2024 WPT Playground Preview

Back in May, the World Poker Tour visited Canada with the WPT Montreal festival and starting tomorrow it will return once again for for a second visit to Quebec with the WPT Playground, whose festival will be played from October 14 to 30 at the famous Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake.

“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 2024 WPT Playground will feature the World Poker Tour’s biggest events: the WPT500, the popular WPT Prime and the prestigious WPT Championship, where the champion will be able to add their name to the Mike Sexton Champions Cup. There will also be a Meet Up Game featuring Brad Owen, Xuan Liu and Patrick Tardif.

“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!”

These will be the highlights of the festival:

WPT 500 Playground: From October 14th to 21st. Buy-In: CAD$ 590. Guaranteed: CAD$ 400,000.
WPT Prime Playground: From October 20th to 25th. Buy-In: CAD$ 1,150. Guaranteed: CAD$ 800,000.
WPT Meet Up Game: October 21th.
WPT Playground: From October 24th to 30th. Buy-In: CAD$ 3,500. Guaranteed: CAD$ 1,500,000.

2024 WPT Playground

The 2024 WPT Playground Championship

The festival’s biggest tournament kicks off on Thursday, October 24 with three starting flights and a massive CAD$1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Schedule:

Day 1A: Thursday, October 24th at 11 AM (10 levels)
Day 1B: Friday, October 25th at 11 AM (10 levels)
Day 1C: Saturday, October 26th at 11 AM (10 levels)
Day 2: Sunday, October 27th at 11 AM (10 levels)
Day 3: Monday, October 28th at 11 AM (until final table)
Day 4: Wednesday, October 30th at 11 AM (final table)

Structure:

Buy-In: CAD$ 3,500
Re-entry: Unlimited
Starting Stack: 50,000
Blind Levels: 60 minutes on Day 1, 2 and 3, 90 minutes on Day 4
First Level: 100/200 with 200 Big Blind Ante
Action Clock: Will be used after level 16 on Day 2
Guaranteed Prize Pool: CAD$ 1,500,000
Late Registration: Start of Day 2
Payouts: 12,5%

The 2024 WPT Playground Festival

The 2024 WPT Playground festival will feature 18 events with buy-ins ranging from CAD$250 to CAD$10,500 for the High Roller. All tournaments except the High Roller will have a guaranteed prize pool, totaling CAD$3,230,000 in guaranteed prizes. Milestone-format satellites will also be played for the WPT Prime, WPT Championship and High Roller.

These will be the WPT Playground events:

Day	Time	Event	Buy-In	Stack	Levels	Guaranteed
October 14-21	11 AM	WPT500	CAD$ 590	30K	40	CAD$ 400,000
October 14	4 PM	Mystery Bounty	CAD$ 300	30K	20	CAD$ 30,000
October 15	6 PM	Mega Stack	CAD$ 250	100K	20	CAD$ 20,000
October 16	6 PM	NLH Bounty	CAD$ 300	30K	20	CAD$ 25,000
October 17	6 PM	Monster Stack Turbo	CAD$ 300	50K	15	CAD$ 25,000
October 20	3 PM	Mystery Bounty	CAD$ 400	30K	25	CAD$ 50,000
October 20-25	12 PM	WPT Prime	CAD$ 1,150	40K	40	CAP$ 800,000
October 21	6 PM	Matt Savage Average	CAD$ 300	30K	–	CAD$ 30,000
October 24-30	11 AM	WPT Championship	CAD$ 3,500	50K	60/90	CAD$ 1,500,000
October 24	4 PM	Pot Limit Omaha	CAD$ 600	30K	30	CAD$ 40,000
October 27	6 PM	NLH Turbo	CAD$ 600	30K	20	CAD$ 60,000
October 28-29	12 PM	High Roller NLH	CAD$ 10,500	50K	40	–
October 28	2 PM	Mystery Bounty	CAD$ 1,000	40K	30	CAD$ 100,000
October 28	6 PM	NLH 8-Max	CAD$ 400	30K	25	CAD$ 30,000
October 29	11 AM	Mega Stack	CAD$ 600	100K	30	CAD$ 50,000
October 29	6 PM	Mega Stack	CAD$ 250	100K	20	CAD$ 20,000
October 30	11 AM	No Limit Hold’em	CAD$ 300	30K	20	CAD$ 10,000
October 30	6 PM	Mystery Bounty	CAD$ 400	30K	25	CAD$ 40,000

You can see the complete calendar with all the events and satellites at this link.

The 2024 WPT Playground Meet Up Game

On Monday, October 21st, starting at 1 PM, a Meet Up Game will begin, featuring WPT Ambassadors Brad Owen, Xuan Liu and Patrick Tardif who will rotate through the tables every 30 minutes. Three-time Stanley Cup champion Phil Kessel, the new WPT Global ambassador, will likely also be in attendance. There will be a total of 40 tables where $1/$3 and $2/$5 games will be played. To participate, players can sign up through the Poker Atlas app, on the Playground website, or with in-person registration at Playground.

Qualify for WPT Playground on WPT Global

Those who have the opportunity to play online on the WPT Global platform can take advantage of the step-format satellites that will be held for the WPT500 and the WPT Prime events.

Satellite Tree for WPT500 ($440 buy-in): $5 > $55 > $440

Satellite Tree for WPT Prime ($880 buy-in): $5 > $55 > $220 > $880

Date	WPT500 $55 Sat	WPT Prime $220 Sat
Saturday, October 12	1 x $590 Online Day 1 seat GTD	1 x $1,150 Online Day 1 seat GTD
Sunday, October 13	6 x $590 Online Day 1 seats GTD	6 x $1,150 Online Day 1 seats GTD
Sunday, October 13	Online Day 1 – 5:05 PM	Online Day 1 – 7:05 PM

The 2024 WPT Montreal champions

The 2024 WPT Montreal festival (highlights here) was played from May 9-22 at Playground Poker Club. The WPT Prime event was the biggest event of the festival with 1,291 C$ 1K entries and C$ 1,2M in prizes. The champion was local Jikai Zhang, who took home C$ 165K ($120K). The WPT Montreal Championship had 882 entries and C$ 2,8M in prizes. The big winner was Canadian David Dongwoo Ko, who earned a career-high C$ 434K ($319K). You can see all the winners of the festival at this link.