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Negreanu wins British Columbia Poker Championship Main Event
Posted by: James Carter. - Thu, 2008-11-27 09:20
We all know that pound for pound, Daniel Negreanu is probably the best poker player in Canada. If it ever needed any reassurance, he confirmed his status by winning the British Columbia Poker Championship’s Main Event and taking home a $371,910 first prize to add to his WSOPE 5th place prize and to the money he’d won by taking down the WSOP’s $2,000 Limit Holdem bracelet.
| Hosted at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, BC, the event was attended by 697 players, a field which included Liz Lieu, Brad Booth, Gavin Smith, Dennis Phillips and Bryan Devonshire.
| Negreanu commented that being a Canadian, a victory in the BC Poker open carried special significance for him. He said the event was perfectly organized and the attending players were all very well prepared. Regardless of the fact that it was a smallish tournament for the high-caliber pro who was born in Toronto but now lives in Las Vegas, he said it was the best $2,500 tourney he’d ever attended, and with a prize like that in his hand, who are we to second-guess him?
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| The final table featured the following players: Mal Hagan (the short-stack with 33,810 chips), Christopher Dinson (46,489), Chad Thomsen (59,675), Tyler Patterson (76,580), Vicenzo Abate (97,204), Vorakbotgh Eam (118,335), Warren Russell (150,285), Adam Croffut 283,191 and Daniel Negreanu in the chip lead with 371,910 chips.
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| Negreanu had promised to do commentary for the show if he busted out before the final table but obviously, his services did not become available. Adam Croffut finished in 2nd place, followed by Warren Russell in 3rd.
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| Word has it Negreanu had also set up a little side bet with Gabe Kaplan about which of them would last longer in the tourney. The bet was a $2,500 one with the loser having to pay the winner $10k if the latter made it to the money and a further $25,000 of the winner reached the final table.
| To Kaplan’s relief though, they had also agreed that the bet would be off if either of them won, and in that case, the winner would pay the loser $2,500.
