Day 1A of the Playground 200 just came to a close. 222 entries were accounted for, a record-breaking Day 1A in this tournament. Except for one wild table, the night started pretty slow. With a 25K stack to enjoy and 30-minute levels to work with, participants were playing the long game.
Our first-break leader, François Gobeil, was passed by Tommy Morissette-Lizotte and Habib Rachidi Alaoui in the 2nd stint, but managed to stay close to the top dogs all night, and finished in 4th place, just under our 300K+ trio.
Tomas Magni, known at Playground Poker Club for his big-league play on both cash games and tournaments, joined during level 6, started off strong, and never looked back. He finished with an impressive 389,500, good for the lead.
Here is our top 3:
- Tomas Magni – 389,500
- Richard Berenbaum – 350,500
- Benoit Larochelle Legrand – 345,000
46 names will be added to the qualifiers list, found here. The Playground 200 resumes tomorrow night with Day 1B, and Day 2 is set for Sunday at 12:00PM. Congratulations to all survivors!