Keep up with all the news coming out of the Canadian poker world with this quick recap of the top headlines of the last week from PokerNews Canada.
Playground and Partypoker Set New Canadian Record
As Playground Poker Club’s Spring Poker Classic played out its final days along with the partypoker MILLION North America Main Event, poker history was made in Canada.
After surpassing the CA$5 million guarantee (the largest guarantee for a Canadian tournament ever), the prize pool settled at CA$5,709,750, beating the previous biggest prize pool set by the 2007 World Poker Tour (WPT) North American Poker Championship at CA$5,133,335.