The 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championships (COPC) was one of the largest series of poker tournaments in Canada. The COPC is organized by the Canadian Poker Tour and was hosted at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino.
The 2008 Canadian Poker Open Championships hosted poker celebrities such as Jennifer Tilley, Phil Laak, Antonio Estanfadari, Joe Hachem, Mel Judah, Steve Paul Ambrose, and Gavin Smith.
Here are the Results:
$460+40 Wednesday No Limit Hold’em
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary – 5 March – 116 entries $49,358
| 1st | Jody Lewchuk | $13,158 |
| 2nd | Ryan Flynn | $10,000 |
| 3rd | John Gushue | $7,000 |
| 4th | Rob Manhas | $5,000 |
| 5th | Adam Schwartz | $3,500 |
| 6th | Esan Sinna | $2,500 |
| 7th | Khoa Nguyen | $2,000 |
| 8th | Steve Paul | $1,600 |
| 9th | Hieu Vuong | $1,400 |
| 10th | Joshua Biedak | $1,200 |
$4,650+350 No Limit Hold’em
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary – Sunday 9 March – 64 entries $290,160
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1st
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Huck Seed | $100,000 |
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2nd
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Bradley Booth | $50,160 |
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3rd
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Graeme Putt | $30,000 |
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4th
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Gavin Smith | $30,000 |
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5th
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Nghi Tran | $20,000 |
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6th
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Joe Hachem | $20,000 |
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7th
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Van Marcus | $20,000 |
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8th
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Shawn Buchanan | $20,000 |
$1,380+120 No Limit Hold’em
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary – Friday 7 March – 87 entries – $ 117,058
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1st
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Steve Paul-Ambrose | $33,000 |
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2nd
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Luke Johnson | $22,500 |
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3rd
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Denton Wierzba | $17,000 |
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4th
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Sage Brocklebank | $13,000 |
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5th
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Lucas Greenwood | $10,000 |
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6th
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Larry Norheim | $7,000 |
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7th
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Craig Rombough | $5,000 |
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8th
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Calvin Hackewicz | $4,000 |
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9th
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Somsanouk Sitthammavoung | $3,000 |
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10th
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Branko Kozina | $2,559 |
$920+80 No Limit Hold’em
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary – Saturday 8 March 139 entries – $ 124,683
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1st
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Bradley Ginet | $30,000 |
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2nd
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Penny Betram | $23,000 |
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3rd
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Kien Goh | $17,000 |
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4th
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Trevor Schmidt | $13,000 |
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5th
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John Gushue | $9,000 |
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6th
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Edmund Chan | $7,000 |
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7th
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Jody Lewchuk | $6,000 |
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8th
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Max Fernandez | $5,000 |
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9th
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George Broumas | $4,000 |
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10th
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David Barter | $3,000 |
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11th
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Ron Giles | $2,000 |
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12th
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Paul Bentzen | $2,000 |
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13th
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Jeffrey Davis | $2,000 |
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14th
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Fred Gerald | $1,683 |
$460+40 No Limit Hold’em
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary Sunday 9 March – 205 entries $ 91,942
| 1st | Harey Hammoud | C$20,000 |
| 2nd | Ronald Follgard | C$15,000 |
| 3rd | Jonathan Sanborn | C$10,000 |
| 4th | Peter Kalantzis | C$7,000 |
| 5th | Cody Schultz | C$5,000 |
| 6th | Giscard Girad | C$4,500 |
| 7th | Joe Forrayi | C$4,000 |
| 8th | Claude Amor | C$3,500 |
| 9th | Robert Duncan | C$3,000 |
| 10th | Will Young | C$2,800 |
| 11th | Eric Bryan | C$2,600 |
| 12th | John Abbott-Brown | C$2,400 |
| 13th | Rod Pocza | C$2,200 |
| 14th | Theo Goethals | C$2,000 |
| 15th | Ron Dattani | C$1,800 |
| 16th | Shawn Marshall | C$1,600 |
| 17th | Josh Kernaghan | C$1,400 |
| 18th | Greg Price | C$1,200 |
| 19th | Matt Rollins | C$1,000 |
| 20th | Rachel Bourgouin | C$943 |
