PTPR PLAYER OF THE MONTH: MAXIMILIAN HEINZELMANN BEST IN APRIL

PHOTO: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Well played, Mr. Heinzelmann!

In a rare feat, Max Heinzelmann is the PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Month for April - and this, without winning an event during the past month's play.

That should serve as some sort of consolation for Heinzelmann, who book-ended April with a pair of EPT Main Event runner-up results.

Heinzelmann finished second to Ben Wilinosfky at EPT Berlin and saw Rupert Elder pickup a win heads up at EPT San Remo.

Still, well played, Mr. Heinzelmann!


WPT Seminole Hard Rock winner Taylor Von Kriegenbergh also had a great month - three PTPR Scores, two NAPT Mohegan scores to go with his new WPT title. The aforementioned Elder and Wilinosky were next on the list while Vanessa Selbst was fifth best in April with her NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event repeat.


32 TOTAL TOURNAMENTS QUALIFIED FOR PTPR POINTS
Grand Slams - 0
Premier - 5
Tier 3 - 5
Prelim - 4
Challenger - 18


APRIL TOP 10

April Player of the Month:
Maximilian Heinzelmann, 166 PTPR Points, 2 PTPR Scores

> EPT Berlin Main Event (2nd) - 82 PTPR Points
> EPT San Remo Main Event (2nd) - 84 PTPR Points

166 - MAXIMILIAN HEINZELMANN
155 - TAYLOR VON KRIEGENBERGH
134 - RUPERT ELDER
132 - BEN WILINOFSKY
128 - VANESSA SELBST
125 - MIKE SCARBOROUGH
106 - NIALL SMYTH
105 - JASON MERCIER
104 - RUSSELL CRANE
104 - GILBERT TOUTATI


250 different players scored PTPR Points in April. Von Kriegenbergh was the only player to collect (3) PTPR Scores for the month. Five players earned two scores.

3 - TAYLOR VON KRIEGENBERGH
2 - MAXIMILIAN HEINZELMANN
2 - JASON MERCIER
2 - DAVID STEFANSKI
2 - ALLEN BARI
2 - ANDREW TENG