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Montreal is a lovely city, one of my favorites, and I wish I could have been there recently for the first ever first Poker Pro Canada Classic poker tournament.

The tournament, held at the Four Aces Card Club in Montreal was a huge success, drawing about 250 players from all over Canada and the U.S. – even Europe – to compete for a prize pool of $369,000.

It was the largest poker event ever held in Quebec with a buy-in of more than $1,500, much larger than any of their online poker tournaments.

When the smoke cleared, local player Oliver “O.B.” Baksic took home $96,400 for first place. He defeated another local player, Maxime Villemure, on the final hand when he flopped a flush and slow-played it. Villemure hit a straight on the turn, all the chips went in, and Baksic’s flush held up. The final day of the four-day, deep-stack event lasted until 5 a.m. Villemure cashed for $75,000.

Canadian Heads-Up Champion Benjamin LeBlond finished third for $50,000. Buy-in was $1,500+$150.

Congratulations to all who cashed in this tournament. Had I known about it beforehand, I might have been tempted to go and play. Maybe next year after I practice playing poker online.

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