Friday, April 20, 2012

WPT HARD ROCK: IF YOU SMELL WHAT SEROCK IS COOKING - SEROCK, DOLAN HEADLINE DAY 3

PICTURE:WORLD POKER TOUR

Joe Serock (2012 PTPR Rank: 104th) and John Dolan (2012 PTPR Rank: 29th) stole the show at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Main Event on Friday.

Both players have had an impressive score this season. For Serock (pictured), it was at Bay 101, where he finished third in the WPT Shooting Star. For Dolan, it was a win in the Million Dollar Heater at Beau Rivage.

Tommy Vedes (2012 PTPR Rank: NR), who owns a WPT title, came into Friday play with the second biggest stack. Didn't go Vedes' way - the good news is that Vedes still has chips, but it's a smaller stack than he started with, which is never a good thing.

We said goodbye to many star players today, including Quad Matts. WPT Lucky Hearts winner Matt Juttelstad, November Niner and WPT Malta champ Matt Gianetti, WPT Rendez-Vous a Paris winner Matt Waxman and Matt Marafioti - fresh off his HPT Palms second place finish ... and his interview with myself on Poker EH! on QuadJacks Radio ... were all ousted during Day 3 play.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS
Bill Brown 772,500 (Day 3 chip leader)
Joe Serock 702,000
John Dolan 685,500
Allie Prescott 337,500
Clyde Hinton 313,000 (Day 2 chip leader)
Jason Koon 254,500
David Paredes 157,000
Tommy Vedes 140,500
Jimmy Tran 125,000
Sharon Levin 96,000
Ashton Griffin 34,500

NOTABLE DAY 3 ELIMINATIONS
Matt Juttelstad, Matt Gianetti, Matt Waxman, Micah Raskin, Matt Marafioti, Keith Ferrera, Lee Markholt, Lauren Kling, Mike Beasley, Tristan Wade, Tuan Le, William Reynolds, Thayer Rasmussen, Steve Brecher, Byron Kaverman, Chad Brown, Corey Burbick, Abbey Daniels, Alex Outhred, Andrew Lichtenberger, Dan O'Brien, John DiBella, Joseph Elpayaa, Jonathan Little, Doc Sands, Ebony Kenney and Hoyt Corkins.



TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD)
1st 779,520
2nd 459,360
3rd 306,240
4th 212,976
5th 158,688
6th 122,496
7th 94,956
8th 69,600
9th 50,112
10th 38,976

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
2012 Rank: NR

EVENT COVERAGE
WPT UPDATES

NEXT TOUR STOP
WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open
Jacksonville, Florida
April 27-May 2, 2012


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown
WPT Seminole NLH Main Event
April 18-23, 2012

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel | Florida
Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $2,784,000
Entries: 290

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
1st place 127
2nd place 77
3rd place 47
4th place 37
5th place 32
6-7th place 27
8-11th place 12
12-15th place 10
16-18th place 7

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