The highly anticipated $500 Heads-Up Tournament started today at Playground Poker. The event sold out very quickly and some were left without a seat in the tournament. Most who didn’t manage to claim their seat quickly forgot, however, and were able to enjoy some cash game action instead. Two familiar faces in the field were Gavin Smith and Montreal local Benjamin Leblond. This tournament comes during the Playground Poker Classic which features something we don t see too often in Canada, a massive $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack, the signature event of the series set to square off on Saturday with potentially up to $360,000 in prize money up for grabs and the winners receiving special championship bracelets.

It’s been an exciting week at Playground Poker Club. The action has been hot during the Playground Poker Classic and it’s about to get event hotter this weekend with a $500 Heads-Up Tournament set to start today and something we don’t see too often in Canada a massive $3000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack the signature event of the series set to square off on Saturday with potentially up to $360000 in prize money up for grabs and the winners receiving special championship bracelets. You can expect to see some of Canada’s top poker pros in the house including Eric Cajelais and Gavin Smith who has been here all week and already took down the $100 Deep Stack Turbo on Wednesday. In some of the recent tournaments this week Michael K. won the $300 NLHE Bounty tournament on Thursday and pocketed a cool $5300 to join the Winner’s Circle at Playground and […]

The first Playground Poker Classic is underway in Montreal and is running from April 29 to May 16 with a series of tournaments leading up to the signature tournament of the series, the $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack with an estimated prize pool $360,000 for this event. Since opening its doors last December, Playground Poker has become a favourite poker destination for players. There is a $5,000 Guaranteed Freebuy taking place this Friday May 6 at 7:30 PM, which is a great opportunity for players who would like to get the full Playground Poker experience for the first time. Playground is also running a series of satellites into the $3,000 Deepstack event. The team from CanadaPoker.com will be there this weekend to capture the action and several well-known poker pros are also expected to be in attendance. We hope to see you there. Playground Poker Classic Schedule Saturday May 7 […]

Playground Poker Club wanted to make sure all the players in Montreal had all the poker action their hearts could desire, hosting the 3rd and largest of its sell-out DeepStack tournament poker events. This time bumping it up to $1,000 buy-in, players started with huge stacks of 30,000 chips and generous 45-minute levels for the two-day event. Attracting almost 200 players, Day 1 played well into the night with cash games of all sizes filling the poker room as fast as tournament tables broke. WSOPE bracelet winner Erik Cajelais was among the 37 players who advanced to Day 2 but found himself crippled when the player he was running a bluff on tabled Pocket Aces. With a first prize set at just under $50,000, the final table was hard fought and eventually a 3-way deal was struck. The chip leader at the time Michael Lawson secured a sweet payday taking […]

Playground Poker Club is in the midst of finalizing the details of Canada’s Largest Poker Series due to take place sometime in May Poker Players from all over Eastern Canada will convene at Playground for a series of events to take place over a two week period. No other Poker Room or gambling establishment anywhere in Quebec or Canada has ever offered a schedule like this. There will be an event for everyone, even the new player looking to get his feet wet with a Freebuy. Low buy-in tournaments and events for the poker aficionado will be in the line-up. The full schedule will be released in the coming weeks with updates on Twitter and Facebook. See you at the tables,-Playground Poker Club Team