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HEADLINE: Torontonian mastered his way to top
place at Johnny
Chan Poker Classic
Body:
After three days of tournament play, Henry Tran of Toronto beat
out 499 players including celebrity poker pro Johnny Chan to take
home the top prize of $325,000. Tran was competing in the No Limit
Texas Hold’Em main event of British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s
first Johnny
Chan Poker Classic held at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond
this past week.
Tran, a computer chip designer and father of two, made it to
the final table with one of the highest chip counts and eliminated
his opponents with very calculated moves. This was his second
major tournament win. His first was an $800,000US prize in Atlantic
City’s World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event in 2005.
“I’ve been playing poker for only four years, and
I love the game. I consider it a sport, and I want to continue
supporting poker in Canada,” explained Tran. “This
was my first tournament in British Columbia and I plan to come
back.”
Almost 1,700 players competed in the week-long tournament, which
featured five events for a total prize pool of $2,165,000, making
this one of the largest poker tournaments held to date in British
Columbia. The first place finishers from each event were
Kalen Carslaw of Montreal, Quebec, won $71,500 in the No
Limit Texas Hold’Em event on May 6.
Jeffrey Garza of Norfolk, Massachusetts, won $84,000 in the Short
Handed No
Limit Texas Hold’Em event on May 7.
David Tompkins of Vancouver, British Columbia, won $58,860 in
the Pot Limit Hold’Em event on May 8.
Bob Jarrett of Winlaw, British Columbia, won $36,600 in the Pot
Limit Omaha event on May 9.
Henry Tran of Toronto, Ontario, won $325,000, in the No
Limit Texas Hold’Em main event on May 11-13.
“Johnny Chan has poker fans around the world, and we are
really pleased to have launched the first ever Johnny
Chan Poker Classic right here in British Columbia,”
said Holly Spence, British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s
Director of Casino Marketing. “Hundreds of people from all
over North America came to Richmond this past week to compete
with the world’s best poker players. This tournament was
a win-win for the players and our province.”
Full List of Winners
Please Visit our Johnny
Chan Poker Classic Page for the complete list of winners from
each event.
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