2012 WSOP: ERIQUEZZO WINS WSOP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

WSOP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP |
157 ENTRIES | 1.57M PRIZEPOOL

WSOP Circuit Caesars AC winner Ryan Eriquezzo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-32nd) staged a comeback to win the WSOP National Championship, defeating Nikolas Stone (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-224th) and former Circuit winner Huy Nguyen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 346th) in the final three.

David "ODB" Baker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 7th) was able to accumulate more points in his fifth PTPR Score of the season, but, remains seventh in the overall standings for Player of the Year.

Sam Stein (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 514th) and Amanda Musumeci (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-132nd) were the other final table participants.

Justin Gardenhire, David Peters, Drazen Ilich, Mark Bonsack, Eugene Katchalov, Brian Rast, Nick Binger and Allen Kessler all earned Top 18 finishes.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) Ryan Eriquezzo $416,051 Nikolas Stone $257,119 Huy Nguyen $186,265 Matt Keikoan $137,485 Yung Hwang $103,322 David Baker "ODB" $79,002 Sam Stein $61,434 Amanda Musumeci $48,576 RELATED POSTS > CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW > ZHUKOV SURVIVES > MERSON MAKES IT QUICK > BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINALE > NOT THAT FAST! JAFFE WINS > SELBST SKYROCKETS TO #2 > 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 WSOP National Championship July 6-7 and 11, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $1,570,000 Entries: 157 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RYAN ERIQUEZZO 126 NIKOLAS STONE 76 HUY NGUYEN 46 MATT KEIKOAN 36 YUNG HWANG 31 DAVID BAKER "ODB" 26 SAM STEIN 26 AMANDA MUSUMECI 11 JUSTIN GARDENHIRE 11 DAVID PETERS 11 DRAZEN ILICH 11 MARK BONSACK 9 EUGENE KATCHALOV 9 BRIAN RAST 9 NICK BINGER 9 HAO LAZICKY 6 JONATHAN SORSCHER 6 ALLEN KESSLER 6

WSOPC AC: ERIQUEZZO WINS BIG AT CAESARS ATLATIC CITY!

SOURCE: THE HENDON MOB

Two veterans of the live tournament circuit met heads up for all the marbles at the World Series of Poker Caesars Atlantic City Main Event.

Ryan Eriquezzo won the event. Eriquezzo has over 600K in live tournament earnings. Eriquezzo defeated David Zeitlin heads up. Zeitlin has amassed well over 1M in tournament earnings, his first cashes date back to 2005. Zeitlin has had an impressive run at the WSOP as well, his highlight coming in 2007, where he finished second to Jason Warner in the 1.5K NLH Six Handed bracelet event.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (USD) 1st Ryan Eriquezzo $191,194 2nd David Zeitlin $118,307 3rd Troy Erickson $86,774 4th Garry Gates $64,530 5th Eugene Fouksman $48,638 6th Roland Israelashivili $37,148 7th Jeremy Halaska $28,744 8th Ryan Higgins $22,533 9th Tyler Kenney $17,888 10th Aaron Overton $14,382 RELATED POSTS >> WSOPC PALM BEACH >> JEWELL EARNS SECOND SCORE NEXT LIVE EVENT WSOP Circuit Rincon Harrah's Rincon (San Diego) March 15-26, 2012

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT World Series of Poker Circuit Atlantic City WSOPC Atlantic City NLH Main Event March 10-12, 2012 Caesars Atlantic City | Atlantic City, NJ Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool: $923,925 Entries: 635 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION RYAN ERIQUEZZO 35 DAVID ZEITLIN 18 TROY ERICKSON 10 GARRY GATES 8 EUGENE FOKSMAN 5