The Thrill is ON! Reigning PTPR Poker Tournament Player of the Year, Will "The Thrill" Failla, has certainly picked up where he left off.
After a successful run at the Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza where he finished fourth, Failla has defeated 327 other players to win the 100th edition of the Heartland Poker Tour - the 100th event was played out of the River City Casino in St. Louis, Missouri.
Failla (2012 PTPR Rank: 92nd) was added the WPT Player of the Year title to his PTPR title, the WPT Legends of Poker Champ had a tremendous second half to 2011, looks like the first half of 2012 doesn't want to get outdone.
Failla has six live tournament cashes this season, this is his second cash worth over 100K USD.
Everyone's favourite tournament grinder, Allen Kessler, is the reason why Failla actually came to St. Louis to play in the event. Kessler suggested Failla join him for the 100th edition of the Heartland Poker Tour - good thing he did! Kessler (2012 PTPR Rank: NR) finished 10th in the event.
FT PAYOUTS (USD) William Failla $199,064 Brian Nguyen $67,390 William Matula $42,863 Gary Lambert $36,910 Robin Parks $28,575 Henry Osterkamp $23,337 RELATED POSTS >> FAILLA PTPR POY >> PRESLEY WINS HPT OK >> VENETIAN DEEP STACK NEXT LIVE EVENT HPT Nevada Palms, Las Vegas April 6-15, 2012 | PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Heartland Poker Tour Missouri HPT Missouri NLH Main Event March 8-12, 2012 River City Casino | St. Louis, MO Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $476,256 Entries: 268 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION WILL FAILLA "THE THRILL" 35 BRYAN NGUYEN 18 WILLIAM MITULA 10 DR. GARY LAMBERT 8 ROBIN PARKS 5 |
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