$600 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
PlayNow Championship Winnipeg
$600 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
PlayNow Championship Winnipeg
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
600 CAD
Entries
195
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 195
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One of the marquee events of the PlayNow Poker Championship (PNPC) is the $600 NLHE event. It traditionally kicks off the non-satellite portion of the the PNPC as the first event to pay out real money prizes, and its one of the most popular events of the week.
In the 2018 edition of this series, the $600 event drew more than 200 entries. Originally conceived as a one-day event, the first money event in the series is one of the most popular. That combined with 30 minute blind levels and a starting stack of 15,000, and the event has tended to go quite late in the night.
In 2017, the final players made a deal as the casino was closing Thursday night to avoid coming back for a second day of play. Last year, the final five agreed to come back Friday to play out the remaining action when they were still at the felt as the casino lights were going out.
For this year's edition, the event has officially been expanded into a two-day event. Players will fight their way through 22 levels on Thursday's Day 1 before the survivors return at noon on Friday to finish it out on Day 2.
Last year, the tournament came down to an epic battle between BC's Arian Alemzadeh and local hero Dylan Ellis. They were the dominant forces throughout the tournament, and it wasn't much of a surprise when they ended up heads-up against each other for the big prize. After a fairly heated heads-up battle, they decided to chop up the variance a bit with a deal that left a few thousand to play for on the table, but left each player with $22,000 locked up.
A full 27 players booked their seats into today's action already in the satellite from last night, and the poker room at Club Regent Casino is sure to fill up quickly today. As mentioned in the title, this is one of two events throughout the week that awards a Championship ring to the winner, in addition to the trophy and cash prizes.
Cards go in the air at 2 p.m. local time (CT) and you can follow the action live right here.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The action is now underway in the first money event on the PNPC schedule. There are no numbers yet for total entries, but the tournament room is already filling up with hopefuls.
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
On a board reading 
Ken Hunter fired out a bet of 4,500 into a pot of 5,150. After some thought, his opponent made the call.
Hunter: 
Hunter showed his opponent a flopped full house which was good enough to take down the 14,150 pot early on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 |
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
A player under the gun bet 600 into a pot of 1,500 on a board reading 
. Carlo Todaro made the call in middle position and so did the player in the cutoff.
The river was the 
and Todaro bet 1,200 when the action was checked to him. The player in the cutoff called and the other player folded.
Todaro: 
Todaro showed a king high flush and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The room is already starting to fill up with players, and many of them are familiar faces on the Canadian poker scene. Notables spotted in the field so far include Patrick "Super" Serda, Leor Wasserman, Jiwan Emre, Rocky Smith, Dave Shiska, Ron Lauzon, Eric Wasylenko, Kyle Hartree, Matt Perin, Jonathan Sanborn, Paul Weeknusk, James Boyd, and Claire and Leo Leclerc, among many others.
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Action opened with a raise to 225 from Dylan Ellis, the runner-up in this event in 2018, in early position, and he was called by Leo Leclerc in the small blind, as well as the player in the big blind. The flop came 
and action checked around to Ellis who continued for 350, which was enough to force his opponents to fold.
Leclerc is on a bit of a hot run so far in Day 1. He's knocked out two players from his table in the first two levels. and he has one of the biggest stacks in the room for early play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Facing a raise to 300 from the cutoff preflop, Ferosh Tailor decided to defend his big blind with a call. The heads-up flop came 5h2sKh, and Tailor elected to lead out for 250.
His opponent called to see the 
turn. Tailor fired 750 on the turn, and again he was called. Action checked around on the 5c river, but his opponent mucked when Tailor showed down 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000 |
