Looking for your own big time poker experience? The Playground Poker Fall Classic, featuring the World Poker Tour Montreal, runs now through Nov. 27. With events ranging from $150 all the way to $10,400, Playground Poker Club truly is Canada's premier poker destination.
The WPT Montreal kicks off on Nov. 20, featuring three Day 1s with next-day reentry format. Since its inception, the WPT Montreal has been one of the most popular stops on the WPT, featuring record fields and huge prize pools. Opportunities to win your way into Canada’s premier poker tournament are still available through a number of live satellites at the club.
On Wednesday, Nov. 19 there will be THREE satellites. Things will get started at 1 p.m. local time with a $150 reentry satellite with two seats guaranteed, and that will be followed by a $150 turbo reentry satellite at 4 p.m., also with two seats guaranteed. The blockbuster kicks off the same night at 7:30 p.m. — a $385 reentry satellite with 10 seats guaranteed!
There are additional $385 reentry satellites on Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. — perfect for a player who wants to qualify for a second entry in the WPT. In addition to these multi-table satellites, players will have the opportunity throughout the Fall Classic to play in single-table sit-n-gos, and you can inquire at the brush desk for more information.
Charles Chattha is out, he pushed with and Marco Della Tommasina reshoved with . The board came and Tommasina's trip queens took the lot, putting Chattha out in 24th place.
For Episode #260 of the PokerNews Podcast, Donnie and Rich are joined by none other than the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Martin Jacobson. Topics include Jacobson's final-table preparation, his big win, and the true pronunciation of his last name.
Yesterday Adrian Mateos played a five-bet pot where he hit the jackpot. Today it didn't go quite as well. Mateos raised to 16,000 preflop and Warrington made it 44,000 in the big blind. Mateos four-bet to 107,000 and Warrington five-bet to 185,000 which the Spaniard called.
The flop was .
"How much do you have left? asked Warrington. Mateos had just under 500,000. Warrington moved in, Mateos folded instantly.
Ben Warrington raised to 20,000 from the small blind and Tamer Kamel defended in the big blind to see a flop. Warrington bet 22,000 and Kamel called to see the on the turn. This time Warrington bet 47,000 and Kamel made the call once more.
The river was the and Warrington bet 72,000, Kamel thought for two minutes then made the call and Warrington showed . Kamel tabled and won the pot.
Christos Kyprianou just picked off a 60,000 river bluff from Sylvain Loosli on a board. Loosli was forced to show a missed and Kyprianou won the pot with