LIVE EVENTS

Day 1C of the $500 + $50 Playground 500 just ended with 17 players bagging to advance to Day 2.  The tournament is the marquee event of the November Power Weekend and features a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The last of three live flights attracted a nice sized field with a total of 67 entries who played through 14 levels of 30 minutes.  The lead changed hands a few times through the course of the evening and when it was all said and done, it was Robert Renaud who bagged the top stack.

The three top stacks are:

1. Robert Renaud, 423,000 chips
2. Ramsey Belmaaza, 376,000 chips
3. Matt Wade, 331,000 chips

Here are some of the players who were able to find a bag for Day 2:

For a complete list of the combined Day 1 qualifiers, click here.  (NB: Tonight’s qualifiers will be added to the list sometime on Saturday).

Day 2 will play out on Saturday at 3:00pm, followed by Day 3 on Sunday at 2:00pm where the remaining field will play down to a champion.

Good luck to all of the players.

There remains three levels of play before the surviving players bag for day 2. The field has thinned and often we see some big hands play out at this point of the game.

The average stack is just under 98,000 and Matt Wade still has a commanding lead with 334,000 chips (111 big blinds). Let’s keep on eye out to see if he can hold onto that lead.

Here are the top stacks in play:

The late registration period has now come to a close and the number of entries in tonight’s Day 1C reached 67 (including 6 re-entries), bringing the total from all starting flights to 166 entries. This represents some great value to the players who are playing for the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

With the average stack now sitting just under 75,000 chips, one player, Matthew Wade, a Playground dealer who has time off this weekend, has literally amassed a stack high enough to enter the stratosphere with 261,300 chips! That’s more than three times the average and good for 163 big blinds. The second place runner is Robert Renaud, a former Playground dealer, who has 167,800 chips (105 big blinds).

Here are the top stacks in play right now:

There are now 57 entries (including 2 re-entries) and late registration remains open until 11:30pm.

The average chip stack is just over 55,000 but one player has ran away from the rest of the pack; Roy Rochette is the current chip leader sitting on a stack of 189,900 chips. Rochette is close to four times the average and playing a stack of effectively 316 big blinds.  Only one other play was more than 100,000 at the break.

There are now 50 entries (including 1 re-entry) and with a total of 149 entries between all of the day 1 starting flights there is some amazing value to be had with the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool! Players have until the start of level 9 at 11:30pm to (re)enter and with a full 50,000 starting stack, even those entering in the last minute will be starting with more than 31 big blinds.

Here are some of the Playground 500 Day 1C players:

The last starting flight of the $500 + $50 Playground 500 is starting now! There is tremendous value to be had as so far between the online flight on partypoker and the two live starting flights at Playground there have only been a total of 99 players playing for the guaranteed $100,000 prize pool.

Players start with 50,000 chips and play nine-handed through 14 levels of 30 minutes on the Day 1’s, and Day 2 and 3 action will see the blinds increase to 45 minutes in length as play becomes eight-handed.

This is a re-entry event with unlimited re-entries permitted until the end of the late registration period on each Day 1 starting flight. Re-entry is permitted for any player that loses all their chips or chooses to forfeit their stack. A player may play additional Day 1s even if they have survived a previous Day 1 with chips. Players who qualify for Day 2 more than once will resume play on Day 2 with their largest qualifying stack; all other qualifying stacks will be forfeited. Players may enter (or re-enter) the tournament until the beginning of Level 9 on each Day 1, which will be at 11:30pm. With great structure in place, players who choose to late register in the last minute will still receive a full chip stack, which will effectively be just over 31 big blinds.

Day 2 will play out on Saturday at 3:00pm, followed by Day 3 on Sunday at 2:00pm where the remaining field will play down to a champion.

For a list of the combined Day 1 results, click here.

The floor has just announced “dealers, shuffle up and deal” and the cards are in the air!

Good luck to all competitors!