Event #8: $1,700 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
Event #8: $1,700 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
The third flight of Event #8: $1,700 No Limit Holdem Main Event at the World Series of Poker Circuit Playground has ended. A total of 828 players fired on Day 1c, making it the largest flight by a wide margin. 131 players found a bag, and after it was all said and done, it was Tarik Mazari who held the chip lead with a massive stack of 1,330,000 which is good for 133 big blinds. It's also almost 400,000 more than the Rami Hammoud, who sits in second with 953,000. He played aggressively and picked his spots well, but he will need to continue that aggression on Day 2 if he plans to return Monday for Day 3. He was followed behind by Philippe Beaudoin-Pellerin with 940,000 and Matthew Paplyk with 800,000 to round out the podium for Day 1c.
Play got interesting towards the end of the day when the Day 2 “bubble” drew near. Hand for Hand started with 20 minutes left on the clock, with two minutes coming off for each hand. That meant players could make an exact calculation of whether or not they could fold into the money over the 10 hands that were remaining. Play stood still for a bit but the sharp players locked up their cash and found a bag.
The Main Event boasted a killer $1,500,000 guarantee but it wasn’t even needed as the total prize pool ballooned up to $2,490,000. The total payouts will be announced before the start of Day 2, but for now, all players that make Day 2 are in the money. There now sits a total of 237 players from all the flights that will return on Sunday at 11 a.m. for Day 2 of the Main. They will come back to 5,000/10,000/10,000 blinds but the levels will bump up to a full hour.
It remains to be seen if anyone can catch the big stack of Mazari, but there will be plenty of crushers that will make their presence known. Who will win the ring, the money, and the glory at Playground? By the end of Sunday, we will have a much clearer picture of who it could be.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tarik Mazari |
1,330,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
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Philippe Beaudoin-Pellerin |
940,000
940,000
|
940,000 |
Matthew Paplyk |
800,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Jaered Besse |
790,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
Rodney Ramalho |
700,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Derek Dufour |
690,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
Ruben Perceval |
663,000
663,000
|
663,000 |
Gaetano Di Maria |
662,000
662,000
|
662,000 |
Mohammad Feizi |
660,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
Jason Blodgett |
585,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Kyle Nevin Yun-Wing Ho
|
578,000
578,000
|
578,000 |
Nghi Van Tran |
524,000
524,000
|
524,000 |
Robert George Zend-Gabori
|
514,000
514,000
|
514,000 |
Van Tam Ho |
508,000
508,000
|
508,000 |
Philippe Breault Raymond |
498,000
498,000
|
498,000 |
Robert Wong |
498,000
498,000
|
498,000 |
Gregory Taylor |
460,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
Mounzer Awada |
448,000
448,000
|
448,000 |
Shawn Daigle |
437,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Shaan Siddiqui |
428,000
428,000
|
428,000 |
Harpreet Singh Padda |
417,000
417,000
|
417,000 |
Jean-Manuel Estrela |
393,000
393,000
|
393,000 |
Devesh Thapar |
385,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Tooraj Etemad |
379,000
379,000
|
379,000 |
Jonathan Brazeau |
369,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
The clock has struck zero and play has come to a close. A total of 131 players are bagging for the night and will return in at 11 a.m. on Sunday for Day 2.
Full recap coming soon.
Hand for Hand started with 20-minutes left on the clock with two minutes coming off for each hand. That means players can make an exact calculation of whether or not they can fold into the money over the 10 hands that were remaining.
Play has grinded to a halt and the big stacks are abusing the hard Day 2 bubble, as they should. Only one player has busted since it started and the players may not see another.
There are five hands left to be played before the bags.
The floor has confirmed that all players that make Day 2 will be in the money. Although we are still 8 players away from the official Day 1c bubble of 125, they have started hand for hand play to avoid the need for tanking. When the clock hits zero, all players will find a bag and be in the money for Day 2.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The action folded to Joseph Magdang in middle position who raised to 48,000. The next player to act was Wilson Igwe who only took a moment before moving all in for his tournamnet life. It folded back to Magdang who flicked in a call and they were off to the races for all of it.
Wilson Igwe: A♠Q♦
Joseph Magdang; 3♣3♦
The full board ran out 8♠J♦6♠4♣K♠ and Igwe was sent to the rail with only about 15 to the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Magdang
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Wilson Igwe | Busted |
Matthew Paplyk opened to 13,000 from early position before it folded to Larry Mansfield on the button who only took a minute before putting in a three-bet to 31,000. It folded back to Paplyk who thought it over for a moment before putting out a stack of chips large enough to put Mansfield all in.
He went deep into the tank and after about two minutes he called it off for his tournament life.
Larry Mansfield: A♠Q♣
Matthew Paplyk: A♥K♣
Paplyk would flop him almost dead on the 8♥K♥5♥ board. The A♣ turn would seal the deal and the 3♥ river only improved Paplyk to the nuts. Mansfield hit the rail about 25 from the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Paplyk |
510,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
Larry Mansfield | Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000