2012 WSOP: DAY 39 RECAP - JUNEK PUTS CZECH REPUBLICO ON THE BOARD

EVENT #56 |
1K NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM |
2,798 ENTRIES | 3.77M PRIZEPOOL

Congratulations to Tomas Juenk (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-42nd) of the Czech Republic for his NLH win in Event #56.

Junek defeated David Borg (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-143rd) heads-up.

Former WSOP World Champion Peter Eastgate (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-316th) was fourth in the event while Donald Vogel (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-261st) and Bassel Moussa (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-677th) each made it to the final table.

Alexander Queen, Michael Graydon, Bastian Fischer, Sam Holden, Paul Vas Nunes and Randolph Lanosga all finished in the the Top 18.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) Tomas Junek $661,022 David Borg $410,517 Donald Vogel $289,530 Peter Eastgate $209,111 Eliyahu Levy $152,867 Andrew Taylor $113,092 Steven Goldberg $84,649 Tomas Trampota $64,101 Bassel Moussa $49,105 RELATED POSTS > BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINALE NOT THAT FAST! JAFFE WINS > SELBST SKYROCKETS TO #2 > DANG WINS LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP > HOBSON EARNS THE BRACELET > GRINDHOUSE, PART 2 > KOVALCHUK WINS AGAIN > DAVID BAKERS RULE! > GOOD GUY TRYBA WINS BIG > SHAKE AND BAKES! > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > HELLMUTH LEGEND GROWS, EARNS #12 > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #56 : 1,500 No-Limit Hold'Em July 2-4, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $1,500 | Prizepool: $3,777,300 Entries: 2,798 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TOMAS JUNEK 145 DAVID BORG 95 DONALD VOGEL 65 PETER EASTGATE 55 ELIYAHU LEVY 50 ANDREW TAYLOR 45 STEVEN GOLDBERG 45 TOMAS TRAMPOTA 30 BASSEL MOUSSA 30 GIANLUCA MATTIA 30 ALEXANDER QUEEN 30 MICHAEL GRAYDON 28 DMITRI VALOUEV 28 BASTIAN FISCHER 28 CHRISTOPHER O'DONNELL 28 SAM HOLDEN 25 PAUL VAS NUNES 25 RANDOLPH LANOSGA 25

EPT BARCELONA PRELIM WINNER TURENIEC LEADS EPT COPENHAGEN MAIN

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2010 EPT Barcelona Prelim event winner Michael Tureniec carries the chip lead into Day 3 at EPT Copenhagen.

Tureniec won Event 9 - No Limit Hold'em at Hotel Arts Barcelona in November.

The UK's JP Kelly is also heating up and at the right time, he now sits 4th in chips. Meanwhile EPT Barcelona winner Kent Lundmark, Per Linde and Martin Jacobson lead a strong group of Swedes still alive in the tournament.

On the flip side, the Comeback Kid's comeback, well, fell short. Peter Eastgate, returning from retirement this week, was unable to make it past Day 2. The mighty hot Turniec made sure of that. We should see Eastgate next at the NBC Heads Up Championship in Las Vegas.

The money buble is about to burst in Copenhagen, only 9 of the 74 returning players won't see a paycheck day on Thursday.

Here are the notable names still alive after Day 2:

• Michael Tureniec 640,000
• Per Linde 514,000
• JP Kelly 416,000
• Kent Lundmark 286,200
• Florian Langmann 271,900
• Martin Jacobson 258,900
• Domantas Klimciauskas 212,200
• Johnny Lodden 193,700
• Dmitry Vitkind 188,000
• Mikhail Lakhitov 179,700
• Juha Helppi 159,000
• Surinder Sunar 151,700
• John Eames 118,600
• Pierre Neuville 80,900

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour Copenhagen
EPT Main Event
February 21-26, 2011

Casino Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark

Buy-in: $6,825
Prizepool: $2,895,906
Entries: 449

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 129
2nd position 79
3rd position 49
4th position 39
5th position 34
6th position 29
7th position 29
8th position 14
9th position 14
10th position 14
11th position 14
12th position 12
13th position 12
14th position 12
15th position 12
16th position 9
17th position 9
18th position 9

WELCOME BACK, SIR: EASTGATE SIGHTING AT EPT COPENHAGEN

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The shortest retirement in history, well, since Brett Favre, Brett Favre and Brett Favre again, is over!

Look who decided to show up at EPT Copenhagen! On the heels of the announcement that he would be playing the NBC Heads Up Championship next month, Peter Eastgate decided to work out the kinks and chose today's EPT Copenhagen as his comeback event.

Eastgate did very well on his first day back to work. He ends the day with 73,200 chips. The chip leader, Pokerstars qualifier Mark Hirleman, ended the day with 163,400 chips.

This is the first of two Day 1's at EPT Copenhagen and many star players were out including defending Champion Anton Wigg, who suffered a late elimination at the hands of Annette Obrestad on a trip-10 vs. flopped jacks hand.


Here are the notable names still alive after Day 1A:

• Per Line 150,000
• Annette Obrestad 102,300
• Kent Lundmark 87,500
• Allan Baekke 76,000
• Peter Eastgate 73,200
• Johnny Lodden 64,200
• Pierre Neuville 58,200
• Thomas Bo Markussen 51,000
• Arnaud Mattern 38,100
• Scott Montgomery 36,100
• Surinder Sunar 25,900
• Anders Hoyer Berg 25,200
• Ville Wahlbeck 12,300

The tournament continues tomorrow with Day 1B.