2012 FSPC: FLORIDA CONTINUES TO PROVE IT'S A HOTBED FOR POKER

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Brandon Barnes (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-146th) won over 212K USD by winning the Main Event, but it's the overall success of the Florida State Poker Championship that has the State of Florida once again proving that it is indeed on the hotbeds of poker.

Although the leaderboard was dominated by Florida residents, it's Barnes, a Michigan native, who picked up the Main Event top prize. Barnes earned a second place finish at Heartland Michigan this past November. Barnes had collected over 117K USD for that second place finish.

Barnes defeated veteran pro Adam Levy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-319th) heads-up.

Meanwhile Hans Winzeler (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 72nd) collected his third PTPR Score of 2012, crossing the 100-point mark.

WPT Seminole Hard Rock Champion Tommy Vedes (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 10th) earned his fourth PTPR Score of the season - Vedes climbs back into the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Top 10 Leaderboard - powered by PTPRPoker.

Darryll Fish, Micah Raskin and Norm Zapczynski are other notables who earned PTPR Points in the event.


Other FSPC highlights included:

EVENT #5
A total of 1,187 entries in the 250K Guaranteed event as Hagai Stein won 30K for his efforts - not bad of a $500 buy-in!

EVENT #13
Joseph Urgo won the $1,600 buy-in bounty event, defeating 120 opponents. Adam Levy - who finished second in the Main Event - was sixth in this event.

EVENT #14
Over 34K to Barry Hutter for winning the Six-Max event. Eventual Main Event winner Brandon Barnes was third in this event.

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MAIN EVENT TOP 10 (USD) Brandon Barnes $212,500 Adam Levy $187,000 Hans Winzler $151,000 Tommy Vedes $94,340 Stuart Paterson $58,750 Darryll Fish $44,650 Micah Raskin $34,780 Norman Zapczynski $25,850 Jacob Schindler $18,330 Richard Zipes $14,570 RELATED POSTS > DRININ TAKES DOWN FSPC > WEST SOARS TO HPT TITLE DEFENDING CHAMPION Connor Drinin 2012 Rank: NR

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT FLORIDA STATE POKER CHAMPIONSHIP NLH Main Event July 27-30, 2012 The Isle Casino | Florida Buy-in: $5,300 | Prizepool: $940,000 Entries: 188 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION BRANDON BARNES 101 ADAM LEVY 61 HANS WINZELER 36 TOMMY VEDES 26 STUART PATERSON 19 DARRYLL FISH 11 MICAH RASKIN 9 NORM ZAPCZYNSKI 6 JAKE SCHINDLER 6

2011 FSPC: DRININ TAKES DOWN THE FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

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Connor Drinin takes Florida! Drinin has defeated a field of over 280 players to become the next Florida State Poker Champion, winning the main event at the Isle Casino Pompano Beach. This is Drinin's first large score.


Drinin survived a solid final table that included Byron Kaverman and Mukul Pahuja. Kaverman earns his fourth PTPR Score of the 2011 season - this includes a side event win at the PCA back in January.

Pahuja earns his second PTPR Score of the year, he posted a result at the Everglades Tournament earlier in the year.

@TeamMizrachi member Robert Mizrachi finished just outside the final table. The Florida native finished 8th for his second PTPR Score of the year.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Florida State Poker Championship
NLH Main Event
July 29-August 2, 2011

Isle Casino Pompano Beach | Florida
Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $1,415,000 | Entries: 283

PTS AT STAKE:
CONNOR DRININ 102
GANESH LETCHUMANAN 62
BYRON KAVERMAN 37
MUKUL PAHUJA 27
SAMAL WILLIAM 20
MATT HAZLETT 12
MATTHEW O'DONNELL 10
ROBERT MIZRACHI 7
SHARON LEVINS 7

2011 FSPC: KAVERMAN HIGHLIGHTS LIST OF FINAL TABLE PARTICIPANTS

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It's final table time down in Florida!

UPDATE!!: Kevmath (@Kevmath) reports that Connor Drinan has won the 2011 FSPC. Drinan later confirmed it on his twitter feed. We hope to have official results from the Isle shortly.

The Florida State Poker Championship is six players away from finding it's next FSPC Main Event Champion. Defending Champ Mike Matusow will not be present to defend his title.

Byron Kaverman is looking at climbing the PTPR Charts. Kaverman - who posted a win earlier this season at a PCA side event - would enter the PTPR Top 15 Leaderboard with a victory tonight. He would hit the 200-point mark with a second place finish.

Kaverman is the most notable and experienced player in the final six - although Mukul Pahuja does have a score this season, also in Florida - at the Everglades Open in May.

Here are the final table chip counts:

Table:Seat:Name:Chip Count
29-1 Samar William 990,000
29-3 Connor Drinan 1,555,000
29-4 Mukul Pahuja 1,825,000
29-5 Ganesh Letchumanan 1,505,000
29-7 Mark Hazlett 2,001,000
29-8 Bryon Kaverman 1,480,000

A very special thanks Random Table Draw for the FSPC coverage!


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Florida State Poker Championship
NLH Main Event
July 29-August 2, 2011

Isle Casino Pompano Beach | Florida
Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $1,415,000 | Entries: 283

PTS AT STAKE:
1st place 102
2nd place 62
3rd place 37
4th place 27
5th place 20
6th place 12
MATTHEW O'DONNELL 10
ROBERT MIZRACHI 7
SHARON LEVINS 7