QUEEN KING OF THE EAST COAST - WINS BORGATA HOLIDAY 1K

When it comes to poker tournament on the East Coast of the United States of America, it's hard to find a more successful/consistent player than Alexander Queen. In fact, Queen's six career victories on the poker circuit have all come in either Delaware, Massachusetts or New Jersey - with the bulk of these victories coming at the Borgata ... which is exactly where he won his latest title.

Over 100K USD are coming Queen's way following his victory at the Borgata $250,000 USD Guaranteed Holiday Deep Stack event, defeating fellow East Coast pro Shawn Busse heads-up.

Jamie Kerstetter, Joseph Wertz, Alexander Rocca, Raj Patel and Allie Prescott all cashed in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Alexander Queen   $100,049 Shawn Busse   $55,581 Tom Dobrilovic   $34,460 Sean Lippel   $27,791 David Kim   $21,491 Catherine Dever   $18,156 James Meo   $14,636 Rick Rossetti   $10,931 Mickey Woll   $7,411 Christine Brewer   $4,817 Mike Kalfa   $4,817 Ariel Albilia   $4,817 Jamie Kerstetter   $3,705 Jin Hing Chin   $3,705 Robert Anderson   $3,705 Nicholas Palma   $3,150 Andrew Hippler   $3,150 Joseph Wertz   $3,150 Nicholas Salimbene   $2,779 Michael Yniguez   $2,779 Alexander Rocha   $2,779 Vitaly Kovyazin   $2,779 Corrine Pranevich   $2,779 Joel Frank   $2,779 Shervin Golbari   $2,779 Francis Johnson   $2,779 Michael Merrill   $2,779 Christopher Leong   $2,223 Raj Patel   $2,223 Maxwell Mccurdy   $2,223 Anthony Villano   $2,223 Byung Yoo   $2,223 Chris Pearsall   $2,223 Allie Prescott   $2,223 Kenneth Silberstein   $2,223 Cullen Hofmann   $2,223

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT BORGATA HOLIDAY DEEP STACK 250K Guatanteed NLH Main Event December 16-19, 2012 Borgata Hotel Casino | Atlantic City Buy-in: $1,090 | Prizepool: $382,000 Total Entries: 382 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ALEXANDER QUEEN 35 SHAWN BUSSE 18 TOMISLAV DOBRILOVIC 10 SEAN LIPPEL 8 DAVID KIM 5 NEXT BORGATA EVENT WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino, Atlantic City January 15-1, 2013

AU REVOIR CANNES - WSOP EUROPE ON THE MOVE AGAIN ...

Two years after leaving London for Cannes, Seth Palansky, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Caesars Interactive Entertainment Inc., announced that the World Series of Poker Europe is once again on the move, this time right outside of Paris, France.

The WSOPE will remain in France and will also remain partners with the Barrière Poker group - moving the Series to le Casino Barrière in Enghien-les-Bains, a Northern suburb of Paris.

The World Series of Poker Europe was hosted by the city of London, England for the first four years; from 2007 and 2010. The WSOPE then moved to the Hotel Majestic Le Croisette Casino Barrière in Cannes, France for its 2011 and 2011 tournaments.

It is expected that seven bracelet will be up for grabs including the €10,000 Main Event. A High Rollers event is once again scheduled for 2013.

One interesting note is that the 2013 edition of the WSOPE is scheduled to take place three weeks later than it did this past season. The 2012 event ended just as EPT Sanremo started ... if the EPT are to keep Sanremo in the same place on the poker calendar, the WSOPE would be presented as EPT Sanremo would be concluding, switching the WSOPE from before to after the presentation of EPT Sanremo.

EPT PRAGUE: FINALLY! JELASSI WINS FIRST MAJOR TITLE

For Swedish poker pro Ramzi Jelassi, it's been a long time coming! On the poker circuit since 2005, Jelassi has picked up a few big poker titles in his career including a win at IPT San Remo in 2009.

But Jelassi never won something as big as this. After several cashes at EPT Main Events, Jelassi played his way to the first EPT Main Event title of his career, defeating Sotirios Koutoupas heads-up to win EPT Prague on Saturday.

Amazingly, the win nearly doubles the Swede's live tournament earnings.

David Boyaciyan was hoping to do one-better than he did here in Prague last season where he finished second at EPT Prague. Unfortunately for Boyaciyan, he had to settle for a third place finish, still, a very amazing feat by the Dutch banker.

Mark Herm, Mariusz Klosinski, Mikhail Petrov, Johnny Lodden, Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo, Sergio Aido Espina, Jeff Sarwer, Roberto Romanello, Manuel Bevand and Jonathan Driscoll all earned Top 30 finishes in Prague.

Photo credit: EPT.com, Neil Stoddart

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TOP 32 PAYOUTS (EUR) Ramzi Jelassi 835,000 Sotirios Koutoupas 510,000 David Boyaciyan 310,000 Ben Warrington 250,000 Diego Gomez 196,000 Sergey Kuzminskiy 150,000 Aleh Plauski 108,400 Mark Herm 75,000 Mariusz Klosinski 53,000 Jorma Nuutinen 53,000 Andreas Berggren 42,000 Mikhail Petrov 42,000 Johnny Lodden 34,000 Marco Leonzio 34,000 Dany Parlafes 29,000 Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo 29,000 Sergio Aido Espina 25,000 Jeff Sarwer 25,000 Mads Amot 25,000 Iosif Beskrovnyy 25,000 Roberto Romanello 25,000 Nicholas Galtos 25,000 Manuel Bevand 25,000 Enrico Tau 25,000 Denis Pisorev 21,000 Radu Catoiu Romania 21,000 Martin Muslow 21,000 Danilo Donnini 21,000 Martin Hanowski 21,000 Jonathan Driscoll 21,000 Cesar Garcia Dominguez 21,000 Fabrice Soulier 21,000 RELATED POSTS > FINGER WINS EPT PRAGUE > MAD MARVIN WINS HIGH ROLLERS > PANAGIOTOU WINS EUREKA

PTPR PREMIER EVENT EUROPEAN POKER TOUR EPT PRAGUE NLH Main Event December 9-15, 2012 Hilton Prague Hotel | Prague Buy-in: $6,970 | Prizepool: $5,514,145 Total Entries: 864 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RAMZI JELASSI 133 SOTIRIOS KOUTOUPAS 83 DAVID BOYACIYAN 53 BEN WARRINGTON 43 DIEGO GOMEZ 38 SERGEY KUZMINSKIY 33 ALEH PALUSKI 33 MARK HERM 18 MARIUSZ KLOSINSKI 18 JORMA NUUTINEN 18 ANDREAS BERGGREN 18 MIKHAIL PETROV 16 JOHNNY LODDEN 16 MARCO LEONZIO 16 DANY PARLAFES 16 JOSE MANUEL NADAL SORDO 13 SERGIO AIDO ESPINA 13 JEFF SARWER 13 NEXT EPT TOUR STOP 2013 PCA Festival Atlantis Resort Bahamas January 5-14, 2013 DEFENDING CHAMPION Martin Finger € 720,000

GSOP PRAGUE: ADAMS WINS GSOP LIVE, MCCORKELL FOURTH

A star-studded field entered the King's Casino in Prague on Wednesday with one last shot at victory at the Prague Poker Festival.

Dominik Nitsche, Liv Boeree, Faraz Jaka, David Vamplew, Melanie Weisner, Anton Wigg, Steven van Zadelhoff, Jason Wheeler and New York Red Bulls midfielder Joel Lindpere were amongst the 590-player field at the Grand Series of Poker GSOP Live Prague Main Event.

In the end, it's English player Matt Adams who would pickup the big win, defeating a game Tapio Vihakas heads-up.

2012 WSOP bracelet winners Craig McCorkell and Rocco Palumbo both final tabled the event. McCorkell finished fourth while Palumbo was out in fifth position.

Photo credit: GSOPlive.com

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FT PAYOUTS (EUR) Matthew Adams € 106,200 Tapio Vihakas € 70,800 Amit Zulkowitz € 50,740 Craig McCorkell € 39,530 Rocco Palumbo € 29,500 Thomas Taubenschuss € 23,069 Oliver Schaffmann € 17,995 Joel Lindpere € 13,570 Thomas Mercier € 10,797 RELATED POSTS > AASMAA WINS PRAGUE > SHATILOV WINS GSOP GRAND FINAL > MCCORKELL UPSETS ANTONIO > PALUMBO WINS BRACELET DEFENDING CHAMPION Raigo Aasmaa € 80,000

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT GRAND SERIES OF POKER LIVE GSOP LIVE PRAGUE NLH Main Event December 12-15, 2012 King's Casino | Prague Buy-in: $1,970 | Prizepool: $776,380 Total Entries: 590 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MATT ADAMS 35 TAPIO VIHAKAS 18 AMIT ZULKOWITZ 10 CRAIG MCCORKELL 8 ROCCO PALUMBO 5 NEXT GSOP LIVE TOUR STOP GSOP Live Vienna Montesino Casino February 13-16, 2013

EPT PRAGUE: OH SO CLOSE! MAD MARVIN WINS HR BUT NOT POY

It was going to take something close to a miracle for Dan Smith to lose his lead atop the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard powered by PTPRpoker ... and despite just winning the High Rollers event at EPT Prague, Mad Marvin Rettenmaier falls 10 points short of a miracle and Smith maintains a small lead heading into the final moments of the 2012 poker season.


Rettenmaier cements his number 2 ranking on the season and collects his fourth win on tour this season.

Mad Marvin defeated fellow German Fabian Quoss heads-up. Quoss won the WPT Rendez-Vous a Paris HR title back in September.

Juha Helppi was third, Philippe Ktorza fourth and 2010 PTPRpoker Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi rounded-out the Top 5.

Marcin Wydrowski finished in sixth position, one week after capturing his first WPT title right here in Prague.

For the first time in his five-year poker career, it looks as if Jason Mercier will not cross the 1M USD in earnings mark in a season as his seventh place finish in this event wasn't enough to put him over.

Photo credit: European Poker Tour, Neil Stoddart

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EUR) Marvin Rettenmaier €365,300 Fabian Quoss €210,300 Juha Helppi €121,800 Philippe Ktorza €96,900 Sorel Mizzi €74,800 Marcin Wydrowski €55,500 Jason Mercier €44,200 Andrey Gulyy €33,200 Aubin Cazals €27,700 Morten Klein €27,700 Gurgen Melkonyan €25,000 Eugene Katchalov €25,000 RELATED POSTS > PANAGIOTOU WINS EUREKA > RETTENMAIER WINS WPT CYPRUS > MAD MARVIN WPT CHAMPION DEFENDING CHAMPION John Andress € 176,400

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT EUROPEAN POKER TOUR EPT PRAGUE 10K NLH High Roller December 13-15, 2012 Hilton Prague Hotel | Prague Buy-in: $13,550 | Prizepool: $1,107,400 Total Entries: 113 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MARVIN RETTENMAIER 101 FABIAN QUOSS 61 JUHA HELPPI 36 PHILIPPE KTORZA 26 SOREL MIZZI 19 MARCIN WYDROWKSI 11 JASON MERCIER 9 ANDREY GULYY 6 AUBIN CAZALS 6 NEXT EPT TOUR STOP 2013 PCA Festival Atlantis Resort Bahamas January 5-14, 2013

WPT FIVE DIAMOND: RAGHAVAN TWO-PEATS AS WE CLOSE FIVE DIAMOND

A few days prior to winning the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Ravi Raghavan was busy putting up another W, winning the final 2,500 NLH side event at Bellagio.

Raghavan's two late-season victories move him up to 19th overall on the QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard.



Will "The Thrill" Failla, Stan Jablonski, Joseph Serock, Cary Katz, Steve Gross and Chris Bjorin all final tabled the event.

Full event stats are available at the bottom of this post.


The final Five Diamond event that qualified for POY points was won by Anthony Gargano. Gargano defeated Lawrence Greenberg heads-up.

Zachary Clark - who won the event last season - finished third in the event ... meanwhile, Joseph Serock made another final table appearance at Bellagio.

PLAYER | POY POINTS | PAYOUT
ANTHONY GARGANO | 100 | T-175
LAWRENCE GREENBERG | 60 | T-456
ZACHARY CLARK | 35 | T-118
ANDREAS IOAKIMIDIES | 25 | T-1215
DARIN FEINSTEIN | 18 | T-1423
ROBERT KONZ | 10 | T-1941
JOSEPH SEROCK | 8 | 72nd
MIKE BRINKENHOFF | 5 | T-2229
JOHN MORGAN | 5 | T-2229


FINAL EVENT RESULTS |
WPT DOYLE BRUNSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC

EVENT 1 | 1K NLH | 135K PRIZEPOOL | 138 PLAYERS
Winner: Dwyte Pilgrim, 43K USD

EVENT 2 | 1K NLH | 130K PRIZEPOOL | 135 PLAYERS
Winner: Clyde Lorance, 41K USD

EVENT 3 | 1K NLH SENIORS | 102K PRIZEPOOL | 108 PLAYERS
Winner: Derek Payne, 33K USD

EVENT 4 | 2.5K NLH | 150K PRIZEPOOL | 62 PLAYERS
Winner: Thomas Marchese, 51K USD

EVENT 5 | 1.5K NLH | 212K PRIZEPOOL | 146 PLAYERS
Winner: Ronald Paolucci, 60K USD

EVENT 6 | 1K NLH | 262K PRIZEPOOL | 270 PLAYERS
Winner: Jeremy Ausmus, 78K USD

EVENT 7 | 1K NLH POSITION | 60K PRIZEPOOL | 62 PLAYERS
Winner: Patrick Cruse, 18K USD

EVENT 8 | 5K NLH | 417K PRIZEPOOL | 86 PLAYERS
Winner: David Belaich, 158K USD

EVENT 11 | 2.5K NLH | 417K PRIZEPOOL | 172 PLAYERS
Winner: Ravi Raghavan, 150K USD

MAIN EVENT | 10K NLH | 4.87M PRIZEPOOL | 503 PLAYERS
Winner: Ravi Raghavan, 1.26M USD

EVENT 14 | 5K NLH | 383K PRIZEPOOL | 79 PLAYERS
Winner: Anthony Gargano, 147K USD

EVENT 15 | 25K HIGH ROLLERS | 412K PRIZEPOOL | 17 PLAYERS
Winner: Thomas Marchese, 207K USD

EVENT 16 | 1.5K NLH | 235K PRIZEPOOL | 162 PLAYERS
Winner: Dan Alspach, 75K USD

Photo credit: World Poker Tour, Joe Giron, WPT.com

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EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Ravi Raghavan $150,810 Francois Safieddine $86,152 Iwan Jones $45,426 Will Failla $27,412 Stan Jablonski $20,559 Joseph Serock $16,643 Cary Katz $12,727 Steve Gross $8,811 Chris Bjorin $6,266 Stuart Krasney $5,091 Tommy Vedes $5,091 Marvin Rettenmaier $5,091 Jason Heiner $4,699 Joanne J.J. Liu $4,699 Dana Kellstrom $4,699 Ray Qartomy $4,308 Joseph Dunn $4,308 Alex Cordero $4,308 RELATED POSTS > RAGHAVAN BEATS BIG DOGS > OMG IT'S MAGIC, BUCH, CHEWY > WYDROWSKI WINS PRAGUE > DEMPSEY WINS FIVE DIAMOND > MAGIC MAN - ANTONIO WINS FIVE DIAMOND

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT DOYLE BRUSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC NLH 2.5K Prelim Event December 2-3, 2012 Bellagio | Las Vegas Buy-in: $2,620 | Prizepool: $417,100 Total Entries: 172 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RAVI RAGHAVAN 75 FRANCOIS SAFIEDDINE 40 IWAN JONES 25 WILL FAILLA "THE THRILL" 15 STAN JABLONSKI 10 JOSEPH SEROCK 8 CARY KATZ 5 STEVE GROSS 5 CHRIS BJORIN 5 NEXT WPT TOUR STOP BORGATA WINTER POKER OPEN Borgata, Atlantic City January 27-1, 2013

WSOPC HARRAH'S AC: TEASDALE BEATS WOELFEL TO WIN IN AC

Adam Teasdale is the latest winner on the WSOP Circuit. Teasdale made his way through the huge 616-player field in order to win WSOP Circuit Harrah's Atlantic City.

Teasdale earned a huge paycheck in AC, just under 200K USD for his efforts.




Wade Woelfel - who finished second at the Borgata Poker Open 1K side event in September - was the bridesmaid for the second time this season finishing second to Teasdale.

Aaron Overton, Feming Chan, Scott Baumstein, Will Failla, Stan Jablonski, Jamie Kerstetter, David Diaz and Daniel Buzgon were amongst the other players who cashed in the event.

This was the first to two stops in Atlantic City during the 2012-13 season for the WSOPC - the Circuit retunrs to AC, this time at Caesars Atlantic City, February 28th through March 11th, 2013.

Photo credit: WSOP.com

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TOP 36 PAYOUTS (USD) Adam Teasdale $194,040 Wade Woelfel $120,018 Pete Rios $87,762 Sung Kim $65,124 Terry Grimes $49,000 Aaron Overton $37,376 Barry Leventhal $28,903 Ed Modlin $22,656 Trevor Deeter $18,000 Jeffrey Wicker $14,488 Feming Chan $14,488 Gregory Fishberg $14,488 Jack Thomas $11,809 Brandon Fish $11,809 Cathy Dever $11,809 Douglas MacKinnon $9,748 Mark Warren $9,748 Patricia Cahill $9,748 Travell Thomas $8,150 William Galler $8,150 Jeffrey Einsidler $8,150 Michael Pariso $6,902 Brian Nguyen $6,902 Paul Mullins $6,902 Gino Levrini $5,914 Scott Baumstein $5,914 Richard Austin $5,914 Michael Cologna $5,128 Ryan Moriarty $5,128 Yung Hwang $5,128 Will Failla $4,509 Stan Jablonski $4,509 Christian Soto $4,509 Jamie Kerstetter $4,010 Brian Munshower $4,010 Kam Chin $4,010

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER CIRCUIT WSOPC HARRAH'S ATLANTIC CITY NLH Main Event December 8-10, 2012 Harrah's Atlantic City | New Jersey Buy-in: $1,675 | Prizepool: $924,000 Total Entries: 616 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ADAM TEASDALE 35 WADE WOELFEL 18 PEDRO RIOS 10 SUNG KIM 8 TERRY GRIMES 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Tuan Phan $188,830 USD NEXT WSOP CIRCUIT STOP WSOPC HARRAH'S RINCON Harrah's Rincon, California December 15-17, 2012

WPT FIVE DIAMOND: RAGHAVAN BEATS THE BIG DOGS

It's a win that will define a career. After over three years on the poker circuit, Ravi Raghavan has finally picked up the major poker title he had been after.

Raghavan survived one of the toughest fields of the 2012 season (half of the Top 18 participants are part of the QJ POY TOP 100 - including eight of the Top 51) to earn the win at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

So far in 2012, Raghavan had finished 11th at WPT Hard Rock and had finished 8th at the Borgata Fall Poker Open on US Thanksgiving. His only other win on the circuit came back in 2009, when he won a prelim event at the Wynn Classic in Las Vegas.


BIG THREE COME UP SHORT
Coming into final table play, it seemed inconceivable for one of the Top 3 chip leader not to win this event.

Out of the three, superstar Shawn Buchanan had the best result, losing the heads-up battle at the hands of Raghavan.

There was a lot on the line for Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari. After collecting two bracelets in 2012, The Magician was hoping to win his second WPT Five Diamond Main Event in three years in his third straight final table appearance.

Unfortunately, Antonio was out in fourth ... but I don't think anyone will feel bad for The Magician after the season he just had!

Andrew Lichthenberg was also unable to secure the W on Sunday. After a very solid 2012 campaign, LuckyChewy was hoping to add a big win to the list but he could do no better than fifth.

Photo credit: World Poker Tour, Joe Giron, WPT.com

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TOP 22 PAYOUTS (USD) Ravi Raghavan $1,268,571 Shawn Buchanan $746,502 Thomas Winters $483,031 Antonio Esfandiari $329,339 Andrew Lichtenberger $234,197 Jeremy Kottler $187,845 Jonathan Aguiar $143,933 Theo Tran $102,461 Arthur Morris $73,187 Jason Somerville $56,110 Yevgeniy Timoshenko $56,110 Freddy Deeb $56,110 Greg Mueller $43,912 Eric Panayiotou $43,912 Andrew Robl $40,250 Scott Clements $40,250 Noah Schwartz $36,593 Jeremy Ausmus $36,593 Brian Rast $31,714 Joshua Ladines $31,714 Edward Sabat $31,714 Joseph Elpayaa $31,714 RELATED POSTS > OMG IT'S MAGIC, BUCH, CHEWY > WYDROWSKI WINS PRAGUE > DEMPSEY WINS FIVE DIAMOND > MAGIC MAN - ANTONIO WINS FIVE DIAMOND NEXT WPT TOUR STOP BORGATA WINTER POKER OPEN Borgata, Atlantic City January 27-1, 2013

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT DOYLE BRUSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC NLH Main Event December 4-9, 2012 Bellagio | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,300 | Prizepool: $4,879,100 Total Entries: 503 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RAVI RAGHAVAN 130 SHAWN BUCHANAN 80 THOMAS WINTERS 50 ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 40 ANDREW LICHTENBERGER 35 JEREMY KOTTLER 30 JONATHAN AGUIAR 30 THEO TRAN 15 ARTHUR MORRIS 15 JASON SOMERVILLE 15 YEVGENIY TIMOSHENKO 15 FREDDY DEEB 13 GREG MUELLER 13 ERIC PANAYIOTOU 13 SCOTT CLEMENTS 13 ANDREW ROBL 10 NOAH SCHWARTZ 10 JEREMY AUSMUS 10 DEFENDING CHAMPION James Dempsey $821,612

WPT PRAGUE: WYDROWSKI TOPS IN PRAGUE

Marcin Wydrowski is the king of Prague. Wydrowski outlasted 566 opponents to win WPT Prague in the Czech Republic.

With the win, Wydrowski becomes the first ever Polish poker player to win on the World Poker Tour and picks up € 325,000 for his efforts.

Alexandr Lahkov finished in second position while PartyPoker sponsored player Bodo Sbrzensy finished third. Sbrzensy held the chip lead coming into final table play.

Alin-Gabriel Grasu and Michael Gagliano, who final tabled an event at the WSOP this summer, were the first two players to be shown the door on Sunday.

Photo credit: WPT Europe, WPT.com

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TOP 22 PAYOUTS (USD) Marcin Wydrowski $423,957 Alexandr Lahkov $278,866 Bodo Sbrzesny $179,246 Tony Chang $132,736 Michael Gagliano $99,506 Alin Grasu $79,723 Elio Fox $66,472 Daniel Ospina $53,009 Konstantin Danilov $39,764 Fabian Quoss $29,243 Kevin MacPhee $29,243 Jason Mercier $29,243 Dermot Blain $23,758 Mikhail Mazunin $23,758 Sergey Vasilyev $23,758 Simon Ravnsbaek $20,396 Dmitry Gromov $20,396 Wojciech Lozowski $20,396 Frank Stumpf $17,874 Yann Dion $17,874 Daniel Rudd $17,874 Lars Bonding $15,978 RELATED POSTS > BIG NAMES FT AT FIVE DIAMOND > FT SET AT WPT PRAGUE > FUNDARO WINS MAZAGAN > PATEYCHUK WINS PRAGUE NEXT WPT TOUR STOP BORGATA WINTER POKER OPEN Borgata, Atlantic City January 27-1, 2013

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT PRAGUE NLH Main Event December 3-9, 2012 King's Casino | Prague Buy-in: $4,265 | Prizepool: $2,129,739 Total Entries: 567 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MARCIN WYDROWSKI 130 ALEXANDR LAHKOV 80 BODO SBRZESNY 50 TONY CHANG 40 MICHAEL GAGLIANO 35 ALIN-GABRIEL GRASU 30 ELIO FOX 30 DANIEL OSPINA 15 KONSTANTIN DANILOV 15 FABIAN QUOSS 15 KEVIN MACPHEE 15 JASON MERCIER 13 DERMOT BLAIN 13 MIKHAIL MAZUNIN 13 SERGEY VASILYEV 13 SIMON RAVNSBAEK 10 DMITRY GROMOV 10 WOJCIECH LOZOWSKI 10 DEFENDING CHAMPION Andrey Pateychuk $630,263

EPT PRAGUE: PANAGIOTOU WINS EUREKA TITLE

Menikos Panagiotou wins the biggest tournament in Eureka Poker Tour history, beating out 644 opponents to win Eureka Prague in the Czech Republic.

The 29-year old Cyprus man only had a min cash earlier this season on his resume.

Ana Marquez finished 17th in the event while Zoltan Szabo finished in 24th position.

We also know that Guillaume Rivet has won the Eureka High Rollers event, winning the biggest share of the €349,920 prizepool. We hope to have full event results shortly.

Photo credit: Tomas Stacha, Eureka Poker Tour, PokerStars

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TOP 25 PAYOUTS (EUR) MENIKOS PANAGIOTOU 137,100 ROBERT VUKOVIC 75,000 MATIAS KNAAPINEN 75,000 IOANNIS TRIANTAFYLLAKIS 42,800 BERND VOGELHUBER 31,700 MARIUSZ KLOSINSKI 22,100 BOGDAN IONESCU 15,800 MARCEL BUISSINK 11,900 GREGORY LIVSHITS 9,500 Andreas Vlachos 9,500 Petr Targa 7,900 Florian Kossler 7,900 Doron Lida 6,300 Richard Larsen 6,300 Daniel Havlik 4,700 Roger Engen 4,700 Ana Marquez 4,100 Khiem Nguyen 4,100 Jurij Kolesnikov 4,100 Thomas Pettersson 4,100 Tama Ollah 4,100 Andrew Hulme 4,100 Alexandros Kolonias 4,100 Zoltan Szabo 3,480 Hana Soljan 3,480

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT EPT PRAGUE EUREKA POKER TOUR NLH Main Event December 5-9, 2012 Hilton Prague Hotel | Czech Republic Buy-in: $1,420 | Prizepool: $817,490 Total Entries: 652 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MENIKOS PANAGIOTOU 75 ROBERT VUKOVIC 40 MATIAS KNAAPINEN 25 IOANNIS TRIANTAFYLLAKIS 15 BERND VOGELHUBER 10 MARIUSZ KLOSINSKI 8 BOGDAN IONESCU 5 MARCEL BUISSINK 5 GREGORY LIVSHITS 5 RELATED POSTS > MERIKALLIO WINS EUREKA RIGA > JOHNSON WINS EUREKA PRAGUE DEFENDING CHAMPION Keith Johnson, € 58,400 NEXT EUREKA TOUR STOP End of Season 2

BERENDE WINS HOLD'EM CHALLENGE WINTER EDITION

Dutch poker pro Paul Berende has won the PokerStars Hold'Em Challenge Winter Edition Main Event at Casino Namur in Belgium.

Berende earns € 118.474 for his work in Belgium. It was a good week for Berende who finished second in the High Rollers event, adding a little over €33K to his paycheck.

Fellow Dutch pro Pieter de Korver was third in the event. de Korver recently finished second to Ole Schemion in his native land, at the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam.

A few other big names pros earned Top 25 finishes in Belgium - they include: Christophe De Meulder, Tobias Peters, Pierre Neuville and Koen de Visscher.

Photo credit: Pokerstars.be

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TOP 25 PAYOUTS (EUR) PAUL BERENDE € 118.474 CHRISTOPHE MERTENS € 101.500 PIETER de KORVER € 100.000 BART MOENS € 39.231 JONAS LAUCK € 31.603 Driss Bouchoiri € 25.791 Christophe De Meulder € 21.795 Jean-Pierre Hologne € 18.162 Tobias Peters € 14.530 Sébastien Magerat € 10.897 Pierre Neuville € 10.897 Guillaume Peltriaux € 10.897 Micha Hoedemaker € 7.991 Dirk Baumans € 7.991 Philippe De Schepper € 7.991 David Grilli € 5.812 Jonathan Abdellatif € 5.812 Ugo Jaksula € 5.812 Davy Huyst € 4.722 Rolando Camardese € 4.722 Olaf de Zeeuw € 4.722 Koen De Visscher € 4.722 Olivier Grasso € 4.722 Alban Messe € 4.722 Dren Ukella € 4.722

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT POKERSTARS HOLD'EM CHALLENGE WINTER EDITION NLH Main Event December 1-9, 2012 Casino de Namur | Belgium Buy-in: $1,935 | Prizepool: $939,065 Total Entries: 561 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION PAUL BERENDE 35 CHRISTOPHE MERTENS 18 PIETER DE KORVER 10 BART MOENS 8 JONAS LAUCK 5 RELATED POSTS > de BUSSCHER WINS SPRING HOLD'EM CHALLENGE

UNIBET ST. MAARTEN: MURARIU WINS SECOND UNIBET TITLE

Two and a half years after winning Unibet Open Varna, Romanian poker pro Dan Murariu won his second Unibet Open title, this time winning the 5th Anniversary celebration event on the beautiful island of St. Maarten in the Caribbean.

Murariu earned his 11th payout of 2012 on Sunday. He had another win during the season at the $600 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza side event back in July.

Photo credit: Unibet, unibetopen.com

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EUR) DAN MURARIU EUR 110,000 MICHEL FARDEL EUR 59,000 EMIL HEGEDUS EUR 31,000 OLIVIER ROBVEILLE EUR 26,000 MAKSYM LAVROV EUR 21,800 Paulo RODRIGUES EUR 17,600 Kamil PALUSZKIEWICZ EUR 13,800 David GABRIELSSON EUR 10,000 Ruggiero SCOMMEGNA EUR 6,690 Antti KARKKAINEN EUR 4,200 Mihai MANOLE EUR 4,200 Tristan SAMIS EUR 4,200 Sander LANGEZAAL EUR 3,500 Ted AHS EUR 3,500 Dueval FENTON EUR 3,500 Jasper WETEMANS EUR 2,800 Robert BAKKER EUR 2,800 Julien SUBREVILLE EUR 2,800 Tomasz KOZUB EUR 2,100 Erich KOLLMAN EUR 2,100 Ben BEIGHLE EUR 2,100 Seppo SALO EUR 2,100 Christophe ENRICI EUR 2,100 Sami MOILANEN EUR 2,100 Niki KOVACS EUR 2,100 Zoltan BARABAS EUR 2,100 Johan GOSLINGS EUR 2,100

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT UNIBET OPEN UNIBET ST. MAARTEN NLH Main Event December 3-7, 2012 Casino Royale | St. Maarten Buy-in: $2,130 | Prizepool: $447,615 Total Entries: 238 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DAN MURARIU 35 MICHEL FARDEL 18 EMIL HEGEDUS 10 OLIVIER ROBVEILLE 8 MAKSYM LAVROV 5 RELATED POSTS > GHATGE WINS UNIBET LONDON NEXT UNIBET OPEN TOUR STOP UNIBET COPENHAGEN Casino Copenhagen, Denmark March 7-10, 2013

WPT FIVE DIAMOND: OMG IT'S MAGIC, BUCH AND CHEWY AT FT!

Now that's more like it!

Hours after being left wanting more as big name pros were unable to crack the WPT Final Six at WPT Prague, we are set for an amazing thrill ride as the final table at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is star-studded, to say the least!



Antonio Esfandiari, Shawn Buchanan and Andrew Lichtenberger all hold the Top 3 chip counts and all highlight the final table at Bellagio.

There is tons at stake of The Magician. Not only is Esfandiari looking for a third major title in 2012 - to go along with his WSOP One Drop and WSOP Europe prelim wins - a win later today and Esfandiari - currently ranked #8 on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard - would skyrocket up to #3 overall.

At the very least, Esfandiari is assured to move up one spot to #7, surpassing German pro Ole Schemion.

For Shawn Buchanan, it's redemption time. Known by many of his peers as one of the best in the game, Buch's season was completely derailed at the start of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer after his girlfriend was gravely injured in a freak home accident.

Buchanan has shown in the past that he can run hot at a WPT Final Table. Buchanan won the WPT Mandalay Bay Championship back in 2007.

Andrew Lichtenberger a.k.a. LuckyChewy also has a lot ridding on this tournament.
After quietly putting together a strong 2012 campaign, LuckyChewy would certainly love to add a win to his 2012 resume.

Amazingly, both Esfandiari and Lichtenberger final tabled this event last season ... even more crazy? Antonio won this event back in 2010 - this marks his third straight final table at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

WPT FINAL TABLE:
Seat 1: Antonio Esfandiari 3,465,000 (LEADER)
Seat 2: Andrew Lichtenberger 2,940,000
Seat 3: Jeremy Kottler 1,215,000
Seat 4: Ravi Raghavan 1,250,000
Seat 5: Shawn Buchanan 3,465,000
Seat 6: Thomas Winters 1,615,000

An all-star field entered the Bellgaio on Saturday - some of the big name pros eliminated during Day 5 play included: Jonathan Aguiar, Jason Somerville, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Freddy Deeb, Greg Mueller, Andrew Robl, Scott Clements, Noah Schwartz, Jeremy Ausmus, Brian Rast, Eddy Sabat and Joseph Elpayaa.

Photo credit: World Poker Tour, Joe Giron, WPT.com

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TOP 22 PAYOUTS (USD) 1 $1,268,571 2 $746,502 3 $483,031 4 $329,339 5 $234,197 6 $187,845 Jonathan Aguiar $143,933 Theo Tran $102,461 Arthur Morris $73,187 Jason Somerville $56,110 Yevgeniy Timoshenko $56,110 Freddy Deeb $56,110 Greg Mueller $43,912 Eric Panayiotou $43,912 Andrew Robl $40,250 Scott Clements $40,250 Noah Schwartz $36,593 Jeremy Ausmus $36,593 Brian Rast $31,714 Joshua Ladines $31,714 Edward Sabat $31,714 Joseph Elpayaa $31,714 RELATED POSTS > FUNDARO WINS MAZAGAN > FINAL TABLE SET IN PRAGUE > DEMPSEY WINS FIVE DIAMOND > MAGIC MAN - ANTONIO WINS FIVE DIAMOND NEXT WPT TOUR STOP BORGATA WINTER POKER OPEN Borgata, Atlantic City January 27-1, 2013

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT DOYLE BRUSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC NLH Main Event December 4-9, 2012 Bellagio | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,300 | Prizepool: $4,879,100 Total Entries: 503 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 130 2nd position 80 3rd position 50 4th position 40 5th position 35 6th position 30 JONATHAN AGUIAR 30 THEO TRAN 15 ARTHUR MORRIS 15 JASON SOMERVILLE 15 YEVGENIY TIMOSHENKO 15 FREDDY DEEB 13 GREG MUELLER 13 ERIC PANAYIOTOU 13 SCOTT CLEMENTS 13 ANDREW ROBL 10 NOAH SCHWARTZ 10 JEREMY AUSMUS 10 DEFENDING CHAMPION James Dempsey $821,612

WPT PRAGUE: FT SET AS STARS FALL LATE

My what could have been ... with twelve players left at WPT Prague on Saturday, it looked as if we were on our way to a superstar final table showdown.

But in a flash, Jason Mercier, Kevin MacPhee and Fabian Quoss had hit the rail. The big name pros were soon followed 2011 Bellagio Cup and WSOP Europe Champ Elio Fox - who was the final player eliminated prior to the formation of the WPT final table.

PartyPoker's Bodo Sbrzesny will hold the chip lead once final table begins in a few hours.

Sbrzesny is followed closely by the man who came into Saturday's play at the chip leader, Tony Chang.

American Michael Gagliano heads into final table play fifth out of sixth in chips but still has plenty of chips to play with. Gagliano final tabled a 2.5K NLH event at the WSOP this past summer.

WPT FINAL TABLE:
Seat 1: Alin Grasu 855,000
Seat 2: Marcin Wydrowski 2,745,000
Seat 3: Tony Chang 3,610,000
Seat 4: Michael Gagliano 2,375,000
Seat 5: Bodo Sbrzesny 4,605,000 (LEADER)
Seat 6: Alexander Lakhov 2,815,000

Photo credit: WPT Europe, WPT.com

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TOP 22 PAYOUTS (USD) 1st $423,957 2nd $278,866 3rd $179,246 4th $132,736 5th $99,506 6th $79,723 Elio Fox $66,472 Daniel Ospina $53,009 Konstantin Danilov $39,764 Fabian Quoss $29,243 Kevin MacPhee $29,243 Jason Mercier $29,243 Dermot Blain $23,758 Mikhail Mazunin $23,758 Sergey Vasilyev $23,758 Simon Ravnsbaek $20,396 Dmitry Gromov $20,396 Wojciech Lozowski $20,396 Frank Stumpf $17,874 Yann Dion $17,874 Daniel Rudd $17,874 Lars Bonding $15,978 RELATED POSTS > FUNDARO WINS MAZAGAN > PATEYCHUK WINS PRAGUE > SBRZENSY CONTENDS IN BRATISLAVA NEXT WPT TOUR STOP BORGATA WINTER POKER OPEN Borgata, Atlantic City January 27-1, 2013

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT PRAGUE NLH Main Event December 3-9, 2012 King's Casino | Prague Buy-in: $4,265 | Prizepool: $2,129,739 Total Entries: 567 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 130 2nd position 80 3rd position 50 4th position 40 5th position 35 6th position 30 ELIO FOX 30 DANIEL OSPINA 15 KONSTANTIN DANILOV 15 FABIAN QUOSS 15 KEVIN MACPHEE 15 JASON MERCIER 13 DERMOT BLAIN 13 MIKHAIL MAZUNIN 13 SERGEY VASILYEV 13 SIMON RAVNSBAEK 10 DMITRY GROMOV 10 WOJCIECH LOZOWSKI 10 DEFENDING CHAMPION Andrey Pateychuk $630,263

GUKPT GRAND FINAL: GRAFTON EARNS FIRST BIG WIN

After several top-end results on the GUKPT, it's the breakthrough win that many thought Sam Grafton (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-665th) would soon be earning.

Grafton won the GUKPT Grand Final on Sunday, the first win of his live tournament poker career and the £ 102,700 collected dwarfs what he had earned in his live career.

Grafton defeated Peter Charalambous heads-up. Charalambous becomes the bridesmaid for the second time on the GUKPT - he finished second to Jeff Kimber at GUKPT Walsall back in 2008.

Two-time WSOP final table participant Jon Spinks was fifth in the event ... meanwhile, Christopher Brammer, Jan Sjavik, Jamie Burland and Simon Deadman are some other notables who cashed in London.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (GBP) Sam Grafton   £102,700 Peter Charalambous   £72,800 Victor Ilyukhin   £45,400 Matthew Moss   £28,250 Jon Spinks   £22,250 George Hassabis   £17,100 David Maudlin   £13,700 Sandiep Khosa   £10,300 Christopher Brammer   £7,700 Jan Sjavik   £6,000 Jamie Burland   £6,000 Ramey Shaio   £5,150 Simon Deadman   £5,150 DEFENDING CHAMPION Fabian Quoss, £119,996 RELATED POSTS > QUOSS DEFEATS CODY TO WIN GUKPT FINAL

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT GROSVENOR UK POKER TOUR GUKPT Grand Final November 30-2, 2012 Mazagan Beach Resort | Morocco Buy-in: $4,570 | Prizepool: $577,387 Total Entries: 146 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SAM GRAFTON 35 PETER CHARALAMBOUS 18 VICTOR ILYUKHIN 10 MATTHEW MOSS 8 JON SPINKS 5 NEXT GUKPT TOUR STOP GUKPT LONDON Grosvenor Victoria Casino February 24-3, 2013

WPT MAZAGAN: KITAI FIZZLES, FUNDARO TAKES ADVANTAGE

The stage was set for Triple Crown winner Davidi Kitai (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 29th). The Belgian came into final table play at WPT Mazagan with a massive chip lead. A win, and Kitai would enter the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Top 10 Leaderboard, pushing recent WPT Champions Club inductee Noah Schwartz out of the Top 10.

But things certainly didn't go as planned for Kitai. A few hours after the start of final table play, Kitbul would be out of the tournament, finishing fourth.

Giacomo Fundaro (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-139th) would end up winning the inaugural event in Morocco, defeating Frederic Brunet (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-312nd) heads-up.

With his 11th place showing, Bruno Lopes - aka Kool Shen - continues his amazing 2012 season on the poker circuit. Lopes moves up to 35th position overall on the 2012 charts.

Bruno Fitoussi, Paul Tedeschi, Guillaume Darcourt, Charles Harvey, Sebastien Compte, Fabrice Soulier and Omar Karib all cashed in the event.

Photo credit: Lee Davy, World Poker Tour, WPT.com

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EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Giacomo Fundaro $168,207 Frederic Brunet $99,082 Jeremy Nock $64,048 Davidi Kitai $47,279 Clement Beauvois $35,518 Bruno Fitoussi $28,531 Paul Tedeschi $23,559 Guillaume Darcourt $18,847 Charles Harvey $14,100 Sebastien Compte $10,359 Bruno Lopes $10,359 Fabrice Soulier $10,359 Sergei Vasilyev $8,497 Achile Voltolina $8,497 Bruno Louy $8,497 Omar Karib $7,216 Mbarek Saadi $7,216 David Chekroun $7,216 RELATED POSTS > ROY IS KING OF MONTREAL NEXT WPT TOUR STOP DOYLE BRUNSON FIVE DIAMOND WORLD POKER CLASSIC Bellagio, Las Vegas December 4-9, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT MAZAGAN NLH Main Event November 27-1, 2012 Mazagan Beach Resort | Morocco Buy-in: $4,570 | Prizepool: $577,387 Total Entries: 146 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GIACOMO FUNDARO 126 FREDERIC BRUNET 76 JEREMY NOCK 46 DAVIDI KITAI 36 CLEMENT BEAUVOIS 31 BRUNO FITOUSSI 26 PAUL TEDESCHI 26 GUILLAUME DARCOURT 11 CHARLES HARVEY 11 SEBASTIEN COMPTE 11 BRUNO LOPES 11 FABRICE SOULIER 9 SERGEI VASILYEV 9 ACHILE VOLTOLINA 9 BRUNO LOUY 9 OMAR KARIB 6 MBAREK SAADI 6 DAVID CHEKROUN 6

ACF HOLD'EM SERIES: REARD WINS THE MAIN EVENT

Frenchman Alexandre Reard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-491st) wrapped things up at the Paris ACF Hold'Em Series at the Aviation Club de France earlier this week, besting 78 opponents to win the 3K EURO buy-in Main Event, collecting €67,540 for the win.

Reard finished second at the Marrakech Poker Open in Morocco this past May and also won the Euro Finals of Poker Bronze Championship at the start of the season.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) ALEXANDRE REARD   €67,540 JEAN-JACQUES ZEITOUN   €45,030 YONI HOURI   €33,775 VICTOR CHOUPEAUX   €22,515 GILDAS LE PRAT   €15,760 Jean-Louis Perez   €13,510 Ali Mekhtoub   €11,260 William Hani   €9,005 Alban Juen   €6,755 2011 CHAMPION Julien Jolivet, €85,595 RELATED POSTS > JOLIVET WINS ACF HOLD'EM SERIES > MARQUES WINS AVIATION TOUR

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT PARIS ACF HOLD'EM SERIES NLH Main Event November 23-25, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $3,875 | Prizepool: $287,145 Total Entries: 79 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ALEXANDRE REARD 35 JEAN-JACQUES ZEITOUN 18 YONI HOURI 10 VICTOR CHOUPEAUX 8 GILDAS LE PRAT 5 NEXT AVIATION CLUB DE FRANCE EVENT EURO FINALS OF POKER WPT NATIONAL SERIES Aviation Club de France, Paris January 8-23, 2013

WPT MONTREAL: ROY IS PLAYGROUND KING

Local hero Jonathan Roy is the king of WPT Montreal. Roy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 19th) picks up the huge first-place, worth over 780K USD for his second victory of the season on the circuit ... Roy won a EPT Grand Final side event in Monte Carlo earlier this year ... the win allows Roy to make a late-season charge, moving to 19th overall on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard.

In an all-French Canadian final, Roy defeated his friend, 2010 WSOP bracelet winner Pascal Lefrancois (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-242nd), heads-up for the Montreal title.

American Jeff Gross (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 289th) certainly tried his best to play the role of spoiler but ran out of steam three-handed.

Lefrancois held a sizeable chip lead on his two opponents when three-handed play began but was hit hard in a few hands actually dropping to third for a while before battling back to face Roy during heads-up play.

One of Canada's most famous and recognizable players, Gavin Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 568th), was back the limelight for the first time in a while, finishing fourth in the event.

Martin Raus, Ashton Griffin, Amanda Musumeci and Francois Billard, who cashed in the 1K Deepstack event earlier in the series at Playground, all earned POY points in this event.

Congratulations to the folks at Playground Poker Club near Montreal for hosting a great event, the third biggest in the history of the World Poker Tour.

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TOP 27 PAYOUTS (USD) Jonathan Roy $784,101 Pascal Lefrancois $473,572 Jeff Gross $319,238 Gavin Smith $212,937 Sylvain Siebert $147,184 Peter Kaemmerlen $113,792 Serge Cantin $86,539 Martin Raus $63,370 Gabriel Fernandes $45,313 Kuong Chhe Kuoch $32,366 Josue Sauvageau $32,366 Tommy Velliama $32,366 Ashton Griffin $25,211 Amanda Musumeci $25,211 Thanh Phong $25,211 Danny Thanh Nguyen $21,123 Paul Apotstols $21,123 Francois Billard $21,123 Bruce Buffer $17,714 Jean Roy $17,714 Todd Siislev $17,714 Jason Koon $17,714 Anesti Kocini $17,714 Amichai Barer $17,714 Timothy Adams $17,714 Hugo Dumoulin $17,714 Mike McDonald $17,714 RELATED POSTS WPT FT - MONTREAL CALLING > ROY WINS MONTE CARLO PRELIM > LEFRANCOIS WINS BRACELET > G-SMITH WINS BRACELET

PTPR SIDE EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR PLAYGROUND POKER CLASSIC WPT NLH Main Event November 23-27, 2012 Playground Poker Club | Quebec Buy-in: $3,325 | Prizepool: $3,387,930 Total Entries: 1,173 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JONATHAN ROY 136 PASCAL LEFRANCOIS 86 JEFF GROSS 56 GAVIN SMITH 46 SYLVAIN SIEBERT 41 PETER KAEMMERIEN 36 SERGE CANTIN 36 MARTIN RAUS 21 GABRIEL FERNANDES 21 KUONG CHHE 21 JOSUE SAUVAGEAU 21 TOMMY VELLIAMA 19 ASHTON GRIFFIN 19 AMANDA MUSUMECI 19 THANH PHONG 19 DANNY THANH NGUYEN 16 PAUL APOTSTOIS 16 FRANCOIS BILLARD 16 NEXT WPT TOUR STOP WORLD POKER TOUR WPT MAZAGAN Mazagan Beach Resort, Morocco Event Started (FT December 1st)

WPT REGIONAL: FIGUEROA THE ROCK 'N ROLL STAR

While the main tour is still in Montreal, the WPT Regional Series setup shop in Florida over the weekend at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood for the Rock 'N Roll Poker Open.

Victor Figueroa was the big winner, collecting 105K USD for his efforts. Amazingly, Figueroa was runner up in three different events at the WPT Regional Summer Splash right here at the Seminole back in August. This is Figueroa's first win on the poker circuit.

Anthony Ruberto was runner-up in the event. Ruberto won a prelim event at the Battle at the Beache in Pompano Park last March.

Falling short of the final table were Mukul Puhaja, Ronnie Bardah and Corey Burbick - all three men did, however, finish in the Top 20.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Victor Figueroa   $105,000 Anthony Ruberto Jr   $85,000 Matthew Goldman   $74,018 Kerwin Ramsumair   $35,779 Michael Ortiz   $26,402 Matthew Leconche   $20,974 Yigal Hen   $16,039 David Forster   $11,597 Omar McFarlane   $8,390 Alain Rodriguez   $6,416 Michael Minetti   $6,416 Mohammad Siddiqui   $6,416 Adam Adler   $5,182 Mukul Pahuja   $5,182 Oleg Gaidouk   $5,182 Richard Zipes   $4,442 Cory Wood   $4,442 Ronnie Bardah   $4,442 Anthony Rutter   $3,701 Corey Burbick   $3,701 Cory Blum   $3,701 Sharon Bachar   $3,701 John Rhodes   $3,701 William Pilossoph   $3,701 Steve Karp   $3,701 Karim Vegas   $3,701 Joseph Couden   $3,701 Greg Rosen   $3,208 Brandon Navarrete   $3,208 Ariel Quintana   $3,208 John Pappas   $3,208 Aleksey Kashirin   $3,208 Evan Dollinger   $3,208 Jason George   $3,208 Rich Rice   $3,208 Maurice Costigan   $3,208

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR REGIONAL SERIES ROCK 'N ROLL POKER OPEN WPT NLH Main Event November 23-26, 2012 Seminole Hard Rock | Florida Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $493,500 Total Entries: 329 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION VICTOR FIGUEROA 35 ANTHONY RUBERTO JR 18 MATTHEW GOLDMAN 10 KERWIN RAMSUMAIR 8 MICHAEL ORTIZ 5 RELATED POSTS > VEDES VINDICATED > RUBERTO WINS JACKSONVILLE NEXT WPT REGIONAL TOUR STOP WPT Regional Series Florida WPT Winter Tampa Bay Open Seminole Hard Rock, Tampa Bay December 6-9, 2012

WPT MONTREAL: MONTREAL CALLING - BIG NAME CANUCKS LOOK FOR WPT GLORY

Two hometown heroes (Roy, Lefrancois) - one of the country's best (Smith) add in an American star (Gross) and you've got yourself the perfect mix for what should be an exciting final table later today at the Playground Poker Club minutes outside of Montreal.


They started off 1,173 strong - monster numbers in the third biggest WPT tournament in history - and now they're down to the final six, all looking for WPT glory.

Pascal Lefrancois helped but Quebec and French Canada on the poker map back in 2010 when he won his first WSOP bracelet - and went topless for the occasion! Later that year, Quebec's footprint on the poker landscape would be cemented when Lefrancois' good friend, Jonathan Duhamel, went on to win the Main Event.

You may be a little unfamiliar with Jonathan Roy - but you should not overlook the Boucherville native. Roy does have lots of experience on the tournament circuit, including a win in a 8-max side event at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo this year and a 9th place finish at WPT Malta just a few months ago.

This could be a big moment for Gavin Smith. In his native Canada, chasing that second WPT title. The former WSOP bracelet winner is one of Canada's biggest stars in poker and his four WPT final table performances combined with this two WSOP final tables will surely serve him well later today ... the only problem? He starts the day last in chips.

Jeff Gross will be looking to play the role of spoiler on Tuesday. Gross has tons on the line. He brings a big chip stack to the table today and is looking for his first major poker title.

Gross came oh so close to bracelet #1 at the 2011 WSOP when he finished second to Mark Radoja (a Canadian for what it's worth) in the 5K NLH Shootout event.

Both Lefrancois and Smith were former guests of mine on Poker Eh! on QuadJacks Radio - you can listen to their interviews here: Poker EH! on QuadJacks

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS / CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1: Jonathan Roy 7.48M
Seat 2: Pascal Lefrancois 6.06M
Seat 3: Jeff Gross 8.65M
Seat 4: Gavin Smith 1.60M
Seat 5: Peter Kaemmerien 2.40M
Seat 6: Sylvain Siebert 8.85M

Blinds are set at 60K - 120K with a 20K ante for the first 23 minutes of play.

The WPT will live stream the event over at www.WPT.com starting at 4:30pm ET (on a 30-minute delay) ... Mike "Timex" McDonald is expected to join live stream host Tony Dunst in the commentary booth.

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TOP 18 PAYOUTS (USD) 1st place $779,710 2nd place $470,920 3rd place $317,450 4th place $211,745 5th place $146,360 6th place $113,155 Serge Cantin $86,505 Martin Raus $63,015 Gabriel Fernandes $45,060 Kuong Chhe Kuoch $32,185 Josue Sauvageau $32,185 Tommy Velliama $32,185 Ashton Griffin $25,070 Amanda Musumeci $25,070 Thahn Phong $25,070 Danny Thahn Nguyen $21,005 Paul Apotstols $21,005 Francois Billard $21,005 RELATED POSTS > LEFRANCOIS WINS BRACELET > G-SMITH WINS BRACELET > ROY WINS MONTE CARLO PRELIM

PTPR SIDE EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR PLAYGROUND POKER CLASSIC WPT NLH Main Event November 23-27, 2012 Playground Poker Club | Quebec Buy-in: $3,325 | Prizepool: $3,387,930 Total Entries: 1,173 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 136 2nd place 86 3rd place 56 4th place 46 5th place 41 6th place 36 Serge Cantin 36 Martin Raus 21 Gabriel Fernandes 21 Kuong Chhe Kuoch 21 Josue Sauvageau 21 Tommy Velliama 19 Ashton Griffin 19 Amanda Musumeci 19 Thahn Phong 19 Danny Thahn Nguyen 16 Paul Apotstols 16 Francois Billard 16

ANZPT AUCKLAND: SMITH'S BREAKTHROUGH VICTORY IN NZ

After a few years of smallish but respectable scores, Geoff Smith has finally broken through, winning ANZPT Auckland.

The New Zealand native continues the trend of picking up scores in his native country (all buy one have been in NZ), this time winning a big one, over 80K NZD for this efforts.

Smith defeated Sebastian Martineau heads-up.

It was the first time that the ANZPT visited Auckland, and with over 200 participants, you can count on the tour coming back in Season 6.

A few months break for the ANZPT - next up, Perth starting in Valentine's Day.

Photo: PokerStars, ANZPT

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EVENT PAYOUTS (NZD) 1 GEOFF SMITH 80,502 2 SEBASTIAN MARTINEAU 55,000 3 PRAVIN HARJI 55,000 4 MONICA EASTICK 55,000 5 JAMIE MULLIGAN 25,875 6 Miroslav Sheynin 21,735 7 Xiaodong Xia 17,595 8 Graeme Putt 13,455 9 Patrick Healy 10,350 10 Andre Nunes-Carreira 7,245 11 Jason Lee 7,245 12 Cole Swannack 7,245 13 Brendan Ng 6,210 14 Jie Gao 6,210 15 Emile Gissaud 6,210 16 Angie Fitzgerald 5,175 17 Michael Guzzardi 5,175 18 Leang Kang 5,175 19 Jared Adams 4,140 20 Hoshy Patel 4,140 21 Kani Edwards 4,140 22 Jun Ho Hwang 3,726 23 Stefan Gruenewald 3,726 24 Emerson Rewi 3,726

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT AUSTRLIA NEW ZEALAND POKER TOUR ANZPT AUCKLAND NLH Main Event November 21-25, 2012 SKYCITY Casino | New Zealand Buy-in: $1,810 | Prizepool: $341,535 Total Entries: 207 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GEOFF SMITH 35 SEBASTIAN MARTINEAU 18 PRAVIN HARJI 10 MONICA EASTICK 8 JAMIE MULLIGAN 5 RELATED POSTS HOCKIN WINS ANZPT MELBOURNE

WPT MONTREAL: 1K DEEPSTACK ENDS AS MAIN EVENT BEGINS

Yet another full house is expected for Day 1B at WPT Montreal at the Playground Poker Club in less than an hour.

Many of the biggest names of poker are in Montreal, and many of them had an early start playing the 1K Deepstack event presented on Wednesday and Thursday.

We were 13 players short of 400 for the Deepstack event with American (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-321st) Buck Ramsay collecting 84K CAD for the win, earning his first POY points of the 2012 season.

Homegrown talent Jason Duval (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-683rd) was third in the event. Duval finished 8th at EPT Madrid earlier this season - Bruno Lopes aka Kool Shen was fourth in that same event.

We only bring up Lopes into this conversation because he also has a connection with our other highlight player from this tournament, sixth place finisher Vladimir Faubert (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,650th), who finished in 8th position at the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship event back in January ... Lopes won that event. 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Aubin Cazals was second at the EFOP Diamond event.

Samuel Chartier was 11th in the event, Francois Billard was 13th while Laurence Grondin finished in 19th position.

The #2 ranked player in the world, Marvin Rettenmaier, cashed, finishing in 27th position.

We're moments away from Day 1B play at WPT Montreal, best of luck to all players!

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EVENT PAYOUTS (CAD) Buck Ramsay $84,000 Joshua Abiscott $50,000 Jason Duval $38,000 Wesley St-Jean $30,000 Dean Murphy $22,000 Vladimir Faubert $18,000 Zlatko Acimovic $14,000 Said Nehme $12,000 G- Man $10,000 Nicola Lategano $8,000 Samuel Chartier $6,500 Stepan Dzhigarkhanyan $5,500 Francois Billard $5,000 Normand Gauthier $4,600 Oleg Boulchyi $1,874 Tim Duong $4,000 J.F. Bouchard $3,720 Jiachen Gong $3,600 Laurence Grondin $3,300 Unknown Player $3,300 Kim Kilroy $3,300 Louis Lam $3,000 Soren Turkewitsch $3,000 Lucas Drolet $3,000 Louis Karastamatis7.50 $2,700 Amichai Barer $2,700 Marvin Rettenmaier $2,700 Kevin Stani $2,400 Kevin Odell $2,400 Michael Korovine $2,400 Malachy Hagan $2,000 Ramzi Karam $2,000 Alexandre Sourdif $1,900 Terry Papadopolous $1,800 Glen Cymbalak $1,600 Joseph Gray $1,600 Kenneth David $1,600 Colin Padgett $1,500 Dave Brochu $1,500 Alexandre Hartung $1,500

PTPR SIDE EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR PLAYGROUND POKER CLASSIC NLH 1K Deepstack Event November 21-22, 2012 Playground Poker Club | Quebec Buy-in: $1,105 | Prizepool: $325,660 Total Entries: 387 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION BUCK RAMSAY 75 JOSHUA ABISCOTT 40 JASON DUVAL 25 WESLEY ST-JEAN 15 DEAN MURPHY 10 VLAD FAUBERT 8 ZLATKO ACIMOVIC 5 SAID NEHME 5 G-MAN 5 RELATED POSTS > OLSSON WINS WPT COPENHAGEN > SCHWARTZ WINS WPT JACKSONVILLE

BORGATA FALL: BROCK'S BORGATA THANKSGIVING BOUNTY

A few good men were still hard at work on U.S. Thanksgiving morning earlier today at the Borgata in Atlantic City as final table play went into overtime at the Borgata Fall Poker Open.

In the end, it's veteran poker pro Brock Parker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 16th) who wins the Borgata Fall Poker Open ... defeating Scott Baumstein (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 96th) heads-up.

This is Parker's second win of the season - his first also coming at Borgata, at the Winter Poker Open, where he won a prelim event.

Parker's win helps him make a big late-season move on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard, moving him into the Top 20.

Recent WSOP October Nine participant Michael Esposito (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-254th) finished sixth in the event.

Meanwhile, Vinny Pahuja (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-432nd), Jeffrey Papola (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-241st), Matt Stout (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 215th), Ravi Raghavan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,247th) and Kambiz Behbahani (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,791st) are other notables who final tabled the event.

Photo: Borgata Fall Poker Open

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) Brock Parker $372,568 Scott Baumstein $209,480 Patrick Chan $131,895 Vinny Pahuja $107,067 Jeff Papola $85,344 Michael Esposito $70,602 Matt Stout $56,637 Ravi Raghavan $42,672 Kambiz 'Tony' Behbahani $29,482 Lou Crispino $20,172 DEFENDING CHAMPION Andrew Badecker, $388,657 RELATED POSTS > BADECKER WINS BORGATA FALL > PARKER WINS BORGATA WINTER PRELIM

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT BORGATA FALL POKER OPEN NLH Main Event November 18-21, 2012 Borgata Hotel Casino | Atlantic City Buy-in: $2,700 | Prizepool: $388,657 Total Entries: 644 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION BROCK PARKER 106 SCOTT BAUMSTEIN 66 PATRICK CHAN 41 VINNY PAHUJA 31 JEFF PAPOLA 24 MICHAEL ESPOSITO 16 MATT STOUT 14 RAVI RAGHAVAN 11 KAMBIZ BEHBAHANI "TONY" 11

VENETIAN DSE: HARO DEFEATS BIG CHEESE ET AL. AT DSE

It's a second score at Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza events this season for Alexander Haro (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-747th) ... but something tells us this one may be the one that Haro will remember most a few years down the road.


Haro defeated a 261-player field - including 2010 CardPlayer of the Year Thomas Marchese at the final table - on way to a huge 142K USD score - not a bad pay day for the latest winner of the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza Main Event.

As mentioned, Marchese finished fourth in the event. Shockingly, Marchese earns Player of the Year points for the first time this season.

CardPlayer guru Barry Shulman was sixth in the event while Eric Froehlich finished in 24th position.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Alex Haro $142,503 Axel Werner $87,879 David Feldman $59,378 Thomas Marchese $42,158 Ryan Tosoc $32,658 Quentin Siffledeen $26,720 Barry Shulman $22,267 Franklin Chambers $18,704 Paul Lieu $15,438 Aaron Motoyama $12,172 Ken James $12,172 Michael Haag $12,172 Alberto Sabogali $9,500 Jeffrey Frerichs $9,500 Eshed Hadaya $9,500 Steven Goldberg $7,422 Zvi Zipor $7,422 Samantha Cohen $7,422 Elior Molcho $6,532 Frank Rusnak $6,532 Brandon Carswell $6,532 Jared Ingles $6,532 Michael Taylor $6,532 Eric Froehlich $6,532 Jason Garritty $6,532 Soren Blanner $6,532 Ann Mong $6,532

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT VENETIAN DEEP STACK EXTRAVAGANZA IV NLH Main Event November 17-20, 2012 The Venetian | Las Vegas Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $593,775 Total Entries: 261 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ALEX HARO 35 AXEL WERNER 18 DAVID FELDMAN 10 THOMAS MARCHESE 8 RYAN TOSOC 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Timothy West, $444,165 NEXT VENETIAN DSE EVENT 2013 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza I The Venetian, Las Vegas January 31-February 27, 2012 RELATED POSTS > WEST WINS DSE MAIN EVENT

LA POKER OPEN: HOLLAND WINS AS LAPC LOOMS

Believe it or not, we are only months away from the 2013 Los Angeles Poker Classic ... but first, we had business to take care of at Commerce Casino yesterday as the Championship Event at the LA Poker Open needed to find a winner.

And that winner is live tournament veteran and former WSOP bracelet winner Randy Holland. Holland weeded through the 364-player field in order to collect $110,000 USD for the victory.

Holland's first live tournament cash of significance came way back in 1993 - where he finished eighth in a 1,500 NLH event at the WSOP, good for 11K.

Fifth place finisher Patrick Karschamroon earned (2) Top 15 finishes in NLH events at this past summer's WSOP.

Karschamroon won the Cal State Poker Championship back in 2010.

Aaron Kaiser, Bart Hanson, Greg Sessler and Chris Gregorian are a few other known players who cashed in the event.

Picture courtesy of LAPCNews.com, Commerce Casino

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) 1 RANDY HOLLAND $110,000 2 MALIK ADAWI $95,250 3 KANE LAI $54,440 4 VADIM BARANOVSKY $40,290 5 PATRICK KARSCHAMROON $30,250 6 STEPHEN PLACHE $24,190 7 EDWARD FRISH $20,090 8 AARON KAISER $16,110 9 TOMMY SAN $12,070 10 SHANT MARASHLIAN $8,790 DEFENDING CHAMPION Huicun Qiao, $132,705 RELATED POSTS > QIAO WINS LA POKER OPEN > JAZAYERI WINS LAPC

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT LA POKER OPEN NLH Championship November 18-21, 2012 Commerce Casino | California Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool: $546,000 Total Entries: 364 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RANDY HOLLAND 35 MALIK ADAWI 18 KANE LAI 10 VADIM BARANOVSKY 8 PATRICK KARSCHAMROON 5

IPT NOVA GORICA: D'ANTONI SURVIVES BONAVENA CHARGE

The task at hand was certainly not an easy one to complete. The mission? Beat a former IPT and EPT Champ with tons of live tournament poker experience heads-up in order to secure the first live tournament victory of your career.

For Riccardo D'Antoni, it's mission accomplished! The young Italian won ITP Nova Gorica earlier this week, defeating tournament 2008 EPT Prague Champ Salvatore Bonavena (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-362nd) heads-up.

For Bonavena, it's a fourth Top 5 placing at IPT events. Funny enough, he's collected a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and a 4th place finish ... fifth position next for Bonavena?

Bonavena also placed third at the WSOP Europe 1K event - event won by Antonio Esfandiari.

Third place finisher Sebastiano Giudice and fourth place finisher Fausto Cheli have a history of playing final tables together. They both had the opportunity to play in the WPT National Series St-Vincent event together - Cheli finished second and Giudice fourth in that event.

Picture courtesy of PokerStars, IPT

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (EURO) Riccardo D'Antoni €155,000 $196,998 Salvatore Bonavena €95,000 Sebastiano Giudice €55,000 Fausto Cheli €42,000 Paolo Casaburi €33,000 Massimiliano Bramati €25,000 Michele Di Lauro €18,000 Michele Limongi €12,000 Manilo Iemina €9,000 Antonio Massi €9,000 DEFENDING CHAMPION Anton Karasinsky, €140.000 RELATED POSTS > ESFANDIARI WINS WSOP EUROPE > KARASINSKY WINS IPT

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT ITALIAN POKER TOUR IPT Nova Gorica NLH Main Event November 15-19, 2012 Hit Casino Perla | Slovenia Buy-in: $2,815 | Prizepool: $740,340 Total Entries: 298 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RICCARDO D'ANTONI 35 SALVATORE BONAVENA 18 SEBASTIANO GIUDICE 10 FAUSTO CHELI 8 PAOLO CASABURI 5 NEXT IPT TOUR EVENT IPT Campione Campione Casino, Italy January 10-14, 2013

HPT CHAMPIONS: FOUR THE RECORD BOOKS

Words can't even begin to describe what transpired about an hour ago at the Belterra Casino Resort in Florence, Indiana where 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 89th) won his fourth - that's right, fourth - Heartland Poker Tour event since the end of July, winning four out of six events during that stretch.


There is no denying Raymer's skills. Going real deep the year following his Main Event victory proved that Fossilman was no fluke ... but four tournaments in a matter of months? No one could have predicted this. Raymer picks up over $106,000 USD for his Indiana victory.

Raymer defeated Jacob Bazeley (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 91st) heads-up. Bazeley has also had a solid 2012 campaign - his highlight coming right off the bat at the 2012 WSOP - finishing second to Brent Hanks in NLH Event #2 at the Rio.

Bazeley also earned (2) Top 5 finishes in side events at The River Poker Series this past August in Oklahoma.

Picture courtesy of Heartland Poker Tour

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1 Greg Raymer $106,030 2 Jacob Bazeley $59,706 3 Bruce Ostrander $38,088 4 Iverson “Cotton” Snuffer $32,941 5 Jason Gwinn $25,324 6 Kenny Hicks $20,588 DEFENDING CHAMPION Inaugural Event RELATED POSTS > RAYMER WINS IN NEW MEXICO > RAYMER WINS ANOTHER! > FOSSILMAN THREE-PEATS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT HEARTLAND POKER TOUR HPT Championship Open Indiana NLH Main Event November 16-19, 2012 Belterra Casino Resort | Indiana Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $411,765 Total Entries: 283 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GREG RAYMER 35 JACOB BAZELEY 18 BRUCE OSTRANDER 10 IVERSON SNUFFER 8 JASON GWINN 5 NEXT HPT TOUR EVENT HPT On The High Seas Season 9 Kickoff Event Onboard MSC Poesia January 19-26, 2013

FPS PARIS: POLISH PRIDE - RYPULAK WINS PARIS

Mateusz Rypulak has won the France Poker Series Paris Main Event.

After eight days of tournament poker, the young man from Poland defeated 714 players including Frenchman Sofiane Tigride heads-up to collect the second live tournament score of his career of note - although we're sure that he is much more excited about his big pay day today compared to the 22,000 CZK cheque he cashed in July after finishing 11th at the Pardubice Poker Festival in the Czech Republic.

Top payout players included WPT World Championship runner-up Philippe Ktorza and Paul Tedeschi who recently collected three Top 10 finishes at WSOP Europe in Cannes, including a sixth place finish in the Main Event.

Picture courtesy of Poker52.fr

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TOP 24 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1- Mateusz Rypulak 150.000€ 2- Sofiane Tigride 100.000€ 3- Moritz Naber 63.238€ 4- Pascal Oren 45.000€ 5- Julien Sitbon 35.000€ 6- Matthieu Hervé 26.000€ 7- Flavien Guenan 21.000€ 8- Randar Sikk 16.000€ 9- Charles Berrebi 12.000€ 10- Jean-Louis Santoni 10.000€ 11- Yasmine Hanane 10.000€ 12- Timothée Marlin 10.000€ 13- Ahmed Abd El Fatah 8200€ 14- Karim Ouadah 8200€ 15- Abou Sy 8200€ 16- Philippe Ktorza 7000€ 17- Benjamin Souriau 7000€ 18- Michal Smola 7000€ 19- Christophe Dartagnan 5900€ 20- Stéphane Nadot 5900€ 21- Paul Tedeschi 5900€ 22- Rodolphe Dethiere 4800€ 23- Daniel Maciel 4800€ 24- Thomas Fonce 4800€

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT FRANCE POKER SERIES FPS Paris NLH Main Event November 12-19, 2012 Cercle Cadet | Paris Buy-in: $1,400 | Prizepool: $903,155 Total Entries: 715 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MATEUSZ RYPULAK 35 SOFIANE TIGRIDE 18 MORITZ NABER 10 PASCAL OREN 8 JULIEN SITBON 5 NEXT FPS TOUR EVENT Finale FPS Casino Barriere, Deauville January 30-2, 2012 DEFENDING CHAMPION Marvin Rettenmaier, € 244,036 RELATED POSTS > EL RHARBAOUI WINS FPS MAZAGAN > RETTENMAIER WINS FPS PARIS