On table 13, the true home of PLO, just before 8pm the largest Omaha BBJ in Playground Poker Club history was just won! The last time the Omaha jackpot hit was a long time ago – the 27th of October. Since then, the jackpot amount continued to climb to an incredible $220,122! The hand began quite modestly, with few chips invested, and both players hit the flop so hard that they looked to play the hand slowly. It was only on the river that the fireworks began. Pinto, a regular in the Omaha games at the club, made a small bet – only to face an all-in re-raise from Maxime Boulais. Pinto looked once again at his cards, and said, “I really hope that you have quad Nines!” and called the bet. The rest is best represented by the following photos: Jackpot Payouts Loser of the hand: $104,558 Winner of […]
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A star-studded field
The MILLIONS is only one month out, and at Playground Poker Club, we’re getting ready to host the biggest poker festival in Canadian history! With big festivals come big poker players, and some of the biggest names in the game, both local and international, have already confirmed their presence. Click here to see the updated list. Because names and career earnings can only tell so much, here’s a brief presentation of some of these skillful players. We’ll publish more bios here in the coming weeks. Ema Zajmovic Ema is the new darling of the Quebec poker scene. In November of 2016, she final tabled the $3,500 + $350 WPT Montreal right here at Playground Poker Club, for $102,010. In the very next WPT we hosted, in February of 2017, she plowed through a 380-entry field to take the $3,200 + $300 WPT Playground Championship! That day, along with pocketing $241,500, […]
Evenings on partypoker are now tailor-made for Canadians!
As you may already know, partypoker recently launched a new and improved Power Series tournament schedule with weekly guarantees doubling to $10,000,000. Well, part of that extra money has been added to the evening schedule, which is great news for Canadians! Starting each night at 6:00pm with their 6-Max Turbos, every hour features some juicy guarantees as high as $20,000 with very affordable buy-ins ranging from $1.10 to $109. Following the daily themes, the Late Editions at 7:00pm are a great option for east coast players with $10,000 guaranteed with a buy-in of only $55. And right now, for a limited time, if you win the Late Edition $10K Guarantee you also win a FREE $530 satellite ticket for the MILLIONS North America. You must have a “my partypoker LIVE” account before winning the tournament, be a Canadian resident, and must claim your free ticket in the My PP LIVE […]
Event #6 champion: Jean-Francois M
Event #6 capped off the March Power Weekend with yet another big turnout. The final tournament of the series, the $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold’em 6-Max Bounty, brought out 131 players, enough to easily surpass the $30,000.00 guarantee. The early levels played out like many bounty tournaments: the action was loose and aggressive as players tried their best to capture as many $100 bounty chips as possible. Following the first break, the tournament took on a different character altogether, the deep stacks and huge prize pool encouraged players to control the size of the pots in their efforts to make a deep run into the money. This trend continued all the way to the money bubble when play slowed down dramatically. The hand-for-hand play on the bubble lasted for nearly an hour as the short stacks in the field were doubled up when facing elimination on four separate […]
The Playground 200 Champion: Grant Ellis
After five days of intense poker action, the Playground 200 came to a close. The tournament was the showcase event of the March Power Weekend, and was a tremendous success. The $100,000 guarantee promised 500 entries, but after the online Day 1 and all 3 live day 1s were completed, a total of 750 entries had taken place, building a prize pool of almost 50% over the expectation. Day 2 started at 12:00pm on Sunday with 157 players at the tables. 94 of them were to get paid, and after ten 40-minute levels, 23 players were bagging their chips onto tonight’s Day 3. The evening started with Joël Giguère in the lead. Giguère did not see many good hands, and although his stack was slowly growing, the average was catching up to him. His lost his lead pretty early when Dan Edery enjoyed a sudden boost. Edery kept the lead […]
The Power Series is better than ever
Our friends at partypoker have launched their new online tournament schedule – the Power Series – and to extend partypoker’s trend over the past couple of years, it’s bigger and better than ever. The Power Series now has special knockout days, a variety of themes for each day of the week, new tournaments they’re calling “Daily Majors” – and, of course, larger weekly guarantees. And by larger – they mean LARGER – total weekly guarantees have doubled from $5M per week to over $10M! They’ve also added a series of four Power Series Mega Satellites every day that will award almost $700,000 worth of Power Series tickets weekly. This includes an amazing $109 satellite that will award a total of 200 $1,050 tickets each week – a value of $210,000! Online High Roller tournaments have never been this accessible! Get all the info about the new announcements on the partypoker […]
The Seven Survivors
After just over 6 hours of play, and with a hint of contention as players asked for – and others refused – deals at the final table, the 7 survivors have emerged in the March edition of the Playground Power Weekend’s Event #5. The tournament was a $70 + $10 NL Hold’em Survivor event that attracted 62 players and generated a prize pool of $4,210.00. This meant that everyone took home $601 for the efforts on the day. Here are your final 7 survivors. Luc Aube $601.00 Jonathan Brown $601.00 Maxime Laberge $601.00 Gilles Monahan $601.00 Michael Monteleone $601.00 Randy Ordway $601.00 Samuel Pouliot $601.00 The post The Seven Survivors appeared first on Playground Power Weekend March 2018.
Event #4 champion: Robert Ouellette
Tonight’s edition of the 50/50 Bounty, Event #4 of the March Power Weekend, lived up to its billing and was a huge success. This tournament brought out 195 runners, building a prize pool that easily surpassed the $20,000 guarantee. Tonight’s action went through two distinct phases; the first can be simply described as bounty hunting. In the early levels, the players were taking every opportunity to chase down their opponents and the all-ins provided more incentive to call than to fold, regardless of the hole cards involved. The second phase offered a stark contrast; it was all about laddering up. With 25 places paid, there was a huge gap between top and bottom of the prize list so throughout the final three tables the players tightened up and held on to every chip dearly in their efforts to get close to the big money. Tonight’s champion, Robert Ouellette, went on […]
Playground 200 Day 3 seating draw (with counts)
Play on Day 2 continued through 10 levels today, and with Day 3 set to begin at 7:00pm on Monday March 26th, there are just 23 players left to battle it out for the biggest prizes in the tournament. The following table includes the random seating draw to begin Day 3 along with the starting stacks for each of the remaining players. The post Playground 200 Day 3 seating draw (with counts) appeared first on Playground Power Weekend March 2018.
Joël Giguère emerges from Day 2 as the clear leader
Day 2 of the Playground 200 is in the books. From a starting field of 157 players, only 23 survived the 10 levels that were on today’s schedule. These players will be back tomorrow night for the conclusion of tournament and the Power Weekend. The last moments were quite dramatic. First, Isham Yamani lost a 1M pot to Aex Barbosa in a heartbreaking fashion: Yamami: Barbosa: Board: The turn came like a thunderstorm, and Yamani was left with about 2 big blinds, 3 hands before the end of the day. He folded one, then committed from the under-the-gun position. Both Bao Ngoc Phu and Brigitte Métivier tagged along, even creating a bit of a side pot. On the flop, Phu checked the action, and Métivier bet out strong. Phu raised all-in, which was met by a swift call. Métivier: Phu: Yamani: Board: Brigitte was so eliminated one hand before the […]
Playground 200 Day 2 seating draw (with counts)
With a total of 750 entries, the Playground 200 in the March Power Weekend blew past the $100,000 guarantee by a full 50%, setting up a terrific Day 2 and Day 3 in the tournament. Of the 750 entries, 157 players are still in the tournament and will begin play at 12:00pm tomorrow – High Noon – to continue play. The prize pool hasn’t been released yet by tournament staff, but it’s a sure thing that the money bubble will be reached tomorrow on Day 2, as play will continue for 10 40-minute levels tomorrow. The chip leader to start the day is the leader from Day 1A, Jerry Joseph Jaber, with players from Days 1B and 1C rounding out the rest of the top 10. The online Day 1 leader, Mat Aymerich, will start in 12th position by chip count on Day 2. Good luck to everyone on Day 2! The post Playground 200 Day 2 seating draw (with […]
Moreau rushes to the finish line
Day 1B attracted 222 entries, substantially more than last night’s flight. The last starting flight for this edition of the Playground 200 starts at 11:00am tomorrow morning, and the guarantee will be met when the first card is pitched. Tonight, the Day 2 field was doubled. Its chips leader is still Jerry Joseph Jaber, surprisingly. Bigger fields usually produce bigger bags, but tonight was different. Chips were volatile, and many leaders had to step down from their position, instead of reinforcing it. It was the case for Mingzhe Zhang and Martin Gélinas, who were both on their way to send commanding stacks to Day 2, but had to settle for a wobbly qualification. Richard Moreau, who picked up some crazy speed in the last few levels, finished on top of Day 1B’s final standings, with 271,000 chips. George Ciucuireanu is not too far behind, with 264,500 chips. They rank 3rd and 4th on the […]