Eighteen events, a $2,200 ceiling: Playground's MSPT Canadian Poker Championship runs to 12 October
Playground in Kahnawake is midway through the MSPT Canadian Poker Championship, an eighteen-event series that began on 1 October 2026 and finishes on 12 October. The room's own calendar now shows the full card: the $1,150 Main Event (Event #12) takes four starting flights from 8 to 11 October before its final day on 12 October, and the most expensive tournament of the series is the $2,200 Mega Stack High Roller (Event #10), which starts on 7 October. Everything else on the schedule sits at $1,000 or below.
The series opened with Event #1, a $300 Mega Stack spread across six starting flights between 1 and 3 October, with its Day 2 on 4 October. From there the calendar fills in tightly: a $300 Monster Stack Bounty on 3 October, a $500 Monster Stack 8-Max and a $300 Progressive Knockout on 4 October, and three events in one day on 5 October - a $250 Mega Stack, a $300 Mystery Bounty and a $250 mixed Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold'em event played with three lives.
The expensive end of the schedule lands in the middle of the festival. Event #8, a $1,000 Mystery Bounty, plays its Day 1 on 6 October and its Day 2 the following day. Event #10, the $2,200 Mega Stack High Roller, starts on 7 October with its Day 2 on 8 October, and it is the series ceiling - no tournament on the card is dearer.
The Main Event is the series' centrepiece and the most accessible of the headline events at $1,150. Its four starting flights run on consecutive days from 8 to 11 October, all at 11:00, with the final day on 12 October. Playground has stacked $180 milestone satellites around it, several per day from 8 October onward, which is the cheapest route into the field.
The back half of the card keeps the buy-ins modest: a $600 Mega Stack 50/50 Bounty on 8 October, a $500 Mystery Bounty on 9 October, a $500 No Limit Hold'em on 10 October, a $500 Monster Stack Turbo on 11 October, and the series closing on 12 October with a $1,000 Progressive Knockout and a $300 Mystery Bounty.
One practical note for anyone planning a trip around the regular schedule: Playground's weekly tournaments are displaced while the festival is on. The room's calendar shows the weeklies running on 30 September, disappearing for the festival window, and resuming on 13 October - the day after the Main Event final. All buy-ins above are as posted by Playground, in Canadian dollars.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the MSPT Canadian Poker Championship 2026?
1 to 12 October 2026 at Playground in Kahnawà:ke, Quebec.
How much is the Main Event?
$1,150, with four Day 1 flights on 8–11 October and Day 2 on the 12th.
What is the biggest buy-in?
The $2,200 Mega Stack High Roller — there is nothing larger on the schedule.
Does Playground run tournaments outside festivals?
Yes, almost daily — from a $100 Deepstack Turbo up to a $300 Wednesday bounty capped at 72 entries.