Montreal, Canada (August 21, 2024) – Six months after successfully hosting WPT® Montreal at Playground the World Poker Tour® is thrilled to return to the renowned Kahnawake poker club for another Season XXII championship festival – WPT Playground – October 14-30.
“It was such a pleasure hosting a WPT Championship festival at Playground back in May, that we embraced the idea of returning for a second 2024 showing,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “Players will once again have a chance at three different WPT titles, including the most prestigious honor of being immortalized on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.”
The WPT Playground festival’s feature tournament, from Oct. 24-30, is the $3,500 CAD buy-in WPT Playground Championship event with the largest prize pool guarantee of the festival, CAD $1,500,000. In May, David Dongwoo Ko topped a field of 882 entrants to win CAD $434,900 and become a WPT Champion.
The WPT Prime Cup will also be in attendance. Play down for the CAD $1,150 buy-in WPT Prime Playground Championship event will occur Oct. 20-25, which boasts a CAD $800,000 guarantee. WPT Prime Montreal, in May, drew nearly 1,300 entrants and saw Jikai Zhang earn a first-place prize of CAD $165,070.
“I am thrilled to announce our excitement for the upcoming WPT Playground event this October,” said Playground’s Vice President of Gaming Operations Ryan Bevens. “Playground has always been a place where history is made with the WPT, and we are eager to continue this tradition as we welcome back the World Poker Tour. See you all real soon!”
A third WPT victory is up for grabs during the WPT 500 Championship event with a CAD $400,000 guarantee, which kicks off the festival with six-consecutive starting flights from Oct. 14 to Oct. 19, and ultimately concludes on Oct. 21.
WPT Global*, the official online poker website of the World Poker Tour, will play a large role in the WPT Montreal festival by running an online Day 1 for the WPT 500 and WPT Prime Playground events that will qualify players for a Day 2 berth to the live arena. WPT Global is offering a multitude of satellite options for players to win their way into all three marquee events.
*WPT Global is not available to persons physically located in the United States nor is there any intention to induce you or any other person located in the U.S. into engaging in any gambling with WPT Global or violating any local, tribal, state, federal, or national law or regulation. Recognizing that the laws and regulations involving online gambling are different everywhere, you expressly acknowledge and agree that it is your sole responsibility and obligation to ensure that any online gambling activities that you undertake are legal in your relevant jurisdiction.
For more information regarding this and all World Poker Tour events, visit WPT.com.
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