With another deep run, Will Failla is looking to bag up a WPT POY title.
With 16 remaining, Will Failla leads the WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open.
Failla has been on a tear of late. He has already captured one World Poker Tour title this season (the Legends of Poker) and currently sits second in the WPT POY race behind Joe Serock. Failla also won a HPT event in St. Louis in March. Over the past 12 months, Failla has 14 live event cashes.
Failla is stacked at 1,360,000. He’s followed by Peter Campo with 1,269,000.
Other notables remaining include the equi-on-a-tear Matt Marafioti (617,000) and Tony Dunst (469,000).
Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler min-cashed for $9,610.
First place will earn $400,600.
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Since 1882, there has only been 11 confirmed deaths by shark attack in Florida. For real. Look it up.
Days 1A and 1B of the 2012 WPT Jacksonville BestBet Open drew a field of 320. A total of 160 survived to the merged Day 2.
Also, for those wondering what bestbet is, here you go (abridged summation: three Jacksonville casinos featuring poker and greyhound racing).
Darren Elias leads the Day 2 field stacked at 213,600. He’s followed by Amine Chabaney with 193,500.
A couple of brothers closely follow in the top 10 stacks, as David Jackson has 150,000 and Ralph Robinson has 138,000.
Also among the early chip leaders are Will Failla (132,600) and iSeriesLIVE champ James Dempsey (114,300).
Many recognizable names still litter the field. Get full chip counts here.
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Tommy Vedes rebounded like Stacy Kiebler in 2012 to capture his second WPT title.
Tommy Vedes entered the 2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown final table as the short-stack.
However, like some metaphor that signifies overcoming odds and adversity, Vedes persevered. And when the final table was over, Vedes had all the chips, capturing his second World Poker Tour title.
For the win, Vedes banks $779,520. He defeated ex-November Niner John “Jimmy” Dolan ($459,360) heads-up for the title.
Joe Serock, who started the final table as big stack, finished third for $306,240. This is Serock’s second third in a WPT event this year.
Get a full recap and final table payouts here.
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Joe Serock (left) eyes his first WPT title as Tommy Vedes (right) goes for his second.
Final table near-live stream is about to start for the 2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown.
Pretty stacked final table. Leading the way is Joe Serock with 3,137,000. Serock is fresh off a WPT Bay 101 final table and is looking for his first title. He’s followed by ex-November Niner John Dolan with 1,454,000. Dolan has ended every day among the top stacks as he looks to capture his first WPT title as well.
There is a previous WPT winner in the group, and that’s short-stack Tommy Vedes with 590,000.
Live stream starts at 4:30pm ET. Get full chip counts and follow here.
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John Dolan would be 15% more popular if he changed his name to "Jimmy."
This John Dolan character appears to be on a proverbial mission at the 2012 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown.
The former November Niner has ended all three days of play in the top 5 chip stacks. With 32 remaining after Day 3, Dolan finds himself third in chips with 685,500.
Dolan only trails Bill Brown (772,500) and a recently running good Joe Serock (702,000).
Some recognizable names still remain, including ex-almost-November-Niner-if-they-had-the-N9-in-06 Fred Goldberg (607,000), Kyle Bowker (406,500), Allie Prescott (337,500), old man winter Clyde Hinton (313,000), Jason Koon (254,500), and Tommy Vedes (140,500).
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