The field is full of interesting and accomplished players both local and visiting – some of them notable for their past exploits here at Playground Poker Club, others for their excellent play in events both here and abroad, and some just due to the sheer force of their personality!
Here’s a partial list of some of the players to watch today:
- Chanracy Khun – 2013 WPT Barcelona champion, plus a member of the Playground Players Club.
- Alexandre Lavigne – Alex final tabled his first ever big live event (2013 WPT Montreal) and has had several other big scores here since then.
- Tony “Gameboy” To – won a 1K event here at Playground and has made several deep runs in other big events. Also – very memorable table presence!
- Marco Lang – accomplished tournament player who made a deep run in The $250 Frenzy in this Spring Classic.
- Bharat Shetty – has made several deep runs including in this year’s Wild $150 and a victory in a PLO event a few years ago.
- Kathy Sawers – well-known local tournament player, Event 2 Champion in this year’s Spring Classic.
- Randy Khalil – another well-known local player who has made deep runs in events at Playground stretching back to 2013.
- Rodney Ramalho – Montreal cash game specialist who had a tournament breakthrough in 2015, winning the Deepstacks Poker Tour’s Championship event in Calgary.
- Setrak Sulouksi – a huge local personality, Seto also has considerable poker skill, having won a $5K buy-in event here at Playground Poker Club in 2013.
- Edward Hislop – Edward seems to have nothing BUT deep runs in Playground-hosted events!
