The 2012 version of the Playground Poker Classic may just very well be the most complete poker tournament series in Canada. Held at the Playground Poker club just outside of Montreal Quebec, this poker club is perhaps the largest standalone legal poker room in North America. Growing in size and reputation every year, many big [...]
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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming commission (OLG) sure shook up Ontario citizens today, especially those in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Ontario Provincial Finance Minister Dwight Duncan announced that in co-ordination with the OLG, the GTA will have its own casino by 2017. OLG chair Paul Godfrey will be restructuring the OLG in a good [...]
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The first month of 2012 has come and gone, and January was a pretty good month for several Canadian Poker Players. Here is what happened in January 2012 with regards to Canada Poker. The first major tournament of 2012 was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Xuan Liu of Toronto finished 4th in the main event [...]
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Just before Christmas, 2010 World Series of Poker champion Jonathan Duhamel was the victim of a home invasion robbery. He was beaten up and amongst the items stolen from his home included his WSOP bracelet (worth around $50,000), his Rolex watch ( a present from Poker Stars worth around $20,000), and some Euro cash. On [...]
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On November 2 at 9 pm est, TVO will have the world broadcast premiere of the documentary Grinders, a poker documentary about film director Matt Gallagher’s personal, behind-the-scenes look at the underground poker scene in Toronto. The film repeats at midnight on November 2 and Sunday November 6 at 11 pm. Grinders – World Broadcast [...]
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