Only 2 eliminations separate us from Day 3 in The $250 Frenzy. The top stack for now still belong to Tomas Larivee Magni, who has increased his holdings well over 2-million. Second in chips belongs to Giussepe Iadeluca who is up over 1.6 million. A full list of player-reported chip counts will be made available once the Day 2 comes to a close.
Photographs from the last levels of play in Day 2:
Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy is slowly coming to its end, as only 45 players remain making up the 5 final tables. Once 18 more players get eliminated, the surviving players will bag for Day 3.
Photographs from level 23:
The $250 Frenzy is off a short break, and the field is now down to just 60 players out of a combined total of 1245 entries to begin with. Play will continue until our final 27 players has been reached, who will then return for the final tomorrow night.
For the moment it is still Tomas Larivee Magni with the stranglehold lead, as his 1,619,000 stack dwarfs the rest of the field. Second in chips is George Kazarian (994,000), who is fresh from a deep run in The Wild $150. Below is a look at the leaderboard as play enters level 23:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Tomas | Larivee Magni | 1,619,000 |
| George | Kazarian | 994,000 |
| Mustafa | Erzincanli | 817,000 |
| Rene | Berube | 742,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | 715,000 |
| Neil | Mcleod | 704,000 |
| Azim | Lavji | 668,000 |
| Jaroslaw Zbigniew | Jaskiewicz | 655,000 |
| Tony | Farcy | 631,000 |
| Marco | Lang | 620,000 |
| Duy Toan | Pham | 620,000 |
| Barry | Toal | 542,000 |
| Yantian | Huang | 510,000 |
The $250 Frenzy is into level 22, and play has been quite aggressive of late. There hasn’t been much movement amongst the chip leaders however, as it’s been the shorter stacks who have been making their presence felt in the last few orbits. There is a break scheduled in a few minutes, and while the players take 10 minutes to stretch their legs we will take a stroll through the tables to find our top stacks.
Photographs from levels 20 and 21:
Eliminations have been fast and furious since the money-bubble burst, and in just half a level we’ve lost over twenty players. A few players are starting to build monster stacks, most notably Tomas Larivee Magni, who in recent moments has just crossed the 1-million chip mark. Others rivalling his lead are George Kazarian (850,000), Marco Lang (675,000), Maxime Theroux (650,000), Arnold Yaxley (650,000) and Duy Toan Pham (550,000), while the rest of the field fall bellow the 500,000 chip mark.
Those were the words just spoken by our Tournament Director, who was congratulating the remaining 126 players for making it into the money in The $250 Frenzy. Hand-for-hand only last for one hand before Jean-Francois Alexandre was eliminated in 127th place, one shy of the money.
The money bubble is catching up with us, and we are now only a few spots away from being in the money here in The $250 Frenzy! 126 will be paid, and with 8 more eliminations the rest of the field will be guaranteed a cash-prize.
Only 143 players remain in The $250 Frenzy, and with 126 scheduled to lock-in a cash prize, the money bubble is creeping up on us. There are a number of short stacks in the field, many of which are most likely looking forward for this milestone in the tournament to be behind them.
Here is a look at the leaderboard as play enters level 19:
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Philippe | Caron | 724,000 |
| Duy Toan | Pham | 671,000 |
| George | Kazarian | 657,000 |
| Arnold | Yaxley | 551,000 |
| Eric | Ranger | 505,000 |
| Zheng-Yi | Xie | 453,000 |
| Marco | Lang | 438,000 |
| Ruben | Perceval | 339,000 |
| Glen | Hammers | 338,000 |
| Jonathan | Poulin | 330,000 |
| Ryan | Hodge | 321,000 |
| Randy Guy | Vermette | 305,000 |
Here are some early shots of the action here in Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy, part of the Playground Poker Spring Classic presented by partypoker.net:
The first level of play in Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy has just wrapped up and the pace is very quick, as expected. There have already been 26 eliminations as short stacks try and put themselves in position to make a deep run – and equally, as the larger stacks try and use their strength to make a solid start for the day.
The pace will slow down, but not for a while yet – most likely, not until the bubble looms…
