Event #2 - Playground 200 | Page 8 of 12 | Playground Power Weekend July 2018

Welcome to Day 1C in the Playground 200

2018/07/28 - 10:57 by

It’s a beautiful Saturday in the Montreal area, but it’s going to be a scorcher outside – so what better opportunity is there to play in Day 1C of the Playground 200 in the July Power Weekend? The AC is blasting, breakfast is being served, and the coffee is hot – or iced – depending on your preference!

Today’s starting flight in the Playground 200 is the final opportunity to play your way through to Day 2 on Sunday. There have been 444 entries so far across Days 1A and 1B, plus the Online Day 1 held last Sunday. The field size is solid but the prize pool is still a little short of the guaranteed $100,000. It’s certain to be well past the mark the minute the tournament starts today – and then the prize pool will simply to grow as players enter and re-enter between 11:00am and the close of late registration at 2:15pm.

Good luck to everyone playing today!

Tam Ho signs off Day 1B

2018/07/28 - 3:29 by Jôle Simard

Day 1B is officially in the books, and 45 players will be added to the qualifiers’ list. 6 of them managed to bag over 200K, but only 1 – Tam Ho – finished in the 300s. Pierre Lauzé missed that mark by a hair, having jumped into the leading pack after winning a lot of chips in the very last hand of the night.

Dominic Boucher, who did well all night and suffered no major setback, placed 3rd. The flight did not produce as many big stacks as Day 1A, but a higher percentage of players survived, and the top crew is much more narrowed.

The table below lists all players above the 200K mark. The last starting flight, Day 1C, takes place at 11:00AM tomorrow. After that, qualifiers from all flights will merge at noon on Sunday for Day 2 of the Playground 200, the staple of Playground Power Weekends. Get your seat!

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Tam	Ho	315,000
Pierre	Lauzé	297,000
Dominic	Boucher	279,500
Philip	Cabana	258,500
Richard	Tossings	258,000
Carl	Lafontaine	220,500

A much needed double-up

Level: 14
Small Blind: 1.2K
Big Blind: 2.4K
Button Ante: 2.4K
Chip Average: 103K
Remaining: 48
Entries: 197

2018/07/28 - 2:30 by Jôle Simard

When Jean-Marie Copeau limped in from an early position, Mélanie Gervais made it 7K to go with about 30K to her name before the hand, which was quite short, but on a slow uptrend since she was left with just 10K earlier tonight.

Copeau made the call and check-raised all-in on the flop.

Copeau:
Gervais:

Board:

The dreaded ten

Level: 13
Small Blind: 1K
Big Blind: 2K
Button Ante: 2K
Chip Average: 94.7K
Remaining: 52
Entries: 197

2018/07/28 - 2:11 by Jôle Simard

When Akram Saba committed his stack, Tam Ho raised some more to isolate him. Veasna Nun, however, in the big blind, took a long time to make up his mind. He finally decided to fold, possibly due to Tam’s large stack. The cards were opened, and Tam happily realized that he was way ahead.

Tam:
Akram:

Board:

The turn fell heavy, and Tam was drawing to a jack for a split.

Chaykowski leads the field into the last stint

Level: 12
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
Button Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 74.6K
Remaining: 66
Entries: 197

2018/07/28 - 1:22 by Jôle Simard

Players just took their last break of the evening, and are now undertaking the final lap. 68 of them are still standing, some on one leg, some driving a tank. We found 5 stacks showing more than twice the average. Kristopher Chaykowski and Dominic Boucher are up top, with over 200K.

Here’s our current top 5:

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Kristopher	Chaykowski	236,000
Dominic	Boucher	225,000
Ramsey	Belmaaza	173,500
Philip	Schrier	172,000
Tam	Ho	147,500

Action on table 65

Level: 10
Small Blind: 500
Big Blind: 1K
Button Ante: 1K
Chip Average: 61.6K
Remaining: 80
Entries: 197

2018/07/28 - 0:29 by Jôle Simard

First, Richard Sysko arrived at table 65 and won a 100K pot with aces against Jean-Philippe Binet‘s kings, taking him out in the process. Shortly after, Philippe Anglade opened a pot to 3K and was called twice before Yannick Labattaglia made it 18K to go.

Philippe made the call, and the small amount of chips he had left went in on the violent flop that came out.

Philippe:
Yannick:

Board:

Set over set, and Philippe walked out. Tough luck.