Antoine Simon is the Champion of Event #7
By the time heads up play arrived, both players were quite fatigued and with the deal in place, there was some fight between the two players – Christopher Turnbull and Antoine Simon – but both were equally easygoing about the whole affair. The mood was light, the players were happy, there was a nice small rail consisting of Sergei Gurin, and the stage was set for the final stretch of this terrific event. Chris scored an early double to take the chip lead, but before long Antoine had doubled back and enjoyed a big lead once again. Eventually, with fatigue getting the best of the players, Antoine limped his button holding and Chris decided to shove over the top holding . Antoine called. The window card told most of the tale on the flop: . The on the turn gave Chris a few more outs, …Read More
Minh Chi Nguyen is the Megastack Turbo Champ
With no deal in place to influence the pace of play and reasonable stack sizes and chip differential between the two players, one would have been excused to assume that heads up play would be an extended affair… but it was not – Minh Chi Nguyen and Guillaume Tremblay obviously came to play and weren’t afraid of a little gambling along the way. Before long, Guillaume was left gasping with just 160K left, and though he doubled once after that, within a few minutes both players were again happy with their holdings. Minh Chi: Guillaume: The flop was dealt: . …Read More
A second jackpot in 3 days!
On the third day of existence of the EGD section at Playground, a second jackpot was hit! On Saturday night at 10:20PM, Lucie Bourcier was playing 0.01$ denominations on Eternal Lotus. The Lotus decided it was her time, and the Fu Gui Rong Hua feature unlocked the jackpot for her! Lucie was the proud winner of $10,243.32! We hope that this nice figure allows her to spoil herself and a few family members during the holidays. Congratulations!Read More
After 15 hours Marco Cannizzaro is declared the champ
Marco Cannizzaro of Montreal, QC has been crowned the Champion of the 8-Year Anniversary edition of the Deepstack! He outlasted 83 players through 27 levels, and a grueling 15 hours of play to emerge victorious. After Marco hit an ace on the river to knock Pierre Guay, the final three competitors continued to grind for dominance. Then Christine Park knocked out Mark Saddik a half-dozen hands later, leaving Marco and Christine to battle it out to the finish. When the tournament was reduced to 7 players, the competitors chose to do an ICM chop (reserving $750 for 1st place). Combined …Read More
Eric Schanck is declared the champ
Eric Schanck of Lachine, QC has been crowned the Champion of the 8-Year Anniversary edition of the Playground Shootout Turbo! He outlasted 62 players through 25 levels of play to emerge victorious. It wasn’t always easy going for Eric. He had to endure a heads up battle with Ghita Acordunencei just to secure the last spot at the final table. Ghita and Eric went back and forth long after the other eight spots had been secured, but in the end Eric finally prevailed. When the tournament was reduced to 8 players, the competitors chose to do an ICM chop (reserving …Read More
The first fifteen for MILLIONS
The evening of December 16th was the first $1,500 + $150 MILLIONS Main Event satellite – Step 3 with 15 $10,300 Seats guaranteed for the MILLIONS North America Main Event. Considering that this was the first satellite for the event, we wish to present to you the first 15 players that have booked their ticket for the event to be held in May! Congratulations!Read More
Playground 200 Champion: Tommy Dion
Tommy Dion of Granby, QC has been crowned the Champion of the 8-Year Anniversary edition of the Playground 200! He outplayed, out-drew, and outlasted 706 players in the event to emerge as the Champion, and the final Playground 200 Champion of 2018. It was clear that something really special was happening relatively early in the day when Tommy took over a clear chip lead after having started with just 165,000 in chips – the equivalent of 6bb! Once he took the lead, although he took a few hits, Tommy stayed among the top 2 or 3 players the entire rest …Read More
Let there be… cake!
It’s a long-standing tradition at Playground to mark the anniversary of our opening with… what else… an Anniversary Cake! This year is no exception – and the challenge was doubly difficult this time around – how can you compete, in cake form, with a whole new building and the launch of an entirely new form of gaming at Playground? Chef Fadi Haddad of Wow Cakes has been faced with similar challenges for many years now, and for the 8-Year Anniversary of Playground, he has proved to be more than able to meet and surpass expectations! This year’s cake is nothing …Read More
The first EGD Jackpot has been hit!
About 36 hours after the opening of our electronic gaming space, the first EGD Jackpot has been hit! Last night, as the Friday buzz was coming over Playground, Danièle Brodeur was casually playing Quick Hit Platinum Plus, a 5-reel 30-line game. Suddenly, Quick Hit symbols stormed the screen, and she became our first EGD jackpot winner! Danièle was hand-paid $12,011.66 by one of our staff members, and just like that, her holiday shopping had become a lot more pleasant to think of! Congratulations!Read More