Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015

Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy is ready to go

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 99.5K
  • Remaining: 217
  • Entries: 1076


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    The sealed chip bags have been arranged at their places and all of the dealers have taken their seats, ready to welcome the 217 players still in Event 3 back to begin play in the event. A few players have slowly started to filter in as well, although the majority won’t arrive until the last minute.

    Near the top of the leaderboard is Chris “D0r1t0s” McClung, who is almost certainly the most experienced player left in the event and has a huge stack – 337K – to start the day. That being said, though, there are a also a lot of local tournament regulars who have consistently demonstrated their talent and experience – including the one player with a larger stack than McClung – Vasilios Sklavounos.

    The bubble player will be the player eliminated in 109th place – and if history is any indication, this should be reached after just 3 or 4 levels tonight.

    Good luck to everyone in the event, and stay tuned to this Event Blog for coverage throughout the evening.

    Event 3 Day 2 – seating draw (with counts)

  • Level: 15
  • Small Blind: 1.5K
  • Big Blind: 3K
  • Ante: 500
  • Chip Average: 99.5K
  • Remaining: 217
  • Entries: 1076


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    This is the official seating chart for Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net.

    The six starting flights in this tournament had a total of 1,076 entries, and of these, 218 entries qualified for Day 2.

    Just 1 player qualified twice for Day 2 in this event, Charles-Eric Benoit. The smaller of his qualifying stacks has been removed (5,000 chips), and the removal of this double entry leaves 217 players who will take their seats to start Day 2. Play resumes in level 15 at 7pm on Monday April 27th. When the tournament resumes, play will be 9-handed.

    [Click or tap on a column header to re-sort this table]

    [eztable width=”100%” colwidth=”25%|25%|30%|20%” colalign=”left|left|left|center”]
    First Name,Last Name,Seat [attr sort=”asc”],Chip Count
    Adam,Cader,Table 54 – Seat 4,”68,000″
    Aladin,Reskallah,Table 63 – Seat 3,”88,000″
    Alan,Dagenais,Table 70 – Seat 3,”206,000″
    Alan Yi Fan,Dong,Table 65 – Seat 7,”63,000″
    Alberto,Melendez,Table 31 – Seat 7,”58,500″
    Alec,Brandstatter,Table 57 – Seat 4,”155,000″
    Alex,Chiasson,Table 62 – Seat 5,”67,500″
    Alex,Fiorani,Table 68 – Seat 2,”57,000″
    Alexander Joseph,Delormier,Table 69 – Seat 4,”45,000″
    Alexandre,Bedard,Table 70 – Seat 5,”77,500″
    Alexandre,Demers,Table 53 – Seat 8,”119,000″
    Alexandre,Henry,Table 55 – Seat 9,”106,000″
    Aline,Genequand,Table 65 – Seat 5,”79,500″
    Andre,Bilodeau,Table 30 – Seat 8,”85,000″
    Andre,Hernandez,Table 49 – Seat 6,”36,500″
    Andre,St-Jean,Table 61 – Seat 5,”138,500″
    Andreas,Vassiliou,Table 67 – Seat 3,”32,500″
    Andrej,Bachynsky,Table 68 – Seat 1,”48,000″
    Andrew,Humphrey,Table 53 – Seat 3,”89,500″
    Andy,D’Alessandro,Table 59 – Seat 4,”17,000″
    Anthony,Fiumidinisi,Table 64 – Seat 7,”174,000″
    Azim,Lavji,Table 54 – Seat 8,”240,500″
    Behram,Antia,Table 53 – Seat 9,”318,500″
    Behrooz,Salemi,Table 33 – Seat 1,”112,500″
    Ben,Menache,Table 60 – Seat 2,”34,000″
    Bill,Kontaratos,Table 29 – Seat 3,”133,000″
    Borislav,Angelov,Table 70 – Seat 1,”67,500″
    Bradley,Leblanc,Table 56 – Seat 5,”147,000″
    Brent F,Mccue,Table 59 – Seat 8,”107,500″
    Brian,Bond,Table 62 – Seat 9,”45,500″
    Brian,Hodhod,Table 30 – Seat 5,”66,000″
    Buu,Nguyen,Table 56 – Seat 3,”34,500″
    Catherine,Graves,Table 30 – Seat 7,”91,000″
    Charles – Eric,Benoit,Table 33 – Seat 8,”47,500″
    Charles,La Boissonniere,Table 65 – Seat 9,”44,000″
    Chris,McClung,Table 32 – Seat 4,”337,000″
    Constantinos,Psallidas,Table 54 – Seat 5,”51,000″
    Cuong Khac,Dinh,Table 52 – Seat 7,”120,000″
    Dalton,Dawkins,Table 33 – Seat 6,”73,000″
    Danick,Landriault,Table 59 – Seat 5,”57,000″
    Daniel,Boisvert,Table 33 – Seat 3,”254,500″
    Daniel,Cappelli,Table 55 – Seat 3,”161,000″
    Daniel,Mackay,Table 64 – Seat 5,”96,500″
    Daniel,Schreiber,Table 65 – Seat 1,”50,000″
    Danny,Pacitti,Table 30 – Seat 4,”86,000″
    Darren,Marshall,Table 32 – Seat 7,”126,500″
    David,Brunelle,Table 57 – Seat 9,”165,000″
    David,Cadoch,Table 61 – Seat 1,”52,000″
    David,Gagnon,Table 57 – Seat 3,”17,000″
    David,Guay,Table 54 – Seat 2,”70,000″
    David,Skitt,Table 60 – Seat 8,”297,000″
    David,Valcourt-Dube,Table 63 – Seat 8,”43,000″
    Denis,Cyr,Table 70 – Seat 2,”65,000″
    Derek,Lerner,Table 63 – Seat 5,”27,000″
    Dominik,Lavoie,Table 67 – Seat 2,”104,500″
    Dominique,Dion,Table 66 – Seat 7,”122,000″
    Donald,Laing,Table 49 – Seat 9,”106,000″
    Doris,Charlebois,Table 64 – Seat 9,”62,000″
    Eddie,Bangash,Table 61 – Seat 7,”28,500″
    Edward,Hakim,Table 29 – Seat 8,”170,000″
    Eric,Boire,Table 65 – Seat 4,”95,000″
    Eric,Thibodeau,Table 31 – Seat 8,”35,500″
    Etienne,Clement,Table 30 – Seat 2,”78,500″
    Fabian,Lacroix,Table 55 – Seat 4,”58,000″
    Francis Anthony,Roach,Table 52 – Seat 8,”40,000″
    Francis,Dery,Table 67 – Seat 9,”160,000″
    Franco,Casarcia,Table 57 – Seat 6,”46,000″
    Franco,Sicondolfi,Table 66 – Seat 5,”78,000″
    Francois,Bernier,Table 52 – Seat 2,”235,500″
    Frederic,Cossette,Table 29 – Seat 2,”81,500″
    Frederic,Mercier,Table 64 – Seat 2,”74,000″
    Frederic,Normand,Table 56 – Seat 8,”37,000″
    Gabriel,Attiave,Table 49 – Seat 5,”35,500″
    Galvin,Van Brussel,Table 54 – Seat 9,”49,500″
    Gary,Lucci,Table 63 – Seat 9,”53,500″
    George,Kazarian,Table 49 – Seat 3,”111,000″
    Gerald,Macleod,Table 55 – Seat 6,”50,000″
    Geri,Casey,Table 67 – Seat 5,”126,500″
    Gil,Charles,Table 32 – Seat 2,”53,500″
    Gino,Cavalieri,Table 54 – Seat 3,”22,500″
    Glen,Hammers,Table 52 – Seat 1,”86,500″
    Greg,Arevian,Table 31 – Seat 4,”38,000″
    Guillermo,Pureza,Table 52 – Seat 9,”58,500″
    Hagay,Brener,Table 59 – Seat 2,”106,000″
    Hope,Stacey,Table 69 – Seat 6,”48,500″
    Ian,Armorer,Table 50 – Seat 3,”123,000″
    Ian,Middel,Table 56 – Seat 9,”141,500″
    Ian,Tang,Table 59 – Seat 7,”77,500″
    Ioannis,Pentefountas,Table 59 – Seat 6,”45,000″
    Irina,Tchakarova,Table 61 – Seat 2,”76,500″
    Jacob,McArdle,Table 33 – Seat 4,”66,000″
    Jacques,Iza,Table 50 – Seat 5,”50,500″
    Jacques,Martial,Table 70 – Seat 8,”29,500″
    James,Armstrong,Table 52 – Seat 6,”148,500″
    James,Maxwell,Table 55 – Seat 5,”85,000″
    James,Slotegraaf,Table 59 – Seat 1,”321,500″
    Janine,Bibb,Table 57 – Seat 8,”56,500″
    Jason,Nguyen,Table 32 – Seat 6,”78,500″
    Jean,Laviolette,Table 29 – Seat 5,”107,500″
    Jean Philippe,Lavoie,Table 67 – Seat 8,”110,500″
    Jean-Francois,Marin,Table 60 – Seat 4,”159,000″
    Jean-Guy,Roy,Table 56 – Seat 6,”85,000″
    Jean-Hugo,Robitaille,Table 67 – Seat 1,”34,500″
    Jesse,Salazar,Table 50 – Seat 9,”43,500″
    Jimmy,Setna,Table 57 – Seat 1,”58,000″
    Joel,Malo,Table 56 – Seat 7,”118,000″
    Joel,Moreau,Table 62 – Seat 3,”103,500″
    Joey,Boczek,Table 50 – Seat 8,”121,500″
    John,Clifford,Table 63 – Seat 6,”55,500″
    John,Helou,Table 49 – Seat 1,”105,500″
    Jonathan,Brassard,Table 30 – Seat 3,”91,000″
    Jonathan,Bussieres,Table 60 – Seat 5,”134,500″
    Jonathan,Meyer,Table 31 – Seat 2,”126,500″
    Jonathan,Poissant,Table 68 – Seat 8,”65,000″
    Joseph,Abitbol,Table 55 – Seat 1,”166,000″
    Joseph,Abou Khalil,Table 68 – Seat 6,”35,500″
    Justin,Miller,Table 66 – Seat 9,”132,000″
    Kethees,Thanabalasingham,Table 69 – Seat 1,”103,500″
    Kevin,Bergeron,Table 65 – Seat 3,”206,000″
    Khang,Can,Table 66 – Seat 4,”36,500″
    Ko,Maddock,Table 53 – Seat 1,”114,000″
    Levi,Stevens,Table 52 – Seat 3,”153,500″
    Linda,Huard,Table 54 – Seat 7,”85,500″
    Lisa,McCray,Table 53 – Seat 6,”47,500″
    Lohe,Coiteux,Table 30 – Seat 6,”46,500″
    Luigi,Fantigrossi,Table 63 – Seat 1,”81,500″
    M T Claudine,Sullivan,Table 55 – Seat 2,”56,000″
    Marc,Guerbilsky,Table 60 – Seat 3,”162,000″
    Marcel,Basset,Table 69 – Seat 3,”99,000″
    Marco,Sousa,Table 53 – Seat 2,”15,000″
    Mark,Fitzpatrick,Table 64 – Seat 8,”24,500″
    Martin,Messier,Table 57 – Seat 2,”175,500″
    Mathias,Lamothe,Table 53 – Seat 4,”116,000″
    Matt,Ranger,Table 49 – Seat 7,”133,500″
    Matthew,Ballsmith,Table 70 – Seat 7,”247,500″
    Matthew,Hendler,Table 66 – Seat 2,”91,500″
    Maurice,Simard,Table 67 – Seat 6,”273,000″
    Maxime,Chabot,Table 61 – Seat 4,”67,500″
    Maxime,Lefebvre,Table 66 – Seat 1,”60,500″
    Melanie,Ares,Table 63 – Seat 4,”183,000″
    Michael H,Dunn,Table 31 – Seat 6,”76,500″
    Michael,Shatilla,Table 65 – Seat 2,”89,000″
    Micheal Albert,Marinaro,Table 31 – Seat 5,”98,000″
    Michel,Dubreuil,Table 63 – Seat 2,”219,000″
    Michel,Gramigna,Table 60 – Seat 7,”60,000″
    Michele,Beliveau,Table 63 – Seat 7,”69,000″
    Micheline,Roberge,Table 57 – Seat 5,”92,500″
    Minh,Hieu Tran,Table 62 – Seat 2,”158,000″
    Nick,Petsas,Table 61 – Seat 8,”93,500″
    Nicolas,Bastien,Table 70 – Seat 6,”64,500″
    Nimer,Ltaif,Table 59 – Seat 9,”63,500″
    Noeung,Troeung,Table 61 – Seat 6,”64,000″
    Noy,-,Table 32 – Seat 1,”87,000″
    Patrice,Mailloux,Table 69 – Seat 5,”106,000″
    Patrick,Atallah,Table 55 – Seat 7,”186,500″
    Patrick,Bergeron,Table 68 – Seat 7,”57,500″
    Patrick,Boisvert,Table 66 – Seat 8,”143,000″
    Patrick,Longpre,Table 56 – Seat 1,”119,000″
    Paul,Trebuss,Table 57 – Seat 7,”113,500″
    Peter,Bodnar,Table 29 – Seat 1,”11,500″
    Philippe,Plouffe,Table 33 – Seat 7,”112,500″
    Pierre,Gauthier,Table 54 – Seat 6,”53,000″
    Presten,Cloutier,Table 53 – Seat 7,”81,000″
    Rabih,Aboudib,Table 65 – Seat 8,”45,500″
    Ramon,De La Cruz,Table 69 – Seat 7,”81,000″
    Randy,Khalil,Table 62 – Seat 4,”308,500″
    Raphael,Ohayon,Table 49 – Seat 8,”153,000″
    Raymond,Siu,Table 53 – Seat 5,”135,000″
    Rene-Philippe,Noel,Table 50 – Seat 2,”64,500″
    Richard,Catellier,Table 60 – Seat 9,”109,500″
    Richard,Figiel,Table 65 – Seat 6,”152,500″
    Richard,Hardy,Table 49 – Seat 4,”337,000″
    Richard,Johansen,Table 64 – Seat 4,”184,000″
    Richard,Sysko,Table 70 – Seat 4,”109,500″
    Rick,Shamshoum,Table 67 – Seat 4,”155,500″
    Robert,Amireault,Table 50 – Seat 6,”155,000″
    Robert,Clark,Table 29 – Seat 6,”113,000″
    Robert,Di Trapani,Table 62 – Seat 8,”94,000″
    Roger,Lamia,Table 50 – Seat 4,”48,500″
    Rohit,Jain,Table 68 – Seat 4,”104,000″
    Rong,Xu,Table 60 – Seat 6,”23,000″
    Ryan,Grant,Table 68 – Seat 5,”72,500″
    Sammy,Chao,Table 31 – Seat 1,”81,500″
    Sammy,Lafleur,Table 62 – Seat 6,”30,000″
    Samson,Pochyla,Table 62 – Seat 1,”48,500″
    Samuel,Leblanc,Table 67 – Seat 7,”108,000″
    Samuel Louis,Gagnon,Table 32 – Seat 3,”168,000″
    Samuel,Shink,Table 69 – Seat 2,”70,500″
    Scott,Crane,Table 56 – Seat 4,”72,000″
    Scott,Plummer,Table 49 – Seat 2,”67,500″
    Scott,Shelvock,Table 33 – Seat 2,”69,000″
    Sean,Raboy,Table 64 – Seat 1,”72,500″
    Sebastien,St-Onge,Table 55 – Seat 8,”49,000″
    Senthuran,Vijayaratnam,Table 69 – Seat 8,”53,000″
    Shaan,Siddiqui,Table 30 – Seat 1,”126,000″
    Shaun,Bowring,Table 31 – Seat 3,”84,500″
    Shaun,Hartlin,Table 32 – Seat 8,”59,000″
    Siamak,Soleimanian,Table 54 – Seat 1,”91,500″
    Stephane,Faucher,Table 50 – Seat 7,”72,500″
    Stephane,Gosselin,Table 62 – Seat 7,”114,500″
    Stephane,Richer,Table 61 – Seat 3,”47,500″
    Stephane,Roquebrune,Table 60 – Seat 1,”70,500″
    Steven,Easson,Table 66 – Seat 6,”46,500″
    Steven,Nguyen-Pham,Table 68 – Seat 3,”221,000″
    Steven,Wilson,Table 64 – Seat 6,”138,000″
    Tam,Ho,Table 29 – Seat 7,”43,000″
    Tedde,Ballanger,Table 50 – Seat 1,”64,000″
    Therlegrand,Faustin,Table 33 – Seat 5,”26,000″
    Tomas,Larivee Magni,Table 56 – Seat 2,”70,000″
    Vasilios,Sklavounos,Table 32 – Seat 5,”339,000″
    Wayne,Ward,Table 52 – Seat 5,”166,500″
    Wesley Mark,Thompson,Table 29 – Seat 4,”48,500″
    William,Blais,Table 61 – Seat 9,”145,000″
    William Henry,Munn,Table 66 – Seat 3,”29,500″
    William,Wright,Table 52 – Seat 4,”187,500″
    Xuan,Nguyen,Table 64 – Seat 3,”62,000″
    Yannick,Labattaglia,Table 59 – Seat 3,”63,500″
    [/eztable]

    Event 3 Day 1f – final chip counts

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    Here are the final chip counts for Day 1f of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015 presented by partypoker.net. There were a total of 226 entrants in this starting flight of Event 3. 54 of these players have qualified for Day 2, which will start on Monday, April 27th at 7pm.

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

    [eztable width=”100%” colwidth=”35%|35%|30%” colalign=”left|left|center”]
    First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
    Alex,Chiasson,”67,500″
    Alex,Fiorani,”57,000″
    Alexandre,Bedard,”77,500″
    Andreas,Vassiliou,”32,500″
    Andrew,Humphrey,”89,500″
    Ben,Menache,”34,000″
    Brian,Hodhod,”66,000″
    Charles-Eric,Benoit,”47,500″
    Constantinos,Psallidas,”51,000″
    Cuong Khac,Dinh,”120,000″
    Daniel,Cappelli,”161,000″
    David,Brunelle,”165,000″
    David,Valcourt-Dube,”43,000″
    Derek,Lerner,”27,000″
    Dominique,Dion,”122,000″
    Fabian,Lacroix,”58,000″
    Geri,Casey,”126,500″
    Gino,Cavalieri,”22,500″
    Guillermo,Pureza,”58,500″
    Jacob,McArdle,”66,000″
    Jason,Nguyen,”78,500″
    Jesse,Salazar,”43,500″
    Joey,Boczek,”121,500″
    John,Clifford,”55,500″
    Jonathan,Brassard,”91,000″
    Jonathan,Meyer,”126,500″
    Joseph,Abitbol,”166,000″
    Kevin,Bergeron,”206,000″
    Levi,Stevens,”153,500″
    Lisa,McCray,”47,500″
    Luigi,Fantigrossi,”81,500″
    M T Claudine,Sullivan,”56,000″
    Marco,Sousa,”15,000″
    Mathias,Lamothe,”116,000″
    Michele,Beliveau,”69,000″
    Minh,Hieu Tran,”158,000″
    Noy,-,”87,000″
    Patrick,Atallah,”186,500″
    Presten,Cloutier,”81,000″
    Rene-Philippe,Noel,”64,500″
    Richard,Sysko,”109,500″
    Rick,Shamshoum,”155,500″
    Robert,Clark,”113,000″
    Roger,Lamia,”48,500″
    Ryan,Grant,”72,500″
    Senthuran,Vijayaratnam,”53,000″
    Shaun,Bowring,”84,500″
    Shaun,Hartlin,”59,000″
    Siamak,Soleimanian,”91,500″
    Stephane,Roquebrune,”70,500″
    Tam,Ho,”43,000″
    Therlegrand,Faustin,”26,000″
    William Henry,Munn,”29,500″
    Xuan,Nguyen,”62,000″
    [/eztable]

    Event 3 – Prize Pool & Payouts

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    The $250 Frenzy is Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net. It is a $225 + $25 NL Hold’em Re-entry tournament with 6 Day 1s that were held between April 24th and April 26th, 2015. When the number of entries for all 6 starting days were tallied, there were a total of 1,076 entries in the event, which adds up to a prize pool of $234,837.00. This will be distributed according to the following table.

    [eztable width=”40%” tablesorter=”0″ colalign=”center|center”]
    Finish,Prize
    1,”$44,030.00″
    2,”$29,237.00″
    3,”$20,540.00″
    4,”$16,670.00″
    5,”$12,210.00″
    6,”$9,440.00″
    7,”$6,690.00″
    8,”$4,740.00″
    9,”$3,590.00″
    10-12,”$2,700.00″
    13-15,”$2,200.00″
    16-18,”$1,730.00″
    19-21,”$1,500.00″
    22-24,”$1,290.00″
    25-27,”$1,170.00″
    28-30,”$1,080.00″
    31-33,”$1,000.00″
    34-36,”$960.00″
    37-45,”$890.00″
    46-54,”$820.00″
    55-63,”$720.00″
    64-72,”$650.00″
    73-81,”$580.00″
    82-90,”$540.00″
    91-99,”$510.00″
    100-108,”$490.00″
    [/eztable]

    Chip leaders at the first break

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 24.2K
  • Remaining: 187
  • Entries: 226


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    The first break of Day 1F in the $250 Frenzy has just concluded, and during the break we found several players who have managed to build up significant stacks considering how early it is in tonight’s flight.

    1. Dominique Dion – 65K
    2. Levi Stevens – 61K
    3. Luigi Fantigrossi – 59K
    4. Denis Quirion – 57K
    5. Siamak Soleimanian – 57K

    By the way, registration has now closed on the final starting day of the event, and there are a total of 226 entries in Day 1F. That adds up to 1,076 entries total in the event – we’ll confirm the number and release the prize pool a bit later tonight.

    Still 45 minutes left to register!

  • Level: 3
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 22.4K
  • Remaining: 190
  • Entries: 213


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    What better way to celebrate a hockey victory than coming out to play in The $250 Frenzy? Players can register in the event until 9:45 and start the tournament with a full 20K stack while blinds are just 100/200/a25 (it moves to 150/300/a50 after the break). There are already 213 players at the tables tonight, and every additional player just grows the prize pool that much more!

    Photos during the game

  • Level: 2
  • Small Blind: 75
  • Big Blind: 150
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20.2K
  • Remaining: 174
  • Entries: 176


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    Here are some photos from the early action in Day 1F of the $250 Frenzy. If some of the poses in these shots seem a little odd, that’s because players are keeping up with the game in front of them – but also the game on TV. There are a lot of craned necks in the Tournament Hall!

    Photos from level 2:

    Cards are in the air for flight 6/6

  • Level: 1
  • Small Blind: 50
  • Big Blind: 100
  • Ante: 0
  • Chip Average: 20K
  • Remaining: 117
  • Entries: 117


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    Since Friday, players have been joining us at Playground Poker Club for starting flights in Event 3, The $250 Frenzy, which is a $225 + $25 NL Hold’em Re-entry tournament in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net.

    Like clockwork, there have been two flights a day, at 11am and 7:30pm, and now on this Sunday night we’ve arrived at the final opportunity for players to qualify for Day 2 in the event – Day 1F.

    As has been the case for each starting day, players will play through 14 30-minute levels today. Everyone starts with 20,000 in tournament chips and the starting blinds will be 50/100/a0.

    So far there have been 850 total entries in the event and 164 players have qualified for Day 2. It should also be noted that so far, no one has qualified for Day 2 through multiple starting days. The top qualifying stacks so far are north of 330K in chips.

    Late registration is open until the end of the break following the first 4 levels of play, which is to say that you can register any time until 9:45 tonight. Late registrants receive a full stack when they take their seat in the tournament.

    Good luck!

    Event 3 Day 1e – final chip counts

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    Here are the final chip counts for Day 1e of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015 presented by partypoker.net. There were a total of 224 entrants in this starting flight of Event 3. 44 of these players have qualified for Day 2, which will start on Monday, April 27th at 7pm.

    Any player 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.

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

    [eztable width=”100%” colwidth=”35%|35%|30%” colalign=”left|left|center”]
    First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
    Alan,Dagenais,”206,000″
    Alec,Brandstatter,”155,000″
    Andre,Bilodeau,”85,000″
    Andrej,Bachynsky,”48,000″
    Anthony,Fiumidinisi,”174,000″
    Azim,Lavji,”240,500″
    Brent F,Mccue,”107,500″
    Brian,Bond,”45,500″
    Catherine,Graves,”91,000″
    Daniel,Mackay,”96,500″
    Danny,Pacitti,”86,000″
    David,Cadoch,”52,000″
    Denis,Cyr,”65,000″
    Eddie,Bangash,”28,500″
    Eric,Boire,”95,000″
    Francis Anthony,Roach,”40,000″
    Frederic,Cossette,”81,500″
    Gary,Lucci,”53,500″
    George,Kazarian,”111,000″
    Gerald,Macleod,”50,000″
    Ian,Armorer,”123,000″
    Ian,Middel,”141,500″
    Ian,Tang,”77,500″
    Ioannis,Pentefountas,”45,000″
    Irina,Tchakarova,”76,500″
    Jean-Guy,Roy,”85,000″
    John,Helou,”105,500″
    Jonathan,Poissant,”65,000″
    Ko,Maddock,”114,000″
    Marc,Guerbilsky,”162,000″
    Maurice,Simard,”273,000″
    Maxime,Lefebvre,”60,500″
    Michael,Shatilla,”89,000″
    Nick,Petsas,”93,500″
    Nimer,Ltaif,”63,500″
    Patrick,Boisvert,”143,000″
    Rabih,Aboudib,”45,500″
    Randy,Khalil,”308,500″
    Raymond,Siu,”135,000″
    Rong,Xu,”23,000″
    Samson,Pochyla,”48,500″
    Scott,Plummer,”67,500″
    Stephane,Faucher,”72,500″
    Wayne,Ward,”166,500″
    [/eztable]

    This is it! Day 1F of the $250 Frenzy

    - by

    In just about one hour and 10 minutes, the final starting flight of The $250 Frenzy will be getting under way here at Playground Poker Club. This is the 6th of 6 starting days in the tournament, which is Event 3 in the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net.

    Tonight’s opening flight is likely to be a little tense – and not only because it’s the last chance for players to qualify for Day 2 in the event. There is also a very important playoff hockey game on at the moment, and almost all of the screens are tuned to the action. There are players who support both teams in the Tournament Hall, and you can bet that they’re paying close attention to the outcome of both games!

    At the end of the evening, we’ll have a full picture of the whole field that will begin Day 2 in the tournament tomorrow evening and continue to compete for the prize pool, which is greater than $200,000!