Friday, June 22, 2012

2012 WSOP: DAY 26 RECAP - MCCORKELL PULLS THE UPSET ON ESFANDIARI


PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

EVENT #36 |
3K NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM SHOOTOUT |
587 ENTRIES | 1.6M PRIZEPOOL


This was Antonio Esfandiari's tournament to lose ... and, unfortunately, he did. Esfandiari (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 190th) had 75% of the chips at one point during three-handed play but a few double-ups from his two opponents sent The Magician packing much earlier than most had anticipated.

Give Craig McCorkell (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 43rd) his due. He hung in there and pounced at the right moment - and now, it's a first WSOP bracelet for the UK native.



2011 bracelet winner Athanasios Polychronopoulos (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-413th) was near the top of the leaderboard for most of this tournament, he finished fifth.

Alessandro Longobardi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 82nd), Mickey Petersen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 23rd) and Justin Bonomo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 31st) all made moves up the QuadJacks Player of the Year Leaderboard.

Jonathan Lane, Roberto Romanello, Thiago Nishijima, Joe Tehan, Justin Conley, Nicolas Levi, James Akenhead, Robert Georato and Mikhail Glushankov were other notables in the Top 18.



FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD)
Craig McCorkell $368,593
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick $228,261
Antonio Esfandiari $151,613
Jonathan Lane $112,512
Athanasios Polychronopoulos $84,436
Alessandro Longobardi $63,988
Roberto Romanello $48,924
Thiago Nishijima $37,707
Joe Tehan $29,277

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2012 World Series of Poker
Event #36 : 3K NLH Shootout
June 19-21, 2012

Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $3,000 | Prizepool: $1,602,510
Entries: 587

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
CRAIG MCCORKELL 130
JEREMIAH FITZPATRICK 80
ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 50
JONATHAN LANE 40
ATHANASIOS POLYCHRONOPOULOS 35
ALESSANDRO LONGOBARDI 30
ROBERTO ROMANELLO 30
THIAGO NISHIJIMA 15
JOE TEHAN 15
SARDOR GAZIEV 15
MICKEY PETERSEN 15
JUSTIN CONLEY 13
NICOLAS LEVI 13
JAMES AKENHEAD 13
ROBERT GEORATO 13
MIKHAIL GLUSHANKOV 10
MATTHEW SCHWARMANN 10
JUSTIN BONOMO 10


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