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What a crazy two days it's been!
In the last 48 hours, 7 players had their part in assaulting the PTPR Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard.
ElkY (4th), Galen Hall (6th), Ben Lamb (8th), Chris Moorman (11th), Jon Turner (20th) and Scott Seiver (23rd) - all made moves towards the #1 spot.
But, when play ended at Event 49 - Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball - Jason Mercier has taken the 2011 poker season by storm and overtakes Eugene Katchalov as the #1 tournament player so far this season.
Mercier's lead (currently at 6 points) could have been way more. In fact, although Mercier becomes the first player to crack the 300 PTPR Point mark this season, he would have cracked the 400-point mark had he won the event ... event that he once had the chip lead in. He was doing real well until he lost two straight pots, which crippled him for the rest of the event, eventually checking out in 6th position.
Mercier becomes the first player this season to collect his 7th PTPR Score. Last year, Sorel Mizzi lead the way with 10 PTPR Scores - seems like Mercier is well on his way to eclipsing that mark.
Leonard Martin ended up winning Event 49, beating Justin Bonomo heads up. Eli Elezra was fifth in the event.
PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 49 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball
June 28-30, 2011
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $702,975
Entries: 310
FINAL RESULTS:
LEONARD MARTIN 128
JUSTIN BONOMO 78
DAVID BACH 48
MASA TANAKA 38
ELI ELEZRA 33
JASON MERCIER 28
JON TURNER 28
SCOTT DORIN 13
SHAWN BUCHANAN 13
NICHOLAS VERKAIK 13
SCOTT SEIVER 13
GALEN HALL 11
FABIAN HOLLING 11
DAVID CHIU 11
HAHN TRAN 11
IAKOV NEPOMNYASHCHIY 8
BRYCE YOCKEY 8
DAVID SKLANSKY 8
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