SteveKerr

ok umm I guess some of my thoughts on the CPT in Ontario.

Great Blue Heron - Probably the best place to go for a CPT Event/Tournament, the structure is the best around, but I have never seen any CPT Magazine there nor any CPT advertising there.

Brantford - Structure is terrible for the smaller buy in tournaments, so I rarely go there as I do not like to play bingo style poker. I have played their $400 buy in last year which has a far better structure, but still turns to a bingo fest in the late levels and closer to the money. I also have not seen any form of CPT advertising there.

Point Edward - Structure is terrible except for their Blue Water Classic series, which I have played only once, and I have not seen any mention of the CPT here as well.

Those 3 casinos are the only ones that are somewhat close to me so I can play in a CPT Event.

Point Edward and Brantford only use 5 tables for their tournaments and if Blue Heron can run a good structured tournament I do not see why the other 2 cannot change their structure so it is half decent.

Has The CPT approached Rama to get a good series of tournaments organized?

This all being said, it makes it difficult for an Ontario CPT Member to crack the Top 50 with so few CPT Events for us compared to out West, and with the supporting casinos here, not really doing any advertising for the CPT, I am not sure how many players in Ontario even know about the CPT and what they are trying to do for Canadian Poker Players.

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Trust me -- the advertising isn't much better out west.

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That level 5 trap really paid off...ship him the cookies.

jontm

ummm.....

jontm

Both Bo and Fayant did cash, suprisingly I think AJ the favorite decided to skip this one. Todd did very well, building a huge stack but running into trouble. I really didn't like the way James went out, he got called by a player that couldn't fold AK and you know how this story ends...day 2 KK no good when a player pushed on him pre and hit.
So the winner was none other than Mary Gabriel. May have been a little oversight on my part not to include her on the list. Mary won a wildcard entry into the invitationals and managed to grind her way to one of the 6 sponserships. She made it through the GCF Day 1 with about 83k, the chip leader having 233k on Sunday's finals.
During the break on Day 1, we all chatted with Mary and she told us she had a previous championship shot and was pressured into a chop she since regreted. She had made up her mind that this one she was playing until she had no more chips or all the money.
True to her word, late Sunday night with 5 players left the deal talk came up. Mary immediatelly shut it down, not even chip leader at the time. A few hours latter she had the 60k, the bracelet and the bragging rights!
Congrats to her and sticking to her guns. Well deserved!

Still working on getting some uploadable info, but taking a bit of a break from CPT news. This post was about the players not the tour.

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That level 5 trap really paid off...ship him the cookies.

actyper

There's cpt bracelets?

T8urmoney

don't think so (unless it's something new)...most tourney series around here give something for the ME winner (ie. bracelet, ring, watch....etc)

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bumblebeetuna

T8urmoney

Mary from Edmonton?

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jontm

Yes, thats the girl and for whatever the reason, a racelet was awarded. I thnk she said it was worth 6k.