Playground Poker

Event #2 final results

2019/03/23 - 23:07 by Playground Poker

Event #2 of the March Power Weekend, the Playground 500, was a tremendous success that brought out a field of 314 entries. The great turnout smashed the $100,000 guarantee to create huge prizes at the top of the money list. 40 places paid in the event, and there was a player deal made with 6 players remaining. They chose to reserve $3,000 for the eventual champion, plus there were 3 seats ($1,650 value each) for the top 3 finishers at stake as well.

When the tournament concluded, the payouts had all been made as per the following table.

Rank \| Pos	First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Name	City \| Ville	Prov	Country \| Pays	Prize \| Bourse
1	Kevin	Javier	Cote Saint-Luc	QC	CA	$16,090
2	Christian	Rho	Valleyfield	QC	CA	$13,105
3	Jeanrene	Plante	Burlington	ON	CA	$17,210
4	Nicholas	Soller	Montreal	QC	CA	$16,605
5	Christian	Soucy	Mascouche	QC	CA	$14,425
6	Michael	Korovine	St-Lazare	QC	CA	$13,550
7	Jean-Sebastien	Penven	Saint-Bruno	QC	CA	$4,910
8	Jose Juan	Gomez Casillas	Colima		MX	$4,040
9	Shaan	Siddiqui	Vaudreuil-Dorion	QC	CA	$3,200
10	Antony	Pelletier	Montreal	QC	CA	$2,700
11	Ruben	Perceval	Montreal	QC	CA	$2,700
12	Pablo	Mariz	Saint-Hubert	QC	CA	$2,700
13	Jungseok	Lee	Guelph	ON	CA	$2,290
14	Diana	Shamshoum	Dollard-Des-Ormeaux	QC	CA	$2,290
15	Joseph	Kennedy	Brockville	ON	CA	$2,290
16	Kyun-Hee	Chang	Waterloo	ON	CA	$1,920
17	Antoine	Simon	Montreal	QC	CA	$1,920
18	Yann	Prevost-Dumont	Montreal	QC	CA	$1,920
19	Pierre Olivier	Guay	Alma	QC	CA	$1,570
20	Yannick	Bourque Patry	Riviere Heva	QC	CA	$1,570
21	Nicolas	Lareau-Lessard	Quebec	QC	CA	$1,570
22	Mitcheal	Ferguson	Toledo	ON	CA	$1,280
23	Tam	Ho	Ottawa	ON	CA	$1,280
24	Etienne	Leduc	Sainte-Anne De La Perade	QC	CA	$1,280
25	Grant	Ellis	Whitby	ON	CA	$1,110
26	Stephane	Lacasse	Chateauguay	QC	CA	$1,110
27	Gylbert	Drolet	Quebec	QC	CA	$1,110
28	Chris	Arvanitis	Montreal	QC	CA	$940
29	Philippe	Belley	Montreal	QC	CA	$940
30	Tanvir	Ahmed	Montreal	QC	CA	$940
31	Van Nghiem	Nguy	Montreal	QC	CA	$940
32	Michael	Mckinnon	Fall River	NS	CA	$940
33	Nick	Frascarelli	Laval	QC	CA	$940
34	Louis	Boutin	Laval	QC	CA	$940
35	Linda	Huard	Longueuil	QC	CA	$940
36	Ghislain	Pigeon	Verdun	QC	CA	$940
37	David	Bonneau	Mascouche	QC	CA	$780
38	Jinhui	Ding	Kirkland	QC	CA	$780
39	Danielle	Bracy	Massena	NY	US	$780
40	Maxime	Flibotte-Blanchard	Montreal	QC	CA	$780

STEP 2 on break

Level: 10
Small Blind: 600
Big Blind: 1.2K
BB Ante: 1.2K
Chip Average: 33,695
Remaining: 69
Entries: 93

2019/03/23 - 22:39 by Playground Poker

After 9 levels of play, the STEP 2 satellite for the MILLIONS North America is now on break. The end of the break will also signal the end of the late registration (or re-entry) period.

In total, no less than 93 players tried their hand for one of the coveted 25 seats into STEP 3 Sunday.

Right now, 69 players are still in; witch means that approximately 35% of those players will move on to the STEP 3.

Obviously, in satellite play, the player’s final chip counts don’t really matter because survival is key. But as a player, it’s always good to know where the chips lay.

So, with this in mind, we set our sights on players with at least 70,000, approximately twice the average. Sure enough we found four such players.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Frederick	Gougeon	107,000
Vincenzo	Trengia	86,000
Eddie	Daldalian	75,200
Daniel	Périard	72,700

A few photos of the players:

Day 1C through the lens

Level: 9
Small Blind: 400
Big Blind: 800
BB Ante: 800
Chip Average: 39,500
Remaining: 80
Entries: 158

2019/03/23 - 22:11 by Playground Poker

The elimination rate is steady and there are now 80 players remaining in Day 1C of the Playground 100.

As the players hit the rail, the tables are shrinking and the chips are climbing. With over 3 million chips in play, there is a lot of action to be had.

We took a few photos of the players from the previous level.

Larouche takes the lead after 6 levels

Level: 8
Small Blind: 300
Big Blind: 600
BB Ante: 600
Chip Average: 30,679
Remaining: 103
Entries: 158

2019/03/23 - 21:47 by Playground Poker

The players took a break between levels 6 and 7 and we hit the felts in search of candidates for the leaderboard.

Marc-André Larouche has taken the lead. Eight players have managed to gather more than 50,000 chips, but Larouche is way ahead with 77,000. With only 3,000 chips separating the next 7 players, saying the race is tight would be an understatement.

The registration is closed and a total of 158 entries made their way into the hall tonight, including 28 re-entries. Of those, there are now 103 players still in. Action will stop when 16 players are left standing… or rather sitting.

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Marc-André	Larouche	77,000
Colin	Scheckman	61,700
Gaetano	Di Maria	61,500
Elie	Abdallah	60,100
Walter	Asatoorian	59,200
Nancy	Query	59,000
Constantinos	Psallidas	58,900
Michael	Malm	58,700

Satellite has launched!

Level: 1
Small Blind: 50
Big Blind: 100
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 25,000
Remaining: 79
Entries: 79

2019/03/23 - 20:03 by Playground Poker

The MILLIONS North America Main Event $400 + $40 Turbo Re-entry – STEP 2 just started.

This is a Must-Play event into the STEP 3 that will be held on Sunday March 24th, at 7:00PM.

Tonight’s STEP 2 has a whopping 25 seats guarantee, which makes essentially makes it a “don’t miss” event. Players are starting with 25,000 tournament chips and the blinds are going up every 16 minutes.

This tournament also features unlimited re-entries. This means players may register or re-enter until the beginning of level 10 at approximately 10:30PM.

Right now there are 79 players in the action, there is still plenty of time to come and join them.

The dealers are all ready, so shuffle-up and deal!

100 players already in Day 1C of the Playground 100

Level: 3
Small Blind: 75
Big Blind: 150
BB Ante: 150
Chip Average: 20,754
Remaining: 106
Entries: 110

2019/03/23 - 20:01 by Playground Poker

The numbers keep climbing as the players march into the tournament hall at a steady pace. Day 1C will no doubt be host to a massive turnout tonight.

There are presently over 2 million chips in play and the boards are showing 110 entries, including 2 re-entries, and 106 players still in.

There is still plenty of time to make it down to get into the action. Players can fire as many bullets as they want tonight, since unlimited re-entries are allowed in this flight.