Results for $300 NLHE Tournament

355 Players - $95,850 Prize Pool

1st Yan Lee Richmond BC $25,000
2nd Michael Lange Vancouver BC $15,000
3rd Glen Montgomery Abbotsford BC $10,000
4th Alexander Berdichevsky Richmond BC $7,500
5th Curtis Nelson North Bend WA $6,230
6th Keith Wintermans Vancouver BC $5,275
7th Mark Peters Courtenay BC $4,315
8th James Farber Langley BC $3,355
9th Richard Romanchych Langley BC $2,400
10th Sammy Leung Vancouver BC $1,820
11th Faithful Lo Chilliwack BC $1,300
12th Jason Mann Delta BC $960
13th John Doerksen Vancouver BC $865
14th Tandeep Gill Kamloops BC $865
15th James Bunner Port Moody BC $770
16th David Sheldon Langley BC $770
17th Daniel Davies Terrace BC $670
18th Terry Tsang Vancouver BC $670
19th Sam Tong Calgary AB $575
20th Edward Hoang Surrey BC $575
21st James Hucul Langley BC $530
22nd Georges Esmenjaud Burnaby BC $530
23rd George Chiang Richmond BC $530
24th Devon Edmondson Vancouver BC $530
25th Richard Virs Maple Ridge BC $530
26th Albert Lee Burnaby BC $500
27th Albert Leong Vancouver BC $500
28th Alexander McPhee Victoria BC $500
29th Paddy Ohara Delta BC $500
30th Ilias Douvas Vancouver BC $500

Results for $300 PL Hold'em/Omaha Tournament

140 Entries - $37,800 Prize Pool

1st Lionel Figueroa Surrey, BC $10,017
2nd Lazaros Lazarakis Richmond, BC $6,256
3rd Alvin Chan Vancouver, BC $4,158
4th Tam Tang Surrey, BC $3,308
5th Jonathan Braun Vancouver, BC $2,741
6th Richard Kosterman Delta, BC $2,363
7th Milt Douvas Vancouver, BC $1,985
8th Sam Tong Calgary, AB $1,607
9th Bryan Devonshire California, USA $1,229
10th Bryan Anderson Langley, BC $851
11th James Lopushinsky Whitehorse, Yukon $680
12th Alen Bakovic Burnaby, BC $643
13th Christa Simmons Bellingham, WA $605
14th Jerry Kingsborough Surrey, BC $605

Results for $200 Mother's Day Team Tournament

96 Teams - $12,000 Prize Pool

1st Katherine Warren Langley BC $2,880
2nd Sheila Takasaki Delta BC $2,040
3rd Yelena Kaminski Richmond BC $1,440
4th Irene Rhodes N. Vancouver BC $1,260
5th Chad Tinney Prince George BC $960
6th Rebecca Scott Langley BC $840
7th Robert Bonner Terrace BC $720
8th Nora Mooney Abbotsford BC $600
9th Cathy Anton Surrey BC $540
10th Steve Garland White Rock BC $480

Results for $1,000 Bounty Tournament

1st Doug Smith Hunter River, PEI $92,120.00
2nd Gordon Wong Vancouver, BC $56,000.00
3rd Calen McNeil Victoria, BC $36,125.00
4th John Chan Vancouver, BC $28,540.00
5th Ronald Campbell Alberta AB $23,480.00
6th Kayvan Payman North Vancouver, BC $19,870.00
7th Wayne Miyagi Richmond, BC $16,255.00
8th David Matthew Toronto, Ontario $12,645.00
9th Philip Elliot Scarborough, Ontario $9,030.00
10th Slava Royale Vancouver, BC $7,225.00
11th Noah Askarian Coquitlam, BC $5,420.00
12th Dino French Victoria, BC $3,615.00
13th Richard Virs Maple Ridge, BC $3,070.00
14th Robindra Kahlon Surrey, BC $3,070.00
15th Michael Lau Richmond, BC $2,530.00
16th Howard Zuehlke Lake Cowichan, BC $2,530.00
17th Andrew Epstein Vancouver, BC $2,170.00
18th Matthew Blake Prince George, BC $2,170.00
19th Antonio Esfandiari Las Vegas, Nevada $1,810.00
20th Khoa Dang Nguyen Calgary, AB $1,810.00
21st Troy Border Pender Island BC $1,465.00
22nd Al-Azim Kassam Toronto, Ontario $1,465.00
23rd Joshua Mammon Richmond, BC $1,465.00
24th Derek Bjork Nanaimo, BC $1,465.00
25th Richard En Langley, BC $1,465.00
26th Robert Jandric Langley, BC $1,285.00
27th Atsushi Kobayashi Markham, Ontario $1,285.00
28th Sage Brocklebank Vancouver, BC $1,285.00
29th Sandy Ly Saskatchewan $1,285.00
30th David Dadon Hidden Hills, CA $1,285.00
31st Michael Sun New Westminister, BC $1,100.00
32nd Peter Knutson Duvall, Washington $1,100.00
33rd Jaroslaw Jaskiewics Kamlops, BC $1,100.00
34th Erin Perry Victoria, BC $1,100.00
35th Jeremy Howe Delta, BC $1,100.00
36th Harold Fitzpatrick Surrey, BC $1,100.00
37th Carl Pion Brampton, Ontario $1,100.00
38th Elton Ngan Vancouver, BC $1,100.00
39th Brad Booth Yukon $1,100.00
40th Ebrahim Weiss Port Moody, BC $1,100.00

Results for for $3,000 Main Event Tournament

1st Keith Wintermans Vancouver BC $224,100
2nd Patrick McCaw Richmond BC $139,525
3rd Tyler Hamade Abbotsford BC $86,675
4th Chris Chang Kelowna BC $71,875
5th Tyler Patterson Everett WA $56,655
6th Nigel Vonas Vancouver BC $46,510
7th Sukhdeep Sandhu Surrey BC $38,050
8th Rodney Pennington White Rock BC $29,600
9th Kyle Wilson Surrey BC $21,140
10th Johnny Dai Surrey BC $16,915
11th Ronald Hansen Fort Nelson BC $12,685
12th Bhupinder Sarna Edmonton AB $8,460
13th Brian Wilson Chilliwack BC $7,200
14th Robert Laurie Kelowna BC $7,200
15th Mitesh Anjaria Kitchener ONT $5,920
16th Joshua Biedak Victoria BC $5,920
17th Joshua Engerdahl Abbotsford BC $5,075
18th Chris Lee Calgary AB $5,075
19th Lee Miller Kelowna BC $4,230
20th Kyung Sim Surrey BC $4,230
21st Joy Limsiaco Markham ONT $3,385
22nd Kristen Jonkman Surrey BC $3,385
23rd Zachary Fellows Vancouver BC $3,385
24th Brandon Sampson Maple Ridge BC $3,385
25th Samuel Jurovich Whitehorse Yukon $3,385
26th Eric Truong Burnaby BC $3,200
27th Joseph Gualtieri Mississauqa, ONT $3,200
28th James Lim New Westminster BC $3,200
29th Todd Fetcher Surrey BC $3,200
30th Babak Sedighi Toronto ONT $3,200

Final Table for $1,000 Bounty Tournament

Seat # Name Chip Count
1st Big John' Chan $1,151,000
2nd Doug Smith $632,000
3rd Ron Campbell $1,048,500
4th Payman Kayvan $351,500
5th Calen McNeil $640,000
6th Gordon Wong $575,000

Those are the standings for the $1,000 Bounty Tournament, as they go to the final table to be filmed Sunday. The players get a couple days in between to rest up, unless of course they play in the Main Event. Surprisingly, some opted to sit out in hopes that the rest would do them good. Others, like Calen was kicking himself the entire time for not playing the Main Event.

Coast to Coast Poker Championships Bounty Tournament Day 2

Chip counts for the only high-priced bounties left, going into Day 2:


Antonio Esfandiari
$87,400


Lee Markholt
$46,700

Dave Matthew
$46,300


Brad Booth
$41,200


Bryan Devonshire
$25,275


Jason Warner
$6,550

The Magician sat as the second highest chip count. With Kenna James out, he took up his role as the WPT Canada analyst for the show and talked to the likes of Derrick Law, Lacey Jones and Shawn Buchanan about how they handle the bust-outs and the “Walk of Shame” from an unsuccessful tournament.

Coast to Coast Poker Championships Event #2

May 7th – 8th $1,000 NLHE Bounty Event

The Bounty event not only put a price on every players’ head, there were a few local heroes and known professionals that carried a special target on their stacks. Knock out a player, earn $50. Knock out one of the special entries and the BC Lottery Corporation kicks in a $1,000 bonus. In the spirit of the Coast to Coast / East vs. West theme, a $2,000 bounty was on the heads of Canada’s geographic reps – “Yukon” Brad Booth for the West and Gavin Smith for the East.

Bounty List:

Gavin Smith
“Yukon” Brad Booth
Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari
Kenna James
Jody Trainer
Jeff Garza
Bryan Devonshire
Robert Cheung
James Hawkins
Henry Tran
David Matthew
Lacey Jones
Adam Junglen
Derrick Law
Scott Clements
Adam Schwartz
Colin Burton
Shawn Buchanan
Jason Warner
Michael Johnson
Lee Markholt

For “Cowboy” Kenna James his signature hat had barely arrived special delivery before he hit the dusty trail. Other eliminations of the $1,000 variety were a train wreck of bad beats. Jody Trainer flopping his set of Aces, only to lose to a lowly 5-6 that flopped an open-ended straight and filled on the river, making it the second time in two consecutive tournaments that the WPT Canada rep was felted with cracked Aces. Gavin Smith was next to fall, losing to a straight flush – if that is any consolation. Scott Clements – an honorary Canadian for the way he has taken down WPT events in this country for the last two years, also fell during Day 1. Shawn Buchanan didn’t last much longer after that before the end of Level 9 signalled the end of the day, leaving 148 players left to renew battle the next day.

Coast to Coast Poker Championships Event #1

May 5th $500 NLHE

From a road trip that started in Nevada on motorcycle with an Escalade as pack mule for, Bryan Devonshire, Gavin Smith and others travelled north on a four-day trip that would take them to the Coast to Coast Poker Championship. At the end of the day it was 26-year old “Devo” that takes down first place for $60,835.

Considering this was his “holiday,” Bryan expressed what a great idea the trip was and what a great time he was having in Richmond at the River Rock Casino & Resort. After a brief border “misunderstanding” his best intentions paid off winning the first event of the Coast to Coast Poker Championships.

529 Players - $243,340 Prize Pool

1st Bryan Devonshire Henderson, NV, USA $60,835.00
2nd Peter Au Kamloops BC $36,500.00
3rd Adam Chipiuk Edmonton AB $21,900.00
4th David Pazurik New Westminster $18,250.00
5th James Gibson Stonewall Manitoba $15,820.00
6th Bowen Fric Calgary ,AB $13,385.00
7th Josef Shechter North Vancouver BC $10,950.00
8th Zhiyuan Song Vancouver BC $8,520.00
9th Gene Lockerby Surrey BC $6,085.00
10th Ambrose Ng Halifax $4,870.00
11th Matthew Jarvis Surrey BC $3,650.00
12th Allan Johnson Nanaimo BC $2,435.00
13th Garrett Gabionza Richmond BC $2,070.00
14th Louie Grazme Vancouver BC $2,070.00
15th Joel Mackinnon Bullock Calgary AB $1,700.00
16th Davis Michael Sanchez San Diego, California $1,700.00
17th Ryan Biermann Kelowna BC $1,460.00
18th Steven Goosen Vancouver BC $1,460.00
19th Jay Madsen Vancouver BC $1,220.00
20th Kaan Becer Richmond BC $1,220.00
21st Kelly Gilbert Vancouver BC $1,000.00
22nd Trevor Renkers Surrey BC $1,000.00
23rd Bob Sinclair Vancouver BC $1,000.00
24th Guy Landry Nanaimo BC $1,000.00
25th Jason Warner Prince George BC $1,000.00
26th Joe Granula Vancouver BC $865.00
27th Luka Banicevic Vancouver BC $865.00
28th Matthew Blake Prince George BC $865.00
29th David Pecaski North Vancouver BC $865.00
30th Siu Liu Vancouver BC $865.00
31st Marco Carreira Winnipeg Manitoba $730.00
32nd Terry Nestegard Coquitlam BC $730.00
33rd Simon Lau Vancouver BC $730.00
34th Jeffrey Guild Vancouver BC $730.00
35th Neil Davey North Vancouver BC $730.00
36th Josh Biedak Victoria BC $730.00
37th Lorenzo Cusano West Vancouver BC $730.00
38th Franklin Taylor Vancouver BC $730.00
39th Tri Huynh Winnipeg Manitoba $730.00
40th Brian Strom Surrey BC $730.00
41st Chu Ao Vancouver BC $600.00
42nd Wayne Miyagi Richmond BC $600.00
43rd Curtis Griswold Maple Ridge, BC $600.00
44th Joel Kaake Delta BC $600.00
45th Robert Murphy Vancouver BC $600.00
46th Marcel Shackelly Merritt BC $600.00
47th Vladislav Zhuk Richmond BC $600.00
48th Christopher Kerluke North Vancouver BC $600.00
49th Kent Evenson Maple Ridge, BC $600.00
50th Michael Cameron Langley, BC $600.00