Playground Poker Club celebrated its 4-Year Anniversary with a 3-day, $90 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry tournament with three Day 1s. This year’s event attracted an impressive 978 players, adding up to a massive prize pool of $88,020.00!
One of the highlights of the tournament was the anniversary cake, which was served on December 17th (Day 1c). This year’s cake was based on the events we hosted in 2014, and featured representations of many of the trophies, bracelets, belts, and even some of the cash that had been awarded. As usual the cake was a big hit!
Day 2 began with 187 players and quickly moved into the money, as the event paid the top 100 finishers. At the end of Day 2, just 18 players remained, who came back on Friday evening to play to the end.
The eliminations on Day 3 began relatively quickly, but then at 11 players – just 1 away from the final table – play screeched to a near standstill, as the players tightened up to try and make the final table and the big money in the tournament.
Once the final table bubble burst, play continued at a relatively slow pace, and by the time it got down to 5 players they were ready to make a deal. The big chip leader at the time was Joseph Abou Khalil, who agreed to take $10,860 while the other 4 players remaining players each took home $9,000.00.
Thank you to everyone who came out for the 4-Year Anniversary event!
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