Sunday, June 24, 2012

SO FAR AT THE VENETIAN DEEPSTACK...


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The WSOP isn't the only big poker series running this summer in Las Vegas, the Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza has gone through its first 29 tournaments and seven of them have qualified for QJ/PTPR Points.



EVENT #7 | 1,100 NLH | 298 PLAYERS | 291K PRIZEPOOL
Eric Blair (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-443rd) won the first event that qualified for Player of the Year points.

1 Eric Blair $ 70,018 (35 PTPR Points), 2 Brandon Setzer $ 43,178 (18), 3 Zaed Shamoon $ 29,174 (10), 4 Eric Piderit $ 20,714 (8), 5 Thomas McLaughlin $ 16,046 (5)

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EVENT #11 | 2,500 NLH | 209 PLAYERS | 475K PRIZEPOOL
Mikhai Glushankov won the first of the 2,500 events, surviving the charge from a few name pros: Ryan Welch (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-403rd), Brian Hawkins (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1151st), Toby Lewis (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 151th) and Daniel Buzgon (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-195th).

1 Mikhai Glushankov $ 114,118 (35 PTPR Points), 2 Ryan Welch $ 70,370 (18), 3 Brian Hawkins $ 47,548 (10), 4 Toby Lewis $ 33,759 (8), 5 Daniel Buzgon $ 26,151 (5)

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EVENT #19 | 1,600 NLH BOUNTY | 190 PLAYERS | 275K PRIZEPOOL
Ryan Austin won Event #19, collecting just under 75K USD with the victory.

Scott Lipshutz (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-805th), Imari Love (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1151st), Tamas Lendvai (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1318th) and H. Michael Borovetz (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-368th) all scored points in the event.

1 Ryan Austin $ 74,282 (35 PTPR Points), 2 Scott Lipshutz $ 46,220 (18), 3 Imari Love $ 28,062 (10), 4 Tamas Lendvai $ 20,634 (8), 5 H. Michael Borovetz $ 15,407 (5)

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EVENT #21 | 2,200 NLH | 195 PLAYERS | 292K PRIZEPOOL
Veteran poker pro Pierre Neuville (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 60th) - who finished second to Mickey Petersen and EPT Copenhagen - won Event #21 while Scott Baumstein (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 60th) was third and Ahmed Debabeche (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 60th) was fifth.

1 Pierre Neuville $ 79,080 (35 PTPR Points), 2 Sean Roberts $ 49,206 (18), 3 Scott Baumstein $ 29,875 (10), 4 Samantha Cohen $ 21,967 (8), 5 Ahmed Debabeche $ 16,402 (5)

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EVENT #22 | 1,100 NLH | 329 PLAYERS | 322K PRIZEPOOL
Matthew Shedsky won Event #22, winning over 77K for the win.

Former WSOP November Niner Joseph Cheong (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 91st) was second in the event.

1 Matthew Shedsky $ 77,294 (35 PTPR Points), 2 Joseph Cheong $ 46,896 (18), 3 Jordan Cristos $ 31,404 (10), 4 Paul Lieu $ 21,902 (8), 5 Francisco Azares $ 16,427 (5)

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EVENT #27 | 1,600 NLH | 266 PLAYERS | 385K PRIZEPOOL
Rick Bui won event #27 while Cesar Garcia (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 245th) and Kenny Hallaert (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 930th) each earned Top 3 finishes.

1 Rick Bui $ 92,436 (35 PTPR Points), 2 Cesar Garcia $ (18), 3 Kenny Hallaert $ 38,517 (10), 4 Anthony Valiente $ 27,347 (8), 5 Rachel Kranz $ 21,184 (5)

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EVENT #29 | 2,500 NLH | 138 PLAYERS | 313K PRIZEPOOL
Bjorn Li (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-208th) won Event #29, defeating the likes of Taylor Paur (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-309th), Michael Telker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-251th) and Yorane Kerignard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-300th) in the final five.



TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD)
1. Bjorn Li $94,184
2. Taylor Paur $56,511
3. Michael Telker $37,674
4. James Bomar $27,785
5. Yorane Kerignard $20,878
6. Raymond Muzyka $17,267
7. Alexander Meidinger $14,128
8. Garrett Garvin $10,988
9. Sang Yu $8,634
10. Seth Davies $7,064

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza
Event #29 : 2,500 No-Limit Hold'Em
June 21-23, 2012

The Palazzo | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $313,950
Entries: 138

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
BJORN LI 35
TAYLOR PAUR 18
MICHAEL TELKER 10
JAMES BOMAR 8
YORANE KERIGNARD 5


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