2012 WSOPE: ROSADONI WINS FIRST BRACELET, ANGRY JOHN MOVING UP THE CHARTS

Amateur poker player Giovanni Rosadoni (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-171st) sure picked a good time to win his first major poker tournament.

Although he needed an extra day to do it, Rosadoni finally disposed of popular pro Dan O'Brien (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 143rd) heads-up to pickup a WSOP bracelet in the 3K NLH Shootout event at WSOP Europe in Cannes, France.

O'Brien - who final tabled the Partouche Grand Final earlier this month - started the day as the short stack but he had the lead late and had his opponent up against the ropes ... only to see Rosadoni double-up with Kings and take control of this event.

It's certainly not the result that John Monnette (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-4th) was looking for, but, his third place result will allow him to move up a couple of spots to #4 overall on the Player of the Year Leaderboard. Monnette joins Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari in fourth position.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and defending IPT San Remo Champ Oleksii Kovalchuk (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 18th), Adrien Allain (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,199th), EPT Deauville side event runner-up Paul Guichard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-200th), EPT Deauville NLH side event winner Roman Romanovksyi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 203rd) and EPT founder John Duthie (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-2,110h) all some of the notable players who collected POY points in this event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Giovanni Rosadoni 107,614 Dan O'Brien 66,503 John Monnette 48,177 Oleksii Kovalchuk 35,560 Adrien Allain 26,724 Paul Guichard 20,434 Roman Romanovskyi 15,890 Trond Aanensen 12,564 John Duthie 10,095 Valentin Messina 8,239 Philippe Boucher 5,428 Phil Hellmuth 5,428 Mohsin Charania 5,428 Chance Kornuth 5,428 Dominik Nitsche 5,428 Daniel Negreanu 5,428 Faraz Jaka 5,428 Matt Stout 5,428 Michael Ferrell 5,428 Brian Park 5,428 RELATED POSTS > BIG WIN FOR BIG ROG! > THE YEAR OF ANTONIO > WE'RE OFF IN CANNES

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE WSOP Europe 3K NLH Shootout September 25-27, 2012 Hotel Majestic Barriere | Cannes Buy-in: $4,195 | Prizepool: $524,490 Entries: 141 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GIOVANNI ROSADONI 101 DAN O'BRIEN 61 JOHN MONNETTE 36 OLEKSII KOVALCHUK 26 ADRIEN ALLAIN 19 PAUL GUICHARD 11 ROMAN ROMANOVSKYI 9 TROND AANENSEN 6 JOHN DUTHIE 6

JUNE QUADJACKS/PTPRPOKER PLAYER OF THE MONTH: JOHN MONNETTE

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Month for June | Powered by PTPRpoker

Three WSOP scores including a second bracelet victory in two years have earned John Monnette QuadJacks Poker Player of the Month - powered by PTPRpoker - honours for the month of June 2012.

JUNE PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Monnette won Event #10 5K Seven-Card Stud at the World Series of Poker. He also posted scores in Event #15 5K Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better and Event #32 10K H.O.R.S.E.




JUNE TOURNAMENTS THAT QUALIFIED FOR PTPR POINTS: 66
Grand Slams - 0 | Premier - 44 | Tier 3 - 1 | Side - 2 | Challenger - 19

JUNE PLAYER OF THE MONTH STATS
John Monnette, 249 PTPR Points, 3 PTPR Scores

>> WSOP Event #10 5K Seven-Card Stud - 126 PTPR Points
>> WSOP Event #15 5K Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better - 47 PTPR Points
>> WSOP Event #32 10K H.O.R.S.E. - 76 PTPR Points

JUNE TOP 10
249 JOHN MONNETTE
194 PHIL IVEY
187 DAVID BAKER "ODB"
178 MICHAEL GATHY
176 VINCENT VAN DER FLUIT
174 PHIL HELLMUTH JR.
163 MICHAEL MIZRACHI
145 NEIL WILKERSON
145 CARTER PHILLIPS
145 ROCCO PALUMBO
145 ASHKAN RAZAVI
145 CLIFFORD GOLDKIND
145 MAX STEINBERG
145 DUNG NGUYEN
145 HENRY LU

MOST PTPR SCORES FOR JUNE 2012
A total of 768 different players scored PTPR Points in June, 108 of those players earned at least two scores for the month.

With five (5) scores at the WSOP, Phil Ivey earned the most PTPR Scores for the month. Konstantin Puchkov, Rep Porter and Scott Clements each collected four (4) Scores.

JUNE MOST PTPR SCORES
5 PHIL IVEY
4 KONSTANTIN PUCHKOV
4 REP PORTER
4 SCOTT CLEMENTS
3 JOHN MONNETTE
3 DAVID BAKER "ODB"
3 VINCENT VAN DER FLUIT
3 PHIL HELLMUTH JR.
3 TOM CHAMBERS
3 ANTONIO ESFANDIARI
3 JESSE MARTIN
3 MICHAEL CHOW
3 JEFFREY LISANDRO
3 BRYN KENNEY
3 JOSEPH CHEONG
3 BERTRAND GROSPELLIER "ElkY"
3 THIAGO NISHIJIMA
3 CALVIN ANDERSON
3 MICHAEL WATTEL "MIKE"
3 BRYAN DEVONSHIRE
3 EUGENE KATCHALOV

AT THIS POINT LAST SEASON (January to June 2011)
At this point as of June 2011, Jason Mercier had taken over the Player of the Year race. Mercier's NAPT Mohegan Sun and WSOP bracelet wins propelled him to first overall. Fellow Team PokerStras Pro Eugene Katchalov was just a few points behind Mercier.

Alessio Isaia, Bertrand Grospellier and Ali Eslami rounded-out the Top 5.

2011 Player of the Year Will Failla tied with Martin Jacobson for 79th on the overall leaderboard.

Here is a look at our 2011 Top 5, up to April 2011:

305 JASON MERCIER
299 EUGENE KATCHALOV
293 ALESSIO ISAIA
286 BERTRAND GROSPELLIER "ElkY"
281 ALI ESLAMI

2012 WSOP: DAY 23 RECAP - SHAKE AND BAKES - BAKER WINS SECOND BRACELET

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

EVENT #32 |
10K H.O.R.S.E. CHAMPIONSHIP |
178 ENTRIES | 1.67M PRIZEPOOL

David "Bakes" Baker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-65th) survives the "final table of the WSOP" so far on way to his second ever WSOP bracelet!

A ridiculous final table that included 25 total bracelets: 2012 bracelet winner John Monnette (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 3rd), Abe Mosseri (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-601st), Matthew Waxman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-601st) and Dan Kelly (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 105th).




We also can't overlook the two Phils, Hellmuth (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 13th) and Ivey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 5th), who hit another final table this summer, although neither player could do better than 5th and 6th in this event.

Mori Eskandani, Brandon Shack-Harris, Scott Clements, John Hennigan, David Bach, Ralph Perry, ElkY, Eugene Katchalov and Joe Tehan all earned Top 18 finishes in the event.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1 David Bakes Baker $451,779 2 John Monnette $279,206 3 Paul Sokoloff $183,784 4 Phil Hellmuth $134,056 5 Phil Ivey $99,739 6 Abe Mosseri $75,511 7 Matt Waxman $58,093 8 Dan Kelly $45,360 RELATED POSTS > NO ONE CAN GET CARTER! > THE WRIGHT TOUCH! > SHULMAN SHOWS THE BOYS > ADAMS MAKES IT 3 FOR CANADA > SCHWARTZ WINS IN OT > SCOTT GETS HIS DUE > MEINDERS WINS ON DAY 19 > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > CHARETTE DOES ONE BETTER > THE LEGEND GROWS - HELLMUTH'S 12TH > LET HIM BE FRANK > MATROS MAKES IT 3 IN 3 > FRIEDMAN DENIES BRUNSON > HASTINGS WINS ON DAY 12 > VAN DER FLUIT WINS FIRST > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #32 : 10K H.O.R.S.E. June 16-18, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $1,673,200 Entries: 178 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DAVID BAKER "BAKES" 126 JOHN MONNETTE 76 PAUL SOKOLOFF 46 PHIL HELLMUTH 36 PHIL IVEY 31 ABE MOSSERI 26 MATT WAXMAN 26 DAN KELLY 11 MORI ESKANDANI 11 BRANDON SHACK-HARRIS 11 ANDREW BROWN 11 SCOTT CLEMENTS 9 JOHN HENNIGAN 9 DAVID BACH 9 RALPH PERRY 9 BERTRAND GROSPELLIER "ElkY" 6 EUGENE KATCHALOV 6 JOE TEHAN 6

2012 WSOP: DAY 13 RECAP - FRIEDMAN DENIES BRUNSON OF SECOND BRACELET

EVENT #15 |
5K 7-STUD HI-LOW SPLIT-8 OR BETTER |
212 ENTRIES | 996K PRIZEPOOL

We went way into the night to find a Champion in the Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship - the event ended minutes before 5am in Vegas - where overnight chip leader Adam Friedman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-39th) held on to win his first bracelet over poker legend Todd Brunson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 59th) - who was seeking his second bracelet.


John Monnette (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 5th) - who was seeking a second bracelet this week and a third of his career - wasn't able to win, but, the 47 PTPR Points he accumulated in the event allow him to enter the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Top 10 Leaderboard, powered by PTPRpoker.

Former EPT Loutraki winner Zimnan Ziyard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 138th), Phil Ivey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 208th), Bryn Kenney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 104th) and Brian Twete (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-807th) all final tabled this event.

Jesse Martin, Christopher George, Nicholas Verkaik, Ben Yu, Phil Hellmuth, Allen Bari and Marco Johnson all earned Top 18 finishes.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1st Adam Friedman $269,037 2nd Todd Brunson $166,269 3rd John Monnette $109,444 4th Nikolai Yakovenko $79,831 5th Sven Arntzen $59,395 6th Zimnan Ziyard $44,967 7th Phil Ivey $34,595 8th Bryn Kenney $27,012 9th Brian Twete $21,392 RELATED POSTS > SCHAEFER WINS BRACELET > THE GOOD DOCTOR WINS > HASTINGS WINS ON DAY 12 > VAN DER FLUIT WINS FIRST > RAZAVI DESTROYS FT > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > DAY 8 NO GOOD FOR GRIFFIN > BLOCH WINS BRACELET > HANSEN ON ROAD TO RECOVERY > JIVKOV WINS ON DAY 6 > ZEIDMAN WINS BRACELET > FORCE WINS ON DAY 5 > WSOP DAY 4 RECAP > HELLMUTH'S 86TH CASH

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #15 : 5K 7-Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better June 6-8, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $996,400 Entries: 212 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ADAM FRIEDMAN 127 TODD BRUSON 77 JOHN MONNETTE 47 NIKOLAI YAKOVENKO 37 SVEN ARNTZEN 32 ZIMNAN ZIYARD 27 PHIL IVEY 27 BRYN KENNEY 12 BRIAN TWETE 12 JESS MARTIN 12 ALEXANDER KRAPIVINSKY 12 CHRISTOPHER GEORGE 10 NICHOLAS VERKAIK 10 BEN YU 10 PHIL HELLMUTH 10 TUAN VO 7 ALLEN BARI 7 MARCO JOHNSON 7

2012 WSOP: DAY 10 RECAP - MAKE IT TWO BRACELETS IN TWO YEARS FOR MONNETTE

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

EVENT #10 |
5K SEVEN CARD STUD |
145 ENTRIES | 681K PRIZEPOOL

It's a second bracelet in two years for John Monnette! After winning a bracelet in an 8-Game event in 2011, Monnette now adds a bracelet in the 5K Seven Card Stud event.

Monnette (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 22nd) earned his second QJ/PTPR Score of the season, he earned a Top 20 finish earlier this Series in the 1,500 Stud Hi-Low event.




Monnette defeated Huu Vinh (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 48th) heads-up. Vinh also earned a score earlier at the WSOP in the 1,500 Seven-Card Stud event.

Lee Goldman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 77th) and Mike Sexton (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 347th) each earned their third QJ/PTPR Scores of 2012 while Timothy Finne (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 163rd), Bryn Kenney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-127th), Eugene Katchalov (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-488th) and "The Takeover" Nick Schulman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-116th) all collected their second PTPR Scores.

Jeffrey Lisandro, Mark Dickstein, Cyndy Violette and Max Pescatori are other notables who finished in the Top 18 in the event.

Aubin Cazals defeated Joseph "Subiime" Cheong in the final heads up match of the inaugural 5K Mixed Max event at the World Series of Poker.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1 John Monnette $190,826 2 Huu Vinh $117,913 3 Tim Finne $73,847 4 Perry Friedman $53,470 5 Jeff Lisandro $41,789 6 Mark Dickstein $33,325 7 Bryn Kenney $27,062 8 Raymond Dehkharghani $22,332 RELATED POSTS > MONNETTE EARNS BRACLET (2011) > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > DAY 8 NO GOOD FOR GRIFFIN > BLOCH WINS BRACELET > HANSEN ON ROAD TO RECOVERY > JIVKOV WINS ON DAY 6 > ZEIDMAN WINS BRACELET > FORCE WINS ON DAY 5 > WSOP DAY 4 RECAP > HELLMUTH'S 86TH CASH

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #10 : 5K Seven Card Stud June 3-5, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $681,500 Entries: 145 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JOHN MONNETTE 126 HUU VINH 76 TIMOTHY FINNE 46 PERRY FRIEDMAN 36 JEFFREY LISANDRO 31 MARK DICKSTEIN 26 BRYN KENNEY 26 RAYMOND DEHKHARGHANI 11 EUGENE KATCHALOV 11 LEE GOLDMAN 11 CYNDY VIOLETTE 11 MAX PESCATORI 9 DAVID ROSENAU 9 YUVAL BRONSHTEIN 9 MIKE SEXTON 9 NICK SCHULMAN 6

2011 WSOP: PAYAN, MONNETTE PICKUP BRACELETS

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERNEWS.com

Short report for you folks tonight.

Event 22 - Pot Limit Omaha
Frenchman Elie Payan captured the title, defeating Doc Sands, Ronald Israelashvili, Benjamin Parker, Michael Kamran and Ryan Welch along the way.

Event 23 - Eight-Game Mix Event
John Monnette picked up the victory and defeated a laundry list of quality opponents: Eric Buchman (who's having a great start to the WSOP), Michele Limongi, Brent Hanks, John Juanda, November Niner John Racener, Rami Boukai, Owais Ahmed, Pispala, Ben Yu, Maya Roca Uribe, Gregory Dyer and Marco Traniello.

Juanda collects his second PTPR Score of the year (both this week at the WSOP) places him a single point off of the 2011 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year Top 15 Leaderboard.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 22 No Limit Hold'em
June 13-15, 2011

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,445,850
Entries: 1,071

FINAL RESULTS:
ELIE PAYAN 135
RAFE KIBRIT 85
DAVID SANDS 55
JUHA VILKKI 45
STEPHEN WOLFE 40
EMIL PATEL 35
CODY MUNGER 35
JEFF SARWER 20
ROLAND ISRAELASHVILI 20
BENJAMIN PARKER 20
FRANK PEELEN 20
NATHAN GAMBLE 18
MICHAEL KAMRAN 18
RYAN WELCH 18
QUINN DO 18
RICHARD RINKER 15
TIMOTHY SEIDENSTICKER 15
JOHN ORLINA 15


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 23 Eight-Game Mix Event
June 13-15, 2011

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $1,112,475
Entries: 489

FINAL RESULTS:
JOHN MONNETTE 129
ERIC BUCHMAN 79
MICHELE LIMONGI 49
BRENT HANKS 39
DESMOND PORTANO 34
JOHN JUANDA 29
ADAM KORNUTH 29
JOHN RACENER 14
ADAM GEYER 14
RAMI BOUKAI 14
OWAIS AHMED 14
MIKKO PISPALA 12
BEN YU 12
HOOMAN NIKZAD 12
MAYU ROCA URIBE 12
GREGORY DYER 9
ROBERT ROSENGARTEN 9
MARCO TRANIELLO 9