PTS AT STAKE: EPT BARCELONA

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EPT Barcelona has hit Day 3. An amazing 758 players started this event. 112 players remain. Bryn Kenney (pictured) is the current chip leader. Others still alive include Leo Fernandez, Alex Gomes, Elky Grospellier, Pascal Lefrancois, Carlos Mortensen (PTPR Top 15 Player), and Tomer Berda (PTPR Top 15 Player)


Here is the EPT Barcelona prize pool (in Euro) ...

1. €825,000
2. €525,000
3. €300,000
4. €222,000
5. €170,000
6. €130,000
7. €90,000
8. €70,000
9-10. €50,000
11-12. €36,000
13-14. €28,000
15-16. €23,000
17-24. €20,000
25-32. €17,000
33-48. €15,000
49-64. €13,000
65-80. €11,000
81-96. €9,000
97-112. €7,500



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
EPT Barcelona
EPT Main Event
November 22-27, 2010

Hotel Arts Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Buy-in: $6,691
Prizepool: $5,053,965
Entries: 758


POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 132
2nd place 82
3rd place 52
4th place 42
5th place 37
6th place 32
7th place 32
8th place 17
9th place 17
10th place 17
11th place 17
12th place 15
13th place 15
14th place 15
15th place 15
16th place 12
17th place 12
18th place 12

PTPR RECAP: WSOPC TAHOE, SPANISH POKER TOUR, EURO MASTERS MALTA

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Three PTPR Challenger Events have concluded...

Stanley Quinn wins the WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe Main Event. Alvaro Santamaria wins the Spanish Poker Tour Main Event at Gran Casino Aljare. Finally, Simone Lombardo has won the Euro Masters Malta Main Event - John O'Shea scored in this event, this is his third PTPR Score of the season - full results below ...



PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit Lake Tahoe
WSOPC Main Event
November 21-23, 2010

Harrah's Harveys Lake Tahoe
Stateline, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $1,600
Prizepool: $354,240
Entries: 246

FINAL RESULTS
QUINN STANLEY 35
MCNEILLY JOHN 18
TRAYLOR MICHAEL 10
BLACK DAN 8
CASERI DREW 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Spanish Poker Tour
Spanish Poker Tour Main Event
November 5-8, 2010

Gran Casino Aljarfe
Seville, Spain

Buy-in: $1,466
Prizepool: $280,435
Entries: 198

FINAL RESULTS
SANTAMARIA ALVARO 35
AMILLETA DAVID 18
RENAULT GUILLAUME 10
LARO CAMUS RUANO MARCELO 8
STREICH JONAS 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
European Masters Malta
No Limit Main Event
November 17-18, 2010

Casino di Venezia
Malta

Buy-in: $2,200
Prizepool: $364,392
Entries: 241

FINAL RESULTS
LOMBARDO SIMONE 35
FRICKE MATHIAS 18
O'SHEA JOHN 10
BERG JOHAN 8
WALTERSSON HENRIK 5

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: MARCEL BJERKMANN - DUTCH KING

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It took a while for the final results to be made official but, one thing's for sure - Marcel Bjerkmann is the King of Europe. Two major European poker titles in a month. After winning the Belgium Poker Open last month, Bjerkmann scores again by winning the Master Classics of Amsterdam.

The win gives Bjerkmann 102 PTPR Points. He now has a total of 248 PTPR Points this season. He jumps from 79th to 16th with the win, Marcel now sits a few points outside the PTPR Top 15 for the season. He's making a late run for sure!



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
2010 Master Classics
No Limit Hold'em Main Event
November 9-12, 2010

Holland Casino
Amsterdam, Holland

Buy-in: $8,097
Prizepool: $2,000,662
Entries: 249


FINAL RESULTS
BJERKMANN MARCEL 102
HAAVISTO VILLE 62
NGUYEN KHIEM 37
KHAZARADZE I 27
RENKERS P 20
NORDIN PETER 12
VANDERSMISSEN KEVIN 10
EDBERG KRISTOFFER 7
VAN RIETSCHOTEN J 7

PTPR RECAP: U.S. POKER CHAMPIONSHIP, LA POKER OPEN MAIN EVENT, MOHEGAN FALL SHOWDOWN DEEP STACK

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Edward Gamaitoni has won the 2010 U.S. Poker Championship. Only 96 players participated in this year's event - and that's too bad, the USPC used to be one of the few "must play" events in poker - unfortunately, there seem to be too many other events on the go at the moment. Gamaitoni picks 100 PTPR Points for winning this Tier 3 event.

Kwinsee Khoa Tran (pictured) won the L.A. Poker Open Championship. He picked up 35 PTPR points for his win. Ray Qartomy scored for the second time this season.

Finally, Steven Fiorentini scored 35 PTPR Points for winning the Mohegan Sun's Fall Poker Showdown Deep Stack Main Event. This is Fiorentini's first score of the PTPR season.



PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
2010 U.S. Poker Championship
USPC No Limit Hold'Em Championship
November 19-21, 2010

Trump Taj Mahal
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Buy-in: $5,250
Prizepool: $465,600
Entries: 96

FINAL RESULTS
GAMAITONI EDWARD 100
GILLEN DAVID 60
CARRON PATRICK 35
SICA MIKE 25
DAVID GERALD 18
KING DAVID 10
SAVAGE TREVOR 8
PANAYIOTOU ERIC 5
CAPPELL CHRISTOPHER 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 LA Poker Open Championship Event
LAPO Championship Event
November 19-22, 2010

Commerce Casino
Commerce, California, USA

Buy-in: $2,085
Prizepool: $653,780
Entries: 337

FINAL RESULTS
KHOA TRAN KWINSEE 35
ROSS LARRY 18
QARTOMY RAY 10
BREYFOGLE TODD 8
JAVA NIPUN 5


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2010 Fall Poker Showdown
No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack Main Event
November 21-22, 2010

Mohegan Sun
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA

Buy-in: $1,650
Prizepool: $298,275
Entries: 200

FINAL RESULTS
FIORENTINI STEVEN 35
QUIBBLE MICHAEL 18
RICCIUTI ROBERT 10
LIPMAN AVRAHAM 8
DOBKIN YEVGENIY 5