Manitoba Poker Open Returns to Winnipeg Oct 27-30th
Winnipeg’s McPhillips Station Casino will be hosting it’s second “major” No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament series of 2011, this time from October 27th to 30th, with 3 “medium limit” events on the schedule. Pre-Series Estimates are shooting for $600,000 in combined prize-pools, based on a sell-out of all events. Event #1, the $550+$50 No Limit …
“Timex” Ships EPL for $782k & A Look at Top Canadians So Far in WCOOP
The big news regarding Canadian Poker and it’s players this Saturday is of course Mike “Timex” McDonald’s major title win last night of the $20,000 Epic Poker League Main Event. To make it even better, the over first place finish of over $782,000 dollars came just a day before Mike’s 22nd birthday…talk about picking yourself …
Glen “Choron” Chorny
Glen “Choron” Chorny first “appeared” on the live poker scene while playing casually as a student attending university in Waterloo Ontario. Though Chorny had already been playing cash games up to $25/$50 Pot Limit Omaha or No Limit Hold’em and larger buy-in tournaments online, but it wasn’t until he made his first deep run at …
A Look at The EPT & It’s Top Canadian Players
While over the past decade, many of our top players had hit their big payday on the WPT or at the WSOP, the European Poker Tour has certainly been kind to some of our “Top 50”, in many cases responsible for that first big score. First off, Europe has the advantage of a minimum gambling …
Casino Regina November Harvest Poker Classic; Prize-Pools Estimated at $500,000
Casino Regina’s Harvest Poker Classic is just a few months away, leaving Canadian players ample time to consider this very popular and well attended poker tournament series. With experience and reputation in their corner, Casino Regina’s major poker tournaments series attracts not only local players; many from neighboring provinces Alberta or Manitoba make the trip, …
Top Canadian Players to Watch Over PokerStars WCOOP, September 4-24th
The 10th Edition of the PokerStars.com World Cup of Online Poker is just around the corner, beginning on Sunday, September 4th with 62 bracelet events on it’s 2011 schedule. With $30,000,000 in guaranteed prize-pools, the events are sure to attract many of Canada’s top players. Even if buy-ins of $109 to $10,300 are out of …
Fall Vancouver Area Major Tourney Schedules; 2011 BCPC, WCPC & Cascades ~ $4,000,000 Estimated Prize-Pools
Live tournament poker players will definitely want to check their calendars and consider a trip to the Vancouver area over the next few months, with a dozen events spanning 3 separate series that could see as much as $4,000,000 in prize-pools up for grabs; the action first getting underway at the Cascades Casino Poker Classic …
Edgewater Casino Presents West Coast Poker Championships, Estimated $800,000 Total Prize-Pools
Vancouver’s Edgewater Casino proudly announces it’s 2nd Annual West Coast Poker Championship series schedule; with a variety of events with an estimated *$800,000 in prize-pools. No stranger to world class poker as a supporter and home casino to 2010 “November Nine” and 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Matthew Jarvis, the Edgewater Casino knows what it takes …
Seems those that Giveth, also Taketh Away…Kahnawake Suspends Four Aces
While it’s already “old news” by definition, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission’s decision to suspend the license of Four Aces Poker Room certainly didn’t make nearly the number of headlines, if any, as their decision to re-instate Full Tilt Poker’s Secondary Gaming License. The Advisory Notice, found below, states “The Commission’s decision to suspend the Four …
G’Smith TV Finish, Seidel 2nd at Inaugural EPL Event…Cue the Debate before Event #2
The first Epic Poker $20,000 Main Event has crowned it’s champion, with David “Chino” Rheem claiming the first ring and the $1,000,000 top prize. Already early this Saturday morning, Twitter has been lighting up with congratulatory tweets for Chino, along with the expected assortment of one-liners. Rheum defeated Eric Seidel heads top to claim the …
