The second match-up of the Party Poker Premier League is being played out as we speak, and features the following 8 players:
- Jonathan Duhamel
- Daniel Cates
- Jason Koon
- Dan Shak
- Phil Laak
- Brian Rast
- Vanessa Selbst
- Scott Seiver
Premier Poker League: Heat 2
2013/11/21 9:08pm by
Movember? Movember!
2013/11/21 12:28am by
In the past few years, Movember has become a very popular way of doing something in public to promote Men’s health. As we circulate among the tournament players, we’ve seen some amazing examples of the mustachio arts. We can’t be sure if these guys are actually raising money for the cause or just joining in the facial hair trend for fun – but either way, there’s some impressive growth out there.
We’ll be building on this gallery as the Fall Classic progresses…
Party Poker Premier League VII: Heat 1
2013/11/20 8:03pm by
Heat 1 of the Party Poker Premier League is underway tonight at Playground Poker Club. Tonight’s match-up includes the following 8 players:
- Jeff Gross
- Antonio Esfandiari
- Daniel Cates
- Sorel Mizzi
- Jason Koon
- Brian Rast
- Dan Colman
- Scott Seiver
The Premier League VII Starts Today!
2013/11/20 9:05am by
As if the Fall Classic and the second WPT Montreal weren’t enough, this week we’re also hosting the taping of the Premier League VII which starts today in the massive set that has been built in the Tournament Hall.
The Premier League is one of the greatest TV poker formats ever invented. Take a huge buy-in, a small roster of star players and a series of one-table tournaments and put them together and you get an amazing event with a huge prize pool guaranteed to entertain.
This year’s roster includes a few greats we know well at Playground: our friends (and Players Club members) Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, Brian Rast and Jeff Gross are all in the lineup and ready to play for the championship. There are also some legendary players we haven’t seen before: Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver, and Daniel “Jungleman” Cates, each of whom brings their best every time they sit at a table.
Rounding out the lineup are Montreal’s reigning crown prince Jonathan Duhamel, Super-Rec player Daniel Shak (a so-called “recreational” player with almost $6M in career tourney winnings), Jason Koon, Sorel Mizzi, and wunderkind Dan “mrGR33N13” Colman. If there’s one thing this format has proven in the past it’s that anyone can win, and there are likely to be fireworks along the way!
Action gets started at 6pm tonight when Match 1 gets underway featuring Gross, Esfandiari, Jungleman, Mizzi, Koon, Rast, Colman and Seiver. “League” matches will continue every day through Monday November 25.
For highlights of the Matchup Draw and launch party last night, plus a full list of the league matches, check out the story at CanadaPoker.com: PartyPoker Hosts WPT Montreal Party as Premier League VII Matchups are Drawn.
Welcome to the Fall Classic!
2013/11/18 10:22pm by
Welcome to the official Event Blog for the Playground Poker Fall Classic 2013 including the WPT Montreal!
This Event Blog is designed to be a central hub where you can get event information, photos, tournament updates and other material and follow the whole Fall Classic from beginning to end.
What you’ll find here includes:
- Event Photos (hosted at Flickr)
- Event News and Updates
- End-of-day chip counts
- Seating assignments (for multi-day events)
- Official MVP Standings
- Structure and Rules sheets for each event
- Final Event results
- …and more!
Just hours away…
2013/11/18 4:09pm by
The 2013 edition of the Playground Poker Fall Classic is set to kick off in just over 4 hours with Day 1a of Event 1, our traditional $135 + $15 3-Day tournament featuring 3 Day-1s and a $100K guaranteed prize pool!
Action is heating up rapidly as the festival approaches – it’s a Monday afternoon at 3pm but there are already 11 cash tables open with more to come as players arrive to buy their event tickets for tonight.
It’s always a good idea to buy your event tickets in advance, and the easiest (and least expensive) way to do that is at our cashier, which is open 24 hours a day. If you are arriving from out of town and want to be sure to secure your ticket, this year we have opened online purchasing for all Fall Classic events.
Players should be aware, though, that there is a 4% fee for online purchases. We have also had reports from players that some banks are treating these transactions like a cash advance – and adding their own fees and charging interest on the amount charged. Unfortunately, this is entirely out of our control so all we can do is pass along the information.
A purchasing strategy that players have used in the past is to buy their ticket for their first event online and then purchase tickets for additional events once they arrive and thus avoid any extra charges. That way you get the security of knowing that your first event seat is locked up but save money on fees and other charges from the bank.
Almost 150 seats for tonight’s starting day have already been sold, so if you’re going to play it would be a good idea to make your way to Playground Poker soon.
Largest Television Poker Production in Canadian History
2013/11/11 4:54pm by
Media Release
Monday November 11th, 2013
In the world of Canadian poker it seems like the month of November is becoming a historical one, all starting when the 2012 PartyPoker.net WPT Montreal set Canadian attendance records for an event with a buy-in over $1500. November of 2013 is shaping up to be another one for the history books as Playground Poker Club will host two of the largest Canadian events of the year – WPT Montreal and the PartyPoker.net Premier League VII. The two headline events are being held during the Playground Poker Fall Classic, running from November 18th-December 6th.
Participation in this year’s WPT Montreal is expected to be even higher than last year, but what’s even more interesting is the amount of broadcast quality poker programming being produced out of Playground. This year’s WPT Montreal main event will be fully televised, with all the bells and whistles of any mainstream TV production. The set will eat up close to 5400 square feet of floor space alone, not including the additional rooms for production crew and commentary. The main event will produce a minimum of 2 hours of HD poker programming with filming of the final table set to start at 4PM on December 5th.
In addition to the WPT Montreal main event, the PartyPoker.net Premier League Poker VII, one of poker’s most prestigious TV poker productions, will also be hosted at Playground Poker Club from November 20th to 26th. This WPT Special Event will see 12 of poker’s biggest names pony up 125K big ones for a chance at grabbing a piece of the $1.5M prize pool with a top prize of $400K. Montreal’s own Jonathan Duhamel will have home court advantage against the likes of Tony G, Vanessa Selbst, Sam Trickett, Dan Shak, Daniel “Jungleman” Cates, Greg Merson and Playground Players Club members Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak and Jeff Gross, and 2 players yet to be announced.
The PartyPoker.net Premier League VII will produce a minimum of 22 hours of television and will be syndicated all over the world. The WPT Montreal main event final table and the Premier League VII will produce a total combined 24 hours of poker television shot in Canada. The Premier League alone will produce more television content than any other poker event in Canadian history.
Poker players and fans of televised poker are encouraged to check out the action at Playground Poker Club, starting on November 20th. The WPT Montreal and Premier League VII are two world-class poker events that will attract huge fields and the biggest names in poker.
For more information on Playground Poker Club and the 2013 Playground Poker Fall Classic, visit www.PlaygroundPoker.ca.
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