After weeks of online action, live Day 1s and a live Day 2, KKLIVE New Brunswick ended in a four-way deal!

After 2024 KKPoker Canada’s Best champion Dylan Ellis exited in 5th place for CAD$7,800, the final four players agreed to an ICM deal.

Rod Ward (CAD$16,000), Steve Keith (CAD$16,200), Trent Hooper (CAD$16,425) and Jason Chan (CAD$17,000) all secured massive paydays from their CAD$350 buy-in. 

KKLIVE New Brunswick achieved a total of 475 entries through online and live Day 1s, creating a CAD$142,500 prize pool. 

36 players returned for Day 2 on Sunday 13 April at St Mary’s Entertainment Centre, all guaranteed a CAD$850 minimum prize. 

Cashing in 34th was Sharath Maddur, who recently won his KKPoker Vegas Dream package online worth $12,000 and will head to Las Vegas in July as part of the KK Elite Team!

For Trent Hooper, it was the second time he had achieved a KKLIVE runner-up finish after claiming silver at KKLIVE Montreal last year. 

Final Table Action

Jim Sullivan was eliminated in 9th place after a classic flip. His pocket eights up against Trent Hooper’s A-K, with a King appearing on the flop. 

Wayne Seely took 8th place running A-8 into a dominating hand. 

Grant Donovan looked down at a strong hand in Q-Q but ran into a cooler against Trent’s A-A. There was no miracle on the board as Grant exited in 7th place. 

Trent was in action once again with Ghislaine Johnson all in. Trent held T-T and Ghislaine needed to hit holding A-K, but the board ran out in Trent’s favor, and sent Ghislaine to the rail in 6th place. 

Canada’s Best champion Dylan Ellis held T-9 on a K-K-Q-J board, but Jason Chan had turned a full house to take the pot, and Dylan departed with $7,800 in 5th place. 

At this point, the remaining four players agreed to an ICM deal. Steve Keith (4th), Rod Ward (3rd), Trent Hopper (2nd), and Jason Chan (1st). 

KKLive New Brunswick 2025 Results

Rank	Player	Prize
1	Jason Chan	$17,000*
2	Trent Hopper	$16,425*
3	Rod Ward	$16,000*
4	Steve Keith	$16,200*
5	Dylan Ellis	$7,800
6	Ghislaine Johnson	$6,100
7	Grant Donovan	$4,850
8	Wayne Seeley	$3,900
9	Jim Sullivan	$3,250
10	Rejean Gallant	$2,700
11	Nolan MacDonald	$2,250
12	Chad Garber	$2,250
13	Jason Collette	$2,250
14	Michel Fournier	$2,250
15	Chris Eagles	$2,250
16	Bradley Crooks	$1,900
17	Trevor York	$1,900
18	Bob Acorn	$1,900
19	Malcom Bowser	$1,900
20	Brady Spencer	$1,900
21	Murray McCartney	$1,600
22	Katie Marshall	$1,600
23	Lloyd Dutcher	$1,600
24	Clayton Hughes	$1,600
25	Steve Nixon	$1,600
26	Ethan Borden	$1,325
27	Ha Van Nguyen	$1,325
28	Jacob Ebbett	$1,325
29	Andrew Van Hagen	$1,325
30	Trevor Otterson	$1,325
31	Marc Thériault	$1,050
32	Andrew Minifie	$1,050
33	Steve Barber	$1,050
34	Sharath Maddur	$1,050
35	Trevor Tarrant	$1,050
36	Cory Mangrove	$850

Gallery

Check out all the event photos and videos on the KKPoker official Flickr. 

Photography provided by Andrew Kelly of Sameasforever Creative Studio.