LAPT PANAMA: MAHONEY LEADS AS RAZAVI LOOKS FOR POKERSTARS TRIPLE

The final table is set at the inaugural LAPT Panama event in Panama City.

Patrick Mahoney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) will have the chip lead once play resumes at the Veneto Hotel & Casino on Sunday where the final eight players will play down to a winner.


Mahoney enjoyed scores in WPT events in Mississippi and Florida in 2011, he has yet to post POY points this season.

One intriguing storyline developing in Panama is that of Sam Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 130th) and his chase for a PokerStars triple. After a 2011 win at UKIPT Cork in May of 2011, Razavi picked up the biggest cash of his career last month at ANZPT Melbourne.

Razavi will need a lot of help early though as he comes into final table play with an extremely small chip stack.

PokerStars Team Pro Leo Fernandez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is the other feature player at the final table. The Argentinian will start the day only a few chips off the lead.


FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 Sam Razavi 323,000
Seat 2 Walid Mubarak 243,000
Seat 3 Leo Fernandez 1,692,000
Seat 4 Diego Sanchez 277,000
Seat 5 Marco Cheida 1,170,000
Seat 6 Johnny Sandoval 768,000
Seat 7 Issac Malca 698,000
Seat 8 Patrick Mahoney 1,714,000

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (USD) 1. $171,930 2. $108,700 3. $73,900 4. $55,050 5. $42,230 6. $33,180 7. $24,880 8. $18,850 9. Ajitkumar Nagrani $14,520 10. Jimmy Castano $12,440 11. Brent Sheirbon $10,870 12. Daniel Ospina $9,830 13. Vincenzo Giannelli $8,800 14. Joel Fermin $8,020 15. Gerardo Godinez $7,370 16. Carlos Hernandez $6,790 17. Miguel Colmenares $6,270 18. Adesh Singh $6,270 19. Carlos Watanabe $5,820 20. Raju Chugani $5,820 RELATED POSTS > QUALIFIER WINS LAPT COLUMBIA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT LATIN AMERICAN POKER TOUR LAPT Panama NLH Main Event September 27-30, 2012 Veneto Hotel & Casino | Panama City Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $754,080 Entries: 326 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION New event on LAPT calendar NEXT LAPT EVENT LAPT Peru (Lima) November 14-18, 2012

2012 WSOPE: DA COSTA SANTOS DEFEATS MARQUEZ TO WIN BRACELET

Francisco Da Costa Santos (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-169th) grabs the first bracelet for Portugal at the 2012 edition of WSOP Europe!

Da Costa Santos made quick work of PokerStars Team Pro Ana Marquez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-369th) heads-up as he simply wouldn't be denied on this day.

The man better known as "LuckyChewy", Andrew Lichtenberger (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 71st), made his fifth final table of 2012 finishing fifth in this event.

The other famous Andy/Berger, Andrew Frankenberger (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th), also went deep in this event. Frankenberger, who won the 10K Pot-Limit Hold'em bracelet at the WSOP in Vegas this summer, finished on the final table bubble.

Aku Joentausta (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-334th) and Micah Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-551st) were two other notables who collected POY points in the event.

Mike McDonald, Raul Paez, Dan Shak, John Monnette, current Player of the Year leader Dan Smith, Daniel Negreanu and John Eames are some of the big name players who cashed.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Francisco Da Costa Santos 83,275 Ana Marquez 51,443 Aku Joentausta 36,351 Petteri Kalenius 25,831 Andrew Lichtenberger 18,463 Nikolay Volper 13,273 Andy Frankenberger 9,596 Micah Smith 9,596 Antoine Pacaud 6,977 Christophe Lesage 6,977 Mike McDonald 5,103 Raul Paez 5,103 Dan Shak 3,752 John Monnette 3,752 Fabien Perrot 3,752 Jacob Dahl 3,752 Dan Smith 3,752 Arvin Golrang 3,752 Daniel Negreanu 2,774 John Eames 2,774 Jamie Pickering 2,774 DEFENDING CHAMPION Philippe Boucher

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed September 27-29, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $2,120 | Prizepool: $389,180 Entries: 206 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION FRANCISCO DA COSTA SANTOS 102 ANA MARQUEZ 62 AKU JOENTAUSTA 37 PETTERI KALENIUS 27 ANDREW LICHTENBERGER 20 NIKOLAY VOLPER 12 ANDY FRANKENBERGER 10 MICAH SMITH 7 ANTOINE PACAUD 7 RELATED POSTS > ROSADONI WINS FIRST BRACELET > BIG WIN FOR BIG ROG! > THE YEAR OF ANTONIO > WE'RE OFF IN CANNES > GRINDER, BOUCHER WIN BRACELETS

2012 WSOPE: ROSADONI WINS FIRST BRACELET, ANGRY JOHN MOVING UP THE CHARTS

Amateur poker player Giovanni Rosadoni (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-171st) sure picked a good time to win his first major poker tournament.

Although he needed an extra day to do it, Rosadoni finally disposed of popular pro Dan O'Brien (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 143rd) heads-up to pickup a WSOP bracelet in the 3K NLH Shootout event at WSOP Europe in Cannes, France.

O'Brien - who final tabled the Partouche Grand Final earlier this month - started the day as the short stack but he had the lead late and had his opponent up against the ropes ... only to see Rosadoni double-up with Kings and take control of this event.

It's certainly not the result that John Monnette (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-4th) was looking for, but, his third place result will allow him to move up a couple of spots to #4 overall on the Player of the Year Leaderboard. Monnette joins Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari in fourth position.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and defending IPT San Remo Champ Oleksii Kovalchuk (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 18th), Adrien Allain (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,199th), EPT Deauville side event runner-up Paul Guichard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-200th), EPT Deauville NLH side event winner Roman Romanovksyi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 203rd) and EPT founder John Duthie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-2,110h) all some of the notable players who collected POY points in this event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Giovanni Rosadoni 107,614 Dan O'Brien 66,503 John Monnette 48,177 Oleksii Kovalchuk 35,560 Adrien Allain 26,724 Paul Guichard 20,434 Roman Romanovskyi 15,890 Trond Aanensen 12,564 John Duthie 10,095 Valentin Messina 8,239 Philippe Boucher 5,428 Phil Hellmuth 5,428 Mohsin Charania 5,428 Chance Kornuth 5,428 Dominik Nitsche 5,428 Daniel Negreanu 5,428 Faraz Jaka 5,428 Matt Stout 5,428 Michael Ferrell 5,428 Brian Park 5,428 RELATED POSTS > BIG WIN FOR BIG ROG! > THE YEAR OF ANTONIO > WE'RE OFF IN CANNES

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe 3K NLH Shootout September 25-27, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $4,195 | Prizepool: $524,490 Entries: 141 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GIOVANNI ROSADONI 101 DAN O'BRIEN 61 JOHN MONNETTE 36 OLEKSII KOVALCHUK 26 ADRIEN ALLAIN 19 PAUL GUICHARD 11 ROMAN ROMANOVSKYI 9 TROND AANENSEN 6 JOHN DUTHIE 6

2012 WSOPE: BIG WIN FOR BIG ROG! HAIRABEDIAN WINS PLO BRACELET, GRINDER MAKES HIS MOVE

It's a second win of the 2012 poker season for "Big" Roger Hairabedian (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 45th). Hot off his July WPT National Mazagan win, the jolly Frenchman picks up his first WSOP bracelet, winning the 5K PLO event in Cannes earlier today.


Hairabedian becomes the first Frenchman to pickup a WSOP bracelet on French soil.

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 4th) was so active at the final table, it seemed as if he was involved in every single hand! His strategy worked, for the most part, as Grinder was able to come back from a short stack to finish third overall in the event.

Coming off a final table performance at WPT Malta last week, Jussi Ryynanen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 3rd) earned a fourth place finish here in Cannes.

Jussi Nevanlinna (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-633rd), former World Champ Joe Hachem (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-633rd), Michel Abacassis (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,057) and Jason Mercier (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 248th) also final tabled the PLO event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Roger Hairabedian 142,590 Ville Mattila 88,130 Michael Mizrachi 62,749 Jussi Ryynanen 45,581 Jussi Nevanlinna 33,765 Joe Hachem 25,490 Michel Abecassis 19,606 Michael Schwartz 15,357 Jason Mercier 12,245 Bruno Fitoussi 9,929 Douglas Corning 9,929 Vanessa Selbst 9,929 RELATED POSTS > YEAR OF ANTONIO CONTINUES > WE'RE OFF IN CANNES > BIG ROGER WINS MAZAGAN > BILLIRAKIS WINS PLO EVENT DEFENDING CHAMPION Steve Billirakis

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe 5K PLO Event September 22-25, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $6,810 | Prizepool: $610,855 Entries: 97 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ROGER HAIRABEDIAN 100 VILLE MATTILA 60 MICHAEL MIZRACHI 35 JUSSI RYYNANEN 25 JUSSI NEVANLINNA 18 JOE HACHEM 10 MICHEL ABACASSIS 8 MICHAEL SCHWARTZ 5 JASON MERCIER 5

2012 WSOPE: THE YEAR OF ANTONIO CONTINUES - ESFANDIARI MOVES INTO POY TOP 3!

They don't call him the Magician for nothing. Almost three months after winning 18M dollars at the Big One for One Drop, Antonio Esfandiari (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 3rd) has just picked up another bracelet, this time at WSOP Europe.


Esfandiari's second major tournament win of the season and fifth score of the year (all at WSOP events) means that The Magician moves up, way up, to #3 overall on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard powered by PTPRpoker.

Esfandiari's big jump sends Vanessa Selbst down to fourth on the list and moves Partouche Grand Final winner Ole Schemion out of the Top 10.

Salvatore Bonavena (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-478th), Antonin Teisseire (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-858th), McLean Karr (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,158th) and Ashly Butler (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-311th) all joined Esfandiari at the final table.


FINAL TABLE SET IN PLO EVENT #3
The final table in the 5K PLO event is set. Days after collecting the WCOOP High Rollers title online, Jason Mercier will be at the final table.

The Grinder, Michael Mizrachi will re-enter the POY Top 5 as he's assured of 10 PTPR points.

Although he cannot overtake the #1 ranked Daniel Smith even with a win, Mizrachi - who won a bracelet here in Cannes last year - can position himself quite well for a late-season stretch run.

Fan favourite Roger Hairabedian, recent WPT Malta final table participant Jussi Ryynanen and former WSOP World Champion Joe Hachem will also be part of the final table.

EVENT #3 5K POT LIMIT OMAHA FINAL TABLE:
1 Roger Hairabedian 335,000
2 Ville Mattila 297,500
3 Michael Mizrachi 211,500
4 Jussi Ryynanen 168,500
5 Joe Hachem 148,000
6 Jussi Nevanlinna 87,000
7 Michel Abecassis 85,500
8 Jason Mercier 75,500
9 Michael Schwartz 48,000

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TOP 24 PAYOUTS (EURO) Antonio Esfandiari 126,207 Remi Bollengier 78,059 Salvatore Bonavena 57,079 Antonin Teisseire 42,356 Valentin Detoc 31,869 McLean Karr 24,309 Ashly Butler 18,798 Jamel Haddad 14,736 Florian Ciuro 11,707 Anthony Pons 9,423 Igor Kalinicenko 9,423 Joe Kuether 9,423 W.J. Vincent 7,680 Amaury Detoc 7,680 Casey Kastle 7,680 Andrey Gulyy 6,340 Henri Chapuis 6,340 Serge Ekert 6,340 Guy Pariente 5,300 Marc Bariller 5,300 Sylvain Gibert 5,300 Emil Eriksson 4,489 John Monnette 4,489 Ugo Jaskula 4,489 RELATED POSTS > ESFANDIARI WINS ONE DROP > HINRICHSEN WINS WSOPE EVENT 2 DEFENDING CHAMPION Andrew Hinrichsen

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe 1K NLH Event September 22-25, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $1,420 | Prizepool: $776,920 Entries: 626 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 106 REMI BOLLENGIER 66 SALVATORE BONAVENA 41 ANTONIN TEISSEIRE 31 VALENTIN DETOC 24 MCLEAN KARR 16 ASHLY BUTLER 14 JAMEL HADDAD 11 FLORIAN CIURO 11

2012 WSOPE: WE'RE OFF AS MAHMOUD WINS

We have our first bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker Europe and it's Tunisian poker player Imed Ben Mahmoud (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-168th) who wins the NLH Six-Max event, defeating Frenchman Yannick Bonnet (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-365th) heads-up for the bracelet victory, the first of his career.

Matan Krakow (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-654th) - who finished third in the event - finished third in this same event in 2011.

The most notable player at the final table had to be Welshman Roberto Romanello (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-359th). Roberto rose to poker stardom in 2011 and has collected nearly 3M USD in live tournament winnings. Romanello finished fifth in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Imed Ben Mahmoud 147,099 Yannick Bonnet 90,884 Matan Krakow 63,671 Senh Ung 44,913 Roberto Romanello 31,925 Sylvain Ribes 22,876 Demis Hassabis 16,529 Romain Chauvassagne 16,529 Ruben Velasco 12,040 Sandy Denis 12,040 Freddy Darakjian 8,842 Igors Kalinicenko 8,842 Alessandro Meoni 6,548 David Baker 6,548 Arnaud Durif 6,548 Yann Migeon 6,548 Jennifer Tilly 6,548 Serge Chechin 6,548 Andrity Mushak 4,887 Brandon Cantu 4,887 Govert Metaal 4,887 Christophe Julien 4,887 Paul Guichard 4,887 Phil Hellmuth 4,887 RELATED POSTS > BAKER SCORES AT HPT COLORADO > HUMBERT WINS WSOPE 6-MAX DEFENDING CHAMPION Guillaume Humbert

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe NLH Six-Max Event September 21-23, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $3,505 | Prizepool: $707,695 Entries: 227 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION IMED BEN MAHMOUD 102 YANNICK BONNET 62 MATAN KRAKOW 37 SENH UNG 27 ROBERTO ROMANELLO 20 SYLVAIN RIBES 12 DEMIS HASSABIS 10 ROMAIN CHAUVASSAGNE 7 RUBEN VELASCO 7

ENGLISH OPEN: PETERSEN DEFEATS LEGENDS FOR 2ND WIN OF SEASON

PHOTO: English Poker Open

Danish poker pro Mickey Petersen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 19th) collected his second W of the 2012 poker season on Friday winning the English Poker Open in London.






PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE LIVE LOOK-IN
14. Phil Hellmuth Jr. | 209
15. Mohsin Charania | 205
16. Kyle Julius | 203
17. Nick Schulman | 198
17. Timothy Adams | 198
19. Mickey Petersen | 194
20. Vadzim Kursevich | 194
21. Antonio Esfandiari | 193

Petersen, who won EPT Copenhagen in his home country earlier this season, had to overcome the charge of two poker legends on his way to victory.

Chris Bjorin (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-76th) was the runner-up in the event. Bjorin's impressive poker resume includes two WSOP bracelets ... Bjorin has also made it to four final tables in the past two WSOP's, all in non-hold'em events.

It was a third place finish for 2004 WPT Grand Prix de Paris champ Surinder Sunar (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,667th).

Sunar's first live tournament cash dates back to January of 1987 where he min-cashed in a 1K NLH event at the Poker Grand Prix at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. The eventual winner of that event? Chip Reese!

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FT PAYOUTS (GBP) Mickey Petersen £78,660 Chris Bjorin £49,690 Surinder Sunar £35,880 Jamie Roberts £28,290 Nicola Lategano £20,700 Ben Jackson £15,180 Niels Ladefoged £10,350 Thomas Laumier £8,280 Igor Kurganov £6,210 RELATED POSTS > PETERSEN WINS EPT COPENHAGEN > BJORIN RUNNER-UP AT WSOP #4 DEFENDING CHAMPION Fabian Quoss

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT ENGLISH POKER OPEN NLH Main Event September 18-21, 2012 Fox Poker Club | London Buy-in: $3,540 | Prizepool: $448,460 Entries: 137 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MICKEY PETERSEN 35 CHRIS BJORIN 18 SURINDER SUNAR 10 JAMIE ROBERTS 8 NICOLA LATEGANO 5

ACFPOKER: MARQUES WINS FINAL AT AVIATION CLUB DE FRANCE

Florent Marques (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-674th) has won the ACFPoker Tour (Aviation Club de France) Final.

Marques defeated Carole Segoura (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,216th) heads-up.



Antony Lellouche, Bruno Fitoussi, Lucien Cohen, Michel Leigborin, Antoine Saout, Isabelle Mericer and defending Euro Finals of Poker Gold event winner Yann Brosolo are some of the big name pros who participated in the Final.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Florent Marques 51 870 € Carole Segoura 38 830 € Phung Khing 25 890 € Philippe Bizet 17 260 € Ariel Cheminaud 12 940 € Patrik Hirvonen 10780 € Carlos Lopes 8 630 € Eric Nhouyvanisvong 7 550 € Yann Tranchant 6 470 € Philippe Barouk 5 390 € Fred Coranson 4 315 € Stephane Feyes 4 315 € Alex Ferrand 4 315 € Vincent Elkael 3 235 € Mohamed El Bakkouri 3 235 € Yossi Ifergan 3 235 € Julien Jegard 2 160 € Erwann Pecheux 2 160 € Roberto Ah Line 1 620 € Mohamed Bourouba 1 620 €

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT ACFPOKER TOUR NLH Grand Final September 18-20, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $1,960 | Prizepool: $281,785 Entries: 153 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION FLORENT MARQUES 35 CAROLE SEGOURA 18 PHUNG KHING 10 PHILIPPE BIZET 8 ARIEL CHEMINAUD 5 RELATED POSTS > SALSBERG WINS WPT GP > BROSOLO WINS EFOP GOLD

WPT BORGATA: HAMNETT DEFEATS BURNITZ TO WIN FIRST WPT TITLE

Ben Hamnett (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-83rd) is the latest winner on the World Poker Tour. Late Friday night, Hamnett defeated Matthew Burnitz (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 163rd) heads-up to win the WPT Borgata Poker Open, an event that drew a massive 1,181 entry field.


Hamnett had come close to a WPT Final Table before, he finished 11th at the 2011 WPT Shooting Star in San Jose, California.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE LIVE LOOK-IN
80. Viacheslav Zhukov | 137
81. Brock Parker | 136
82. Stephen Reynolds | 136
83. Brandon Schaefer | 136
83. Ben Hamnett | 136
85. Hanz Winzeler | 135

Tyler Patterson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 167th) - who finished fourth in the 6-max prelim event earlier this week - was third in the event.

Steve Brecher (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 402nd) - winner of the Fall Pot of Gold Deepstacks Live Main Event in Reno last October - was fifth here at Borgata while 2011 WSOP bracelet winner David Diaz (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-658th) was the first player out at the final table.

Matt Brady (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-658th) - who bubbled the WPT final table - Scott Schwalich (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 1,147th), Jamie Kerstetter (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 993rd), Kyle Bowker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 397th), Lee Childs (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-423rd) and Vinny Pahuja (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-912th) are other notables who collected Player of the Year points in this event.

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) 1. Ben Hamnett - $818,847 2. Matthew Burnitz - $488,850 3. Tyler Patterson - $298,950 4. Ofir Mor - $250,065 5. Steve Brecher - $206,065 6. David Diaz - $167,337 RELATED POSTS > BRECHER WINS DEEPSTACKS RENO > OBOODI WINS DEFENDING CHAMPION Bobby Oboodi NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Emperors Palace Classic Johannesburg, South Africa October 22-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Borgata Poker Open September 16-21, 2012 Borgata Hotel Casino | Atlantic City Buy-in: $3,500 | Prizepool: $3,987,300 Entries: 1,181 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION BEN HAMNETT 136 MATTHEW BURNITZ 86 TYLER PATTERSON 56 OFIR MOR 46 STEVE BRECHER 41 DAVID DIAZ 36 MATT BRADY 36 JEFF WILLIAMS 21 PATRICK ESKANDAR 21 SCOTT SCHWALICH 21 DAVID HECK 21 JAMIE KERSTETTER 19 KYLE BOWKER 19 LEE CHILDS 19 JEREMY BROWN 19 VINNY PAHUJA 16 JEFF SAUNDERS 16 VINNY NAPOLITANO 16

WPT MALTA: KERIGNARD FINALLY WINS A BIG ONE!

It was only a matter of time until Yorane Kerignard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 34th) found his name at the top of the results sheets at a major event. After three final table scores at big events in the past 10 months, Kerignard finally wins the big one, WPT Malta and 120K EURO for his efforts.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE LIVE LOOK-IN
30. Tom Middleton  |  177
31. Oleksii Kovalchuk | 176
31. Vincent Van Der Fluit | 176
33. Bruno Lopes "Kool Shen" | 175
34. Yorane Kerignard | 174
35. Neil Wilkerson | 173
36. Joe Cada | 170

Kerignard defeated the man who held the chip lead when final table play began - Jackson Genovesi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-259th).

2011 WPT Venice champ Alessio Isaia (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-497th) was third. Isaia finshed sixth overall in the 2011 Poker Player of the Year race.

Sampo Ryyanen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,004th), Jonathan Roy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-207th), Tony G (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,584th), Ilan Boujelah (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-575th), Eros Natasi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,840th) and Rodrigo Caprioli (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 291st) are other notables who collected POY points in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Yorane Kerignard €120,000 Jackson Genovesi €82,370 Alessio Isaia €52,600 Hui Chen Kuo €39,200 Zeljko Krizan €29,300 Sampo Ryynanen €23,300 Serkan Kurnaz €19,500 Jack Salter €15,000 Jonathan Roy €10,900 Tony G €8,400 Ilan Boujenah €8,400 Francesco Favia €8,400 Eros Nastasi €7,000 Enver Abduraimov €7,000 Danielle Mazzia €7,000 Juuso Leppanen €5,900 Valeriy Chupin €5,900 Maurizio Arca €5,900 Rodrigo Caprioli €5,240 Claudio Rinaldi €5,240 Puk Nabuurs €5,240 RELATED POSTS > GENOVASI LEADS FT IN MALTA > GIANNETTI WINS MALTA DEFENDING CHAMPION Matt Giannetti NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Emperors Palace Classic Johannesburg, South Africa October 22-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 Casino at Portomaso | Malta Buy-in: $3,300 | Prizepool: $638,745 Entries: 169 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION YORANE KERIGNARD 126 JACKSON GENOVESI 76 ALESSIO ISAIA 46 HUI CHEN KUO 36 ZELJKO KRIZAN 31 SAMPO RYYNANEN 26 SERKAN KURNAZ 26 JACK SALTER 11 JONATHAN ROY 11 TONY G 11 ILAN BOUJELAH 11 FRANCESCO FAVIA 9 EROS NASTASI 9 ENVER ABDURAIMOV 9 DANIELLE MAZZIA 9 VALERIY CHUPIN 6 MAURICIO ARCA 6 RODRIGO CAPRIOLI 6

WPT MALTA: GENOVASI LEADS FT, ISAIA LOOKS FOR SECOND WPT TITLE IN MALTA

Jackson Genovesi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) will be the chip leader when final table play begins at WPT Malta on Thursday. Genovesi's resume does include a win at the 2010 Poker Grand Prix in St-Vincent, Italy.



The chase group is lead by a man who has not been a stranger to final tables at major events in the last 10 months. Yorane Kerignard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-472nd) finished in 4th place at EPT Deauville and 5th at the Venetian DeepStacks 2.5K NLH event in 2012 ... he also picked up a 6th place finish at EPT San Remo last October.

Genovesi and Kerignard are the only two players with over 1M in chips.

Although he hasn't scored any PTPR Points in 2012, Alessio Isaia finished the 2011 season ranked 6th overall in the Player of the Year race. Isaia won WPT Venice last year, he was also runner-up to Eugene Katchalov in the 1.5K Seven-Card stud event at the WSOP.

Finnish player Sampo Ryynanen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) finished third at the Unibet Open Malta in 2011.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1: Hui Chen Kuo 524,000
Seat 2: Alessio Isaia 535,000
Seat 3: Jackson Genovesi 1,553,000
Seat 4: Sampo Ryynanen 962,000
Seat 5: Zeljko Krizan 174,000
Seat 6: Yorane Kerignard 1,422,00

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TOP 10 EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1. €120,000 2. €82,370 3. €52,600 4. €39,200 5. €29,300 6. €23,300 Serkan Kurnaz €19,500 Jack Salter €15,000 Jonathan Roy €10,900 Tony G €8,400 Ilan Boujenah €8,400 Francesco Favia €8,400 Eros Nastasi €7,000 Enver Abduraimov €7,000 Danielle Mazzia €7,000 Juuso Leppanen €5,900 Valeriy Chupin €5,900 Maurizio Arca €5,900 Rodrigo Caprioli €5,240 Claudio Rinaldi €5,240 Puk Nabuurs €5,240 RELATED POSTS > GIANNETTI WINS MALTA DEFENDING CHAMPION Matt Giannetti NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Emperors Palace Classic Johannesburg, South Africa October 22-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 Casino at Portomaso | Malta Buy-in: $3,300 | Prizepool: $638,745 Entries: 169 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 126 2nd position 76 3rd position 46 4th position 36 5th position 31 6th position 26 SERKAN KURNAZ 26 JACK SALTER 11 JONATHAN ROY 11 TONY G 11 ILAN BOUJELAH 11 FRANCESCO FAVIA 9 EROS NASTASI 9 ENVER ABDURAIMOV 9 DANIELLE MAZZIA 9 VALERIY CHUPIN 6 MAURICIO ARCA 6 RODRIGO CAPRIOLI 6

HPT COLORADO: HARRIS WINS AT GOLDEN GATES, ODB MOVES TO #5 OVERALL ON POY CHARTS

While Micheal Harris (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-153rd) defeated Carla Sabini (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-311th) to win Heartland Poker Tour Colorado, David "ODB" Baker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 5th) was the one grabbing the headlines once all was said and done.

Baker, who reached four final tables this past summer at the WSOP (including a win in 2.5K 8-game event), finished sixth in sickening fashion ...

"One of most disgusting beats in my career got to 3.5 million then got it all In on turn for 7 milliln with qq vs qj on j747 bd...6th steamed"

The good news for Baker? His 17-point performance move him up two spots to 5th overall on the 2012 QuadJacks Player of the Year Leaderboard - powered by PTPRpoker.

Baker moves ahead of John Monnette (now 7th) and Jonathan Duhamel (now 6th) with his result in Colorado.

Fellow poker pro Chance Kornuth (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,390th) finished seventh in the event.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) Micheal Harris $245,078 Carla Sabini $139,839 Dan Jensen $89,865 Rich Perego $73,302 Jeff Wertepny $58,220 David Baker $47,130 Chance Kornuth $27,724 Lukas Volman $24,951 Abel Cardenas $22,179 Daniel Conway $19,407 RELATED POSTS > RONLOV WINS HPT COLORADO > ODB WINS WSOP EVENT #37 DEFENDING CHAMPION Steen Ronlov 2012 PTPR Points: 35 NEXT HPT TOUR EVENT HPT Missouri River City Casino, St. Louis September 21-30, 2012 Defending Champ: Will Failla

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT HEARTLAND POKER TOUR HPT Colorado The Mile High Poker Open September 12-17, 2012 Golden Gates Casino | Colorado Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $1,108,995 Entries: 739 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MICHEAL HARRIS 107 CARLA SABINI 67 DAN JENSEN 42 RICH PEREGO 32 JEFF WERTEPNY 25 DAVID BAKER "ODB" 17 CHANCE KORNUTH 15 LUKAS VOLMAN 12 ABEL CARDENAS 12

RUI CHEN WINS MACAU POKER CUP

Rui "DC" Chen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-661st) wins the latest instalment of the Macau Poker Cup, surviving a 270-player field at the Grand Waldo Hotel in Macau.

Chen defeated Yosuke Sekiya (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-896th) heads-up.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (HKD) Rui "DC" Chen $1,108,500 Yosuke Sekiya $759,000 Robert Wenlong Jin $458,000 Sunny Hyung Sun Jung $361,500 Kevin Kung $289,160 Jessica Ngu $241,000 Lisi Wei $193,000 Ryan Hong $144,500 Robert Streatfeild $120,500 Xing Zhou $96,500 RELATED POSTS > MACAU POKER CUP RESULTS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT MACAU POKER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP NLH Main Event September 11-16, 2012 Grand Waldo Hotel | Macau Buy-in: $2,580 | Prizepool: $621,675 Entries: 270 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RUI CHEN 35 YOSUKE SEKIYA 18 ROBERT WENLONG JIN 10 SUNNY HYUNG SUN JUNG 8 KEVIN KUNG 5

WPT BORGATA: THEO TRAN WINS SIX-MAX PRELIM

2012 WSOP NLH Event #38 runner-up Theo Tran (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-35th) has picked up his third win on the tournament poker circuit this season, this time winning the latest prelim event at the WPT Borgata Poker Open, the NLH Six-Max event.

Tran defeated Wade Woelfel (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-573rd) heads up to win the event. Woelfel earned a Top 20 finish at last year's WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event.

Tyler Patterson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-498th), Martin Raus (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,336th) and Dan Wach (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-210th) all earned their second Player of the Year scores of the 2012 poker season.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) Theobald Tran $64,807 Wade Woelfel $38,502 Ariel Albilia $29,226 Tyler Patterson $23,508 Ian Searing $18,425 Martin Raus $13,342 Alex Smith $10,166 Abraham Faroni $6,989 Daniel Wach $3,812 John Iraj $3,177 RELATED POSTS > BIANCO WINS 1M GUARANTEE > DUNG NGUYEN WINS BRACELET > OBOODI SHINES AT BORGATA DEFENDING CHAMPION Sprio Markatos

PTPR SIDE EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR Borgata Poker Open NLH Six-Max September 15-16, 2012 Borgata Hotel Casino | Atlantic City Buy-in: $1,090 | Prizepool: $262,000 Entries: 262 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION THEOBALD TRAN "THEO" 75 WADE WOELFEL 40 ALI ALBILIA 25 TYLER PATTERSON 15 IAN SEARING 10 MARTIN RAUS 8 ALEX SMITH 5 ABRAHAM FARONI 5 DAN WACH 5

UNIBET LONDON: GHATGE DOMINATES ON WAY TO HOMETOWN VICTORY

Londoner Pratik Ghatge (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-659th) used his home-field advantage en route to his first tournament win of the 2012 poker season at the Unibet Open London Main Event.




Ghatge, a 2011 EPT London side event winner, took a huge lead into final table play and although runner-up Tomasz Kozub (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,187th) gave it all he had, he simply could not overtake Ghatge.

Defending Champion Paul Valkenburg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,844th) carried the chip lead into final table play. Unfortunately for him, it won't be a repeat for him, finishing fourth.

Frenchman Marc Inizan finished sixth in the event, one spot outside of Player of the Year points collection.

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (GBP) 1st Pratik Ghatge £85,050 2nd Tomasz Kozub £60,500 3rd Gavin Eley £43,090 4th Paul Valkenburg £32,500 5th Piotr Jaworski £24,190 6th Marc Inizan £18,520 7th Pyry Kekalainen £13,600 8th Dariusz Charski £10,580 9th Sander Hart £8,125 10th Mikael Johansson £6,615 11th Roberto Scrinzi £5,670 12th Charles Chattha £5,670 13th Edward Nienhuis £4,725 14th Dan Murariu £4,725 15th Patryk Slusarek £3,780 16th Lukasz Wasek £3,780 17th Govert Metaal £2,835 18th Erwan Calvez £2,835 19th Jack Sambrook £2,835 20th Can Melkemichel £2,835 RELATED POSTS > VALKENBURG LOOKS TO DEFEND > BARLIK WINS UNIBET PARIS > VALKENBURG WINS UNIBET LDN

PTPR PREMIER EVENT UNIBET OPEN Unibet Open London September 13-16, 2012 Aspers Casino | London Buy-in: $2,165 | Prizepool: $536,765 Entries: 315 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION PRATIK GHATGE 35 TOMASZ KOZUB 18 GAVIN ELEY 10 PAUL VALKENBURG 8 PIOTR JAWORSKI 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Paul Valkenburg 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT UNIBET OPEN EVENT Unibet Open St. Maarten Sonesta Maho Beach Resort + Casino December 3-7, 2012

WPT PARIS: REFUSE TO LOSE - SALSBERG AVOIDS BIG NAMES, BIG STACKS TO WIN GRAND PRIX DE PARIS

For a while there, it looked as if we were going to witness poker history as Theo Jorgensen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-251st) seemed unbeatable and held a stranglehold on Matthew Salsberg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-72nd) and looked like a lock to win his second WPT Grand Prix de Paris title in three years.

But, Salsberg refused to give in and, despite holding only a few chips at one point, doubled-up a few times to regain the chip lead and finally win his major poker Championship.

The key hand came around 3AM Paris time. After a few double-ups, Salsberg hit the mother of all rivers as Salsberg, in awful shape as his A-10 was up against Jorgensen's A-Q, hit a fourth diamond hit the board to give Salsberg a ace-high straight and the chip lead.

Two-time EPT High Rollers Champ Philipp Gruissem (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-221st) gave it the old college try on Saturday, actually holding the chip lead at one point during three-handed play, but, bowed out in third as it seemed as if Jorgensen had his number.

Successful tournament pros Timothy Adams (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-17th) and Mohsin Charania (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 15th) didn't win the tournament, but, did gain ground in the Player of the Year race.

German Fabian Quoss (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-973rd) was the first man eliminated at the final table.

After hosting the Partouche Poker Tour final last week and the Grand Prix de Paris this week, the country of France isn't done hosting major poker events as the scene shifts back to Cannes next week for the start of the World Series of Poker Europe festivities.

As for the WPT, the next tour stop hits Malta starting tomorrow. The Borgata Poker Open starts Sunday as well - it's a double-dose of WPT action on either sides of the world.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st Matthew Salsberg - €400,000 2nd Theo Jorgensen - €264,600 3rd Philipp Gruissem - €170,065 4th Timothy Adams - €125,775 5th Mohsin Charania - €94,615 6th Fabian Quoss - €75,765 7th Jerome Douieb - €62,575 8th Idris Ambraisse - €50,010 9th Kyle Cheong - €37,640 10th Joe Serock - €27,445 11th Gregoire Boissenot - €27,445 12th Raphael Abitbol - €27,445 13th Daniel Amara - €22,595 14th Jacques Enjoubault - €22,595 15th Bryan Colin - €22,595 16th Michael Kwiek - €19,240 17th Florian Leconte - €19,240 18th Kyle Julius - €19,240 19th Jean Philippe Rohr - €16,835 20th Juha Helppi - €16,835 21st Bruno Lopes - €16,835 22nd Dan Djorno - €15,065 23rd Andrew Lichtenberger - €15,065 24th Nicolas Cardyn - €15,065 25th Giacomo Fundaro - €13,305 26th Sean Jazayeri - €13,305 27th Jason Mericer - €13,305 RELATED POSTS > SALSBERG GOES BIG NAME HUNTING > WAXMAN WINS WPT PARIS DEFENDING CHAMPION Matthew Waxman 2012 PTPR Points: 26

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Grand Prix de Paris September 10-15, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $9,680 | Prizepool: $2,097,390 Entries: 228 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MATTHEW SALSBERG 127 THEO JORGENSEN 77 PHILIPP GRUISSEM 47 TIMOTHY ADAMS 37 MOHSIN CHARANIA 32 FABIAN QUOSS 27 JEROME DOUIEB 27 IDRIS AMBRAISSE 12 KYLE CHEONG 12 JOE SEROCK 12 GREGOIRE BOISSENOT 12 RAPHAEL ABITBOL 10 DANIEL AMERA 10 JACQUES ENJOUBAULT 10 BRYAN COLIN 10 MICHAEL KWIEK 7 FLORIAN LECONTE 7 KYLE JULIUS 7 NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 2011: Matt Giannetti

UNIBET LONDON: 20 MONTHS LATER - VALKENBURG LOOKS TO DEFEND IN LONDON

The last time that the Unibet Open tour visited London was back in December of 2010. Dutch poker pro Paul Valkenburg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) was the winner of the last Unibet Open London event ... well, 20 months later, Valkenburg will look to defend his title as he is the chip leader heading into Sunday's final table.


Valkenburg has a small chip lead over Tomasz Kozub (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) who won a huge pot late to eliminate Mikael Johansson on the final table bubble.

2010 EPT Berlin third place finisher Marc Inizan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is looking for his first significant cash since his 21st place finish at EPT Deauville back in February. The Frenchman will start the day fourth in chips, a little less than a double-up away from the chip lead.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 Piotr Jaworski 666,000
Seat 2 Pratik Ghatge 901,000
Seat 3 Tomasz Kozub 1,331,000
Seat 4 Paul Valkenburg 1,360,000
Seat 5 Gavin Eley 456,000
Seat 6 Dariusz Charski 192,000
Seat 7 Pyry Kekalainen 386,000
Seat 8 Sander Hart 276,000
Seat 9 Marc Inizan 711,000

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TOP 20 PAYOUTS (GBP) 1st £85050 2nd £60500 3rd £43090 4th £32500 5th £24190 6th £18520 7th £13600 8th £10580 9th £8125 10th Mikael Johansson £6615 11th Roberto Scrinzi £5670 12th Charles Chattha £5670 13th Edward Nienhuis £4725 14th Dan Murariu £4725 15th Patryk Slusarek £3780 16th Lukasz Wasek £3780 17th Govert Metaal £2835 18th Erwan Calvez £2835 19th Jack Sambrook £2835 20th Can Melkemichel £2835 RELATED POSTS > BARLIK WINS UNIBET PARIS > VALKENBURG WINS UNIBET LDN

PTPR PREMIER EVENT UNIBET OPEN Unibet Open London September 13-16, 2012 Aspers Casino | London Buy-in: $2,165 | Prizepool: $536,765 Entries: 315 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 35 2nd position 18 3rd position 10 4th position 8 5th position 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Paul Valkenburg 2012 PTPR Points: 0 FINAL TABLE LIVE STREAM LIVE STREAM(with hole cards) Sunday September 16 Starting at 2pm London time

WPT PARIS: GRINDER SALSBERG GOES BIG NAME HUNTING IN PARIS

The final table table is set at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris and it's tournament grinder Matt Salsberg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1456th) who will lead the six remaining players to the final table on Saturday at the Aviation Club de France.



Salsberg has collected close to 170K USD in tournament earnings in 2012, having cashed in 18 different events on the season - including a side-event victory at the LAPC back in February.

Recent major tournament winners Mohsin Charania (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-32nd) and Timothy Adams (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-39th) follow Salsberg in second and third positions. Charania won the EPT Grand Final in April while Adams picked up his first WSOP bracelet this summer.

A win for either player would move them into the QuadJacks Player of the Year Top 10 Leaderboard ... Charania would hit the 300-point mark for the season, placing him third overall, in front of Vanessa Selbst ... as for Adams, a win would place him fourth, in front of WSOP Players Champion Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi.

2010 WPT Grand Prix de Paris Champion Theo Jorgensen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is back at this same final table two years after his victory.

Jorgensen will join Salsberg, Charania, Adams, two-time EPT High Rollers winner Philipp Gruissem (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-642nd) (who held the chip lead the past two days) and a three-time winner on the poker circuit, Fabian Quoss (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR), at the latest final table on the World Poker Tour.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 Matthew Salsberg 1,575,000
Seat 2 Philipp Gruissem 776,000
Seat 3 Theo Jorgensen 1,169,000
Seat 4 Fabian Quoss 570,000
Seat 5 Timothy Adams 1,198,000
Seat 6 Mohsin Charania 1,435,000

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st - €400,000 2nd - €264,600 3rd - €170,065 4th - €125,775 5th - €94,615 6th - €75,765 7th Jerome Douieb - €62,575 8th Idris Ambraisse - €50,010 9th Kyle Cheong - €37,640 10th Joe Serock - €27,445 11th Gregoire Boissenot - €27,445 12th Raphael Abitbol - €27,445 13th Daniel Amara - €22,595 14th Jacques Enjoubault - €22,595 15th Bryan Colin - €22,595 16th Michael Kwiek - €19,240 17th Florian Leconte - €19,240 18th Kyle Julius - €19,240 19th Jean Philippe Rohr - €16,835 20th Juha Helppi - €16,835 21st Bruno Lopes - €16,835 22nd Dan Djorno - €15,065 23rd Andrew Lichtenberger - €15,065 24th Nicolas Cardyn - €15,065 25th Giacomo Fundaro - €13,305 26th Sean Jazayeri - €13,305 27th Jason Mericer - €13,305 RELATED POSTS > GRUISSEM DOES IT TWICE > WAXMAN WINS WPT PARIS DEFENDING CHAMPION Matthew Waxman 2012 PTPR Points: 26

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Grand Prix de Paris September 10-15, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $9,680 | Prizepool: $2,097,390 Entries: 228 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 127 2nd position 77 3rd position 47 4th position 37 5th position 32 6th position 27 JEROME DOUIEB 27 IDRIS AMBRAISSE 12 KYLE CHEONG 12 JOE SEROCK 12 GREGOIRE BOISSENOT 12 RAPHAEL ABITBOL 10 DANIEL AMERA 10 JACQUES ENJOUBAULT 10 BRYAN COLIN 10 MICHAEL KWIEK 7 FLORIAN LECONTE 7 KYLE JULIUS 7 NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 2011: Matt Giannetti

WPT PARIS: SO NICE, GRUISSEM DOES IT TWICE

After ending Day 2 atop the leaderboard at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, high roller tournament standout Philipp Gruissem (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-642nd) ended the day today with the chip lead once again, leading the final 24 players into Friday's Day 4 play.


Gruissem came into the poker spotlight in 2011 when he followed a Top 30 finish at the WSOP Main Event up by winning two straight EPT High Rollers titles, in Barcelona and in London.

The French hip hop artist turned poker pro known to most as "Kool Shen" has enjoyed a breaktout year in 2012. Bruno Lopes (as he's known to everyone else) (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 31st) has won two events on the poker circuit in 2012.

Lopes won the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship at this very venue - the Aviation Club de France - in January (defeating 2012 bracelet winner Aubin Cazals heads-up) and picking up the win at WPT National Cannes in late May. Lopes currently sits in fourth position.

Rounding-out the Top 5 is reigning WPT Player of the Year Joe Serock (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-119th). Serock secured the WPT POY title with a string of three Top 10 WPT Main Event finishes in the final few months of the 2011-12 WPT Season.

Defending EPT Grand Final champ Mohsin Charania (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-32nd) holds a Top 10 stack heading into Friday's play.

FINAL 24 NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Philipp Gruissem 1,060,000
Bruno Lopes 440,000
Joe Serock 411,000
Mohsin Charania 307,000
Fabian Quoss 279,000
Timothy Adams 208,000
Theo Jorgensen 201,000
Kyle Julius 122,000
Juha Helppi 114,000
Jean Philippe Rohr 101,000
Andrew Lichtenberger 54,000

WPT LAPC winner Sean Jazayeri (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-53rd) and superstar Jason Mercier (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 293rd) were two of the final three players eliminated. Lucky for them, they just squeezed into the money, they will be taking home a little over 17K EURO for their efforts.

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FT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st - €400,000 2nd - €264,600 3rd - €170,065 4th - €125,775 5th - €94,615 6th - €75,765 7th - €62,575 8th - €50,010 9th - €37,640 10th-12th - €27,445 13th-15th - €22,595 16th-18th - €19,240 19th-21st - €16,835 22nd-24th - €15,065 25th Giacomo Fundaro - €13,305 26th Sean Jazayeri - €13,305 27th Jason Mericer - €13,305 RELATED POSTS > WAXMAN WINS WPT PARIS > TWO IN A ROW FOR GRUISSEM DEFENDING CHAMPION Matthew Waxman 2012 PTPR Points:

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PARTOUCHE POKER TOUR NLH Main Event September 3-9, 2012 Palm Beach Casino | Cannes Buy-in: $10,875 | Prizepool: $6,398,500 Entries: 489 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 127 2nd position 77 3rd position 47 4th position 37 5th position 32 6-7th position 27 8-11th position 12 12-15th position 10 16-18th position 7 NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 2011: Matt Giannetti

WPT BORGATA: BIANCO WINS 1M GUARANTEE PRELIM AT BORGATA

The kickoff event at the WPT Borgata Poker Open tournament series featured a $560 buy-in 1M guarantee NLH re-entry event. The event drew a total of 3,705 entries creating a 1.85M prizepool, far exceeding the guarantee.

Benedetto Bianco (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 10th) has won the event, collecting over 300K USD for the victory.


Bianco defeated Daniel Wach (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 10th) heads-up. It was a first QJ/PTPR Score this season for all of the final table participants.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) Benedetto Bianco $309,196 Daniel Wach $200,793 Walter English $131,492 Gary Ackerman $111,946 Brian Polito $93,289 Wendy Freedman $75,519 Robert Klein $58,639 Hobart Adkins $42,646 Tevy Wellins $31,096 John Alfera $20,435 RELATED POSTS > OBOODI SHINES AT BORGATA

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR NLH 1M Guarantee Event September 5-8, 2012 Borgata Hotel Casino | Atlantic City Buy-in: $560 | Prizepool: $1,852,500 Entries: 3,705 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION BENEDETTO BIANCO 120 DANIEL WACH 80 WALTER ENGLISH 55 GARY ACKERMAN 45 BRIAN POLITO 38 WENDY FREEDMAN 30 ROBERT KLEIN 28 HOBART ADKINS 25 TEVY WELLINS 25

PARTOUCHE: SCHEMION'S WIN HAS HIM CONTENDING FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

With the way he had been playing this season, it seemed as if it was only a matter of time for Ole Schemion (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 10th) to pickup the first major win of his poker career.

After a EPT Berlin prelim event win back in April (he won that same event in 2011 as well) and a 9th place finish at EPT Barcelona earlier in the month, Schemion replaces Sam Trickett as the winner of the Partouche Poker Tour Final and collects over 1M EURO for the big win.

Schemion joins fellow German poker pro Marvin Rettenmaier on the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year powered by PTPRpoker Top 10 Leaderboard.

Schemion defeated Karen Sarkisyan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-237th) heads-up. Sarkisyan was the chip leader coming into final table play today although Schemion was hot on his heels just a few chips behind.

Current Player of the Year leader Daniel Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 1st) added to his POY lead, collecting 29 PTPR Points for his 7th place finish, on the final table bubble.

Aaron Lim, Dan O'Brien, Marcello Marigliano, Fabrice Touil, Tom Alner, Simon Ravnsbaek and David Williams are a few of the other players who earned Player of the Year points in the event.

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FT PAYOUTS (EURO) Ole Schemion 1,172,850 € Karen Sarkisyan 693,494 € Aaron Lim 417,499 € Dan O'Brien 341,991 € Marcello Marigliano 267,492 € Fabrice Touil 223,498 € RELATED POSTS > SMITH BUBBLES PARTOUCHE FT > SCHEMION WINS AGAIN > SCHEMION WINS BERLIN PRELIM > TRICKETT WINS PARTOUCHE DEFENDING CHAMPION Sam Trickett

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PARTOUCHE POKER TOUR NLH Main Event September 3-9, 2012 Palm Beach Casino | Cannes Buy-in: $10,875 | Prizepool: $6,398,500 Entries: 489 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION OLE SCHEMION 129 KAREN SARKISYAN 79 AARON LIM 49 DAN O'BRIEN 39 MARCELLO MARIGLIANO 34 FABRICE TOUIL 29 DANIEL SMITH 29 BARTOLEMU GOMILA 14 TOM ALNER 14 GASTON ONANA 14 RAMIN HAJIYEV 14 SIMON RAVNSBAEK 12 PAUL TEDESCHI 12 AURANGZEB SHEIKH 12 MAGAL FABRON INCANDELA 12 MIHAIL MOROZOVS 9 DAVID WILLIAMS 9 DOMINIQUE FRANCHI 9

PARTOUCHE MAIN: SMITH ADDS TO HIS POY LEAD, SARKISYAN LEADS SUNDAY'S FT

It was a good day for Dan Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 1st), the current leader in the QuadJacks Player of the Year Race powered by PTPRpoker, made it deep in yet another event, further adding to his first place point total ... unfortunately for Smith, he was the final table bubble boy and his attempt at winning another poker tournament this season has gone by the wayside.

Karen Sarkisyan will hold the chip lead once final table play begins. Sarkisyan is followed closely by German pro Ole Schemion. Fabrice Touil and American Dan O'Brien will be joined by Marcello Marigliano and Aaron Lim at the final table.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1 Fabrice Touil 2,555,000
Seat 2 Karen Sarkisyan 3,990,000
Seat 3 Ole Schemion 3,510,000
Seat 4 Daniel O'Brien 2,500,000
Seat 5 Marcello Marigliano 3,165,000
Seat 6 Aaron Lim 1,470,000

Streaming of the Main Event Final Table will begin at 1pm Cannes time.

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FT PAYOUTS (EURO) Champion 1,172,850 € Runner-up 693,494 € 3rd 417,499 € 4th 341,991 € 5th 267,492 € 6th 223,498 € RELATED POSTS > TRICKETT WINS PARTOUCHE DEFENDING CHAMPION Sam Trickett

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PARTOUCHE POKER TOUR NLH Main Event September 3-9, 2012 Palm Beach Casino | Cannes Buy-in: $10,875 | Prizepool: $6,398,500 Entries: 489 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 129 2nd position 79 3rd position 49 4th position 39 5th position 34 6th position 29 DANIEL SMITH 29 BARTOLEMU GOMILA 14 TOM ALNER 14 GASTON ONANA 14 RAMIN HAJIYEV 14 SIMON RAVNSBAEK 12 PAUL TEDESCHI 12 AURANGZEB SHEIKH 12 MAGAL FABRON INCANDELA 12 MIHAIL MOROZOVS 9 DAVID WILLIAMS 9 DOMINIQUE FRANCHI 9

THE RIVER: MASSEY SCORES AGAIN, WINS RIVER SERIES MAIN

About a week after he finished fourth in a prelim event, Aaron Massey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 120th) has won the Main Event at the 2012 WinStar River Poker Series. Massey almost tripled his live tournament with the victory, collecting a hard-earned 650K USD for his efforts.

2011 WSOP Circuit Bossier City fourth place finisher Matt Newcombe (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,763rd) was the chip leader coming into final day play. Newcombe will have to settle for third place, still collecting just under 200K USD.

Justin Gardenhire (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 621st) was hoping to make a move in the Player of the Year standings ... however, Gardenhire was on the final table bubble finishing in 10th position, which means no POY points accumulated for this event.

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) Aaron Massey $651,559 Andy Robinson $334,030 Matt Newcombe $195,160 Jay Merchant $139,400 Peter Zhmutski $111,520 Patricia Cardner $97,580 Cord Garcia $83,640 Chris Hooper $69,700 Matt Shepsky $62,730 RELATED POSTS > 650K AWAITS THE RIVER WINNER > BAKER, CARROLL WIN PRELIMS > TUCKER WINS WINSTAR MAIN DEFENDING CHAMPION Bronson Tucker 2012 PTPR Points: 0

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT THE RIVER POKER SERIES NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 WinStar World Casino | Oklahoma Buy-in: $2,100 | Prizepool: $2,788,000 Entries: 1,396 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION AARON MASSEY 113 ANDY ROBINSON 73 MATT NEWCOMBE 48 JAY MERCHANT 38 PETER ZHMUTSKI 31 PATRICIA CARDNER 23 CORD GARCIA 21 CHRIS HOOPER 18 MATT SHEPSKY 18

THE RIVER: OVER 650K AWAITS THE WINNER OF TODAY'S FINAL TABLE

It's final day play at The 2012 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event as Matt Newcombe leads the final fifteen players to the final table. Newcombe (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) was fourth at WSOP Circuit Bossier City in 2011.

Aaron Massey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,763rd) scored points earlier at the River Series (a fourth place finish in the 1K NLH re-entry event, he will start final day play in second position.

Meanwhile, Justin Gardenhire (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 632th) - who qualified and scored points at the WSOP National Championship this past summer - comes into final day play with less than 1M in chips. Although he's not at the bottom, he will have some work ahead of him if he wishes to survive all the way to final table play.

FINAL DAY CHIP COUNTS:
Matt Newcombe 3,245,000
Aaron Massey 2,890,000
Peter Zhmutski 2,865,000
Andy Robinson 2,135,000
Richard Tygum 2,095,000
Patricia Cardner 1,200,000
Cord Garcia 1,090,000
Chris Hooper 1,050,000
Justin Gardenhire 905,000
Matt Shepsky 820,000
Mark Kehrees 745,000
Brad Tucker 640,000
Sam Murphy 535,000
Ron Roberts 435,000
Jay Merchant 300,000

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) 1st $651,559 2nd $334,030 3rd $195,160 4th $139,400 5th $111,520 6th $97,580 7th $83,640 8th $69,700 9th $62,730 RELATED POSTS > BAKER, CARROLL WIN PRELIMS > TUCKER WINS WINSTAR MAIN DEFENDING CHAMPION Bronson Tucker 2012 PTPR Points: 0

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT THE RIVER POKER SERIES NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 WinStar World Casino | Oklahoma Buy-in: $2,100 | Prizepool: $2,788,000 Entries: 1,396 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 113 2nd place 73 3rd place 48 4th place 38 5th place 31 6th place 23 7th place 21 8-9th place 18

APPT MELBOURNE: RAZAVI EARNS BIGGEST WIN OF POKER CAREER

It's a career win for English poker pro Samad Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-120th). After 100K and 200K USD pickups in 2011 (winning the UKIPT Cork Main and final tabling the Aussie Millions) Razavi earned over 325K AUD for the big win at APPT Melbourne in Australia earlier today.


Razavi came into final table play second in chips, but, was the favourite coming into FT play given his live tournament playing experience and his previous results on the circuit.

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-609th) - who entered final table play as the chip leader - finished third in the event.

Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 35th) - who finished second at the WSOP NLH 4-handed event this past summer - was the first man out. It was a very disappointing result for Rubie, who had his eyes set at the 2012 Player of the Year Top 10 with a victory here at the Crown Casino.

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) Sam Razavi 326,125 Keith Walker 205,345 Tom Grigg 114,750 Wayne Bentley 87,575 Gary Benson 72,475 James Bills 57,375 Kristian Lunardi 45,300 Nigel Andrews 36,240 Brendon Rubie 27,175 RELATED POSTS GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE FT > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SAM RAZAVI 102 KEITH WALKER 62 TOM GRIGG 37 WAYNE BENTLEY 27 GARY BENSON 20 JAMES BILLS 12 KRISTIAN LUNARDI 10 NIGEL ANDREWS 7 BRENDON RUBIE 7

STARDUST CLASSIC: OUI MONSIEUR! OUIMETTE WINS CANADIAN CLASSIC

Justin Ouimette (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-632nd) has just won the inaugural Stardust Canadian Poker Classic sponsored by PokerStars at the Stardust Poker Mansion near Montreal, Quebec.

Neal Armstrong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,556th), who held the chip lead coming into final table play, finished third in the event while well-known professionals Xuan Liu (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-132nd) and Chris McClung (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,961st) finished fourth and fifth positions.




Liu was especially upset by today's turn of events, here is what she had to say on her Twitter feed moments after her elimination...

Super disappointed & feel like the worst closer ever. Then they tell me there's a bracelet for the winner! Thx for the sweat guys <3

— Xuan Liu (@xxl23) September 2, 2012

Liu and McClung will now certainly turn their attention towards playing the WCOOP - PokerStars World Cup of Online Poker.

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (CAD) Justin Ouimette $85,000 Amarith Keo $50,000 Neal Armstrong $31,000 Xuan Liu $25,000 Chris McClung $19,000 Bill Kontaratos $15,000 Edin Cekic $12,000 Shawn Zibenberg $10,000 Jean-Louis Arsenau $8,000 Cedrick Angove $6,500 RELATED POSTS > LIU, MCCLUNG HEAD FT > LIU FT'S WSOP EVENT 4 > LIU FOURTH AT PCA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT STARDUST CANADIAN POKER CLASSIC 1K NLH Main Event August 30-2, 2012 Stardust Poker Mansion | Quebec Buy-in: $1,115 | Prizepool: $332,650 Entries: 337 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JUSTIN OUIMETTE 35 AMARITH KEO 18 NEAL ARMSTRONG 10 XUAN LIU 8 CHRIS MCCLUNG 5

APPT MELBOURNE: GRIGG, RAZAVI, RUBIE HIGHLIGHT FINAL TABLE

Tom Grigg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) leads as the APPT Melbourne Final Table is set for Monday at the Crown Casino.

Grigg holds close to a 2:1 chip lead on his second place opponent, he will carry a chip stack of 2.27M into FT play.


Poker circuit veteran Sam Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,127th) is the second place opponent in question. Razavi has a 1.31M chip stack.

2012 WSOP NLH 4-Handed Event runner-up Brendon Rubie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-44th)
comes in fourth. Rubie already has a score at the Crown Casino this year, he cashed in a prelim event at the Aussie Millions earlier this season.

Defending Champion Leo Boxell, Bill Argyros and Michael Kanaan all earned Top 25 finishes.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Tom Grigg 2,271,000
Sam Razavi 1,318,000
Keith Walker 1,048,000
Brendon Rubie 1,002,000
Gary Benson 631,000
Wayne Bentley 610,000
Kristian Lunardi 352,000
James Bills 322,000
Nigel Andrews 138,000

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (AUD) 1st 326,125 2nd 205,345 3rd 114,750 4th 87,575 5th 72,475 6th 57,375 7th 45,300 8th 36,240 9th 27,175 RELATED POSTS > RUBIE RUNNER-UP > LEO LOVE - BOXELL WINS APPT DEFENDING CHAMPION Leo Boxell 2012 PTPR Points: 0 NEXT APPT TOUR STOP APPT Macau November 7-11, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT ASIA PACIFIC POKER TOUR APPT Melbourne NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $5,160 | Prizepool: $1,246,915 Entries: 257 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 102 2nd place 62 3rd place 37 4th place 27 5th place 20 6th place 12 7th place 10 8th place 7 9th place 7

STARDUST CLASSIC: LIU, MCCLUNG HEAD TO FINAL TABLE, LARAQUE HEADS HOME

The Final Table is set at the Stardust Poker Mansion near Montreal where the Stardust Canadian Poker Classic powered by PokerStars is being held for the first time.

Quebec's Neal Armstrong (no, not THAT Neil - different spelling) is the chip leader heading into Final Table play later today.

Armstrong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) is the only player with a chip stack over the 2M mark.





Starting the day in second place is PCA Main Event Final Table standout Xuan Liu (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-146th). Liu - who appeared on Poker Eh's final episode of the season prior to the start of the WSOP (look for Season 2 coming soon on the QuadJacks Network) - had a great start to the WSOP collecting points in the Seven-Stud Hi-Low Eight or Better event.

Liu may have been the overnight chip leader where it not for her losing a late-night race to our other feature player, Christopher McClung (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR).

McClung had a successful run on the European Poker Tour in 2011, his experience in those major events will certainly serve him well later today at the Stardust.

Jean-Louis Arsenau and Bill Kontaratos are two other players to keep an eye on Sunday.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Neal Armstrong 2,176,000
Xuan Liu 1,443,000
Justin Ouimette 1,263,000
Amarith Keo 1,032,000
Jean-Louis Arsenau 990,000
Bill Kontaratos 870,000
Chris McClung 798,000
Cedrick Angoie 516,000
Edin Cokic 500,000
Shawn Zibenberg 481,000

It wasn't a great day for former NHL tough guy George Laraque. Laraque started the day Top 5 in chips but the former Edmonton Oiler and Montreal Canadian quickly found out that poker isn't for the weak of heart. It didn't take long for Laraque's stack to take a hit and eventually fade away on Day 2.

CanadaPoker will provide live stream coverage to the event starting at Noon Montreal Time (EDT).

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FT EVENT PAYOUTS (CAD) 1st $85,000 2nd $50,000 3rd $31,000 4th $25,000 5th $19,000 6th $15,000 7th $12,000 8th $10,000 9th $8,000 10th $6,500 RELATED POSTS > LIU FT'S WSOP EVENT 4 > LIU FOURTH AT PCA

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT STARDUST CANADIAN POKER CLASSIC 1K NLH Main Event August 30-2, 2012 Stardust Poker Mansion | Quebec Buy-in: $1,115 | Prizepool: $332,650 Entries: 337 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5

THE RIVER: BAKER, CARROLL WIN PRELIMS

While it looks like The River Poker Series Main Event will be a major success with over 1,000 already registered (Day 1C is currently underway), the WinStar World Casino's popular series hosted prelim event this past week, two of which qualified for Player of the Year points.



1K NLH RE-ENTRY TOURNAMENT
Clinton Baker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-632nd) won 68K USD for his win in the 1K re-entry event. There were 340 total entries for this event.

Baker led all Main Event participants during Day 1B.

Aaron Massey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,754th) was fourth in the event.

Clint Baker $68,000
Michael Kibilio $52,000
Morris "Rash" Barrett $42,146
Aaron Massey $26,180
Dale Roesel $19,720
Seth Baker $15,300
Gary Goodman $11,764
David Grubbs $9,520
Kent Hull $7,480
Reggi Trotter $5,984

PTPR PTS DISTRIBUTION: Clint Baker 35 PTPR Points, Michael Kibilio 18, Morris Barrett 10, Aaron Massey 8, Dale Roesel 5

5K NLH "NO JUICE" TOURNAMENT
Jim Carroll (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-162nd) - who won a prelim event at during the 2011 WPT Championship - picks up the W in the 5K NLH no juice tournament, defeating 66 other players in the process and earning a little over 90K USD for his efforts.

Runner-up Andrew Watson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-284th) collected his second PTPR Score of the season while Jacob Bazeley (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-118th) - who finished fifth in the event - earned his third PTPR Score of 2012.

Poker legend, six-time WSOP bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,554th) finished sixth in the event.

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5K EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Jim Carroll $90,505 Andrew Watson $90,505 Paul Solomon $56,505 John Newcombe $34,170 Jacob Bazeley $25,460 T.J. Cloutier $20,435 Kelly Jensen $17,420 RELATED POSTS > TUCKER WINS WINSTAR MAIN > CARROLL WINS WPT CHAMP 5K PRELIM

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT THE RIVER POKER SERIES 5K NLH "No Juice" August 27-28, 2012 WinStar World Casino | Oklahoma Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $335,000 Entries: 67 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JIM CARROLL 100 ANDREW WATSON 60 PAUL SOLOMON 35 JOHN NEWCOMBE 25 JACOB BAZELEY 18 T.J. CLOUTIER 10 KELLY JENSEN 8