Danny Shiff has collected his first win of the 2012 poker season, besting a field of 173 players to win the 2012 Isle Classic - winning the big event in his home State.
This is already the second time that Shiff earns a PTPR Score this season. Shiff (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) earned a 12th place finish in the Main Event at the PCA earlier this month. Shiff is off to the races in 2012, over 200K collected so far this year.
2011 WSOP Circuit Palm Beach winner John Riordan (2011 PTPR Rank: 189th) finished third in this event, collecting his first score of 2012.
PCA 5K PLO Champ Noah Schwartz (2011 PTPR Rank: 828th) finished 10th in the event.
TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in USD) 1st Danny Shiff $115,604 2nd Scott Watson $66,951 3rd John Riordan $43,207 4th David Anthony $28,805 5th Roy Kay $22,771 6th Andrew Touchette $17,322 7th Stewart Newman $13,235 8th Theo Tran $9,342 9th David Bell Jr $8,953 10th Noah Schwartz $8,564 RELATED POSTS >> FRANKEL WINS ISLE PRELIM >> WAXMAN ISLE CLASSIC CHAMP >> YOUNG PUP RIORDAN WINS | PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT 2012 Isle Classic NLH Main Event January 27-30, 2012 The Isle Casino | Florida Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $389,250 Entries: 173 DEFENDING CHAMPION Matthew Waxman, (2011 PTPR Rank: 11th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DANNY SHIFF 35 SCOTT WATSON 18 JOHN RIORDAN 10 DAVID ANTHONY 8 ROY KAY 5 |
