$1,100 Playground1000
Day 1b Started
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
$1,100 Playground1000
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
1,100 CAD
Prize Pool
1,000,000 CAD
Entries
867
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
300,000
Day 1b of the Playground1000 Gets Underway at Noon
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Day 1b of the Playground1000 gets underway at noon local time on Saturday inside Playground Poker Club. Players will put up $1,100 with the hope of banking their share of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The third of five qualifying flights, the field currently sits at 197 entries after Day 1a and the online Day 1 on partypoker.
Georges Halak set the mark on Friday at Playground, bagging a monstrous 626,500 to close out Day 1a. Benoit Lord (453,800), Samuel Chartier (451,200), and Terris Preston (403,900) have the next biggest stacks on the leaderboard.
With re-entries available, though limited to one per day, some of the players busting on Day 1a and able to fire again this afternoon include Pierre Paul Paulin, Peter Chien, Isabelle Tremblay, Patrick Braga, Jeff Cormier, Fabio Luongo, David Ormsby and Jiachen Gong.
Play is scheduled for nine 60-minute levels on Day 1b. A 15-minute break will follow every second level with a 45-minute dinner break set after Level 6. There is a buffet dinner provided during the dinner break.
Here is a look at the remaining schedule for this multi-day event:
| Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1B | Saturday, September 2nd | 12:00 p.m. |
| Day 1C | Sunday, September 3rd | 12:00 p.m. |
| Day 1D (Turbo) | Monday, September 4th | 12:00 p.m. |
| Day 2 | Monday, September 4th | 5:00 p.m. |
| Day 3 | Tuesday, September 5th | 1:00 p.m. |
| Day 4 | Wednesday, September 6th | 1:00 p.m. |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 300
Cards in the Air
Level 1
: 150/300, 300 ante
The dealers have begun their shuffle and are about to deal as gets underway here on on Day 1b. The tournament clock currently displays 59 entries and Playground Tournament Director Martin Roy has kicked off the action.
Notables Ready to Kick Off the Action
Level 1
: 150/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Mclaughlin With an Early Blast
Level 1
: 150/300, 300 ante
There was about 4,000 in the middle when the 
flop fanned out. Marc Etienne Mclaughlin checked and his opponent bet 1,800. Mclaughlin raised to 6,100 and his opponent called.
The 
fell on the turn and Mclaughlin lead with a pot-sized bet of 16,000 and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 10,000 |
Vijayaratnam Chips Up
Level 1
: 150/300, 300 ante
On the turn of a 
board with about 11,000 in the middle, Senthuran Vijayaratnam raised a bet of 5,500 by his heads-up opponent to 15,100 and his opponent called.
The 
completed the board on the river and Vijayaratnam fired a bet worth 35,300 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000 | 24,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Few More Late Arrivals
Level 2
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Mclaughlin Ships a Big One
Level 2
: 200/400, 400 ante
We arrived at the table as Marc Etienne Mclaughlin was making a call of 15,000 on the river of a 
board. Carla Sabini had made the bet and Samuel Tsehai had flatted.
Sabini tabled a pair of kings forcing Tsehai to muck but Mclaughlin had Sabini out-kicked turning over 
to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
193,000 | 83,000 |
|
|
68,000 | -32,000 |
|
28,000 | -72,000 |