Last November, nearly 1,200 players ponied up $3000+$300 to participate in WPT Montreal, creating a massive prize-pool of roughly $3.4 million dollars and a top prize worth more than $775,000; the largest 1st place poker The star studded field included All Time Money tournament leaders Antonio Esfandiari and Daniel Negreanu, past WPT Champions David Williams and Gavin Smith, top female players Xuan Liu and Isabelle Mercier, young guns Mike “Timex” McDonald and Mike “SirWatts” Watson as well as 2012 Global Index POY leaders Dan Smith and Marvin Rettenmaier…So how do you make the third largest field in World Poker Tour history shine even brighter?

You give the players what they want and bring in the cameras in for a full televised PartyPoker.net WPT Montreal Main Event from November 29th to December 5th, you bump the stakes just enough to a $3,500 + $350 and you look to make room for even more players to participate. Throw in the very real possibility of adding a “High Roller” side event for poker’s elite and you just should have the right recipe to see Canadian poker history made once again.

Players won’t have to wait until fall to take their shot at a Canadian WPT title however, now that would just be cruel! Instead, they will want to start making plans and qualifying for the PartyPoker.net WPT Montreal Canadian Spring Championship from May 3rd to 9th at Playground Poker Club. The $3,000 + $300 Main Event will feature a live stream of the same caliber that covered Jonathan Roy’s victory in 2012 and both this and the November event will be Main WPT tour stops, awarding Player Of the Year points and the signature Championship Belt along with their name engraved on the coveted WPT Trophy.

While the the side schedules of events are yet to be announced, organizers are working hard at putting together a line up of varying buy-ins and disciplines sure to be well received by players.

Qualifiers and promotions will once again be offered by Party Poker for both events and begin on March 11.

In 2012, hundreds of players gained entry to WPT Montreal via satellites, with online qualifiers far exceeding expectations an guarantees. Perhaps the only complaint heard by players last year was that they didn’t start playing those available sooner.

Stay tuned for more details on Party Poker qualifiers and full schedules to come!

WPT Montreal arrives in Montreal Canada Nov 23-27, 2012 at the Playground Poker Club, and you can qualify for the main event online at Party Poker and Bodog.  The winner of this now 5 day event will receive a World Poker Tour Title, and a matching Playground Poker Club Championship belt, along with first place prize money, and an entry into the $25k championship final.

Party Poker is offering a 3 seat guarantee satellite every Sunday at 3:30pm est at an entry fee of $270+30.  There are also subqualifiers daily to get into this satellite.  Party Poker packages are worth $5500 and include the $3,300 main event buyin, $1,300 in spending money, Hotel accomodation, and world class hospitality.  The last satellite runs on November 11.

Qualify for WPT Montreal at Party Poker Today!

Bodog is offering a 3 seat guarantee satellite for 3 Sundays at 4:35pm est at an entry fee of $270.  There are also subqualifiers daily to get into this satellite.  Bodog packages are worth $5000 and include the $3,300 main event buyin, $1,700 in spending money for travel and accomodations, and a Bodog swag bag.  The satellites take place on October 14, 21, and 28th.

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PokerStars is sponsoring the Stardust Canadian Poker Classic, and you can win your seat for the $1,100 Main Event* via satellite qualifiers running now.

This prestigious live event takes place in one of Canada’s most stunning and newest card rooms – the Stardust Poker Mansion, in Montreal. It runs from August 17-September 2, with the $1,100 Main Event starting August 30. It’s your chance to compete for your share of a huge cash prize pool, and challenge yourself against the best poker players from across Canada, including other PokerStars players and Team Pros!

Satellites range from FPP use to @2.55 Hyper Turbos, to the popular $109 satellite every Sunday at 19:00 ET with 7 seats guaranteed.

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The Playground Poker Classic 2012 will feature 15 bracelet events, with winners receiving a beautiful bracelet for being the champ.  There will be a $2200 main event where the winner will take home a championship belt.  There will also be a $10k High Rollers event, where another championship belt will be given away.

Here is the 2012 PPC schedule:

In 2012, Quebec will be the home of the biggest poker tournament ever in Canada. This tournament will be the first ever to hand out a Million Dollar prize to the lucky winner. The Grand Loto-Quebec Poker Tournament which takes on May 19th and 20th, 2012 at the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Hull Quebec is the most prestigious poker tournament ever held in Canada. This $25,000 buy-in tournament will reward the winner a seat valued at $1,000,000 to the biggest tournament in the world, The BIG ONE for ONE DROP that will be held during the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, on July 1-3, 2012.

There will be several ways other than paying the full $25k buyin to get into the Grand Tournament.  You can buy-in directly at the first 4 casinos of the below list.

Satellite Tournaments will be running at various Quebec Casinos as well as on Espacejeux – The Loto Quebec online poker room.  The next online satellites are Jan 9, Mar 12, and May 7 all at 8:30pm.  Buy-in is $300+$20  Participating casinos include:

• Casino de Montreal
• Casino de Charlevoix
• Casino du Lac-Leamy
• Casino de Mont-Tremblant
• Salon de jeux de Quebec
• Salon de jeux de Trois-Rivieres

If you would rather rely on pure luck to get into the big tournament, there will also be $5 scratch ticket lotteries starting in Feb 2012 as well as a Second Chance lottery from Lotto Poker in April 2012 which you must register for on the Loto-Quebec website.

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