Don’t forget that there will be Satellites to the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup running most of the week. There’s a $100 + $10 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy/Add-on tonight at 8pm with 2 Seats Guaranteed which is filling up quickly.
Check the schedule for more information – and if you don’t qualify through one of the scheduled Satellites, you can always try your hand at a single-table Sit N Go – put your name on a list at the Cash Game Brush Desk.
The prize pool for Event 1 has been announced! There were a total of 1439 entries over the 4 starting flights of Event 1 of the PokerStars Canada Cup, which adds up to a huge prize pool totalling $188,437.00! This will be distributed according to the following payout table.
| Finish | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $36,230 |
| 2 | $22,597 |
| 3 | $16,260 |
| 4 | $11,960 |
| 5 | $8,810 |
| 6 | $6,500 |
| 7 | $4,780 |
| 8 | $3,520 |
| 9 | $2,600 |
| 10-12 | $1,920 |
| 13-15 | $1,620 |
| 16-18 | $1,370 |
| 19-21 | $1,160 |
| 22-24 | $990 |
| 25-27 | $840 |
| 28-36 | $710 |
| 37-45 | $640 |
| 46-54 | $560 |
| 55-63 | $500 |
| 64-72 | $450 |
| 73-81 | $390 |
| 82-90 | $350 |
| 91-99 | $320 |
| 100-126 | $280 |
| 127-162 | $240 |
Late registration of Day 1d is now closed, which means we have the final number of entries for Event 1 of the Pokerstars Canada Cup! The 447 entries from tonights flight brought the grand total up to 1439 entries, nearly doubling the $100K guarantee!
Here are the total entries per flight:
One of the most frequent things players comment on when describing their trip to Playground – after their bad beat stories and tourney recaps – is how clean and well-maintained everything is here.
Obviously this doesn’t happen by magic – but people would be surprised to learn of the effort that goes into keeping things ready for players to have great poker playing experiences.
Every single time a table closes, without exception, one of the first things that happens it that it gets prepped for the next time it will be used.
A little-known poker fact? In most poker rooms, the desk where floor managers work and assign players to tables is usually called the “Brush Desk”. It got this name for a very simple reason – it’s where (traditionally) they actually stored the brushes used to clean the felt.
The preparation is complete! In just a few short minutes the PokerStars Canada Cup will get underway with the start of Day 1a of Event 1. The Club looks fantastic with its PokerStars livery everywhere, the Tournament Hall tables have all been re-felted, and now the players have arrived to kick off the event with a bang!
Event 1 is the traditional kick-off event for large-scale poker series’ here at Playground Poker Club – it’s a $135 + $15 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry with 4 starting flights, two today and two tomorrow (Saturday May 17th).
Good luck to all of the players in all of the events in this year’s PokerStars Canada Cup!
The PokerStars Canada Cup gets underway in under 24 hours with the start of Day 1a of Event 1 tomorrow at 11am. Poker players are notorious for being last-minute planners (myself included), and it’s right around now that a lot of players are rushing to try to get all the information they need to make their tournament series a success.
With that in mind, here are the top 10 ways to inform yourself about everything there is to know about the PokerStars Canada Cup!
The PokerStars Mega Overlay satellite was held last weekend and when the dust settled on Sunday, a whopping 34 seats to the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup were awarded! This includes 24 seats that were added from the 599 total entries in the 3 starting flights plus the 10 seats added to the prize pool by PokerStars.
These 34 seats double the number of live satellite seats that have been awarded to date and there are still 24 seats guaranteed in upcoming live satellites.
But that’s not all – there have also been 90 seats (so far) won in online satellites held by PokerStars. All tolled, the Main Event is likely to have at least 200 total satellite entries!
Don’t miss this fantastic new event at Playground Poker – play your way to a ticket in one of the satellites still to come!
Live Satellite Schedule (May 5th to 15th)
Live Satellite Schedule (May 16th to May 23rd)
The Tournament Hall at Playground Poker Club is really starting to come together in anticipation of the PokerStars Canada Cup. Here’s a pic of some of the new look.
Things are starting to look great in the Tournament Hall! #pokerstars #canadacup #pscc pic.twitter.com/tDPJA5riIW
— Playground Poker (@PLAYGROUNDPOKER) April 16, 2014
The PokerStars Canada Cup is coming soon – it’s just over 1 month away!
Here’s an ad promoting the event:
