The Women’s Series Event #4 and Final Event are coming up this weekend, wrapping up a truly successful series that brought together women from here, neighbouring provinces and even the United States. Today, by popular demand, Playground and the Women’s Poker Association announce Women’s Series 2020, our second series exclusively for women. The new and improved edition presents five open events, one more than the inaugural series, and will span the whole calendar year. Each one has a $150 + $15 buy-in – of which $10 will go to the Championship Event prize pool – and a $5,000 guaranteed prize pool. Start each one with 25,000 chips, play your best, and finish in the top 40% of the field to earn leaderboard points. Climb up the leaderboard and finish the series in the top 30, the only way to earn a seat at the Championship. Once there, your starting stack […]
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Omaha BBJ Gets Hit… Again!
Only 5 days after quad 8s were defeated and unlocked a huge Jackpot, The BBJ Omaha was hit again! It happened in the middle of the night on a 4-handed table. Facing a straddle bet, the player on the button was first to act before the flop and folded. Viken A, sitting in the small blind, raised the $5 straddle to $20, enough to induce a fold on his left, but Patricktt – his screen name! – was not going to relinquish his straddle so easily. He came over the top with a $60 3-bet and found a call. Flop: Viken, first to act on the flop, announced a pot bet, more than enough to cover Patricktt’s remaining chips. He called under for $90. Viken: Patricktt: Full board: The river completed not one, but two straight flushes! $11,144 were split among the four players that made it happened. Patricktt […]
Introducing… The Seniors’ Series
For many years, Playground has included Seniors’ Events in poker festivals and mini-series, each of these events attracting a good number of players, eager to compete between them and have loads of fun… and they did without fault. Today, we are announcing the Seniors’ Series, a competition made up of five open events and culminating with a Championship Event, exclusively for players who are at least 50 years young! The series schedule features an open event every other month, the first one being on Sunday, February 23. Each tournament starts at 12:00pm and is held on a Sunday. The modest $200 + $20 buy-in and the $10,000 guarantee ensures that players enjoy a great ratio each time. View the full schedule here. Throughout the series, players will accumulate leaderboard points by placing in the top 40% of the field and try to finish the race in the top 30 on […]
A PLO BBJ To Start Off The Year
Last night at 11:40pm, eight PLO players had the joy of hitting a huge Bad Beat Jackpot! The PLO BBJ had not been hit for a while, and our lucky players got to share a cool $48,047. It all happened on table 16, where an 8-handed $2/$2 PLO game was being dealt. On that hand, two players were sitting out, leaving six in the arena. The action started with a call from the under-the-gun position, immediately followed by a raise to $10. This amount was just right for everybody, and just like that, a $60 pot was created. Flop: Three players checked to the raiser, Loic D, who supported his pre-flop aggression with a $35 continuation bet. Vincent K was next to act and called. Marco T, sitting on his immediate left, brought it up to $200, a chunky bet even for this game. Everyone that had not invested on […]
Raining BBJs
Late last night, quad over quad allowed a third Bad Beat Jackpot to hit since the beginning of the month. Table 7, located at the heart of our Original Room, delivered the BBJ to nine lucky $1/$2 players. Three of those nine players were sitting out, on break, leaving six players dealt in. The first two players to act limped in, but that was quickly raised to $10, a bet that was also short-lived. Gregory pushed $30 forward, a good chunky 3-bet. Much to the aggressors’ surprise, both blinds cold called, and were joined by the second limper – Georges – and the initial raiser, sending a group of five players to the flop! Flop: After four quick checks, Gregory continued with $45, and three players matched it, all interested to see the turn: . This street did not see any action, and the foursome got themselves a free river: […]
Super Sunday Takes a Break
In order to accommodate the increased needs in tournament tables during the 9-Year Anniversary and the World Cup of Cards, three editions of the Super Sunday will be cancelled: December 15 will make way for the 9-Year Anniversary, while January 26 and February 2 will allow the many WCC events on those dates to enjoy the space they require. The first cancellation is this weekend. The Grand Prix Canada, guaranteed at $500,000 and offering 19 Day 1s to choose from, is sure to qualify a vast number of players for next Sunday’s Day 2, and will without a doubt monopolize a great number of tables on that day. We can therefore guarantee that this Sunday will be more Super for a bunch of players, as Day 2 of the Grand Prix Canada will send the last 16 standing to the conclusion of the 9-Year Anniversary Main Event, on Monday, December […]
Ring In the New Year at Playground!
At Playground, there is nothing we want more than to celebrate the year 2020 with you! We spared no efforts to bring you the best buffets and the greatest entertainment you can hope for while we dance the decade away! New Year’s Eve On December 31, feast your eyes and stomach on our New Year’s Eve buffet while Joey Didodo amazes you with his Frank Sinatra tribute performance. Seating is between 8:00pm and 9:00pm, and the show starts at 9:00pm. From 8:00pm to 11:00pm, you can go back to The Rail’s Coal Fire Bistro’s delicious offerings as many times as you want! Tickets are $39. Space is limited. Make your reservations now, at the EGD or poker cashier! If you can’t make it this early, join us for the countdown… it’s free! The Hi-Fins and their Brit + 60s Experience will be with us from 11:30pm to say goodbye to […]
A Second BBJ in One Week!
Just three days after a quad-over-quad BBJ hit, another group of players got their own BBJ experience! This one arose after a heads-up pre-flop showdown, as both players involved – two long-time Playground regulars – were holding some serious hole cards. Just fifteen minutes after the table opened, the special hand started. Eric raised the pot to $10. The button made it $30 to go, and after Roland called from the small blind position, Eric shoved his whole stack. The player who placed the $30 3-bet reluctantly got out of the way, and Roland called for an effective $78. Eric: Roland: The flop was very promising, missing only one card to unlock the Bad Beat Jackpot. That card appeared right away, allowing celebrations before the board was completed. Full board: The amount of $25,394 was shared by the seven players present, awarding $12,697 to Eric and $6,349 to Roland. The […]
December Off To a Good Start!
On Sunday, the first day of December, the afternoon was coming to an end when a very special hand unfolded on one of our $1/$2 cash game tables. The game was full, but one player was on break, leaving eight players dealt in. After one call, Timothy raised the pot to $10, a very standard raise at these stakes. Two players cold called the bet, and the limper joined in. 4-way flop: The first 2 players to act passed the option to the raiser, who placed a smallish $20 continuation bet. Manpreet called, and was left alone with the aggressor, out of position. When the appeared on the turn, Manpreet politely passed the option over to Timothy, again. Another $20 were bet and called. The river: . If you’re holding quad 3s, this river is as beautiful as can be. You either win a big pot, or win the Bad […]
Bringing you 35 Days of Christmas!
With the holidays around the corner, Playground is excited to announce our biggest EGD promotion yet – the 35 Days of Christmas! This time of the year is a time of sharing and giving, and at Playground, there will be a whole lot of giving. From December 2 to January 5 – yes, that’s 35 days! – over 600 gifts will be given away to our EGD players. You read that right, 600 gifts of all kinds, totalling over $250,000 in cash and prizes! The first 34 Days of Christmas, from December 2 to January 4, EGD players will be randomly selected through Hot Seat draws while they play. Every day, every 30 minutes from 2:00pm to 10:00pm, one lucky EGD player will get to pick a present from under our tree. That’s 17 winners a day! And our tree is merry and bright, generous like nowhere else! Appliances like […]
Announcing the World Cup of Cards
At Playground, the November Power Weekend is in full swing and the exciting 9-Year Anniversary series is not too far, but we are also looking at our next full-length festival, the World Cup of Cards with over $1,200,000 in guaranteed prize pools! The 2020 WCC will be held from January 19 to February 5, opening the year with 22 affordable events. Buy-ins range from $110 to $1,100, allowing everybody to shoot for a trophy, a title and of course, a pile of cash! It is a great opportunity for players of all bankrolls to play in the big league. This festival is known for offering friendly price points, but also for allowing players to indulge in original poker formats that you don’t get to enjoy very often. The schedule presents tournaments like the Shootout, Short Deck, Roll the Dice and Crazy Pineapple, all variants that will take you out of […]
Another Event, Another BBJ
Earlier in the afternoon yesterday, moments after the Mix Max Re-entry event kicked off the November Power Weekend, the $10,949 Omaha Bad Beat Jackpot was hit! The action happened on table 15, a full 8-handed $2/$2 PLO game. The hand was straddled to $5, and after one caller jumped in, Steve raised it to $15. That bet did not scare many away: six players called! Flop: The action was checked around to the raiser, who continued with a $75 bet, undeterred by the massive opposition. Joseph called. There was one more caller, followed by an all-in bet to $235. That bet was called once, then Steve put in his own stack, worth $302 at that point. Joseph stuck around, and so did the caller of the first all-in. Four players saw the turn, including two all-ins. Turn: The action was quick. Check, all-in, call, locking the third and last pot […]