Playground Poker & the 4th American Poker Awards

February 8, 2018December 4, 2018 | Playground

The 4th Annual American Poker Awards nominees were announced today, and Playground Poker Club figures prominently among the 54 total awards and nominees. The American Poker Awards will be presented on Thursday, February 22nd in Los Angeles.

Our most prominent nomination is in the Event of the Year category. The four final nominees include the partypoker MILLION North America – the only nominated event that was held outside of Las Vegas. This tournament ran from May 5th to 10th, 2017 and was a $5,300 NL Hold’em event that generated a total prize pool of $5,709,750.00 and included both Online (on partypoker) and Live elements in an innovative tournament format.

Playground Poker Club was also the site of one of the 4 nominations for Poker Moment of the Year: “Ema Zajmovic becomes the first female player to win an open event on the World Poker Tour.” This occurred in the WPT Playground, held from February 10th to 15th, 2017. Zajmovic had previously final tabled the WPT Montreal, and in the very next WPT we hosted, she plowed through a 380-player field to take the Championship!

Congratulations are due as well to GPI Female Player of the Year, partypoker Sponsored Pro Kristen Bicknell. Kristen plays in most of the big events we host, and as the only Canadian on the partypoker roster, we’re always happy to welcome her back to Playground Poker Club.

The remainder of the nominees and awards list released today is filled with our friends and colleagues from around the North American poker scene, and Playground Poker Club would like to extend a hearty congratulations to everyone who has been recognized. We’re looking forward to welcoming the whole poker world back to Playground in April for the partypoker MILLIONS North America, this time with a total of $15,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools!

Facebook Tweet

Happy Birthday Playground!
December 15, 2021 | Danny Beaudry
This Friday, December 17, it is our 11 year anniversary and to celebrate we are giving away $11,000 in cash prizes from 11:00am to 1:00am with High Hand payouts every 30 minutes. This celebration is not seeded from the BBJ, rather it’s funded entirely by Playground – This is our gift to you. We hope you join us in celebrating 11 amazing years of poker. Key points: Date: Friday, December 17, 2021 Time: 11:00am to 1:00am High Hand Payouts every 30 minutes. First qualifying period is from 10:30am to 10:59:59am Minimum qualifying hand is 2222x Omaha players qualify on the …
Proof of vaccination required in Kahnawake
August 31, 2021 | Danny Beaudry
As of Wednesday, September 1, 2021, ′Proof of Vaccination′ (′Vaccine Passport′) will be required for all guests entering the Playground Complex, including The Rail Coal Fire Bistro. This decision was made by the Public Safety Commission of Kahnawake and the MCK and applies to all non-essential businesses within the community of Kahnawake. And we, as a business, support and respect their decision. Guests will be required to show their VaxiCode (QR Code) on their smartphone prior to entering the premises. Guests who do not have the VaxiCode (QR Code) on their smartphone must show a PDF version on their phone …
Poker Returns to Playground
August 3, 2021 | Danny Beaudry
You don’t know what you got ‘till it’s gone and live poker at Playground has proven to be one of those things. You’ve waited long enough ,so let’s just cut to the chase and tell you what you all want to know. Poker will return after 515 days on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 9:00am. Phase one of our poker roll-out, like everything else that has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, will be gradual and will last a minimum of 2 weeks. The initial Phase will have a maximum of 20 cash game tables open, each table will be …
WPTDeepStacks Postponed
March 16, 2020 | Playground
Over the course of the last week, Playground implemented a series of measures to support the effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which culminated in a complete closure on Friday night at 11:59pm. Today, we announce that the WPTDeepStacks Montreal, on Playground’s event schedule from April 16 to April 27, 2020, is postponed indefinitely. The decision was taken in conjunction with our partners the World Poker Tour and partypoker LIVE. All of us are still very excited about the WPTDeepStacks Montreal and we wish to assure the community that the new dates will be made public as …
Closure Announcement
March 13, 2020 | Playground
After closely following the development of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on a daily basis, Playground feels that a suspension of activities is the wisest course of action at this time. The health and safety of Playground’s community, staff and players remains our top priority. In order to facilitate public health measures to combat the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Playground is announcing a temporary closure. Playground will cease all operations, as of 4:00am on Saturday, March 14. No new guests will be permitted on the premises after 11:59pm tonight. Playground will close and remain so until further notice. The Rail …