The fourth annual Atlantic Canada Poker Championship was hosted over the weekend at the Red Shores Racetrack & Casino in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The event broke attendance records by selling out several days before the start of the tournament.
A total of 320 players competed for a massive $160,000 prize pool. The buy-in was $500 and the tournament ran four qualifying Day 1 sessions of eighty players each. This No-Limit Hold’em tournament event attracted many players from across Canada.
The final heads-up matchup was between Ryan Theriault of Fall River, NS and Kyle Myers of Dartmouth, NS. In the final hand of the match, Ryan was holding 
and Kyle had 
. The board was 
which initially favoured Kyle who had flopped a pair of sevens, but the game of poker is full of surprises and the river card gave Ryan the straight and the victory. Ryan won $40,000 for first prize and claims the 2011 ACPC Champion title. Kyle’s 2nd place finish secured him $24,000. The tournament paid the top 32 players, 10 percent of the field.
Congratulations to all the winners and to the Red Shores Casino staff for hosting a really great poker tournament.
Here is the final list of winners:
|
Place |
Prize |
Player Name |
City |
PROV |
| 1 | $40,000 | Ryan Theriault | Fall River | NS |
| 2 | $24,000 | Kyle Myers | Dartmouth | NS |
| 3 | $14,400 | Matt Wilkins | Stratford | PE |
| 4 | $10,880 | Rob Davis | Wassis Lincoln | NB |
| 5 | $8,000 | Cecil Luke | Wassis Lincoln | NB |
| 6 | $6,560 | Darryl Gallivan | Aspen | NS |
| 7 | $5,440 | Ryan Drake | Stratford | PE |
| 8 | $4,640 | Danny Li | Montague | PE |
| 9 | $4,000 | Claude Rideout | Halifax | NS |
| 10 | $3,360 | John Boutilier | Alder Point | NS |
| 11 | $3,360 | Jeff Kennedy | St. John | NB |
| 12 | $3,360 | Paul Goulden | Shelburne | NS |
| 13 | $2,720 | Vandra Duff | Moncton | NB |
| 14 | $2,720 | Jerome Theriault | Moncton | NB |
| 15 | $2,720 | Gerald MacLeod | Cape Breton | NS |
| 16 | $2,080 | Norman Overdyke | Cape Breton | NS |
| 17 | $2,080 | Jamie Drisdelle | Dieppe | NB |
| 18 | $2,080 | Jack MacDonald | Charlottetown | PE |
| 19 | $1,440 | David Meunier | Moncton | NB |
| 20 | $1,440 | Craig Rout Gallant | Charlottetown | PE |
| 21 | $1,440 | David Edgett | Charlottetown | PE |
| 22 | $1,440 | Mitchell Proctor | Lower River | NS |
| 23 | $1,280 | Nick Henneberry | Sambro | NS |
| 24 | $1,280 | Joseph Hinkley | Cape Breton | NS |
| 25 | $1,280 | Emmerson Duff | Glace Bay | NS |
| 26 | $1,280 | Stephen Kirk | Guysborough | NS |
| 27 | $1,120 | Daniel Tomah | Woodstock | NB |
| 28 | $1,120 | Roman Gallivan | Sydney | NS |
| 29 | $1,120 | Craig Crossman | Moncton | NB |
| 30 | $1,120 | Shane Brotherwood | Calgary | AB |
| 31 | $1,120 | Raymond Boutilier | Sydney Mines | NS |
| 32 | $1,120 | Troy Gallant | St. John | NB |
