Day 1C of the $1000 + $10 Playground 1000 has wrapped up the starting flights for this exciting event. Today’s flight attracted 174 entries, including 32 re-entries, bringing the total to 464 entries over the last three days. The 464 entries swelled the prize pool to $450,080 with the top prize reaching $89,750. Click here for a look at the full prize pool.

Sebastien Vezina took a commanding lead of the field after the second break and he was able to maintain the top spot going into Day 2 with a stack of 717,000. Vezina is fresh off his win in Event #17, the Big Bounty Re-entry tournament, let’s see if he can keep the momentum rolling into tomorrow. Michele Pengue played the majority of the day relatively unnoticed but he was able to win some huge pots in the last few levels to come in just behind Vezina with 716,000. Benjamin Mathieu-Comtois rounds out the top three with a comfortable stack of 692,000.

66 players from Day 1C will continue to Day 2 tomorrow along with the qualifying players from Day 1A and 1B. Find the Day 2 seating chart and results here.

Congratulations to all qualifiers and good luck in Day 2!