
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 :Ah :9h and Kyle had :7s :Kd. The board was :6c :7d :3s :Td :8h 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 |