KESTER SCORES AGAIN: GALEN KESTER WINS WORLD POKER OPEN

Galen Kester (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-319th) has collected his third PTPR Score of the 2012 season.

After a couple of scores at the World Series of Poker, Kester has added a victory to his 2012 resume, winning the World Poker Open at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.



Kester now has 67 PTPR Points on the season.

Former November Niner John Dolan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-319th) finished 8th in the event, outside of PTPR Points collection however.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) Galen Kester $165,000 Brad Peeples $91,000 Mike Postle $50,000 Jessie Bryant $40,000 Johnny Landreth $30,000 Mark Herm $25,000 Timothy Stull $20,000 John Dolan $15,000 Glen Biddle $10,000 Marlin Drake $7,000 RELATED POSTS > DIAZ WINS WPO DEFENDING CHAMPION David Diaz 2012 Rank: NR

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT WORLD POKER OPEN NLH Main Event August 3-6, 2012 Gold Strike Casino | Mississippi Buy-in: $3,000 | Prizepool: $500,000 Entries: 158 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GALEN KESTER 35 BRAD PEEPLES 18 MIKE POSTLE 10 JESSIE BRYANT 8 JOHNNY LANDRETH 5

WSOPC: SAM BARNHART TOPS IN TUNICA

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

The World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah's Tunica has wrapped up.

Congrats to Sam Barnhart who just won the WSOPC ring with the main event victory. Barnhart won the event in style, he was holding pocket kings on the final hand of the tournament.

This is Barnhart's first major tournament score and obviously, his first PTPR Score.

Barnhart collects a little less than 150k and 35 PTPR Points with the win.

WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond Main Event winner Kurt Jewell was the early chip leader in the event - but could only manage a 8th place finish - still, an impressive result.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit Tunica
Main Event
February 13-15, 2011

Harrah's Tunica
Tunica, Mississippi, USA

Buy-in: $1,600
Prizepool: $698,400
Entries: 480

FINAL RESULTS
SAM BARNHART 35
JESSE WHITE 18
MARY HARDEN 10
BRIAN BURNEY 8
MARCO PALACIOS 5

PTS AT STAKE: TUNICA LATEST TOUR STOP FOR WSOP CIRCUIT

PHOTO CREDIT: WSOP.com

The World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event has arrived at Harrah's Tunica, in Mississippi.

There are 35 PTPR Points on the line for the winner of the event. 5 players will receive PTPR Points this event.

480 players have registered for the event. At the time of this post, 315 players remain.

Defending WSOCP Horseshoe Hammond Main Event champ Kurt Jewell currently holds the cihp lead.

Here is a look at the Top 10 chip leaders (at the time of this post):

1 Kurt Jewell 90,000
2 Tommy Vedes 62,000
3 Stephen Kats 50,000
4 John Land 38,000
5 Jeff Gibralter 35,000
6 Shaun Johnston 35,000
7 Traci Brown 32,000
8 Bob Talbot 32,000
9 Kyle Cartwright 30,000
10 Kevin Calenzo 30,000

And here are the payouts for this event:
1st 148,612
2nd 91,881
3rd 67,122
4th 49,759
5th 37,422
6th 28,547
7th 22,084
8th 17,328
9th 13,789
10-12 11,121
13-15 9,096
16-18 7,534
19-21 6,324
22-24 5,378
25-27 4,631
28-30 4,044
31-33 3,574
34-36 3,200
37-39 2,896
40-45 2,896
46-54 2,654


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit Tunica
Main Event
February 13-15, 2011

Harrah's Tunica
Tunica, Mississippi, USA

Buy-in: $1,600
Prizepool: $698,400
Entries: 480

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 35
2nd position 18
3rd position 10
4th position 8
5th position 5