After more than 4 weeks of tournaments and 75 unique “scoring events” in the 2017 World Cup of Cards, we have our top 10 in the Leaderboard Challenge! The top prize this year was impressive – a $10,000 Caribbean Poker Party package. In addition to this, and the weekly PowerFest prizes, the next 9 players on the Leaderboard Challenge final standings page will receive prizes as outlined below. Without any further delay – the results: 1st place: William Blais – 1,472.60 points – $10,000 Caribbean Poker Party package 2nd place: Jonathan Patrick Marrie – 1,350.36 points – $1,050 Caribbean Poker Party Final seat 3rd place: Paul Scott – 1,085.08 points – $1,050 Caribbean Poker Party Final seats 4th place: Shawn Daigle – 1,042.24 points – $109 Caribbean Poker Party Semi-Final seat 5th place: Matthew Wilkins – 989.94 points – $109 Caribbean Poker Party Semi-Final seat 6th place: Andrew Watt – […]
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Kevin Rivest claims the throne in the Canadian Poker Championships!
The Canadian Poker Championships has come to a close after an exhilarating journey, in which players from all over the world and of all calibers of play gathered together to compete for the lion’s share of a $2,000,000 prize pool. Part of the World Cup of Cards at Playground Poker Club, this $2,000 + $200 NL Hold’em Re-entry event was composed of a healthy mix of recreational and professional players. With so many Phase 1 feeders, for which players were able to satellite into for as little as $2.20 on partypoker, this tournament gave the opportunity for any player to join the field and play for life-changing money, regardless of their bankroll. Over 336 entries were booked into Day 1 for $220 or less (spawning from 2,801 Phase 1 buy-ins), and an additional 563 direct buy-ins were made, bringing the total number of entries up to 899. The money bubble […]
Charles La Boissonnière Crowned Champion of the Playground 1000!
The Playground 1000 was the 20th event in the World Cup of Cards, and a total of 867 entries took place for this tournament which boasted a $1,000,000 guarantee. Starting flights were available online at partypoker and live at Playground Poker Club, with all qualifiers reunited on Monday evening for Day 2. The top 100 players secured themselves a payout, with a staggering $200,000 top prize set aside for the eventual winner. Once Day 3 was complete, 24 players were still in the race and they returned to the felts for Day 4 to play down to a winner. As play neared the final table, it was Donghai Lu who was leading the way with a considerable chip lead. Alexander Puchalski (9th – $10,000) and Aaron Czaja (8th – $15,000) were eliminated in the first few orbits of the final table, and shortly after Jason Mandanici-Turcot stormed up the leaderboard […]
The $1.22M Jackpot has been won!
One of the elements that was responsible for a ton of the buzz at Playground Poker Club as the World Cup of Cards began was the huge Bad Beat Jackpot. The Primary BBJ had grown to over $1.22M over the past several months of cash game play… until August 17th at about 5:30pm, when the huge jackpot was finally hit as a runner runner straight flush in spades to the Queen beat Quad Jacks. The Primary BBJ at Playground Poker Club is a progressive jackpot that starts at $250,000. The minimum qualifying hand starts at Quad Aces and goes down every 4 weeks to a minimum of Quad 8s. The qualifying hand had been at that lowest qualifying hand level for many weeks and the Jackpot kept growing. According to the players, the hand was played pretty slowly. Preflop, there was a raise and two calls, so three players saw […]
New and Improved Client Software available now from partypoker
In the past few days, partypoker has released upgrades to its desktop and mobile clients. The lobby and game play interfaces have both been improved in this first round of updates – making it more of a pleasure than ever to play on partypoker! The changes were made after gathering feedback from a wide range of players. The thing that stands out the most about both the lobby and table updates is the darker colour scheme, which will be easier on the eyes for players and big improvement for those playing long sessions. As well, the simplified one-click lobby has been removed and all of the attention now goes to the traditional lobby view. Very few players were reported to have used the simplified lobby – and now, improving the traditional view will be the focus of continuing development. In this update, filters have been made collapsible to provide more […]
Golden Ticket Fridays – over $50,000 in Prizes up for Grabs!
There’s a new promotion at Playground Poker Club running every Friday from July 28th to September 1st from 12:00pm to 12:00am – Golden Ticket Fridays! The concept is simple: every player that makes the designated hand* will be given the opportunity to select one of 10 gift boxes – the contents of the box the player chooses will be his or her prize! Once the selection has been made, we’ll spin the wheel once more to determine the next qualifying hand!** It’s that easy! What can you win?*** A World Cup of Cards partypoker Passport worth $3,520 Canadian Poker Championship Phase 1 Seats Grand Prix Canada Day 1 Seats Caribbean Poker Party Semi-Final Seats And much, much more! In addition, there’s an amazing Grand Prize – A $10,000 Caribbean Poker Party Package! To win the Grand Prize, a player must collect one each of the three Golden Tickets in the […]
The World Cup of Cards returns to Playground Poker Club
The World Cup of Cards is back for its second year, and this year’s edition promises to be bigger and better than ever! Running from August 13th to September 13th, the WCC features over $6,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools in events designed to appeal to players of all experience levels. With tournaments of all sizes spread out throughout the month, the World Cup of Cards is all about giving players what they want – fun events, variety, huge guarantees, and a ton of value for their poker-playing dollar. For the second year in a row, one of the highlights of the WCC is the number of non-Hold’em events on the schedule. Of the 36 events in this 2nd edition of the WCC, 11 will be played in “other” games, including PLO8, Crazy Pineapple, and the popular “Roll the Dice” 6-game mixed tournament. There are also several alternative NL Hold’em formats […]
Spring Classic 2017 – a success in a MILLION ways!
After 16 days of non-stop poker action, the Playground Poker Spring Classic has come to a close. From April 25th through May 10th, poker players from around the world gathered at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, just outside of Montreal, to play the game they love and compete for huge prizes! The first event in this year’s Spring Classic was the first of three partypoker LIVE events – the $200 + $20 Grand Prix Canada. With a total of 28 starting Day 1s that began on February 12th on partypoker, this $500,000 Guaranteed event managed to attract a massive 2,570 entries! The Grand Prix Canada Champion was Cassidy Battikha, who took home $84,050.00 for his efforts in the tournament. With the Grand Prix Canada completed, the other side events in the Spring Classic got underway, including 5 events with $220 to $330 buy-ins in several formats: PLO, Bounty, Survivor, and 5-Card […]
The return of the Spring Classic
The Playground Poker Spring Classic is back for 2017 and it’s bigger and better than ever with two new major events presented under the partypoker LIVE banner including the partypoker Million North America – which boasts the largest prize pool guarantee in Canadian poker history! The first partypoker LIVE event in North America is the Spring Classic kickoff tournament: the $200 + $20 Grand Prix Canada. With a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool, it’s by far the largest Event #1 in Playground Poker festival history, and with a $220 total buy-in, it offers players an incredible value. The best part? Players didn’t have to wait for the Spring Classic to play – the Grand Prix Canada has already begun! Online Day 1s have been running since February and there are already a bunch of players that have qualified for Day 2. There’s still plenty of time to join the event, though […]
Ema Zajmovic makes history by winning WPT Playground!
History has been made once again at Playground Poker Club! After 34 levels of play spread across 4 action-packed days, Ema Zajmovic plowed through a field of 380 entries and joined an elite group of players by claiming the title of Champion at the partypoker.net WPT Playground. Ema has also just become the first woman to have won a WPT title in an open championship event, securing nearly a quarter million in earnings along the way. The World Poker Tour Main Tour returned to Playground Poker Club for the third time this season in its 20 stop program. This time the structure was a little different compared to previous visits to Kahnawake, as there were only 2 starting flights to the $3,200 + $300 NLHE event. However a single same-day re-entry was permitted on top of the usual next-day re-entry formula. A combined total of 380 entries joined the event, […]
Playground to Crown its first Millionaire!
Playground Poker Club is pleased to announce the launch of a major new event on the Canadian and global poker scene: the partypoker Million. The Million, sponsored by partypoker, is a multi-phase tournament that will culminate with a $5,000 + $300 event to be hosted at Playground Poker Club in May 2017. Boasting a $5,000,000 Guaranteed prize pool including a Canadian-first $1,000,000 guarantee for the first place winner, the partypoker Million will be one of the largest events in the history of Canadian poker. The Final Phase will be hosted in May, but players don t have to wait until the spring to jump in the action. The partypoker Million features multiple online and live phases working together to lead to the ultimate goal of competing for the Million dollar first prize. The tournament gets underway as early as December 16th with the Live $500 + $50 Phase 1 tourney […]
Lefrançois Crowned Champion of the High Roller
Pascal Lefrançois has won the $10,000 + $400 NL Hold’em High Roller event in the 2016 Playground Poker Fall Classic presented by partypoker.net! Lefrançois secured the victory by beating Mark Radoja in heads up play after the two of them had dispatched the 39 other players vying for the title. For his victory. Lefrançois won $128,000, the winner’s share after a deal had been concluded with 2 players remaining. Pascal Lefrançois and Mark Radoja played heads-up for about a half-hour. For those two to end up playing heads-up was a natural outcome, as they had played a lot of hands together since the formation of the final table. They were constantly testing each other in a variety of different scenarios, as if to prepare for the match to come. They started the heads-up match with even stacks, and were playing for $8,000.00, having split the rest of the pool evenly. […]