VENETIAN DEEPSTACK: THAT'S MORE LIKE IT! AFTER WPT 6TH, FERRERA WINS THE DSE!

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Only a short week ago, many poker experts were shocked when Keith Ferrera was the first player eliminated at the final table at WPT Lucky Hearts at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.

Ferrera was pegged by most - with all due respect to his final table opponents - as the man to beat at the final table yet, there he is was, collecting his sixth place paycheque, having to wait for his first win of 2012.

The 2009 Wynn Classic winner didn't take long to make amends. Ferrera (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) has followed up his WPT Lucky Hearts 6th with a win at Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza Main Event.

A total of 254 players entered the popular Vegas event, Ferrera picks up just under 140K with the victory.

2011 PTPR Tournament Player of Year Will "The Thrill" Failla earned his first PTPR Points of the season, finishing fourth. Failla (2011 PTPR Rank: 1st) beat out a monster field in the Borgata $500 re-entry event last month - unfortunately, that event did not qualify for PTPR Points.

Kenny Shih, Ryan Julius, Matt Marafioti, Carter Gill, Dan O'Brien, Matt Berkey and Gavin Smith are some notable names that cashed in the event.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) 1st - Keith Ferrera $139,720 2nd - John Taitt $86,161 3rd - Kenneth Auker $58,217 4th - Emanuel Failla $41,334 5th - Kenny Shih $32,019 6th - Francois Safieddine $26,198 7th - Paul Lieu $21,831 8th - Hasan Aslanai $18,338 9th - Guy Maxtonegraham $15,136 10th - Ryan Julius $11,934 RELATED POSTS >> CLEMENTS WINS DEEPSTACK IV >> FERRERA AT LUCKY HEARTS

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza I NLH Main Event February 19-21, 2012 Venetian Casino Resort | Las Vegas, NV Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $582,168 Entries: 254 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION KEITH FERRERA 35 JOHN TAITT 18 KENNETH AUKER 10 WILL "THE THRILL" FAILLA 8 KENNY SHIH 5 DEFENDING CHAMPION Scott Clements 2011 PTPR Ranking: 289th

WPT LUCKY HEARTS: GAGNE LOOKING FOR VALENTINE GIFT

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Gigi Gagne is looking to collect one heck of a Valentine's gift on Tuesday. The chip leader coming into Final Table play at the WPT Lucky Hearts Open, Gagne (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), could become the first woman to win a World Poker Tour open event.

Gagne holds a million dollar chip lead over the man who held the chip lead the past two days, Matt Juttelstad. Juttelstad (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) has a few live tournament cashes in his career. He did earn a 82nd place finish at the 2010 PCA Main Event.

2009 Wynn Classic Champion and Las Vegas pro Keith Ferrera and Sharon Levin - who finished 9th at the Florida State Poker Championship last August - will hope that their previous final table experience will help them on Tuesday.

Although they were eliminated today, Harrison Gimbel (2011 PTPR Rank: 2090th), Ganesh Letchumanan (2011 PTPR Rank: 452nd), Christian Harder (2011 PTPR Rank: 88th), Gian Oliveri (2011 PTPR Rank: 607th) and Noah Schwartz (2011 PTPR Rank: 828th) all collected PTPR Points today.

Schwartz's seven points bring his total up to 107 PTPR Points for the year, he moves up to 11th overall on the 2012 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1: Matt Juttelstad - 1,651,000 (138 BBs)
Seat 2: Gigi Gagne - 2,708,000 (226 BBs)
Seat 3: Uri Kadosh - 1,470,000 (123 BBs)
Seat 4: Keith Ferrera - 1,094,000 (91 BBs)
Seat 5: Sharon Levin - 1,208,000 (101 BBs)
Seat 6: Todd Jacobson - 718,000 (60 BBs)

NOTABLE DAY 3 PLAYER ELIMINATIONS
Harrison Gimbel, Ganesh Letchumanan, Christian Harder, Noah Schwartz, Darryll Fish, Angelo Miel, Fred Goldberg and Jonathan Little.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS 1st: $268,444 2nd: $158,194 3rd: $105,463 4th: $73,344 5th: $54,649 6th: $42,185 RELATED POSTS >> JUTTELSTAD STILL ON TOP >> DAY 2 UNDERWAY AT HARD ROCK >> GIMBEL SHORT AT HARD ROCK >> FROM RUSSIAN, WITH LOVE DEFENDING CHAMPION Inaugural Event NEXT TOUR STOP WPT L.A. Poker Classic (LAPC) February 24-29, 2012 FINAL TABLE LIVE STREAM WPT LIVE STREAM

PTPR PREMIER EVENT World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open WPT Lucky Hearts NLH Main Event February 10-14, 2012 Seminole Hard Rock | Hollywood, FL Buy-in: $3,500 | Prizepool: $958,750 Entries: 295 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 127 2nd place 77 3rd place 47 4th place 37 5th place 32 6th place 27 OMAR SIDER 27 HAL KLEIN 12 HARRISON GIMBEL 12 VICTOR HEFFESSE 12 ALEX IVANOV 12 GANESH LETCHUMANAN 10 CHRISTIAN HARDER 10 GIAN OLIVERI 10 RAJ VOHRA 10 STEVEN KARP 7 ANTONIO COLON 7 NOAH SCHWARTZ 7

WPT LUCKY HEARTS: DAY 2 UNDERWAY AT SEMINOLE HARD ROCK

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Day 2 play is just under way as the World Poker Tour made it's way from Venice to Hollywood, Florida this weekend.

The inaugural WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open has attracted a total of 295 player entries and our prizepool is just under one million dollars.

Matt Juttelstad is the chip leader heading into Day 2 play. Juttelstad (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) finished 82nd at the 2010 PCA Main Event.

Las Vegas pro Keith Ferrera (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) and Florida pro - the man who needs no introduction - Jason Mercier (2011 PTPR Rank: 8th) are in the Top 10 and are certainly two players to keep an eye on today.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS (START OF DAY 2)
Matt Juttelstad 280,000
Keith Ferrera 200,600
Jason Mercier 176,400
Harrison Gimbel 143,200
Christian Harder 114,400
Darryll Fish 113,200
Shaun Deeb 112,700
Tristan Wade 96,200
Matt Stout 94,800
Tony Cousineau 81,300
Tony Ruberto 77,100
Danny Shiff 66,000
Jonathan Little 63,700
John Spadavecchia Jr 60,800
Fred Goldberg 59,500
Matt Waxman 59,400
Jeremy McLaughlin 54,000
Shannon Shorr 51,700
Vitor Coelho 50,100
Noah Schwartz 49,500
Todd Terry 46,700
Matt Giannetti 46,200
Allie Prescott 36,600
Mike Beasley 34,200
Allen Kessler 33,400
Matt Brady 23,800
Daniel Buzgon 23,500
Will Failla 22,500
Kathy Liebert 18,100
Ashton Griffin 14,000

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WPT LUCKY HEARTS PAYOUTS 1st: $268,444 2nd: $158,194 3rd: $105,463 4th: $73,344 5th: $54,649 6th: $42,185 7th: $32,598 8th: $23,969 9th: $17,258 10th-12th: $13,423 13th-15th: $11,505 16th-18th: $10,067 19th-27th: $8,629 RELATED POSTS >> GIMBEL SHORT AT HARD ROCK >> FROM RUSSIAN, WITH LOVE

PTPR PREMIER EVENT World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open WPT Lucky Hearts NLH Main Event February 10-14, 2012 Seminole Hard Rock | Hollywood, FL Buy-in: $3,500 | Prizepool: $958,750 Entries: 295 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 127 2nd place 77 3rd place 47 4th place 37 5th place 32 6-7th place 27 8-11th place 12 12-15th place 10 16-18th place 7 NEXT TOUR STOP WPT L.A. Poker Classic (LAPC) February 24-29, 2012