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Canada Poker News – Jan 2012

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:56:22 +0000

The first month of 2012 has come and gone, and January was a pretty good month for several Canadian Poker Players. Here is what happened in January 2012 with regards to Canada Poker.

The first major tournament of 2012 was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).

Xuan Liu of Toronto finished 4th in the main event and took home $600,000, the biggest of her career. On the same final table, Mark Drover of St.John’s NF finished 5th for $468,000 and David Bernstein finished 7th for $260,000.

Jonathan Duhamel finished 2nd in the $25k 8max NLHE event for $634,550, 4th in the $100k super high roller for $300k+, and a 5th in a $5k turbo event. Plus he also won a $5k NLHE event for $239,830. Also Quebec police have also recovered over half of his stolen money back. Not a bad PCA and January in general for Mr. Duhamel.

Other Canadians with great showings at the 2012 PCA include Shawn Buchanan with a win, Andrew Chen, and Daniel Negreanu.

At the WSOP circuit event at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, Gregory Hartwick of Bolton, and a member of the Orangeville Poker Tour, finished 1st in event #3 the $560 NLHE. He took home $26,106 and a gold WSOP ring for that win.

At the 2012 Aussie Millions, Yann Dion of Quebec City, final tabled the main event and finished in 7th for $175,000

Good job to all Canadian Poker Players and lets continue the winning ways in February. Remember one of the biggest tournament series in Canada occurs in February, the Fallsview Poker Classic. With 3 events and big prize pools, this is Ontario’s premier event. It should be fun, good luck and post if you will be playing. Canada Poker News will be there to post the results.

WPT returning to Canada .. Not

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:56:39 +0000

edit: Party Poker has removed this from their events page. Looks like it was a premature listing which may not even happen anymore.

Straight from the Events calender on Party Poker, the owner of the World Poker Tour (WPT), listed for the confirmed schedule for the World Poker Tour Season 10 is the return of the WPT North American Poker Championships. (NAPC) Taking place at the Fallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls, this event will run from October 10-22, 2011. With this event spanning over 13 days, it looks very promising to be an actual tournament series like the Fallsview Poker Classic. Rumours of an eventual WPT return to Niagara or even Canada have always been premature, but this looks like it could be true. Though it is not listed on the current WPT website.

Satellites for the WPT North American Poker Classic should be running soon on Party Poker. More WPT Niagara news will be posted as they become available.

Remember Party Poker still has rake free poker tournaments for another 2 weeks. Sign up today and receive a $600 bonus!

Betfair running Fallsview Poker Classic Satellites

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:37:16 +0000

Qualify online for the Fallsview Poker Classic at Betfair! Well sort of. Betfair is running satellites for the Fallsview Poker Classic $1k event in January 2011, but not directly. These will essentially be winner take all sitngos. 2 different buyins $55 (20 player) and $108 (10 player). Cash winnings are put into your Betfair account and you will be responsible for registering for the event yourself. No added transportation and hotel prizes are added.

Fallsview Poker Classic $1k Freezeout Sat:

Date: Every day until the 2nd January
Time: 9:pm EST
Buy-in: $50+5
Prizes: 1 seat (cash) for every $1k in the pot and remaining funds to second place.
Starting stack: 2,000
Blind increase: 15 minutes

Fallsview Poker Classic $1k SNG Sat:

Date: Every day until the 2nd January
Time: Running all day (as soon as one fills another will start)
Buy in: $100+$8
Prizes: 1 seat (cash) for winner
Starting stack: 2,000
Blind increase: 10 minutes

To find the tournaments:

Log into the software and select the “Sit & Go Tournaments” tab. You will then find the tournaments under the “regional” or “event qualifiers” tabs.

Click here to download the software right now and don’t miss out on winning your seat to the Fallsview Poker Classic!

Terms and conditions:
1. All Fallsview tournament winners will be paid buy in to side event ($1k) in cash into their Betfair account.
2. It is the responsibility of the customer to arrange their buy in to the event.

>>> Qualify for the Fallsview Poker Classic on Betfair <<<

2011 Fallsview Poker Classic

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:33:46 +0000

The 2011 Fallsview Poker Classic has officially been announced kicking off the 2011 tournament series in Canada. The 2011 Fallsview Poker Classic will run January 6-11, 2011 at the Fallsview casino in Niagara Falls Ontario. Once again there will be 3 events, a $1000 buyin, a $2500, and a $5000 buyin. The 2010 Fallsview Poker Classic was pretty much dominated by poker pros Gavin Smith and Simon Charette. Satellites will begin October 25, 2010 in the form of winner take all single table sit n goes. $120 buyin for the $1000 event, $275 for the $2500 event, and a $550 for the $5000 event. There is also a $70 sub-satellite to qualify for the $550 main event sat. New for 2011 there will also be super satellites. On January 5 at 4pm there is a super sat for the $1k event, Jan 7 for the $2,500 event, and Jan 9 for the $5,000 event. Buyin amounts are the same as the single table sats.

Qualify for the $1k event online at Betfair

Here is the 2011 Fallsview Poker Classic Schedule

January 6 (Jan 7 Day 2) – $1,000 buy-in ($930+70)
January 8 (Jan 9 Day 2) – $2,500 buy-in ($2,350+150)
January 10 (Jan 11 Day 2) – $5,000 buy-in ($4,800+200)

The estimate is that there will be $2.8 million in overall prize money. $500,000 for the $1k, $900,000 for the $2.5k, and $1.4 million for the $5k. One good thing that they changed this year is the events do not overlap. This year it is possible to play all 3 events!

See you in Niagara in January 2011!

2011 Fallsview Poker Classic Results

$1000

Joseph Mandool $146,140
Thinh “Mike” Bui $70,364

$2500

David “dQuang” Quang $283,387
Mike “Sir Watts” Watson $141,694

Full $2500 Results

$5000

Giuseppe Spano $312,697
Giuseppe Niro $149,923

2011 Fallsview Poker Classic results will be posted as soon as they are readily available.