WSOP Circuit Playground Opens With C$5.5M+ Guaranteed

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  • The 2026 WSOP Circuit ends its Canadian run at Playground, Kahnawake, with 18 Gold Ring events.
  • The C$2,500 Main Event features a C$2.5 million guarantee and three starting flights from November 12.
  • The festival offers over C$5.5 million in guaranteed prize pools across 16 days.
The final Canadian stop of the 2026 WSOP Circuit season gets underway at Playground today, with 18 Gold Ring events and more than C$5.5 million in guaranteed prize pools scheduled across the next 16 days.

Play begins in Kahnawake, Quebec, on November 2 and runs through November 17. The festival opens with the first flight of the C$400 Mini Main Event before attention gradually shifts toward the C$1,000 Colossus, the C$2,500 Main Event and a C$5,000 Mega Stack High Roller.

For Canadian players, the series provides one final major WSOP Circuit opportunity on home soil before the 2026 calendar closes.

Mini Main Event Starts the Festival

The C$400 Mini Main Event is the first ring event on the schedule and carries a C$500,000 guarantee.

Six starting flights are scheduled from November 2 through November 7, with Day 2 taking place on November 8. Day 1A begins at 11:00 a.m. today.

The opening flight shares the first day of the festival with Event #2, a C$400 Progressive Bounty tournament starting at 5:00 p.m. and carrying a C$50,000 guarantee.

The opening week continues with additional C$400 events, including Mystery Bounty, Bounty and Mega Stack tournaments, before the schedule begins moving into larger buy-ins.

Date 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

Players following the entire Canadian season can find the November stop alongside the other major events in our WSOP Circuit Canada guide.

C$2.5 Million Main Event Anchors the Schedule

The largest tournament of the festival begins on November 12.

The C$2,500 Main Event has three starting flights running from November 12 through November 14 and carries a C$2.5 million guarantee. Day 2 is scheduled for November 15, followed by Day 3 on November 16.

Several Main Event satellites are also included in the official schedule, with C$300 milestone satellites awarding seats during the build-up to the tournament.

The Main Event arrives after the C$1,000 Colossus, which features three starting flights and a C$600,000 guarantee.

Players planning the remainder of their Canadian live schedule can also follow confirmed festivals through the Canadian poker tournament calendar.

PLO and High Roller Events Add Variety

Although No-Limit Hold'em dominates the programme, the schedule is not exclusively Hold'em.

A C$600 Pot-Limit Omaha event takes place on November 12 with a C$100,000 guarantee, while the final day includes a C$400 mixed PLO/NLH event with three lives and C$30,000 guaranteed.

Players less familiar with the four-card format can review our Pot-Limit Omaha rules before the event.

The biggest buy-in of the series is the C$5,000 Mega Stack High Roller, beginning on November 15. The two-day tournament carries a C$500,000 guarantee.

Playground Closes a Major Canadian WSOP Circuit Year

The November festival caps a busy 2026 WSOP Circuit schedule in Canada.

Playground has already hosted multiple Circuit festivals this year, including the first WSOP Super Circuit Canada, while Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary has provided a second major Canadian Circuit destination.

That leaves Playground with the final word.

Over the next two weeks, CanadianPoker.com will follow the major results, ring winners, Canadian performances and Main Event developments from Kahnawake.

Players travelling to the venue can also find room and location information in our Playground Poker Club guide.

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