Day 1B of Event #18 of the 2020 World Cup of Cards, the $100 + $10 Playground 100, attracted a total of 116 runners of which the top 12 bagged their stacks to move forward to Day 2. It is the most affordable multi-day tournament of the World Cup of Cards and there is a guaranteed $50,000 prize pool that may end up growing even higher.

The play was sure and steady throughout the flight as one by one, players were sent to the rail. Roy Rochette had the early chip lead but did not make it to the end. Eric Levesque then jumped ahead of the pack and held on to the top spot in the final leg, until he got into a hand and flopped two pair against Jeremi Kielian who rivered a set of jacks. Levesque was still able to bag 219,00 chips however it is Jeremi Kielian who bagged the lead with 356,000 chips. He is followed in second place by Piotr Wielopolski, with 339,00 chips, courtesy of a straight flush that he turned when the tournament was on the bubble.