The players in Day 1C have pushed the accelerator to the floor and some of them are accumulating chips at a blistering pace. There are already 6 players with stacks of over 120K – playing more than 150bb, in other words! The chip leader is Nicolas Lareau-Lessard, who is already at 141K and looking to keep accumulating!

The end of level 6 has come and gone and with the beginning of level 7, no more entries or re-entries will be seated in the event. There were 275 entries or re-entries today, contributing to a grand total of 635 entries over the 3 Live Day 1s and the single online Day 1. Tournament staff is working now to convert that into a prize pool, which we will publish as soon as it’s made available.

The players have made their way through the first 4 levels of play today, and there was a 15-minute break following the level during which we were able to survey the room to find the big stacks to this point in the event. We were surprisingly able to find well over a dozen players with stacks greater than double the starting stack – i.e., 50,000 – and two players were already over 100K in chips!

There are still 10 full levels of play today including about 45 minutes of late registration available, so there’s still time to jump in the event. With 235 entries so far, this is by far the largest of the starting flights so far, and we expect a steady stream of entries and re-entries all the way until the end.

Here are a few photos of the players at the tables today. Through the first two levels of play, there are already 158 players entered, and between new entries and re-entries, that number should continue to climb.

The Tournament Director has made all of the preliminary announcements and 102 players have already jumped in to today’s 3rd of 3 Live starting flights in this edition of the Playground 200. Registration is open through the first 6 levels of play, during which time any player may enter or re-enter the tournament at will. In other words, players still have just over 3 hours to join the fun!