Travis Macmillan Punches Ticket to Las Vegas By Winning WPT 500 Playground
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The CAD $3,500 buy-in, CAD $1.5 million GTD World Poker Tour (WPT) Playground Championship kicked off on Thursday and is the culmination of an already successful festival at Montreal’s premier poker hotspot.
For instance, from October 14-21, the CAD $590 buy-in, CAD $400K GTD WPT 500 Playground took place attracting 1,598 entrants over six starting flights. That nearly doubled the guarantee by creating a CAD $799,000 prize pool.
On Day 3 of the tournament, the final three players worked an ICM deal that saw chip leader Travis MacMillan lock up the most money while Dan Kashvin and Vadym Sienichkin each secured $72,315 in prize money. However, they played it out for the WPT500 trophy as well as a seat to the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas this December.
WPT 500 Playground Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize (CAD) |
---|---|---|
1 | Travis MacMillan | $100,860* |
2 | Dan Kashvin | $72,315* |
3 | Vadym Sienichkin | $72,315* |
4 | Linda Huard | $42,000 |
5 | Christopher Taylor | $32,000 |
6 | Samuel Bourque | $24,300 |
7 | John David | $18,700 |
8 | Matthew Pascarella | $14,500 |
9 | Yves Aubin | $11,400 |
It marked a new career-high score for MacMillan, who hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to the Hendon Mob, MacMillan’s previous high score of CAD $65,000 ($48,106 USD) came when he finished runner-up to Ian Monahoyios in the 2023 Playground March Million Event #9: CAD $2,200 NLH High Roller.
Upcoming Events
While the WPT Playground Championship plays throughout the weekend and into next week, it’ll be accompanied by plenty of great side events still on the schedule.
That includes a one-day CAD $600 buy-in, CAD $60K GTD No-Limit Hold’em Turbo event at 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, October 10. At Noon on Monday, a CAD $10,500 High Roller will take place followed two hours later by a CAD $1,000 buy-in, CAD $100K GTD Mystery Bounty ($400 bounties – Top Prize CAD $20K).
On the final day of the series – Wednesday, October 30 – a CAD $300 buy-in, CAD $10K GTD No-Limit Hold’em tournament will begin at 11 a.m. local time, and in the evening at 6 p.m., the series will close out with a CAD $400 buy-in, CAD $40K GTD Mystery Bounty ($150 bounties – Top Prize CAD $5K).
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