PlayNow.com officially joins Canadian Poker Network

PlayNow.com officially joins Canadian Poker Network

The British Columbia Lottery Corporations’s (BCLC) online gaming site, Playnow.com has now officially joined the first ever government run online poker network in North America, the Canadian Poker Network powered by GTECH G2.  PlayNow joins Loto Quebec’s Espacejeux.com as the two sites and provinces making up the newly launched network.  Now players in BC will [...]

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Canadian Poker Network Official

Canadian Poker Network Official

It is now official, Canada will have its own poker network.  The Canadian Poker Network (CPN) will launched through GTECH G2 and Loto Quebec and will be the first government regulated poker network in North America.  The first site will be the Espacejeux.com site only open to the residents of Quebec.  Eventually the other provincially [...]

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Eric Place wins 2010 BC Poker Championships

Eric Place wins 2010 BC Poker Championships

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 [...]

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Loto Quebec Online Casino and Online Poker Room opens Dec 1

Loto Quebec Online Casino and Online Poker Room opens Dec 1

Its official, the Quebec government opens its doors to online casino and online poker action on Dec 1, 2010.   Espacejeux.com is the website where the online casino will run off of.  The online poker network will use the BOSS software and network, the same as the BC Playnow network, setting the tone for a future [...]

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Johnathan Duhamel 2010 World Series of Poker Champion

Johnathan Duhamel 2010 World Series of Poker Champion

He has done it, Johnathan Duhamel from Boucherville Quebec, is the 2010 World Series of Poker Champion.  Along with $8,944,310 in 1st place prize money, he also enters the poker record books becoming the first ever Canadian World Series of Poker Champion.  Duhamel started the day with a massive chip lead of 190,100,000 to 2nd [...]

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