Woman Poker Champ Clarissa Cleans Up
Published: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
WOMAN POKER CHAMP CLARISSA CLEANS UP
Canada's latest womens poker champ outplays 249 competitors
Clarissa Hannem of Esquimalt took top honours and won $22,680.00 this week
when she became Canada's first ever Women's Poker Classic champion.
Hannem out-manoeuvered and out-played 249 other women poker players to nab the
top prize after about five hours of play in the $75,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em
tournament held at Cascades Casino in Langley.
"It was great to play in a tournament for women only and to see so many women
turning out to have a good time playing poker," said Hannem.
Friday, February 17, Limit Texas Hold'em kicked it all off at noon with a $37,500
prize pool. February 18 and February 19, No Limit Texas Hold 'em, the main event,
started at noon and featured a $75,000 prize pool. The top 20 players in both
the Limit and No Limit games finished in the money.
With over $112,000 up for grabs, Canada's first women's poker tournament made
Canadian poker history and supported Breast Cancer research at the same
time. Cascades Casino made a $25,000 donation, $50 for every registered participant
to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Treasure Cove Casino & Hotel
donated an additional $5,000. In total, over $30,000 went directly toward breast
cancer research in British Columbia.
