The World Cup of Cards is back at Playground Poker Club from August 13th to September 13th, 2017. This year’s edition will be bigger and better than ever, boasting over $6,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools in events designed to appeal to players of all experience levels. The World Cup of Cards is all about giving players what they want - fun events, variety, huge guarantees, and a ton of value for their poker-playing dollar.

The World Cup of Cards features a total of 36 events including the $220 Grand Prix Canada ($1M GTD), the $1,650 CPPT World Cup of Cards ($400K GTD), the $1,100 Playground1000 ($1M GTD), and the $2,200 partypoker LIVE Canadian Poker Championship ($2M GTD).


World Cup of Cards 2017 Schedule

For a full schedule, event details, rules, and other information please visit: https://www.playgroundpoker.ca/worldcupofcards2017/

Event #1: partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Canada
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
$200 + $20 NL Hold'em Re-entry

Online Day 1 Flights on partypoker

Live Day 1 flights at Playground Poker Club:
Day 1A: Sunday August 13th at 11:00am
Day 1B: Sunday August 13th at 4:00pm
Day 1C: Sunday August 13th at 7:00pm
Day 1D: Monday August 14th at 12:00pm
Day 1E: Monday August 14th at 7:00pm
Day 1F: Tuesday August 15th at 12:00pm
Day 1G: Tuesday August 15th at 7:00pm
Day 1H: Wednesday August 16th at 12:00pm
Day 1I: Wednesday August 16th at 7:00pm
Day 1J: Thursday August 17th at 12:00pm
Day 1K: Thursday August 17th at 7:00pm
Day 1L: Friday August 18th at 11:00am
Day 1M: Friday August 18th at 4:00pm
Day 1N: Friday August 18th at 7:00pm
Day 1O: Saturday August 19th at 11:00am
Day 1P: Saturday August 19th at 4:00pm
Day 1Q: Saturday August 19th at 7:00pm

Day 2: Sunday August 20th at 1:00pm
Day 3: Monday August 21st at 1:00pm

One entry and one re-entry permitted per starting day.

Event #2: $200 + $20 NL Hold'em Shootout
$12,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Sunday August 20th at 7:00pm

Event #3: $100 + $10 Roll the Dice Mixed Game 8-Max
$5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Monday August 21st at 12:00pm

Event #4: $150 + $30 + $150 NL Hold'em 6-Max Bounty
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Monday August 21st at 7:00pm

Event #5: $100 + $10 NL Hold'em Big Ante
$5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday August 22nd at 12:00pm

Event #6: $100 + $10 NL Hold'em Single Rebuy
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday August 22nd at 7:00pm

Event #7: $300 + $30 PL Omaha 8-Max Re-entry
$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday August 22nd at 7:30pm

Event #8: $500 + $50 NL Hold'em 8-Max Freeze
$40,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday August 23rd at 11:00am

Event #9: $200 + $20 NL Hold'em Survivor
$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday August 23rd at 7:00pm

Event #10: $500 + $100 + $500 NL Hold'em 50/50 Bounty
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Thursday August 24th at 11:00am

Event #11: $100 + $15 + $25 Crazy Pineapple 8-Max Bounty
$8,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Thursday August 24th at 7:00pm

Event #12: $300 + $30 PL Omaha Hi-Lo 8-Max
$12,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Thursday August 24th at 8:00pm

Event #13: $1,500 + $150 CPPT World Cup of Cards
$400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Day 1A: Friday August 25th at 11:00am
Day 1B: Saturday August 26th at 11:00am
Day 2: Sunday August 27th at 12:00pm
Day 3: Monday August 28th at 12:00pm

Event #14: $300 + $30 NL Hold'em Mix Max
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Friday August 25th at 7:00pm

Event #15: $300 + $30 NL Hold'em Survivor
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Saturday August 26th at 7:00pm

Event #16: $135 + $25 Strangers in the Night Poker Fundraiser
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Day 1A: Sunday August 27th at 1:00pm
Day 1B: Sunday August 27th at 7:00pm
Day 1C: Monday August 28th at 7:00pm
Day 1D: Tuesday August 29th at 11:00am
Day 1E: Tuesday August 29th at 7:00pm
Day 2: Wednesday August 30th at 7:00pm
Day 3: Thursday August 31st at 7:00pm

Event #17: $100 + $10 Crazy Pineapple 8-Max
$5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Monday August 28th at 12:00pm

Event #18: $100 + $10 Mixed PL Hold'em & PL Omaha 8-Max Re-entry
$5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday August 30th at 12:00pm

Event #19: $5,000 + $300 5K 8-Max Re-entry
$200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1: Wednesday August 30th at 1:00pm
Day 2: Thursday August 31st at 1:00pm

Event #20: $1,000 + $100 Playground1000
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Day 1A: Friday September 1st at 11:00am
Day 1B: Saturday September 2nd at 11:00am
Day 1C: Sunday September 3rd at 11:00am
Turbo Day 1D: Monday September 4th at 10:00am
Day 2: Monday September 4th at 3:00pm
Day 3: Tuesday September 5th at 12:00pm
Day 4: Wednesday September 6th at 12:00pm

Event #21: $135 + $15 NL Hold'em Women's Event
$8,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Friday September 1st at 7:00pm

Event #22: $200 + $20 Roll the Dice Mixed Game 8-Max
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Sunday September 3rd at 8:00pm

Event #23: $1,000 + $100 NL Hold'em 6-Max
$80,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday September 5th at 11:00am

Event #24: $300 + $30 NL Hold'em Mega Stack Turbo
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday September 5th at 7:00pm

Event #25: $100 + $10 Limit Hold'em
$3,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday September 6th at 12:00pm

Event #26: $10,000 + $300 High Roller 6-Max Re-entry
$400,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1: Wednesday September 6th at 1:00pm
Day 2: Thursday September 7th at 1:00pm

Event #27: $200 + $20 NL Hold'em Deepstack Turbo
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday September 6th at 8:00pm

Event #28: $2,000 + $200 WCC Canadian Poker Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

$240 Live and Online Phase 1 qualifying tournaments starting July 6th

Day 1A: Friday September 8th at 11:00am
Day 1B: Saturday September 9th at 11:00am
Day 1C: Sunday September 10th at 11:00am
Turbo Day 1D: Monday September 11th at 10:00am
Day 2: Monday September 11th at 3:00pm
Day 3: Tuesday September 12th at 12:00pm
Day 4: Wednesday September 13th at 12:00pm

Event #29: $200 + $20 NL Hold'em Seniors 50+
$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Friday September 8th at 4:00pm

Event #30: $100 + $60 + $500 NL Hold'em Bounty Builder
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Sunday September 10th at 8:00pm

Event #31: $300 + $30 PL Omaha 5 Card 8-Max Re-entry
$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1: Monday September 11th at 8:00pm
Day 2: Tuesday September 12th at 7:00pm

Event #32: $5,000 + $300 5K 8-Max Re-entry
$200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1: Tuesday September 12th at 1:00pm
Day 2: Wednesday September 13th at 1:00pm

Event #33: $150 + $15 NL Hold'em Freeze
$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday September 12th at 7:00pm

Event #34: $500 + $50 Roll the Dice Mixed Game 8-Max
$15,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Tuesday September 12th at 8:00pm

Event #35: $100 + $10 Crazy Pineapple 8-Max
$5,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday September 13th at 1:00pm

Event #36: $200 + $30 + $100 NL Hold'em 8-Max Bounty
$40,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Wednesday September 13th at 7:00pm


CPPT World Cup of Cards Satellites

Wednesday August 23rd at 8:00pm - $165 + $15 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 5 Seats Guaranteed
Friday August 25th at 8:00pm - $165 + $15 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 5 Seats Guaranteed

Playground1000 Satellites

Thursday August 31st at 12:00pm - $110 + $10 NL Hold'em Re-entry - 3 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday August 31st at 4:00pm - $70 + $10 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 3 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday August 31st at 7:00pm - $110 + $10 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 20 Seats Guaranteed
Friday September 1st at 8:00pm - $110 + $10 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 10 Seats Guaranteed
Saturday September 2nd at 8:00pm - $110 + $10 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 5 Seats Guaranteed

WCC Canadian Poker Championship Satellites

Thursday September 7th at 12:00pm - $90 + $10 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 2 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday September 7th at 4:00pm - $135 + $15 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 3 Seats Guaranteed
Thursday September 7th at 7:00pm - $220 + $20 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 20 Seats Guaranteed
Friday September 8th at 7:00pm - $220 + $20 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 10 Seats Guaranteed
Saturday September 9th at 7:00pm - $220 + $20 Turbo NL Hold'em Re-entry - 10 Seats Guaranteed

Great schedule, maybe even better than last year! Well done!
Love to see the mixed games back at the Playground.
Which games will be played on the "roll the dice" events?
Which events will have satellites online?
Thanks

Also wondering about the satellite offerings on party poker. Great schedule BTW.

Phenomenal

Hope to make it out for atleast 1 event. Playground is the BEST place to play. I've told so many people in the NY/CT northeast region. Recommend it to anyone!

Hey Jack Eight - thanks for the kind words! This whole festival is just super fun - esp now with some pretty monster events that are much bigger than last year. But all of the smaller (and not-so-small) non-standard events give the WCC a ton of variety.

In terms of the Roll the Dice event - that was just called a Dealer's Choice last year, but with 6 events, we used an oversized die to indicate the current game, so we renamed it to suit. The games in the mix are NLHE, PLHE, PLO, PLO5, NL Pineapple, NL Crazy Pineapple.

The Grand Prix Canada, Playground1000, and Canadian Poker Championship will have online satellites. The Canadian Poker Championship will also have Phase 1s both online and live.

Phase 1s start with 10% of the starting stack of the big tournament and cost around 10% of the buy-in - and play down to 10% of the field remaining, meaning that the chip average at the end of a Phase 1 is the same as for the big tournament it feeds. BUT - an individual player who survives a Phase 1 might have a lot more or a lot less than the average - and their stack carries forward, so that is relevant. We ran a tournament like this in the Spring and it was terrific. This is one of the recent innovations from partypoker LIVE and Dusk Till Dawn.

There are also Playground Tournament $$ satellites every day on partypoker (non-NJ, of course). You can play for one of 2 $200 Playground Tournament Dolllar prizes - these tickets can be used to buy-in (or help to buy-in) to any event in the WCC.

I played a few events last year and enjoyed my time there. Lowest rake around + free food (in the cash games at least, can you eat for free while playing a tournament?) + the only place I know of that has pineapple!

If I could make a suggestion regarding the roll the dice events, PLHE seems redundant with NLHE already in the mix. It would be much better to replace it with PLO8 or Big O (8/B). Also, a HORSE tournament would be a great addition to the schedule.

Anyway, great series and I hope to make it out here again for a few days.

When will structures for these be out? Deciding between some events around Labor Day weekend, and want to see the structures before travel plans are made.

Working on them now - I will for sure get the first batch up this week. Which event - if there's an old structure sheet that is very similar from a past event I can give you the link, or put it on the top of the list...

Mainly the 1k and 2k, I'm mostly interested in whether there's a rollback and how you're handling Day 2 to Day 3 given that Day 2 starts at 3 and Day 3 starts at noon.

Aha OK I will get those done asap. Possibly as soon as later today, in fact - I'll do my best.

Will definitely have both for tomorrow.

Can we get a timeline for online sats too the 1k-2k events on partypoker as well? So far only seeing sats for the Grand Prix.

Hey BillyBizzle,

The blog isn't quite ready for prime time yet, but I have gone ahead and embedded the PDFs for each event and that's the easiest way to get it to you. By the way, these are both partypoker LIVE events.

Event 20 - $1,000 + $100 Playground1000: https://www.worldcupofcards.com/2017...event-20-info/

Event 28 - $2,000 + $200 Canadian Poker Championships: https://www.worldcupofcards.com/2017...event-28-info/

Note in particular the time changes for both events compared with what we published originally.

mk1988: We're still waiting on the online Satellite and Phase 1 schedule from partypoker for those two events.

Looks great! I assume button ante is the button paying that amount each orbit, so I will ask the obvious question-what happens when the button is dead?

Also as a heads up, the 1k sheet is correct but the link says 12AM where it should say PM.

Thank you for the heads up - I'll correct that asap.

A Dead button means no ante that hand, interestingly enough. The button ante is, for practical purposes, the same as the BB, unless the table is short-handed - at 3 players below "par" - which should practically never happen - it will be the small blind amount.

Also, as a suggestion-play 10 levels on day 3, not 8. Playing 10 levels makes the starting stack equal to the big blind the last level of the day, and if the average is 50 bbs, you'll have 2% of the field left (so like 20 out of 1000). Playing 10 levels day 3 will make it much more likely that you finish in 10-11 levels on day 4, rather than needing 12-13.

Series looks awesome!
I qualified for day 2 of the Grand Prix already; I'll be playing all 4 "Main" events on the 4 weekends and some other events like the Caribbean package satellites.

See y'all there!

Viewed the structure. What's with the button ante? Just the button pays for the round of antes?

From my understanding, the 1million Grand Prix will be paid out through party poker. Is that the only event that will be paid through the party client? I will not be playing any events that this is the case.

If you're an American they pay you in cash

The button ante has become popular in some of the high roller events recently (Super High Roller Bowl for instance) and partypoker LIVE has decided to roll it out for their events as well.

The concept is simple - the button pays the equivalent of a full table's worth of antes each hand. The execution is simpler - instead of paying a variable amount depending on whether it's currently a 9-handed, 8-handed, or 7-handed table, the button ante is equivalent to the bb. If a table is down by 3 players or more from the max then it goes down to the small blind amount - but that will almost never happen because tables will be balanced before it gets to that point.

BTW partypoker LIVE events - in this case the Canada Grand Prix, Playground1000, and Canadian Poker Championships - are all 8-handed events - except that to accommodate any kind of rush of players they will start 9-handed (players hate to wait to be seated) and move to 8-Max asap.

Carl Trooper is correct - if by reason of residence you cannot play on partypoker or don't have the right to make an account, we'll get you set up at the cashier like any other event.

Basically the message is "don't worry, we'll take care of you" if you're from the US and want to play but can't use partypoker to buy in to an event or to get paid out to. BTW partypoker NJ is effectively an unrelated site for purposes of this and other partypoker LIVE events afaik. My understanding is that NJ is essentially a fully walled garden for this kind of thing.

Can attest to this. Never had an issue with playground. Always pay and are very helpful and respectful. Hands down the BEST place I've ever played. Can't recommend it enough. Really have 0 complaints except I have to drive 3 hours to get there!

Just to clarify a bit further (Some of us are slow). If I play a phase 1 online qualifier for the $2 million guarantee, I proceed to Day 1 (A, B, or C) and I retain the chips that I accumulated online?

That is correct. Phase 1 online qualifiers will be starting soon on partypoker.

Live Phase 1s are already on, and all Phase 1 qualifiers' results are available here: https://www.playgroundpoker.ca/canad...ip2017#results