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WSOP Circuit Playground 2026: Schedule, Results and Main Event Details

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Playground adds 3 WSOP Circuit stops to its 2026 calendar.
$10M CAD guaranteed Main Event set for August-September Super Circuit.
November ring winners earn $5K WSOP Paradise tournament packages.

The 2026 WSOP Circuit stop at Playground runs November 2-17, featuring 18 Gold Ring events and over C5.5 million guaranteed. Gilbert Charles won the first ring, while Keng Holeads Mini Main Day1A.The C2,500 Main Event begins November 12.

The 2026 WSOP Circuit has arrived at Playground in Kahnawake, Quebec, for its final Canadian stop of the year.

Running from November 2 to 17, the festival features 18 Gold Ring events and more than C5.5 million in guaranteed prize pools, with buy-ins ranging from C400 to C$5,000.

The schedule is headlined by the C2,500MainEvent,whichcarriesaC2.5 million guarantee and gets underway on November 12.

Gilbert Charles claimed the festival's first Gold Ring by winning the C400 Progressive Bounty, which featured a C50,000 guarantee.

Charles received C8,000 in prize money, excluding bounties. Constantinos Zafirioualso collected C8,000 for finishing second, while Johan Levysson secured third place for C$6,180. Each Gold Ring winner at the festival will also receive a US$5,000 WSOP Paradise package.

Keng Ho Leads Mini Main Day 1A

The C400 Mini Main Event features a C500,000 guarantee and six starting flights running from November 2 to 7. Day 2 is scheduled for November 8.

Day 1A attracted 171 entries, with 26 positions paid. Players finishing between 19th and 26th received C$800 each, while 18 players advanced to the next stage.

Keng Ho finished the opening flight with the chip lead, bagging 678,000. Williams Carriere followed with 537,000, while Tomas Larivee-Magni completed the top three with 455,000.

Uddin Md Saif (376,000), Patrick St-Onge (363,000) and Ryan Teixeira (315,000) rounded out the top six.

Mini Main Day 1B was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on November 3. The C400 Mystery Bounty, carrying a C50,000 guarantee, was set to follow at 5:00 p.m.

WSOP Circuit Playground Main Event Schedule

The C2,500 Main Event is Event#11 on the festival schedule and features a C2.5 million guaranteed prize pool.

The tournament has three starting flights on November 12, 13 and 14, followed by Day 2 on November 15 and Day 3 on November 16.

Players receive 50,000 starting chips and compete on 40-minute blind levels. The event allows unlimited re-entries, with late registration remaining open through Level 13.

C$300 milestone satellites will also provide opportunities to win Main Event seats ahead of the tournament.

Every Gold Ring winner at Playground will receive a US$5,000 WSOP Paradise package. The package covers entry into the Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and accommodation at Baha Mar in the Bahamas.

The 2026 WSOP Paradise festival runs from December 2 to 17. Its schedule features 20 bracelet events, US120 million in guaranteed prizepools and a US50 million guaranteed Super Main Event.

Key Events

Dates	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Nov. 2-8	Mini Main Event	C$400	C$500,000
Nov. 6-9	Mystery Bounty	C$400	C$150,000
Nov. 8	Progressive Bounty	C$1,000	C$160,000
Nov. 9-12	The Colossus	C$1,000	C$600,000
Nov. 12-16	Main Event	C$2,500	C$2,500,000
Nov. 15-16	Mega Stack High Roller	C$5,000	C$500,000
Nov. 16	Mystery Bounty	C$1,000	C$200,000
Nov. 16-17	Mix PLO/NLH	C$400	C$30,000

Alongside the Mini Main and Main Event, the Playground festival includes several other tournaments.

The schedule features a C400 Seniors Event, open to players aged 50 and over, a C400 Ladies Event and a C$600 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.

Playground's Record 2026 Poker Calendar

The November festival concludes a busy year of WSOP Circuit action at Playground. The venue previously hosted Circuit stops from March 23 to April 7 and May 10 to 25, before staging the first WSOP Super Circuit Canada from August 26 to September 12.

The Super Circuit featured a C5,000MainEventwithaC10 million guarantee. The tournament attracted 2,844 entries and generated an official prize pool of C$12,689,928.

Mayukh Chakraborty won the tournament, collecting C$1,500,000. Ahead of the Super Circuit, Playground Vice President of Gaming Operations Ryan Bevens said, "What we're building here is something truly special."

"Together we've already made history, and the most exciting part is knowing we're just getting started. We're deeply aligned with WSOP's bold vision to grow the game and deliver events with the largest prize pools the industry has ever seen."

Playground also hosted two other Main Events earlier in 2026. Allen Li-Xin Shen won one after topping a field of 1,781 entries for C605,000, while Daniel Ghionoiu claimed another, overcoming 1,022 entries to collect C370,001.

Final Canadian WSOP Circuit Stop of 2026

The November 2-17 festival marks the final confirmed Canadian stop on the 2026 WSOP Circuit calendar. With 18 Gold Ring events and more than C$5.5 million in guaranteed prize pools, the series concludes Playground's extensive 2026 tournament schedule.

The C$2,500 Main Event begins November 12, with its three starting flights running through November 14. As of October 24, no Canadian WSOP Circuit stop for 2027 had been officially announced.

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