Canadian Poker rooms are gearing up for the Christmas Season and poker players across Canada can expect to see Christmas poker tournaments in the coming weeks. Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary are holding their Ho Ho Hold’em Christmas Poker Tournament this weekend on December 4 & 5.
There will be two tournaments hosted this weekend:
Event #1 will take place on Saturday December 4 and will be starting at Noon. This tournament will have a $330 buy-in to a maximum of 88 players and is sure to fill up. Players will start with 10,000 in chips and blind levels will be set at 20 minutes.
Event #2 will take place on Sunday December 5 and also starts at noon. The buy-in is $220 to a maximum of 88 players and starting chips stack is 7,500with 20 minute blind levels.
The first 50 players registered for each event will receive a Deerfoot Inn & Casino Christmas Present.
For more information, you can either call the Deerfoot Casino at (403) 723 4039, or email poker_room@dfic.ca or visit www.DeerfootInn.com .
TOURNAMENT RESULTS – posted on December 7, 2010
Event #1 – 52 players (total prize pool $15,210)
| 1st | $ 5,475 | Peter Amic |
| 2nd | $ 3,955 | Keith Weideman |
| 3rd | $ 2,740 | Guy Johnson |
| 4th | $ 1,825 | Phil Petit |
| 5th | $ 1,215 | Nick Civitarese |
Event #2 – 102 players (total prize pool $20,085)
| 1st | $ 5,643 | Eric Davis |
| 2nd | $ 4,031 | Catherine Langois |
| 3rd | $ 3,024 | Wade Barr |
| 4th | $ 2,017 | Merv Giles |
| 5th | $ 1,392 | Doug Lacey |
| 6th | $ 995 | Jose Carmelotes |
| 7th | $ 895 | Ryan Vickers |
| 8th | $ 796 | Korey Crerar |
| 9th | $ 696 | Lorne Lewin |
| 10th | $ 596 | Yancey Jones |
Congratulations to all the winners.
