Last night at exactly 12:54AM, Eternal Lotus spread some major wealth again, as Joyce M took home the Grand Jackpot of $27,687.86! Joyce was spinning in one of our most popular sections, comprised of 8 identical machines called Fu Gui Rong Hua, which offer a choice of 2 games: Empress Gold and Eternal Lotus. The games are easy to spot, forming one of two sections where you can read the word Jackpot in big bright letters right above it. Our winner was playing Eternal Lotus, the same game that got Franco S a huge Jackpot of 28,791.93 in early February. Little did she know, she was about to walk on a very similar path. The game has four Jackpot levels: Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand. The grand Jackpot has climbed to $17,687.86, but Joyce, thanks to a specific combination of symbols, was awarded a $10K bonus to go with it! […]
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Rewind to the Highlights
Three months have gone by since the opening of the Electronic Gaming space, and over $1.3M were awarded in Jackpots. Out of all those happy winners – hundreds, literally! – two individuals stand out by the sheer size of the Jackpot amount that they won. Let’s take a second to relive the excitement! Largest EGD Jackpots to Date! $30,222.70 On the night of January 16, early in the evening, Luigi was casually playing one of our Quick Hit Platinum Plus games, when his session suddenly took a sharp turn: Luigi hit a HUGE $30,222.70 Jackpot! Our winner-to-be was spinning at 300 credits a pop, or $6, which is the game’s maximum bet. He got himself a few free spins, and one of them unlocked our biggest Jackpot to date! $28,791.93 Some 2 weeks later, in the night of February 1 to February 2, Franco hit our second biggest […]
May the most you wish for be the least you get!
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” -Jimmy Dean It is a special time of year. The snow is melting and St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. If ever there was a time to test your luck, it is now! And there’s no better place to put it to the test than Playground. With over 350 EGDs to choose from and complimentary drinks while you play, it is THE place to start (or finish) celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Here are some of the EGD titles that should be at the top of your list if you want to channel the luck of the Irish: Lucky Lady’s Charm Everyone should try the Lucky Lady’s Charm series, either Lucky Lady’s Charm deluxe or Lucky Lady’s Charm deluxe 6. In both of these […]
A Journey That Begins with a Single STEP
The premier event of the year, the MILLIONS North America, is on the horizon and the anticipation is building far and wide. Players from around the world are waiting impatiently for the May event to arrive, but none more so than the players who have already qualified for the Main Event at a fraction of the buy-in cost. Follow the qualifiers We look forward to bringing you the stories of a number of players who qualified early for MILLIONS North America through the STEP satellite system and sharing their excitement. There will be a series of features on early qualifiers rolled out in the coming weeks to let the poker community follow their journeys on the path to a chance at a life-changing score. Many qualifiers have advanced through the STEPs for as little as $90 and some are even free rolling! STEP by STEP The STEP satellites allow players […]
A third Jackpot in March!
Last night in the Original poker room, a Secondary Bad Beat Jackpot was won – the third Jackpot in March… so far! To date, each of the three different “flavours” of Jackpot have been hit this month – Omaha, Primary, and now the Secondary Jackpot. The hand occurred on table 12, which was a $2/$5 table with 9 players active. The button was on seat 7, which was occupied by Sylvie C. The action opened with a raise to $25 from Thai K. Kevin C, two seats over, reraised to $75. Sylvie and Thai both called. Flop: Action checked around. Turn: The first two players to act checked to Sylvie, who made a very small $35 bet into a $232 pot. the small sizing couldn’t entice Thai to stay – he folded. Kevin, on the other hand, chose to raise to $115. With action back on Sylvie, the reasoning behind […]
Spring Forward to Playground
Although the $1,000,000 in Jackpots milestone has come and gone, Playground is quickly making its way to the next milestone, thanks to an army of jackpot winners. Just 2 weeks after hitting the magic number, the total has grown to over $1,200,000! Three Reels, Two Winners, One Jackpot Nicole Laliberté, lucky half of a happy couple, unlocked a jackpot on one of our vintage machines, Triple Diamond. The three reels lined up perfectly to award a $2,500 jackpot, more than enough to make her afternoon! Her husband, who was by her side when the three diamonds unified, claims that his wife is a genuine good-luck charm. Triple Diamond, Ten Times Pay, White Hot 7s… our vintage machines may have a retro look, but they distribute Jackpots today. Three reels are all you need to align 3 symbols! A $12K Jackpot is good enough for Champagne Marc-André Hamel came […]
15 Main Event Seats Added!
MILLIONS North America, partypoker LIVE’s premier poker tournament series, is around the corner. Players are scrutinizing the schedule, making travel plans, and getting into MILLIONS shape! The first big guarantee comes with Event #2, the $1,100 Montreal Open. As if $1,000,000 in cash wasn’t enough of a guarantee, it was boosted with 15 MILLIONS North America seats, worth $10,300 each! $1,154,500 Guaranteed In that strange number lies the possibility of a true poker breakthrough. Finish in the top 15, and you will not only pocket a handsome cash prize, but you will also get a seat for Day 1B of the festival’s Main Event, taking place the following day! Care to play a major tournament with the kind of confidence that only a recent big score provides? Satellite Your Way In The Montreal Open offers seven starting flights, including a turbo flight. Unlimited same-day and next-day re-entries are permitted, giving […]
The Primary BBJ adds to the madness in March
The second Jackpot in the month of March has just been hit – this time it was the Primary Bad Beat Jackpot which had grown to almost $450,000! Added to the PLO Jackpot that was won a few days ago, March really is living up to its reputation that it comes in like a lion! The Jackpot hand occurred just after 11:00am on table 1 in the Original poker room. This was a $1/$2 table that had a full complement of 9 players. The hand opened with limps from 4 players until action was on Joey S, a Playground cash game regular, who raised to $13 from the small blind. John C called from middle position and the other players all folded – there were two players to the flop. Flop: The flop was a juicy one but Joey opened with a check. John bet $30 and Joey made the […]
A PLO Jackpot to start off March
The month of March is said to “come in like a Lion” and at least in terms of Jackpots, March 2019 looks like it’s living up to its billing. The Omaha Jackpot was hit recently, so the dollar value at stake wasn’t huge – $8,734 – but nevertheless, a jackpot is a jackpot no matter the amount! Play was on table 15 at 3:35am, which was a $2/$2 PLO table. There was one other PLO table active at the time. The action in the hand started when Claude A called the $5 straddle, following which there were 3 other calls plus a check from the player who straddled. 5 players went to the flop. Flop: Action checked around and the was dealt on the turn. The first 3 players to act all checked, and then Claude took the initiative and bet $10. Two players called and there were three players […]
The Playground Power Weekend, reinvented
March brings its own edition of the Playground Power Weekend, presenting an amazing blend of value-laden STEP Satellites and cash prize pools you will not want to miss, with over $275,000 in total guarantees! MILLIONS STEP Satellites If you haven’t secured a seat to the $10,300 MILLIONS North America yet, don’t delay any longer, because the festival is approaching faster than you think! The March Power Weekend comes with two more STEP 1 Satellites, each with 10 STEP 2 Seats guaranteed. Last month, these tournaments presented so much value that winning a STEP 2 seat was like shooting fish in a barrel. Your turn to claim an easy ticket! $400 + $40 STEP 2 – Saturday March 23 at 8:00PM $1,500 + $150 STEP 3 – Sunday March 24 at 7:00PM The Playground 500 An uncommon variation of our famous flagship event, the Playground 500 offers four Day […]
A breakthrough day for David Hamel
The February Power Weekend was a great series with plenty of action and lots of success stories, but none as inspiring as the one David Hamel presented us with on Sunday. David has been a tournament regular at Playground since the very beginning. He appears in Tournament Leaderboard standings from the earliest days of this promotion, and has had deep runs in big and small events going back several years. His Sunday started with a Day 3 appearance in the Playground 200, which turned into a final table appearance, and eventually he was heads-up for the Championship! He ended up coming 2nd in the event after a great heads-up battle – good for a $14,050 prize. But that’s not all! The top 3 players in the event were also awarded seats in that night’s MILLIONS North America STEP 3 satellite. Just minutes after his big result, David cashed his prize […]
$1,000,000 in Jackpots awarded!
Last night at 6:42PM, Jonathan Salvati was spinning Zhen Chan, one of our most popular titles. The Jackpot that he hit was special in a unique way: it brought the total amount of EGD Jackpots awarded to over $1,000,000! The lucky frog of Zhen Chan felt generous: Jonathan got into Free Game mode, and one of them unlocked a $1,249.32 Jackpot! Staff was standing by, ready for the Jackpot that would bring about the magic number. Confetti filled the space, and as promised, Champagne flowed… all players present were offered a glass! In the Electronic Gaming space, our goal was always to bring to a new clientele the same level of gaming experience that poker players of the whole region have grown accustomed to. $1,000,000 in EGD Jackpots awarded in just over 10 weeks prove that players responded positively and massively to our efforts. Players come for the variety of […]