Monday, June 25, 2012

2012 WSOP: DAY 29 RECAP - KOVALCHUK CONTINUES AMAZING RUN


EVENT #42 |
2,500 OMAHA / SEVEN-STUD HI-LOW 8-OR BETTER |
393 ENTRIES | 894K PRIZEPOOL


Five, count 'em, five tournament victories in the past 16 months ... including two WSOP bracelets ... most elite players would kill for five significant scores in that time-frame, let alone five victories.

Who is this person that holds this resume? Ivey? Nope. Mercier? Try again. Gotta be ElkY, right? Wrong. It's Ukrainian poker pro Oleksii Kovalchuk.


Kovalchuk (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 13th) was named PTPRpoker Rookie of the Year for 2011 when he collected three tournament victories including his first bracelet. Kovalchuk is continuing the trend in 2012, after a win earlier this year, Kovalchuk had added a second bracelet to the mantle.

Kovalchuk defeated George Danzer (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-168th) heads-up in the Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better bracelet event.

ESPN poker analyst Norman Chad (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-632nd) was the chip leader for a long time during final day play. Unfortunately for Chad, a sixth place finish is the best he could do.

Mark Gregorich (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-312nd), Daniel Ratigan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 283rd) and Yuval Bronshtein (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-360th) also final tabled the event.



FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD)
Oleksii Kovalchuk $228,014
George Danzer $140,825
Mark Gregorich $90,829
Daniel Ratigan $65,812
Yuval Bronshtein $48,387
Norman Chad $36,093
Wing Wong $27,313
Tim Burt $20,966

RELATED POSTS
> HEARTBREAK FOR GLAZIER
> EAST COAST REPRESENT!
> JACHTMANN PLO CHAMPION
> DUNG NGUYEN WINS BRACELET
> DAVID BAKERS RULE!
> MCCORKELL PULLS THE UPSET
> GOOD GUY TRYBA WINS BIG
> KIHARA WINS JAPAN'S FIRST
> STEINBERG WINS THE 1K!
> SHAKE AND BAKES!
> NO ONE CAN GET CARTER!
> SHULMAN SHOWS THE BOYS
> CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS
> HELLMUTH LEGEND GROWS, EARNS #12
> MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE
> CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP
> BLOCH WINS BRACELET


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2012 World Series of Poker
Event #42 : 2,500 Omaha/7-Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better
June 22-24, 2012

Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $894,075
Entries: 393

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
OLEKSII KOVALCHUK 128
GEORGE DANZER 78
MARK GREGORICH 48
DANIEL RATIGAN 38
YUVAL BRONSHTEIN 33
NORMAN CHAD 28
WING WONG 28
TIM BURT 13
BRANDON GUSS 13
JEFF LISANDRO 13
PERRY FRIEDMAN 13
BRYAN DEVONSHIRE 11
TOM SCHNEIDER 11
TIMOTHY FRAZIN 11
MIKE KRESCANKO 11
DALE PHILLIPS 8
JOSEPH WEINBERGER 8
DANIEL HARMETZ 8


No comments:

Post a Comment