Playground Poker Montreal Festival 2014 - Aug 22 - Sept 3

mikelbyl

Playground Poker Montreal Festival 2014 (August 22 to September 3)

For the full schedule, event details & rules and other information visit: Montreal Poker | Playground Poker Club :: PokerStars Montreal Festival 2014

Event 1: No Limit Hold'em Re-entry, $135 + $15, 3 Day Event (4 Day 1s)
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Day 1a: Friday August 22nd, 11:00am
Day 1b: Friday August 22nd, 7:30pm
Day 1c: Saturday August 23rd, 11:00am
Day 1d: Saturday August 23rd, 7:30pm
Day 2: Sunday August 24th, 12:00pm
Day 3: Monday August 25th, 7:30pm

Event 2: No Limit Hold'em Shootout, $100 + $10
One Day Event: Sunday August 24th, 5:00pm

Event 3: No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo, $60 + $10
One Day Event: Monday August 25th, 12:00pm

Event 4: No Limit Hold'em 6-Max, $150 + $15
One Day Event: Monday August 25th, 7:30pm

Event 5: No Limit Hold'em Single Rebuy, $60 + $10
One Day Event: Tuesday August 26th, 12:00pm

Event 6: No Limit Hold'em Freezeout, $50 + $10
One Day Event: Tuesday August 26th, 7:30pm

Event 7: Mixed No Limit Hold'em + Pot Limit Omaha, $100 + $10
One Day Event: Tuesday August 26th, 8:00pm

Event 8: No Limit Hold'em Freezeout, $70 + $10
One Day Event: Wednesday August 27th, 12:00pm

Event 9: No Limit Hold'em 8-Max Deepstack, $100 + $10
One Day Event: Wednesday August 27th, 7:30pm

Event 10: Main Event, $1,000 + $100, 4 Day Event (3 Day 1s)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Day 1a: Friday August 29th, 11:00am
Day 1b: Saturday August 30th, 11:00am
Day 1c: Sunday August 31st, 11:00am
Day 2: Monday September 1st, 12:00pm
Day 3: Tuesday September 2nd, 12:00pm
Day 4: Wednesday September 3rd, 12:00pm

Event 11: No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo, $100 + $10
One Day Event: Sunday August 31st, 7:30pm

Event 12: No Limit Hold'em Deepstack, $500 + $50, 3 Day Event

Day 1: Monday September 1st, 7:00pm
Day 2: Tuesday September 2nd, 7:00pm
Day 3: Wednesday September 3rd, 7:00pm

Event 13: No Limit Hold'em Big Ante, $50 + $10
One Day Event: Tuesday September 2nd, 7:30pm

Event 14: Pot Limit Omaha Single Rebuy, $100 + $10
One Day Event: Tuesday September 2nd, 8:00pm

Event 15: No Limit Hold'em Freezeout, $70 + $10
One Day Event: Wednesday September 3rd, 12:00pm

Event 16: No Limit Hold'em Bounty $100, $185 + $15 + $100
One Day Event: Wednesday September 3rd, 7:30pm

Satellites during the Playground Poker Montreal Festival

Sunday August 24th, 8:00pm: $100 + $10 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry, 5 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday August 28th, 12:00pm: $70 + $10 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry, 2 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday August 28th, 4:00pm: $100 + $10 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Re-entry, 2 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday August 28th, 8:00pm: $100 + $10 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry, 20 Seats Guaranteed
Friday August 29th, 8:00pm: $100 + $10 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Re-entry
Saturday August 30th, 8:00pm: $100 + $10 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Re-entry

Summer 2014 Scheduled Satellites

Every Sunday evening this summer Playground Poker Club will host satellites which will alternate between $50 + $10 Rebuy/Add-on and $100 + $10 Re-entry formats.

Sit n' Go Satellites

Single table Sit n' Go Satellites are available 24 hours a day at Playground Poker Club.

For the full schedule, event details & rules and other information visit: Montreal Poker | Playground Poker Club :: PokerStars Montreal Festival 2014

cns187

I noticed it is no longer called Pokerstars Montreal Festival. What happened?

BlondeFish

cns187;378849 wroteI noticed it is no longer called Pokerstars Montreal Festival. What happened?

:o Good eye. Is it because PokerStars' new owner, Amaya, has to walk a tightrope with the Quebec regulators and the government-owned competition? If somebody here confirms T8urmoney's observation that the Festival satellites (seat-only) have been pulled from PokerStars, then this could be the reason too.

cns187

Just saw this on 2+2

@playgroundpoker

Hey everyone:

1. Due to unforeseen circumstances, PokerStars has withdrawn their branding from the event.

2. The Festival will be held as scheduled with no changes.

3. The Guarantees will remain in place for the Kickoff Event (Event 1) and the Main Event (Event 10).

4. Online satellite winners will get their seats as usual.

5. Live satellites will continue as normal and all published guarantees will remain for satellites.

6. There is no change to the Mega Overlay being held this weekend.

7. As far as we understand, PokerStars has stopped running satellites online for this event

mikelbyl

Yeah - I wrote and posted that there. Was just coming to do it here as well.

That's all I can say about it.

Except to say that considering the timing it won't have a huge impact on what is certain to be a pretty great series. There were already around 100 satellite winners plus all of our live sat winners.

T8urmoney

I think you can still buyin directly via Stars as well.

GL to this event Mikelbyl, looks like I won't be attending YUL until WPT (assuming I ship a satty).

mikelbyl

Too bad you can't make it, it's a nice series. Smaller than the WPT/Playground Classics in terms of buy-ins etc. but still a ton of value there. Of course I would say that, but the similar series last fall surprised me a lot in a positive way.

actyper

They better keep direct buyins open cause a lot of online players were planning to do that

mikelbyl

This is a question I have no answer to at the moment - I will seek clarification.

mikelbyl

actyper;378889 wroteThey better keep direct buyins open cause a lot of online players were planning to do that

Actually this is a question that is best directed by a player him- or herself directly to PokerStars support.

hiphopopotamus

I noticed earlier this week that there were no satellites too. Makes sense now I guess. I was planning to play a bunch of them this coming week.

Anyone planning to head down? I'm planning to drive down on Friday to register for days 1b and 1c of the 1k.

mikelbyl

So if you're on the bubble about coming, keep in mind that there were already around 100 online sat seats awarded and about the same number of live sat seats awarded - with another 60-70 or more live seats yet to be awarded.

So between the guarantee and the potentially softer field brought in through satellites - almost a full Day 1's worth - I have no doubt that the Main Event is going to be awesome.

mikelbyl

Hey gang - there was a request on 2+2 that people here may be able to help with: Two Plus Two Poker Forums - View Single Post - 2014 Playground Poker Montreal Festival (August 22 - September 3)

BlondeFish

I know a bunch of people carpooling, but I would not recommend a total stranger who only made one post. That would be like sharing a bed with CindyXXX.

Oh wait.

mikelbyl;379034 wroteHey gang - there was a request on 2+2 that people here may be able to help with:

actyper

Lol let's split a room with a complete stranger with 1 post.

duke0003

OK OK jeez... lol. You guys have made your point....lol. that was me on 2+2 btw asking about room splitting. You make a fair point. so here's my FB. If you've been playing live in Toronto underground or at Fallsview, you've probably played with me before. My name's Sean. I hope someone recognizes me!

https://www.facebook.com/barry.windover1

compuease

duke0003;379058 wroteOK OK jeez... lol. You guys have made your point....lol. that was me on 2+2 btw asking about room splitting. You make a fair point. so here's my FB. If you've been playing live in Toronto underground or at Fallsview, you've probably played with me before. My name's Sean. I hope someone recognizes me!

https://www.facebook.com/barry.windover1

Heh heh, I was the one who posted to your thread suggesting you check over here.. Welcome..:)

duke0003

thanks compuease

mikelbyl

665 total entries in the first 2 of 4 starting flights in Event 1, a $135 + $15 re-entry event on Friday, so it looks like attendance is pretty solid so far. This trends out to possibly over 1200 total entries, which will build a very nice prize pool indeed!

mikelbyl

Hey gang - so it's looking pretty great here for the Montreal Festival so far - if you've been on the fence about coming down, it's time to jump down and get here.

Of course I *would* say that - I work here. So let the numbers speak for themselves...

Event 1 - Multi-day $135 + $15, 1401 entries, $183,461 Prize pool, $32,100 up top.
Event 2 - Shootout $100 + $10, 100 entries (capped), 9,700 prize pool, $1,420 up top.
Event 3 - Daytime Deepstack Turbo $60 + $10, 106 entries, $6,169 prize pool, $1,569 up top.
Event 4 - 6-Max $150 - $15, 201 entries, $29,245 prize pool, $6,795 first prize.