Make it back to back WPT title for "Mad" Marvin Rettenmaier. After winning the WPT World Championship days before the start of the 2012 WSOP, Rettenmaier followed that up with a victory at the kickoff event of the 2012-13 WPT season, the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic.
Not only does Rettenmaier win his second straight WPT title, he jumps two spots to #1 Overall on the 2012 QuadJacks Player of the Year Leaderboard - powered by PTPRPoker.
Rettenmaier earns his sixth PTPR Score of 2012 having scored points at the Aussie Millions, EPT Berlin, EPT Grand Final, WPT Championship, WSOP and WPT Merit so far this season.
Mad Marvin finished 2011 ranked #21 overall with 252 PTPR Points, earning the most PTPR Scores with nine.
Erik Cajelais also made major strides on the QJ Leaderboard, his seventh place finish allowed him to jump over 20 spots into the Top 20 at #19 overall for 2012.
Ran Azor, Walid Bou Habib, former WPT Champ Sam El Sayed, Robert Mizrachi and defending GSOP Grand Final Champ Andrey Shatilov all collected points in the event.
TOP 15 PAYOUTS (USD) Marvin Rettenmaier $287,784 Artur Voskanyan $184,020 Ran Azor $118,360 Victor Parashiv $87,610 Joseph El Khoury $65,770 Kiryl Radzivonau $52,590 Erik Cajelais $43,690 Walid Bou Habib $35,020 Gilboa Yossi $26,240 Kemal Sevevi $19,110 Sam El Sayed $19,110 Eddy Maksoud $19,110 Husnu Sincar $15,670 Aram Vartevanyan $15,670 Robert Mizrachi $15,670 RELATED POSTS > MAD MARVIN WINS WPT CHAMPIONSHIP > RETTENMAIER EARNS MOST PTPR SCORES DEFENDING CHAMPION First-Time Event NEXT WPT EVENT WPT Parx Open Poker Classic August 10-15, 2012 | PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR WPT Merit Cyprus Classic NLH Main Event August 4-9, 2012 Merit Crystal Cove | Cyprus Buy-in: $4,400 | Prizepool: $1,212,694 Entries: 329 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MARVIN RETTENMAIER 128 ARTUR VOSKANYAN 78 RAN AZOR 48 VICTOR PARASHIV 38 JOSEPH EL KHOURY 33 KIRYL RADZIVOUNAU 28 ERIK CAJELAIS 28 WALID BOU HABIB 13 GILBOA YOSSI 13 KEMAL SEVEVI 13 SAM EL SAYED 13 EDDY MAKSOUD 11 HUNSU SINCAR 11 ARAM VARTEVANYAN 11 ROBERT MIZRACHI 11 ANDREY SHATILOV 8 TOLGA DEMIREL 8 JULIEN EHRHARDT 8 |
