Canada, shuffle up and deal! The newest addition to the World Poker Tour’s lineup made a big splash in Ontario, Canada when the beautiful Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort hosted the first annual North American Poker Championships.
497 players turned out for the $10,000 buy-in, no-limit hold’em championship event; Canada’s first, providing new evidence of tournament poker’s increasing popularity. The biggest name at the final table, and coincidentally the only non-Canadian, was tournament pro John Juanda, who managed a 5th place finish after entering the final table as the short stack.
In the end, the day belonged to Soren Turkewitsch, who defeated Jason “Big Bird” Sagle in a heads-up match that could have easily gone either way. Sagle fell victim to a four-outer that gave Turkewitsch an inside straight, and a commanding chip lead. Turkewitsch landed a $1,225,920 payday and a coveted World Poker Tour title.
John Lam, James Worth and Marc Karam filled out the final table.
| North American Poker Championship | |
| Casino: | Fallsview Casino Resort |
| Location: | Ontario, Canada |
| Buy-in: | $10,000 CAD |
| Entry Fee: | $300 |
| # of Players: | 497 |
| Prize Pool: | $4,829,332 |
| Final Table date: | Oct 29, 2006 |
| Results | ||
| 1 | Soren Turkewitsch |
$1,225,920 |
| 2 | Jason "Big Bird" Sagle |
$600,456 |
| 3 | John Lam |
$313,094 |
| 4 | James Worth |
$257,338 |
| 5 | John Juanda |
$193,003 |
| 6 | Marc Karam |
$150,114 |
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