After three days of tournament play Henry Tran of Toronto beat out 499 players including poker pro Johnny Chan to take home the top prize of $325,000 at the main event of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s first Johnny Chan Poker Classic at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.

Tran, a computer chip designer and father of two, collected $325,000 for his victory, as well as his second tournament title. Tran’s first win was at Atlantic City’s World Series of Poker Circuit Championship event in 2005, which banked him almost $800,000.

“I’ve been playing poker for only four years, and I love the game. I consider it a sport, and I want to continue supporting poker in Canada,” explained Tran. “This was my first tournament in British Columbia and I plan to come back.”

Almost 1,700 players competed in the week-long tournament, which featured five events for a total prize pool of $2,165,000, making this one of the largest poker tournaments held to date in British Columbia.

Final Results

1st. Nghi (Henry) Tran $325,000
2nd. Joe Corbett $200,000
3rd. Jody Trainer $125,000
4th. Tony Ng $100,000
5th. Nelson Batista $75,000
6th. Tommy Pavlicek $55,000
7th. Keith Wintermans $45,000
8th. Spyros Giannelis $35,000
9th. Paddy O’Hara $30,000

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