Saturday, July 21, 2012

REVIEWING BELLAGIO CUP VIII, YAWITZ WINS MAIN


Two events at the Bellagio Cup VIII qualified for QJ/PTPR Points.

In a 5K Side Event, Canadian Eric Afriat (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-150th) won a 63-player event, collecting over 110K USD for his efforts.

Masaaki Kagawa (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-116th), Scott Baumstein (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-363rd), Brandon Meyers (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1027th), SCOOP Main Event Champion Nicholas Grippo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1610th) and Martin Vallo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-381st) all made the final table of the side event.


Meanwhile, in the Main Event, Jess Yawitz (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 88th) picked up the victory. Yawitz had earned a Top 10 finish earlier this season in the WPT Hard Rock Main Event.

Yawitz defeated Kristijonas Andrulis (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-134th) heads-up. Alain Roy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-367th), Steven Silverman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-273rd), WPT LAPC Champ Sean Jazayeri (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-46th), Kory Kilpatrick (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1246th) and Lee Markholt (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1773rd) all made the final table in the event.



FT PAYOUTS (USD)
Jess Yawitz $291,505
Kristijonas Andrulis $290,185
Eric Panayiotou $228,845
Alain Roy $83,769
Steven Silverman $62,827
Sean Jazayeri $50,860
Kory Kilpatrick $38,893
Aaron Been $26,926
Lee Markholt $19,147


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Bellagio Cup VIII
NLH Main Event
July 13-18, 2012

Bellagio | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,300 | Prizepool: $1,260,000
Entries: 126

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
JESS YAWITZ 101
KRISTIJONAS ANDRULIS 61
ERIC PANAYIOTOU 36
ALAIN ROY 26
STEVEN SILVERMAN 19
SEAN JAZAYERI 11
KORY KILPATRICK 9
AARON BEEN 6
LEE MARKHOLT 6


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