Full Tilt Poker pro Gavin Smith took top prize at the Fallsview Classic $2,500 buy-in event, after a grueling 19-hour final day.
The Fallsview Classic Poker Invitational, held in the Fallsview Casino in Ontario, Canada, was formerly known as the WPT North American Poker Championships. Smith, who was named the WPT World Player of the year in 2006, battled a field of 267 players to bank over $188,000. Smith has now amassed over $5 million in career tournament earnings.
Gavin Smith
- 1 WSOP Bracelet
- 2006 WPT "Player of the Year"
- Over $5 million in Career Tournament Earnings
Gavin Smith plays online at Full Tilt Poker.
Gavin has been playing poker since 1994, when he discovered the roving charity casinos in the Toronto area. He turned pro in 1998. That year, Gavin played in his first poker tournaments during the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods and he made two final tables.
His first major tournament win came in the 1999 World Poker Finals, when Gavin won a No-Limit Hold 'em tournament. The next year at Foxwoods, he won a 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better tournament. Since then, he's made a dozen more final tables.
Without question, 2005 was his best year. At the Mirage Poker Showdown, Gavin won two tournaments, taking home more than $155,000 in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em event and more than $1.1 Million in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em World Poker Tour event.
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