Apparently some home-cooking served Daniel Negreanu pretty well. The Canadian poker pro returned to the Great White North this past weekend and captured the 2008 BC Poker Championship.

The four-day event drew a total field of 689 players each paying the $2,500 CDN ($2,020 US) buy-in to put the total prize pool at $1,722,500 CDN ($1,402,800 US). The fourth annual event was hosted by River Rock Casino in Richmond, BC just outside of Vancouver.

“Being Canadian myself, playing and winning the BC Poker Championships is extra special to me,” said Negreanu. “It may have been a smaller tournament but I would say this has been the best $2,500 buy-in event structure I’ve ever played.”

The Main Event drew some other big names including Gabe Kaplan, Brad Booth, Gavin Smith, Lacey Jones, 2008 World Series of Poker third place finisher Dennis Phillips and the last woman standing from the 2008 WSOP Tiffany Michelle.

“This years tournament has drawn the largest celebrity participation out of all BC poker events, confirming British Columbia as a hot destination for exciting poker,” said Darryl Schiewe, British Columbia Lottery Corporation Vice President of Casino and Community Gaming.

The Main Event capped off a week’s worth of events. All three events were completely sold out putting the total prize pool at $2.9 million.

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