2019/2020 WPT Montreal Schedule - Poker Tournaments

Seeing as the NY underground poker posts have been so popular, I figure I can give a bit of a different perspective on the underground scene of the mid 2000s. The Boston scene wasn't nearly as big as the NY scene, but there were still some big games and wild characters involved. I started off in small college games, so if you're only interested in the big mob associated games and stuff like that, this first part will probably bore you. I'm not going to bother changing names in the story. If you knew me from that time, it'll be obvious pretty early on who I am.
Back in 2005 I headed out from California to Boston for college. I'm still not sure why I was so set on going to school in Boston over the beautiful California schools that I had been accepted to, but there I was. Facebook was a really new thing at the time, and you needed a college email address to sign up. As soon as I got my college email in about April, I signed up for Facebook and added every cute girl who was living in the same dorm as me. I also signed up for a bunch of Facebook groups, several about poker games around the campus.
The Moneymaker effect was in full swing at this point, and I had an edge. My best friend at the time's dad had taught us poker when we were 14 or so. We got started playing mixed games, I loved 7 stud variants, but over time we transitioned to NLH. When I left for college I had been a regular in a $0.50/1 NLH game at a house in a rich area that played pretty big, and I had been winning regularly. Between that game and playing online, I had turned $200 I had made from my after school job into a $1500 bankroll.
So I arrive in Boston in August and start going to various games. One was in a nook in the school library, a weekly $50 tournament with no rake, unlimited rebuys and insane players. One was in a frat house with a bunch of drunk bros. Then I found Stevo's game. I think Stevo was a senior at that point, he lived in off campus housing, and he had a professional quality poker table in a side room of his apartment. Besides the nice table and personalized "Stevo's Card Room" chips, what set the game apart for me was that it was the first private game I had played in with a dealer, Erik.
I introduced myself to the other players by my real name, but as became my trademark, people knew me better by my card protector. Bubbles She came from a cake my friends had gotten me for my 17th birthday as a joke, and since her base was perfect for sitting on cards, she became my card protector. I knew some of the guys in the Boston scene for 3 years, and many never knew my real name, they simply knew me as Bubbles.
Stevo's was $1/2 NLH with 75% stack match if I remember correctly. So if the big stack on the table had $1600, you could buy in $1200. The game played pretty deep, and with the same players most nights. Many of them had been playing together for a couple of years, so they knew each other well. The first night I went, me and this other guy Chris were the only freshmen there. It turned out we lived 1 floor apart in our dorm, and we became fast friends.
I bought in for the $300 I had brought with me (lolbankroll) and played my normal, pretty tight style. There were a few crazy bluffers on the table, but one guy Phil really stood out for how often he'd try to steal pots. I played some small pots and was up to around $400 when I looked down at AA. Phil raised $8 from EP, I 3b from late position up to $25 and Phil called. The flop came unsuited low cards and Phil bet $30, I raised to $90 and Phil called. The turn came an 8s which brought a flush draw and Phil checked, I shoved and Phil went into the tank. He flipped up KJss and said he thought I had TT or 99 and so he had lots of outs with his 2 overs and flush draw. He asked me if I wanted him to call and I said absolutely. He eventually called and nailed his flush on the river. I headed to the nearest ATM and bought back into the game. I eventually left with about $500 for a $100 loss on the night, but I was hooked. The action was crazy, I had gotten it in great for an $800 pot and lost, and still only lost $100? I was going to make so much money!
The game ran twice a week, and I was always there. I still played in some random other games, but Stevo's was my main hangout. I became pretty good friends with some of the guys, including Stevo and Chris. Chris and I would regularly skip classes to play on Full Tilt all day. Often on Sundays about 5 of us would go to Stevo's place and grind Party Poker, especially when they had their monthly Party Millions tournament. One Sunday I was playing in a huge $50 online tourney on Party, and ended up going all the way and winning it for $22k. Suddenly I had a great big bankroll! I was consistently winning at Stevo's game, and I had picked up a crazy tell on Phil, the big bluffer. When I left Boston for good 3 years later, I'd finally explain to Phil how I had made so much money off of him, picking off so many of his bluffs he'd made against me. Whenever Phil would make a big bluff with nothing, he'd ask his bet as a question. "300?" He'd say, as if asking "is 300 enough to buy this pot?". I made thousands off of this tell.
As time went on, I wanted more than just 2 nights a week of poker at Stevo's and the crappy other games around campus. Phil had mentioned that they would sometimes go to a game in Chinatown, so one day I asked if he'd take me along.
The Chinatown game ran in an apartment unit above, what else, a Chinese restaurant. It was run by a guy named Jay, who seemed pretty nice, but had a temper at times, and people said was connected to the Triad. Apparently Jay knew the game would eventually get broken up by the cops, but he figured he'd get a few years in prison, but the $500k he planned on making from the game before then would be worth it.
The Chinatown game had 5 tables if I remember correctly. They'd have a tournament at 6pm on most nights, and then a cash game would start around 7 from the people busting the tourney as well as others who came just for cash. At first you could just walk in as long as someone went and introduced you to Jay and vouched for you. They had big screen TVs all over the walls, constantly playing High Stakes Poker, they had food delivered in for the players, fridges full of beer and soft drinks, it was great. Eventually the game would get robbed (although some claimed they thought it was a setup by Jay), and a steel door with an electronic bolt and a security camera would be added.
The game itself was a $1/3nl game with $500 max buyin. It played extremely loose, and I started coming by nearly every night. The players were a mix from all walks of life. Since it was an underground room, there was no age restriction, so some rich high school kids were even in the games. There were tons of college students of course. The Harvard kids always thought they were hot shit, but they always seemed to want to be the table bullies, and I'd pick off their bluffs. The MIT kids were another story, they were nothing short of geniuses, and I tried to stay out of their way usually.
I got a reputation for hitting and running the game, because my goal was to make $1000 and then quit for the night. Often when I'd quit early, me, Jay and some of the others guys would play board games for cash or weird random poker variants. I was making a killing in this game. I went out and bought myself a BMW, I was taking girls from the dorms out to $100 a plate dinners, I thought I was the man. It was 2nd semester, early 2006, and I was also failing out of school. I managed to scrape by first semester with a 2.5, already putting me on probation for my academic scholarship, but I didn't care. I called my mom and told her I was going to make more money than her in 2006.
2nd semester, Chris and I had signed up for many of the same classes with the idea that we'd force each other to go, but instead we enabled each other to skip. One Wednesday morning we were supposed to be going to class, and I don't remember who suggested it, but we ended up instead driving up to Montreal for a 5 day weekend. I got a speeding ticket going 95 MPH through Vermont on the way there, Chris got a ticket driving back through Vermont on the way home, but overall it was a great trip. We played some poker at the casino up there, and I made a few hundred bucks which we blew at the bars and clubs.
A few months after the robbery, the Chinatown game got raided by Boston Vice Squad. Apparently having regular cops there didn't help us out any, they had their money taken along with anyone else there. Jay was arrested, but all of the dealers and players were let go after a bit of harassment. Luckily for me, despite being there about 6 nights a week, I wasn't there for the robbery or the bust. However, unluckily my favorite game and my cash cow was gone.
Now I was back to just 2 days a week at Stevo's. I had met a guy named Rich through the Chinatown game, he was often a dealer there but would also play sometimes. Rich hit me up one day and asked if I was looking for another regular game. I told him I was, and got an invite to a game called The Loft. The Loft was a game outside of Boston in Chelsea. It was in an upscale loft and run by a guy named Moon. Moon was a total character. He was probably around 30, had been an engineer for GE, but quit because he rejected the idea of paying taxes. Moon was a conspiracy nut, and as we became friends he'd tell me all kinds of crazy theories, often involving Jews. As a Jew myself, I told him I was sure upset that all of these fun Jewish conspiracies were happening without me!
The Loft was a good game, but not as juicy as the Chinatown game. There were 2 tables, but usually just 1 ran, and it was often the same people every day. Many of them sucked at poker, so I was still making a bunch of money, but some of the shine had worn off. I completely stopped going to classes around this time, but was still living in the dorms and joined a fraternity. This frat was famous for crazy parties, and we'd sell cups for $5 at the door as admission. Eventually a party got busted up by the cops, and the frat president and a few other guys got arrested for selling alcohol to minors. The mayor of Boston went on TV and made an example out of us, calling us the negative Animal House version of a fraternity and calling for harsher regulations for serving alcohol to minors. The national fraternity revoked our charter, and that was the end of that.
The school year was coming to a close, and I was supposed to go home for the summer. I was done at the university, and didn't really know what I was going to do the next year. I drove the BMW all the way home to California and then went with a bunch of friends to Europe for the World Cup. We spent 5 weeks there, went to the 3 US games, and had a great time. I played some PLO in Barcelona despite not really knowing how to play (that was the only game they had there at the time), and I won $1200 by playing no hands for hours until I hit a full house, then getting paid off by the maniac players. When we stopped in Paris I played at the Aviation Club, the swanky poker club a few blocks from the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees. They told me I couldn't come in wearing tennis shoes, so I went across the street and bought $200 loafers at Lacoste, then proceeded to win $5000 over the course of a crazy 24 hour session. My total expenses for the trip were $5500, and I had made $6200 in poker during the trip, life was amazing!
I ended up deciding to sign up for a program where you spend a year in Israel, get some college credits and volunteer. I ended up doing more drinking and partying than volunteering and studying, and got kicked out of the program halfway through.
I came back to California and went to community college for the semester, before deciding I missed the grind and that I was going to move back to Boston for the 2007-2008 school year and go to community college there (yeah right) but mostly get back to the underground poker grind. I had just turned 20, had about $80k and the BMW, and I was ready to jump back in. I talked to Rich, the guy who had gotten me into the Loft game, and he was still dealing poker around town and was looking for a roommate. I told him I was driving out to Boston the next week from California, and that he should find a 2 bedroom for us near campus. Little did I know, Rich was not to be trusted, and I was in for a shitshow of a year...
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/pokecomments/bfvdp3/inside_boston_underground_poker_part_2/?

So I've been playing poker on and off for 15 years. I'm not a pro by any stretch of the imagination. My progression went from playing with college friends during the Moneymaker boom, to semi-weekly trips to AC for cheap tournaments and low stakes cash games. I was involved with online poker before that became heavily regulated and recently have gotten back into it (at macro stakes). Now I really only play with friends, online (with a huge 25 dollar bankroll!), and the occasional casino trip (like once a year if that).
Over my lifetime I'm definitely up. I usually beat my friends - and overall I'm a winning player vs them for sure. I probably made $1000 online during the poker boom in rhe aughts despite never playing anything over $0.05/$0.10 NLHE or $4 MTTs (strict with my bankroll management). I have won more money than I lost in casinos probably, and I have split the winnings in two tournaments on separate occassions (granted each tourney only had about ~120 players or buyins.
I know it sounds like a humble brag but I promise I'm getting to a point here. I have played enough poker, and read some books, and I'll watch it on tv or youtube occasionally, that i understand basic concepts - like pot odds, starting hand strength, position, different types of players, good bluff spots, etc. However, I don't usually calculate the pot odds (and do the "if he has x hand then I only have a 30% chance to win but he just bet 20% of the pot so I should call because its a winning play overall"). I don't follow any real advanced concepts and sometimes I read what you guys write on this forum and just get totally lost. But overall I seem to hold my own, and often when I'm watching it on youtube or TV I try to think of what my bet would be if I was one of the players (granted I see both hands) but I'm usually closer to their bet or raise than not.
Is having advanced knowledge of concepts and following odds incredibly important? Or is that only for higher stakes? I feel like i have general knowledge and often follow my gut and seem to do okay. Is this because I'm a low level player and got lucky when I needed to? (One of my tournament splits was at a casino in Montreal when i went up there for a bachelor party trip - I live in America). I would like to play more often and I'm trying to grind out my way to a bigger bankroll online. Its hard to play at a casino often because money is tight and I have a kid (and another on the way). I know one can always learn more about the game and of course it makes sense to read everything you can about it, but if I really only play recreationally and do okay when I do, should I just keep on keepin on?
Tldr: recreational player - do I need to learn advanced stats and concepts?

Has anyone here played much at Playground Poker club in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) and has some feedback on the place? Ive almost exclusively played online for a few years and looking to get into some live MTTs. Any comments on special tournament series or regular weekly schedule? Ive heard it`s generally a better place to play then Montreal Casino. Cheers for any feedback

I have to address this issue regarding live poker. I Truly believe live poker is rigged. It’s rigged against minorities. I hope all minorities boycott poker and stop playing it until the shit gets sorted out. I usually play in Montreal at the garbage casino called “ Casino Montreal “ the poker is rigged, if you are not québécois, you have no chance of winning anything. Even the jackpots are set for certain house players. I have met players that have won the jackpot 6 times. I once caught the poker supervisor stealing my poker tournament chips. I caught her taking chips from my stock given it to some white dude that plays there all the time. Playground poker club is the same thing. I even complained, and got some bullshit answer. If you guys want to read playground’s respond to my complaint, go on to their Facebook to see it.

Poker players probably have other things on their minds right now as the best are competing in the World Series of Poker side tournaments, gearing up for the main event. Nevertheless, it is very important for the poker community that key World Poker Tour for 2014 were announced. The popular series has reached its 13th season and if past performance is an indicator, we are safe to assume that the event will attract even more fans in 2015. A total of 20 tournaments stages are scheduled for this year and players will travel all over the world to accumulate points and compete for the coveted rings. 2014 is special because this year we'll have the 200th champion crowned in the WPT series, just one of the numerous records set by this event. Season 12 exceeded all expectations and the fact that the series extended to new locations proved to be an excellent incentive for players to participate. Unlike the World Series of Poker which has prohibitive buy-ins that act as a deterrent for grinders, the Party Poker World Poker Tour is widely regarded as a poker friendly tournament. The first event begins on June 5, and the series will come to an end on December 15, with everything in between to be found in the list below: Jun 5th – WPT National Campione – €990Jul 3rd – WPT National London – £200Jul 4th – WPT500 – $565Jul 15th – WPT National Valencia – €1,500Jul 17th – WPT National Valencia – €550Jul 18th – WPT National Brussels – €750Aug 22nd – WPT Western Poker Challenge – $1,080Aug 23rd – WPT Legends of Poker – $3,700Sep 5th – WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus – $4,400Sep 14th – WPT Borgata Poker Open - $3,500Oct 9th – WPT National Marrakech – 13,500 MADOct 28th – WPT National China – $1,760Oct 31st – WPT National Brussels – €750Nov 7th – WPT Poker Scramble – $5,000Nov 13th – WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic – $3,600Nov 18th – WPT UK – £3,000Nov 20th – WPT Montreal – $3,850Dec 4th – WPT National Paris – €1,200Dec 15th – WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic – $10,300
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Once the World Series of Poker concludes, poker action slows down to a crawl on the other side of the Atlantic as most professional to Europe. It is going to be a while until action returns to Las Vegas tables, but a bit further north poker players have plenty to look forward to. The WPT Montréal tournament has recently crowded is winner and Jared Mahoney was the lucky winner and the one to collect $433,000. Action unfolded at the Playground Poker Club with partypoker.net being the organizer and the main sponsor. As a result, most of the participants secured a seat at the tables by winning qualifiers and satellites, while many professionals sponsored by the poker room were also present. This presented regular poker players and fans with the rare chance to compete against celebrities and so the number of registered players exceeded expectations. A total of 697 entries were recorded and so the guaranteed prize pool was surpassed and the winner was expected to collect almost half a million dollars. By the time the final day began, Jared Mahoney was among those expected to hit the rail quickly because he had a dwindling stack. Somehow he managed to stay alive long enough to see most of his opponents eliminated, until opportunity presented itself. He didn't hesitate to go all in with a strong hand and was lucky to hit the flop and double up. He continued this torrid pace at the final table and he proved to be the bane of many Canadians, causing a great deal of frustration for the local fans. Carter Swidler was the only one holding the banner and once he dropped out of the race in the fifth-place, action beat up speed. Players were already certain of collecting a six digit amount, therefore they were more willing to take chances and there goes shifted from climbing one position at the time to winning the tournament. Rainer Kempe was at one point considered to have the best claim and the title, but he got lucky when least expected and had to settle for the third-place. The heads-up was played between Fish and Mahoney and since they were evenly matched, players expected that you are to continue deep in the day. It wasn't like this at all, because just a couple of levels later Mahoney went all in and calls the elimination of Darryll Fish. The runner-up collected a sizable amount as you can see in the 2015 partypoker.net WPT Montreal Final Table Results: 1 Jared Mahoney $433,4102 Darryll Fish $304,3433 Rainer Kempe $195,9404 Brian Altman $144,7805 Carter Swidler $108,4106 AJ Gambino $87,520
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The 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was by far the most exciting tournament scheduled this month in North America. Not surprisingly those who participated in the European poker tour Barcelona and plan on continuing their adventure at poker tables, found it worthwhile to travel to the US. Dan Coleman won the event and as a result he climbed another position in the top of the most successful tournament poker players. It is now official that he has surpassed Phil Ivey and will be chasing Antonio Esfandiari and Daniel Negreanu, who are at the time of writing the most successful tournament players worldwide. With $20 million in his bank account coming exclusively from poker, Dan is one of the fastest rising stars and a serious contender in upcoming tournaments. Thousands of miles north, the Playground Poker Montreal Festival Main Event was won by Daniel Gagnon and for his performance, the winner was awarded $190,000. The amount pales in comparison to the price collected by Coleman at the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, but the competition was also intense in Canada. More than 1000 players paid the buy-in and as a result the guaranteed prize pool was exceeded, with nine players making the final table. No deal was made and even though three handed play lasted for a couple of hours, it was all worth it for the two finalists. Daniel Gagnon and Noeung Troeung battled it out for almost one hour, knowing that the winner would take $65,000 more than the runner-up. Gagnon prevailed and won the first prize, but you can check out the complete list of finalists below and the corresponding payouts: 1st Daniel Gagnon $190,7502nd Noeung Troeung $125,4103rd Thi Nguyen $89,7004th Yannick Lamarre-Delooz $72,6905th John Helou $53,1006th Michael Mellor $40,7207th Daniel Gagne $28,3508th Alex LAvigne $20,6209th Lorne Wechsler $15,360 There are no major tournaments scheduled to begin this week in Canada, but local players will find plenty of action over the Internet. SkyPoker is one of the poker rooms where they get to choose between a nice selection of cash games and tournaments, with prize pools comparable to those offered in live events. Add to this the fact that new members and existing players can boost their bankroll by taking advantage of deposit bonuses and ongoing promotions and the advantages of playing over the Internet are self-evident.
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Party Poker has a reputation of running some of the most popular online tournaments and it already has hundreds of cash games for players to choose from. The options are virtually endless, so it comes as no surprise that those who play poker over the Internet find a home here. More recently, they decided to expand their presence and are now hosting a string of events that take place in brick-and-mortar casinos, all over the world. One of the most recent tournaments goes by the name of 2014 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal and began at the beginning of the week. Two weeks ago it crowned the winner, which goes by the name of Jonathan Jaffe, a player that people knew a great deal before the tournament started. He was one of the 732 players who found it worthwhile to pay the buy-in, secretly hoping to win the first prize of almost $430,000. There was a lot of money on the table and no shortage of interested competitors at the Playground Poker Club in Canada, with the main event representing the icing on the cake. If you find the name stranger familiar, know that Jaffe also made a deep run at the WPT Season VII Foxwoods Poker Finals. He won a lot of money there for finishing second and his lifetime earnings now exceed $2 million, further boosted by the paycheck collected in Canada. There were plenty of poker professionals at the start and many of them were eliminated before the bubble burst. Among those who survived this stage but had to settle for a consolation prize are Antonio Esfandiari and Andy Frankenberger. They won a combined $25,000 which doesn't represent much for poker professionals who are used to compete at nosebleed limits. When the final table was set, Jaffe was already ahead with a narrow advantage over the pack and the game was played at an accelerated pace. In less than 10 hands one player was sent to the rail and three more followed in a quick succession, setting the stage for an interesting heads-up. Ratharam Sivagnanam was the runner-up and with enough chips in front of him, he was expected to give the leader a run for his money. Jonathan Jaffe rallied for a quick victory and won a massive paycheck of $429,000, while Ratharam received $10,000 short of 300k. This is what the other players got for their performance: 1 Jonathan Jaffe $429,1062 Ratharam Sivagnanam $290,1113 Mukul Pahuja $186,9644 Kevin MacPhee $138,2785 Sam Chartier $103,5376 Guillaume Nolet $83,658
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For the next couple of weeks, the most exciting poker tournaments will be hosted by European casinos, but American fans have some events of their own. Canadians are the luckiest once, because the complete schedule of the Playground Poker Montreal Festival was recently revealed. Action is poised to start on August 22 and will conclude exactly 2 weeks later on September 3, with the main event allowing players to buy in on four consecutive games. Those who hope to participate in the flagship tournament of the series should know that they are expected to take $1100 out-of-pocket, but the guaranteed prize pool stands at $1 million. As always, there are good chances for this threshold to be crossed by a wide margin, as US-based and Canadian players are expected to flock to the premises. Speaking of which, Playground Poker Club, will be the gracious host for this tournament and those who play here often regard it as Canada's Premier Poker Destination. Time is clearly of the essence for those who don't have the resources to buy in right away, because just 10 days separate us from kick-off. One solution would be to double your efforts over the Internet and play at higher limits if you have an account with Titan Poker or another poker room. Cash games and tournaments are an equally good solution, as long as you can outshine the competent opponents that nowadays populate the rooms of online poker. The Playground Poker Montreal Festival will start with a $150 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry event, which is already immensely popular with those who frequently participate in the series. The guaranteed prize pool for this opening event stands at $100,000, which is a great way to boost your bankroll, ahead of bigger competitions. These include the $550 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack tournament and the $300 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty event, with both of them expected to bring together many players. Those who are lucky enough to find themselves in Montréal on August 28, have several satellites that run throughout the day and the most successful players will book a seat for the main event. Past performance can be used as a reliable indicator for future results and over the last couple of years, there was no shortage of players interested in participating in qualifiers. A total of 50 seats are guaranteed for the main event.
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When everyone is monitoring the poker action in Barcelona, it is easy to get sidetracked from other important competitions that unfold elsewhere. Many American and Canadian players chose Montréal for poker in late August, with Playground Poker Club acting as the gracious host for the tournament. There are plenty of events to choose from and the buy-ins are as low as $150, which means that pretty much anyone can participate. The Playground Poker Montreal Festival is underway and players are already at the tables, trying to emerge victorious in the $150 No-Limit Hold'em Reentry tournament. Those who missed out on the opportunity have three more chances, because this tournament has a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and four starting flights. Winning the first prize or even making the final table will translate into a paycheck that is big enough to cover the buy-in for all the remaining tournaments. The most successful player can expect to take home $30,000, which is a significant paycheck, while those who suffer an untimely elimination have plenty of cash games to choose from. They present them not only with a nice alternative for spending their time, but also a chance to win a $300,000 bad beat jackpot. Being unlucky never paid better at the Playground Poker Club in the one who loses a pot with a monster hand will have no reason to be sour. The highlight of the tournament is the $1,100 Main Event which has a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million, one that is very likely to be surpassed once again. Players can rebuy and make use of add-ons not to mention that there are plenty of satellites running live each evening. The format is quite similar to what happens over the Internet, where poker rooms such as Winner Poker offer their members the chance to win satellites that send them to the main event. Buying into these qualifiers won't set players back more than a handful of dollars, while ensuring the fact that the playfield for the main event is significantly boosted. Those who are lucky enough to be in Montréal at this time of the year will enjoy the live action, but those who have a special interest in the Playground Poker Montreal Festival can also monitor the events on the official blog. The series will come to an end on September 3, which means that there are 10 full days of intense action in Montréal.
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Winter is quickly coming to an end and this marks the signal for a string of prominent tournaments hosted by land-based casinos. Some important series are still running live over the Internet and major companies such as Everest Poker are behind some of these competitions. At the same time, there is no shortage of action in brick-and-mortar venues and players have their hands full if they want to participate. One of the most exciting events that will start on February 28 is the World Poker Tour and everyone is anxiously waiting for this tournament to resume. It will be broadcasted by FOX Sports Networks, so those who want to see the best players at work should do in this challenge. Viewers are going to enjoy new thrills and the format of the TV show promises to be more interactive than ever before. The WPT Tournament of Champions is also at the horizon and those who are genuinely passionate about poker are not going to get bored anytime soon. The official schedule for the upcoming tour has already been released, so those who want to learn more about the competitions should check out this list: February 28 Part 1 WPT Choctaw Choctaw Casino ResortMarch 6 Part 2 WPT Choctaw Choctaw Casino ResortMarch 13 Finale WPT Choctaw Choctaw Casino ResortMarch 20 Part 1 WPT Legends of Poker Bicycle Hotel & CasinoMarch 27 Part 2 WPT Legends of Poker Bicycle Hotel & CasinoApril 3 Finale WPT Legends of Poker Bicycle Hotel & CasinoApril 10 Part 1 WPT Borgata Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino & SpaApril 17 Part 2 WPT Borgata Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino & SpaApril 24 Finale WPT Borgata Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino & SpaMay 1 Part 1 WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble bestbet Poker Simulcast and RacingMay 8 Part 2 WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble bestbet Poker Simulcast and RacingMay 15 Finale WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble bestbet Poker Simulcast and RacingMay 22 Part 1 WPT Montreal Playground Poker ClubMay 29 Part 2 WPT Montreal Playground Poker ClubJune 5 Finale WPT Montreal Playground Poker ClubJune 12 Part 1 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic BellagioJune 19 Part 2 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic BellagioJune 26 Finale WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic BellagioJuly 3 Part 1 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Commerce CasinoJuly 10 Part 2 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Commerce CasinoJuly 17 Finale WPT L.A. Poker Classic Commerce CasinoJuly 24 Part 1 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101 CasinoJuly 31 Part 2 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101 CasinoAugust 7 Finale WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101 CasinoAugust 14 Part 1 WPT Tournament of Champions Seminole Hard RockAugust 21 Part 2 WPT Tournament of Champions Seminole Hard RockAugust 28 Finale WPT Tournament of Champions Seminole Hard Rock
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Hello,
I am not sure if this is a good place to search for this in all honesty so if you could point me in the right direction that'd be great.
A little bit about myself :
My name is Joel and i'm 21 years old. I have big ambitions in life and a passion for all games in general but mostly poker right now, i have been fending for myself since I've been around sixteen as the owner of a business that's gaming related. (Carries in video games such as World of Warcraft & League of Legends) I have been playing Poker for around 1.5 years or so studying & watching videos daily putting in insane amount of hours. I'd like to think i'm a smart individual that adapts quickly and i have shown to be a winning poker player in the recent past. It was also confirmed by other individuals that were objective. (Not my friends basically) Having bills to pay and business dying down i can't currently allocate a bankroll specifically for Poker as of right now which brings me here to ask for a Staking deal.
I would be playing live poker @ Playground Poker Club & Montreal's Casino both located close to where i currently reside. Having played video games professionally in the past my mental stamina is quite good and i can put in tons of hours without any issues. (8-16 hours 5 to 7 days a week) I play both Cash Games & Tournaments however i am open to playing only one of the two if that's what you'd like me to do and i will do my best to accommodate any demands you may have. Give you daily updates and keep track of everything that is won/lost in a spreadsheet that you have access to etc.
If you are interested and would like to chat more regarding this you can reply on this post or you can PM me no problem. (PS : I have no problems showing results in private)
Thank you.
Joel,

So I've been playing a ton of online bitcoin poker, setting up live tournaments with my friends and my class schedule for college is blocked to Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I've been considering traveling to Rhode Island once table games are added to the Twin River Casino in July but until then I was thinking of traveling to Montreal on Fridays and staying for the weekend. Not often, but depending on how things go, maybe a few times. What's reddits opinion? Best places to go? Things to see? Inexpensive place to stay (considering using coachsurfing.com)? Advice or criticism?