Today is the conclusion of the Playground 1000. Today, a champion will be crowned! Day 2 allowed the field to narrow down from 182 players to just 25. In this group, many serious contenders have their eye on the big prize.
All through Day 2, it seemed like both Marc-André Yelle and William Blais were unstoppable, as they increased their respective stacks without a significant step back, but chance drafted them on the same table to start Day 3! What happens when two unstoppable forces collide?
And there are many crafty experienced players on today’s seating chart. Duff Charette, Laurence Grondin and Noeung Troeung, just to name a few, are recognizable talents and may have a say in the outcome of today’s showdown.
At 12:00pm sharp, action resumes on 4 tables, and we don’t stop until one player has all the chips and put their hand on the stunning Playground 1000 trophy and the $86,750 first prize. Stay tuned for photos, leaderboard updates, bad beat stories and hopefully a few grandstand plays!
Here’s the seating arrangement:
| First Name | Last Name | Seat | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| William | Blais | Table 19 - Seat 1 | 4,125,000 |
| James | Dickinson | Table 19 - Seat 2 | 1,390,000 |
| Guy | Gagne | Table 19 - Seat 3 | 1,780,000 |
| Sourasay | Souvanh | Table 19 - Seat 4 | 2,865,000 |
| Ronnie | Revizada | Table 19 - Seat 5 | 1,525,000 |
| Marc-Andre | Yelle | Table 19 - Seat 8 | 7,265,000 |
| Laurence | Grondin | Table 20 - Seat 1 | 1,075,000 |
| Michael | Nolan | Table 20 - Seat 3 | 2,370,000 |
| Jonathan | Marrie | Table 20 - Seat 4 | 2,200,000 |
| Benjamin | Mathieu-Comtois | Table 20 - Seat 5 | 955,000 |
| Noeung | Troeung | Table 20 - Seat 7 | 535,000 |
| Duff | Charette | Table 20 - Seat 8 | 920,000 |
| Benoit | Coulombe | Table 24 - Seat 1 | 790,000 |
| Oliver David | Greer | Table 24 - Seat 2 | 3,300,000 |
| Nirvair | Sandhu | Table 24 - Seat 4 | 1,800,000 |
| Constantinos | Psallidas | Table 24 - Seat 5 | 840,000 |
| Chanwoo | Lee | Table 24 - Seat 6 | 915,000 |
| Timothy | Ulmer | Table 24 - Seat 7 | 1,350,000 |
| Denis | Quirion | Table 24 - Seat 8 | 255,000 |
| Donald | Rushton | Table 28 - Seat 2 | 2,120,000 |
| Samuel | Roussy-Majeau | Table 28 - Seat 3 | 2,145,000 |
| Bill | Kontaratos | Table 28 - Seat 4 | 2,575,000 |
| Dakota | Vandine | Table 28 - Seat 5 | 950,000 |
| Tina | Frascarelli | Table 28 - Seat 6 | 1,140,000 |
| Adam | Cader | Table 28 - Seat 7 | 1,160,000 |