CAD $4 Million Guaranteed WSOP-C Playground Festival Announced

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
2 min read
Playground Poker Club

The Playground Poker Club in Montreal is gearing up to host a World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP-C) festival in August in conjunction with partypoker LIVE.

Seven events are scheduled between Aug. 19 and Sep. 3 with combined guarantees of CAD $4 million. Buy-ins for these seven events range from $330 up to $5,300 meaning there is a WSOP-C Playground tournament for everyone. Each event will award a coveted WSOP-C ring.

WSOP-C Playground Schedule

EventDatesBuy-in (CAD)Guarantee (CAD)
ColossusAug. 19-28$330$1,000,000
Main EventAug. 25- Sep. 3$1,100$2,000,000
Monster Stack FreezeoutAug. 27-28$660$150,000
Super High RollerAug. 29-30$5,300$250,000
CloserAug. 31 – Sep. 3$330$300,000
High RollerSep. 1-3$2,200$250,000
Pot Limit OmahaSep. 3$550$50,000

It is the Colossus that kicks off the festival on Aug. 19. This event has a massive CAD $1 million guarantee despite the buy-in being set at a mere CAD $330.

The Main Event follows the Colossus and runs between Aug. 25 – Sep. 3. Costing CAD $1,100 to enter, the WSOP-C Playground Main Event boasts a CAD $2 million guaranteed prize pool.

Other WSOP-C Playground events include a Monster Stack Freezeout, the Closer, a Super High Roller, a High Roller and a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.

partypoker LIVE is running a special promotion for the Main Event that will see one lucky player win CAD $50,000 cash on top of any tournament winnings.

The first 250 players to buy into the WSOP-C Playground Main Event with PP LIVE $$$ are entered into a last longer competition. Whoever is the last person standing from these 250 players will receive CAD $50,000 cash.

PP LIVE $$$ is the new currency used on the partypoker LIVE tour. Once won online at partypoker, PP LIVE $$$ can be used to buy into any partypoker LIVE tournament, including side events and satellites, or exchanged for travel and accommodation expenses. There are $500,000 worth of PP LIVE $$$ guaranteed every week at partypoker.

PP LIVE $$$ won are valid for two years before they expire and are forfeited

Download partypoker via PokerNews today, enter the bonus code “PNCOM” when making your first deposit and partypoker matches it 100 percent up to $500. You will also receive between $10 and $100 tournament dollars if you deposit at least $50. The table below shows how many tournament dollars you can receive from your initial deposit.

Deposit amountWelcome bouns
$50 to $99T$10
$100 to $199T$20
$200 to $299T$30
$300 to $399T$40
$400 to $499T$50
$500+T$100
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Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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