READ UP ON EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT WSOP SUPER CIRCUIT CANADA
As Daniel Negreanu helps start the WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main Event, see what records have been broken and who all has won WSOP Circuit rings in Montreal.
Sep 03 2026 12:00 PM EST
Kahnawake, Quebec (September 3, 2026) - The inaugural WSOP Super Circuit Canada at Playground has wasted little time establishing itself as one of the biggest poker festivals ever held in the country.
With the festival now entering its marquee stretch, three WSOP Circuit rings have been awarded, Canadian players have swept the opening events, and Playground has already broken one of its own major tournament records. The biggest story, however, is still to come, with the CA$5,000 Super Circuit Main Event underway today with a staggering CA$10 million guaranteed prize pool.
Who has won WSOP Circuit Rings and punched their ticket to Paradise?
Thus far in Canada’s first-ever WSOP Super Circuit, not only have six players secured coveted WSOP Circuit rings in record-breaking events, but they have also punched their ticket to WSOP Paradise 2026.
Along with playing a pivotal role in Canadian poker history, every WSOP Circuit ring winner at Playground receives a $5,000 WSOP Circuit Paradise Package that includes free entry to the $2,750 WSOP Paradise Circuit Championship Mystery Bounty and hotel accommodations at WSOP Paradise’s new home: Baha Mar.
Before poker players start running deep in the Main Event and win more WSOP Circuit rings, see who all has already reached the top of the podium in Playground.
WSOP Super Circuit Canada Tournaments Winners:
Event #1: CA$500 NLH Super Circuit Kickoff: Sebastien Proulx (Canada) - CA$56,000Event #2: CA$500 NLH Mini Main Event: Daniel Haim (Canada) - CA$185,000Event #3: CA$1,000 NLH Mystery Bounty: Frederic Moss (Canada) - CA$90,000Event #4: CA$2,300 NLH Super Circuit Championship: James Pillon (Canada) - CA$335,000Event #5: CA$1,500 Monster Stack Pot-Limit Omaha: Harley Stoffmaker (Canada) - $CA90,000Event #6: CA$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Progressive Bounty: Paul Meiners (USA) - CA$51,000
Canada's first-ever WSOP Super Circuit continues to make history.
WSOP Super Circuit Canada continues to make history
WSOP Super Circuit Canada at Playground is rewriting the Canadian poker record books, and the festival will soon establish a new benchmark for the largest tournament series in the country's history.
Through the opening events, the series has generated approximately CA$5.78 million in prize pools. With the CA$5,000 WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main Event now underway and carrying a massive CA$10 million guaranteed prize pool, the festival is on pace to surpass the current Canadian record of CA$15.54 million in total prize money generated by a poker series.
Playground's festival features 18 WSOP Circuit ring events and more than CA$14 million in advertised guarantees, with the Main Event representing the centerpiece of the schedule.
If the Main Event reaches its full guarantee, the series will add another CA$10 million to the total, pushing the festival's prize pools well beyond the existing CA$15.54 million benchmark. WSOP Super Circuit Canada needs only about CA$9.76 million more in combined prize pools to establish a new Canadian record, making the record-breaking performance increasingly likely as the festival continues.
The festival has already established one major record thanks to the CA$500 No-Limit Hold'em Mini Main Event.
The tournament attracted an astounding 3,484 total entries across five starting flights, making it the largest field for a single tournament in Playground's history.
The turnout comfortably surpassed Playground's previous record of 1,978 entries, set during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Main Event. The new mark represents an increase of roughly 76 percent and demonstrates the enormous response to the first WSOP Super Circuit Canada.
With the CA$10 million Main Event now taking center stage, WSOP Super Circuit Canada has a chance to turn its early records into an unprecedented festival-wide achievement.
Daniel Negreanu all smiles during the GGPoker Meet-Up Game.
Daniel Negreanu helps kick off the WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main Event
With the history-defining success of Canada’s first-ever WSOP Super Circuit, it was only fitting that Canada’s #1 all-time money leader and one of the most famous poker players alive did the ceremonial “Shuffle Up and Deal” to kick off Flight A of the WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main Event.
Joined by WSOP broadcaster Jeff Platt and Playground officials at the featured table, Poker Hall of Fame inductee and 8-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu did the honors and got Flight A of the CA$5,000 Super Circuit Main Event underway.
Already making his presence felt at Playground, Negreanu was joined by fellow poker notables Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Jonathan Little, and Dan “Jungleman” Cates as they and a lengthy lineup of famous poker pros and content creators took part in one of the most impressive poker meet-up games ever assembled.
As the poker legends in attendance start finding their tables in the WSOP Super Circuit Canada Main Event, we will see if a familiar face, or a breakout star, secures the lion’s share of the CA$10 million prize pool guarantee and etches their name into Canadian poker history.
