Friday, June 17, 2011

2011 WSOP: VIOX HOLDS OFF SEXTON TO EARN FIRST BRACELET


PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERNEWS.com

Chris Viox prevented Mike Sexton from picking up another bracelet by beating him heads up only a few hours ago. Viox wins Event 25 - Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low, 8 or better.

Viox picks up his first bracelet with the victory. For Sexton, it's the continuation of a productive season. He has surpassed the 100-PTPR Points mark for the year.

Cory Zeidman, David Warga, Tony Ma, Norman Chad, Kirill Gerasimov and Cyndy Violette were other runners to score in the event.

Meanwhile, Mark Radoja outlasted a bunch of known players to pickup the win in Event 24 - the 5K NLH Shootout.

Erik Seidel picked up his fourth PTPR Score of the season while 2010 Card Player POY Tom Marchese picked up his second PTPR Score of the year with his 8th place finish. 9th place finisher Sean Getzwiller scored 13 PTPR Points and moves into the 2011 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year Top 15 Leaderboard.

Other names in the Top 18 included: Jeffrey Gross, Scott Baumstein, Adam Junglen, Todd Terry, Daniel Smith, Nicholas Mitchell, Jordan Young, James Akenhead, Gavin Smith and JP Kelly.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 24 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
June 14-16, 2011

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

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,818,900
Entries: 387

FINAL RESULTS:
MARK RADOJA 128
JEFFREY GROSS 78
NICOLAS FIERROGOTTNER 48
SCOTT BAUMSTEIN 38
ADAM JUNGLEN 33
NIKITA LEBEDEV 28
TODD TERRY 28
TOM MARCHESE 13
SEAN GETZWILLER 13
DANIEL SMITH 13
YASUHIRO WAKI 13
KYLE FREY 11
NICHOLAS MITCHELL 11
JORDAN YOUNG 11
JAMES AKENHEAD 11
GAVIN SMITH 8
ERIK SEIDEL 8
JP KELLY 8


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 25 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better
June 14-16, 2011

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

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $818,110
Entries: 606

FINAL RESULTS:
CHRIS VIOX 131
MIKE SEXTON 81
GERARD RECHNITZER 51
HAKON LUNDBERG 41
TYSON MARKS 36
CORY ZEIDMAN 31
SEAN URBAN 31
HERNAN SALAZAR 16
DAVID WARGA 16
TONY MA 16
CHRISTOPHER MCHUGH 16
NORMAN CHAD 14
KIRILL GERASIMOV 14
MARC FLUSS 14
CYNDY VIOLETTE 14
JAMES WHEATLEY 11
JOHN PAPPAS 11
BRIAN TWETE 11

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