Canadian Poker Players

Owen “OCrowe” Crowe

Owen “OCrowe” Crowe

On the east coast of Canada, the Maritimes have some of the best poker ringers in the country to throw in the mix and Nova Scotia’s Owen Crowe certainly deserves the top of the list, currently sitting with around $4,000,000 in combined online and live tournament winnings. Just on track record alone, it is no …

Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah

Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah

Unlike some sports teams, Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah has as good of an away game as he does playing from home, with a proven track record of doing both well, winning over $1,225,000 on the live felts and almost million and half more online. Not to shabby, when you consider the Ontario player has only been …

Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith

While Gavin Smith is one of the top 3 Canadian poker professional “live tournament money winners”, he could be considered number one when it comes to having a carefree and jovial attitude when it comes to his work on the felts. Known worldwide for his aggressive style of play and good natured yet “needling” table …

Greg “FBT” Mueller

Greg “FBT” Mueller

Rarely called by anything less than his given and poker name together, Greg “FBT” Mueller is one Canadian poker player that absolutely remained true to his roots after making the “big time”. If he isn’t playing a Canadian event, chances are he is doing commentary for it and has often been asked to be a …

Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek 

Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek 

If your talking about top “online tournament grinders” from Canada, Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek should be a staple name heading any list. The thirty eight year old from Saint Catharines Ontario is one of a very few elite players who has over four million dollars in online Multi-Table Tournament winnings, with some estimates currently setting the …

Michael “SirWatts” Watson

Michael “SirWatts” Watson

On any given day, Canadian poker player Mike Watson can be found in a medium or high stakes tournament anywhere on the planet. Whether his feet are planted in that particular country for poker or to just to enjoy the “fruits of his labors”, the player known as “SirWatts” certainly does get around. So far …

Michael “Timex” McDonald

Michael “Timex” McDonald

Ontario is stuffed full of top players, around 75% of the Top 100 Canadian Live players have come from the region. One in particular has had a lot of people watching his progress,there are few in the poker world, whether online or live who haven’t heard of Mike “Timex” McDonald. By now, most will have …

Pascal LeFrancois

Pascal LeFrancois

When it comes to top players from Quebec,the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion might be the first name that pops to mind, but one of his poker comrade’s accomplishments deserves equal merit. Pascal Lefrancois was very close to be a part of last years epic November Nine, going out a soul crushing 11th place. Raking …

Canadians Ben Wilinofsky & Will Molson ITM @ EPT Madrid

Canadians Ben Wilinofsky & Will Molson ITM @ EPT Madrid

According to reports, things aren’t moving quite as quickly as they have in previous years, but that didn’t stop the money bubble from bursting today at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Madrid.  104 players remain from a 686 player, two heat starting field in the 10,000 Euro buy-in Main Event, with top Canadian …