THE RIVER: MASSEY SCORES AGAIN, WINS RIVER SERIES MAIN

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.

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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

THE RIVER: OVER 650K AWAITS THE WINNER OF TODAY'S FINAL TABLE

It's final day play at The 2012 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event as Matt Newcombe leads the final fifteen players to the final table. Newcombe (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) was fourth at WSOP Circuit Bossier City in 2011.

Aaron Massey (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,763rd) scored points earlier at the River Series (a fourth place finish in the 1K NLH re-entry event, he will start final day play in second position.

Meanwhile, Justin Gardenhire (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 632th) - who qualified and scored points at the WSOP National Championship this past summer - comes into final day play with less than 1M in chips. Although he's not at the bottom, he will have some work ahead of him if he wishes to survive all the way to final table play.

FINAL DAY CHIP COUNTS:
Matt Newcombe 3,245,000
Aaron Massey 2,890,000
Peter Zhmutski 2,865,000
Andy Robinson 2,135,000
Richard Tygum 2,095,000
Patricia Cardner 1,200,000
Cord Garcia 1,090,000
Chris Hooper 1,050,000
Justin Gardenhire 905,000
Matt Shepsky 820,000
Mark Kehrees 745,000
Brad Tucker 640,000
Sam Murphy 535,000
Ron Roberts 435,000
Jay Merchant 300,000

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) 1st $651,559 2nd $334,030 3rd $195,160 4th $139,400 5th $111,520 6th $97,580 7th $83,640 8th $69,700 9th $62,730 RELATED POSTS > 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 1st place 113 2nd place 73 3rd place 48 4th place 38 5th place 31 6th place 23 7th place 21 8-9th place 18

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

POKER ROUND-UP: BELGIAN SERIES, GULF COAST, RIVER POKER RESULTS

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We take you to Belgium, to Mississippi and to Oklahoma for the latest edition of the round-up!





POKERSTARS BELGIAN POKER SERIES BLANKENBERGE
The Belgian Poker Series Blankenberge Main Event was won by Dutch player Danny Latten. Latten and the other members of the Top 5 were all collecting their first PTPR Points of the season.

Final table results:
1- Danny Latten, Holland, €70,000
2- Christiaan Vanzieleghem, Belgium, €45,500
3- Dimitri Juchtmans, Belgium, €31,000
4- Peter de Troyer, Belgium, €21,000
5- Samiyel Duzgun, Switzerland, €16,000
6- Mark Coppes , Holland, €11,300
7- Michiel Jonker, Holland, €8,800
8- Vincent de Rhoter, Holland, €5,872
9- Kamal Vercauteren, Belgium, €4,200

GULF COAST CHAMPIONSHIP
Ali Alawadhi won the Golf Coast Championships at the Beau Rivage.in Mississippi. Alawadhi collected 44 PTPR Points at the 2010 WSOP - in No Limit Holdem Event 56. A total of 175 players participated in the event.

RIVER POKER SERIES
A very impressive 1,355 players made their way to Oklahoma`s WinStar Casino and the Main Event to the River Poker Series last week. Bronson Tucker was the lucky winner, the man picking up over 600k for the win - not a bad pay day!

Star players Dwyte Pilgrim and David (ODB) Baker were still alive late but, were unable to clinch a Top 9 spot at the final table.

Bobby Suer collected his second PTPR Score of the year with his 8th place finish, other notables collecting PTPR Points included Jesse Rockowitz and Ryan Snickles.

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Pokerstars Belgian Poker Series Blankenberge
BPS Blankenberge Main Event
September 1-4, 2011

Casino Blankenberge | Belgium
Buy-in: $1,130 | Prizepool: $413,883 | Entries: 404

FINAL RESULTS:
DANNY LATTEN 35
CHRISTIAAN VANZIELEGHEM 18
DIMITRI JUCHTMANS 10
PETER DE TROYER 8
SAMIVEL DUZGUN 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Gulf Coast Championship
NLH Championship Event
September 4-5, 2011

Beau Rivage Hotel and Casino | Mississippi
Buy-in: $3,125 | Prizepool: $509,250 | Entries: 396

FINAL RESULTS:
ALI ALAWADHI 35
BOB BECK 18
MARK FLEDDERMANN 10
JIM HARTLEY 8
JIM ISPER 5

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
River Poker Series
NLH Main Event
September 1-5, 2011

WinStar Casino | Oklahoma
Buy-in: $2,100 | Prizepool: $2,709,820 | Entries: 1355

FINAL RESULTS:

BRONSON TUCKER 113
RICKY BARKER 73
DOUGH ASHMORE 48
DANIEL HORNBAKER 38
NOAH NODINE 31
JESSE ROCKOWITZ 23
RYAN SNICKLES 21
BOBBY SUER 18
JOON CHO 18