Follow-up to October 2024 Escalation — Ongoing Exclusion from WPT-Sanctioned Events at Playground Poker (Kahnawà:ke)

Mr. Pliska and WPT executive team,

I am writing as a follow-up to correspondence I sent to yourself, Ms. Hael, Mr. Polgreen, and Mr. Woodall on October 5 and October 6, 2024, concerning accessibility and fairness issues relating to WPT-sanctioned events held at Playground Poker Club (Kahnawà:ke, Quebec). That correspondence has not, to my knowledge, received a substantive response.

Summary of the matter:

In March 2024 I was banned from Playground without written notice, without stated cause, and without access to any review or appeal mechanism. The factual circumstances are set out in the October 2024 thread, but to summarise briefly: I arrived at Playground at approximately 6:00 AM for a planned session, was advised at the cage that my card was locked, and the duty manager confirmed that the only record available was an internal note. Despite repeated written communications to Playground's executive team over a seven-month period in 2024, Playground has never provided any written statement of cause.

Why I am writing to WPT again:

The ban continues to have material consequences specifically because Playground has remained an active WPT venue. In particular:

* The WPT Global Winter Classic was hosted at Playground Montréal from January 18 to February 1, 2026 — an event from which I was excluded. * The WPT Global Summer Million ran at the same venue in July–August 2025. * The WSOP Circuit at Playground is scheduled for May 10–25, 2026, representing another planned exclusion absent resolution.

The practical effect is a de facto exclusion from a significant portion of the Canadian live tournament circuit — a consequence that extends beyond any one private venue's legitimate interest in door discretion, and that I respectfully suggest warrants WPT's independent consideration as a matter of partnership and brand integrity.

What I am requesting from WPT:

1. An independent review by WPT compliance of whether a licensed partner venue's exclusion of a patron, without any written statement of cause, is consistent with WPT's standards for sanctioned events and with the accessibility expectations WPT holds itself out as upholding. 2. Written acknowledgement from WPT that the October 2024 escalation to the named executives was received, reviewed, and either actioned or formally declined — so that the record is clear. 3. Consideration of what, if anything, WPT is prepared to do to ensure that sanctioned events at partner venues remain accessible to patrons who have not been provided with documented cause for exclusion.

For the record:

I am separately preparing formal complaints with the Kahnawà:ke Gaming Commission and, as applicable, the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Québec and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The WPT correspondence will form part of the documentary record of those filings, in so far as it is relevant to the history of attempts to resolve the matter.

I have made every reasonable effort to resolve this directly and in good faith. A written response from WPT addressing the three items above — even a brief acknowledgement — would be appreciated and would help avoid the need for WPT to be referenced further in any public or regulatory documentation beyond the historical record already established in 2024.