Hosted at the Playground Poker Club, the $3,850 CAD buy-in event attracted 648 runners. The prize pool was nearly $2.2 million CAD with $317K to first place. When Mike Sexton made the final table, his spot in the booth next to Vince Van Patten was replaced by Tony Dunst.

The top 81 paid out at the WPT Montreal. Notables who cashed... Alex Keating (13th), Ryan D'Angelo (22nd), Andy Frankenberger (24th) Darryll Fish (26th), Jason James (33rd), Brain Altman (37th), Michael Gathy (39th), Darren Elias (48th), Jonathan Roy (54th), Pascal Lefrancois (58th), Eric Afriat (63rd), Keven Stammen (67th place), Kyle Bowker (70th), Mike Dentale (71st) and Garrett Greer (79th).