Canadian Poker

Canadian Poker

Community Gaming News is your resource for information on the Canadian poker scene. Here you’ll find the latest poker news, latest tournament listings, a complete list of Canadian casinos offering poker and biography’s on professional poker players from Canada.

Canadian Poker News

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Professional Canadian Poker Players

Brad Booth Brad Booth is a Canadian professional poker player known for his appearances on the GSN series High Stakes Poker.

Shawn Buchanan Shawn Buchanan is a talented Canadian-born poker player who made his first major cash in 2004,

Cory Carroll Cory Carroll is a Canadian professional poker player, who is a two time final tablist of World Poker Tour Championships and the winner of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Championship Event.

Robert Cheung Robert Cheung is a 46 year old businessman, originally from Hong Kong, China who won a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Glen Chorny Glen Chorny is a Canadian poker player from Waterloo, Ontario. He is currently a student at Wilfrid Laurier University and has been playing professionally since January 2008.

Howard Goldfarb Howard Goldfarb is a Canadian poker player, chiefly noted as the runner-up of the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Randy Holland Randy Holland is a former attorney turned professional poker player.

Marc Karam Marc Karam is a Canadian professionalpoker player. In addition to playing in major international poker tournaments he makes his living playing online poker at various stakes against a wide range of opponents.

Tuan Lam Tuan Lam is a Vietnamese-Canadian professional poker player from Mississauga, Ontario. Prior to turning professional, Lam worked as a general laborer for a metal company. He is married with two children.

Doug Lee Doug Lee is a Canadian poker player from Calgary, Alberta. Lee is a 25-year-old real estate investor from Calgary, Alberta (Canada). His nickname is the “Canadian Super Bomber” because of his relentless attacking style of play at the poker table.

Michael McDonald Michael McDonald is Canadian poker player. McDonald is the youngest person to win an event on the European Poker Tour (EPT).

Nenad Medic Nenad Medic is a professional poker player from Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier is a professional poker player. Prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for a year.

Sorel Mizzi Sorel Mizzi is a professional poker player. Mizzi plays online poker under the names of “Imper1um” and “Zangbezan24?. Mizzi has over $600,000 in online tournament winnings.

Greg Mueller Greg “FBT” Mueller is a professional poker player from Vancouver, British Columbia Mueller a former professional hockey player, was drawn to poker after one of many long road trips during his hockey career.

Daniel Negreanu Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player. After building up his bankroll, he left for Las Vegas at the age of 21 to pursue his dream of becoming a professional poker player. However, “The Strip” got the better of him and he was forced to move back home to Toronto to rebuild his bankroll.

Evelyn Ng Evelyn Ng is a Canadian professional poker player.Ng began her gambling career playing pool for money at age 14. By age 17, she had expanded into dealing blackjack and poker games in her hometown of Toronto.

Steve Paul-Ambrose Steve Paul-Ambrose, is a poker player from Ontario, Canada.Paul-Ambrose won the 2006 PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure, a World Poker Tour event after winning his entry spending less than $110 through a satellite tournament.

Monica Reeves Monica Reeves is a professional poker and blackjack player from Oakville, Ontario. She is a former model who began her gambling career in 2005 under the tutelage of expert poker player Jim Worth.

Gavin Smith Gavin Smith is a Canadian professional poker player. Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father. He started playing poker at the age of 26, playing mixed games with co-workers.

Recommended Sites for Canadian Poker Players

Hollywood Poker has a very impressive design that is quick and easy to download and start playing on. There is never any problem finding a poker game of any type with lots of action here at Hollywood Poker.

Player traffic

Hollywood Poker has increasing player traffic daily and has up to 45,000 players playing at peak hours. At Hollywood Poker there are also plenty of stars and pros that play on here daily.

Hollywood Poker has given away over $100,000 in Celebrity bounties this year and we’re not done yet, there are tons of Celebrities waiting for you to take them on in Tuesday’s Canadian Poker Night. Just knock out celebrities in a single tournament and you’ll be in the money! Here’s how it works, knock out:

One Celebrity: Win $25
Two Celebrities: Win $100
Three Celebrities: Win $250
Four Celebrities: Win $500

Downloading, installation, and registration is very easy and just takes a few minutes. For more details, go to Titan Poker Installation. After installation and registration, playing is easy. Titan Poker lobby displays all the tables and tournament types in all the buy-in forums. All you have to do is decide what buy-in and type of cash or tournament game is right for you. Finding the cashier is easy, making it simple and fast for deposits and withdrawals.

Player traffic

Titan Poker moved to the top of the list in highest poker player traffic on the market. The numbers of players range from 5000 to 17000 daily. There are also 500 to 3000 active tables at any given time. Many players play the smaller limits, but there are a good number of players at the higher limit tables. With the continuing increase in new players daily the number of players in all the active tables will only increase.

Canadian Casinos

Casino Nova Scotia (Halifax)
Casino Nova Scotia (Sydney)
Casino Regina
Casino de Charlevoix
Casino du Lac Leamy
Montreal Casino
Thousand Islands Charity Casino
Great Blue Heron Casino
Casino Sault Ste. Marie
Brantford Charity Casino
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
Casino Windsor
Casino Niagara
South Beach Casino
Boulevard Casino
River Rock Casino Resort