This morning was bright and sunny, though a little chilly, but there’s nothing like a Jackpot to make a chilly day a little warmer and a sunny day a little brighter! The action that brought about the Secondary Jackpot was on table 4, which at the time was a $1/$2 table. Preflop, the action was limped around to Shawn S in the small blind, who raised to $16. There were two callers: Stephane S (utg+1) and Ryan W (cutoff). The dealer laid out the flop. Flop: Shawn led out for $20 and both of the other players made the call. Turn: Shawn led out once again, this time for $85. Stephane raised to $200 and Ryan came over the top with an all in raise to $374. The action was back on Shawn, who announced that he had to check his horoscope for advice – and made the call. Stephane […]
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A Huge Jackpot Week
It was an unbelievable week at Playground: $138,985.12 were paid out in EGD Jackpots… a true whirlwind of riches! We remember our friend Franco Sicondolfi, who hit $28,791.93 at the wee hours of Saturday morning, last weekend. And of course, we also remember Roger Thifault whom, that same weekend, on Sunday, won 3 Jackpots in one day. Well, guess what. Roger struck again yesterday, for $1,516! One question is on everybody’s mind: What does Roger eat for breakfast? Many other guests had a wonderful day at Playground in the last week. On Friday, February 1, Colin Bird was enjoying a free glass of wine while playing a Quick Hit machine, when a free game triggered a $7,507.80 Jackpot! On Monday, February 4, Line Carrier found herself the happy winner of a $13,274.26 Jackpot! She was playing 5 Treasures, a game with 4 progressive Jackpots: Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand. She […]
One man, three Jackpots!
For Roger Thifault, Sunday was one to remember for a very long time. Roger spent the afternoon in our Electronic Gaming space, enjoying the level of entertainment and gaming experience that can only be found at Playground. At some point in the afternoon, Roger found himself the happy winner of a $3,230 Jackpot. A Playground attendant hand-paid him the amount, part of which was used to keep spinning our EGDs for a while. Why not! After all, playing on profits is pretty fun! Guess what happened next. He hit another $3K+ Jackpot! The exact amount was $3,052. Roger could not believe it! Of course, he kept pressing, in case Lady Luck felt like sticking around a bit more… and she did! $1,218 were waiting around the corner, to complete a rare trifecta! Mr. Roger Thifault, you are the man of the hour!
Another Jackpot during the WCC
The World Cup of Cards is in full swing, and even with all of the action in the tournaments, cash games are not being left behind at all – not only is the cash game action fierce and sustained, but tonight, another Bad Beat Jackpot was hit – this time the Secondary BBJ for Hold’em. The action went down in a huge pot on table 10, which tonight is a $2/$5 NL Hold’em table. There was a dead button as a player had just been called for his table change, and the sb and bb were on seats 8 and 9, respectively. Preflop, there two limps and then Gilbert Y raised to $25 from the bb. Both players who had limped in made the call, and it was 3 way to the flop. Flop: Gilbert and the player in Seat 5 both checked and Ibrahim H led out with a […]
A huge late-night Jackpot!
Last night at 1:54AM, Franco Sicondolfi hit our second biggest EGD Jackpot to date! He was playing Eternal Lotus, betting $8.80 per spin, when four identical symbols appeared on his screen, along with this message: JACKPOT! CALL ATTENDANT / 28,791.93 CAD Franco is well know at Playground – he has been rounding our tables since the first year – as an experienced poker player and an all around gentleman. He is usually a man of few words, but enjoys a good laugh with his table mates. The whole Playground staff is very happy that he found good fortune in the Eternal Lotus. Congratulations!
The huge PLO Jackpot has been won
We often say that there’s a special excitement when a Bad Beat Jackpot is hit during one of the premier poker festivals we host at Playground – and that goes double when a Jackpot grows beyond the norm… like when the PLO Jackpot recently surpassed the $100K mark! That was the exact situation at Playground at around 1:00am on January 29, when on table 43, a $2/$2 PLO table, a hand developed that would prove to meet the requirements for the Jackpot! Calvin L (seat 2) opened the action in the hand with a raise to $10, which was followed by folds all around to seat 8, which was occupied by the player known best as Agi. He called, and the hand was heads up to the flop. Flop: The action on the flop went check-check, and the dealer put ou the on the turn. Agi opened with a bet […]
Over 150 Jackpot Winners!
Since the Playground Electronic Gaming space opened on December 13, over $625K were paid in Jackpots alone. In just six weeks, over 150 guests were hand-paid a sum of at least $1,000, including Luigi B, winner of our biggest Jackpot to date: $30,222.70! This week, our 3 biggest Jackpots were hit within a 24-hour period. On Tuesday night, Guylaine Gregory was playing Quick Hit Platinum Plus, betting $6 per spin. At 9:24PM, her screen showed 8 Quick Hits and filled with golden coins. Moments later, she was hand-paid $4,382.82! The following afternoon, a gentleman by the name of Pierre was also spinning Quick Hit Platinum Plus, the same version of the Quick Hit game that paid Guylaine a handsome amount. He was also max-betting at $6 a pop, and at 4:24PM, became the proud winner of $4,380.20. A few hours before that, a young man named Jonathan Boulay was playing […]
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A Secondary BBJ to warm up a cold morning
This morning, just after 7:00am, a group of players found themselves in a hand that will not only warm up a very chilly day, but will put some jackpot dollars in their pockets as well! The action went down at table 12, which at the time was playing at stakes of $2/$5. There was substantial preflop action as a player opened with a limp, followed by a raise and a call of $20. Nhan T then 3bet to $75 – action that was followed by Jean K’s 4bet to $275. The players folded back to Nhan, who shoved. Jean made the call. Nhan: Jean: It was stack-on-stack with black Kings against red Aces, and both players got a nice taste on the flop: – now the hand was set-over set and the jackpot potential was plain for everyone to see. Turn: The turn card was a brick, but the river […]
EGDs – the biggest Jackpot week to date!
Last weekend was by far the busiest since our Electronic Gaming space opened its doors to the public. Playground welcomed and signed up hundreds of new guests. News of the best customer service north of Vegas and the highest payout rate in Canada travels fast! Playground’s Electronic Gaming Devices have been rather generous this week, giving out a total of $133,349 in Jackpots alone! Since last Friday, 44 Jackpots were hit, including our biggest to date, worth $30,222.70! A few other notable Jackpots: On Saturday the 12th, Normand Turenne was betting $4 a spin on 50 Mega Clover, a 5-reel game with 50 fixed lines, when he hit a $4,242.40 Jackpot! The very next day, Dominic Tremblay was paid out a cool $10,000 sum, the second biggest of the week. He was playing Fruits ‘n Royals at the far end of the room. Last night at 2AM, Quick Hit […]
Our biggest Jackpot to date!
Last night, early in the evening, Luigi B. 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! At exactly 7:25PM 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! Luigi and his wife were each handed a glass of champagne (along with a nice chunk of change) to celebrate the win, and the rest of the bottle was shared among the neighbouring guests. Congratulations Luigi!