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from April 12–17. It features a men's and women's draw, where the top sixteen teams from the Order of Merit rankings for the 2010-11 curling season are invited to compete. It was the final Grand Slam event for the season, and one of the last curling events for the season. The purse for the men's and women's event was CAD$100,000 each. On the men's side, Kevin Martin won his record seventh Players' championship with a win over

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in seven ends, while

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secured her fourth Players' championship with a win over Ontario junior champion Rachel Homan after a big eighth end.

Men

Teams

Knockout brackets

A event

B event

C event

Knockout results

Draw 2

''Tuesday, April 12, 8:30 pm''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, April 13, 10:00 am''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 13, 1:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 13, 5:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Wednesday, April 13, 8:30 pm''

Draw 8

''Thursday, April 14, 1:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, April 14, 5:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Thursday, April 14, 8:30 pm''

Draw 11

''Friday, April 15, 10:00 am''

Draw 12

''Friday, April 15, 1:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, April 15, 5:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Saturday, April 16, 10:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 16, 5:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, April 16, 8:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, April 17, 9:30 am''

Women