REVIEWING BELLAGIO CUP VIII, YAWITZ WINS MAIN

Two events at the Bellagio Cup VIII qualified for QJ/PTPR Points.

In a 5K Side Event, Canadian Eric Afriat (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-150th) won a 63-player event, collecting over 110K USD for his efforts.

Masaaki Kagawa (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-116th), Scott Baumstein (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-363rd), Brandon Meyers (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1027th), SCOOP Main Event Champion Nicholas Grippo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1610th) and Martin Vallo (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-381st) all made the final table of the side event.


Meanwhile, in the Main Event, Jess Yawitz (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 88th) picked up the victory. Yawitz had earned a Top 10 finish earlier this season in the WPT Hard Rock Main Event.

Yawitz defeated Kristijonas Andrulis (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-134th) heads-up. Alain Roy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-367th), Steven Silverman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-273rd), WPT LAPC Champ Sean Jazayeri (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-46th), Kory Kilpatrick (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1246th) and Lee Markholt (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1773rd) all made the final table in the event.

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) Jess Yawitz $291,505 Kristijonas Andrulis $290,185 Eric Panayiotou $228,845 Alain Roy $83,769 Steven Silverman $62,827 Sean Jazayeri $50,860 Kory Kilpatrick $38,893 Aaron Been $26,926 Lee Markholt $19,147

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT Bellagio Cup VIII NLH Main Event July 13-18, 2012 Bellagio | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,300 | Prizepool: $1,260,000 Entries: 126 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JESS YAWITZ 101 KRISTIJONAS ANDRULIS 61 ERIC PANAYIOTOU 36 ALAIN ROY 26 STEVEN SILVERMAN 19 SEAN JAZAYERI 11 KORY KILPATRICK 9 AARON BEEN 6 LEE MARKHOLT 6

EPT GRAND FINAL: SMITH WINS 5K TURBO, JAZAYERI BACK IN THE QJ TOP 10

PICTURE: WPT.com (B.J. Nemeth)

Daniel Smith has won the 5K NLH Turbo event at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Smith (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-37th) outlasted 100 competitors in order to pickup the title.

WPT LAPC winner Sean Jazayeri's 8th place finish was good enough to bring him back into the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year powered by PTPRpoker Top 10. Jazayeri's six points place him 10th on the 2012 list, taking over from ElkY - Bertrand Grospellier.

EPT Deauville High Rollers winner Eric Sfez (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 25th) was fifth in the event.

Viacheslav Igin (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 143rd), JP Kelly (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-546th), Martin Jacobson (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 121st), Doc Sands (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 47th) and Roman Romanovsky (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-49th) all cashed in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Daniel Smith € 152,980 Roger Suter € 79,878 Viacheslav Igin € 75,793 Thomas Wolff € 42,850 Eric Sfez € 33,050 JP Kelly € 24,500 Martin Jacobson € 19,600 Sean Jazayeri € 14,700 David Sands € 12,250 Zachary Korik € 12,250 Max Lehmanski € 11,000 Roman Romanovsky € 11,000 RELATED POSTS >> MARTINEZ LEADS MAIN >> 665 IN MONTE CARLO >> BONOMO WINS SHR >> SHR FINAL TABLE SET NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Barcelona Festival August 15-25, 2012

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final EPT Grand Final 5K NLH Turbo April 26, 2012 Casino Monte Carlo | Monaco Buy-in: $6,890 | Prizepool: $649,490 Entries: 101 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION DANIEL SMITH 101 ROGER SUTER 61 VIASCHESLAV IGIN 36 THOMAS WOLFF 26 ERIC SFEZ 19 JP KELLY 11 MARTIN JACOBSON 9 SEAN JAZAYERI 6 DAVID SANDS "DOC" 6

FEB PLAYER OF THE MONTH: JAZAYERI TOPS THE CHARTS FOR FEBRUARY

PHOTO CREDIT: WPT.com

World Poker Tour LAPC Main Event winner Sean Jazayeri is QuadJacks/PTPR Player of the Month for February.

Jazayeri (2012 PTPR Rank: 8th) had to dodge some serious star player bullets in order to win his first major tournament; the Washington State native survived a final table that included the likes of Doc Sands, Dan Kelly, Noah Schwartz and Jason Somerville.

JANUARY TOURNAMENTS THAT QUALIFIED FOR PTPR POINTS: 37
Grand Slams - 0
Premier - 4
Tier 3 - 6
Side - 3
Challenger - 24

FEBRUARY PLAYER OF THE MONTH STATS
Sean Jazayeri, 130 PTPR Points, 1 PTPR Score
>> 2012 WPT LAPC Main Event - 130 PTPR Points

For a list of the Top 10 PTPR Point Producers for February, see the end of this document.


MOST PTPR SCORES FOR FEBRUARY 2012
A total of 263 different players scored PTPR Points in February - eight (8) of which collected (2) PTPR Scores during the month - they were led by the #1 ranked player Jonathan Duhamel. Steve O'Dwyer, Noah Schwartz and Harrison Gimbel are amongst the other eight that collected two PTPR Scores.


AT THIS POINT LAST SEASON
At this point in February 2011, the Mad One - Mad Marvin Rettenmaier was leading the charge. Rettenmaier had collected 195 PTPR Points at this point (Duhamel currently sits with 245). Our eventual Player of the Year Will Failla was tied for 43rd at this point, still sitting on his PCA side event victory ... here is a look at our Top 5 as of then:

195 - MARVIN RETTENMAIER
178 - RANDY DORFMAN
148 - ALESSIO ISAIA
140 - GALEN HALL
133 - LUCIEN COHEN

Finally, here is a look at the Top 10 countries who visited PTPR Poker in February (January movement in parentheses):
1. USA (-), 2. Canada (-), 3. UK (-), 4. Germany (-), 5. Ukraine (-), 6. France (+2), 7. Russia (-), 8. South Africa (NEW), 9. Slovakia (NEW), 10. Ireland (NEW)

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FEBRUARY TOP 10 130 - SEAN JAZAYERI 127 - MATT JUTTELSTAD 127 - MICKEY PETERSEN 126 - RINAT BOGDANOV 120 - ANH LU 107 - JAMES HARNDEN 105 - NICKY EVANS 102 - THOMAS MIDDLETON "TOM" 100 - ERIC SFEZ 100 - VANESSA SELBST

MOST PTPR SCORES, FEBRUARY 2 - JONATHAN DUHAMEL 2 - KEITH FERRERA 2 - STEVE O'DWYER 2 - NOAH SCHWARTZ 2 - STEPHEN CHIDWICK 2 - HARRISON GIMBEL 2 - SAMUEL CHARTIER 2 - YURY GULYY

WPT LAPC: JAZAYERI DEFIES THE ODDS, LATEST WPT MILLIONAIRE

PHOTO (credit BJ Nemeth)/SOURCE: WPT.com

NOTE: Sitting here at the airport waiting for my flight out from Vegas, thank you McCarran Airport for the free, ultra-speedy wireless internet feed, meaning that I post my report on the LAPC before my long journey home!

Even if he entered final table play with the chip lead, not many people were giving Sean Jazayeri much of a chance to win the LAPC on Wednesday. It's not a slight on Jazayeri's poker abilities but more a fact that he had been on this type of a stage before. Jazayeri's chances of winning were also diminished given the quality of professional poker players at the final table - bracelet winners, WPT final table participants, PCA prelim winners dominated WPT Stadium at Commerce.

But, Jazayeri proved them wrong. He maintained his focus as chip were flying early and as opponents were challenging the unproven veteran. He picks up over 1.3M USD with the victory, a fine payday for sure.

Jazayeri's victory is a huge score for the WPT as well. Jazayeri is a former WPT Boot Camp student, his victory will certainly heighten the prestige of the Boot Camps, especially given the fact that Jazayeri won one of the WPT's premier events on tour.

DOC CONTINUES TO IMPRESS
Although it's not the finish he would likely have wanted, the play of David "Doc" Sands continues to turn heads and is making a believer out of most poker experts. This is Sands' 6th six-figure score in the past eight months, a sick feat for sure.

Sands (2011 PTPR Rank: 10th) earns his first PTPR Score of 2012, something tells the 10th ranked player on the PTPR charts in 2011 is going to earn way more in the coming months.

Noah Schwartz gained some ground on current #1 player Jonathan Duhamel on Wednesday. Although Schwartz would have been preferable for the young Florida pro, Schwartz was still able to move up to the fourth spot overall for 2012, Schwartz (2011 PTPR Rank: 828th) is now four points ahead of fellow American Faraz Jaka.

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WPT LAPC FT PAYOUTS (USD) Sean Jazayeri $1,370,240 David "Doc" Sands $806,370 Dan Kelly $521,770 Noah Schwartz $355,750 Jason Burt $252,980 Jason Somerville $202,910 RELATED POSTS >> THE DOCTOR IS IN >> SCHWARTZ LEADS LAPC RACE >> IVEY'S BUBBLE BURSTS >> SELBST WINS LAPC ASG >> ALL-STAR CAST AT LAPC >> EDALAT WINS KICKOFF >> BROOKS WINS 2011 LAPC >> SCWARTZ WINS PLO @ PCA DEFENDING CHAMPION Gregory Brooks 2011 PTPR Ranking: 26th FINAL TABLE "LIVE" STREAM WPT.com NEXT TOUR STOP WPT Shooting Star Bay 101, San Jose, CA 2011 Champion: Alan Sternberg

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Los Angeles Poker Classic WPT LAPC Main Event February 24-29, 2012 Commerce Casino | California Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $5,270,400 Entries: 549 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION SEAN JAZAYERI 130 DAVID SANDS "DOC" 80 DAN KELLY 50 NOAH SCHWARTZ 40 JASON BURT 35 JASON SOMERVILLE 30 ALLEN CARTER 30 DAVID PHAM "THE DRAGON" 15 STEPHEN CHIDWICK 15 SOREL MIZZI 15 JASON DEWITT 15 JOE HACHEM 13 ELVIS HUYNH 13 A.J. JEJELOWO 13 SKIP WILSON 13 DANIEL IDEMA 10 NICK BINGER 10 SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN 10

WPT LAPC: THE DOCTOR IS IN - SANDS LOOKS FOR FIRST FOR FIRST WPT TITLE

PHOTO (credit BJ Nemeth)/SOURCE: WPT.com

Yet another successful Matt Savage hosted event is about to come to an end. Many star players of the poker world made their way to sunny California the past few weeks, trying to become the next LAPC Champion.

After five days of battle, the Main Event is down to the final six participants.

The chip leader is WPT Boot Camp graduate Sean Jazayeri. Not many people expect Jazayeri to win today so, Jazayeri may just feel like he's on a freeroll. Jazayeri shouldn't be taken lightly - he does have quite a few live event scores on his resume, including a second place finish at the Wynn Classic last season.

The spotlight today may very well be on David "Doc" Sands. After a successful run at the WSOP Main Event last summer, it seems that Sands is part of everyone's list of poker players on the verge of taking over. Sands (2011 PTPR Rank: 10th) earned seven PTPR Scores in 2011, including a very nice run at the Five Diamond Classic to end the 2011 season.

Doc (pictured, right) has a little over 4M in chips to start final table play.

The man right on Sands' heels is star player Noah Schwartz. Schwartz (2011 PTPR Rank: 828th) - who won a PCA PLO side event in January - is currently 14th on the 2012 PTPR Poker Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard.

WSOP bracelet winners Dan Kelly (2011 PTPR Rank: 539th) and Jason Somerville (2011 PTPR Rank: 77th) are both seeking a first WPT title of their career.

Jason Burt is the remaining player at the final table. Burt (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) earned his big payday in 2009, finishing fifth in the 15K WPT Festa al Lago at Bellagio.

Final table play live from Commerce Casino is set to begin at 4PM PT today!

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1. Sean Jazayeri - 4,380,000 (73 BBs)
Seat 2. Jason Burt - 835,000 (13 BBs)
Seat 3. Dan Kelly - 2,570,000 (42 BBs)
Seat 4. Jason Somerville - 840,000 (14 BBs)
Seat 5. Noah Schwartz - 3,835,000 (63 BBs)
Seat 6. David Sands - 4,010,000 (66 BBs)

NOTABLE DAY 5 ELIMINATIONS
Season 7 WPT Beau Rivage Champ Allen Carter, David "The Dragon" Pham, Stephen Chidwick, 2010 PTPR Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi, Jason Dewitt, former WSOP World Champion and Season 5 WPT Five Diamond Classic Champ Joe Hachem, Daniel Idema and Nick Binger.

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WPT LAPC PAYOUTS (USD) 1st $1,370,240 2nd $806,370 3rd $521,770 4th $355,750 5th $252,980 6th $202,910 RELATED POSTS >> SCHWARTZ LEADS LAPC RACE >> IVEY'S BUBBLE BURSTS >> SELBST WINS LAPC ASG >> ALL-STAR CAST AT LAPC >> EDALAT WINS KICKOFF >> BROOKS WINS 2011 LAPC >> SCWARTZ WINS PLO @ PCA DEFENDING CHAMPION Gregory Brooks (Eliminated) 2011 PTPR Ranking: 26th FINAL TABLE "LIVE" STREAM WPT.com NEXT TOUR STOP WPT Shooting Star Bay 101, San Jose, CA 2011 Champion: Alan Sternberg

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Los Angeles Poker Classic WPT LAPC Main Event February 24-29, 2012 Commerce Casino | California Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $5,270,400 Entries: 549 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 130 2nd place 80 3rd place 50 4th place 40 5th place 35 6th place 30 ALLEN CARTER 30 DAVID PHAM "THE DRAGON" 15 STEPHEN CHIDWICK 15 SOREL MIZZI 15 JASON DEWITT 15 JOE HACHEM 13 ELVIS HUYNH 13 A.J. JEJELOWO 13 SKIP WILSON 13 DANIEL IDEMA 10 NICK BINGER 10 SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN 10