/tags/2024-wpt-playground-day-1a-recap-47214.htm/ Recent content in 2024 Wpt Playground Day 1a Recap 47214.htm on Poker Game Free 2024 Wpt Playground Day 1a Recap 47214.htm en-US chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:26 +0000 /news/202410/big-hand-early-keeps-darren-elias-quest-for-no-5-alive-at-wpt-playground/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:00:26 +0000chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) /news/202410/big-hand-early-keeps-darren-elias-quest-for-no-5-alive-at-wpt-playground/ <p>The CAD $3,500 buy-in, CAD $1.5 million GTD World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground Championship kicked off on Thursday with Day 1a action. The first of three starting flights attracted 143 runners to the Montreal poker mecca, and after 10 levels of play just 44 remained with Giuseppe Corapi and their stack of 401,000 leading the way.</p> <p>Some others to bag big were Zak Vankeuren (370,500) and Tommy Nguyen (342,500), while Rayan Chamas (177,000), Mark Bailey (172,000), Jeremy Platt (87,000), and Casey Yenta (57,500) all punched their ticket to Day 2.</p>