Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
One of Canada's most familiar faces on the live poker scene these days is partypoker Team Pro Kristen Bicknell.
The online phenom took to the live felt on a full-time basis a couple of years ago while still dabbling in the live scene before that. Bicknell now owns two World Series of Poker bracelets after winning the 2013 Ladies' Event and then the 2016 Bounty Event.
Bicknell signed with partypoker earlier this year as a Team Pro and has been representing the brand with pride, traveling to play tournaments across the world. In an interview earlier in the year, Bicknell expressed that she hoped to represent a company in the poker world without having to change who she is and still play the game she loves. She has most certainly been accomplishing that.
To date, Bicknell's live earnings sit at around $925,000 and she looks to cross the $1 million mark with a big cash this series. She also sits just a few points behind Cate Hall as the top female this year by GPI rankings. With her clear intention of supporting women in poker, it would be no surprise to see her motivated to end the year with a bang if only to clinch this award alone.
Bicknell currently sits on a stack of 800,000 after heating up early on Day 2, so look for her to make waves as the series gets deeper. She has yet to book a cash here at Playground and hopes to correct that here.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kristen Bicknell |
800,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
Laurence Grondin opened to 10,000 from late-position and the player on the button made the call. Jiachen Gong waited in the small blind and three-bet to 42,500. Grondin folded and the player on the button called.
The flop was and Gong continued with a bet of 27,500. His opponent called. Both players checked after the fell on the turn and the completed the board on the river.
Gong bet 35,000 and his opponent called. Gong tabled for just a pair of kings and his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jiachen Gong |
307,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
A huge pot of what looked to be about 500,000 was brewing between Jeff Cormier and William Blais. We arrived to the table on the river of a board.
Cormier slid out a bet worth 114,000 and Blais took some time before laying his hand down.
"That club saved you. I was trapping," Cormier uttered as he tabled .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Cormier |
880,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
William Blais |
258,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
Registration for the Playground1000 has officially closed and though the number is unofficial at the moment, the total number of entries looks to be 867, meaning there is an overlay of over $130.000.
Full details along with the official prize pool and payout structure will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
With about 30,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Lue Huang checked from the big blind. The player on the button bet 17,000 and Huang check-raised to 51,000. The button moved all-in for 140,000 and Huang snap-called.
The button tabled for a pair of aces while Huang showed for bottom two pair. The turn was the and the river was the to give Huang a full house for good measure and to send his opponent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lue Huang |
825,000
711,400
|
711,400 |
With registration closed, the following players can no longer re-enter and the Playground1000 run has come to an end.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Guillaume Nolet | Busted | |
Marc Etienne Mclaughlin | Busted | |
Brady Hinnegan | Busted | |
Andrew Boujaoude | Busted | |
Alex Allison
|
Busted | |
Thomas Lefort | Busted | |
Duff Charette | Busted | |
Samuel Tsehai | Busted |
Four levels have been completed so far on Day 2 and the players have been rewarded with a 15-minute break. During the break, the black T-100 chips will be raced off.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carlos Gerones |
1,291,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
Fakher Alizai |
1,035,000
792,400
|
792,400 |
Terris Preston |
903,000
903,000
|
903,000 |
Lue Huang |
903,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Sam Chartier |
899,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Alexander Puchalski |
875,000
-129,000
|
-129,000 |
Jeff Cormier |
864,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Kathy Sawers |
818,000
449,700
|
449,700 |
Jonathan Bussieres |
794,000
608,000
|
608,000 |
Ian Tang |
755,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Micheal Marinaro
|
755,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
Olivier Badeau
|
735,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kristen Bicknell |
732,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
Xiaoyu Li |
703,000
457,700
|
457,700 |
Donghai Lu |
691,000
413,200
|
413,200 |
Shawn S |
690,000
465,200
|
465,200 |
Georges Hallak |
690,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Kevin Rivest |
664,000
511,000
|
511,000 |
Daniel Elkeslassy |
660,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Robert Mazzuca
|
659,000
-116,000
|
-116,000 |