About a week after he finished fourth in a prelim event, Aaron Massey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 120th) has won the Main Event at the 2012 WinStar River Poker Series. Massey almost tripled his live tournament with the victory, collecting a hard-earned 650K USD for his efforts.
2011 WSOP Circuit Bossier City fourth place finisher Matt Newcombe (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,763rd) was the chip leader coming into final day play. Newcombe will have to settle for third place, still collecting just under 200K USD.
Justin Gardenhire (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 621st) was hoping to make a move in the Player of the Year standings ... however, Gardenhire was on the final table bubble finishing in 10th position, which means no POY points accumulated for this event.
FT PAYOUTS (USD) Aaron Massey $651,559 Andy Robinson $334,030 Matt Newcombe $195,160 Jay Merchant $139,400 Peter Zhmutski $111,520 Patricia Cardner $97,580 Cord Garcia $83,640 Chris Hooper $69,700 Matt Shepsky $62,730 RELATED POSTS > 650K AWAITS THE RIVER WINNER > BAKER, CARROLL WIN PRELIMS > TUCKER WINS WINSTAR MAIN DEFENDING CHAMPION Bronson Tucker 2012 PTPR Points: 0 | PTPR TIER 3 EVENT THE RIVER POKER SERIES NLH Main Event August 30-3, 2012 WinStar World Casino | Oklahoma Buy-in: $2,100 | Prizepool: $2,788,000 Entries: 1,396 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION AARON MASSEY 113 ANDY ROBINSON 73 MATT NEWCOMBE 48 JAY MERCHANT 38 PETER ZHMUTSKI 31 PATRICIA CARDNER 23 CORD GARCIA 21 CHRIS HOOPER 18 MATT SHEPSKY 18 |
