THE RIVER: BAKER, CARROLL WIN PRELIMS

While it looks like The River Poker Series Main Event will be a major success with over 1,000 already registered (Day 1C is currently underway), the WinStar World Casino's popular series hosted prelim event this past week, two of which qualified for Player of the Year points.



1K NLH RE-ENTRY TOURNAMENT
Clinton Baker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-632nd) won 68K USD for his win in the 1K re-entry event. There were 340 total entries for this event.

Baker led all Main Event participants during Day 1B.

Aaron Massey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,754th) was fourth in the event.

Clint Baker $68,000
Michael Kibilio $52,000
Morris "Rash" Barrett $42,146
Aaron Massey $26,180
Dale Roesel $19,720
Seth Baker $15,300
Gary Goodman $11,764
David Grubbs $9,520
Kent Hull $7,480
Reggi Trotter $5,984

PTPR PTS DISTRIBUTION: Clint Baker 35 PTPR Points, Michael Kibilio 18, Morris Barrett 10, Aaron Massey 8, Dale Roesel 5

5K NLH "NO JUICE" TOURNAMENT
Jim Carroll (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-162nd) - who won a prelim event at during the 2011 WPT Championship - picks up the W in the 5K NLH no juice tournament, defeating 66 other players in the process and earning a little over 90K USD for his efforts.

Runner-up Andrew Watson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-284th) collected his second PTPR Score of the season while Jacob Bazeley (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-118th) - who finished fifth in the event - earned his third PTPR Score of 2012.

Poker legend, six-time WSOP bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,554th) finished sixth in the event.

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5K EVENT PAYOUTS (USD) Jim Carroll $90,505 Andrew Watson $90,505 Paul Solomon $56,505 John Newcombe $34,170 Jacob Bazeley $25,460 T.J. Cloutier $20,435 Kelly Jensen $17,420 RELATED POSTS > TUCKER WINS WINSTAR MAIN > CARROLL WINS WPT CHAMP 5K PRELIM

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT THE RIVER POKER SERIES 5K NLH "No Juice" August 27-28, 2012 WinStar World Casino | Oklahoma Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $335,000 Entries: 67 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JIM CARROLL 100 ANDREW WATSON 60 PAUL SOLOMON 35 JOHN NEWCOMBE 25 JACOB BAZELEY 18 T.J. CLOUTIER 10 KELLY JENSEN 8

2012 WSOP: DAY 11 RECAP - RAZAVI OUTDUELS MUSUMECI TO WIN BRACELET

PHOTO CREDIT: WORLD SERIES OF POKER

EVENT #9 |
1,500 NLH RE-ENTRY |
3,404 ENTRIES | 4.59M PRIZEPOOL

It's a first bracelet for Canadian Ashkan Razavi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-18th). Razavi destroyed the competition at the final table ... he held a 10:1 chip lead on runner-up Amanda Musumeci (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 77th) when heads-up play began; Musumeci would need a miracle heads-up, which she did not get.

Defending WSOP 50K Poker Player's Championship winner Brian Rast (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-204th) and Razavi's Canadian comrad Greg FBT Mueller (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-204th) both made it to final table play.

Yet another Canadian, Daniel Idema (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 173rd), and 2012 PartyPoker Premier League Champ Scott Seiver (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-466th) were other notablers in the Top 18.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) 1 Ashkan Razavi $781,398 2 Amanda Musumeci $481,643 3 Derrick Huang $347,228 4 Ryan Olisar $252,379 5 Duy Ho $185,378 6 Brian Rast $137,632 7 Greg Mueller $103,258 8 Benjamin Reinhart $78,259 9 Dien Le $59,969 RELATED POSTS > 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 #9 : 1,500 NLH Re-Entry June 3-6, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $1,500 | Prizepool: $4,595,400 Entries: 3,404 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION ASHKAN RAZAVI 145 AMANDA MUSUMECI 95 DERRICK HUANG 65 RYAN OLISAR 55 DUY HO 50 BRIAN RAST 45 GREG MUELLER 45 BENJAMIN REINHART 30 DIEN LE 30 AVIRAHAM LOVTON 30 STEPHEN REYNOLDS 30 GIORGIO MEDICI 28 ANDREW RENNHACK 28 DANIEL IDEMA 28 MATT ILES 28 DMITRII VALOYEV 25 SCOTT SEIVER 25 DOMENICO SCALAMOGNA 25