It all started in April 2006. The 1st Annual Miriam Foundation Montreal Open Full Tilt Poker Texas Hold'em Tournament took place on April 6, 2006 at Marché Bonsecours and sold out with 800 players. The 10 finalists traveled to Las Vegas where five of them won entry into the 2006 WSOP and all shared in a cash prize pool.
The 2nd Annual Montreal Open was even bigger and better. It took place at Le Windsor over 4 days (March 26-29, 2007) and was the largest charity poker tournament in Canada with more than 1200 players. It came to an exciting close at the Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday May 20, 2007 where 20 finalists shared a prize pool valued at $150,000 and the top nine finalists received entry into the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas in July 2007. The first-place winner also received a special VIP package including a poker lesson with a Full Tilt Poker pro. Chris Ferguson of Full Tilt Poker was on hand to observe the action at Planet Hollywood’s Poker Room and he presented the Miriam Foundation Lawrence Taiger Trophy to the grand prize winner, Elan Ellison of Dollard des Ormeaux, QC.
 Christian Benoit
Yvon Carpentier
Martin Claude
Peter Devine
Mark Francis |
Samuel Gagnon
Richard Johansen
Howard Kaplow
Cookie Lazarus
Kent Livingston
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Philippe Masse
Jean-Francois Méthot
Gregory McLachlan
Mickael Perreault
Richard Riendeau |
Spencer Stacey
Taylor Tyson
Gerontakos Vasilios
Simon Villeneuve
Brent Wajcman |
  1st place: Elan Ellison
2nd place: Pierre Daigle
3rd place: Carl Valente
4th place: Robert Casey
5th place: Lynette Chan
6th place: Billy Gerontakos
7th place: Samer Hawwa
8th place: Martin Gadoury
9th place: Chris Cioban
10th place: Martin Maroun
11th place: Daniel Quevillon
12th place: Charlie Flicker
13th place: Howard Chao
14th place: Pierre-Alain Dubois
15th place: Nectarios Lazaris
16th place: Marc-André Provost
17th place: Jean-Cedric Martel
18th place: Mathieu Gouin
19th place: Issie Markowicz
20th place: Andre Dries
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