Author: Playground Poker

A champion has been declared in the $150 + $15 Deepstack Turbo, Event #2 in the World Cup of Cards. After more than eight hours of play, including close to 90 minutes of back-and-forth heads up action between Christina Knot and Anh Nguyen, where both players were saved more than once by unlikely cards being dealt on the river, Christina, of Saint Hippolyte Quebec, finally prevailed. Anh went all in with and Christina wagered everything on . It looked like Anh might reign victorious, but the final hand was won on the final card when the board was dealt . As runner up, Anh’s share of the prize pool was $3,210! But the grand prize of $5,166 and a champion’s bragging rights go to Christina, who demonstrated poise and  perseverance throughout the event! Christina Knot  

The winner in the first event in the World Cup of Cards, the $400 + $40 Tag Team, is Team Vincenzo D’Elia! After approximately 90 minutes of heads up play (and three switches between tag team partners) the final hand was played by Miguel Goncalo (of Team Brigitte Metivier) and Anthony Meli (of team Vincenzo D’Elia). Both players felt they had worthy cards and jumped all in preflop. The board was dealt   , but unfortunately for Miguel his couldn’t beat Anthony’s . Team Brigitte Goncalo take home their ICM Chop of $7,710 (-$250) and 2nd place. Congratulations! However, an even bigger congratulations go out to Team Vince! Well done boys! You’ve truly earned your 1st place win as well as your prize of $7,415 + $1,000 (-$250), or $8,165!

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, but the on the river […]

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: . When the came on the turn, Guillaume got out of his chair and on the river he put-on his coat and went for his payout voucher. Event #6 Champion: Minh Chi Nguyen, $1,985 Final Hand of Play 2nd place: Guillaume Tremblay, $1,525

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 with his guaranteed $3,895, Eric won $4,645. When the final hand of play occurred and both players went all in, Marco was holding   while his opponent, Christine, showed . The board ran out   and Marco`s pair proved to be the winning hand!  

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 $120 for 1st place). Combined with his guaranteed $665, Eric won $885. When the final hand of play occurred and all the chips were pushed into the pot, Eric was holding     while his opponent, James Brown, held  . The board ran out   and the pair Eric was holding was potent […]

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!

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 of the way. When the tournament dropped to 6 players, they chose to do an ICM chop (reserving $1,503 for 1st place) and Tommy was in 2nd place for a $14,315 score – and a chance at the additional prize. By the final hand of play the two remaining players […]

After a little more than eight hours of play, we have a winner in today’s tournament, Event #3 in the 8-Year Anniversary series, a $100 + $10 + $25 Bounty tournament. Congratulations to Benjamin Mathieu-Comptois on a tournament well played. After battling through a field of 121 entries (which included 30 re-entries), and collecting a whopping twelve $25 Bounties over the course of the day, Benjamin earned a prize of $2,126 plus those bounty chips. Well done! Event #3 Champion: Benjamin Mathieu-Comptois, $2,126 (plus bounties) Final hand of play The winner, along with the other five remaining final table players at the time, agreed on an ICM Chop, meaning that the purse was divided according to the players’ stack size at the time. They continued to play for bragging rights and a final prize of $241 after the deal was struck.  

Event #3 of the 2018 WPT Montreal was the $1,500 + $150 WPTDeepStacks event. Today was Day 3, and after 12 levels and more than 14 hours of play we finally crowned a champion. David Quang found himself in heads up play with Daniel Dubeau, with David Quang eventually taking it down and earning himself 1st place and $222,000 in cash. The final hand was a classic, with both players all in preflop. David had , while Daniel had . The flop was dealt , and with that, the tournament came to a close! Daniel Dubeau, our 2nd place finisher, earned himself a very respectable $150,000. His consistent, savvy play was evident throughout all three days of the event. However, while we congratulate both of our finalists for their excellent play, in the end, only one can be one winner. Well done David! you’ve earned the title of WPTDeepStacks Champion. […]

Event #6 was a $1,100 buy-in PLO 1-day event with unlimited re-entries until the beginning of level 9. 104 entries joined the tournament, 28 of which came from re-entries. The action was relentless. Players were going all out, gunning for one of the 13 prizes on the board. Piotr Siwiec came out of the gates like a thoroughbred and held on to his lead for the majority of the evening, until Frédéric Normand took it from him. Both players made the final table, but Siwiec left it early. Normand, however, after dwindling down to about 65K when 2 tables were left, came back with a vengeance and enjoyed the lead for a while at a 4-handed final table. Lynn Phan took that from him, and kept climbing, doing an excellent chip leader job. The pressure was constant, and she took out Frédéric Normand, then François Goulet. In the end, it was […]