When the Survivor tournament came to a close, players had been trying to come to a deal for a while. The clock was paused quite a few times, and the deliberations were quite animated. In the end, 17 players managed to agree to an even chop, making this Event a $1,666.00 payday for everyone.

Here is the happy group of survivors, entertained by the ornithological player:

The first break in Event 6, the NL Hold’em Survivor, is now behind us, and registration is now closed. The payouts are now up on the screens, and out of the 146 players that showed up for it, 14 will be awarded $1,940.00, and $1,164.00 will go to the player eliminated in 15th place. A little under 130 players still have chips. Surviving is key!

Some photographs of the field:

Tonight’s event in the Playground Winter Festival is a $200 + $20 NL Hold’em Survivor tournament. This is the first of two such tournaments in this year’s Winter Festival – there’s a $300 + $30 version of the same tournament tomorrow night. Action gets underway at 7:00pm.

The Survivor format has quickly become one of the best-loved events in Playground Poker Club’s festival schedules. The format is a little bit different than a regular poker tournament. Instead of playing down to a winner, play continues until 10% of the field remains – at which time play is halted and everyone still in the event gets an even share of the prize pool!

In a way, it’s similar to a satellite tourney – except that the prize at the end is cash!

A Survivor event such as this one will give the winners a very nice prize at the end of the night – and because play doesn’t continue through the bubble, the pace of the event – and its finishing time – is sure to be very appealing as well!

Registration tonight is open until the end of the break following level 4, which is to say it’s open until 8:30pm.