Playground Poker

The late registration period is now closed and there were 143 entries in total, that means that the $15,000 guaranteed prize pool has been upgraded to $20,592.

After 6 levels, the players took a break and we performed a little survey to present the first leaderboard of the evening.

Jean-François Stoycheff is in the lead and the only player above 100K, with 108,900 chips. Five other players have come to our attention, each with a minimum of 75,000 chips. The night is still young and we’ll keep an eye on our leaders.

There are currently 137 entries and there is still just under 30 minutes left in the late registration period. A break is coming up soon so we will get a leaderboard going, with chip counts.

Here are some more photos of the players in action.

We were circling the tables when all of a sudden some yelps, hoots and hollers got our attention. Our arrival at the table was just in time to get the tail-end of a memorable hand.

The action before our arrival was unclear, but one thing was clear: Jean-François Stoycheff was happy. Three hands were face-up, obviously three all-ins.

Jean-François, shortest stack, was in for 20,725 with .

In the middle, with and 33,675 was Dan Vigderhous.

And last but not least, wast Pierre Audette, holding and covering both bets.

The flop must have made Dan cringe and JF & Pierre very happy: . Dan needed a queen, but not just any queen, only the spade would do, giving him a boat and avoiding the royal flush. As for Pierre, he just wanted do dodge everything. Obviously, with the title of this blog it’s easy to guess what happened next. The made an appearance, and changed everything. Including breaking the normal poker-room buzz of chips shuffling and chit chat with that of exclamations and surprise. Nobody noticed, nor cared about the on the river, but we thought we’d mention it.

So Jean-François triples-up with his Royal Flush, and Dan gets his extra 12,950 paid by Pierre. No bounty chips were exchanged and everyone played on.

The numbers are climbing at a steady pace in the 6-Max Bounty. Players seem to be enjoying a great night of poker, and are on the lookout for bounty chips!

In 40 minutes of play, only two players have been eliminated, a sure sign that accompanies most freezout tournaments.

Here are a few photos of the players from level 1.

The last event in the March Playground Power Weekend is here.
The last event of the series is Event #8: $150 + $20 + $50 6-max Bounty. Things just got started, and here is a quick rundown of all you need to know.

Players start with 25,000 chips and the blinds will be increasing every 20 minutes. This is a freezout tournament, so no rebuys nor re-entries, players get only one shot at this. Players will receive a Bounty chips, worth $50, for each player they remove from the tournament. And remember, that if any player bets or includes his bounty chip he will automatically be all-in.

The tournament is 6-handed, and there will be a final table full redraw when the number of players reaches 7.

Players have until the beginning of level 7 to register, basically until 9:15PM. Once again, players have more than enough time to make it down to Playground Poker, to get into the action.

Dealers…. shuffle-up and deal!