GPI First Look: WPT Fallsview Poker Classic

After a few years absence, the World Poker Tour is back at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, making this their second Canadian tour stop of the season:

WELCOME BACK TO FALLSVIEW

After a 5+ year absence, the World Poker Tour is back at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort as it joins forces with the very popular Fallsview Poker Classic this year! The WPT North American Poker Championships were presented for three seasons, between 2006 and 2008.

The Main Event was a 10K USD buy-in then, the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic will offer a 5K USD buy-in for its Main Event.

Well over 1M USD was given to the winner in each of the WPT’s previous three visits to Niagara Falls, it will certainly be interesting to see what the prize pool looks like when registration ends on Day 1 Saturday. The event is a three-day event with final table play set for Monday, expect A LOT of action on the felt this weekend at Fallsview!

We win! @WPT Fallsview Event #1 #shippitydoooodah 2nd 6 figure score of 2014; 1 in Jan, 1 in Feb….Can't wait till March!

— Mike Leah (@GoLeafsGoEh) February 20, 2014

HOME ICE ADVANTAGE

Canadians seem to be performing very well at the Olympics, and they are certainly doing wonders on the live tournament circuit with Daniel Negreanu (GPI#1) and Mike McDonald (GPI#8) leading the GPI300 and GPI PoY races respectively … and with Ivey Poker Pro Mike Leah (GPI#161) winning the 1K prelim event here at the Fallsview Poker Classic, it already looks like Canadians are already taking advantage of home ice.

One non-Canadian who’s enjoyed a lot of success in Niagara Falls is star American, and Washington native, Scott Clements (GPI#61). Clements won the WPT North American Championships in November of 2007 to earn his first and only seven-figure score on the live tournament circuit. Clements would earn $1,456,585 CAD for the victory, outlasting over 500 opponents.

This wasn’t BigRiskky’s first score at Fallsview. Clements won over 250K CAD in the $2,500 prelim event at the North American Championships the previous year. Clements also owns two World Series of Poker gold bracelets.

SEASON 6 MAIN EVENT CHAMPION

›› SCOTT CLEMENTS  

Born ›› Mount Vernon, WA, USA
Team ›› Free Agent
Twitter ›› @BigRiskky

GPI# ›› 61  |  PoY# ›› 106
GPI Score ›› 2,529.01

Career ›› Wins: 17  | Cashes: 117  |   Top 10: 63
Earnings ›› 2014: $97,180  |  Career: $5,773,247

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