Friday, July 9, 2010

BERDA WINS, ENTERS PTPR TOP 5...


PHOTO CREDIT: WSOPPhotos.com


That's all folks, only the Main Event remains at the WSOP ... big win for Tomer Berda at Event 56 - he's now fourth on the PTPR Top 10.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 56 : No-Limit Hold'em
July 2-5, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Defending Champion: Keven Stammen

Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $4,466,600
Entries: 1,942

2010 FINAL RESULTS
BERDA TOMER - 144
KOCHELAEVSKIY VLADIMIR - 94
PORTER BRYAN - 64
BONAVENA SALVATORE - 54
WATTEL MIKE - 49
HUNG HUNGCHENG - 44
ALAWADHI ALI - 44
CURCIO JOSEPH - 29
AMENDOLA ALFONSO - 29
MACKEY JAMES - 29
JEPPSSON CHRISTIAN - 29
VO VIET - 27
KAMRAN MICHAEL - 27
O'CONNELL KEVIN - 27
DUHAMEL JONATHAN - 27
MARQUIS CHRIS - 24
ABDOULAH MICHAEL - 24
LIPSHUTZ SCOTT - 24



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 54 : No-Limit Hold'em
July 1-5, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $3,459,600
Entries: 3,844

2010 FINAL RESULTS
VONK MARCEL - 155
PETERS DAVID - 105
KERR PAUL - 75
JESSEN NATHAN - 65
TOLLEFSEN HENRIK - 60
LUPTON MATTHEW - 55
CHAUDHARI MEHUL - 55
MOEN ESPEN - 40
DORRANCE-BOWMAN DUSTIN - 30
KITCHENS JOHNNY - 40
VAN KALKEREN DANIEL - 40
SHEN YU - 38
SHICK DORLAN - 38
STUWE RAYMOND - 38
PRENDIVILLE SEAN - 38
SCHULTE MATTHEW - 35
LORDGE JEREMY - 35
OGURA TAKASHI - 35

Monday, July 5, 2010

ALAEI WINS THE 10k PLO CHAMPIONSHIP!


PHOTO CREDIT: WSOPPhotos.com


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 55 : 10k Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship
July 1-4, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Defending Champion: John Kabbaj

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $3,252,400
Entries: 346

2010 FINAL RESULTS
ALAEI DANIEL - 128
PROULX MIGUEL - 78
MATTILA VILLE - 48
LACAY LUDOVIC - 38
UYESUGI TREVOR - 33
PIERSON STEPHEN - 28
STELMAK DMITRY - 28
KRAVCHENKO ALEXANDER - 13
WHEAT MATTHEW - 13
MERCIER JASON - 13
ISAIA ALESSIO - 13
WONG DANNY - 11
BLACKMORE BEN - 11
COUSINEAU TONY - 11
HELLMUTH PHIL JR. - 11
LESTER JASON - 8
DWAN TOM "DURRR" - 8
RODMAN BLAIR - 8

Sunday, July 4, 2010

djk123 WINS, KASSELA LEADS THE WAY!!!


PHOTO CREDIT: WSOPPhotos.com

The 25k 6-handed event saw two of the PTPR Top 3 score points ... and, after dominating for months (and a very disappointing WSOP showing), Toronto's Sorel Mizzi is no longer on top.

Semi-pro player Frank Kassela - third in this tournament combined with his two WSOP bracelets - is now on top the PTPR standings. Carlos Mortensen remains in third but has closed the gap on Mizzi.

Mizzi will have to get back on the tour trail for the remaining five months of the poker schedule in order to take back what was rightfully his for most of this season.

Congrats to djk123 Dan Kelly - the 21-year old internet wiz kid was amongst a select group of players favored to do well in their rookie WSOP season - and Kelly, a full-time college student by day, succesful internet poker player by night - met his objective.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 52 : 25k No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed
June 30-3, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $25,000
Prizepool: $4,536,250
Entries: 191

2010 FINAL RESULTS
KELLY DAN - 126
BUCHANAN SHAWN - 76
KASSELA FRANK - 46
SOMERVILLE JASON - 36
THURITZ MIKAEL - 31
KATCHALOV EUGENE - 26
TRICKETT SAM - 26
KENNEY BRYN - 11
HAXTON ISAAC - 11
HODHOD BRIAN - 11
NEGREANU DANIEL - 11
MOSSERI ABE - 9
ADENIYA MARTINS - 9
JORDANOU BASILIS - 9
MERCER HEATHER - 9
TRINCHER VADIM - 6
MORTENSEN CARLOS - 6
BONOMO JUSTIN - 6

Saturday, July 3, 2010

ONLY A FEW EVENTS LEFT...


PHOTO CREDIT: WSOPPhotos.com

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 53 : Limit Hold'em Shootout
June 30-2, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $739.800
Entries: 548

Defending Champion: Greg FBT Mueller

2010 FINAL RESULTS
TAYLOR BRENDAN - 130
YU BEN - 80
LITTLE JONATHAN - 50
MCGOWAN JOSEPH - 40
TATE BRIAN - 35
SCHNEIDER MICHAEL - 30
MAAL SIJBRAND - 30
CHAN TERRENCE - 15
CHAN FEMING - 15
KELLY MATTHEW - 15
RINALDI CLAUDIO - 15
TRAN THEO - 13
VANSANT TIMOTHY - 13
SCHOCK MITCH - 13
AGUIAR JONATHAN - 13
IDEMA DANIEL - 10
TAMAYO JONATHAN - 10
ALEKSA BRIAN - 10

Friday, July 2, 2010

WELCH'S WIN

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 51 : Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em
June 29-1, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $3,000
Prizepool: $2,663.400
Entries: 965

2010 FINAL RESULTS
WELCH RYAN - 134
EATON JON - 84
DARCOURT GUILLAUME - 54
FAILLA WILL "THE THRILL" - 44
CRAIG BRADLEY - 39
LEBEDEV SERGEY - 34
VEDES TOMMY - 34
SCRUGGS NOEL - 19
JURGENS TAD - 19
DEBAKKER KOEN - 19
RUSNAK FRANK - 19
RONALDSON GREGORY - 17
BENZIMRA CHRISTOPHE - 17
MITCHELL NICOLAS - 17
MATTINGSLEY GETTY - 17
AHMED AFTAB - 14
AKENHEAD JAMES - 14
NODA MICHAEL - 14

Thursday, July 1, 2010

BAEKKE RETURNS TO TOP 10 - PUSHES G-SMITH OUT


PHOTO CREDIT: WSOPPhotos.com


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 47 : No-Limit Hold'em
June 26-30, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $2,815.200
Entries: 3,128

2010 FINAL RESULTS
BUSSE SHAWN - 155
CROWE OWEN - 105
IKONEN PEKKA - 75
SHI CHUAN - 65
JIN WENLONG - 60
ANDREEV ILYA - 55
MANN JASON - 55
BAEKKE ALLAN - 40
WHITE ADAM - 40
DAVIDIAN MANUEL - 40
STEIN LAURENCE - 40
BEASLEY MIKE - 38
DELAY JEAN - 38
LACTAOEN JON - 38
FORSTER DAVID - 38
VALKENBURG PAULUS - 35
MCKINNEY DANNY - 35
SNOW ALAN - 35



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 49 : No-Limit Hold'em
June 28-30, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,433.050
Entries: 2,543

2010 FINAL RESULTS
LINN MICHAEL - 150
LARKIN TAYLOR - 100
MANOLE MIHAI - 70
SMITH BENJAMIN - 60
GRIMES CHAD - 55
KUZMIN ALEXANDER - 50
ZAKI JUSTIN - 50
MANKIN ERLE - 35
CORNELL TYLER - 35
MYUNG JOHN - 35
SPINKS JONATHAN - 35
CHAVES RONALD - 33
BIDNICK JOEL - 33
EILERS BENJAMIN - 33
VENTURA DAVID - 33
FENTON KARL - 30
CADILHE MANUEL - 30
COFFEE CLINT - 30



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 50 : Pot-Limit Omaha
June 28-30, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $2,162.000
Entries: 460

Defending Champion: Richard Austin

2010 FINAL RESULTS
KORNUTH CHANCE - 129
BOUDREAU KEVIN - 79
SMITH DANIEL - 49
MARTIN TED - 39
MANDEL SCOTT - 34
GARDNER JULIAN - 29
LIU ERIC - 29
MIZRACHI ROBERT - 14
BARBERO JOSE NACHO - 14
AZOR RAN - 14
EDDLEMAN MARK - 14
D'ANGELO RYAN - 12
IAMMARINO DAVID - 12
CHARLTON NIALL - 12
ALJENABI ALI - 12
MERCIER JASON - 9
BOLDEN GARY - 9
BEEVERS JOE - 9