here are the current chip leaders:

    First NameLast NameChip Count
    BrigitteMetivier205,700
    MaximeLaberge186,000
    RobertDi Trapani174,500
    TamHo164,000
    Isham Yamani163,700

    Runner-runner for Williams

    • Level: 11
    • Small Blind: 600
    • Big Blind: 1,200
    • Button Ante: 1,200
    • Chip Average: 61,637
    • Remaining: 116
    • Entries: 286

    2018/03/24 - 16:58 by Shawn McCrory

    Even though we are reaching the late stages of Day 1C, the players show no signs of slowing down. As the blinds increase, every pot is now a good spot to steal chips.

    Patrick Williams just found himself in a multi-way pot and decided to make a move. He was in position against his two opponents when they saw a flop of Ace of Clubs 8 of Diamonds Queen of Spades. The first player to act led out with a bet of 10,000, which was quickly called before the action got to Williams. After only a moment of reflection, Williams moved all-in and, to everyone’s surprise, both his opponents followed suit and went all-in, putting lots of chips up for grabs. Hands were tabled to reveal that Williams was behind with his Ace of Hearts Jack of Diamonds, up against the initial bettor’s Ace of Diamonds 8 of Hearts and Jack of Spades 10 of Spades. Williams needed runner-runner to win, and he got it! The turn brought the Jack of Hearts and the Ace of Spades followed on the river to give Wiliams the best full house.

    Monarque still running hot

    • Level: 11
    • Small Blind: 600
    • Big Blind: 1,200
    • Button Ante: 1,200
    • Chip Average: 55,426
    • Remaining: 129
    • Entries: 286

    2018/03/24 - 16:36 by Shawn McCrory

    Pascal Monarque, the chip leader of Day 1C at the last break, is running hot and shows no signs of cooling down. A hand that just played out shows that he knows how to take advantage of a strong hand when one comes his way.

    When four players saw the flop of 3 of Spades 6 of Spades 8 of Hearts, it looked like it could be anyone’s pot. Pascal Monarque led out for 8,000 into his opponents and picked up two callers. The 6 of Clubs on the turn would often slow down the action, but Monarque continued his line with a hefty bet of 20,000. This bet drew a reluctant fold, followed by a quick all-in for roughly 50,000. Monarque’s call was instantaneous and he turned over 8 of Clubs 8 of Spades for the top full house. His opponent rolled over 9 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds and rose from his chair, knowing that he was drawing very thin. The 2 of Hearts river didn’t provide the two-outer and Monarque got to stacking his new-found chips.

    Play continues in level 11 with 129 players left in the field.

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