Casino Regina's Harvest Poker Classic Awards Over $620,000

The 18th annual Harvest Poker Classic at Casino Regina finished up over the weekend with the final of four events. The festival estimated a $500,000 prize pool throughout the series running from the 11th of November until the 15th, and after the dust cleared, over $620,000 was handed out.

The Main Event featured a $1,100 buy-in, which maxed out with 210 entries and a prize pool of $210,000. There were 21 players who made the money with Jared Klimosko from Saskatoon grabbing the title and the first-place prize of $55,750. Here is how the final table stacked up:

Finish	Player	Prize
1	Jared Klimosko	$55,750
2	Brad Heidt	$35,370
3	Daniel Lamb	$23,679
4	Steven Mager	$16,664
5	Justin Lamb	$12,280
6	Kristy Gaudry	$9,436
7	Dale Garthus	$7,528
8	Ron Piasetzki	$6,210
9	Tanys Jones	$5,273

The first event of the series kicked off on Wednesday, November 12, with a $400 no-limit hold'em bounty tournament. The event drew 241 entries with Calgary’s Chad Riddell taking the lion’s share of the $84,350 prize pool. Here is a list of the final table competitors:

Finish	Player	Prize
1	Chad Riddell — Calgary, AB	$20,338
2	Garth Arnason — Winnipeg, MB	$13,321
3	John Treso — Regina, SK	$9,296
4	Mark Charles — Winnipeg, MB	$6,881
5	Chris Comely — Edmonton, AB	$5,371
6	Mike Barnett — Regina, SK	$4,392
7	Arnold Moch — Medicine Hat, AB	$3,735
8	Dean Arsenie — Regina, SK	$3,282
9	Trerry Poulsen — Cartwright, ND	$2,959

Event #2 took place on Thursday, November 13. The second event saw 253 entries buy in for a $600 no-limit hold'em tournament. A total of 26 players were paid out of the $136,620 prize pool, and Justin Lamb of Regina took down the first-place prize of $35,950. His first of two cashes in the series, as he also final tabled the main event.

Finish	Player	Prize
1	Justin Lamb — Regina, SK	$35,950
2	Barrie Bratt — White City, SK	$22,692
3	Brian Friesen — Winnipeg, MB	$15,086
4	Ferrel Rempel — Labrocherie, MB	$10,522
5	Eric Johnson — Winnipeg, MB	$7,670
6	Brian Ragasa — Winnipeg, MB	$5,819
7	Len Lepke — Saskatoon, SK	$4,578
8	Neil Bechdoldt — Winnipeg, MB	$3,721
9	Emil Chomistek — Pittville, SK	$3,112

The third event took place on Friday, November 14, with an $800 no-limit hold'em bounty tournament. The most popular event of the series drew 269 entries. A prize pool of $193,680 was divided by the final 27 players and the winner was Fred Pynn of Regina who took home $43,825.

Finish	Player	Prize
1	Fred Pynn — Regina, SK	$43,825
2	Jim Loudon — Sceptre, SK	$27,640
3	Shawn Leis — Saskatoon, SK	$18,356
4	Hansel DelaCruz — Winnipeg, MB	$12,785
5	Robbie Perry — Naicam, SK	$9,302
6	Chase Johnston — Regina, SK	$7,044
7	Keith Stick — Onion Lake, SK	$5,529
8	Cory Kirby — Estevan, SK	$4,482
9	Doug Baumgartner — Montmartre, SK	$3,738