Every week, the Electronic Gaming space is the location of supernatural wealth and Jackpot sightings of all kinds. The following are authentic accounts of some of the events that happened this week: Time Travel with EGDs! Louise Lussier was not only the biggest Jackpot winner of the week, but also a 2-time Jackpot winner in a single Sunday visit! Being a classic enthusiast, Louise couldn’t miss the chance to sit at one of our vintage EGDs. These “vintage” machines form a new section that hit the floor just a few weeks ago. Louise chose Ten Times Pay, a 3-reel game that presents fruits, bars, and sevens: a true time travel delight. After some spinning, at 4:13PM, a triple bar symbol and 2 Ten Times Pay symbols appeared, a combination worth 10,000 times the bet! With $0.75 on the line, Louise won $9,000: the biggest Jackpot of the week! Payment […]
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The Power Weekend starts this Sunday… online!
The February Power Weekend kicks off at Playground next Wednesday, but on partypoker, the action starts this Sunday with an online Day 1 in the $100,000 guaranteed Playground 200. The buy-in for this event is $200 + $20, but you may start your journey online for a fraction of the price. This Sunday, February 17 at 2:00PM, play the $20 + $2 direct satellite to the Playground 200 Day 1 Online, and win your seat for the target event which starts 2 hours later, at 4:00PM. For just $22, you can treat yourself to a great Sunday of online poker that could lead you to Day 2 at Playground and some massive prizes! The Power Weekend also presents a path to the MILLIONS North America Main Event, with three STEP 1s, one STEP 2, and one STEP 3 with 10 seats guaranteed to the greatest tournament in Playground’s history! Finally, […]
Did you get your MILLIONS Main Event seat yet?
The next Playground Power Weekend takes off on Wednesday, February 20. The mini-series presents a complete roster of STEP Satellites to the $10,300 MILLIONS North America Main Event, the ideal opportunity to play in a major $10K buy-in event. Here’s why: STEP 2, STEP 3, and MILLIONS seats won through a satellite are not transferable, which means that qualifiers will represent a huge portion of the MILLIONS Main Event field. In-the-money action is bound to see a lot of these qualifiers sweat for a monster share of the $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool… one of them could be you! Let’s take a look at the February Power Weekend STEP schedule, your next opportunity to earn a ticket for the big dance: Wednesday February 20 – $80 + $10 STEP 1 10 STEP 2 Seats Guaranteed Thursday February 21 – $80 + $10 STEP 1 10 STEP 2 Seats Guaranteed Friday February […]
A Free MILLIONS UK Main Event Seat
partypoker LIVE wants you to play the £10,300 MILLIONS United Kingdom at Dusk Till Dawn Casino Nottingham in January 2020… for free! What you need to do is play all five MILLIONS Main Events in 2019, and you get yourself a free seat at the MILLIONS UK Main Event next year! Keep in mind, there are many ways to enter these tournaments. Whether you win a seat through a direct satellite, use your PP LIVE Dollars, or buy in with cold hard cash, your Main Event participation counts for the promotion. The partypoker LIVE 2019 MILLIONS tour has five stops: MILLIONS South America at the world-famous Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio, Brazil, March 15 to March 24. MILLIONS North America at Playground, Canada’s premier poker destination in Montreal, May 13 to May 26. MILLIONS Europe at King’s Casino in the charming village of Rozvadov, Czech Republic, August 10 to August […]
A Huge Jackpot Week
It was an unbelievable week at Playground: $138,985.12 were paid out in EGD Jackpots… a true whirlwind of riches! We remember our friend Franco Sicondolfi, who hit $28,791.93 at the wee hours of Saturday morning, last weekend. And of course, we also remember Roger Thifault whom, that same weekend, on Sunday, won 3 Jackpots in one day. Well, guess what. Roger struck again yesterday, for $1,516! One question is on everybody’s mind: What does Roger eat for breakfast? Many other guests had a wonderful day at Playground in the last week. On Friday, February 1, Colin Bird was enjoying a free glass of wine while playing a Quick Hit machine, when a free game triggered a $7,507.80 Jackpot! On Monday, February 4, Line Carrier found herself the happy winner of a $13,274.26 Jackpot! She was playing 5 Treasures, a game with 4 progressive Jackpots: Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand. She […]
The World Cup of Cards: A Winter Storm
Yesterday, Playground closed the books on the 2019 World Cup of Cards. The festival’s huge success is largely due to our players, who came out in droves, despite some of the worst weather we had in years, to compete in the WCC. The sheer number of participants was astounding; $2,476,956 were paid out in cash prizes of all sizes! We also want to thank our partners, WPTDeepStacks, Grand Prix Canada, and Card Player Poker Tour, with whom we worked to build the three marquee events of the series. WPTDeepStacks The WPTDeepStacks was the festival’s Main Event and the biggest buy-in of all 26 events. Players got in for $1,650 (or roughly 10% of that if they won a seat through one of the event’s satellites), and competed for a $998,130 prize pool. Day 2 finished with exactly 9 players, as the format demanded. All 9 finalists came back the following […]
One man, three Jackpots!
For Roger Thifault, Sunday was one to remember for a very long time. Roger spent the afternoon in our Electronic Gaming space, enjoying the level of entertainment and gaming experience that can only be found at Playground. At some point in the afternoon, Roger found himself the happy winner of a $3,230 Jackpot. A Playground attendant hand-paid him the amount, part of which was used to keep spinning our EGDs for a while. Why not! After all, playing on profits is pretty fun! Guess what happened next. He hit another $3K+ Jackpot! The exact amount was $3,052. Roger could not believe it! Of course, he kept pressing, in case Lady Luck felt like sticking around a bit more… and she did! $1,218 were waiting around the corner, to complete a rare trifecta! Mr. Roger Thifault, you are the man of the hour!
A huge late-night Jackpot!
Last night at 1:54AM, Franco Sicondolfi hit our second biggest EGD Jackpot to date! He was playing Eternal Lotus, betting $8.80 per spin, when four identical symbols appeared on his screen, along with this message: JACKPOT! CALL ATTENDANT / 28,791.93 CAD Franco is well know at Playground – he has been rounding our tables since the first year – as an experienced poker player and an all around gentleman. He is usually a man of few words, but enjoys a good laugh with his table mates. The whole Playground staff is very happy that he found good fortune in the Eternal Lotus. Congratulations!
Vintage games are finally here!
Modern Electronics Gaming Devices are great; their video animation keeps us entertained with all kinds of fun characters and fantastic scenarios. However, those of us who have been around for a few decades like to enjoy, from time to time, the raw feel of old-school mechanical reels. These timeless machines, offering a heated scrolling of classic symbols – 7, BAR, cherry – take us back to the 80s and 90s, when everything was just a little bit simpler. Ten such devices have made their way to the Playground Electronic Gaming floor: Triple Diamond Haywire Double Diamond Double Diamond Deluxe Double Times Pay Triple Double Diamond Triple Diamond Ten Times Pay Poseidon Double Four Times Pay White Hot 7s These classic titles are located in the far left section, almost at the end, waiting to take you back in time! They are frequently occupied, but more will come soon. If you […]
The WCC Main Event is here!
The World Cup of Cards Main Event, the $1,500 + $150 WPTDeepStacks, starts Friday, February 1 at 11:00AM with the first of three starting flights. The tour comes to Playground with a $750,000 guarantee and the promise of a great event! There are four more opportunities to qualify for the big one at a fraction of the cost, in the form of $165 + $15 WPTDeepStacks Satellites, including today’s three: Thursday January 31 – 12:00PM – 3 Seats Guaranteed Thursday January 31 – 4:00PM – 5 Seats Guaranteed Thursday January 31 – 8:00PM – 10 Seats Guaranteed Friday February 1 – 7:00PM – 5 Seats Guaranteed These could allow you to play for a massive prize pool without having to dent your bankroll. Of course, many will simply jump right into the event: Friday February 1 – 11:00AM – Day 1A Saturday February 2 – 11:00AM – Day 1B Sunday […]
The KO Series returns to partypoker
It’s time for progressive knockouts! The famous KO Series returns to the partypoker felts from February 3 to February 17, promising over $15M in guaranteed prize money – a 33% increase since last edition – across 437 tournaments! Every single tournament in the aptly named festival follows the increasingly popular Progressive Knockout (PKO) format, where every player carries a bounty that grows every time they eliminate a player. The schedule offers a range of popular game formats to satisfy all tastes, including “Normal,” “Mix-Max,” “PLO,” “6-Max” and “8-Max.” All events fall under one of six buy-in tiers from “Micro” to “Super High Roller” with buy-ins ranging from $2.20 to $3,150, accommodating all poker bankrolls. Keep in mind that whatever level you play, partypoker waives the rake on the bounty portion of the buy-in. Everybody loves extra value! Of course, there is an extensive satellite schedule that accompanies the series along […]
The February Power Weekend
The Power Weekend returns to Playground in February, with over $300,000 in guaranteed prize pools. This edition will be 6 days long, and feature a full satellite tree to MILLIONS North America Main Event. If you’re looking for immediate cash prize pools, compete in the Playground 200, or any of the other 7 events in the February Power Weekend. A Stepping Stone to MILLIONS The series is another great opportunity to earn a $10,300 seat to the $5,000,000 guaranteed MILLIONS Main Event. On the schedule, you will find three $80 + $10 STEP 1 tournaments. Play them to get into the next steps at minimal cost. $400 + $40 STEP 2 – Saturday February 23 at 8:00PM $1,500 + $150 STEP 3 – Sunday February 24 at 7:00PM The Sunday STEP 3 has 10 seats guaranteed for MILLIONS North America Main Event! If you have not claimed your own, […]