Event #2 – Playground 200

First Break for Day 1D – Stephen Langlois leads the way

Level: 5
Small Blind: 150
Big Blind: 300
BB Ante: 300
Chip Average: 30,718
Remaining: 153
Entries: 188

2019/02/22 - 21:27 by

The 152 players went on break in the Day 1D tournament. We were understandably curious to find out where the chips are stacked.

Four players have separated themselves from the rest of the pack by amassing more than 70,000 chips. Chip leader Stephen Langlois has a sizeable head start with 96,375 chips. The night is still young, the registration period is open until 10:15pm and we’ll keep an eye on the leaders.

Here is the first leaderboard of the night.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Stephen	Langlois	96,375
Jeffrey Joseph Gerald	Joubert	88,300
Yan	Gohier	78,200
Bryan	Robitaille Fequet	74,400

Last chance for Event #2 Playground 200

Level: 2
Small Blind:
Big Blind: 75
BB Ante: 150
Chip Average:
Remaining: 123
Entries: 126

2019/02/22 - 19:51 by

Things are well under way in this last Day 1 of Event #2 Playground 200. Players are gradually filling-up the tournament hall, joining the 123 players already seated. This is already the largest turnout of all Day 1’s and the players keep arriving.

Players start with 25,000 chips and may elect to re-enter as many times as they wish. Play is 10-handed tonight, Day 2 (tomorrow) will be 9-handed and Day 3 (Sunday) will see 8-handed action until there are 9 players left for the final table.

The registration period is open until the beginning of level 7, so players have until 10:15pm to register or re-enter.

Here are a few photos of the players.

Pellerin bags the top stack in Day 1C

2019/02/22 - 19:32 by Bob T

As expected, the last few levels of Day 1C played out with all kinds of exciting poker action. Short stacks shoved, big stacks called. Some players doubled up. Others busted out. That’s tournament poker.

The big stacks played right up until the very end, but avoided clashing with each other. When it was all said and done, Pierre Pellerin, the chip leader from the last break, was able to maintain the lead and bagged 315,500 chips. Following closely behind Pierre is John Araujo, who bagged 306,500 chips. The 3rd largest stack belongs to Cameron Wilson (217,500 chips), who also was playing one of the larger stacks all afternoon. In 4th place is Playground tournament reg Luc Lariviere (202,000 chips).

The last chance to qualify is happening right now in Day 1D, and late registration is open until 10:15pm, so why not come on down and take a shot at this $100,000 guaranteed prize pool!

Consult the Playground 200 Combined Day 1 Results page to see all Day 2 qualifiers (including counts).

Cards are in the air for Day 1D

Level: 1
Small Blind: 50
Big Blind: 100
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 25,000
Remaining: 67
Entries: 57

2019/02/22 - 19:09 by

The tournament just got underway here at Playground Poker. This is the last chance to qualify for Event #2 Day 2 that is set to get underway tomorrow at 1:00pm.

Right now we have 57 entries and everyone expects that number to go up, as is the custom on the last Day 1 flight.
So like the man said: “Dealers! Shuffle-up and deal!”.

Pellerin leads at the final break

Level: 12
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
BB Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 91.2K
Remaining: 37
Entries: 135

2019/02/22 - 17:38 by Bob T

Stacks are starting to grow now that almost another 40 players have left the tournament. This is normal as more than half of today’s eliminations took place since our last break.

One player, Pierre Pellerin, has managed to leap way ahead of the field, amassing a little bit more than double the 2nd place runner-up. The tournament is now moving into level 12, which means it is down to the last 3 levels of play in Day 1C. This is when we traditionally see the short stacks trying to run up their counts so that they can return on Day 2 with some breathing room.

Often in these multi-day events there are also a few coolers in the last few levels, especially when two of the larger stacks are on the same table and end up fighting it out in a big hand. Stay tuned for more updates as we report on the action.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Pierre	Pellerin	338,800
Francois	Nicolas	161,400
Richard	Lajeunesse	155,000
Tyler	Lee	145,000
Paul	Nakhle	143,000
Luc	Lariviere	136,000
Louis-Charles	Levros	133,500

A few more photos

Level: 10
Small Blind: 500
Big Blind: 1K
BB Ante: 1K
Chip Average: 61K
Remaining: 55
Entries: 135

2019/02/22 - 16:30 by

Here are a few more photos taken during levels 9 and 10 in today’s Day 1C.