Play has wrapped up after a quick Day 1d in the $1,100 Playground1000 $1,000,000 Guaranteed, and local notable Kathy Sawers finished with the lead with 368,300 chips.
The day began with 20 entries but quickly grew to 65 by the end of the day. Just 48 players moved on to Day 2 at 5:00 p.m. but registration is still open until the start of Level 12.
Notables that made it through to Day 2 from today's flight include Patrick Braga (70,900), Scott Montgomery (173,200), Alexander James Allison (128,200), Wesley Wong (63,400), Kinson Cho-Kin Cheung (46,700), Ami Alibay (149,000), Joe Tehan (97,300), Francois Billard (88,000), Nikolas Chinell (189,500), David Ormsby (101,400), Pierre Paul Paulin (151,400), and Chanracy Khun (66,400).
Follow along beginning at 5:00 p.m. as the PokerNews live reporting team carries on with coverage with Day 2 action at the Playground Poker Club as the 2017 World Cup of Cards continues!
Francois Billard has had a decent summer and is looking to do some damage on home soil. The Canadian just came back from Barcelona after coming in 2nd place in the €10,300 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max event for €253,600. He battled with the likes of Ivan Luca, David Peters, Martin Jacobson and Liv Boeree on the final table, eventually falling to Goran Mandic heads-up.
Billard just booked a min-cash in the $5,300 High Roller here at Playground last week and looks to book a win in his home country.
Scott Montgomery raised to 1,000 from under the gun and got a call from Lance Perkins in the cutoff. Sylvain Siebert was on the button and three-bet to 5,000. Both Montgomery and Perkins called.
The flop came and all three players checked to the on the turn and then the on the river. Montgomery reached into his stack and fired out a bet worth 12,000. Perkins called but Siebert decided to rip his entire stack in the middle, putting Montgomery to the test for his stack worth 94,725. Montgomery looked confused, but clearly had a tough decision. Eventually, he called. Perkins folded.
Siebert tabled for just a pair of tens, and Montgomery tabled for a straight to scoop the double.
The final starting flight of the $1,100 Playground1000 $1,000,000 Guaranteed event starts up at 12:00 p.m. with a turbo structure.
Players begin with 100,000 chips but will play 20-minute levels instead of the regular 60-minute structure. There will only be one 10-minute break today after Level 5, and players will complete their session after nine levels.
Day 2 will begin at 5:00 p.m. later today and will play a total of eight levels worth 60 minutes a piece.
So far, 339 players have advanced to Day 2 from the one online Day 1 and three live Day 1's. The chip leader is currently Armand 'Oyster King' King with 685,100 after leading at the end of Day 1b.
Players have the option of re-entering once today during Day 1d. Should players buy in directly to Day 2 and bust, one re-entry is permitted. The same goes for a player who advances from a Day 1 flight - just one re-entry will be permitted. All re-entries are allowed until the start of Level 12.
PokerNews will be here to bring all of the live updates on the way to crowning a champion, so stick with us!
and all three players checked to the 
on the turn and then the 
on the river. Montgomery reached into his stack and fired out a bet worth 12,000. Perkins called but Siebert decided to rip his entire stack in the middle, putting Montgomery to the test for his stack worth 94,725. Montgomery looked confused, but clearly had a tough decision. Eventually, he called. Perkins folded.
for just a pair of tens, and Montgomery tabled 
for a straight to scoop the double.
