Canadian Players Dominate WPT North American Poker Championship at Niagara Fallsview

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Canadian Players Dominate First-Ever
World Poker Tour Canadian Tournaments
Hosted by Fallsview Casino Resort

Ten Canadian Players Make it to the Final Tables; Amateur Poker Player
from Oshawa, Ont., Wins the North American Poker Championship

NIAGARA FALLS, ON, Oct. 31 /CNW/ - With the first-ever WORLD POKER
TOUR(R) (WPT) Canadian tournament stops in the history books, Fallsview
Casino Resort has crowned its two new WPT title winners - one each for the
inaugural WPT Canadian Open and the WPT North American Poker
Championship (NAPC).

From October 22 through October 28, the Fallsview Casino Resort welcomed
a combined field of 793 local and U.S. poker players for the two events, which
had a combined prize pool of almost $5.7 million. Many professional poker
players were among the entrants in both tournaments-including Daniel
Negreanu, Isabelle Mercier, Gavin Smith, John Juanda, Alan Cunningham, Dan
Harrington, Barry Greenstein, Joe Sebok, Brad Booth, and more. In the end,
10 out of the 12 final table players in the two events were from Canada, with
an amateur Canadian player taking the NAPC title and a young American
poker pro capturing the first-ever Canadian Open title.

"We were thrilled and overwhelmed with the amazing turnout and support of
the two WPT events from the spectators, press and players," said Greg
Medulun, Manager of Corporate Communications for Fallsview Casino Resort.
"We couldn't have asked for better results for WPT's first foray into Canada."

Playing through a field of 497 players, 27-year-old amateur poker player
Soren Turkewitsch of Oshawa, Ontario, battled the remaining five players in
an eight-hour final table of the NAPC on October 30 to take home a first-prize
of over $1.3 million. Turkewitsch, an automobile factory worker, secured his
$10,300 entry by winning a $90 satellite tournament, which he parlayed into
a $160 satellite tournament win then a seat in the NAPC. The NAPC was
Turkewitsch's first major poker tournament.

Placing second in the NAPC was professional poker player Jason "Bigbird"
Sagle of Sudbury, Ontario, who won over $600,000. John Lam of Toronto
placed third; Jim Worth of Oakville, Ontario, placed fourth; John Juanda of
Alhambra, California, placed fifth; and Marc Karam of Ottawa, Ontario, placed
sixth. The final table, which was taped in front of a live audience in the Avalon
Ballroom at Fallsview Casino Resort, will air on the Travel Channel in the
spring of 2007.

The final table for the WPT Canadian Open, which drew 296 players to
Fallsview Casino Resort, was held on October 30. Placing first was 25-year-old
Scott Clements of Mt. Vernon, Washington, who claimed the first-ever WPT
Canadian Open title and more than $250,000 in prize money.

Finishing behind Clements in the Canadian Open was poker pro Tony O'Hagan
of Paris, Ontario, who placed second; Vince Sassa of Toronto placed third;
Terris Preston of Toronto placed fourth; Steve Buttery of Windsor, Ontario,
placed fifth; and Dang Trinh of Toronto placed sixth.

The Canadian Open will be broadcast in Canada at a later date.

About Fallsview Casino Resort

Built on a cliff overlooking the world-famous Horseshoe Falls, Fallsview
Casino Resort is the largest and most elegant gaming resort facility in Canada
and the crown jewel in Niagara's stunning array of wonders. It features a
casino with over 3,000 slot machines and 142 gaming tables, a 374-room
luxury hotel, a full -service spa and fitness centre, a 1,500-seat showroom,
dozens of dining and shopping options and over 30,000 square feet of
meeting and convention.

Ten Canadian Players Make it
to the Final Tables; Amateur
Poker Player from Oshawa,
Ont., Wins the North American
Poker Championship at
Niagara Falls

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