Playground Poker Club ‘-Canada’s Premier Poker Destination, located just minutes from downtown Montreal on Highway 138 in Kahnawake has just announced its upcoming blockbuster event entitled the Laak and Esfandiari Open.

In case the name didn’t give it away, Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak and Antonio ‘The Magician’ Esfandiari will be the guests of honor during the March 1-4^th weekend and they’ve worked closely with the Team at Playground to come up with yet another unique event, designed for poker players at all levels.

The weekend theme has been designed around two great friends, both on and off the felt and the format of the Laak and Esfandiari Open really demonstrates how friendly, yet how competitive these two amazing poker professionals truly are.

The event kicks off on Thursday, March 1st with a $2000 + $200 Heads Up Event with a best 2 out of 3 format. With a maximum field of 32 players and an estimated $64000 prize pool, this one is not for the weak at heart and is geared towards the more seasoned players.

The Heads Up Event will be broken up into two Day 1’s, giving players the option to start on either Thursday or Friday at 12 noon. To make the event even more exciting for the players and the guests of honor, Phil and Antonio have agreed to a humiliation prop bet. Whichever player between the two of them gets knocked out the earliest, will be humiliated in front of the Playground faithful by the other player on Sunday, March 4^th. What that form of humiliation will be at this point remains a surprise, but surely it will be entertaining knowing these two characters.

Also on the weekend schedule is a $500 + $50 NLHE Deepstack Event, again with two Day 1’s on Friday March 2^nd at 7PM and Saturday March 3^rd at 12 noon. To keep with the Laak VS Esfandiari theme, the two Playground Players Club members will have their own personal ‘team’ backing them in their next friendly competition.

Day 1A’s players will represent ‘Team Laak’ while Day 1B’s players will represent ‘Team Esfandiari’. Although the purpose of the Team format is designed to extend the Laak VS Esfandiari theme throughout the weekend, what good would an event like this be without some friendly competition?

The last man standing in Sunday’s $500 Deepstack final on March 4^th will represent either Team Laak or Team Esfandiari, depending on which Day 1 the player advanced from. Of course, in case you haven’t guessed it already, the losing team will see their fearless leader humiliated in front of everyone, in yet another friendly prop bet.

For a full schedule and complete details on the Laak and Esfandiari Open, visit www.PlaygroundPoker.ca
Also expected to be in attendance at the event are Playground Players Club members – NHL Hall of Famer Guy Carbonneau Erik Cajelais Marc Karam Mike ‘Timex’ McDonald Philippe Plouffe George Caragiorgas and Anne-Marie Angelil.

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