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Hello all,

I just wanted to post quickly as a reminder that the River Rock Poker Room has started holding satellites to the BC Poker Championships coming up this November.

Their structure is simple:
Saturdays:
$200 Buy in, where 1 person for every 15 buyins gets entry to the $2700 Main Event

Note that last Saturday the top 5 received entry to the main event, so expect a 70+ person tournament

Sundays:
$100 Buy-in, where 1 person for every 10 gets entry to the $1100 No Limit Holdem Event.

Me personally, I’ll be heading down tomorrow to try to satellite in to the $1100 event. I’ve been a bit down on my luck lately, so posting has been a bit more infrequent than normal. I’ll try to post an update once I return hopefully successful tomorrow night. Until then I’m practicing 27 person poker tournaments on Pokerstars.

Cheers,
~Addict

Well it’s finally official!

The BCPC 2009 dates and events have been officially annouced. As always, it’s going to be going down at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond BC from November 15th, to November 22nd. You may recall that I already broke the news of this upcoming announcement in my last post, and while I was off by two days, I’m still pretty satisfied with my first sleuthing attempt of local poker news.

Continuing with this trend I’ve set aside a page dedicated to the BCPC 2009 Event Schedule which details everying you need to know about what’s going down, what’s the structure, and how you can get in for less by hitting up a local satellite.

Coming soon I’ll also do my digging on the internet and find out how you can satellite in by playing online poker on sites like Pokerstars and Full Tilt.

Stay tuned for details!

Cheers,
~Addict

Note, results from the BCPC can be found here:
http://www.pokervancouver.com/2009/11/bc-poker-championship-2009-results/
 
 
 

Hey all,

I’ve just gotten back from playing the High Noon Holdem tournament at the River Rock Poker Room. I did alright, placed 4th taking in about $160 or so, but the real news from the River Rock came from talking to the front desk at the Poker Room.

First off, the River Rock is offering a new game – 5/5 No Limit Holdem. From what I was told, this game has become so popular it has essentially replaced 2/5. Anyone looking to play can expect to be buying in for a minimum of $500. Best of luck to you who have the bankroll and the cohonas to play it.

Secondly, and more importantly, as it turns out the British Columbia Poker Championship 2009 is confirmed and set to go down November 17th through to November 22nd. This date will likely be announced officially over the next week or so. To further confirm things, I checked the online booking rates on the River Rock’s website. Currently dates from the 17th-22nd of November are listed as “N/A” for their price, so I’d say this rumoured date is pretty solid.

Like last year they will be offering satellites (which I will be participating in) both in the casino and online on Pokerstars.

I don’t have any info on structure, however it’s likely going to be the same as last year, which received rave reviews from pretty much everyone who played in it. Also, for those of you who don’t remember, Daniel Negraneu took this one down last year, so there’s a good chance he’ll be making an appearance as well.

I’m already looking forward to being busted out by him

Anyways, I’m off to practice more tournament poker on stars. I’ll post the full details of the 2009 BCPC when they become available. Until then best of luck.

EDIT: Details have been confirmed by 604 Poker as well – check it out here.

Cheers
~Addict