The Playground 1000 has surpassed its prize pool guarantee after only three levels of play.

Following the first break in the action, there are 162 players still in the running. This event has already attracted 174 total entries, helped along by 10 re-entries during the first three levels of play.

The fast action during the early levels helped several players amass imposing chip stacks, however, Eric Afriat has outpaced them all. He more than quadrupled his starting stack and has a two-to-one chip advantage over his nearest rival.