The 2017 WPT Montreal has come to a close with Montreal's own Maxime Heroux emerging as the Champion. Along with a massive $384,150 payout, the title comes with the Playground Poker Fall Classic Champion’s Belt, a spot on the WPT Champion’s Trophy, a US$15,000 seat to the WPT Tournament of Champions, a stunning Hublot watch, and of course poker immortality as a WPT Champion. Past champions in this event have been Mike Sexton (2016), Jared Mahoney (2015), Jonathan Jaffe (2014), Derrick [More...]
Event #16 – $135 NL Hold’em Bounty
Pierre-Olivier Adam wins Event #16
Event #16 was the first of 2 Bounty Events today. This one started at 12:00pm, and had a $100 + $10 + $25 buy-in. 126 players showed up for this bounty hunt, and played all afternoon for a chance to put their hands on the Champion's Trophy. When play got to the money, Pierre-Olivier Adam was already the chip leader, and never let go of his position. A few familiar faces were seen on the final table, including Jean-Pascal Gauthier, Isham Yamani, Olivier Lamarre, Gary Lucci, Mitchael Ferguson [More...]
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Event #17 – $330 NL Hold’em Bounty
Our $200 +30 + $100 Bounty Champion: Donald Abdelhay
Event #17 was the last of the Playground Poker Fall Classic. The series crowned 17 Champions, including former World Champion Jonathan Duhamel who took down the High Roller Event, and Maxime Héroux, a local hero who is now the happy owner of the WPT Montreal title and the coveted belt that comes with it. It was a feast of many, professional players and amateurs alike. The last Event was played tonight, a $200 + $30 + $100 Bounty tournament that welcomed 235 bounty hunters, an amazing but not [More...]
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Event #12 – High Roller 8-Max Re-entry
Jonathan Duhamel crowned the High Roller champion!
The High Roller was Event #12 in the Playground Poker Fall Classic, and featured a $10,000 + $300 buy-in with a $300,000 guarantee. Players were allowed unlimited re-entries leading up to the start of Day 2, and once registration was closed there were a total of 29 entries, one shy of the guarantee. Some of the biggest names in poker took part in this 2-day event, including Bryn Kenney, Jonathan Duhamel and Darren Elias to name a few. When play wrapped up after Day 1, there were 14 players [More...]
