SOURCE: THEHENDONMOB.com
Only a short week ago, many poker experts were shocked when Keith Ferrera was the first player eliminated at the final table at WPT Lucky Hearts at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
Ferrera was pegged by most - with all due respect to his final table opponents - as the man to beat at the final table yet, there he is was, collecting his sixth place paycheque, having to wait for his first win of 2012.
The 2009 Wynn Classic winner didn't take long to make amends. Ferrera (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) has followed up his WPT Lucky Hearts 6th with a win at Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza Main Event.
A total of 254 players entered the popular Vegas event, Ferrera picks up just under 140K with the victory.
2011 PTPR Tournament Player of Year Will "The Thrill" Failla earned his first PTPR Points of the season, finishing fourth. Failla (2011 PTPR Rank: 1st) beat out a monster field in the Borgata $500 re-entry event last month - unfortunately, that event did not qualify for PTPR Points.
Kenny Shih, Ryan Julius, Matt Marafioti, Carter Gill, Dan O'Brien, Matt Berkey and Gavin Smith are some notable names that cashed in the event.
TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) 1st - Keith Ferrera $139,720 2nd - John Taitt $86,161 3rd - Kenneth Auker $58,217 4th - Emanuel Failla $41,334 5th - Kenny Shih $32,019 6th - Francois Safieddine $26,198 7th - Paul Lieu $21,831 8th - Hasan Aslanai $18,338 9th - Guy Maxtonegraham $15,136 10th - Ryan Julius $11,934 RELATED POSTS >> CLEMENTS WINS DEEPSTACK IV >> FERRERA AT LUCKY HEARTS | PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza I NLH Main Event February 19-21, 2012 Venetian Casino Resort | Las Vegas, NV Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $582,168 Entries: 254 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION KEITH FERRERA 35 JOHN TAITT 18 KENNETH AUKER 10 WILL "THE THRILL" FAILLA 8 KENNY SHIH 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Scott Clements 2011 PTPR Ranking: 289th |
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