Wednesday, February 22, 2012

VENETIAN DEEPSTACK: THAT'S MORE LIKE IT! AFTER WPT 6TH, FERRERA WINS THE DSE!

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SOURCE: THEHENDONMOB.com

Only a short week ago, many poker experts were shocked when Keith Ferrera was the first player eliminated at the final table at WPT Lucky Hearts at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

Ferrera was pegged by most - with all due respect to his final table opponents - as the man to beat at the final table yet, there he is was, collecting his sixth place paycheque, having to wait for his first win of 2012.

The 2009 Wynn Classic winner didn't take long to make amends. Ferrera (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) has followed up his WPT Lucky Hearts 6th with a win at Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza Main Event.

A total of 254 players entered the popular Vegas event, Ferrera picks up just under 140K with the victory.

2011 PTPR Tournament Player of Year Will "The Thrill" Failla earned his first PTPR Points of the season, finishing fourth. Failla (2011 PTPR Rank: 1st) beat out a monster field in the Borgata $500 re-entry event last month - unfortunately, that event did not qualify for PTPR Points.

Kenny Shih, Ryan Julius, Matt Marafioti, Carter Gill, Dan O'Brien, Matt Berkey and Gavin Smith are some notable names that cashed in the event.



TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD)
1st - Keith Ferrera $139,720
2nd - John Taitt $86,161
3rd - Kenneth Auker $58,217
4th - Emanuel Failla $41,334
5th - Kenny Shih $32,019
6th - Francois Safieddine $26,198
7th - Paul Lieu $21,831
8th - Hasan Aslanai $18,338
9th - Guy Maxtonegraham $15,136
10th - Ryan Julius $11,934

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza I
NLH Main Event
February 19-21, 2012

Venetian Casino Resort | Las Vegas, NV
Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $582,168
Entries: 254

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
KEITH FERRERA 35
JOHN TAITT 18
KENNETH AUKER 10
WILL "THE THRILL" FAILLA 8
KENNY SHIH 5

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Scott Clements
2011 PTPR Ranking: 289th


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