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.

Qualify for WPT Montreal at Bodog Today!

The World Series of Poker will finally be heading North of the Border, Canada!  A WSOP circuit event will be held at the River Rock Casino and Resort in Richmond British Columbia from October 27 to November 7, 2012 during this 9th season.  WSOP Canada 2012 will be the first time that a WSOP circuit event will be held outside the United States.  This is some fantastic news for poker tournament enthusiasts after hearing the big news that the World Poker Tour (WPT) will be coming back to Canada.

With 12 events in 12 days the action will be hot and heavy.  Event 1 starts off with a $345 2 day event, and the series ends with Event 12 a $345 Omaha and Holdem 1 day mixed event.  Event #7 is the main event, a 5 day (3 day 1s) $1,650 buyin event starting on Friday November 2.  Players will start with 20,000 chips, with the structure remaining the same as other WSOP circuit main events.

All these WSOP Canada events are Ring events, so winners will take home a WSOP ring for their winning efforts.  Win the WSOP Canada main event, and you will also gain entry into the National Championship, where a gold bracelet will be on the line as well as $1,000,000 prize pool in which you will be freerolled into.  Next year’s 2013 WSOP National Championship will take place May 21-23, 2013 in New Orleans.

There will also be 2 online events yet to be scheduled as part of the WSOP Canada circuit. These online events will be ring events and will be played on PlayNow.com, the BC Lottery’s gaming site. For now only B.C. residents may play on PlayNow.com, but hopefully there will be an exception for these 2 wsop events so that all Canadians have a chance to win a WSOP ring online.

There is no word on satellites to WSOP Canada events yet.

More details to follow.

World Cup of Poker IX

Represent CANADA in Poker’s World Cup!

The World Cup of Poker (WCP) is the event where you get to represent your homeland in one of the biggest events anywhere online. What’s more, countries that advance from the group stages get to go to the live final – held as part of the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in The Bahamas. It’s about bragging rights, national pride, and proving that you are the best – and you can take part now as a member of Team Canada.  Qualify today on Poker Stars!

The final World Cup of Poker teams will win packages – including travel expenses and accommodation at Atlantis in The Bahamas – to play before a live audience at The 2013 PCA. The WCP prize pool ($290,000) at the live event will be distributed as follows:

• 1st: $100,000 ($25,000 per person)
• 2nd: $70,000 ($17,500 per person)
• 3rd: $50,000 ($12,500 per person)
• 4th: $30,000 ($7,500 per person)
• 5th-7th: $10,000 ($2,500 per person)
• 8th-9th*: $5,000 ($1,250 per person)

The competition begins by deciding which eight teams will travel to The Bahamas for the live finals at the 2013 PCA. This will be decided by splitting the 72 competing nations into eight equal groups.

Each group will then play four $2.20 heads-up No Limit Hold’em Super Knockout tournaments. Each country will receive a score that is equal to their highest individual cash in each tournament. The team that has the best combined score across all four tournaments will win their group. Dates, times and countries for each group are listed below. To find the tournaments and register, open the PokerStars lobby and go to ‘Tourney’ > ‘Regional’.

Canada is in Group 1 along with Argentina, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru.

The Stage 1 Tournaments take place on: August 11, 12, 18, and 19 all at 19:00 ET

Stage 2 – Player Selection

Team player selection tournaments will take place for the winner of each Stage 1 group on August 26. Tourney times will be published on August 20 after the completion of Stage 1.

There are four types of Stage 2 qualifiers:

• Freeroll – open to all players from the qualifying nation
• TLB Freeroll – open only to the top 10 TLB from each country for 2011
• $1.10
• $11

– Be a Member of Team Canada Today! –

Expanding on its mission to introduce world-class tournament poker to new players and markets around the globe, World Poker Tour is pleased to announce the addition of WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic and WPT Montreal to its Season XI schedule.

Canada has been missing from the WPT, since the last time it was played at the Fallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls.  There have been many rumours of the stop coming back, but nothing ever materialized.  This recent news has taken everyone by surprise, a welcome one that is.

From November 23 – 26, World Poker Tour returns to Canada for the first time since 2008 with the WPT Montreal event at the popular Playground Poker Club in Quebec. With its CAD $3,000 + $300 buy-in and opportunity for re-entry, this new WPT Main Event – sponsored by PartyPoker.net – is expected to draw some of the biggest names in the game, including Playground Poker representatives Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, and Erik Cajelais.

Unfortunately this will be a non televised event, but things could always change from now till November.  There has been no word of preliminary events, but after Playground Poker Club put up a magnificent schedule up for their Playground Poker Classic, there most likely be some tournament goodness around the same time.  Also no news on online satellites to WPT Montreal at Party Poker yet, but we will surely post when they start.

– Qualify for WPT Montreal on Party Poker –

Play for your share of $250,000 in The Bahamas!

The PokerStars Canada Cup I is a new event that brings together the best online poker players in the region to compete for a seat at the live final table in The Bahamas, held at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA)! Make it to the final nine and you’ll be heading to Paradise Island to play for a share of $250,000 in cash, plus the title of Canada Cup champion, and entry into the PCA High Rollers event, worth an additional $25,000!

Online: Qualifying

The action starts online where from September 26 you can qualify for the $530 online final. Satellites are running across a huge range of buy-ins, starting from just $0.50.

You can locate all PokerStars Canada Cup I qualifiers under the Tourney > Regional tab.

Online: Final

The PokerStars.net Canada Cup Final takes place at 17:30 ET on Sunday October 23, with a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool! The best Canadian players and Team PokerStars Pros will be taking part, and the action will play out as standard until a final table of nine is reached. At this point the tournament will pause, and resume in the Bahamas during the PCA, on January 10, 2012.

Live: Final Table

All players who make the final nine will receive an expenses paid package to the Bahamas, with flights, luxurious hotel accommodation and spending money thrown in.

Starting stacks for the final table will be exactly as they were when the online final was paused. This means you don’t want to treat the online final as a satellite – the more chips you accumulate, the greater advantage you’ll have in the Bahamas.

The final table will be filmed live for television and has a $250,000 prize pool. The winner will also be awarded the PokerStars Canada Cup trophy and entry into the PCA High Roller Event, worth $25,000.

– CLICK HERE to QUALIFY for the CANADA CUP –

If you are a major mixed martial arts fan, then you know that UFC 129 in Toronto has been sold out since day 1.  Well here’s your chance to win VIP tickets to UFC 129 only on Betfair and only exclusive to Canadian Players.

The MMA Event in Toronto on April 30th sold out in less than a day. Betfair was able to secure luxury suite tickets to this event and we’re going to offer them up in a $10 tournament.

This tournament is only open to Canadian poker players that play on Betfair Poker. Along with the ticket, Betfair will also cover all travel and hotel accommodations for this event. Total prize package of approximately $2500!

Tournament details:
Name: MMA Madness!
Date: Sunday April 17
Time: 8:00 pm EST
Buy-in: $10, Open to all Canadian players.
Prizes: 1st place MMA Package (Approx. $2500), Standard payout for all players
Starting stack: 1,500
Blind increase: 10 minutes

To keep you updated on the lastest online satellite offerings, please visit the Canada Poker News special 2011 WSOP Online Satellite page which will be updated regularly.  We are still awaiting news of the mega Full Tilt and Poker Stars wsop satellite info which is always huge.

Fallsview Poker Classic $1k Freezeout Sat:

Date: Every day until the 2nd January
Time: 9:pm EST
Buy-in: $50+5
Prizes: 1 seat (cash) for every $1k in the pot and remaining funds to second place.
Starting stack: 2,000
Blind increase: 15 minutes

Date: Every day until the 2nd January
Time: Running all day (as soon as one fills another will start)
Buy in: $100+$8
Prizes: 1 seat (cash) for winner
Starting stack: 2,000
Blind increase: 10 minutes

To find the tournaments:

Log into the software and select the “Sit & Go Tournaments” tab. You will then find the tournaments under the “regional” or “event qualifiers” tabs.

Click here to download the software right now and don’t miss out on winning your seat to the Fallsview Poker Classic!

Terms and conditions:
1. All Fallsview tournament winners will be paid buy in to side event ($1k) in cash into their Betfair account.
2. It is the responsibility of the customer to arrange their buy in to the event.

>>> Qualify for the Fallsview Poker Classic on Betfair <<<

“The first Poker Pro Canada Classic back in April was a huge success, so we couldn’t wait to hold the second edition,” said Poker Pro Canada Editor-in-Chief John “Johnny Quads” Wenzel. “Four Aces was a terrific venue and I can’t wait to get back there.”

Last year the event attracted 246 players which included famous poker players Mark “P0ker H0″ Kroon, Hollywood Dave Stann, Benjamin Lablond, and many others.

This year online satellites for the poker pro classic will be offered on UB beginning in January.

Sunday, Jan 2nd and 9th 16:05ET Poker Pro Canada Classic $2500 package – 3 packages GTD $200+15 buy-in
Wednesday Jan 5th and 12th 21:00ET Poker Pro Canada Classic $2500 package – 3 packages GTD $200+15 buy-in
Thursday Jan 13th 20:30ET Poker Pro Canada Classic $2500 package – 1 package GTD $300+20 buy-in
Sunday Jan 16th 20:30ET Poker Pro Canada Classic $2500 package – 1 package GTD $300+20 buy-in

There will also be sub satellites to these satellites daily ranging from $10 to $40.

Qualify for the Poker Pro Canada Classic at Four Aces at UB