Players are just filing back in after their first break of the day. There are 175 entries in this flight, and of that number there are still 155 left in the action.
During the break we found three early front runners in the event with over 50K each in tournament chips.
Interestingly, Michael and Melanie are playing on the same table.
There’s one level left to play until the first break and participation in this flight has grown to 164 entries, following the normal upward trend as we get close to the final starting flights.
Among the participants are several “regular” Playground big-event visitors who have now arrived in the Montreal area to join the series for this event and will continue as we move towards the WPT Canadian Spring Championship. This includes Brian Bond, who won an edition of The Wild $150 last year and final tabled in the same event just a few weeks ago!
Brian Bond
More photos from level 3
It’s the second day of starting flights for The $250 Frenzy and this morning the action will get started with Day 1C in the event – the 3rd of 6 starting flights! Players are now making their way into the Tournament Hall to take their place for what is sure to be an intense day of poker action as players attempt to qualify for Day 2 in the event.
Late registration will continue through 4 30-minute levels plus the first 15-minute break, which means that you can join the tournament any time until 1:15pm. Late registrants start with a full stack, so don’t be shy!
Good luck to everyone today!
Here are the final chip counts for Day 1b of The $250 Frenzy, Event 3 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015 presented by partypoker.net.
There were a total of 134 entrants in this starting flight of Event 3. 28 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.
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First Name,Last Name,Chip Count [attr sort=”desc”]
Gil,Charles,”53,500″
Doris,Charlebois,”62,000″
Daniel,Schreiber,”50,000″
Frederic,Normand,”37,000″
Aladin,Reskallah,”88,000″
Bill,Kontaratos,”133,000″
Alexandre,Henry,”106,000″
Khang,Can,”36,500″
Dominik,Lavoie,”104,500″
Jean Philippe,Lavoie,”110,500″
Alan Yi Fan,Dong,”63,000″
Greg,Arevian,”38,000″
Frederic,Mercier,”74,000″
Matt,Ranger,”133,500″
Justin,Miller,”132,000″
Franco,Sicondolfi,”78,000″
Paul,Trebuss,”113,500″
Tomas,Larivee Magni,”70,000″
Stephane,Gosselin,”114,500″
Matthew,Ballsmith,”247,500″
Tedde,Ballanger,”64,000″
Jacques,Iza,”50,500″
Francis,Dery,”160,000″
Franco,Casarcia,”46,000″
Behram,Antia,”318,500″
Hope,Stacey,”48,500″
Joseph,Abou Khalil,”35,500″
William,Blais,”145,000″
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After 9 levels of play, only one player has entered the 6-digits in chips, as Behram Antia currently holds a stack of 112,000. Interestingly enough, the next two chip leaders are not only seated at the same table, but directly to his left. This makes one super-stacked table, which can definitely lead to some interesting situations! Here are the top stacks at the moment:
Photographs taken during level 9:
We came across an interesting hand just moments ago, one that many players will likely never even encounter once in their lives! We missed the action, but it seems that three players found themselves all-in preflop, all holding relatively deep stacks for this stage of the tournament. When the hands were tabled, it turned out to be a pair of AA vs KK vs QQ. In the end though, it was the pair of KK held by Alberto Scuderi that won the hand, as he turned a set for the triple up.
AA vs KK vs QQ
Photographs taken during levels 7-8:
The field is getting progressively smaller here in this second flight of The $250 Frenzy, as only 9 tables remain. There are still 8 more levels of play tonight before the tournament goes on break until Day 2.
Photographs from levels 5-6:
Late registration is now closed for Day 1B of The $250 Frenzy, and we saw a total of 134 players take their seats tonight. Adding to the 113 players we saw this morning, we are up to a total of 247 entries after 2 flights. There are 4 more flights scheduled after this, and so this number will definitely skyrocket in the next two days.
With a $200,000 guarantee for just $225 + $25, be sure not to miss this great value tournament!
We took a walk around the tournament hall while the players were on break to find the biggest stacks, and these are the four players we found who have already managed to breach the 50,000 mark after 4 levels of play:
We’re now into level 4 of this second flight to The $250 Frenzy, and a few more players have since joined the tournament and taken their seats.
Photographs from levels 2-3:
