EPT BARCELONA: KENNEY'S WIN CLOSES OUT BARCA

While one of Spain's heroes/part-time poker player (Sergio Garcia) is catching fire on the PGA tour at the right time with the Ryder Cup around the corner and another hero/part-time poker player (Rafael Nadal) out of the US Open, the final major of the tennis season, due to injury, Spain was unable to find a hero at EPT Barcelona - a player from Spain has never won a EPT Main Event - but Barcelona should still hold its head high for hosting such a fantastic Poker Festival - Barca has certainly become one of the "must attend" stops on the poker circuit.

American Bryn Kenney (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 17th) wrapped-up EPT Barcelona with a win in the 5K NLH Six-Max Turbo event, collecting over 80K EURO for the win. Kenney and second-place finisher Nikolaus Jedlicka (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-300th) struck a deal while heads-up and Jedlicka will actually take home more money than Kenney, despite his second place finish.

Steve O'Dwyer (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-40th) earned his fourth PTPR Score of 2012, finishing in 3rd position. O'Dwyer, who was on the Top 100 bubble, jumped into the Top 50 with his score.

Daniel Stern and Jussi Nevalinna also cashed in the event that drew a total of 62 players taking one last shot at glory in Barcelona.

PokerStars now have their eyes set on WCOOP - The World Championship of Online Poker - which begin on Sunday ... then, PokerStars and the EPT make their way to San Remo for what should be another extremely successful tour stop.

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PAYOUTS (EURO) 1. Bryn Kenney €83,000 2. Nikolaus Jedlicka €88,400 3. Steve O'Dwyer €39,090 4. Daniel Stern €28,570 5. Antonio Palma €21,050 6. Edward Khebzou €15,030 7. Jussi Nevanlinna €13,530 8. Jonas Becker €12,030 RELATED POSTS > SPANISH SHOCKER IN BARCA > POLITO WINS HR > NO RESOLUTION AT HR > DAMYANOV PEEVSK WINS SIDE > ANOTHER UNKNOWN LEADS BARCA > DUDA DOMINATES ON DAY 3 > GIVE SMITH HIS NUBS! > SABATO WINS ESTRELLAS > KATCHALOV THIRD AT BARCELONA > LUNDMARK WINS BARCELONA DEFENDING CHAMPION Roberto Romanello 2012 PTPR Points: 42 NEXT EPT EVENT EPT San Remo Festival Casino San Remo, Italy October 3-11, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT EUROPEAN POKER TOUR PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona 5K NLH Turbo Six-Max August 25, 2012 Casino di Barcelona | Spain Buy-in: $6,280 | Prizepool: $377,740 Entries: 62 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION BRYN KENNEY 100 NIKOLAUS JEDLICKA 60 STEVE O'DWYER 35 DANIEL STERN 25 ANTONIO PALMA 18 EDWARD KHEBZOU 10 JUSSI NEVALINNA 8 JONAS BECKER 5

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 NTL' DENMARK: O'DWYER AT IT AGAIN IN DENMARK, WINS WPT NATIONAL

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERNYHEDERNE.com

PLEASE NOTE: With two months in the books, we are now switching our PTPR Rank (seen next to players featured in our posts) from a player's 2011 accomplishments to their current position in 2012.

Life in Denmark has surely been good for American poker pro Steve O'Dwyer. A week after earning 260K DKK at EPT Copenhagen, O'Dwyer (2012 PTPR Rank: 62nd) has picked up the victory at WPT National Series Denmark, collecting an extra 893K DKK along the way.

O'Dwyer finished 2011 as the third best player on the PTPR Leaderboard, he is certainly well on his to yet another successful season on the circuit for 2012.

2-time WSOP bracelet holder and former Master Classics of Poker Champion Jan Sorensen finished foruth in the event. Sorensen (2012 PTPR Rank: 412th) earned his first PTPR Score of the season.

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WPT NTL DENMARK FT PAYOUTS (DKK) Steve O'Dwyer 893,960 Martin Tonnesen 490,140 Claus Uhrskov 339,090 Jan V. Sorensen 225,030 Justin Lund 175,710 Kenneth Laursen 138,720 RELATED POSTS >> O'DWYER BACK IN THE SADDLE >> O'DWYER SECOND IN VENICE >> O'DWYER'S EPIC WIN >> PETERSEN WINS COPENHAGEN NEXT TOUR STOP WPT National Mauritius Ti Vegas Casino, Mauritius February 29-4, 2012

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT WPT National Denmark WPT Ntl' NLH Main Event February 28-3, 2012 Casino Munkebjerg Vejle | Denmark Buy-in: $2,175 | Prizepool: $572,220 (approx.) Entries: 289 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION STEVE O'DWYER 35 MARTIN TONNESEN 18 CLAUS UHRSKOV 10 JAN V. SORENSEN 8 JUSTIN LUND 5

WPT NTL DENMARK: O'DWYER BACK IN THE SADDLE, LEADS IN DENMARK

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERNYHEDERNE.com

Steve O'Dwyer is at it again. The American has been dominating the European ranks for months now and this weekend, he's at it again!

O'Dwyer (2011 PTPR Rank: 3rd) had an amazing 2011 season on the poker circuit and is already in good shape to start 2012. After finishing 7th at EPT Copenhagen last week, O'Dwyer is in total control as final table play is set to begin at WPT National Norway.

Like the WPT Regional Series in the US, the WPT National Series has lower buy-in tournament that are not part of the regular tour yet, we have already seen some top level talent in both Series.

O'Dwyer holds almost half the chips at the WPT Final Table and seems destined to earn his second PTPR Score of 2012 and is the overwhelming favourite to win it all on Saturday at Casino Munkebjerg Vejle in Denmark.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner and former Master Classics of Poker champion Jan Sorensen is surely going to be a major threat to O'Dwyer on Saturday, Sorensen (2011 PTPR Rank: 2356th) enters final table play fourth in chips.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS
1st Steve O'Dwyer 2,636,000
2nd Martin Tonnesen 1,524,000
3rd Kenneth Laursen 532,000
4th Jan V. Sorensen 443,000
5th Justin Lund 377,000
6th Claus Uhrskov 272,000

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WPT NTL DENMARK FT PAYOUTS (DKK) 1st 893,960 2nd 490,140 3rd 339,090 4th 225,030 5th 175,710 6th 138,720 RELATED POSTS >> O'DWYER SECOND IN VENICE >> O'DWYER'S EPIC WIN >> PETERSEN WINS COPENHAGEN EVENT COVERAGE POKER NYHEDERNE.COM (Danish) NEXT TOUR STOP WPT National Mauritius Ti Vegas Casino, Mauritius February 29-4, 2012

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT WPT National Denmark WPT Ntl' NLH Main Event February 28-3, 2012 Casino Munkebjerg Vejle | Denmark Buy-in: $2,175 | Prizepool: $572,220 (approx.) Entries: 289 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 35 2nd position 18 3rd position 10 4th position 8 5th position 5

EPT COPENHAGEN: QUOTE THE RAVN - AAGE RAVN LEADS THEM TO THE FINAL TABLE

PHOTO (credit Neil Stoddart)/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.com

We've reached the final table in Denmark. EPT Copenhagen will reach its apex Saturday at Casino Copenhagen.

Norway's Aage Ravn will enter final table play with the chip lead. Ravn's name wasn't brought up much during the earlier days of the tournament but he certainly made up for it on Friday. Ravn (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) finished 29th at this year's Aussie Millions Main Event.

Online pro Mickey Petersen will start fourth in chips on Saturday. Petersen (2011 PTPR Rank: 1155th) made a deep run in a NLH event at this past summer's WSOP.

The man who finished third last season in the race for PTPR Tournament Player of the Year - Steve O'Dwyer - makes his return to final table play on Saturday, O'Dwyer will score his first PTPR Points of 2012 on Saturday.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Bjarke Hansen, 1,497,000
Seat 2 Mickey Petersen, 1,205,000
Seat 3 Steve O'Dwyer, 453,000
Seat 4 Spencer Hudson, 447,000
Seat 5 Jacob Rasmussen, 1,325,000
Seat 6 Pierre Neuville, 908,000
Seat 7 Aage Ravn, 2,458,000
Seat 8 Niels van Alphen, 644,000

NOTABLE DAY 4 PLAYER ELIMINATIONS
Defending Champ Michael Tureniec, Lauri Varonen, Martin Staszko and Andreas Wiese.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (DKK) 1- 2,515,000 2- 1,600,000 3- 1,000,000 4- 740,000 5- 490,000 6- 390,000 7- 290,000 8- 191,400 RELATED POSTS >> NEUVILLE LEADS EPT >> O'DWYER IN CONTROL >> TURENIEC CONQUERS COPENHAGEN >> WEISNER LEADS AT AUSSIE >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE DEFENDING CHAMPION Michael Tureniec 2011 PTPR Ranking: 112th

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen EPT Copenhagen NLH Main Event February 20-25, 2012 Casino Copenhagen | Denmark Buy-in: $6,635 | Prizepool: $1,789,625 Entries: 299 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 127 2nd place 77 3rd place 47 4th place 37 5th place 32 6-7th place 27 8th place 12 KELD VOLQUARDSEN 12 LAURI VARONEN 12 MICHAEL TURENIEC 12 ROBERT BEER 10 GERASIMOS DERES 10 ALEXANDER MANSON 10 ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ 10 MARTIN STASZKO 7 ANDREAS WIESE 7 MARTIN EL-KHER 7 NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Madrid March 12-17, 2012 "LIVE" COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS TV

EPT COPENHAGEN: NEUVILLE LEADS DEFENDING CHAMP TURENIEC, OTHERS TO THE TOP 24

PHOTO (credit Neil Stoddart)/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.com

Belgium's Pierre Neuville - Team PokerStars Pro - has taken over the chip lead as Day 3 has come to an end at EPT Copenhagen. A veteran on the poker circuit, Neuville (2011 PTPR Rank: 234th) has surprisingly never won a significant event on tour. Neuville has enjoyed some success on the EPT - of note, he finished second to Antonio Matias at EPT Vilamoura back in 2009.

WSOP November Niner Martin Staszko finds himself in the Top 10 after Thursday's play. Staszko (2011 PTPR Rank: 182nd) - who finished second in the Main Event - built an extreme short stack into a Top 10 stack today.

One person to keep an eye on Friday is defending champ Michael Tureniec. Tureniec (2011 PTPR Rank: 112th) has quietly been amassing chips and currently sits 15th out of 24. Tureniec is about 500K off-pace but, you should never count out a former champion.

Our feature player from Wednesday's post died a horrible death (at least, her chips did) on Thursday. Melanie Weisner went from the penthouse to the outhouse in no time - the hand of death coming at the hands of Steve O'Dwyer when Weisner's ace-queen ran into O'Dwyer's aces.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS
Pierre Neuville 780,000
Alexander Manson 730,000
Aage Floenes Ravn 691,000
Alejandro Sanchez Fernandez 620,500
Keld Volquardsen 523,500
Mickey Petersen 451,500
Martin Staszko 432,500 (Runner-Up, WSOP Main Event)
Steve O'Dwyer 423,500 (Day 1 Chip Leader)
Andreas Wiese 344,500
Michael Tureniec 294,500 (Defending Champion)

NOTABLE DAY 3 PLAYER ELIMINATIONS
Juha Helppi, Mads Wissing, Melanie Weisner, Simon Ravnsbaek, Kevin Iacofano, Luca Pagano and Johnny Lodden.

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EPT COPENHAGEN TOP 24 PAYOUTS (DKK) 1- 2,515,000 2- 1,600,000 3- 1,000,000 4- 740,000 5- 490,000 6- 390,000 7- 290,000 8- 191,400 9,10- 140,000 11,12- 110,000 13,14- 90,000 15,16- 75,000 17 to 24- 70,000 RELATED POSTS >> O'DWYER IN CONTROL >> TURENIEC CONQUERS COPENHAGEN >> WEISNER LEADS AT AUSSIE >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE DEFENDING CHAMPION Michael Tureniec 2011 PTPR Ranking: 112th

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen EPT Copenhagen NLH Main Event February 20-25, 2012 Casino Copenhagen | Denmark Buy-in: $6,635 | Prizepool: $1,789,625 Entries: 299 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 127 2nd place 77 3rd place 47 4th place 37 5th place 32 6-7th place 27 8-11th place 12 12-15th place 10 16-18th place 7 NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Madrid March 12-17, 2012 EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS BLOG

EPT COPENHAGEN: O'DWYER TAKES CONTROL OF DAY 1 IN DENMARK

SOURCE: POKERSTARS.com

Steve O'Dwyer is looking to pickup where he left off at the end of last season as he came oh so close to capturing the 2011 PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year crown - finishing second at WPT Venice.

Now back on the EPT circuit, O'Dwyer is the chip leader after Day 1 play at EPT Copenhagen, presented by PokerStars.com, where O'Dwyer and 298 other players have congregated for a shot at EPT Gold!

O'Dwyer (2011 PTPR Rank: 3rd) won the Bellagio Cup and one of the Epic Poker League Pro/Am events last season. O'Dwyer will bring a 25K chip lead over his closest opponent on Day 2 Wednesday.

Another PTPR Top 10 player from last season finds himself with a top chip stack. Roberto Romanello (2011 PTPR Rank: 9th) is fifth in chips after Day 1 while Finnish legend Juha Helppi (2011 PTPR Rank: 152nd) and PTPR sensation Marcel Bjerkmann (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) also hold top stacks.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS (MIN. 40K CHIPS)
Steve O’Dwyer 190,975
Mads Wissing 127,575
Roberto Romanello 115,475
Juha Helppi 105,425
Marcel Bjerkmann 100,925
Kevin Iacofano 96,150
Ben Vinson 80,675
Melanie Weisner 78,900
Johnny Lodden 77,400
Vojtech Ruzicka 72,950
Anton Wigg 65,700
Mickey Petersen 57,075
Simon Ravnsbæk 56,725
Theo Jorgensen 55,450
Michael Tureniec 53,750
Sam Chartier 53,200
Martins Adeniya 47,075
Luca Pagano 44,225
Allan Baekke 41,150

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EPT COPENHAGEN PAYOUTS (DKK) 1- 2,515,000 2- 1,600,000 3- 1,000,000 4- 740,000 5- 490,000 6- 390,000 7- 290,000 8- 191,400 9,10- 140,000 11,12- 110,000 13,14- 90,000 15,16- 75,000 17 to 24- 70,000 25 to 32- 65,000 33 to 40- 60,000 41 to 48- 55,000 RELATED POSTS >> TURENIEC CONQUERS COPENHAGEN >> KURSEVICH WINS DEAUVILLE >> O'DWYER O SO CLOSE DEFENDING CHAMPION Michael Tureniec 2011 PTPR Ranking: 112th

PTPR PREMIER EVENT PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen EPT Copenhagen NLH Main Event February 20-25, 2012 Casino Copenhagen | Denmark Buy-in: $6,635 | Prizepool: $1,789,625 Entries: 299 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 127 2nd place 77 3rd place 47 4th place 37 5th place 32 6-7th place 27 8-11th place 12 12-15th place 10 16-18th place 7 NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Madrid March 12-17, 2012 EVENT COVERAGE >> POKERSTARS BLOG

EPL PALMS: LOTS OF NEWS TO REPORT, INCLUDING O'DWYER'S PRO-AM WIN

PHOTO/SOURCE: EPICPOKER.com

Lots of news coming from the Epic Poker League at the Palms in Las Vegas.

The Main Event started earlier today. A total of 127 have currently registered but there are still a couple of hours for players to sign-in. The Main Event is a six-handed event a 20K buy-in. Please note that this event will not qualify for PTPR Points - due to the fact that this is not an open event - but, we will still provide daily updates.

We have currently completed three levels, players are on a 15-minute break.

The current Top 5 chip counts look like this:
Isaac Baron – 175,200
James Mackey – 139,600
Dan Fleyshman – 121,300
Sam Stein – 117,000
Sam Trickett – 108,000

Eliminated players include: Isaac Haxton, Micah Raskin, JC Tran, Andrew Lichtenberger, Dean Hamrick, Eric Froehlich, Brock Parker, Randal Flowers, Scott Clements, Rep Porter, Nick Binger, Chris Moorman and David Peters.


Yesterday was TV Final Table time for the Pro-Am event - all players had already secured their seat to today's Main Event. Steve O'Dwyer won the event, collecting his fourth PTPR Score of the year. O'Dwyer's 167 PTPR Points place him 26th on the 2011 PTPR Player of the Year charts.

Brandon Meyers earned his third PTPR Score of the year with his second place finish. Andy Bloch and Jeremiah DeGreef collected their second Scores.


Congratulations to Andy Frankenberger, who won the Epic Poker Charity Event on Sunday night - the reigning WPT Player of the Year donated his winnings to charity.


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Epic Poker League Palms
Epic Poker League Pro/Am Qualifier Palms
August 5-8, 2011

Palms | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $1,500 | Prizepool: $259,350 | Entries: 190

PTS AT STAKE:
STEVE O'DWYER 35
BRANDON MEYERS 18
ANDY BLOCH 10
CLIFFORD WAITE 8
JEREMIAH DEGREEF 5

EPL PALMS: TV TABLE SET FOR PRO-AM, O'DWYER LEADS THE WAY

PHOTO: POKERNEWS.com
SOURCE: EPICPOKER.com

The Epic Poker League's Pro-Am event has hit the TV final table at the Palms in Las Vegas. Final table play will resume at 2PM Vegas time.

Steve O'Dwyer leads the way with over 500K in chips. Andy Block sits second with a little over 400K. All six of the final table participants have received exemption into the main tournament that starts on Tuesday.



The three last players eliminated also receive entry into the Main Event. They are Dan Fleyshman, George Long and Sean Getzwiller.

Final Table Chip Counts:
Steve O'Dwyer - 562K
Andy Block - 420K
Cliff Waite - 272K
Brandon Meyers - 258K
Jeremiah DeGreef - 231K
Micah Raskin - 158K


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Epic Poker League Palms
Epic Poker League Pro/Am Qualifier Palms
August 5-8, 2011

Palms | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $1,500 | Prizepool: $259,350 | Entries: 190

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 35
2nd position 18
3rd position 10
4th position 8
5th position 5

BELLAGIO CUP WRAPS UP WITH O'DWYER WINNING THE 5K

PHOTO: POKERNEWS.com
SOURCE: THEHENDONMOB.com

The Bellagio Cup wrapped up earlier this week - no WPT bracelet for Main Event winner Elio Fox earlier this week but, still a good turnout for that event and the 5K NLH Event that followed it.

The 5K buy-in event was won by Steve O'Dwyer - who picks up his third PTPR Score of the 2011 season. O'Dwyer has scores at the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main and at a WPT Championship side event and now a win at this Bellagio Cup side event.

O'Dwyer defeated Martin Hanowski heads up while Byron Kaverman earned his third PTPR Score of the year with his 8th place finish.

Ray Qartomy, Michael Frazin and Joe Elpayaa were other notables who scored in the event.

David Williams, 2010 Card Player of the Year Thomas Marchese, Thor Hansen, Matt Stout and Hafiz Khan all cashed.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Bellagio Cup VII
NLH 5K Event
July 18-19, 2011

Bellagio Hotel Casino | Las Vegas
Buy-in: $5,000 | Prizepool: $756,000 | Entries: 156

FINAL RESULTS:
STEPHEN O'DWYER 101
MARTIN HANOWSKI 61
YARON REUVEN 36
RAY QARTOMY 26
TOAN TRINH 19
ANDREW GAW 11
MICHAEL FRAZIN 9
BYRON KAVERMAN 6
JOE ELPAYAA 6