Live WSOP-C Vancouver Events Top $2.7 Million – John Crncic Wins $286,382 in Main Event

November 9, 2012

The first 10 live events that made up the inaugural World Series of Poker Circuit event at the River Rock Casino Resort in Vancouver brought more than $2,711,000 in combined prize-pools to the West Coast, with two online events yet to be played for by players on Playnow.com and EspaceJeux.com to wrap up the series that could see that figure climb much closer to 3 million dollars.

The big money didn’t go home with any of the “recognized” Canadian poker talent however, as local John Crncic claimed the top prize of over $286,382 after parlaying a $180 satellite in to a small fortune; according to the official reports and press releases from the River Rock Casino Resort and WSOP.com.

This was John’s first major tournament cash; not a bad place to start! He wasn’t the only player to cut his title and ring teeth at the 2012 Vancouver WCOP-C either, as Mike Sexsmith followed right behind him in Event 8 to put himself on the board in a big way. In fact, many of the WSOP-C Vancouver Events 1 through 3 and 4 through 6 were also won by players making their first “official” major cash, with British Columbia residents claiming 8 of the 10 Champions Rings awarded so far , while Ontario players claimed the other two.

Besides etching itself into the virtual books as one of the largest tournament series in Canadian poker history in terms of combined prize-pools and Main Event attendance, the first ever WSOP-C rings to be played for exclusively online are also still up for grabs. Event 11, a $300+$20 No Limit Hold’em will take place at 2:00 PM and Event 12, a $500+20 NLH on November 25th; also at 2:00 PM.

Once again, British Columbia poker has raised the bar and set the mark to try to hit for future events across the country. Congratulations to the players, organizers and staff on a world caliber series, here are the most recent results:

WSOPC Vancouver Event 7 – $1675 Main Event Final Table Results

1st	John Crncic	$286,382	Vancouver
2^nd	Ryan Biermann	$177,060	Penticton
3^rd	Justin Ciolfitto	$131,580	Burnaby
4^th	Malachy Hagan	$98,917	Langley
5^th	Sonny Sekhon	$75,217	Surrey
6^th	Calvin “X” Anderson	$57,864	Edmonton
7^th	Tyler St. Clair	$45,031	Edmonton
8^th	Michael Collins	$35,449	Vancouver
9th	Glenn Sullivan	$28,236	Vancouver

Total Entries: 1032 Total Prize Pool: Spots Paid: 108

WSOPC Vancouver Event 8 – $365 No Limit Turbo Six Max

1st	Michael Sexsmith	$20,909	Terrace
2^nd	Martin Todosychuk	$12,930	Langley
3^rd	Sandra Wong	$8,988	Burnaby
4^th	Connie Chia	$6,317	Surrey
5^th	Eric Breddam	$4,485	Armstrong
6^th	Joseph Misener	$3,216	Cumberland
7^th	Brendan Ciolfitto	$2,329	Burnaby
8^th	Adam Crawford	$2,329	Langley
9^th	Cori Golanowski	$1,703	Pemberton
10^th	Steven “Betrthanphil” Tripp	$1,703	Elmvale
11^th	Cheryl Dore	$1,258	Port Alberni
12^th	Jody Howe	$1,258	Delta
13^th	Krzysztof Tarapata	$938	Burnaby
14^th	Chi-Jen Chu	$938	Richmond
15^th	Norman Overdijk	$938	Baddeck
16^th	Antony Vidmer	$938	Nashvillee
17^th	Bruce Hoyt	$938	Gilbert
18^th	Ronald Hosner	$938	Penticton
19^th	Ryan Smith	$706	Saskatoon
20^th	Joshua Mammon	$706	Richmond
21^st	Marchand Fredric	$706	Montreal
22^nd	Scott Goodwin	$706	Watson Lake
23^rd	Vinny Pahuja	$706	Hicksville
24^th	Cory McClure	$706	Surrey
25^th	Chris Nishi	$537	Richmond
26^th	Even Eitan	$537	Burnaby
27^th	Joon Park	$537	Surrey

WSOPC Vancouver Event 9 – $365 No Limit Hold’em

1^st	Eric Tang	$17,711	Toronto
2^nd	Sai Ho Chiu	$10,945	Vancouver
3^rd	Cory Hauser	$7,907	Sexsmith
4^th	Harnam Matharn	$5,829	Edmonton
5^th	Robert Beaupre	$4,360	Victoria
6^th	Mark Palmatary	$3,322	Port Coquitlam
7^th	Michael Kovacs	$2,574	Burnaby
8^th	Rupert Whiting	$2,027	Richmond
9^th	Joon Park	$1,621	Surrey
10^th	Tejinder Dabyl	$1,317	Surrey
11^th	Sherylene Hafftor	$1,317	Penticton
12^th	Mark Daniel (MD) Hughes	$1,317	Vancouver
13^th	Kenneth Morine	$1,086	Mission
14^th	Amritpal Sidhu	$1,086	Richmond
15^th	Robin Layne	$1,086	Burnaby
16^th	Rhett Marchildon	$910	Surrey
17^th	John Vassalo	$910	White Rock
18^th	Christopher O’Brien	$910	Vancouver
19^th	Patrick Finnegan	$774	Surrey
20^th	Hung Hoang	$774	Vancouver
21^st	Steven Lynar	$774	Surrey
22^nd	David Towson	$667	White Rock
23^rd	Christopher Telford	$667	Pemberton
24^th	Cassidy Potvin	$667	Kelowna
25^th	Francis Hunter	$584	New Westminster
26^th	Korie Wong	$584	Vancouver
27^th	Harley Green	$584	Richmond

Total Entries: 241 Total Prize Pool: $72,300

WSOPC Vancouver Event 10 – $365 Mixed Hold’em

1^st	Faron Cosco	$10,668	Vancouver
2^nd	Alen Bakovic	$6,594	Burnaby
3^rd	Arif Bhaloo	$4,759	Vancouver
4^th	David Pecaski	$3,497	Vancouver
5^th	Emil Joseph	$2,614	Thornhill
6^th	Ricardo Teixeira	$1,988	Vancouver
7^th	Lee Taylor	$1,537	Langley
8^th	Adina Mazzucco	$1,207	Coquitlam
9^th	Kevin Roberts	$964	Vancouver
10^th	Travis Cogil	$781	Snohomish
11^th	Richard En	$781	Vancouver
12^th	Steven Schartner	$781	Vernon
13^th	Silvester Swoboda	$643	Penticton
14^th	Eric Vallee	$643	New Westminster
15^th	Quentin Jennings	$643	Surrey

Total Entries: 127 Total Prize-Pool: $38,100

2 COMMENTS

Grady November 9, 2012 At 3:23 pm

Hi John, in event 9 you have the same name in place 5 & 6.

jontm November 10, 2012 At 2:49 am

Good eye and thanks Grady! Submitted fix and it should be up shortly

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Live WSOP-C Vancouver Events Top $2.7 Million – John Crncic Wins $286,382 in Main Event

WSOPC Vancouver Event 7 – $1675 Main Event Final Table Results

1st

John Crncic

$286,382

Vancouver

WSOPC Vancouver Event 8 – $365 No Limit Turbo Six Max

1st

Michael Sexsmith

$20,909

Terrace

WSOPC Vancouver Event 9 – $365 No Limit Hold’em

1^st

Eric Tang

$17,711

Toronto