WSOPC STH INDIANA: CRAZINESS IN INDIANA! CASTOIRE WINS MAIN EVENT

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Craziness in Indiana! About an hour ago, Aaron Massey (the chip leader coming into today's play) looked in control of the WSOP Circuit Southern Indiana Main Event. 20 minutes ago, it looked as if Jacob Bazely (who eliminated Massey) was unbeatable with a monster chip lead. Now, it's the man that was lurking in the dark, Robert Castoire, that has collected the WSOP Circuit ring.

Insanity indeed. Double-up after double-up (while being behind in most cases) and it sure seems as if Castoire was destined to win this one!

Mike "Pegasus" Smith and Bernard Lee were unable to collect PTPR Points in the event, each finishing outside the Top 5.

Final Table Payouts
1- Robert Castoire 107,022
2- Jacob Bazely 66,171
3- Aaron Massey 48,059
4- Donovan Darland 35,499
5- Mark Smith 26,650
6- Thang Nguyen 20,325
7- David Hengen 15,743
8- Bernard Lee 12,378
9- Sameer Al Dbhany 9,877

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit Southern Indiana
WSOPC Souther Indiana NLH Main Event
October 8-10, 2011

Horseshoe Southern Indiana | Indiana
Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool : $455,415 | Entries: 313

FINAL RESULTS:
ROBERT CASTOIRE 35
JACOB BAZELY 18
AARON MASSEY 10
DONOVAN DARLAND 8
MARK SMITH 5

2011 WSOPE: ROMANELLO, EAMES HIGHLIGHT EVENT #2 FINAL TABLE

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Another final table is set on the French Rivera. Event #2 - No Limit Hold'em - will reach it's climax on Tuesday in Cannes, and we have a few intriguing characters assembled in what should be an interesting FT to say the least.

The main focus will be on Roberto Romanello. The defending EPT Prague and WPT Bratislava Champion is already assured to move up to 16th on the 2011 PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard - but - Romanello could not only crack the Top 15, he would skyrocket up to 3rd overall should he be able to take the win in this event.

Add to the fact that a victory would allow Romanello to enter the coveted Poker Triple Crown Club if he can collect the bracelet on Tuesday. Romanello will start the day third in chips.

PTPR Leaderboard Look-In (includes the minimum 12 PTPR Points Romanello is guaranteed to receive in this event):
13. Galen Hall, 245
14. Owais Ahmed, 241
15. Sam Stein, 228
16. Roberto Romanello, 224
17. Byron Kaverman, 221

Another big name still alive is John Eames. Eames is looking for a breakout event in 2011 - this could be just what the doctor ordered. Eames will be one of the shorter stacks but a few pot victories early and it's game on!

The chip leader is Gianluca Speranza. Eric Baudry and Andrew Hinrichsen are two other names to look for on Tuesday.

Final Table Chip Counts
1- Gianluca Speranza 757,000
2- Andrew Hinrichsen 434,000
3- Roberto Romanello 253,000
4- Nabil Nedjai 250,500
5- Eric Baudry 232,000
6- Tarcisio Bruno 153,500
7- John Eames 106,500
8- Gregory Lejolivet 95,000
9- Bernard Guigon 53,000

2011 PTPR Rankings (prior to WSOPE Event #2 NLH)
19. Roberto Romanello, 212 PTPR Points
213. John Eames, 88
395. Eric Baudry, 55
652. Andrew Hinrichsen, 36
2167. Giancula Sperenza, 5

This is the first PTPR Score of the season for Nedjai, Bruno, Lejolivet and Guigon.

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PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
World Series of Poker Europe
WSOPE NLH Event #2
October 8-11, 2011

Casino Barriere & Hotel Majestic | Cannes
Buy-in: $1,480 | Prizepool : $1,005,951 | Entries: 771

PTS AT STAKE:
1st place 107
2nd place 67
3rd place 42
4th place 32
5th place 25
6th place 17
7th place 15
8th place 12
9th place 12

PTS AT STAKE: FINAL TABLE SET AT WSOPC SOUTHERN INDIANA

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We have reached final table play at the latest WSOP Circuit tour stop - the WSOPC Southern Indiana Main Event - live from the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana.

We are only a few minutes away from the final ten participants entering the final table squared circle, hoping to win the coveted WSOPC ring.

Mike "Pegasus" Smith - who had success at the WSOP Circuit St. Louis event earlier this year - and ESPN's Bernard Lee - who has had success on the HPT tour in 2011 - both headline the final table participants. Although it's Aaron Massey (pictured) - who has WSOP experience - that holds the chip lead heading into today's play.

Final Table Chip Counts
Aaron Massey 1,070,000
Mark Smith 877,000
Jacob Bazely 844,000
Robert Castoire 788,000
David Hengen 696,000
Bernard Lee 664,000
Donovan Darland 561,000
Sameer Al Dbhany 433,000
Khang Luu 209,000
Thang Nguyen 119,000

2011 PTPR Rankings (prior to WSOPC Southern Indiana Main)
468th Bernard Lee, 47 PTPR Points
874th Aaron Massey, 30 PTPR Points
1952th Jacob Bazely, 8 PTPR Points

Smith, Carstoire, Hengen, Darland, Al Dbhany, Luu and Nguyen will all be looking for their first PTPR Score of the 2011 season.

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
World Series of Poker Circuit Southern Indiana
WSOPC Souther Indiana NLH Main Event
October 8-10, 2011

Horseshoe Southern Indiana | Indiana
Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool : $455,415 | Entries: 313

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

HPT DAYTONA: SCHWARMANN UP, THEN DOWN, THEN UP - WINS AT DAYTONA

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It was an eventful TV final table at Daytona where the latest Heartland Poker Tour Champion was found at the Daytona Beach Kennel Club and Poker Room.

Nich Schwarmann, who entered final table play as a close to 2:1 chip leader fell off the mountain real early into FT play - Schwarmann was swinging chips around playing aggressive but, was not able to catch the cards needed to eliminate the short stacks.

Then, Schwarmann was all-in for his tournament life, was able to double-up and didn't look back from then on. For Schwarmann - and all four other players qualifying for PTPR Points in this event - collected their first PTPR Scores of the season.

Big name players were part of the field - including Annie Duke, Darryll Fish and former WSOP Main Event Champ Grey Raymner.

Congratulations to Nick, and congrats to the Heartland Poker Tour for another successful event!

Final Table Payouts
1st - Nick Schwarmann - $167,940
2nd - Rebecca Koransky - $83,970
3rd - Travis Klein - $50,382
4th - Rod Rodrique - $39,186
5th - Joe Stempek - $33,588
6th - Ronnie Lamb - $27,990

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Heartland Poker Tour Daytona Beach
HPT Daytona NLH Main Event
October 8-9, 2011

Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room | Florida
Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool : $599,247 | Entries: 377

FINAL RESULTS:
NICK SCHWARMANN 35
REBECCA KORANSKY 18
TRAVIS KLEIN 10
ROD RODRIGUE 8
JOE STEMPAK 5