Day 2 of The $250 Frenzy has come to a close with 24 players remaining, who will return to the felts tomorrow night and play down to a winner. Action resumes at 7pm sharp, with blind levels increased to 40-minutes long. Players will keep the seating assignments from the end of Day 2.
Leading the field is Jonathan, who bagged a stack of 2,510,000. Second in chips is Benoit Lord (1,915,000), while Jean Allan Christine (1,405,000) spun his stack up into 3rd place in the last level of play.
On the last hand of play, Jordan Saccucci found himself all-in pre-flop and at risk with 
versus the 
of Santiago Plante. He managed to flop a set and even turn quads to earn the 1.23 million chip pot, propelling him into 4th place overall. Full counts of all 24 players are found below.
A handful of players bagged short stacks to close the night, and we can expect to see some quick eliminations early in the day tomorrow. Follow live coverage and photos throughout the day via our Playground Poker Blog.
See you tomorrow!
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | G | 2,510,000 |
| Benoit | Lord | 1,915,000 |
| Jean Allan | Christine | 1,405,000 |
| Jordan | Saccucci | 1,230,000 |
| Said | Michailidis | 1,125,000 |
| Isaac | Buswell | 1,070,000 |
| Santiago | Plante | 1,010,000 |
| Philippe | Belley | 1,000,000 |
| Sandro | Grande | 995,000 |
| Gregory | Feuz | 980,000 |
| Michael | Malm | 945,000 |
| Jason | Conforti | 935,000 |
| Presten | Cloutier | 900,000 |
| Naghibollah | Noori | 800,000 |
| Andrew | Boujaoude | 665,000 |
| Stephen | Nahm | 660,000 |
| Shu Pui Philip | Tse | 490,000 |
| Kelvin | Tang | 470,000 |
| Pierre | Gauthier | 440,000 |
| Gianfranco | Giordano | 415,000 |
| Endrit | Geci | 340,000 |
| Mohamed Ben | Yahia | 310,000 |
| Patrick | Mailloux | 195,000 |
| Lucian | Mariuta | 160,000 |
Photographs of the Day 3 qualifiers:
flop and faced with a check-raise to 110K from Endrit Geci (small blind). He placed a re-raise to 236K, and Endrit completed the bet.
, Endrit fired a small bet of 64K, which was followed by a call.
, Endrit elected for a check. Jonathan announced a bet of 275K, forcing Endrit into the tank. He isolated the call from the rest of his stack, made some final calculations in his head then slid forward some chips to signify a call.
for a full-house, while Endrit flashed his 
. With that hand, Jonathan joined the chip leaders, as he, Naghibollah Noori and Benoit Lord all hold roughly 1.5 million.
, Benoit slid forward a bet of 155K, and went into the tank once Nicholas Pitre announced all-in. He finally made the call for his tournament life, tabling 
. Nicholas tabled a trailing 
river.
