The largest event of the October Power Weekend – the Playground 200 – is now underway in the Tournament Hall here at Playground Poker Club. Play tonight will continue through 14 levels of 30 minutes each, with blinds starting at 50/100 and a button ante that will start in level 3. Each player begins with 25,000 in tournament chips. Play will be 10-handed throughout each Day 1 and move to 9-handed play on Day 2.
This is a re-entry event, and players may choose to re-enter a starting flight they have played until the end of level 6, and any player – qualified or not for Day 2 – may play in multiple Day 1 starting flights. Players who qualify multiple times for Day 2 will take their best stack forward and forfeit their other stacks.
The first Day 1 of a multi-day event is usually the “lightest” in terms of attendance, so tonight represents a great opportunity to qualify for Day 2 in a relatively calm starting flight. Tonight is also the beginning of the hockey season, so there will be at least a few players whose attention is divided!