A few weeks back, we took a look at a couple of upcoming Canadian Poker Events, The Great Blue Heron Charity Casino’s $300+30 “Shoot-out” and Regina’s Station Poker Classic Series of 4 events.
The cards were in the air at both venues yesterday, with GBH almost getting their sell-out, just 7 players shy of the field cap. Here are the results:
$330 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM SHOOT OUT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23/2011
| 1st | Simon Hecht, Thornhill Ont. | $9,276.75 |
| 2nd | Mihail Martirosyan, Toronto Ont. | $5,301.00 |
| 3rd | Kyle Brown, Port Hope Ont. | $3,180.60 |
| 4th | Vahid Hoseyni, Richmondhill Ont. | $2,385.45 |
| 5th | Norm Abbott, Brooklyn Ont. | $1,855.35 |
| 6th | Nick Coukos, Richmondhill Ont. | $1,590.30 |
| 7th | Matthew Devera, Bowmanville Ont. | $1,325.25 |
| 8th | Bartolomeo Rossino, Scarborough Ont. | $1,060.20 |
| 9th | Hyun Bae | $530.10 |
Total Prize Pool: $26,505.00
Entrants- 93
Regina also had a great mid-week start, attracting poker players from as far north as Nunavut and as far east as Nova Scotia. Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta all had players cashing in the first event, a $550+50:
STATION POKER CLASSIC
$600 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM FREEZE OUT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23/2011
| 1st | Jim Loudon – Sceptre , Sask. | $27,951 |
| 2nd | Peter Pawlak – Winnipeg, Man. | $17,757 |
| 3rd | Gerald Nelner – Langdon, Alta. | $11,909 |
| 4th | Kheaven Dumais – Warman, Sask. | $8,400 |
| 5th | Cody Natomagan – Prince Albert, Sask. | $6,207 |
| 6th | Barclay Treso – Regina, Sask. | $4,784 |
| 7th | James Harnden – Cobourg, Ont. | $3,830 |
| 8th | Chad Parker – Regina, Sask. | $3,170 |
| 9th | Jason Zawadsky –Thompson, Man. | $2,702 |
| 10th | Daniel McNamara – Calgary, Alta. | $2,361 |
| 11th | Senad Selimanovic – Regina, Sask. | $2,108 |
| 12th | Peter Mott – Oshawa, Ont. | $1,916 |
| 13th | Tuan Luu – Saskatoon, Sask. | $1,768 |
| 14th | Evan Casey – Regina, Sask. | $1,653 |
| 15th | Trent Sapach – Thompson, Man. | $1,561 |
| 16th | Norman Orerdijk – Baddeck, NS. | $1,488 |
| 17th | Scott Clements – Calgary, Alta. | $1,428 |
| 18th | Harry Kuksuk – Arviat, NU. | $1,379 |
| 19th | William Young – Regina, Sask. | $1,339 |
| 20th | Ian Menard – Winnipegosis, Man. | $1,339 |
Total Prize Pool: $105,050
Entrants- 191
