The early levels of Day 1A saw the field bring a relatively cautious approach to this multi-day unlimited re-entry tournament with most players hovering around a starting stack at the break. The first four levels yielded 4 re-entries, making for 1.1 million chips in play.
One player, David Sorgente, jumped out to a clear chip lead on the rest of the field. Sitting on 51K at the first break, Sorgente has his sights on Day 2.
As play enters round 5, there are 52 players remaining in today’s start flight. While this Day 1 only drew 4 re-entries, we expect each subsequent flight to draw more entries and re-entries as Day 2 approaches.
Day 1s continue for this event throughout the week so you have plenty more chances to fight for a share of the $20,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Our first re-entry has broken the ice on the Crazy $80. It’s cold out, but things are heating up at Playground!
Following its debut during our Fall Classic, the Crazy $80 promises fast and furious action with unlimited re-entries during the first four levels of play. This event features four daytime start flights, each of which will play down to 10% of the starting field before players bag chips to return on Day 2 to compete for a share of the $20,000 guaranteed prize pool.
20 players were here when the buzzer sounded to start the tournament, but players have until 12:30pm to (re-) join this starting flight.
Today’s Event #2 in the Playground Winter Festival is a tournament that debuted just a couple of months ago in the 2017 Playground Poker Fall Classic. The nickname for the event is “The Crazy $80” and it’s a $70 + $10 NL Hold’em event. The event features 4 Day 1s – one a day from today until Thursday – and each Day 1 allows unlimited re-entries during the first 4 levels of play. The other interesting feature of this tournament is that instead of playing through a set number of levels, each Day 1 will play until 10% of the field remains.
With a $20,000 prize pool guarantee, this tourney is a considerable upgrade on the usual afternoon tournaments, and with several chances available to qualify for Day 2, it won’t be surprising to see several players qualify multiple times with the goal of taking the best stack to the final day.
Cards will be in the air in about 30 minutes!
$20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1A: Monday January 15th at 11:00am
Day 1B: Tuesday January 16th at 11:00am
Day 1C: Wednesday January 17th at 11:00am
Day 1D: Thursday January 18th at 11:00am
Day 2: Friday January 19th at 12:00pm
