IRISH WINTER FEST: HARTMANN WINS IN DUBLIN

Tim Hartmann (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-720th) won the Irish Winter Festival at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin earlier this week. Hartmann defeated Patryk Pietnoczko heads-up and earned 100K EURO for his efforts.

Third place finisher Ronan Gilligan (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-296th) continued a strong 2012 campaign. Gilligan started this season off strong with a 3rd place finish at WPT Ireland to start the year; he followed that up by placing second at UKIPT Galway in Febraury.

Julian Thew (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-2.017th) - who won GUKPT Conventry last October - was fourth in the event while Daniele Nestola (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-720th) - who won the LAPT Grand Final in Brazil in February - finished in seventh.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st Tim Hartmann €100,000 2nd Patryk Pietnoczko €56,500 3rd Ronan Gilligan €35,000 4th Julian Thew €28,350 5th Marc McDonnell €22,300 6th Jay O Toole €18,300 7th Daniele Nestola €14,400 8th Ahmed Eydan €11,400 9th Trevor Dineen €8,400 10th Declan Wallace €5,500 RELATED POSTS > KEOWN WINS WINTER FESTIVAL

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT IRISH WINTER FESTIVAL NLH Main Event October 27-29, 2012 The Burlington Hotel | Dublin Buy-in: $1,450 | Prizepool: $496,840 Entries: 385 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TIM HARTMANN 35 PATRYK PIETNOCZKO 18 RONAN GILLIGAN 10 JULIAN THEW 8 MARC MCDONNELL 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION John Keown, €100,000

LAPT GRAND FINAL: NESTOLA GRAND CHAMPION, NEGREANU ENDS UP SIXTH

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Daniele Nestola wins the Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final. Nesotla collects the biggest cash of his career, having survived a 367-player field here in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Nestola defeated Gasperino Nicolas heads up.


KID POKER RUNS INTO ACES
Despite not having one of the top chip stacks, most still believed that Daniel Negreanu was the man to beat when play started on Monday. Unfortunately, Negreanu ran into aces and ended up finishing sixth in the event, right outside PTPR Points qualification.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (BRA REAL) Daniele Nestola : 324,600 Gasperino Nicolas : 214,700 Carlos Ibarra : 148,840 Felipe Morbiducci : 89,570 Jonathan Markovits : 64,540 Daniel Negreanu : 48,730 Vitor Torres : 35,560 Juan Gonzalez : 26,340 RELATED POSTS >> KID POKER AT FINAL TABLE >> PIMENTA LEADS, KID POKER TRENDS >> MENEDEZ MASTERS COLUMBIA EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERNEWS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final LAPT NLH Grand Final February 17-20, 2012 Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo, Brazil Buy-in: $2,335 | Prizepool: $792,720 Entries: 367 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DANIELE NESTOLA 35 GASPERINO NICOLAS 18 CARLOS IBARRA 10 FELIPE MORBIDUCCI 8 JONATHAN MARKOVITS 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Alex Manzano 2011 PTPR Ranking: 198th

LAPT GRAND FINAL: MIDDLE MAN - KID POKER BRINGS MID-STACK TO FINAL TABLE

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It's Final Table time down in Brazil! All eyes will be on Sao Paulo on Monday as Kid Poker Daniel Negreanu has a decent chip stack heading into Final Table play at the LAPT Grand Final.

As expected, Negreanu (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) final table experience far exceeds the experience of all other Final Table players combined. Negreanu takes a little over 700K in chips into Monday's play, about 1.2M chips behind our leader.

That chip leader is German player Daniele Nestola. Nestola biggest payday to date came in 2010 - where Nestola (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) finished in the Top 20 at NAPT Venetian Las Vegas.

This will be the first PTPR Score of the season for all participants, only the Final Five will receive points in the event.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Felipe Morbiducci, 347K
Seat 2 Daniel Negreanu, 702K
Seat 3 Jonathan Markovits, 991K
Seat 4 Carlos Ibarra, 1.297M
Seat 5 Daniele Nestola, 1.892M
Seat 6 Juan Gonzalez, 548K
Seat 7 Gasperino Nicolas, 1.19M
Seat 8 Vitor Torres, 273K

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (BRA REAL) 1st : 324,600 2nd : 214,700 3rd : 148,840 4th : 89,570 5th : 64,540 6th : 48,730 7th : 35,560 8th : 26,340 RELATED POSTS >> PIMENTA LEADS, KID POKER TRENDS >> MENEDEZ MASTERS COLUMBIA EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERNEWS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final LAPT NLH Grand Final February 17-20, 2012 Sheraton WTC Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo, Brazil Buy-in: $2,335 | Prizepool: $792,720 Entries: 367 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Alex Manzano 2011 PTPR Ranking: 198th