The players have taken their seats and cards are now in the air for the $1000 + $100 WPT Warm-up! 153 players have registered so far, but with late registration open until the end of level 6, there’s still a lot of time for players to join in the action.

The starting stack is 25K and blinds for Day 1 are 45 minutes long. Play will continue for 13 levels today and then the players will bag their chips to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 12pm. Tables are starting 10-handed but will move to 9-handed tables as soon as possible.

Good luck!

In just under an hour, players will take their seats for the first of the larger buy-in events in this year’s Playground Poker Fall Classic. According to Twitter and Facebook, several “name” pros have already arrived in Montreal, so we may see a few of them in this event as players get acclimatized to their surroundings before the WPT Montreal Main Event.

Regardless, an hour before play begins there are already 66 players registered, and considering that poker players are famous for arriving at the last minute for their events, it’s shaping up to be a very strong field in terms of participation for Event 4.

The WPT Warm-up is a 3-day freezeout event, meaning that there are no re-entries or rebuys available – it’s the classic formula for a poker tournament. Re-entry events are great for building fantastic prize pools, but there’s something inherently exciting about a true freezeout tournament.

Late registration is extended for 6 levels for this event (45-minute blinds on Day 1), so players have until 5pm to jump into the action.