Day 1D of the Playground 200 attracted a total of 193 entries, bringing the event well beyond the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. Danick Morin lead the field at the first break and was followed in second place by John Pisani. Morin was able to bag 149,000 chips but it was John Pisani who stole the show today, as by the second break he was on top of the leaderboard and he stayed there throughout the rest of the flight.
Level 14 saw some crazy swings and Michel Vigneault was able to capitalize from two key hands that he picked up in the last 20 minutes of play. He started the level with just over 40,000 chips and found a triple-up when he rivered a flush with pocket tens against pocket aces and pocket jacks. A few hands later he doubled up again when he hit top pair on the flop. With his good luck at the end of the day, he was able to bag the third largest stack in play.
The top three stacks are as follows:
- John Pisani, 342,000 chips
- Placide Junior Sanon, 253,000 chips
- Michel Vigneault, 235,000 chips.
The last starting flight, Day 1E has just begun and players have until 10:15pm to join the action.
Day 2 will play at 1:00pm tomorrow, Sunday, and Day 3 will play down to a winner on Monday at 7:00pm.
