Kahnawake, Quebec (PRWEB) November 08, 2011

Playground Poker Club, Canadas leading poker destination has announced a star-studded lineup for their 2011 Legends Banquet event &amp poker tournament honoring the 102nd anniversary of Montreals greatest hockey team, and featuring some of the greatest names in hockey history, including Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer and several more, all for a fantastic trigger.

Playground Poker Club is following up the popular NLH Faceoff Event this past summer with yet another unique expertise combining poker and hockey with a couple of new twists at the 2011 Legends Banquet on December 4th, 2011 at Playground Poker Clubs 5 star restaurant, The Rail Coal Fire Bistro.

The banquet will run from 12PM EST until 2PM EST and is becoming hosted by some of the most iconic names in hockey history, which includes Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Henri Richard, and many other great players from hockeys past. The poker tournament portion of the event begins proper after the Legends Banquet wraps up at two:30PM EST.

Montreal is the centre of the hockey universe and we feel that Playground is the centre of the poker universe, so hosting an event like this is the best marriage for us. said Playground Poker Club COO David Montour. The event also coincides with the 102nd anniversary of Montreals hockey team, to add a little a lot more historical flair.

Attendees will be able to rub elbows with hockey legends and bid on a live auction featuring autographed merchandise, pictures, memorabilia and much a lot more. There will also be food service from the kitchen of the Rail Coal Fire Bistro, renowned for their popular coal fire oven that cooks up the ideal chicken wings and pizza in the Montreal area. Tickets are $ 150 and consist of VIP All-Access to the banquet. If youre playing in the poker event, the Legends will circulate the space during the first hour of play to sign autographs and shake hands with the players. Proceeds set to benefit minor hockey. Playground is actively involved in many charities. Says Montour. Weve raised roughly $ 75,000 via our past events and this event will allow us to help young talented hockey players who merely dont have the indicates to play the game. E-mail information(at)playgroundpoker(dot)ca for all the details on acquiring tickets.

In addition to this distinctive opportunity to rub elbows with the greats of hockeys past, Playground Poker Club is living up to their for players, by players motto by hosting a $ 300 + $ 50 Bounty Tournament beginning at two:30 PM EST. Bounty is at $ 100 for this event and is tripled if players knock out any legends so anyone who knocks out any of the greats competing in the tourney will obtain a bounty of $ 300.

At Playground had been always looking for ways to offer you our players the very best opportunity to win huge and have a excellent time doing it. The increased bounty incentives in this tournament do that and will maintain issues intriguing and make it even much more fun for players to knock one another out of the event. Montour continued. In an effort to continue to cater to poker players, the hockey greats will circulate the poker room in the course of the tournament to permit the players who don’t attend the banquet an opportunity to meet their hockey heroes of yesterday.

More information on this event is obtainable at playgroundpoker.ca/legends and there never has been a better time to check out the action at Playground Poker Club, open 24 hours a day and situated just minutes from downtown Montreal on Highway 138.

About Playground Poker Club

Located minutes from downtown Montreal, Playground boasts 25 poker tables, a high stakes room, a full service, 5 star restaurant featuring coal-fire dishes. Revamped in 2010, Playground is Canada’s premier poker destination with loads of players comps and bonuses and is where several celebrity poker pros, hockey players and MMA fighters call property. http://www.playgroundpoker.ca

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