The 44th World Series of Poker has been running since the end of May in Las Vegas and so far Canadian players and Montreal-based players ‘-and members of our Players Club ‘-have continued to do very well in the annual tournament series. After a great start to the series, the biggest news of the summer (so far) for Quebec poker was Jason Duval’s bracelet in Event #28, a $1500 No Limit Hold’em tournament. Jason is well known at Playground after his fantastic performances in events here, including final tables of two of the three biggest events in the Playground Poker Spring Classic in May. Amazingly enough, Duval followed up his bracelet win with another strong finish in Event #34, the WSOP’s first-ever Turbo tournament. Players Club member Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller has continued to post great results ‘-during the second half of the WSOP he notched a 3rd place in Event […]

The 44th World Series of Poker has been running since the end of May in Las Vegas and so far Canadian players and Montreal-based players ‘-and members of our Players Club ‘-have been doing extremely well! The Series started with a solid performance by frequent Playground player Garen who came 28th in Event #2. Another frequent player here, Ami Alibay, followed this up with a fantastic 8th place finish in Event #4. The Millionaire Maker (Event #6) didn’t see any new Playground millionaires, but two regular tournament players here managed to cash in the humongous tournament ‘-Eric Afriat and Carlo Nini. Congratulations to everyone ‘-although we know that each of you (like all poker players) would have preferred an even better result! Players Club members have also had a strong Series so far. Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller nabbed a 3rd place finish in Event #8 (8-Game Mix) and Gavin Smith placed […]

Poker News has published a two-part article naming the top ten Canadian sports legends that also love to play poker. Two of Playground Poker’s Players Club members-Guy Carbonneau and Vincent Damphousse-made the list in 6th and 4th place respectively. Read the articles at Poker News: Canadian Sports Heroes That Love Poker ep.1 Canadian Sports Heroes That Love Poker ep.2 “

Playground Poker’s Players Club member Jonathan Roy has snagged third place in the World Poker Tour World Championship. The winner of the first ever WPT Montreal last November, Jonathan navigated a very tough field of 146 players over the course of 5 days to make it to the 6-handed Final Table. Action on the Final Table got underway at 4pm PDT with Jonathan in third place by chip count (1.9M) and playing in Seat 1, to the left of massive chip leader David “Chino” Rheem (5.495M). Also on the final table were David Peters (1.085M), Erick Lindgren (3.355M), Brandon Steven (1.21M), and Matt Hyman (1.56M). Some of the star power had left the tournament when Daniel Negreanu finished on the Final Table bubble, but the remaining 6 players were all experienced players with resumes to match. With his third place finish, Jonathan won US$421,800. As well, the 1100 WPT Player […]

When a poker player wins a WPT Championship, the prize package includes an entry in the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The World Championship is underway this week, and going into Day 4 of the 7 day event, the two champions of WPT events held at Playground Poker are both among the leaders with just 24 players left in the field. Amir Babakhani, the winner of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship earlier this month, is the current chip leader with 1,220000 chips (122 big blinds). Playground Poker Players Club member Jonathan Roy, the winner of the inaugural WPT Montreal in November 2012, is sixth with 824000 chips (82 bb). The remaining field is very strong, as usual for this event. Jonathan will start the day on table 33 along with such players as Andrew Lichtenberger (aka luckychewy), Chino Rheem, Jake Cody, and Andy Frankenberger. Amir starts […]

Playground Players Club member Chanracy Khun has defeated a field of 249 players to win the bwin WPT Barcelona and the top prize of €200,000! The event, held from the 5th to the 10th of April at the Casino Barcelona, featured some of Europe and North America’s poker greats including several past WPT champions. Also in the field were fellow Players Club member Benjamin Leblond and Playground regular Terry Flood. Chanracy made his big move on Day 3, which started with just 42 players out of the overall field of 249. He started the day with 98,500 (33 BB) – below the chip average – but by the end of the day he had chipped up to 838,000 (140 BB), good for the second best stack going into Day 4. Day 4 started strong for Kuhn and except for a hiccup when he doubled up another player, he kept his […]