Multi-Table Satellite Tournament
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PlayNow Championship Winnipeg
Multi-Table Satellite Tournament
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PlayNow Poker Championship Kicks Off with Satellite Night
Action is set to get underway at the PlayNow Poker Championship. The series always kicks off with a multi-table satellite night where players compete for tickets to the $600 and $1.100 events. For $180, players get 7,500 chips and play 20 minute levels until 10% of the field remains.
Despite the event being capped at 200 players, total entries in year's past have come close to 300, as once the 200 cap is hit, an alternate list starts seating new entries and reentries as other players bust.
This is just the start of a week of exciting poker action from Club Regent Casino, and the players who survive today will be looking to parlay their tickets into cash later in the week. There are four chances to convert a buy-in into cash throughout the week, and last year, more than $450,000 in prizes was awarded across the four events.
All four major tournaments this week will award a trophy to the winner, in addition to the prize pool. The two marquee events, the $600 2-day NLHE starting on Thursday night, and the $1,100 Main Event starting on Saturday, also have custom made rings for the winner. The Main Event this year adds a special treat for the Champion ... a custom-fitted jacket available only to winners of the PNPC Main Event.
Rick Blom was the player with all the chips at the end of the the Main Event last year. Blom was running pure on the final two tables, getting his run to the championship started by spiking a jack for a set to out-draw pocket aces, and he was just getting started. He followed that up a few hands later going runner-runner full house after getting in behind with jacks again against his opponent's nut-flush. After that, he rolled to the win, and added nearly $60,000 to his bankroll.
Here's a look at all the action on deck for this week in Winnipeg.
2019 Fall PlayNow Poker Championship Schedule
| Date | Time | Tournament | Buy-In | Notes |
| Wednesday, September 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Single Table Satellites | $50 & $120 | 10-minute blinds |
| Wednesday, September 4 | 7:05 p.m. | Multi-Table Satellite | $180 | 200-player cap |
| Thursday, September 5 | 2:05 p.m. | No-Limit Hold’em tournament | $600 | 260-player cap |
| Thursday, September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Single Table Satellites | $50 & $120 | 10-minute blinds |
| Friday, September 6 | 1:00 p.m. | NLH Day 2 restart | $600 | Play to winner |
| Friday, September 6 | 2:05 p.m. | NLH Turbo Bounty | $300 | $50 bounties |
| Friday, September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Single Table Satellites | $50 & $120 | 10-minute blinds |
| Saturday, September 7 | 12:05 p.m. | Main Event | $1,100 | 260-player cap |
| Saturday, September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Single Table Satellites | $50 & $120 | 10-minute blinds |
| Sunday, September 8 | 12:00 p.m. | Main Event Day 2 | $1,100 | play to winner |
| Sunday, September 8 | 1:05 p.m. | NLH “Stage 2" | $400 | 160-player cap |
Action on the satellite gets going at 7 p.m. Stay tuned here for all the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards Are In the Air
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Tournament Director Mo Shulu is just finishing his pre-tournament announcements, in preparation for the start of the multi-table satellite event. Players will be playing for tickets to the $600 and $1.100 events, and action will proceed in 20 minute levels until there is just 10% of the field remaining.
Cards are now in the air, and the 2019 Fall PlayNow Poker Championship is officially underway.
Rivard Flops a Set
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
A player in middle position raised to 150 and got called by the player in the hijack and Gilles Rivard in the big blind. Action was checked to the preflop raiser who fired a continuation bet of 225 on a board reading 
. The player in the hijack and Rivard both made the call.
The 
turn card got checked around and when the river brought the 
Rivard put out a bet of 500 and got called by the player in the hijack.
Rivard 
Hijack 
Rivard's set of fives improved to a full house on the river and he takes down a pot early in this satellite.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,750 | 8,750 |
Some Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The room is already full to capacity with players waiting to be seated. Among the 200 stacks in play are some familiar players such as Matt Perrin, Claire Leclerc, Dylan and Daryl Ellis, Paul Esposti, and Shawn Sperber among many others. Action has just moved into Level 2
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Traill's Aces Score Big Pot
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Action opened from middle position with a raise to 275 before Wes Traill came overtop from the cutoff making it 600 to go. His opponent called to see a flop of 
and Traill's opponent check-called a bet of 600.
The same action happened on the turn, before Traill's opponent led out for 1,200 on the 
river. Trail made it 4,000 to go, and after a short time in the tank, his opponent laid his hand down. Trail showed the table pocket aces with the 
and his opponent said he folded the 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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9,000 |
Leclerc Takes One Down With Jacks
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
A preflop raise of 250 came from a player under the gun which got called by a player in middle position, Claire Leclerc in the hijack and the player in the big blind.
The flop came 
which saw the original rasier bet 600, the player in middle position called and Leclerc put in a raise to 1,500. The players in the big blind and under the gun got out of the way and the middle position player made the call.
The turn and 
river were both checked around and they went to showdown.
Leclerc: 
Opponent 
Leclerc's pocket jacks were good enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,500 | 10,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0