World Poker Tour Canada (WPTC), kicks off today with its first stop, Coast to Coast Poker Championships, presented by British Columbia Lottery Corporation at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia. WPTC is the dedicated tour for Canada, a country where some of the world’s greatest poker professionals call home and poker is booming in best-in-class casino properties nationwide.

“Canada is an incredible destination for poker, which we have experienced first-hand during three successful Canadian events on the main WPT tour,” said Steve Lipscomb, WPT Founder, President and CEO. “The sport of poker has long been growing in Canada, fostering poker fans and creating world-class poker professionals. It was only a matter of time before WPT offered a tailored tour unique to Canadian poker fans, and couldn’t be more thrilled to finally launch it today.”

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The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is back with the FTOPS VIII, featuring a massive 24-event schedule, including three “mystery” tournaments. Full Tilt is guaranteeing more than $10 million in prize pools over the course of the event, which will run from this Wednesday, May 7, to Sunday, May 18. There will be at least five events with guarantees of $1 million or more.

Full Tilt is also holding a slew of additional promotions surrounding the FTOPS. The biggest promotion being held is the FTOPS Tournament of Champions, which will gather event winners from each event of the FTOPS V, VI, VII, and VIII to play a freeroll for a World Series of Poker main-event seat. Champions are automatically entered, and the tournament will be held on Saturday, May 24, after the FTOPS VIII is completed…

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