Play has begun in this first of 6 starting flights in The $250 Frenzy, and as expected, traffic to start this weekday, daytime flight is relatively slow with just 60 entries at the tables so far.

The Friday daytime starting flight in this event is very much worth playing, particularly if you enjoy playing in a nice calm starting flight – with fewer players, and few of them frantic (yet) to qualify for Day 2 – it can be a very low-stress way to make your way to the “meat” of the tournament on Day 2.

Late registration continues through the break following level 4, which means you can come to Playground and register any time until 12:15pm – so there’s still plenty of time to take your first shot today.

Attention in the 2017 Edition of the Playground Winter Festival now turns to The $250 Frenzy. This event is almost identical to The Wild $150 – except that the buy-in is bumped up a little bit to $225 + $25 – and the Guarantee is bumped up a lot – it has doubled to $200,000!

The Frenzy will dominate the weekend, with a total of 6 Day 1 starting flights including 2 a day today, tomorrow, and Sunday. The morning stint is at 10:00am each day, which the evening flight get underway at 6:00pm each evening.

Play will continue for 14 levels on each Day 1, and everyone still in the tournament at that time will bag up their chips to return on Day 2 – Monday February 6th at 7:00pm. Players may play in multiple starting flights to try and qualify for Day 2 with their best stack.

Good luck to all!