The CAD $3,500 buy-in, CAD $1.5 million GTD World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground Championship kicked off on Thursday and is the fruits of an already profitable competition at Montreal’s premier poker hotspot.
For example, from October 14-21, the CAD $590 buy-in, CAD $400K GTD WPT 500 Playground befell attracting 1,598 entrants over six beginning flights. That just about doubled the assure by making a CAD $799,000 prize pool.
On Day 3 of the match, the ultimate three gamers labored an ICM deal that noticed chip chief Travis MacMillan lock up probably the most cash whereas Dan Kashvin and Vadym Sienichkin every secured $72,315 in prize cash. Nevertheless, they performed it out for the WPT500 trophy in addition to a seat to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas this December.
WPT 500 Playground Closing Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis MacMillan | $100,860* |
| 2 | Dan Kashvin | $72,315* |
| 3 | Vadym Sienichkin | $72,315* |
| 4 | Linda Huard | $42,000 |
| 5 | Christopher Taylor | $32,000 |
| 6 | Samuel Bourque | $24,300 |
| 7 | John David | $18,700 |
| 8 | Matthew Pascarella | $14,500 |
| 9 | Yves Aubin | $11,400 |
*Denotes three-way ICM chop.
It marked a brand new career-high rating for MacMillan, who hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia. In line with the Hendon Mob, MacMillan’s earlier excessive rating of CAD $65,000 ($48,106 USD) got here when he completed runner-up to Ian Monahoyios within the 2023 Playground March Million Occasion #9: CAD $2,200 NLH Excessive Curler.
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Upcoming Occasions
Whereas the WPT Playground Championship performs all through the weekend and into subsequent week, it’ll be accompanied by loads of nice aspect occasions nonetheless on the schedule.
That features a one-day CAD $600 buy-in, CAD $60K GTD No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo occasion at 6 p.m. native time on Sunday, October 10. At Midday on Monday, a CAD $10,500 Excessive Curler will happen adopted two hours later by a CAD $1,000 buy-in, CAD $100K GTD Thriller Bounty ($400 bounties – High Prize CAD $20K).
On the ultimate day of the collection – Wednesday, October 30 – a CAD $300 buy-in, CAD $10K GTD No-Restrict Maintain’em match will start at 11 a.m. native time, and within the night at 6 p.m., the collection will shut out with a CAD $400 buy-in, CAD $40K GTD Thriller Bounty ($150 bounties – High Prize CAD $5K).
Click here to see the full schedule.
PokerNews might be on-site on the WPT Playground for the subsequent week providing content material all through, so be sure you examine again each day as we deliver you updates and tales straight from the match flooring.
*Photographs courtesy World Poker Tour (WPT)
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