Event #2 - Playground 200 | Page 10 of 12 | Playground Power Weekend July 2018

Next in the Playground 200 – Day 1B

Level: 1
Small Blind: 50
Big Blind: 100
Button Ante: 0
Chip Average: 25K
Remaining: 58
Entries: 58

2018/07/27 - 19:04 by

Tonight is the second of three live starting flights in the July Power Weekend Edition of the Playground 200. Last night saw 222 entries cross the felts, adding to the 25 online entries there were last Sunday. If history is any guide, tonight’s flight should be somewhat larger than last night – it is Friday night, after all – and will set the stage well for a blowout Day 1C tomorrow.

There are already 51 qualifiers for Day 2 in the event, but remember that as a next-day re-entry event, players may try to qualify for Day 2 multiple times and take their best stack forward.

Play is now underway and there are 58 players seated with more lined up at the cashier. Late registration is open util 10:15 tonight – so there’s still plenty of time to jump in!

Magni sends the heaviest bag to Day 2

2018/07/27 - 3:13 by Jôle Simard

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!

Late night upset

Level: 14
Small Blind: 1.2K
Big Blind: 2.4K
Button Ante: 2.4K
Chip Average: 103K
Remaining: 54
Entries: 222

2018/07/27 - 2:24 by Jôle Simard

We did not catch the action on this hand, but arrived just in time to see the losing hand being mucked by the dealer:

Vivo L:

The dealer had counted 55K in Daniel Germain‘s stack, and Vivo was struggling to get to the right number, shocked by what had fallen on him.

Daniel:

Board:

Ohayon knocks two

Level: 13
Small Blind: 1K
Big Blind: 2K
Button Ante: 2K
Chip Average: 89.5K
Remaining: 62
Entries: 222

2018/07/27 - 1:56 by Jôle Simard

A 3-way pre-flop all-in involving Mitcheal Ferguson, Haitham Masri and Raphaël Ohayon ended in favor of the biggest stack. Masri opened his hand first. Ferguson, who finished 6th in this afternoon’s Mix Max Event, then showed his over cards and looked at Ohayon, who opened last with the goods.

Masri:
Ferguson:
Ohayon:

Board:

Morissette-Lizotte in the driver’s seat

Level: 12
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
Button Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 75K
Remaining: 74
Entries: 222

2018/07/27 - 1:23 by Jôle Simard

Tommy Morissette-Lizotte is on a mission. His stack is only going one way: up. He is still leading Day 1A of the Playground 200, but François Gobeil is not too far behind, having added a nice run to a good start. Gregory Ducharme and Tomas Magni round up our top 4 at the last break, sitting at the same table.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Tommy	Morissette-Lizotte	263,500
François	Gobeil	216,500
Gregory	Ducharme	189,500
Tomas	Magni	176,000

Boucher tackles our leaders

Level: 11
Small Blind: 600
Big Blind: 1.2K
Button Ante: 1.2K
Chip Average: 65.3K
Remaining: 85
Entries: 222

2018/07/27 - 0:35 by Jôle Simard

When Tommy Morissette-Lizotte’s table was broken, chance sent him on Habib Rachidi Alaoui’s table. We caught a hand where both were involved. Habib placed a 14.5K bet on the flop, which was called by Tommy. A 3rd player, Dominic Boucher, decided to put the pressure on the monster stacks, not intimidated by their fortune. He shoved 49K, sending Habib to the tank. After some time during which Habib and Tommy were trying to size each other up, Habib folded, and Tommy reassessed the situation. He did some math and called.

Dominic:
Tommy:

Board:

Boucher did the right thing, but was forced to walk away with nothing more than a David and Goliath story.