After eight levels of play, some players are starting to flirt with the 100K mark. Daniel Pépin actually hit it and sits on top of our current leaderboard. Here is our top 5:

*While this update was being put together, Bob T increased his belongings by about 50K! He is now comfortably in the lead.

On the flop, Bang Tran was facing an 11K bet and raised all-in, asking Cédrick Quenneville-Renaud a serious question. Cédrick, however, felt like he was way too invested to fold and made the call.

Bang:
Cédrick:

Board:

What a turn, and a brutal way to go out. Cédrick chips up to almost 50K.

Daune Fernandez and Adam Strulovitch were very short with a little over 5K each, and both had the all-in card. Keven Desgagné threw a chip in and the cards were tabled for the showdown.

Fernandez:
Strulovitch:
Desgagné:

Board:

On the turn, Fernandez was more than happy to chop the pot, but the river brought him the other half, and he smiled almost apologetically.

The counter is officially closed to registration in Day 1A of the Playground 200. 129 entries have taken place, and with the 26 from the online Day 1, the tally is now at 155. We are almost half-way through the first live starting flight, and 94 players are still in the race for a Day 2 bag.

Here are some recent photos of the field:

Marc Lavergne was down to his last 17K when Jin Sheng Deng made it 1,500 to go. Sitting in the small blind, Lavergne fired all his chips, looking for value, and got a quick call.

Lavergne:
Deng:

Board:

Lavergne was beat by one notch! He accepted his fate with a smile.

Boujaoude, after building high with a rivered flush, kept going in the right direction and is now in the driver’s seat. While our Day 1A players were enjoying their first break of the evening, we noted three double stacks in the field: