JimmyHo
After a long break from poker trips, I may finally check out Playground Poker room in Montreal. Who else is going?
trigs
not a single stand alone tournament on a weekend so no point in me going. but let's be honest, my chances of going were slim already.
BlondeFish
Congratulations on picking the best series for Canadians to buy into. How much do you want to wager for the WPT Montreal Last Longer pool?
JimmyHo;394651 wroteAfter a long break from poker trips, I may finally check out Playground Poker room in Montreal.
JimmyHo
I will probably only play the very high rake cash games while enjoying the rake free food. Although I will likely drive and have some free nights from hotels.com, so otherwise the trip is pretty well free.
PocketsTwos
I will be there for WPT....any suggestions for hotels near Playground?
JimmyHo
I was thinking the same thing. I will probably stay downtown. Might head up Nov. 14th to 16th.
PocketsTwos
I've been told downtown is a bit of a drive to playground...airport is a bit closer. Have you checked out Airbnb?
Im looking at going Nov 12th....
BlondeFish
PocketsTwos, I will contact you after I return from Valkenburg.
PocketsTwos;394725 wroteI will be there for WPT....any suggestions for hotels near Playground?
DrCarl
PocketsTwos;394728 wroteI've been told downtown is a bit of a drive to playground...airport is a bit closer. Have you checked out Airbnb?
Im looking at going Nov 12th....
I wish they would bring back the shuttle buses from the hotels!
BlondeFish
Anybody interested in going to the Mega OVERLAY Satellite on October 21?
https://www.playgroundpoker.ca/tournaments#E2015-10-21
PocketsTwos
I would like to go but I'm afraid I have a few jobs that are going to be in the way. I have booked an AirBnB room in Montreal for $40/night including parking. Has a separate kitchen and washroom and private entrance. So far I'm planning on 12th-16th and possibly longer.
BlondeFish
Is anybody else besides PocketTwos going to take a shot at WPT Montreal with over $2,000,000 prize pool? I'll be driving on Wednesday morning to start with Event #8.
My previous roommate made it to the final six of $220 Event #2 and as is typical and unique at Playground, nobody had the balls to battle it out for first-place money and there was a six-way non-ICM :rolleyes2: deal, with the minimum 2% being played out for. :biggrin: The third chipleader at the time of the deal settled for less than third-place money at $3,600 but had he played it out, he would have won more than twice as much at almost $8,000! :eek: The chipleader ended up in only 3rd place, but because the other players were so scared, his deal locked up $7,000 for the most money won.
BlondeFish
irunit4times & PocketTwos are the two members who I have seen. I won the 4 pm $155 satellite with 168 entries for a $3,850 seat. They both played the 7:30 pm 40+ seat satellite, and they were still in when my roommate and I left.
UBetIFold
Well done BF!
BlondeFish
PocketTwos, SteveKerr & SirWatts have started Day 2 of ME with $2.4 mirrion in the prize pool.
UBetIFold
.....and T8
compuease
BlondeFish;395693 wrotePocketTwos, SteveKerr & SirWatts have started Day 2 of ME with $2.4 mirrion in the prize pool.
What happened, trip report?
Toronto Pimp
My two friends started day two with over 100K.
sending some run good to john krpan and sebastian sambor.
go guys go
Cleanoutkid
Good luck to everyone playing, I hope all of u cash
I've never been to an event like this before but I came stupid close to winning an ME seat in one of Party Poker's satellites only to bust just before reaching the FT. Next year I guess lol
PocketsTwos
WPT Montreal TR follows...
I won my WPT main event seat playing in OPT satellite series. I have wanted to to play with this group of great poker guys and gals for awhile now and this was my first time. Steve K does a great job of running these satellites to bigger events including WPT, WSOP, PCA, WSOP and others. I met other forum members Steve, Wetts, Greg, and blondefish...not sure if there with others. I also brought along my friend Dave from Mohawk. As it turns out he finished 2nd in the series and also won his seat.
I drove down solo last Thursday. My plan was to play in the mega satellite that day to see if I could win another seat, take Friday off to do some other things in Montreal and play the main on Day 1b Saturday. I checked into my Airbnb accommodations which was off of Rue Sherbrooke in Hampstead area of Montreal. I had my own bedroom with private bath, a kitchen, free parking and many amenities close by. I also had a separate entrance which came in handy considering the vampire hours we poker players tend to roam. One way drive to the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake which is across a bridge over the St. Lawrence was about a 15 minute drive. Fortunately, with the time of day I was travelling back and forth I was not going with the rush hour traffic, except for the day of my arrival. The other thing was they do construction work/repairs work on the bridge late at night, and I was caught several times in a serpentine route of detours to get back to my Airbnb.
to be cont.....