Ali G was the leader as the break approached, but in the fading minutes of level 9, he lost a huge pot to Francis Fallardeau and passed along the lead at the same time. Here is the leaderboard after 9 levels:
| Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|
| Francis Fallardeau | 136,300 |
| Anderson Frank-Graham | 110,000 |
| Kevin Dos Santos | 105,200 |
| Rong Xu | 98,000 |
| Ali G | 91,000 |
Ali G has taken a huge lead in the tournament and is already playing well over 120K in chips. Luck is working for him – but a lot of luck is simply a product of stack size, position, and the current tournament situation. In a hand just now, the utg player – Rachid Bahaj – open shoved and it folded around to Ali in the bb. The shove was for just 18,450, so Ali made the call holding just 
to his opponent’s 
.
The board runout was no good for the pair of tens, however: 
– Ali crushed the pair by making his flush.
Registration closed when the beginning of level 6 in the tournament, and when last-minute registrations were taken into account, there were a total of 61 entries in the event, contributing to a prize pool of $5,917. This will be distributed according to the following prize payout chart.
Play continues now in level 8 in the event.
| Rank | Pos | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|
| 1st | $2,137 |
| 2nd | $1,250 |
| 3rd | $780 |
| 4th | $530 |
| 5th | $410 |
| 6th | $330 |
| 7th | $270 |
| 8th | $210 |
Here are a few shots of the action in the 3 Lives event. The players are currently taking their first break of the day – there are 50 players remaining of the 61 that registered in total. This total surpassed the guarantee and we’ll publish prize pool info as soon as it’s made available.
Photos from levels 4 and 5:
The May Power Weekend at Playground Poker Club has kicked off with the beginning of Event #1, a $100 + $10 NL Hold’em 3 Lives Turbo tournament currently underway in the Tournament Hall. There are 40 players seated at the midway point through level 2, and players have until the end of the break following level 5 to join the fun.
The 3 Lives format is very fun to play – instead of a normal starting stack, players are given 3 “Life” chips to start play, each one worth 10K in chips (a total of 30K). Players can then use these as they wish during the registration period – they can redeem them all at once to start with a full 30,000 chip stack, or they can start with 10- or 20K and save life chips to be used as a rebuy.
We’ll be following this and all May Power Weekend Events here on the Playground Events Blog, so stay tuned for ongoing news coverage, photos, and more all the way though to early Tuesday morning when Event #9 wraps up!
Good luck!
$5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
