WPT MALTA: KERIGNARD FINALLY WINS A BIG ONE!

It was only a matter of time until Yorane Kerignard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 34th) found his name at the top of the results sheets at a major event. After three final table scores at big events in the past 10 months, Kerignard finally wins the big one, WPT Malta and 120K EURO for his efforts.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE LIVE LOOK-IN
30. Tom Middleton  |  177
31. Oleksii Kovalchuk | 176
31. Vincent Van Der Fluit | 176
33. Bruno Lopes "Kool Shen" | 175
34. Yorane Kerignard | 174
35. Neil Wilkerson | 173
36. Joe Cada | 170

Kerignard defeated the man who held the chip lead when final table play began - Jackson Genovesi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-259th).

2011 WPT Venice champ Alessio Isaia (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-497th) was third. Isaia finshed sixth overall in the 2011 Poker Player of the Year race.

Sampo Ryyanen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,004th), Jonathan Roy (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-207th), Tony G (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,584th), Ilan Boujelah (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-575th), Eros Natasi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-1,840th) and Rodrigo Caprioli (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 291st) are other notables who collected POY points in the event.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) Yorane Kerignard €120,000 Jackson Genovesi €82,370 Alessio Isaia €52,600 Hui Chen Kuo €39,200 Zeljko Krizan €29,300 Sampo Ryynanen €23,300 Serkan Kurnaz €19,500 Jack Salter €15,000 Jonathan Roy €10,900 Tony G €8,400 Ilan Boujenah €8,400 Francesco Favia €8,400 Eros Nastasi €7,000 Enver Abduraimov €7,000 Danielle Mazzia €7,000 Juuso Leppanen €5,900 Valeriy Chupin €5,900 Maurizio Arca €5,900 Rodrigo Caprioli €5,240 Claudio Rinaldi €5,240 Puk Nabuurs €5,240 RELATED POSTS > GENOVASI LEADS FT IN MALTA > GIANNETTI WINS MALTA DEFENDING CHAMPION Matt Giannetti NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Emperors Palace Classic Johannesburg, South Africa October 22-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 Casino at Portomaso | Malta Buy-in: $3,300 | Prizepool: $638,745 Entries: 169 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION YORANE KERIGNARD 126 JACKSON GENOVESI 76 ALESSIO ISAIA 46 HUI CHEN KUO 36 ZELJKO KRIZAN 31 SAMPO RYYNANEN 26 SERKAN KURNAZ 26 JACK SALTER 11 JONATHAN ROY 11 TONY G 11 ILAN BOUJELAH 11 FRANCESCO FAVIA 9 EROS NASTASI 9 ENVER ABDURAIMOV 9 DANIELLE MAZZIA 9 VALERIY CHUPIN 6 MAURICIO ARCA 6 RODRIGO CAPRIOLI 6

WPT MALTA: GENOVASI LEADS FT, ISAIA LOOKS FOR SECOND WPT TITLE IN MALTA

Jackson Genovesi (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) will be the chip leader when final table play begins at WPT Malta on Thursday. Genovesi's resume does include a win at the 2010 Poker Grand Prix in St-Vincent, Italy.



The chase group is lead by a man who has not been a stranger to final tables at major events in the last 10 months. Yorane Kerignard (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-472nd) finished in 4th place at EPT Deauville and 5th at the Venetian DeepStacks 2.5K NLH event in 2012 ... he also picked up a 6th place finish at EPT San Remo last October.

Genovesi and Kerignard are the only two players with over 1M in chips.

Although he hasn't scored any PTPR Points in 2012, Alessio Isaia finished the 2011 season ranked 6th overall in the Player of the Year race. Isaia won WPT Venice last year, he was also runner-up to Eugene Katchalov in the 1.5K Seven-Card stud event at the WSOP.

Finnish player Sampo Ryynanen (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: NR) finished third at the Unibet Open Malta in 2011.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1: Hui Chen Kuo 524,000
Seat 2: Alessio Isaia 535,000
Seat 3: Jackson Genovesi 1,553,000
Seat 4: Sampo Ryynanen 962,000
Seat 5: Zeljko Krizan 174,000
Seat 6: Yorane Kerignard 1,422,00

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TOP 10 EVENT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1. €120,000 2. €82,370 3. €52,600 4. €39,200 5. €29,300 6. €23,300 Serkan Kurnaz €19,500 Jack Salter €15,000 Jonathan Roy €10,900 Tony G €8,400 Ilan Boujenah €8,400 Francesco Favia €8,400 Eros Nastasi €7,000 Enver Abduraimov €7,000 Danielle Mazzia €7,000 Juuso Leppanen €5,900 Valeriy Chupin €5,900 Maurizio Arca €5,900 Rodrigo Caprioli €5,240 Claudio Rinaldi €5,240 Puk Nabuurs €5,240 RELATED POSTS > GIANNETTI WINS MALTA DEFENDING CHAMPION Matt Giannetti NEXT WPT EVENT: WPT Emperors Palace Classic Johannesburg, South Africa October 22-26, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT WORLD POKER TOUR POKER TOUR WPT Malta September 16-20, 2012 Casino at Portomaso | Malta Buy-in: $3,300 | Prizepool: $638,745 Entries: 169 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 126 2nd position 76 3rd position 46 4th position 36 5th position 31 6th position 26 SERKAN KURNAZ 26 JACK SALTER 11 JONATHAN ROY 11 TONY G 11 ILAN BOUJELAH 11 FRANCESCO FAVIA 9 EROS NASTASI 9 ENVER ABDURAIMOV 9 DANIELLE MAZZIA 9 VALERIY CHUPIN 6 MAURICIO ARCA 6 RODRIGO CAPRIOLI 6

EPT DEAUVILLE: GICHARD, KURSEVICH ATOP FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS

PHOTO CREDIT/SOURCE: POKERSTARS.fr

We have reached the final table at the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event.

PokerStars online qualifier Paul Gichard leads the Final 8 but Belarus pro Vadzim Kursevich is right behind him. Add to the fact that Kursevich (2011 PTPR Rank: 259th) has deep run experience on the circuit with three of them in 2011 alone, and the Belarusian looks to be the odds on favourite to take this down.

The chip leader coming into Sunday's play was Italian pro Luca Pagano. The defending IPT San Remo Champion, Pagano (2011 PTPR Rank: 201st) had a tough go at it on Sunday and now finds himself sixth in chips, but, we would not count Pagano out just yet.

Frenchman Yorane Kerignard is one of the short stacks at the table. Kerignard (2011 PTPR Rank: 569th) had deep runs at a EPT Madrid Side Event and at EPT San Remo.

FINAL TABLE CHIP STACKS
Paul Guichard, France 5,955,000
Vadzim Kursevich, Belarus 5,670,000
Olivier Rogez, France 4,415,000
Bruno Jais, France 3,450,000
Vuong Than Trong, France 2,570,000
Luca Pagano, Italy 2,010,000
Yorane Kerignard, France 1,680,000
Mick Graydon, 960,000

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in EURO) 1- € 875,000 2- € 557,000 3- € 328,000 4- € 260,000 5- € 200,000 6- € 155,000 7- € 110,000 8- € 67,200 RELATED POSTS >> PAGANO IN CONTROL >> ADENIYA LEADS AFTER DAY 2 >> COHEN WINS DEAUVILLE >> DUHAMEL WINS DEAUVILLE HIGH ROLLERS >> KOOL SHEN WINS EFOP DIAMOND >> KANIT WINS IPT NOVA GORICA >> DEMPSEY CLAWS WAY TO WPT TITLE LIVE EVENT COVERAGE POKERSTARS.TV DEFENDING CHAMPION Lucien Cohen, (2011 PTPR Rank: 80th) NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Copenhagen February 20-25, 2012

PTPR PREMIER EVENT European Poker Tour Deauville Pokerstars.fr EPT Deauville NLH Main Event January 31-February 6, 2012 Casino Barriere | France Buy-in: $6,960 | Prizepool: $5,605,390 Entries: 889 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 133 2nd place 83 3rd place 53 4th place 43 5th place 38 6-7th place 33 8th place 18 SERGEY BABURIN 18 ETIENNE MOUDARESSS 18 NIKOLAUS TEICHERT 18 IGNAT LIVIU 16 ROBERT STAIN "ROB" 16 CHRIS BRAMMER 16 DENIS CHEREMISIN 16 ARTEM LITVINOV 13 CHRISTIAN TOGSVERD 13 RUMEN NANEV 13