251 players started Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy and after almost 12 complete levels just 26 players remain in the tournament! Play was slated to conclude with 27 remaining, but there were 2 eliminations on separate tables at the end of the day, leaving one fewer player left to join the restart tomorrow night (Tuesday April 26th) at 7:00pm.
The chip leader is local player Tomas Larivee Magni, primarily a cash game player but with some solid tournament experience as well. Tomas came in 2nd place in this event during the most recent Playground Poker Fall Classic, so he’s clearly trying to improve on that finish this time.
Second on the leaderboard (almost 400K behind Tomas) is Marco Lang, who also began Day 2 in the chip lead. Marco also has a long history of strong tournament results in events spanning the globe – so as one of the leaders he has to be viewed as a threat to win the event.
In addition to the top two and some visiting players like Thierry Blanc who have already had success during the Spring Classic, there are several well-known local heroes still in the field, including George Kazarian (it’s his 2nd Day 3 of the festival as well) and Bob T, plus the almost-local Joey Boczek.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Seat | Siège | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas | Larivee Magni | Table 36 - Seat 1 | 2,250,000 |
| Azim | Lavji | Table 36 - Seat 2 | 1,600,000 |
| Jean-Manuel | Estrala | Table 36 - Seat 3 | 1,300,000 |
| Duy Toan | Pham | Table 36 - Seat 4 | 1,815,000 |
| Jaroslaw Zbigniew | Jaskiewicz | Table 36 - Seat 5 | 1,655,000 |
| Arnold | Yaxley | Table 36 - Seat 6 | 1,040,000 |
| Bob | T | Table 36 - Seat 7 | 765,000 |
| Glen | Hammers | Table 36 - Seat 8 | 265,000 |
| Thierry | Blanc | Table 36 - Seat 9 | 345,000 |
| Ryan | Hodge | Table 39 - Seat 1 | 555,000 |
| Marco | Lang | Table 39 - Seat 2 | 1,860,000 |
| Rene | Berube | Table 39 - Seat 3 | 860,000 |
| Alexander | Matveev | Table 39 - Seat 4 | 1,030,000 |
| Real | Cantin | Table 39 - Seat 5 | 265,000 |
| Robert | Gariepy | Table 39 - Seat 6 | 325,000 |
| Giuseppe | Iadeluca | Table 39 - Seat 7 | 1,595,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | Table 39 - Seat 8 | 810,000 |
| Richard | Myron | Table 39 - Seat 9 | 595,000 |
| Maxime | Theroux | Table 40 - Seat 1 | 820,000 |
| Tedde | Ballanger | Table 40 - Seat 2 | 350,000 |
| Tony | Farcy | Table 40 - Seat 3 | 840,000 |
| Simon | Pin-Disle | Table 40 - Seat 4 | 1,550,000 |
| Justin | Kuzmicki | Table 40 - Seat 5 | 830,000 |
| George | Kazarian | Table 40 - Seat 6 | 660,000 |
| Joey | Boczek | Table 40 - Seat 7 | 490,000 |
| Barry | Toal | Table 40 - Seat 8 | 450,000 |
