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2011 BC Poker Championships

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:22:20 +0000

The 2011 British Columbia Poker Championships (BCPC or BC Poker Championships) one of the marquee poker tournaments in Canada has been tentatively scheduled for

October 23 – November 9, 2011

This year there will be 4 events at the 2011 BC Poker Championships, which is double from that of 2010. The BCPC will once again be held at the River Rock Casino and Resort in Richmond B.C.

Tentative 2011 BCPC Schedule

Oct 25-28, $550 Bounty event
Oct 30-31 $1,100 event
Nov 2-5 $3,000 main event
Nov 7-9 $5,000 high rollers event

The main event will likely include 2x day 1s, followed by day 2, and the day 3 final table or so. 4 events is a much better improvement over 2010 as players now have a couple additional options, and visitors do not feel wasted traveling for just 1 or 2 events. The schedule dates have also been revised so they no longer fall on U.S. thanksgiving though this was partially done as the BC Lions are also hosting the Grey Cup during the same period late November.

The BCPC annually hosts one of the biggest prize pools for a poker tournament in Canada. It is often played by many famous and popular professional poker players, including Canadian superstar Daniel Negreanu who won it all in 2008. Last year’s winner was another Canadian by the name of Eric Place from Halifax NS. There were also some scandalous winners in the past. Sophon Sek who won the 2009 main event was arrested shortly after in connection with manslaughter charges from 2007.

As these dates and events are still tentative (according to the River Rock July tournament schedule), the confirmed information will be posted on the 2011 BC Poker Championship page.

Eric Place wins 2010 BC Poker Championships

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:23:51 +0000

Eric Place of Halifax Nova Scotia is the new 2010 BC Poker Championship main event winner. On Sunday Nov 28 2010 Eric took home the grand prize of $300,000 as he bested over 550 other players to take the crown. Second place went to Connor Allisen of Vancouver, and third went to Benjamin Leblond from Wakefield Quebec. This $2700 main event at the River Rock casino in Richmond BC attracted other big name pros including Brad “Yukon” Booth, Gavin Smith, Greg “FBT” Mueller, Terrence “Unassigned” Chan, and November Nine memeber Matt Jarvis who just missed out on a final table.

Here are the final results for the 2010 BC Poker Championships

1st Eric Place $300,000
2nd Connor Allisen $189,978
3rd Benjamin Leblond $119,491
4th Brian Henningson $95,862
5th John Himbury $78,542
6th Chris Back $61,760
7th Afshin Majidi $48,334
8th Ashkan Razavi $37,593
9th Cory Wilkinson $26,852
10th Thomas Humniski $18,796
11th Samuel Ngai $18,796
12th Stanislav Kriventsov $18,796
13th John Hartery $15,440
14th Anthony Mak $15,440
15th Danny Kalpakis $15,440
16th Robert Alvarez $12,083
17th Dianel Endacott $12,083
18th Simon Charette $12,083
19th Achilles Tsougrianis $8,727
20th Darlene Lee $8,727
21st Marcus Verhel $8,727
22nd Cory McClure $8,727
23rd Shawn Buchanan $8,727
24th James Lopushinsky $8,727
25th Kevin Dawe $8,727
26th Michael Kirby $8,727
27th Matt Jarvis $8,727
28th Clark Hamagami $6,982
29th Keith Wintermans $6,982
30th Sean Stevens $6,982
31st Kathleen Row $6,982
32nd Justin Mandair $6,982
33rd Jordan Lois $6,982
34th John Hines $6,982
35th Richard Webb $6,982
36th Matt Predergast $6,982
37th Sadia Cohent $6,176
38th Rick Mask $6,176
39th Mike Smith $6,176
40th Brian Kulczycki $6,176
41st John Heger $6,176
42nd Clinton Harcourt $6,176
43rd Devin Semballik $6,176
44th Marko Perkovic $6,176
45th Dawit Tsegai $6,176
46th Sam Tong $5,639
47th Stacey Squire $5,639
48th Paul Ratchford $5,639
49th Amy Huang $5,639
50th Michael Collins $5,639
51st Mario Roux $5,639
52nd Nathan Moore $5,639
53rd James White $5,639
54th Andrew Sinclair $5,639
55th Edmund Chan wins a fridge???

Canadian Poker Player Profiles – Gillian Epp

admin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:08:08 +0000

Every so often Canada Poker News will be featuring Canadian Poker Players trying to make a name for themselves. Every poker player knows the likes of popular Canadian poker pros such as Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, and now Johnathan Duhamel, but what we want to feature are the other great poker players from Canada that not as many people have heard of but should.

The first in our feature is Gillian Epp. One of the top Women Poker Players, she is a high stakes cash game player out of western Canada. Playing in the big games in Bobby’s room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, she is quickly making a name for herself and many high stakes pros are already fearing her.

Though high stakes cash games are her money train, she will be entering the tournament world with an appearance at the NAPT (North American Poker Tour) womens event in LA. After that she will be returning back to Canada just in time for the 2010 BCPC (British Columbia Poker Championships). Hope everybody can make it out to Vancouver and provide her with a nice rail!

Click Here to read Gillian Epp’s complete Profile

2010 BC Poker Championships

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:25:10 +0000

The 2010 British Columbia Poker Championships (BCPC) have officially been announced and once again will take place at the River Rock Casino in Richmond BC. Historically this tournament has been one of the biggest poker tournaments in Canada with a 2 million dollar prize pool and many popular poker pros invading Vancouver for this event including Daniel Negreanu who was the 2008 BCPC champion and took home $371,910.

Here is the official 2010 BCPC schedule:

Nov 19-21 12:00pm $550 No Limit Hold’em – $154,000 estimated prize pool. 2 day 1s + 1 day 2.
Nov 22-23 12:00pm $1100 No Limit Hold’em – $500,000 estimated prize pool. 2 day event
Nov 24 12:00pm $200 Super Satellites
Nov 25-28 12:00pm $2700 No Limit Hold’em – $1,875,000 estimated prize pool. 4 Day Event

Single Table Satellites will be starting up on October 1 for both the $1100 and $2700 events.
* $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Event
o $120 buy-in / 10 Players
+ 1st place receives entry to $1,100 event
o $230 buy-in / 10 Players
+ Top 2 receives entry to $1,100 event

* $2,700 Main Event
o $290 buy-in / 10 Players
+ 1st place receives entry to $2,700 BCPC Main Event
o $560 buy-in / 10 Players
+ Top 2 places receives entry to $2,700 BCPC Main Event

Starting on Sunday August 1st they will be running super satellites alternating every Sunday between the $120 (to qualify for the $1100) and $200 (to qualify for $2700).

# $1,100 Event Super Satellites

* $120 buy-in ($110 + $10)
* Awards one(1) $1,100 event entry for every 10 participants
* 12pm: Aug 1, 15, 29 | Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 | Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 | Nov 7 & 14

# $2,700 Main Event

* $200 buy-in ($180 + $20)
* Awards one(1) $2,700 entry for every 15 participants
* 12pm: Aug 8, 22 | Sep 4, 18, 25 | Oct 2, 16, 23, 30 | Nov 6 & 13

# Sunday Nov 15 @ 12pm: $120 Super Satellite with $100 Re-buys and $100 Add-on

# Wednesday Nov 18 @ 12pm: $120 Super Satellite with $100 Re-buys and $100 Add-on

* Unlimited Conditional $100 ($2,000TC) Re-buys during levels 1 – 4 (players are eligible to re-buy at $2,000TC or less)
* All active players are eligible for the $100 Add-on ($4,000TC) at the end of level 4

No online satellites to the 2010 BC Poker Championships have been annouced yet, but Canada Poker News will report it as soon as we find out.

More info on the 2010 BCPC