HOMANN WINS WPT MARRAKECH

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com


Day 1 chip leader Sebastian Homann pulled off what very few players have ever done before ... survive the field and win! Homann has won WPT Marrakech in beautiful Morocco. This is Homann's first PTPR Score of the season. Homann bested Guillaume Cescut heads up.

Players who finished 6th to 9th all scored for the second time this year - these players include Dominik Nitsche, Johan Williamsson, Julien Labussiere and Patrick Muleta.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
World Poker Tour Marrakech
WPT Main Event
November 27-30, 2010

Casino de Marrakech
Hivernage, Marrakech, Morocco

Buy-in: $6,619
Prizepool: $1,469,418
Entries: 222


FINAL RESULTS
HOMANN SEBASTIAN 102
CESCUT GUILLAUME 62
COMPTE SEBASTIEN 37
OBERAUER FELIX 27
de la GORCE GUILLAUME 20
NITSCHE DOMINIK 12
WILLIAMSSON JOHAN 10
LABUSSIERE JULIEN 7
MULETA PATRICK 7


PLAYER WINNINGS (in EUR)...
1 Sebastian Homann 244,508
2 Guillaume Cescut 135,831
3 Sebastien Compte 90,554
4 Felix Oberauer 72,439
5 Guillaume de la Gorce 54,334
6 Dominik Nitsche 36,220
7 Johan Williamsson 28,977
8 Julien Labussiere 25,356
9 Patrick Muleta 19,920
10 Joel Benzinou 16,299
11 Phu Truong 12,678
12 El Mehdi El Mimouni 12,678
13 Daniel El Keslassy 12,678
14 Eduards Rakuss 12,678
15 Bruno Lopes 12,678
16 Jean Philippe Rohr 10,863
17 Paul Pires-Trigo 10,863
18 Nicolas Levi 10,863
19 Charles de Haas 10,863
20 Majid Chiboub 10,863
21 Patrick Viano 9,055
22 Guillaume Goyer 9,055
23 Roger Hairabedian 9,055
24 Suat Uyanik 9,055
25 Cedric Demore 9,055
26 Eric Le Goff 9,055
27 Damien Rony 9,055

ERIC'S PLACE: HALIFAX NATIVE ERIC PLACE WINS BC POKER CHAMPIONSHIP

PHOTO CREDIT: CNW GROUP/GREAT CANADIAN GAMING CORPORATION


Eric Place of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has won the 2010 BC Poker Championship (BCPC) Event. With the win, Place picks up a $300,000 CAD check. Place earns 105 PTPR Points for his win.

Connor Allisen finished 2nd while Benjamin Leblond picked up third place honors. It was a second PTPR Score of the season for Allisen and 8th place finisher Ashkan Razavi. It is the first score for all other players.



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
British Columbia Poker Championship
BCPC Main Event
November 25-28, 2010

River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Buy-in: $2,455
Prizepool: $1,320,570
Entries: 538


FINAL RESULTS
PLACE ERIC 105
ALLISEN CONNOR 65
LEBLOND BENJAMIN 40
HENNINGSON BRIAN 30
HIMBURY JOHN 23
BACK CHRIS 15
MAJIDI AFSHIN 13
RAZAVI ASHKAN 10
WILKINSON CORY 10


Money Finishes
1st Eric Place wins $300,000
2nd Connor Allisen wins $189,978
3rd Benjamin Leblond wins $119,491
4th Brian Henningson wins $95,862
5th John Himbury wins $78,542
6th Chris Back wins $61,760
7th Afshin Majidi wins $48,334
8th Ashkan Razavi wins $37,593
9th Cory Wilkinson wins $26,852
10th Thomas Humniski wins $18,796
11th Samuel Ngai wins $18,796
12th Stanislav Kriventsov wins $18,796
13th John Hartery wins $15,440
14th Anthony Mak wins $15,440
15th Danny Kalpakis wins $15,440
16th Robert Alvarez wins $12,083
17th Dianel Endacott wins $12,083
18th Simon Charette wins $12,083
19th Achilles Tsougrianis wins $8,727
20th Darlene Lee wins $8,727
21st Marcus Verhel wins $8,727
22nd Cory McClure wins $8,727
23rd Shawn Buchanan wins $8,727
24th James Lopushinsky wins $8,727
25th Kevin Dawe wins $8,727
26th Michael Kirby wins $8,727
27th Matt Jarvis wins $8,727
28th Clark Hamagami wins $6,982
29th Keith Wintermans wins $6,982
30th Sean Stevens wins $6,982
31st Kathleen Row wins $6,982
32nd Justin Mandair wins $6,982
33rd Jordan Lois wins $6,982
34th John Hines wins $6,982
35th Richard Webb wins $6,982
36th Matt Predergast wins $6,982
37th Sadia Cohent wins $6,176
38th Rick Mask wins $6,176
39th Mike Smith wins $6,176
40th Brian Kulczycki wins $6,176
41st John Heger wins $6,176
42nd Clinton Harcourt wins $6,176
43rd Devin Semballik wins $6,176
44th Marko Perkovic wins $6,176
45th Dawit Tsegai wins $6,176
46th Sam Tong wins $5,639
47th Stacey Squire wins $5,639
48th Paul Ratchford wins $5,639
49th Amy Huang wins wins $5,639
50th Michael Collins wins $5,639
51st Mario Roux wins $5,639
52nd Nathan Moore wins $5,639
53rd James White wins $5,639
54th Andrew Sinclair wins $5,639
55th Edmund Chan wins a fridge!

PTS AT STAKE: WPT MARRAKECH - DAY 1B UNDERWAY, HOMANN, LEVI LEAD DAY 1A CHARGE

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com


Day 1B is well underway at WPT Marrakech. 222 players registered in either Day 1A or Day 1B and paid 5,000 EURO to have a chance at the WPT Marrakech title. This is not a televised WPT event so it is not a PTPR Premier Event. But, the 1+ million dollar prize pool assures it will be a PTPR Tier 3 Event - nine players will receive points from this event.

Sebastien Homann and Nicolas Levi were the Day 1A chip leaders - currently Ahmed Debabeche, Erik Tamm and Guillaume de la Gorce lead Day 1B - we're currently at Level 10 for the day.


Here are the payouts (in Euros) for WPT Marrakech (thank you to POKERNEWS.com for the information)...

1 254,745
2 141,518
3 94,345
4 75,472
5 56,609
6 37,736
7 30,190
8 26,418
9 20,754
10 16,981
11-15 13,209
16-20 11,318
21-27 9,434



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
World Poker Tour Marrakech
WPT Main Event
November 27-30, 2010

Casino de Marrakech
Hivernage, Marrakech, Morocco

Buy-in: $6,619
Prizepool: $1,469,418
Entries: 222


POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 102
2nd place 62
3rd place 37
4th place 27
5th place 20
6th place 12
7th place 10
8th place 7
9th place 7

PTS AT STAKE: DOWN TO FINAL 9 AT BCPC MAIN EVENT

PHOTO CREDIT: CANADAPOKER.com


We're down to the Final 9 at the BCPC in beautiful Richmond, British Columbia! The Main Event has attracted over 500 players and we're playing for a prize pool exceeding 1.3 Million! This event qualifies as a PTPR Tier 3 Event.


Let's take a look at the current seating assignments and chip counts of the remaining nine players (as of 4:13PM BC time) ...

Seat 1: Benjamin Leblond 1.5M
Seat 3: Chris Back 350k
Seat 4: Afshin Majidi 350k
Seat 5: Ashkan Razavi 650k
Seat 6: Eric Place 950k
Seat 7: Brian Henningson 1.4M
Seat 8: Connor Allisen 600k
Seat 9: Cory Wilkinson 500k
Seat 10: John Himbury 2M


You can watch final table action on Canada Poker's live stream...
http://www.canadapoker.com/bc-poker-championships-live-stream


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
British Columbia Poker Championship
BCPC Main Event
November 25-28, 2010

River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Buy-in: $2,455
Prizepool: $1,320,570
Entries: 538


POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 105
2nd place 65
3rd place 40
4th place 30
5th place 23
6th place 15
7th place 13
8th place 10
9th place 10

PTPR RECAP: YAN WINS BCPC PRELIM

PHOTO CREDIT: CANADAPOKER.com


Yan Ho-Lee has won the BC Poker Championship's NLH 1.1K Event. This event qualifies as a PTPR Challenger Event. All five players received PTPR Poitns for the first time this season.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
BC Poker Championship
Event 2 - No Limit Hold'em
November 22-23, 2010

River Rock Resort and Casino
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Buy-in: $1,080
Prizepool: $646,988
Entries: 647

FINAL RESULTS
HO-LEE YAN 35
PARTRIDGE PRESTON 18
TAI ANDREW 10
WEN LAN PENG 8
KOSTERMAN RICHARD 5

PTPR RECAP: VENETIAN DEEP STACK RESULTS FINALLY IN - WILLIAM LIN WINS

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERPAGES.com


Venetian Deep Stack IV Main Events results have finally been made official! William Lin's win gives him 35 PTPR Points - his first score of the PTPR Season. Runner-up Matt Lawrence earned his second PTPR Score of the year, he now has 26 PTPR Points on the season.



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza IV
No Limit Hold'em Championship Event
November 21-24, 2010

Venetian Casino Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $531,744
Entries: 232


FINAL RESULTS
LIN WILLIAM 35
LAWRENCE MATT 18
DEMETRIOUS CHARADIMOS 10
MCCANN JONATHAN 8
SEREBYAKOV EVGENY 5

HOW SWEDE IT IS: 22-YEAR OLD LUNDMARK WINS EPT BARCELONA

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com


22-year old Swede Kent Lundmark has won EPT Barcelona! This is his first PTPR Score of the season. The win earned him €825,000 and 132 PTPR Points. Lundmark beat out Jesus Cortes Lizano heads up. Jesus earned 82 PTPR Points.

WSOP bracelet winner Konstantin Puchkov could not do better than third place in the event. Still, the 52 PTPR Points he earned move him up to 37th position on the 2010 PTPR Player of the Year board.


Visit pokstarsblog.com for full event information.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
EPT Barcelona
EPT Main Event
November 22-27, 2010

Hotel Arts Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Buy-in: $6,691
Prizepool: $5,053,965
Entries: 758


FINAL RESULTS
LUNDMARK KENT 132
CORTES LIZANO JESUS 82
PUCHKOV KONSTANTIN 52
DE VRIES SHANDER 42
PANTALEO GIUSEPPE 37
STANG THOR 32
SKOTADIS GEORGIOS 32
NOTARO FRANCESCO 17
GONCALVES CANDIDO 17
RUFAS LUIS 17
SEKULARAC OGNJEN 17
LORES JORGE 15
KORIK ZACHARY 15
RASINEN JANI KRISTIAN 15
BOGNANNI MARCO 15
LONGOBARDI ALESSANDRO 12
MAKHLIN ROMAN 12
SISLEY TODD 12

PUCHKOV SECOND AS EPT BARCELONA FINAL TABLE IS SET

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com


2010 WSOP 1.5K (Event 31) H.O.R.S.E. event winner Konstantin Puchkov is in the hunt for his second title of the season. Puchkov is second in chips at EPT Barcelona. Day 4 chip leader Giuseppe Pantaleo kept his chip lead heading into Saturday's eight-person final table.


Here's how they'll line up:

Seat 1 - Jesus Lizano - 3,800,000
Seat 2 - Kent Lundmark - 3,025,000
Seat 3 - Konstantin Puchkov - 4,160,000
Seat 4 - Shander De Vries - 3,120,000
Seat 5 - Giuseppe Pantaleo - 5,655,000
Seat 6 - Francesco Notaro - 745,000
Seat 7 - Thor Stang - 1,290,000
Seat 8 - Georgios Skotadis - 1,105,000

Thank you to POKERSTARSBLOG.com for the seating/chip information.


The final eight will be fighting for the following...

1. €825,000
2. €525,000
3. €300,000
4. €222,000
5. €170,000
6. €130,000
7. €90,000
8. €70,000


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
EPT Barcelona
EPT Main Event
November 22-27, 2010

Hotel Arts Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Buy-in: $6,691
Prizepool: $5,053,965
Entries: 758


POINTS AT STAKE / FINAL RESULTS
1st place 132
2nd place 82
3rd place 52
4th place 42
5th place 37
6th place 32
7th place 32
8th place 17
GONCALVES CANDIDO 17
RUFAS LUIS 17
SEKULARAC OGNJEN 17
LORES JORGE 15
KORIK ZACHARY 15
RASINEN JANI KRISTIAN 15
BOGNANNI MARCO 15
LONGOBARDI ALESSANDRO 12
MAKHLIN ROMAN 12
SISLEY TODD 12

PTS AT STAKE: EPT BARCELONA

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com


EPT Barcelona has hit Day 3. An amazing 758 players started this event. 112 players remain. Bryn Kenney (pictured) is the current chip leader. Others still alive include Leo Fernandez, Alex Gomes, Elky Grospellier, Pascal Lefrancois, Carlos Mortensen (PTPR Top 15 Player), and Tomer Berda (PTPR Top 15 Player)


Here is the EPT Barcelona prize pool (in Euro) ...

1. €825,000
2. €525,000
3. €300,000
4. €222,000
5. €170,000
6. €130,000
7. €90,000
8. €70,000
9-10. €50,000
11-12. €36,000
13-14. €28,000
15-16. €23,000
17-24. €20,000
25-32. €17,000
33-48. €15,000
49-64. €13,000
65-80. €11,000
81-96. €9,000
97-112. €7,500



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
EPT Barcelona
EPT Main Event
November 22-27, 2010

Hotel Arts Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Buy-in: $6,691
Prizepool: $5,053,965
Entries: 758


POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 132
2nd place 82
3rd place 52
4th place 42
5th place 37
6th place 32
7th place 32
8th place 17
9th place 17
10th place 17
11th place 17
12th place 15
13th place 15
14th place 15
15th place 15
16th place 12
17th place 12
18th place 12

PTPR RECAP: WSOPC TAHOE, SPANISH POKER TOUR, EURO MASTERS MALTA

PHOTO CREDIT: BLUFFMAGAZINE.com


Three PTPR Challenger Events have concluded...

Stanley Quinn wins the WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe Main Event. Alvaro Santamaria wins the Spanish Poker Tour Main Event at Gran Casino Aljare. Finally, Simone Lombardo has won the Euro Masters Malta Main Event - John O'Shea scored in this event, this is his third PTPR Score of the season - full results below ...



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit Lake Tahoe
WSOPC Main Event
November 21-23, 2010

Harrah's Harveys Lake Tahoe
Stateline, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $1,600
Prizepool: $354,240
Entries: 246

FINAL RESULTS
QUINN STANLEY 35
MCNEILLY JOHN 18
TRAYLOR MICHAEL 10
BLACK DAN 8
CASERI DREW 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Spanish Poker Tour
Spanish Poker Tour Main Event
November 5-8, 2010

Gran Casino Aljarfe
Seville, Spain

Buy-in: $1,466
Prizepool: $280,435
Entries: 198

FINAL RESULTS
SANTAMARIA ALVARO 35
AMILLETA DAVID 18
RENAULT GUILLAUME 10
LARO CAMUS RUANO MARCELO 8
STREICH JONAS 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
European Masters Malta
No Limit Main Event
November 17-18, 2010

Casino di Venezia
Malta

Buy-in: $2,200
Prizepool: $364,392
Entries: 241

FINAL RESULTS
LOMBARDO SIMONE 35
FRICKE MATHIAS 18
O'SHEA JOHN 10
BERG JOHAN 8
WALTERSSON HENRIK 5

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: MARCEL BJERKMANN - DUTCH KING

PHOTO CREDIT: CIRCUSPOKER.be


It took a while for the final results to be made official but, one thing's for sure - Marcel Bjerkmann is the King of Europe. Two major European poker titles in a month. After winning the Belgium Poker Open last month, Bjerkmann scores again by winning the Master Classics of Amsterdam.

The win gives Bjerkmann 102 PTPR Points. He now has a total of 248 PTPR Points this season. He jumps from 79th to 16th with the win, Marcel now sits a few points outside the PTPR Top 15 for the season. He's making a late run for sure!



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
2010 Master Classics
No Limit Hold'em Main Event
November 9-12, 2010

Holland Casino
Amsterdam, Holland

Buy-in: $8,097
Prizepool: $2,000,662
Entries: 249


FINAL RESULTS
BJERKMANN MARCEL 102
HAAVISTO VILLE 62
NGUYEN KHIEM 37
KHAZARADZE I 27
RENKERS P 20
NORDIN PETER 12
VANDERSMISSEN KEVIN 10
EDBERG KRISTOFFER 7
VAN RIETSCHOTEN J 7

PTPR RECAP: U.S. POKER CHAMPIONSHIP, LA POKER OPEN MAIN EVENT, MOHEGAN FALL SHOWDOWN DEEP STACK

PHOTO CREDIT: COMMERCE CASINO


Edward Gamaitoni has won the 2010 U.S. Poker Championship. Only 96 players participated in this year's event - and that's too bad, the USPC used to be one of the few "must play" events in poker - unfortunately, there seem to be too many other events on the go at the moment. Gamaitoni picks 100 PTPR Points for winning this Tier 3 event.

Kwinsee Khoa Tran (pictured) won the L.A. Poker Open Championship. He picked up 35 PTPR points for his win. Ray Qartomy scored for the second time this season.

Finally, Steven Fiorentini scored 35 PTPR Points for winning the Mohegan Sun's Fall Poker Showdown Deep Stack Main Event. This is Fiorentini's first score of the PTPR season.



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
2010 U.S. Poker Championship
USPC No Limit Hold'Em Championship
November 19-21, 2010

Trump Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Buy-in: $5,250
Prizepool: $465,600
Entries: 96

FINAL RESULTS
GAMAITONI EDWARD 100
GILLEN DAVID 60
CARRON PATRICK 35
SICA MIKE 25
DAVID GERALD 18
KING DAVID 10
SAVAGE TREVOR 8
PANAYIOTOU ERIC 5
CAPPELL CHRISTOPHER 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 LA Poker Open Championship Event
LAPO Championship Event
November 19-22, 2010

Commerce Casino
Commerce, California, USA

Buy-in: $2,085
Prizepool: $653,780
Entries: 337

FINAL RESULTS
KHOA TRAN KWINSEE 35
ROSS LARRY 18
QARTOMY RAY 10
BREYFOGLE TODD 8
JAVA NIPUN 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 Fall Poker Showdown
No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack Main Event
November 21-22, 2010

Mohegan Sun
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA

Buy-in: $1,650
Prizepool: $298,275
Entries: 200

FINAL RESULTS
FIORENTINI STEVEN 35
QUIBBLE MICHAEL 18
RICCIUTI ROBERT 10
LIPMAN AVRAHAM 8
DOBKIN YEVGENIY 5

PTS AT STAKE: LA POKER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

PHOTO CREDIT: COMMERCECASINO.com


The Commerce Casino is hosting the 2010 LA Poker Open Championship. A great turnout (over 600 players) made their way to Commerce. Tom Lee, Ray Qartomy, Kirill Kruglov and Ramzi Srour are all looking for their second PTPR Score of the season.


Here's a look at the final 11 participants ...

1 Kwinsee Khoa Tran, Orange County, CA 1,075,000
2 Larry Ross, West Covina, CA 609,000
3 Tom Lee, Denver, CO 595,000
4 Jae Bahn, Portland, OR 515,000
5 Ray Qartomy, Huntington Beach, CA 514,000
6 Todd Breyfogle, Hopkins, MN 507,000
7 Larissa Bushman, San Jose, CA 365,000
8 Kirill Kruglov, Moscow, Russia 311,000
9 Nipun Java, Northridge, CA 275,000
10 Kevin Kung, Chino Hills, CA 189,000
11 Ramzi Srour, Burbank, CA 132,000


Here is the prize pool that we're playing for ...

1st Place $178,830
2nd Place $98,070
3rd Place $65,380
4th Place $46,420
5th Place $34,650
6th Place $27,460
7th Place $20,590
8th Place $15,360
9th Place $11,110
10th-11th Place $7,520



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 LA Poker Open Championship Event
LAPO Championship Event
November 19-22, 2010

Commerce Casino
Commerce, California, USA

Buy-in: $2,085
Prizepool: $653,780
Entries: 337


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 35
2nd 18
3rd 10
4th 8
5th 5

KING OF THE HEARTLAND: HARAJLI OUTLASTS HAMRICK, LEE

PHOTO CREDIT: HEARTLANDPOKERTOUR.com


The Heartland Poker Tour Championship Open - from the Soaring Eagle Casino Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan has been won by Ahmed Harajli - his first PTPR Score of the season earns him 35 PTPR Points.

There were two big names at the TV final table - but neither Dean Hamrick (finished 4th - 8pts) or Bernard Lee (finished 5th - 5pts) could seal the deal. Both players scored for the second time this year.



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 Heartland Poker Tour Championship Open
HPT Championship Open Main Event
November 20-21, 2010

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA

Buy-in: $1,650
Prizepool: $681,450
Entries: 413


FINAL RESULTS
HARAJLI AHMED 35
BROWN JOEY 18
ROWAN JORDAN 10
HAMRICK DEAN 8
LEE BERNARD 5

PTS AT STAKE: WSOP CIRCUIT LAKE TAHOE MAIN EVENT

Snowy Lake Tahoe is the host of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event. The event started earlier today.

First place winner will receive +$86,000 and also qualifies for the National Championship in Vegas.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe
WSOPC Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event
November 21-23, 2010

Harveys Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $1,600
Prizepool: $354,240
Entries: 246


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 35
2nd 18
3rd 10
4th 8
5th 5

PTS AT STAKE: HEARTLAND POKER TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN

We are down to the TV Final Table at the Heartland Poker Tour Championship Open Main Event. Bernard Lee and Dean Hamrick highlight the recognized names still alive. Tiffany Michelle was the unlucky TV bubble player - finishing 7th.

The Top 5 will score points in this event, one more player needs to be eliminated before we're in PTPR Points territory...


Here's a look at the final 6 participants ...

Seat 1: Dean Hamrick 715,000
Seat 2: Joey Brown 2,020,000
Seat 3: Bernard Lee 680,000
Seat 4: Chuck Earl 450,000
Seat 5: Jordan Rowan 850,000
Seat 6: Ahmed Harajli 1,520,000

Thank you to POKERATI.com for seating assignments/chip counts.


Here is the prize pool that we're playing for ...

1st: $176,865
2nd: $88,434
3rd: $53,060
4th: $41,269
5th: $35,374
6th: $29,478



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 Heartland Poker Tour Championship Open
HPT Championship Open Main Event
November 20-21, 2010

Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, USA

Buy-in: $1,650
Prizepool: $681,450
Entries: 413


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 35
2nd 18
3rd 10
4th 8
5th 5

RECAP: POKERSTARS' IPT MALTA AND FPS LYON MAIN EVENTS

PHOTO CREDIT: CLUBPOKER.net


Two different Pokerstars Tours completed their Main Events recently ...

In Malta, Michal Polchpolek won the PTPR Tier 3 IPT Malta Main Event. Polchpolek collected 103 points for his first PTPR score of the season. Sergio Castelluccio scored for the fouth time this season with a 8th place finish.

Meanwhile in France, Christophe Monnin clinched his first score of the season by winning the France Poker Series Lyon Main Event at Casino le Lyon Vert in France.



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Pokerstars Italian Poker Tour Malta
IPT Malta No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 11-12, 2010

Casino at Portomaso
Malta

Buy-in: $2,734
Prizepool: $1,021,298
Entries: 385

FINAL RESULTS
POLCHPOLEK MICHAL 103
SHAROV ALEXANDER 63
SIRBACK JOHAN 38
PERSSON LARS 28
SCIMIA EDOARDO 21
CIPRIANO BASILIO 13
TASSI ROBERTO 11
CASTELLUCCIO SERGIO 8
PETLESHKOV VILIYAN 8



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Pokerstars France Poker Series Lyon
FPS Lyon No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 13-14, 2010

Casino le Lyon Vert
Lyon, France

Buy-in: $1,640
Prizepool: $467,582
Entries: 324

FINAL RESULTS
MONNIN CHRISTOPHE 35
SARDA JEREMIE 18
YOUSFI DIAMEL 10
DARTAGNAN CHRISTOPHE 8
RAHMOUNI ALI 5

THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES: BASEBALDY, TEHAN WIN BUT MARCHESE CONQUERS ALL

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLDPOKERTOUR.com

The Battle of Los Angeles is over and, when the dust settled, Thomas Marchese emerged as your new leader - now the #1 Ranked Player on the 2010 PTPR Player of the Year charts.

Marchese finished 5th at the NAPT LA Bounty Shootout (PTPR Tier 3 Event) - his 9th score of the season. The event was won by Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin who enters the PTPR Top 15 (now 14th) with his win - his sixth score of the year. The Grinder also scored in the event, his 7th place finish was his 5th score of the season. Grinder is now tied for 7th overall - with Jake Cody - on the PTPR charts.

Joe Tehan also scored a big win in LA, winning the NAPT Main Event. Surprisingly, this was only Tehan's first score of the year. Seventh place finisher Jason Mercier scored for the fifth time this year, Michael Binger - who finished sixth - scored for the fourth time, while Al Grimes, Anh Van Nguyen, Jimmy Guinther, George Lind and Matt Affleck all scored for the second time.



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
North American Poker Tour Los Angeles
NAPT Main Event
November 12-17, 2010

The Bicycle Casino, Crystal Casino & Hotel
Near Los Angeles, California

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,229,857
Entries: 701


FINAL RESULTS
TEHAN JOE 132
DEMACI CHRISTOPHER 82
GRIMES AL 52
NGUYEN ANH VAN 42
HENSON RAY 37
BINGER MICHAEL 32
MERCIER JASON 32
TOOLE JAKE 17
MYERSON ALAN 17
GUINTHER JIMMY 17
MELANCON JOSEPH 17
LIND GEORGE III 15
AFFLECK MATTHEW 15
NARDI ANTHONY 15
WATANABE CARLOS 15
YOUNG THOMAS 12
BELIVEAU CARL 12
GAGNON-VILLENEUVE JONATHAN 12


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
North American Poker Tour Los Angeles
NAPT No Limit Hold'Em Bounty Shooutout
November 16-18, 2010

The Bicycle Casino, Crystal Casino & Hotel
Near Los Angeles, California

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $405,000
Entries: 81


FINAL RESULTS
BALDWIN ERIC 100
YOUNG JUSTIN 60
WILLIAMS DAVID 35
CHARANIA MOHSIN 25
MARCHESE THOMAS 18
COFFEE CLINT 10
PEZZIN PAT 8
MIZRACHI MICHAEL 5
MACPHEE KEVIN 5

PTS AT STAKE: MARCHESE, GRINDER CHASE PTPR #1 RANK AT NAPT BOUNTY SHOOTOUT

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Thomas Marchese is back on our radar! Marchese just won his table at the 5K NAPT Bounty Shootout, Los Angeles.

The Grinder, Michael Mizrachi is also on the prowl, having also won his table. Both players could overtake Sorel Mizzi as the #1 Ranked Player of the PTPR Player of the Year race.

Marchese currently sits second on the PTPR list, trailing Mizzi by 14 points. A top-4 or better finish at the final table would see Marchese take over the #1 spot.

Mizrachi (currently 8th on the PTPR list) could take over with a win. He will move up to at least 7th once the event is over.

Should Mizrachi win it, Marchese could still be the #1 ranked player should he lose head's up to the Grinder.

The PTPR race is coming down to the wire - and the NAPT LA series is certainly providing some exciting action!


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Pokerstars.Net North American Poker Tour Los Angeles
NAPT Bounty Shootout
November 16-18, 2010

The Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens, California

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $405,000
Entries: 81


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 100
2nd 60
3rd 35
4th 25
5th 18
6th 10
7th 8
8th 5
9th 5

ESPN GETS JUICY FINAL TABLE AT NAPT LA

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

ESPN just got a gift, and a good one at that. Let's face it, we haven't seen tons of stars at one single televised final table many times in the past few years.

But, NAPT LA has just served one up!

Jason Mercier, Ray Henson, Jacob Toole, Joe Tehan, Michael Binger - oh my! Final table play starts at 2pm LA time tomorrow - the event will be televised on ESPN2 in the New Year.

This will be Mercier's 5th score of the PTPR Season. This will be Binger's fourth score of the year. Neither player has accumulated many PTPR points despite scoring so many times, here's hoping they both go deep to move up in the standings!


Here is the unofficial chip count for the NAPT Final Table...

Christopher Demaci 5,600,000
Jason Mercier 3,700,000
Ray Henson 3,210,000
Al Grimes 2,100,000
Jacob Toole 2,020,000
Joe Tehan 2,000,000
Michael Binger 1,200,000
Anh Van Nguyen 1,100,000



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Pokerstars.Net North American Poker Tour Los Angeles
NAPT Main Event
November 12-17, 2010

The Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens, California

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,229,857
Entries: 701


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 132
2nd 82
3rd 52
4th 42
5th 37
6th 32
7th 32
8th 17
MYERSON ALAN 17
GUINTHER JIMMY 17
MELANCON JOSEPH 17
LIND GEORGE III 15
AFFLECK MATTHEW 15
NARDI ANTHONY 15
WATANABE CARLOS 15
YOUNG THOMAS 12
BELIVEAU CARL 12
GAGNON-VILLENEUVE JONATHAN 12

RECAP: APPT CEBU, APT MACAU, BORGATA DOUBLE PLAY

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com


Updates from the APPT CEBU Main Event, the APT MACAU Main Event and the Borgata 250K Guaranteed Double Play PTPR Challenger events - including the first ever female Main Event winner in Pokerstars APPT history ...


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Pokerstars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu
APPT Cebu No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 12-16, 2010

Shangri la's Mactan Resort
Cebu, Philippines

Buy-in: $2,076
Prizepool: $490,170
Entries: 236

FINAL RESULTS
IM YOUNG-SHIN 35
MICHAEL FABIANO 18
GAP YOUNG KIM 10
ROSEN MIKAEL 8
YOON DAREN 5



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Asian Poker Tour Macau
APT No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 12-14, 2010

City of Dream Complex
Macau

Buy-in: $4,505
Prizepool: $725,305
Entries: 161

FINAL RESULTS
PENG ZHANG 35
WIESLER BJOERN 18
JUNG HYUNG 10
HUH AARON 8
CHEUNG PARKYU 5



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Borgata 250K Guaranteed
No Limit Hold'Em Double Play Event
November 13-15, 2010

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Buy-in: $1,100
Prizepool: $317,000
Entries: 317

FINAL RESULTS
WASSERSON ERIC 35
CHENG YAT 18
SOLOMON DAVID 10
BURNETT JAMES 8
SALTERS JAMES 5

RECAP: RUSSIAN SERIES EGYPT, GUKPT BLACKPOOL

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com


Friedrich Dollenz has won the Russian Poker Series - Egypt Main Event. David Johson has won the GUKPT Blackpool Main Event. This is Johnson's second PTPR Score of the season - no other "major" name in either tournament scored points.



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Russian Poker Series Egypt
Sharm-El-Sheikh No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 2-5, 2010

Sonesta Beach Resort Casino
Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt

Buy-in: $2,717
Prizepool: $516,857
Entries: 212

FINAL RESULTS
DOLLENZ FRIEDRICH 35
HERMANS ERNST 18
SHAROPIN ANDREY 10
VYMERIS RICARDS 8
ZABROVSKIY MIKHAIL 5



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
GUKPT Blackpool
No Limit Hold'Em Event
November 11-13, 2010

G Casino "The Sandcastle"
Blackpool, England

Buy-in: $1,717
Prizepool: $394,977
Entries: 246

FINAL RESULTS
JOHNSON DAVID 35
HERBERT RICHARD 18
MUSSON RONALD 10
RANDLES DYLAN 8
ELLWOOD JACK 5

PETERS WIN SHAKES THINGS UP

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

By winning the NAPT LA 5K Heads Up event, David Peters has also won some valuable points towards the PTPR Player of the Year Race.

In fact, Peters has jumped up 15+ positions with his win and now third on the PTPR Points list, surpassing WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela.

Peters now has 324 PTPR Points - trailling only Sorel Mizzi (357) and Tom Marchese (343). This was Peters' seventh PTPR Score of the season.

Peters beat Chance Kornuth heads up. Kornuth now has 202 PTPR Points, this being his third score of the year. Hoan Ly and Jean Francois Talbot both scored for the second time this season.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Pokerstars.NET North American Poker Tour Los Angeles
5K No Limit Hold'Em Heads Up Event
November 11-12, 2010

The Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens, California

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $281,057
Entries: 61


FINAL RESULTS
PETERS DAVID 100
KORNUTH CHANCE 60
MANDAVIA ANKUSH 30
LY HOAN 30
TALBOT JEAN FRANCOIS 10
ESLAMI SHAHRYAR 10
GELMAN HERBERT 10
OCHOA THOMAS 10

PTS AT STAKE: NAPT LOS ANGELES

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Day Two of the innaugural NAPT Los Angeles Main Event will begin in a few hours.

Tom Marchese, currently second on the PTPR Player of the Year Rankings, sits 32nd and is a double-up away from the chip lead! 3rd Ranked Frank Kassela is also stil in good position.

Other notables with good chip stacks include: Jason Mercier, Scott Fischman, Hafiz Khan, Blake Kelso, Thayer Rasmussen, Mike Binger, Eric Sheets Haber, Chad Batista, Mike Leah and John Phan.


NAPT LA PAYOUTS
1. $725,000
2. $440,000
3. $250,000
4. $195,000
5. $145,000
6. $114,000
7. $84,857
8. $60,000
9-10. $47,000
11-12. $37,000
13-14. $27,000
15-16. $21,000
17-24. $18,000
25-32. $15,000
33-40. $13,000
41-48. $11,000
49-56. $11,000
57-64. $9,500
65-72. $9,500
73-80. $8,500
81-88. $8,500
89-96. $7,500
97-104. $7,500


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Pokerstars.Net North American Poker Tour Los Angeles
NAPT Main Event
November 12-17, 2010

The Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens, California

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,229,857
Entries: 701


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 132
2nd 82
3rd 52
4th 42
5th 37
6th 32
7th 32
8th 17
9th 17
10th 17
11th 17
12th 15
13th 15
14th 15
15th 15
16th 12
17th 12
18th 12

RESULTS FROM THE US, FRANCE, MACAU AND THE NETHERLANDS!

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLDPOKERTOUR.com


Las Vegas isn't the only place where a poker tournament was completed in recent days. We have results from around the world including four Challenger Events and two Tier 3 Events (Macau Poker Cup and WPT Amneville).

Note that WPT Amneville (won by Sam El Sayed) does not qualify for a Premier Event (unlike most WPT Tournaments) due to the fact that the event will not be part of Fox Sports' Televised events.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit IP Biloxi
WSOPC No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 7-9, 2010

IP Casino Biloxi
Biloxi, Mississippi

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $392,850
Entries: 270

FINAL RESULTS
LUTES TRAVIS 35
NASSERAZAD FARID 18
TALBOT BOB 10
CLUXTON JASON 8
ALON YAISH 5


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
World Poker Tour Amneville
WPT No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 2-6, 2010

Casino Municipal Amneville
Amneville, France

Buy-in: $4,461
Prizepool: $2,286,294
Entries: 542

FINAL RESULTS
EL SAYED SAM 105
PEPE FRANCK 65
BOUJENAH ILAN 40
KOURDOURLI NESRINE 30
BRESSON WILFRIED 23
PASQUALINI JEAN-PAUL 15
ROBERT JULIEN 13
CHEHADE GEORGES 10
LEGATH PHILIPP 10


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Isle Poker Open
No Limit Hold'Em Championship Event
November 6-8, 2010

The Isle Casino
Pompano Beach, Florida

Buy-in: $2,200
Prizepool: $396,000
Entries: 198

FINAL RESULTS
EZROL MATT 35
DIAZ DAVID 18
KELSALL ANDREW 10
MILLER ANTHONY 8
HERRERA JAMIE 5


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Macau Poker Cup
No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 3-6, 2010

Grand Lisboa
Macau

Buy-in: $2,580
Prizepool: $593,187
Entries: 254

FINAL RESULTS
HASSE JULIAN 102
FLYNN KELLY 62
YEE TAN WEE 37
CHEN CHI 27
OGURA TAKASHI 20
SEET NATHANIEL 12
LUNARDI KRISTIAN 10
HU RENYONG 7
PASTOUT WILLIAM 7


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Master Classics
No Limit Hold'Em Event
November 5-7, 2010

Holland Casino
Amsterdam, Holland

Buy-in: $2,065
Prizepool: $656,972
Entries: 318

FINAL RESULTS
HOLMGREN S 35
YAMIN KFIR 18
HARMENS S 10
NYBO SIMON 8
RIETSCHOTEN J 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Heartland Poker Tour Meskwaki
No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 6-7, 2010

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel
Tama, Iowa

Buy-in: $1,100
Prizepool: $255,316
Entries: 270

FINAL RESULTS
FRASER KURT 35
FISHER JAMES 18
MOSES ANTHONY 10
KRAUSE TIM 8
HAGER TONY 5

OH CANADA! : DUHAMEL BECOMES FIRST CANADIAN WSOP MAIN EVENT WINNER

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

Congratulations to Jonathan Duhamel - the first Canadian to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event. It sure looks like both Duhamel and second place finisher, John Racener, will be tremendous ambassadors for the game we love.

It sure looks like we will be hearing from this November Nine for years to come ... here is a recap of the November Nine, their number of PTPR Scores this season, their PTPR Rank and the number of PTPR Points they have accumulated in 2010...


1. Jonathan Duhamel, PTPR SCORES: 2nd, PTPR RANK: 24th, PTPR POINTS: 207

2. John Racener, PTPR SCORES: 2nd, PTPR RANK: 93rd, PTPR POINTS: 139

3. Joseph Cheong, PTPR SCORES: 2nd, PTPR RANK: 28th, PTPR POINTS: 205

4. Filippo Candio, PTPR SCORES: 1st, PTPR RANK: T209, PTPR POINTS: 95

5. Michael Mizrachi, PTPR SCORES: 4th, PTPR RANK: 7th, PTPR POINTS: 278

6. John Dolan, PTPR SCORES: 3rd, PTPR RANK: 38th, PTPR POINTS: 180

7. Jason Senti, PTPR SCORES: 1st, PTPR RANK: T255, PTPR POINTS: 80

8. Matthew Jarvis, PTPR SCORES: 1st, PTPR RANK: T293, PTPR POINTS: 75

9. Soi Nguyen, PTPR SCORES: 1st, PTPR RANK: T355, PTPR POINTS: 65


PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
WSOP Main Event
July 5-November 8, 2010

Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $68,798,600
Entries: 7,319


POINTS AT STAKE / RESULTS
DUHAMEL JONATHAN 180
RACENER JOHN 120
CHEONG JOSEPH 105
CANDIO FILIPPO 95
MIZRACHI MICHAEL 90
DOLAN JOHN 85
SENTI JASON 80
JARVIS MATT 75
NGUYEN SOI 65
STEVEN BRANDON 55
LEFRANCOIS PASCAL 50
LEVY ADAM 48
LE DUY 48
HABIB HASAN 48
AFFLECK MATT 45
STATZ BENJAMIN 45
BAKER DAVID 45
CLEMENTS SCOTT 42
SLIJPKENS MICHIEL 42
ESKANDAR PATRICK 42
LEE REDMOND 38
THORSON WILLIAM 38
PISANO ROBERT 38
BARDAH RONNIE 35
WISSING MADS 35
BUCARIC MATTHEW 35
LODDEN JOHNNY 35

WRAPPING UP WSOPC SOUTH AFRICA, CAESARS CLASSIC

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com


Main Events at WSOPC South Africa and the Caesars Classic gave victories to Warren Zackey (101 PTPR Points, WSOPC South Africa Main Event) and Philippe Boucher (pictured, 35 PTPR Points, Caeasers Classic Main Event)...


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit South Africa
WSOPC No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
October 27-31, 2010

Emerald Casino
Gauteng, South Africa

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $866,830
Entries: 188

FINAL RESULTS
ZACKEY WARREN 101
BANFIELD MELANIE 61
PATSALOS KYRI 36
AIYALAVAJJALA RAJ 26
FENNER ROB 19
HO MARIA 11
TODD HUGH 9
STRAUSS JASON 6
GANI MUAAZ 6


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Casers Classic
No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
November 2-4, 2010

Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,000
Prizepool: $281,300
Entries: 290

FINAL RESULTS
BOUCHER PHILIPPE 35
TOOLEY TODD 18
IOLA SAMUEL 10
KRUGLOV KIRILL 8
KELSO BLAKE 5

VANESSA SELBST - QUEEN OF CANNES

PHOTO CREDIT: WINAMAX.com

It seemed like it was Vanessa Selbst's tournament to win right from the start of final table play yesterday at Partoucher Poker Tour's Grand Final at the Palm Beach Hotel in Cannes, France.

The only thing that kept Vanessa from holding on to the chip lead from start to finish was a couple of miss-steps ... other than that, Selbst was ruthless and domintaed the game like only she and a few other pros can.

The win gives Selbst 132 PTPR Points and sky-rockets her into the Top 5 for the 2010 Season.

Pro Fabrice Soulier was third in the event and moves into the Top 125 on the PTPR Rankings. Tobias Reinkemeir, who won the High Rollers event at the EPT Grand Final back in May, posted a 17 point score and now sits tied for 87th on the PTPR list.



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final
PPT Grand Final No Limit Hold'Em Main Event
September 2-November 7, 2010

Cannes Palm Beach Hotel
Cannes, France

Buy-in: $11,921
Prizepool: $7,972,034
Entries: 764


FINAL RESULTS
SELBST VANESSA 132
KROLL RAPHAEL 82
SOULIER FABRICE 52
ETELAPERA TOMMI 42
RAOUF IBRAHIM 37
KONGSGAARD SOREN 32
ANDRE CYRIL 32
REINKEMEIER TOBIAS 17
VOGELING HENDRIK 17
CORDERO MARIO 17
LABUSSIERE JULIEN 15
BARKUSKY BRUNO 15
DERVAUX NICOLAS 15
LAAK PHIL 15
KAISER RONNY 12
ADELSKOV DAVID 12
SPAGNUOLO DANIEL 12

PTS AT STAKE: PARTOUCHE GRAND FINAL

PHOTO CREDIT: PARTOUCHEPOKERTOUR.com

UPDATE: After fallin third in chips, Vanessa Selbst has just won a monster pot rivering a straight - now holds a 2 to 1 chip lead on nearest opponnent, Ibrahim Raouf now crippled

Vanessa Selbst is looking for her second PTPR Premier Event title in the past 6 months. After winning NAPT Mohegan Sun in April, Vanessa now is the chip leader at the Final Table of France's version of the November Nine at the Partouche Poker Tour Grand Final in Cannes.

Vanessa holds a slight chip lead over Raphael Kroll. We're already down to five player left at the final table. Fabrice Soulier is sitting fourth in chips. A win by Vanessa would place her in the Top 5 of the PTPR Player of the Year Race. With a now guaranteed "worst case" 5th place finish, Selbst is assured of 37 points, and will be the 26th player to hit the 200+ point mark for the season.

The Nine were cut to eight a few hours before the start of the final table - Ali Tekintamgac, who was to enter final day play 4th in chips, was disqualified after officials discovered he formulated a plan to cheat - placing friends in "repoter" and "blogger" roles and allowing them to reveal to him what his opponents hole cards were.


Here's a look at the final 9 participants prior to the start of final table play...

1. Vanessa Selbst - 3,951,000 (USA)
2. Fabrice Soulier - 3,652,000 (France)
3. Ibrahim Raouf - 3,492,000
4. Ali Tekintamgac - 3,289,000 (Germany) **Disqualified
5. Mickael Etalapera - 3,129,000 (Finland)
6. Raphael Kroll - 2,390,000 (France)
7. Soren Kongsgaard - 1,073,000 (Denmark) ** Eliminated
8. Tobias Reinkemeier - 819,000 (Germany) ** Eliminated
9. Cyril Andre - 600,000 (UK) ** Eliminated



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Partouche Poker Tour Grande Finale Saison 3
PPT Main Event
September 2-November 6, 2010

Palm Beach Casino
Cannes, France

Buy-in: $11,921
Prizepool: $7,972,034
Entries: 764


POINTS AT STAKE
1st 132
2nd 82
3rd 52
4th 42
5th 37
6th 32
7th 32
8th 17
9th 17
10th 17
11th 17
12th 15
13th 15
14th 15
15th 15
16th 12
17th 12
18th 12

PTS AT STAKE: WSOP MAIN EVENT

PHOTO CREDIT: WSOP.com


The big day is near! On Saturday, the cards will be up in the air at the Rio - the WSOP November Nine will finally have the opportunity to win the most important tourament in poker.

The final table kicks off at Noon Vegas time and they will play until only two are left. Then, on Monday, we will be heads up with the final table to be televised Tuesday on ESPN and TSN (Canada) at 10PM ET. For those of you in other parts of the world, be sure to find when the November Nine will be televised in your neck of the woods. Hand by hand coverage will be available to those who can access ESPN3.com.

A win by "The Grinder" Michael Mizrachi and he would surpass Sorel Mizzi at the #1 spot on the PTPR Player of the Year Standings. Any other position (except 9th) will see Grinder move up the charts but 1st would be out of the question.



Here's a look at the final 9 participants ...

1. Jonathan Duhamel - 65,975,000 (Canada)
2. John Dolan - 46,250,000 (USA)
3. Joseph Cheong - 23,525,000 (USA)
4. John Racener - 19,050,000 (USA)
5. Matthew Jarvis - 16,700,000 (Canada)
6. Filippo Candio - 16,400,000 (Italy)
7. Michael Mizrachi - 14,450,000 (USA)
8. Cuong 'Soi' Nguyen - 9,650,000 (USA)
9. Jason Senti - 7,625,000 (USA)


Here is the prize pool that we're playing for ...

1st Place: $8,944,138
2nd Place: $5,545,855
3rd Place: $4,129,979
4th Place: $3,092,497
5th Place: $2,332,960
6th Place: $1,772,939
7th Place: $1,356,708
8th Place: $1,045,738
9th Place: $811,823



PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
WSOP Main Event
July 5-November 8, 2010

Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $68,798,600
Entries: 7,319


POINTS AT STAKE / RESULTS
1st 180
2nd 120
3rd 105
4th 95
5th 90
6th 85
7th 80
8th 75
9th 65
STEVEN BRANDON 55
LEFRANCOIS PASCAL 50
LEVY ADAM 48
LE DUY 48
HABIB HASAN 48
AFFLECK MATT 45
STATZ BENJAMIN 45
BAKER DAVID 45
CLEMENTS SCOTT 42
SLIJPKENS MICHIEL 42
ESKANDAR PATRICK 42
LEE REDMOND 38
THORSON WILLIAM 38
PISANO ROBERT 38
BARDAH RONNIE 35
WISSING MADS 35
BUCARIC MATTHEW 35
LODDEN JOHNNY 35

CLOSING VIENNA, AVIATION SERIES

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com


Two events were completed this week. One closes the results from EPT Vienna, where John Eames collected his third score of the season with a win in NLH Event 7. Mikhail Lakhitov, Bruce Atkinson, Saar Wilf and Dragan Galic all collected their second scores (third for Galic) of the season.

The other is the Main Event from the Hold'em Series (la serie hold'em) at the famous Aviation club de France which was won by Paul Pires-Trigo.



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
La serie hold'em
NLH Main Event
October 30-November 1, 2010

Aviation club de France
Paris, France

Buy-in: $4,190
Prizepool: $575,776
Entries: 145


FINAL RESULTS
PIRES-TRIGO PAUL 35
BENADIBA STEPHANE 18
THUMY CLEMENT 10
PONTON CEDRIC 8
KALFON FRANCK 5


PTPR PRELIM EVENT
EPT Vienna
NLH Event 7
October 28-29, 2010

Concord Card Casino
Vienna, Austria

Buy-in: $2,988
Prizepool: $530,215
Entries: 190


FINAL RESULTS
EAMES JOHN 75
BASILE DANIEL 40
LAKHITOV MIKHAIL 25
BUECHERL KONSTANTIN 15
ATKINSON BRUCE 10
WILF SAAR 8
GHIOCA VALENTIN 5
SPINDLER BENJAMIN 5
GALIC DRAGAN 5

FOXWOODS BELONGS TO FORREST

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLDPOKERTOUR.com

The WPT Final Table at the Foxwoods World Poker Finals was certainly an exciting one. Four of the final six were scoring for at least the second time this season.

The winner, when all was said and done, was Jeff Forrest. Forrest had a second place finish way back in January in a prelim event at the 2010 NAPT PCA. The win gives Forrest 167 PTPR Points for the season - tied for 44th overall.

Tom Marchese had a chance to overtake Sorel Mizzi for the #1 Overall rank. Marchese needed a first or second place finish in order to the top spot. He ended up finishing third. Still, his 343 PTPR Points this year have allowed Marchese to surpass Frank Kassela in the number two spot.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Foxwoods World Poker Finals
WPT Main Event
October 28-November 2, 2010

Foxwoods Resort Casino
Ledyard, Connecticut

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,276,978
Entries: 242


UP-TO-DATE RESULTS
FORREST JEFF 127
INSELBERG DAVE 77
MARCHESE THOMAS 47
YAKOVENKO NIKOLAI 37
STAMMEN KEVEN 32
CHARANIA MOHSIN 27
MIZZI SOREL 27
ZIBA BESNIK 12
BONITA CHRISTOPHER 12
KLIER BENJAMIN 12
MERCIER JASON 12
CORKINS HOYT 10
MESKIN MIKE 10
BATKIN ANDREW 10
SPRINGER BRYON 10
HUNICHAN CHRIS 7
BARDAH RONNIE 7
YAZDI ARDAVAN 7

SOREL SURPRISE, MARCHESE LEADS WPT FINAL TABLE

PHOTO CREDIT: WJMEDIA.net

Things seemed to be going very slow at the final table at Foxwoods. At about 3pm Foxwoods time, we still had 9 players alive, including Sorel Mizzi, with a good chip stack. By 5pm Foxwoods time, the WPT Final Table was set, and Sorel Mizzi was the bubble boy.

In what was supposed to be an epic battle between the #1 Ranked PTPR Player (Mizzi) and the #3 Ranked PTPR Player (Tom Marchese) instead ended with an unexpected exit for Sorel ... Sorel had this to say on his Twitter feed, minutes after being eliminated from the Main Event at the WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals ...

Just @joesebok seventhboked WPT final table in kind of a gross way... I feel like I played really well tho so NP. Next stop NAPT!

Mizzi has still been able to pad his lead atop the PTPR standings. The 7th place finish (his 9th PTPR score of the season) earns him 27 PTPR Points. Sorel now has 357 PTPR Points this year.

Marchese will earn a minimum of 27 points for this event - should he finish 6th - no matter where he finishes, Marchese will jump to second place by the end of this event. Tom would need to finish either first or second in order to overtake Mizzi as the #1 PTPR Player for 2010.

Jason Mercier scored for the 4th time this season, finishing 11th, a 12th place finish gives Hoyt Corkins his 4th score of the season as well.

Here are the chip counts for the WPT Final Table .. which starts at 4PM ET Tuesday...

Seat 1. Nikolai Yakovenko - 624,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2. Jeff Forrest - 1,949,000 (81 bb)
Seat 3. Thomas Marchese - 3,022,000 (125 bb)
Seat 4. Dave Inselberg - 344,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5. Keven Stammen - 341,000 (14 bb)
Seat 6. Mohsin Charania - 1,024,000 (42 bb)



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Foxwoods World Poker Finals
WPT Main Event
October 28-November 2, 2010

Foxwoods Resort Casino
Ledyard, Connecticut

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,276,978
Entries: 242


UP-TO-DATE RESULTS
1st 127
2nd 77
3rd 47
4th 37
5th 32
6th 27
MIZZI SOREL 27
ZIBA BESNIK 12
BONITA CHRISTOPHER 12
KLIER BENJAMIN 12
MERCIER JASON 12
CORKINS HOYT 10
MESKIN MIKE 10
BATKIN ANDREW 10
SPRINGER BRYON 10
HUNICHAN CHRIS 7
BARDAH RONNIE 7
YAZDI ARDAVAN 7