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One of the biggest yearly tournament series in Canada in the past few years has been the British Columbia Poker Championships, commonly referred to as the BCPC. The BCPC has been around since 2005 and is hosted by the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond British Columbia.

The Main Event was won back in 2008 by Daniel Negreanu for $371,910. That was the year the PokerStars download ran satellites to the big tourney, and quite a few poker professionals showed up for it.

Since 2008 the series hasn’t grown in popularity, but it still gets a great field. This year PlayNow.com (the download free poker site for British Columbia) will probably run satellites to it.

Between October 25th and November 9th there will be four events. The first event of the series is a bounty event, costing $550 to enter and featuring a maximum field of 528. It has an estimated prize pool of $237,600. This is a four day event, with the final table scheduled for October 28th.

Following the $550 will be a $1,100 No Limit Hold’em Event with 550 maximum players with alternates and an estimated prize pool of $550,000. This event is scheduled for… READ MORE

Those living in British Columbia Canada should check out PlayNow.com, the first gambling website in Canada to be operated by its province. Since it is run by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC), all of the revenue from the site stays in the province to fund programs for the community.

PlayNow.com allows to you to play real money casino games from the comfort of your own home. The options are endless: you can sit at a Blackjack table, download Roulette, or get dealt some poker hands. The most popular games run 24/7, so you can play at your convenience wherever you have Internet connection.

Preliminary research for BCLC must have shown that a large number of people download free casino to participate in MTTs, so their tournament schedule features a wide variety of games along with some guarantees. Early risers will unfortunately not have a lot of selection since a large percentage of the AM tournaments are for low stakes players not needing guarantees. If you are like most, though, and don’t get the chance to play poker until the afternoon or after dinner, you will be able to play for some bigger prize pools. For example, at… READ MORE