In celebration of Playground Poker Club's 6th Anniversary, the club hosted a series of specials and events for their players, including The Extravaganza - a $90 + $10 multi-flight tournament which featured a massive $100,000 guarantee. A total of 10 starting flights were scheduled from which players funnelled into Day 2. With a total of 993 entries recorded, 101 players managed to earn a seat into Day 2, securing a cash prize along [More...]
Extravaganza
Heads-up: Anthony-Paul Belle-Isle vs Brian Massender
The Extravaganza is now down to heads-up play, as Anthony-Paul Belle-Isle and Brian Massender are facing off for the win, which is accompanied by a cool $17,570 cash prize. No alterations have been made to the prize pool as of yet. Anthony-Paul begins heads-up action with the 2-to-1 chip lead, as his 10-million stack doubles that of his opponent. Congratulations on your deep run, and good luck! [More...]
Tina collects 3rd place
Anthony-Paul Belle-Isle limped his small blind, and Tina checked her big blind option. With 
showing on the flop, Anthony-Paul checked and Tina bet 175K. Anthony-Paul raised to 505K, and after a short moment of silence Tina moved all-in for a little over 3-million - finding a call from her opponent.
Anthony-Paul: 
Tina: 
Anthony-Paul's two-pair held for the win as the turn 
and river 
brought no [More...]
partypoker Million
The Million – Phase 1 Dec 16 final counts
The first Phase 1 tournament of the partypoker Million has come to a close and after over 20 levels of play, 17 players have claimed an entry - and a starting stack - in the Million $5,000 + $300 tournament to be held in early May here at Playground Poker Club. Congratulations to all of these winners! [More...]
Phase 1 is a wrap
Georges Hallak was our shortest stack by quite a bit, with only 132K (just over 3 blinds) to himself after folding his big blind. The very next hand, he went all-in from the small blind after everybody else went out of the way, holding 
. Ara Asatoorian made the 92K call from the big blind, with 
. When the 
board was opened, a round of applause was heard.
$20 per [More...]
Hand-for-hand
The last 18 players have now formed the last two tables, and are playing hand-for-hand. One elimination from now, Phase 1 will be over. The excitement is palpable. [More...]