Playground Winter Festival 2017

Jeffrey Kennedy leads the 8-max after 8 levels

  • Level: 9
  • Small Blind: 600
  • Big Blind: 1.2K
  • Ante: 200
  • Chip Average: 37.8K
  • Remaining: 144
  • Entries: 272

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8-max players are now back at their seats after enjoying a short break, during which the T25 chips have been raced off. That break also allowed us to create our first leaderboard of the night for that tournament. Jeffrey Kennedy leads the pack, followed closely by Derek Lerner, a well-known and respected tournament player on the Montreal poker scene. As you can see in the table below, it is pretty tight at the top, so any chip movement will shake this leaderboard, making it likely that our top stacks will be held by a totally different crowd by next break.

First Name | PrénomLast Name | NomStack | Tapis
JeffreyKennedy94,000
DerekLerner89,000
WilliamBlais85,500
CédricBérubé78,500
MihailTzonev77,500
KonstantinShukhman75,000
DimitriosMarmagkiolis75,000
StuartTaylor73,000

Some photographs taken during the second stint:

272 players in the 8-max

  • Level: 5
  • Small Blind: 200
  • Big Blind: 400
  • Ante: 50
  • Chip Average: 22.4K
  • Remaining: 243
  • Entries: 272

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Players are now back from break, and are eagerly waiting for the prizes to appear on the screen. 272 players have joined this Event, making it a great success. This one-day Freezeout Event, pinned between The Wild and The Frenzy, our 2 monstrous low-stakes multi-day tournaments, is a great way to leisurely shoot some chips, while also taking a shot at a more than decent prize pool.

The prize pool will be made available shortly. For now, the tournament staff is directing the last alternates to their new table, as seated players are trying to gain ammunition for the long battle ahead.

Stay tuned!

Big field in the 8-max

  • Level: 4
  • Small Blind: 150
  • Big Blind: 300
  • Ante: 25
  • Chip Average: 21.7K
  • Remaining: 242
  • Entries: 262

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More than 250 players have already registered for Event 2 of the Winter Festival, the 200$ + 20$ 8-max, proving once again that this format is a beloved one in the poker community. There is a little over 15 minutes left to late registration, after which we will bring you more information on this Freezeout Event.

Here are some early photos of the field:

8-Max action tonight!

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While the final day of Event 1 is played out at one end of the Tournament Hall, we’ll also see the first single-day event in the Winter Festival. Tonight’s tournament is Event #2, a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em 8-Max tourney that starts at 7:30pm.

The 8-Max format has been a mainstay of the weekly Playground Poker Club tourney calendar for years and remains one of the most popular, if only for the added comfort level at tables with only 8 players instead of the typical 9 or 10 in a full-ring tournament.

So join us at Playground Poker Club tonight for what is certain to be a fun event that should attract a large field – which means a very nice prize pool!

Event 2 Info

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Event #2: $200 + $20 NL Hold’em 8-Max Freeze

$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

  • Thursday February 2nd at 7:30pm