Here are the final chip counts for Day 1b of The Wild $150 – Event 1 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015. There were a total of 204 entrants in this 2nd of 4 starting flights in Event 1. 42 of these players have qualified for Day 2 on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7pm.

Any player who played in Day 1a, whether they qualified or not, may play in one or more additional starting flights. In the event that a player qualifies in two or more Day 1s, only their largest stack will move forward to Day 2. We will provide detailed records of any such activity when the official seating draw for Day 2 is released on Tuesday night.

Note that these are unverified player-counted chip counts. All chips have been sealed in bags until they return to play on Day 2.

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First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
Patricia,Prazeres,”74,300″
Khaled,Salem,”43,900″
Behrooz,Salemi,”175,800″
Stephane,Sevigny,”54,300″
Christien,Beaudoin,”91,600″
Jonathan,D’Souza,”140,400″
Isham,Yamani,”304,400″
Eric,Fournier,”83,700″
Rodney,Ramalho,”60,000″
Tyler,Petri,”125,800″
Lohe,Coiteux,”79,900″
Benoit Jr,Campeau,”128,200″
Ko,Maddock,”108,500″
Christian,Dube,”108,400″
Spencer,Stacey,”81,700″
Jonathan,Brazeau,”108,500″
Jean Guy,Pare,”101,000″
Marc-Andre,Racicot,”99,000″
Jeff,Porter,”80,300″
Guillermo,Pureza,”32,100″
Siamak,Soleimanian,”71,100″
Stephane,Houle,”96,700″
Ivan,Driard,”159,900″
Jeffrey,Glashan,”95,600″
Michel,Bergeron,”167,000″
Dominique,Morin,”36,900″
Frederic,Cossette,”81,600″
Marcello,Simonetti,”67,300″
Vincent,Gelinas,”41,700″
Jessika,Beaudin,”50,000″
Romain,Putz,”77,100″
Andre,St-Jean,”120,800″
Olivier,Morin,”170,000″
Roman,Mikhailov,”86,500″
Peter,Bodnar,”20,700″
Odette,Tremblay,”65,700″
Edward,Hakim,”105,800″
Andre,Boyer,”56,300″
Karim,Fakhri,”44,900″
Danny,Freitas,”80,600″
Jean-Luc,Gauthier,”91,800″
Omkar,Deshmukh,”117,500″
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With the clock running out here in level 11, only two more full levels remain before the surviving players bag and tag their chips onto Day 2. For the time being, it’s Isham Yamani that leads the field, holding a stack just shy of 200,000. Interestingly enough, Khaled Salem is sitting just across the table from him, holding a second place stack of roughly 175,000. With just over an hour left to play, we should see a number of players catch up and surpass these two, as play generally opens up in the last levels of a starting flight.

Those who have not had the chance to qualify for Day 2 will have two more chances, as Day 1C is on Monday at 7pm, and Day 1D on Tuesday at 7pm.

Photographs from level 11:

 

This second flight of Event 1 has reached level ten, and the night is winding down. More than half the field is already gone, and we can expect to see a number of eliminations in the last levels of the day. Anyone who was unfortunate enough to have been eliminated so far will be able to try again in the subsequent flights, as this tournament does allow multiple re-entries (on different flights only).

Photographs from level 9:

Eight levels have come and gone here in Day 1B, and the players are just finishing up their last break of the night. Only 5 levels remain tonight, and therefore the night should end around 2am, give or take a few minutes for the bagging process.

We took this time to find our current chip leaders, and here they are:

1. Michel Bergeron – 106,000
2. Chico Amorelli – 104,500
3. Jeff Porter – 97,000
4. Behrooz Salemi – 89,000

Registration is now closed for Day 1B of the Wild $150, and this flight saw a total of 204 players take their seats. This brings the total entries up to 502 after two flights, with two more flights still to go.

Only three players have breached the 50,000 mark, and they sit atop the leaderboard after 4 levels:

• Jean Guy Pare – 57,000
• Siamak Soleimanian – 53,000
• Ghislain Soucy – 52,500

Day 1B of the Playground Poker Spring Classic is underway, and players will have until the end the first break to jump in the action, or roughly 9:15 pm.

Be sure not to miss your chance in participating in this player-favourite tournament!

Our TD just announced the start of the tournament, and with that, the cards are in the air for Day 1B of The Wild $150. So far, the board shows 105 entries, but with a little over 2 hours left until the end of the registration period, we can expect many more players to join us for this series opener.