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:
We’ve just about completed the first 4 levels of tonights Day 1B, which means late registration is minutes away from closing. The board is currently showing 195 entries for tonights flight, a few of which have already been eliminated.
Photographs from levels 3-4:
This second flight of The Wild $150 is now into it’s third level of play for the night, and registration has shot up to 181. Registration will remain open for a little over another hour, or roughly 9:15pm.
Photographs taken during levels 1-2:
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.
The Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015 kicked off it’s 18-day series today, opening with it’s traditional “The Wild $150” multi-flight event which boasts an impressive $100,000 prize pool! This morning’s Day 1A saw 298 players take their seats, and there are still 3 more chances to qualify onto Day 2, with Day 1B scheduled tonight at 7pm, Day 1C Monday night at 7pm, and Day 1D on Tuesday night at 7pm. Those who survive through the 13-levels of scheduled play tonight will bag and tag their chips onto Day 2 on Wednesday at 7pm.
Tonight should also be an exciting atmosphere here at Playground Poker Club, as all 50+ TVs in the room will be tuned in to watch our hometown heroes as they try to advance into the second round of Playoff Hockey.
Good luck to everyone playing in tonights flight!
Here are the final chip counts for Day 1a of The Wild $150 – Event 1 of the Playground Poker Spring Classic 2015.
There were a total of 298 entrants in this first of four starting flights in Event 1. 72 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”]
Alberto,Dumitru,”54,900″
Alberto,Scuderi,”100,200″
Alex,Khanthavong,”113,800″
Andy,Carrierre,”65,800″
Anita,Halfpenny,”60,500″
Anthony,Carbery,”127,700″
Anthony,Ciambella,”103,500″
Bill,Boyer,”88,200″
Brian,Hodhod,”36,200″
Christopher,Tavares,”280,000″
Christos,Sfyridis,”132,000″
Collin,Scheckman,”96,500″
Daniel,Johnston,”164,800″
David,Kovacic,”66,200″
Denis,Asselin,”130,900″
Denis,Dufour,”67,900″
Donald,Somers,”51,100″
Dwight L,Lafave,”26,500″
Eric,Boire,”75,300″
Eric,Charette,”37,300″
Eric,Descostes,”81,100″
Fabian,Garzon,”112,300″
Francesco,Presta,”80,900″
Francis,Dery,”56,700″
Franco,Sicondolfi,”187,600″
Fu Qiang,San,”84,800″
George,Kazarian,”46,000″
Giovanni,Di Cosmo,”111,400″
Guillaume,Tremblay,”30,900″
Guy Yvan,Bourgouin,”96,200″
Hugo,St-Cyr,”24,200″
Irina,Tchakarova,”49,000″
Jean-Francois,Bouchard,”92,700″
Jean-Guy,Roy,”99,600″
Jean-Philippe,Caron,”132,400″
Jean-Philippe,Piquette,”48,200″
Joakim,Beaupre,”55,300″
Joey Anthony,Boczek,”80,900″
Jonathan,Poissant,”120,600″
Louis,Arpin,”105,800″
Marc Antoine,Chadwick,”68,800″
Marc,Brisson,”34,800″
Marc,Le Moignan,”50,600″
Martin,Beaudin,”44,300″
Matt,Ranger,”58,300″
Melanie,Viens,”96,700″
Michael,Plante,”47,300″
Michael Albert,Marinaro,”41,800″
Michel,Bergeron,”36,500″
Michel,Rajotte,”100,300″
Micheline,Roberge,”69,400″
Mike,Lafable,”85,100″
Natalia,Nogina,”63,500″
Nicolas,Bastien,”218,100″
Nicole,Lapierre,”75,500″
Omkar,Deshmukh,”61,900″
Patrick,Mailloux,”60,000″
Pierre,Duguay,”134,400″
Pierre,Tischuk,”53,700″
Randy,Khalil,”131,100″
Robert,Gingras,”58,500″
Salvatore,Sanguedolce,”112,500″
Sammy,Chao,”52,200″
Scott,Shelvock,”18,300″
Shaun,Racine,”84,800″
Shelley,Rapp,”133,500″
Sourasay,Souvanh,”98,600″
Steve,Pouliot,”152,500″
Steven,Umansky,”28,400″
Tina,Sigalos,”25,500″
Tommy,Coulombe,”55,200″
Yvon Robert,Blais,”42,000″
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Play has reached the final level to be played in today’s Day 1a flight and there are just 82 players remaining with another 20 minutes (approximately) left to go. As play winds down in this first flight of the Wild $150, four players have opened up a gap between them and the rest of the field.
Quite a few more players are sure to hit the rail before the end of the day, and those who remain will have qualified for Day 2, to be held on Wednesday April 22 at 7pm. Anyone – qualified or not – may choose to play additional Day 1 flights. Any player who qualifies multiple times will forfeit their smallest stack before play begins on Day 2.
Full chip counts from today’s Day 1a will be available shortly after play concludes.
The players have come to the end of level 10 in this, the first of four flights in The Wild $150. With just 13 levels to be played in Day 1, the conclusion of this starting flight is starting to loom for some short-stacked players – while those with more chips continue to push to add to their holdings by the end of the day.
Players in The Wild $150 Day 1a are on break and while the remaining 169 players were away from the tables we found some of the large stacks in the room following level 8. At this point there are a lot of players who have started to build but just 3 who have managed to hit the 100K mark.
