In just 15 minutes, action will resume in the July Power Weekend 2018 edition of the Playground 200. 156 players will take their spot at one of 18 tables in the Tournament Hall here at Playground Poker Club, all of them vying for a spot in the money, and later to reserve a seat in Day 3 of the event and the big money positions. With $330 set to be paid for a min-cash and $24,792 up top for the eventual winner, there’s a lot to play for!
The tournament will pay 88 players, so a little more than half of the players who start today will achieve the first goal – a tournament cash. With only 68 players to be eliminated before the bubble arrives, the pressure will be on most of the players from almost the beginning of play on Day 2. Typically there is a flurry of eliminations in the first level, which could easily take the event half-way to the bubble, and then the pressure will definitely be on the entire field.
Tomas Larivee Magni starts the day in the driver’s seat with a stack of 389,000 – a 130bb stack. He’s one of just 4 players that will start the day with a stack of greater and 100bb, and only 13 players have double the tournament chip average to start the day. Even the big stacks, however, will find themselves under pressure before too long. Perhaps not due to their stack size, but definitely due to the high number of talented players in the field. There are players throughout the restart list that have “been there before” – who have enough experience in multi-day events like this one – to give anyone a run for their money – and their tournament chips.
Action gets underway in 15 minutes – good luck to all of the players!