Thursday, September 20, 2012

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.



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


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