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METRO VANCOUVER — Sophon Sek grinned and gave the thumbs-up signal Sunday night after winning the top prize of $364,364 in the B.C. Poker Championship. But his luck ran out Monday when Sek was arrested about noon in connection with the Surrey Six ...

VANCOUVER — Fate may be "coming back to bite" poker champion Sophon Sek, a murder victim's mother said Wednesday. Eileen Mohan, whose son Chris, 22, was murdered in the October 2007 Surrey Six slaughter, said she hopes Sek won't get to enjoy the ...

The River Rock Casino Resort where the competition was held as well as the BC Lottery Corporation, which licenses and operates gaming and casinos, have confirmed that the funds won by the Cloverdale resident were seized at the request of the RCMP.

Poker Championships at the River Rock Casino, winning the $364,364 grand prize ... with one of the murdered men, was arrested in June 17 in the Philippines and later deported to Canada to face charges. Bacon and Le each face one count of conspiracy ...

METRO VANCOUVER -- A 30-year-old Surrey man has been arrested and charged in the unprecedented Surrey Six slaughter ... C Poker Championship at the River Rock Casino late Sunday night. His earnings for the tournament were an impressive $364,364. "

SURREY (NEWS1130) - Nearly 8 months after the initial ... Cloverdale man with the same name took home a grand prize of $364,364 from the BC Poker Championships at the River Rock Casino on Sunday.  RCMP have asked the River Rock Casino to hold the ...

A man arrested Monday in connection with a mass slaying in Surrey, B.C., had just won a huge poker jackpot. Sophon Sek has been charged with manslaughter and breaking and entering in connection with the deaths of six men in a Surrey highrise in ...

Sophon Sek celebrates his win at the 2009 B ... Tuesday that the 30-year-old faces charges of manslaughter and break and enter with intent in connection to the 'Surrey Six' murders in October of 2007. (STEVEN C. PESANT/Rock River Casino, The Canadian ...

On Sunday night Sephon Sek was on top of the world after beating out 680 other poker players for a grand prize of ... presented to him from the Great Canadian Casino Corp. But Howard Blank with the River Rock Casino Resort said Sek won’t be getting ...

Eileen Mohan got the phone call Monday afternoon, shortly after her lunch break. An officer with the regional Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) was calling to let her know another person had been arrested in connection with the murder of ...