Event #3

Hani Sawaf sits atop the leaderboard

Level: 12
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6K
BB Ante: 1.6K
Chip Average: 50K
Remaining: 65
Entries: 161

November 23, 2019 | 3:24pm | Playground

At the second break, Hani Sawaf finds himself the king of the castle – for now!

In another strange turn of events, Hani happens to be the only player to have accumulated more than double the chip average, sitting pretty with 119,000 chips. The same situation played out at the first break, where Simon Belair-Grondin was the only player from the entire flight to stand out. With only 65 players remaining, Hani still has a long way to go, but we’re getting closer!

Good luck to all the players as we make our way down to the final 17….

First Name \| Prénom	Last Name \| Nom	Stack \| Tapis
Hani	Sawaf	119,000
Daniel	Piperni	88,000
Dgianni	Di-Re	86,000
Shahrokh	Goodarzi	85,300

Less than 100 players remain

Level: 10
Small Blind: 500
Big Blind: 1K
BB Ante: 1K
Chip Average: 36K
Remaining: 90
Entries: 161

November 23, 2019 | 2:17pm | Playground

The crowd has officially begun to thin here at Day 1D of the Playground 100. While we still undoubtedly have several hours of play remaining before we reach the final 10%, the 100-player milestone has been passed. With 90 players still at their seats and the blinds steadily rising, the action will no doubt continue to heat up, and the chip stacks will begin to consolidate.

Here are some more pics of the players still in the hunt as we move our way into level 10.

An early leader has emerged

Level: 7
Small Blind: 250
Big Blind: 500
BB Ante: 500
Chip Average: 27K
Remaining: 120
Entries: 161

November 23, 2019 | 1:21pm | Playground

Here at Day 1D of the Playground 100, we’ve seen over 160 entries so far (including 24 re-entries), and the players have now just gone on break. After a quick tour of the tables, an early leader has emerged: Simon Belair-Grondin. In fact, Simon is the only player to have accumulated more than double the chip average of 27,068 chips. You heard that correctly: not a single player has more than 50,000 chips, other than Simon.

This kind of chip spread is very unusual, and we doubt that this configuration will last very long. While it may indicate that the poker talent at this tournament is spread relatively evenly, what it definitely shows is that any player has a chance to rocket their way up the leaderboard to join (or even dethrone) Simon in the near future.

Simon’s 80,000 chips will serve him well now that late registration is about to close. With the end of unlimited rebuys, the action will undoubtedly tighten up as the group is slowly reduced to its final size of 10% of the total number of entries. Our remaining players will battle it out over the course of the afternoon, all of them hoping to become one of the day’s final 17 players. Each of those 17 players will be “in the money,” and will gain a guaranteed spot in the Playground 100’s Day 2.

Day 2 is the final day of the tournament and will kick off tomorrow, Sunday, November 23 at 3:00PM.

Until then, good luck to all of our remaining players!

Photos of early Playground 100 Day 1D action

Level: 4
Small Blind: 100
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 200
Chip Average: 22.5K
Remaining: 98
Entries: 110

November 23, 2019 | 12:17pm | Playground

Here we are barely one hour into play, and the number of entries has already surged from 49 up to 110! Because of the unlimited rebuy structure of this tournament, players have been approaching the game with a slightly looser style of play, as evidenced by the fact that we’ve already seen twelve bust-outs, with six of those players buying back in.

Here are some photos of our competitors in the early levels. If you’re not here already, come on down – there is only an hour left until the registration period closes!

Cards are in the air!

Level: 1
Small Blind: 50
Big Blind: 100
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 20K
Remaining: 49
Entries: 49

November 23, 2019 | 11:08am | Playground

Welcome back to the Playground 100!

Today is Day 1D, the fourth live flight of this event. As it was in the other three live Day 1’s, players will begin with 20,000 chips and a pocket full of dreams. They’ll be playing 10-handed through 20-minute levels, and will continue until the field has been reduced to 10% of its size at the end of late registration. This means that everyone still left with a chip and a chair at the end of the day will have both A) automatically qualified for Day 2, and B) made it “into the money.”

This event permits unlimited rebuys until the end of the registration period, which will close at the beginning of level seven. That means that if you’re reading this right now and are wondering when the last possible moment is that you can register, you’ll need to be here by about 1:00PM at the latest.

So far we have 49 players registered, and we expect to have north of 150 entries by the end of late registration. The first cards have just been dealt and the action is underway. Come on down, now’s your chance to join the fray and battle it out for a piece of the $50,000 prize pool.

Good luck!

Morissonneau leads the 17 Day 1C qualifiers

November 23, 2019 | 3:45am | Playground

There were 166 players grinding away in Day 1C of which the final 17 were scheduled to bag and move on to day 2. With 3,250,000 chips in play, big stacks started to appear by the half-way point in the tournament and most of the players who were on the leaderboards throughout the night managed to make it to the end with decent chip stacks.

The chip leader for tonight is Didier Morissonneau who was able to add to his stack when he knocked out Mohammed Naceri on the bubble. After having already put in a raise, he called the shove of 32,500 by Naceri who had pocket tens. Morissonneau was holding ace-seven and was able to flop his ace and then boat up on the river, bringing tonight’s flight to a conclusion.

All players who have bagged chips for Day 2 are now in the money and guaranteed a min-cash. The three largest stacks from 1C are:

Didier Morissonneau,. 326,500 chips
Daniel Arseneau, 326,000 chips
Roger Thibault, 304,000

For a list of all of the combined Day 1 qualifiers, click here. (NB: Tonight’s qualifiers will be added to the list sometime on Saturday)

Here are photos of some of the players found a bag tonight:

The last Day 1 starting flights are as follows:

Day 1D: Saturday, November 23 at 11:00AM
Day 1E Turbo: Saturday, November 23 at 4:00PM
Day 1F: Saturday, November 23 at 8:00PM

Day 2 will be held on Sunday, November 24 at 3:00pm and will play until there is a winner.

Good luck to all players.

Thibault leads heading into the final stretch

Level: 16
Small Blind: 2.5K
Big Blind: 5K
BB Ante: 5K
Chip Average: 34
Remaining: 166
Entries:

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 | 1:40am | Playground

With 34 players still in contention and play stopping when only 17 are left, the tournament is now in the late stages and heading into the final stretch. The average stack is just under 98,000 and it is Roger Thibault who leads the field with 261,000 (52 big blinds). Bruno Guerin is closing on on him with 240,000 (48 big blinds)

Here are the current leaders:

First name:	Family Name;	Chip stack:
Roger	Thibault	261,000
Bruno	Guerin	240,000
Daniel	Arseneau	231,000
Victor	Rusu	182,000

Arseneau takes charge at the second break

Level: 12
Small Blind: 800
Big Blind: 1.6k
BB Ante: 1.6k
Chip Average: 50.3K
Remaining: 66
Entries: 166

November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 | 11:47pm | Playground

The players have just returned from their second break of the night and with the chip average just over 50,000, Daniel Arseneau has managed to put together a stack of 140,600 chips, almost three times the average, good for 88 big blinds.

With 166 entries this evening play will continue until the field drops to 17 players, so there is still a long way to go and with 3,250,000 total chips in play, the lead can easily change through the course of the night.

Here are the leaders from the break:

First name:	Family Name;	Chip stack:
Daniel	Arseneau	140,600
Renato	Soldera	128,600
Victor	Rusu	124,300
Benoit	Leclerc	113,200
Denis	Ouellette	106,400
Pierre	Lauze	104,600
Ryan	Garonce	102,500

Tight race for the lead at the first break

Level: 7
Small Blind: 250
Big Blind: 500
BB Ante: 500
Chip Average: 28.1K
Remaining: 116
Entries: 166

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 | 10:04pm | Playground

The late registration and re-entry period has now come to a close and there was a total of 166 entries in tonight’s flight (including 33 re-entries) putting a total of 3,320,000 chips into play. Play will continue until only 10% of the field is remaining, at which point they will all be in the money and bag and tag for Day 2.

With the chip average sitting below 30,000, three players are “neck and neck” for the lead right now but it is Pierre Lauze with a slight edge in first place with exactly 88,000, equal to 176 big blinds.

Here are the current leaders from the first break:

First name:	Family Name;	Chip stack:
Pierre	Lauze	88,000
Denis	Ouellette	87,400
Stephane	Daigneault	87,200
Kristopher	Chaykowski	73,100
Danny	Landry	72,600

The field keeps growing

Level: 4
Small Blind: 100
Big Blind: 200
BB Ante: 200
Chip Average: 22K
Remaining: 117
Entries: 129

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 | 8:19pm | Playground

Play is now in level four and there are 129 entries (with 10 re-entries) of which 117 players are still in contention. Players have until the start of level 7 to (re)enter which is at 9:30pm.

Here are a few of the Playground 100 grinders:

Day 1B comes to a close

November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 | 8:07pm | Playground

Day 1B of the $100 + $10 Playground 100 has come to a close after an exciting day. 101 entries have been narrowed down to the final 11 which will advance to Day 2, which will be held on Sunday, November 24, at 3:00pm.

Players made the most of the unlimited re-entry format and took every opportunity to run up their stacks in the early stages. Tyler Lee held a significant lead after the first break but fell behind to Stephane Boisvert after the second break. As the pressure mounted and more players were eliminated, Boisvert continued to lead at the third break with a stack of over triple the chip average.

The action kept up at a brisk pace throughout the afternoon. Once the field reached the money bubble, hand for hand play dragged things out for an additional level. There were several spots where players were all in and at risk, but in each case the short stack survived. Eventually the blinds caught up to the shorter stacks in play and forced the action. The final hand of play was a pre-flop all in where the larger stack was fortunate enough to flop the nuts and bring about the end of this flight.

In the later stages of play, Boisvert seemed to lose momentum and Tyler Lee took advantage. Lee took the top spot once again ending the day with a total of 358,500 in chips. Boisvert came in at a close second with 350,500 in chips.

Congratulations to all players that have advanced to Day 2 and good luck on Sunday!

85 players seated for Day 1C of the Playground 100!

Level: 1
Small Blind: 50
Big Blind: 100
BB Ante: 0
Chip Average: 20K
Remaining: 85
Entries: 85

November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 | 7:26pm | Playground

Come and try your poker skills to play the most affordable multi-day tournament of the November Power Weekend. The $100 + $10 Playground 100 offers players a massive $50,000 guaranteed prize pool that may end up substantially more than that. It’s a great opportunity to play for a big payday at a modest buy in cost to you.

There have so far been a total of 290 entries through one online starting flight on partypoker as well as the the two live flights here at Playground. There are already 85 players who have taken their seats in Day 1C and the bridge is clear for the Friday night flight that is sure to attract a lot of players. And a lot of players translates into a lot of chips in play!

Players start with 20,000 chips and play starts off ten-handed with 20 minute blind levels, and will move to nine-handed play once the field thins out just a little bit. This is a re-entry event with unlimited re-entries permitted until the end of the late registration period on each Day 1 starting flight. Re-entry is permitted for any player that loses all their chips or chooses to forfeit their stack. A player may play additional Day 1s even if they have survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited. Players would, however, retain the associated cash prize for every forfeited stack. Players may enter (or re-enter) the tournament until the beginning of Level 7 on each Day 1, which will be at 9:15pm.

Play will continue on all Day 1 starting flights until only 10% of the field remains, at which point all players will be in the money as they bag their chips for day 2.

The Day 2 qualifiers are led by Playground’s own Hugo Fontaine, who set himself apart from the pack with a stack of 458,500, The combined Day results for the Playground 100 can be found here. (NB: today’s results will only be added tomorrow)

Tomorrow’s day 1 starting flights are as follows:

Day 1D: Saturday, November 23 at 11:00AM
Day 1E Turbo: Saturday, November 23 at 4:00PM
Day 1F: Saturday, November 23 at 8:00PM

Day 2 will be held on Sunday, November 24 at 3:00pm and play until there is a winner.

With already 73 players seated in the room, this is looking like it will be a really big success.

Good luck to all of the players!

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