Event 5 in the Playground Poker Montreal Festival is a $60 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Single Rebuy tournament that started at 12pm. One rebuy is available to players anytime during the first four levels, and it’s available to any player that busts or has less than T3,000 in play.
The event is now in level 2 and there are 65 players seated with more expected via late registration, which closes at the end of the break following level 4.
Good luck to everyone in the event!
Felix Sides made some magic happen here in the heads-up battle of Event 4, as he has just doubled three times in a row to take the win!
On the first hand, we saw Felix make a flush with 
versus Michael’s 
on a 
board (the chips went in on the flop, with Michael being the aggressor).
On the second, he once again made a flush, this time with 
versus 
on a 
.
In the last hand, all the chips went in preflop, with Felix holding 
, and Michael 
. The board ran once again in Felix’s favour, showing 
, and his comeback was complete!
Congratulations Felix!
Event 4 Champion: Felix Sides, $6,795
Event 4 Runner-Up: Michael Aflalo, $4,980
Last hand of play in Event 4
After a fairly short heads-up battle, it was Eddie Bangash who emerged as the champion of this first event of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival! He managed to navigate through a field of 1,401 entrants to claim the $32,100 first prize, and is now the proud owner of a Playground Poker Montreal Festival bracelet!
Congratulations Eddie! We hope to see you at the Main Event!
Event 1 Champion: Eddie Bangash, $32,100
Event 1 Runner-Up: Robert Amireault, $21,581
Last hand of play in Event 1
By the time play reached heads-up between Alexandre Miron and Mofei Wang, the chips were split fairly evenly between the two players. It didn’t take long for both players to get their chips into the middle, at the end of it all it was Alexandre Miron who had possession of all the chips in play!
Congratulations Alexandre!
Event 3 winner: Alexandre Miron, $1,569
Last hand of play in Event 3
Event 3 runner-up: Mofei Wang, $1,160
It only took one hand for the final table of Event 2 to be over! The 10 final tableist decided they wanted to do an even chop, but were told that 5% of the prizepool has to be reserved for the winner in the event of a deal. They agreed to this, but then also made a gentlemen’s agreement to all go all-in blind on the first hand… Surely enough, the first hand was dealt, and all 10 players announced they were all-in!
It was finally Sylvain Cote, holding , who scooped the pot on a 
board, giving him the extra $500 prize on top of the $920 that everyone else received in the chop, as well as a Playground Poker Montreal Festival bracelet!
Congratulations Sylvain Cote!
Event 2 winner: Sylvain Cote, $1,420
Last hand of Event 2
With Event 2 set to end tonight and Event 1 playing down to a winner tomorrow evening, it’s time to reveal what they’re playing for!
Well… to be frank, like most poker players, they’re playing for the top share of the prize pool. But in addition to that, each event winner in the Playground Poker Montreal Festival will win a handsome and unique bracelet that they’ll be able to keep as a trophy of their victory in the tournament.
Here’s what it looks like!
Tonight’s event – the $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Shootout – has quickly become one of the most popular events among all of the side events we offer. Participation is limited to 100 entries with no alternates allowed because the format is slightly different than a normal freezeout. Each player will start on a table and must WIN that table to move on in the tournament. In a way, a shootout tournament is among the “purest” of tournament forms – you have to be successful in a full ring format and then, as players are eliminated, you have to be pretty good at shorthanded poker as well, until finally you are heads-up against your opponent – another distinct test of poker skills.
Every shootout we have ever run at Playground Poker has sold out before play begun, so if you’re interested in playing in the tourney you should aim to get to the Club as soon as possible.
Cards are in the air at 5pm!
With 1,401 total entries, the final prize pool for Event 1 in the Playground Poker Montreal Festival adds up to a massive $183,461.00! This will be paid out according to the following table.
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Finish,Prize
1,”$32,100.00″
2,”$21,581.00″
3,”$14,760.00″
4,”$12,200.00″
5,”$8,710.00″
6,”$6,690.00″
7,”$4,400.00″
8,”$3,390.00″
9,”$2,710.00″
10-12,”$1,940.00″
13-15,”$1,590.00″
16-18,”$1,220.00″
19-21,”$1,020.00″
22-24,”$930.00″
25-27,”$820.00″
28-30,”$770.00″
31-33,”$730.00″
34-36,”$690.00″
37-45,”$660.00″
46-54,”$600.00″
55-63,”$530.00″
64-72,”$470.00″
73-81,”$420.00″
82-90,”$380.00″
91-99,”$340.00″
100-108,”$330.00″
109-117,”$310.00″
118-126,”$290.00″
127-153,”$250.00″
154-162,”$230.00″
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In about 20 minutes players will take their seats for Day 1c of Event 1 in the Playground Poker Montreal Festival as today’s schedule is a virtual duplicate of yesterday, with 2 starting days running back to back at 11am (Day 1c) and 7:30pm (Day 1d).
Yesterday’s action in Days 1a and 1b saw a total of 665 players enter the tourney. Saturday afternoon events typically attract the largest number of players all week, so between today and tonight’s flights the event is a lock to sail right past the guaranteed $100,000 prize pool!
While the tournament is on, there are also a ton of cash games in action – yesterday it peaked at 28 full tables at stakes from $1-$2 to $5-$5. There’s something for everyone at Playground Poker Club on days like this (including some PLO, by the way)!
Players who wish to join one or both of today’s starting days should be aware that the published cap on entries is 400 players, so although we’ll seat as many alternates as possible, it would be a great idea to get to Playground on time for their event to make sure they’re able to play.
Event 1 of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival is underway!
The Tournament Staff have made the opening remarks to welcome the players who have been seated and made the traditional command do the dealers to “Shuffle Up and Deal” and with that, Day 1a of Event 1 has begun. As the clock begins to count down level 1 in the tourney, there are already 148 players seated, and with late registration open for about 2 hours still this morning that number is expected to climb quite a bit.
Players in Day 1a will play 13 30-minute levels and everyone who has survived to the end of the day will be qualified to return on Day 2 on Sunday. Players who don’t qualify through Day 1a will have three more opportunities to do so – Day 1b starts tonight at 7:30pm and Days 1c and 1d will go at 11am and 7:30pm tomorrow (Saturday).
Good luck!
