What do you think of these Canadian Player and Casino Rankings?
My buddy put some time into these, few forumers and guys you all have surely played with in them:
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Casinos for tourney play:
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Please comment and he will adjust according to feedback.
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Casinos for tourney play:
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Please comment and he will adjust according to feedback.
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This is Canadian players International.
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Until Ontario changes their views on poker, this list will generally be dominated by Westerners, and is a pretty unrealistic showing of the best players in Canada.
I know this, cuz I've played against 12 on the list of Cdn cashes, and 1 on the International cashes.
Smart YYZ fulltime players should have moved out west already if they enjoy live tourney play (and Vegas is much closer).
Although he is a forum favourite, and a great player, he still has not had the success that these players have had. With a full WSOP schedule, this may be his year.
Steve Tripp's Poker Statistics: Hendon Mob Poker Database
This is a level right?
wtf
obv level is obv
im not a nut swinger, but steve has amazing sicko deep runs against international fields that are way tougher, bigger and sicker then rinky dink canadian tour events that no one gives a shit about, his "success" is way better then just about everyone in the OP's links.
Like to here opinions on tourney rankings too. My buddy worked hard to make sure list wasn't biased.
10 cashes, more than 100k on Canadian soil. And there are players from all over. Keep in mind most of these guys have 3-5 rings from field sizes and buyins just as big as the side events on world circuit.
His side comments also add to how he weighed this. James Werry and Richard Webb, both guys have final tabled and or won tournaments just about in every provinces/ cities majors, pretty damn impressive if you put favorites aside.
Remember, noone out 'west' knows who BTP is either....kinda like you don't know who anyone on that list is, so might be better to not make assumptions.
And lol that a Euro tourney would be harder than one in Canada for equal buy-in.
fyi.........Jofay made the list
jofay was the only one I recognized... I am very, very into the whole poker scene as a whole, but alas, maybe ill give the "westerners" a bit more interest and get a little more informed on that scene out there before I make outbursts like my post prior lol.
didnt mean to offend
Now if the comment is further qualified by saying "on canadian soil" I totally agree, but to say overall he hasn't had similar success that is just ludacris.
No doubt we are biased on this forum but I think in the past few years he has really picked it up here in Canada/Europe/USA/Bahammas
lol, ok I might be kidding a bit there, but is the Hendon Mob database not considered accurate? If not what database is accurate for world results and shows different numbers for BTP?
Jon Lam has a big bink otherwise he moves from 2 to off the list.
Is the list accurate, technically yes, theoretically, no.
As for Jofay Being on the list, you might check his profile one of these days. Besides some decent Canadian event finishes, like 2nd in Brad Booth Classic and the CPT Invitational, you might be surprised to know he finished like 17th in a WSOP 1k
John Lamb did have a huge score but he has slaughtered GBH, think he prob has close to 100k in cashes there. First time I met him finished 3rd in Edmontons Main event after flying in to check it out, so he can play just as well outside Ontario.
So yeah, even outwest we know who some of the tough players are here in Canada, like Lupton and Eric Place. Most people who read do know of BTP by now and Steve Kerr, pretty hard not to notice.
He does want this to be accurate, so if there is merit to changing something, post it on that page please!
I can't keep up with all this new poker slang. Looking at the Hendon Mob dbase, GTP hasn't had a big live score, or multiple like the players noted. If the dbase is not accurate, I stand corrected. Not saying he doesn't have the ability, he just needs more exposure to these bigger tournaments, which is just a matter of time.
Hendon Mob
Card Player
all have different results for players
Expect this list to also change drastically once a few more guys get a few cashes; the Smith brothers, Zenni Petros, Ben Leblond, Steve Tripp, Steve Kerr, Jerome Makonen and John Wilson are just a few players all well on their way to breaking the 10 Canadian cashes and 100k.
But, those results are for worldwide cashes, not just Canadian. the rankings list top CANADIAN cashes, then world wide.
If you include world wide, now you are talking Negreanu, Smith, Duhamel, et al. All of whom play buy in events, with prizes well above what BTP has been able to play.
Ron will most likely have those as the goal is to backdate to 2000.
It's gonna take forever.
I started sending in Hendon what I had and they sometimes contact me when they are tracking down something. most recently it was Fallsview and with 6 other sites and player agents we reamed them out. They told us that privacy policies prevented releasing full results. I reminded them that it wasn't a problem when Gavin is winning.
Anyway we figured if we have to do the legwork anyway, we might as well do it ourselves. Hence also the ability for casinos and players to create accounts and remotely add their own. (players no charge).
In time, this should be the most accurate list/database for Canadian results. Provided it catches on.
This is list 1.0
Criteria listed is over $100k if you include international results. We all know the Canadian fields are much tougher
Well that is a lot different from what you originally posted...I agree with the above.
My goal for 2013, get on the database
Anywhoo, Ron asked me to post this. He doesn't want to overstep or break any rules do just past on to me. Thanks to guys who are filling in stats and still hoping to hear opinions on venues list.
Here is message:
"Players I love the forum debate as all of the rankings were created for just that reason. *Poker within Canada needs better exposure and the PPC website is trying to fix that. *The current rankings display what I know - Western Canada puts on regular large field events. *The PPC tournament venue rankings reflect that the most consistent contributors to Canadian tournament poker are in the west and as a result the top 25 players all make this list via their results in those events. *For the top 25 players rankings list within Canada to be truly accurate we need the cooperation from every Canadian tournament venue. *However in the mean time the list will be dominated by Western Canadians because of the ten plus years of credible major tourneys which Eastern Canada has been lacking. *I hope for my eastern friends that bigger, better and more regular events are on the horizon in Ontario where I grew up. *There are many excellent poker players in Canada and the rankings list is not for excluding players or missing them but rather for showcasing who has proven results. *I would love this list too change as a result of this forum thread and the addition of past results. *Good luck to everyone and I hope the PPC rankings will carry enough credibility that Canadian poker players wish to make it on the list themselves." *Sincerely, Ron Campbell *PPC President
Ohh I smell a prop.