WPT BESTBET JAX: CUNIX'S TRIP TREYS EARN HIM JACKSONVILLE GOLD!

PICTURE: WORLD POKER TOUR

He was chip leader going in and, although he lost the chip lead during final table play, Shawn Cunix bounced back and has won WPT BestBet Jacksonville, the final WPT event prior to the World Championship.


Cunix (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-18th) held pocket treys on the final hand - once a three hit the board, that was it, game over! Cunix takes home over 400K USD for the victory.

It was a tough start to final table play as our four fan favourites were gone within hours ... 2011 PTPR Poker Player of the Year Will "The Thrill" Failla (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 89th) was the first to go, WPT host Tony Dunst (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-289th) was next while Daniel Buzgon (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-129th) and Darren Elias (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-143rd) followed shortly thereafter.

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) Shawn Cunix $400,600 James Calderaro $236,560 Darren Elias $147,850 Daniel Buzgon $94,624 Tony Dunst $66,532 Will Failla $54,704 RELATED POSTS >> CUNIX LEADS STAR-STUDDED FT >> JATTIN LEADS FINAL 55 >> VEDES VINDICATED >> RUBERTO WINS WPT JAX NEXT TOUR STOP WPT World Championship Bellagio, Las Vegas May 19-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open WPT NLH Main Event April 27-2, 2012 BestBet Jacksonville | Florida Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $1,478,500 Entries: 320 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SHAWN CUNIX 128 JAMES CALDERARO 78 DARREN ELIAS 48 DANIEL BUZGON 38 TONY DUNST 33 WILL FAILLA 28 BYRON KAVERMAN 28 AMERLIO AMATO 13 MATT MARAFIOTI 13 BLAKE PURVIS 13 PETER CAMPO 13 ROBERT LEBEAU 11 TONY PARILLE DAVID TUTHILL JUSTIN CONLEY 11 FARID JATTIN 8 ROBERT GORODETSKY 8 BRANDON HALL 8

WPT BESTBET JAX: JATTIN LEADS AS FINAL 55 RETURN MONDAY

PICTURE: WORLD POKER TOUR

Although many top players were eliminated on Sunday, we have 55 runners still alive at the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open, all looking for their shot at the WPT title!

Farid Jattin (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 689th) is the overnight chip leader in Jacksonville. Jattin was runner-up to Tyng Low at the Borgata Summer Open last June and has collected over 270K USD in winnings on the live poker circuit.

Trailing Jattin is well known pro Darren Elias. Elias (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) has several wins to his credit, but his most recent major score, like Jattin, came at Borgata, where he finished in the WPT Borgata Poker Open last September.

There are still five former WPT Champions in the field. They are lead by defending WPT Five Diamond Classic and recent iSeries Live Champ James Dempsey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR), who brings a little more than 400K in chips into Monday's play.

2011 PTPR Poker Player of the Year - Will "The Thrill" Failla (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-132nd) - is seventh in chips. The defending WPT Legends of Poker Champ is fresh off his win on the Heartland Poker Tour last month and will be looking for more on Monday.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS
Farid Jattin 718,000 (Day 2 Chip Leader)
Darren Elias 636,000
James Dempsey 404,500
Will Failla 335,000
Byron Kaverman 292,000
Matt Giannetti 274,500
Brian Hastings 248,500
Daniel Buzgon 232,000
Darryll Fish 183,500
Tony Dunst 169,000
Matt Marafioti 163,000
Matt Brady 147,500
Allen Kessler 123,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh 94,500
Andy Frankenberger 90,000

NOTABLE ELIMINATIONS
Mike Sexton, Mike Scarborough, Matt Juttelstad, Matt Stout, Vitor Coehlo, Shannon Shorr, Tony Ruberto, Tony Cousineau, Lisa Hamilton, Corey Burbick, David Diaz, Brian Hawkins, Abbey Daniels, John Racener, Jonathan Little, Keith Ferrera, Joe Serock and David Paredes.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) 1st: $400,600 2nd: $236,560 3rd: $147,850 4th: $94,624 5th: $66,532 6th: $54,704 7th: $47,312 8th: $39,919 9th: $34,005 10th-12th: $25,134 13th-15th: $20,699 16th-18th: $16,263 19th-27th: $12,124 28th-36th: $9,610 RELATED POSTS >> VEDES VINDICATED >> RUBERTO WINS WPT JAX TOURNAMENT UPDATES >> WPT LIVE UPDATES NEXT TOUR STOP WPT World Championship Bellagio, Las Vegas May 19-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open WPT NLH Main Event April 27-2, 2012 BestBet Jacksonville | Florida Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $1,478,500 Entries: 320 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 128 2nd position 78 3rd position 48 4th position 38 5th position 33 6-7th position 28 8-11th position 13 12-15th position 11 16-18th position 8

LAPC PRELIMS: PILGRIM, MORRISON ON THE BOARD

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Parviz Razavian won an LAPC prelim event earlier this week. Razavian won Event 47 - NLH 6-handed.

Plenty of names scored points in the event. Dwyte Pilgrim earned 40 PTPR Points for his first score of the year, Darren Elias scored for the third time this season, finishing third, and Kirk Morrison's first score of the season earns him 5 PTPR Points.


PTPR PRELIM EVENT
Los Angeles Poker Classic
Event 47 - No Limit Hold'Em 6-handed
February 21, 2011

Commerce Casino
Los Angeles, California, USA

Buy-in: $2,575
Prizepool: $296,785
Entries: 101

FINAL RESULTS
PARVIZ RAZAVIAN 75
DWYTE PILGRIM 40
DARREN ELIAS 25
RAY QARTOMY 15
MIKHAIL TIMOSHIN 10
J.C. MOUSSA 8
KIRK MORRISON 5
ANDRAS NEMETH 5
ANDY SETH 5

PTPR RECAP: A FINAL LOOK AT THE PCA - KOSTRITSYN WINS BIG

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Alexander Kostritsyn was a big winner last Sunday, on the final night of the PCA in the Bahamas.

Kostritsyn defeated red-hot Eugene Katchalov heads-up. David Benyamine catches fourth place.

3rd place finisher Darren Elias scores for the second time this season, he now has 55 PTPR Points in 2011 - Elias scored 20 PTPR Points a few days before at the PCA, Event 17 NLH 8-Max event.

Here are the payouts for this event:

Alexander Kostritsyn $263,840
Eugene Katchalov $131,920
Darren Elias $98,940
David Benyamine $72,555
Alexander Condon $52,770
Micah Raskin $39,575



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure
High Rollers No Limit Hold'em Six-Max Turbo
Janaury 16, 2011

Atlantis Resort & Casino
Paradise Island, Bahamas

Buy-in: $10,200
Prizepool: $659,600
Entries: 68

FINAL RESULTS
KOSTRITSYN ALEXANDER 100
KATCHALOV EUGENE 60
ELIAS DARREN 35
BENYAMINE DAVID 25
CONDON ALEXANDER 18
RASKIN MICAH 10