Players Club member and all-around poker champion Mike Leah has just joined the field. Mike is a pretty fantastic chip accumulator in his own right, and time will tell if he can manage to get up among the leaders today.
There are a few other players of note in the field – mostly due to exceptional past performances at tournaments here at Playground Poker Club.
- Eric Afriat – Eric has had some success here on his home turf at Playground Poker, but his biggest victories have come in Las Vegas and Florida. Eric is a WPT Champion and a long-time high performer in big hold’em events.
- Jiachen Gong – Jiachen had a tournament breakthrough last summer when he made the final table of the $2,500 Hollywood Poker Open Main Event and earlier in the year when he made the unofficial final table of the $5,000 WPT Fallsview.
- Kevin Macdonald – Kevin joins us from the Maritimes for big events and has had an exceptional run of success here over the years, including a 5th place in the most recent $1,100 buy-in here last August.
- Philippe Belley – Philippe has had a lot of success in big tournaments in the Montreal area, including a win in the $1.1K WPT Warm-up event in the most recent Playground Poker Spring Classic.
- Azim “Sammy” Popatia – Sammy had a run of strong finishes in events at Playground in 2015, including final table appearances in 2 separate $1.1K events and a deep run in the most recent WPT Montreal.
