Today’s $100 + $10 Limit Hold’em tournament saw 39 players take to the tables to play this venerable form of Texas Hold’em and the field was made up of a wide range of players from experienced old hands at the game who probably “grew up” in poker playing limit to wily pros like Jean-Philippe Piquette who hasn’t played a $110 tournament in a long time – but wanted to support the spreading of the fixed limit game.

When the dust settled, the champion was local pro Jason Conforti, a fixture in all kinds of games at Playground Poker Club and one of the stars of last year’s World Cup of Cards.

Event #25 Champion: Jason Conforti, $1,400.00

Final hand of the tournament

2nd place: Ken Ransom, $1,003.00

The Limit tournament attracted a total of 39 players and the final 9 of them are assembled around the final table in the event. Five places will pay in this event.

Here are a few photos from the early going in the Limit event. There are 34 players registered and 33 remaining, and registration closes in just over 10 minutes.

Event #25 in the World Cup of Cards is a rarity in the Montreal area – a Fixed Limit Hold’em tournament. The explosion of poker in the Montreal area occurred in the No Limit era of the game, so a great proportion of the games spread – tourney and cash – are of this variant of the game. However there are still many players that also enjoy the Limit game – this is the tournament for them!

If you’re not sure how to play, it’s quite straight forward. The overall game play is identical to “regular” hold’em, the only difference being that there are limits to the sizes of bets and raises depending on the street. Knowing the limit is simple – for the first two rounds of betting in a particular hand, it’s the same as the big blind, and then following it’s twice that amount.

Action gets underway at 12:00pm, players will begin with 15K in chips and play will continue through 20 minute levels until it’s complete.

Good luck!