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 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:
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 |
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 |
