It’s a beautiful day in the Montreal area – the weather is perfect to take the short drive to the South Shore to Playground Poker Club to play Day 1C in the Playground 1000. There are 107 Day 2 qualifiers so far (out of 236 entries), and the final Day 1C is set to start in just minutes. This is the final Day 1 in the event, and one of the characteristics of a Day 1 like this is that A) it attracts the bulk of satellite qualifiers, and (as a consequence), B) the buy-ins swell as well, as more experienced players estimate that the field may be slightly softer with less experienced players.
Whether or not the field is actually softer is up for some debate – just because a player qualified through a satellite doesn’t mean they’re not pretty good – but regardless, this promises to be by far the largest field so far, and should see a bump in the number of re-entries as well.
Today is not the last chance to get into the event, however – that will be tomorrow on Day 2 in the tournament. Players will have the opportunity to buy directly into Day 2 during the first two levels of play.
Play on Day 1C will continue through 10 levels of 60 minutes each, and everyone has the opportunity to enter and re-enter a single time at any time during the day. Players will start with 100,000 tournament chips, and their target today to make Day 2 in good “tournament health” will be to finish with something around 218,000 – the overall chip average of Day 2 qualifiers. Anyone who manages to accumulate more than 450,000 will find themselves among the chip leaders going to Day 2 – a challenging but worthwhile goal considering the $500,000 prize pool guarantee in place!
Good luck on the felts today!