Partypoker and the Playground Poker Club in Montreal have entered into a multi-year strategic partnership, and former World Boxing Champion, Carl Froch, teaches Big Bluff contestants how to put on a good poker face.

Partypoker and the Playground Poker Club in Montreal have entered into a strategic partnership. The pair holds hands for the first time on the 2nd Sep when partypoker sponsor the 3-Day (CAD) $500,000 Guaranteed (CAD) $109 buy-in Canadian Grand Prix.

The event is the highlight of a 39-tournament event called the World Cup of Cards (WCC) Festival. The festival runs from 18th Aug through 14th Sep and carries a guarantee of (CAD) $2m across the board. The festival includes a wide variety of games including Pot Limit Omaha, 5-Card Omaha, and two variants of Pineapple.

Highlights include the aforementioned Canadian Grand Prix, an event known as Quantum with 10-starting flights and (CAD) $200k in guaranteed prize money, and the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Montreal. The (CAD) $500+$65 buy-in event features a (CAD) $400,000 guaranteed prize pool and seven starting flights.