Event # 1 champion: Giovanni Petrella
The day started at 11 this morning in the 1st event of the March Power Weekend, a $100 + $10 freezeout, which attracted 60 players, allowing it to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of $5,000, generating a total of $5,820 to be paid to the top 8 finishers. The final table saw the two who were the chip leaders all afternoon, Giovanni Petrella and Ron S., holding a substantial lead over the others. As expected, the short stacks shoved away and the field started to narrow down. Ron S. went on a crazy roller coaster ride, seeing his stack drop to 8K, then go back up to almost 300K, before busting out in 4th place. Dylan Thibault, a regular visitor from Ontario who likes to come play most of the Playground events, made a solid deep run, just as he often does, but ultimately busted …Read More
Eternal Lotus gives another huge Jackpot
Last night at exactly 12:54AM, Eternal Lotus spread some major wealth again, as Joyce M took home the Grand Jackpot of $27,687.86! Joyce was spinning in one of our most popular sections, comprised of 8 identical machines called Fu Gui Rong Hua, which offer a choice of 2 games: Empress Gold and Eternal Lotus. The games are easy to spot, forming one of two sections where you can read the word Jackpot in big bright letters right above it. Our winner was playing Eternal Lotus, the same game that got Franco S a huge Jackpot of 28,791.93 in early February. …Read More
$25K Super High Roller Added to the MILLIONS North America Schedule
Playground and partypoker LIVE have announced a key addition to the 2019 MILLIONS North America schedule: a $25,000 + $300 Super High Roller event. Action will get underway at 3:00PM on May 25 and will continue with a restart at 12:00PM on May 26. As usual participants of this class of tournament have become accustomed to, play will be 8-handed throughout, and it will feature 40-minute blind levels. Registration will be open throughout Day 1 and through the first 4 levels of play on Day 2. This will be a reprise of the successful $25K SHR that was part of …Read More
Rewind to the Highlights
Three months have gone by since the opening of the Electronic Gaming space, and over $1.3M were awarded in Jackpots. Out of all those happy winners – hundreds, literally! – two individuals stand out by the sheer size of the Jackpot amount that they won. Let’s take a second to relive the excitement! Largest EGD Jackpots to Date! $30,222.70 On the night of January 16, early in the evening, Luigi was casually playing one of our Quick Hit Platinum Plus games, when his session suddenly took a sharp turn: Luigi hit a HUGE $30,222.70 Jackpot! Our winner-to-be was spinning …Read More
May the most you wish for be the least you get!
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” -Jimmy Dean It is a special time of year. The snow is melting and St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. If ever there was a time to test your luck, it is now! And there’s no better place to put it to the test than Playground. With over 350 EGDs to choose from and complimentary drinks while you play, it is THE place to start (or finish) celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Here are some …Read More
A Journey That Begins with a Single STEP
The premier event of the year, the MILLIONS North America, is on the horizon and the anticipation is building far and wide. Players from around the world are waiting impatiently for the May event to arrive, but none more so than the players who have already qualified for the Main Event at a fraction of the buy-in cost. Follow the qualifiers We look forward to bringing you the stories of a number of players who qualified early for MILLIONS North America through the STEP satellite system and sharing their excitement. There will be a series of features on early qualifiers …Read More
A third Jackpot in March!
Last night in the Original poker room, a Secondary Bad Beat Jackpot was won – the third Jackpot in March… so far! To date, each of the three different “flavours” of Jackpot have been hit this month – Omaha, Primary, and now the Secondary Jackpot. The hand occurred on table 12, which was a $2/$5 table with 9 players active. The button was on seat 7, which was occupied by Sylvie C. The action opened with a raise to $25 from Thai K. Kevin C, two seats over, reraised to $75. Sylvie and Thai both called. Flop: Action checked around. …Read More
Spring Forward to Playground
Although the $1,000,000 in Jackpots milestone has come and gone, Playground is quickly making its way to the next milestone, thanks to an army of jackpot winners. Just 2 weeks after hitting the magic number, the total has grown to over $1,200,000! Three Reels, Two Winners, One Jackpot Nicole Laliberté, lucky half of a happy couple, unlocked a jackpot on one of our vintage machines, Triple Diamond. The three reels lined up perfectly to award a $2,500 jackpot, more than enough to make her afternoon! Her husband, who was by her side when the three diamonds unified, claims that …Read More
15 Main Event Seats Added!
MILLIONS North America, partypoker LIVE’s premier poker tournament series, is around the corner. Players are scrutinizing the schedule, making travel plans, and getting into MILLIONS shape! The first big guarantee comes with Event #2, the $1,100 Montreal Open. As if $1,000,000 in cash wasn’t enough of a guarantee, it was boosted with 15 MILLIONS North America seats, worth $10,300 each! $1,154,500 Guaranteed In that strange number lies the possibility of a true poker breakthrough. Finish in the top 15, and you will not only pocket a handsome cash prize, but you will also get a seat for Day 1B of …Read More