Well no free trip...

Well I tried...5th place...

At one point I was 2nd in chip stack, but it sort of went down hill at the final table. I had 10,000 going into the final table of 10 which put me in 6th postion for chips. It was a pretty agressive table and I just didn't find the cards at the right time. The turning point in the tournament was a hand where I was dealt Ace Queen off, I raised and got two callers. I was on the button and last to act, flop came king, 10, 9 with two clubs, giving me a gut shot straight. The first guy to act bet and the next guy re raised. Do I risk my whole tournament on a gut? I had 7 grand left...I decided to wait for a better opportunity. Of course the turn came a Jack, but I was right the guy had flopped two pair king 9, so at the time I was right to fold.

My last hand was King Queen diamonds, I had 5000 left and on the button (blinds are 800 and 1600), I moved all in and the big blind called with Ace 5 (no respect!) And of course he hit trip aces and I was out in 5th.

Ahh well it was a fun tournament.

Hopefully I will win this and go to Vegas...

Ok so my dad clips out this thing in Eye Weekly Magazine, its a Poker Tournament on PokerRoom. There were 4 Qualifiers and today was the last chance for me to enter...had I know I would have had 4 shots, so I wanted to getter donnnne today.
Well I am glad to say that I pulled off a 4th place finish (top 15 got a spot in the finale) and that means TOMORROW I am in the final against 60 other players for a chance to win a Trip to Vegas!
I will update the blog tomorrow with the results...cross you fingers.

On another note Congradulations to Daniel Negreanu for getting it done down at the WSOP Circuit event in Tunica. He won last night and collected a cool 750,000. Wish I had that kind of money lol

Canadian College Poker Championship is underway

So if you haven't checked it out yet:

Here is the link to the CCPC

It started on Tuesday and had a great crowd show up and very cool and talented Canadian students from across Canada. The top 3 were dominated by St. Fx with 1st and 3rd going there way and U of T picked up the 2nd place spot.
I tried to represent Ryerson as best I could...and picked up a 9th place spot. But it just wasn't my night as I was short stack at the final table, made my move with Ace Jack off and run into...Queen 8.....yes lol...and 8 on the river ended my run. Oh well thats just the way things go.
So check out the website! Every Tuesday and Thursday on Fullcontactpoker.net thats where the tournaments are held.

Canada Represents at the WPT in the Bahamas!

Oh hell ya! Well done Steve Paul-Ambrose!
A 22 year old from Waterloo just won $1.2 million down at the WPT tournament in the Bahamas. That is amazing and what an amazing feat for this guy to make it all the way to the end. Pokerstars paid the way, because he won a $100 satallite to get into the main event. I always try and win those but damn so many stages to go through!


Random note...took this pic off the Toronto Star page, the name of the image was poker_dude....guess they can't be bothered to put his name lol

WPT Second Season finale...means....goodbye to....

Ok so Shana Hiatt has now left the WPT...really the only true thing holding the show together. I mean sure we can still watch poker but lets not kid ourselves...we all watched the show to find out what little quirky facts we were going to get in "This weeks Poker Corner with Shana Hiatt." I mean comeon now what gives?

At the end of the amazing WPT Championship that was on citytv yesterday there was a little video package and then a "thank you for 3 seasons". And the website still has her on it. Now if you have picked up a poker magazine you will have seen that some blonde has replaced Shana, but I am still a little disappointed.

When I get on the WPT, all I was looking forward to was meeting Shana and of course cashing in on the millions of dollars at stake.

So from everyone up here in Canada...goodbye Shana we will miss you! (especially when the WPT is in the Bahamas)

Canadian College Poker Championship

http://lifeofsports.com/ccpc/

You have to check this out people! Sign up and you could face Daniel Negreanu heads up for some big cash.