The 2013 Manitoba Lotteries Poker Championship came to a recent close at McPhillips Station Casino in Winnipeg and took place between September 25 to 29. The popular tournament included a total of four events and drew a total of 771 entries for the four events which culminated into a prize pool of $362,500.
Here are the 2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Poker Championship Results for the four events.
Winnipeg Sun $600 No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament September 26-27, 2013

1st Eric Johnson | $23,556 | Winnipeg, MB |
2nd Igor Grinevsky | 15,068 | Winnipeg, MB |
3rd Michael Smith | 10,199 | Saskatoon, SK |
4th Kyle Doberstein | 7,278 | Winnipeg, MB |
5th Jaysen Thibault | 5,452 | Thunder Bay, ON |
6th Edwin Seagris | 4,268 | Sioux Lookout, ON |
7th Robert Kostesky | 3,473 | Rossburn, MB |
8th Steven Mitchell | 2,924 | South Porcupine, ON |
9th Sean Fabian | 2,535 | Winnipeg, MB |
10th Patrick Tang | 2,251 | Winnipeg, MB |
11th Jimmy Paulenko | 2,040 | Winnipeg, MB |
12th Zennawi Petros | 1,880 | Winnipeg, MB |
13th Mirko Krmpotic | 1,757 | Winnipeg, MB |
14th Anthony Imperial | 1,661 | Winnipeg, MB |
15th Nicholas Luhowy | 1,585 | Stonewall, MB |
16th Richard Allan | 1,524 | Portage La Prairie, MB |
Total prize pool | $87,450 | 159 Entrants |
1st Maurice Roy | $20,952 | |
2nd Joe Gallo | 13,156 | |
3rd Kyle Menne | 8,684 | |
4th Phu Tai Lu | 6,001 | |
5th Patrick Serda | 4,324 | |
6th Ronald Bourne | 3,236 | |
7th Garry Hobson | 2,507 | |
8th Erwin Hipolito | 2,002 | |
9th Nick Luhowy | 1,644 | |
10th Margaret Krowiak | 1,384 | |
11th Mustafa Peyawary | 1,190 | |
12th Adam Arlukiewicz | 1,043 | |
13th Peterson Dunford | 930 | |
14th Tyler Nugent | 842 | |
15th Edward Quennell | 772 | |
16th Ernie Ritchie | 716 | |
17th Linda Loubier | 670 | |
18th Jordan McAllistar | 633 | |
19th Brandon Billings | 602 | |
20th Patrick Reber | 602 | |
21st Jimi Olais | 602 | |
22nd Tim Gauthier | 602 | |
23th Greg Close | 602 | |
24th Ryan Morrell | 602 | |
25th Ian Menard | 602 | |
26th Mike Rose | 602 | |
27th John Pynn | 602 | |
28th Ken Hunter | 469 | |
29th Chris Clisby | 469 | |
30th Glen Murdock | 469 | |
31st Ryan Garrity | 469 | |
32nd Ricky Arceo | 469 | |
33rd Matt Bretecher | 469 | |
34th Crystal Sloan-Wallace | 469 | |
35th Ken Kuan | 469 | |
36th Kelly Dickson | 469 | |
Prize Pool | 80,325 | |
Bounties | 17,850 | |
Total Prize Pool | $98,175 | 357 Entrants |
1st Jackson Oniske | $12,823 | Thompson, MB |
2nd Mark Deguzman | 8,273 | Winnipeg, MB |
3rd Jason Lesaage | 5,664 | Winnipeg, MB |
4th Ryan Smith | 4,098 | Saskatoon, SK |
5th William Hall | 3,119 | Winnipeg, MB |
6th Dennis Comber | 2,484 | Winnipeg, MB |
7th Randy Galang | 2,058 | Winnipeg, MB |
8th Trent Sapach | 1,764 | Thompson, MB |
9th Michael Hirschkorn | 1,555 | Winnipeg, MB |
10th Brian Friesen | 1,403 | Winnipeg, MB |
11th Robert Briggs | 1,290 | Winnipeg, MB |
12th Greg Berg | 1,205 | Winnipeg, MB |
13th Sheppy Coodin | 1,139 | Winnipeg, MB |
Total prize pool | $46,875 | 125 Entrants |
2013 Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries Poker Championship
$1,100 NLH Tournament Saturday, September 28 – 29, 2013
1st Neil Bechdoldt | $35,561 | Winnipeg, MB |
2nd Riley Kielich | 22,944 |
Steinbach, MB
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3rd Paul Weenusk | 15,707 |
Oxford House, MB
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4th Greg Jackson | 11,365 | Winnipeg, MB |
5th Mark Golub | 8,650 | Winnipeg, MB |
6th Wade Richardson | 6,890 | Winnipeg, MB |
7th Said Shahinfar | 5,709 | Winnipeg, MB |
8th George Dahl | 4,893 | Winnipeg, MB |
9th Ryyan Koleric | 4,313 | Winnipeg, MB |
10th John Margolis | 3,891 | Winnipeg, MB |
11th Jamie Florence | 3,578 | Winnipeg, MB |
12th Tim Gauthier | 3,341 | Kenora, ON |
13th Mike Krakalovich | 3,158 | Winnipeg, MB |
Total prize pool | $130,000 | 130 Entrants |
Congratulations to all the winners!!