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Tuesday 9th October 2007 Local Wins WPT Turks And Caicos Classic
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced that 34-year old Players' Club Partner and local Turks And Caicos resident Rhynie Campbell emerged as the winner of the event he helped bring to his island.
The inaugural WPT Turks And Caicos Classic was held last week on the British West Indies island of Providenciales and welcomed 137 players, all competing for an opportunity to parlay into a coveted $7,500 seat in the WPT Main Event.
Top professionals including Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Mark Seif, Jennifer Tilly, Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow, Evelyn Ng, Gavin Smith and JC Tran battled it out against locals for a WPT title, and a share of the one million dollar prize pool paid out to the top nine finishers.
But, after four days of play just steps from one of the top-ranked beaches in the world, Campbell emerged victorious and took home his first WPT title, $436,675 in prize money and a $25,000 seat at the WPT World Championship scheduled for the Bellagio in April of next year.
Also at the final table, top professional Nam Le placed sixth and took home $30,000. Finishing in fifth spot for $50,000 was poker circuit newcomer Trevor Hebert while fourth place and its $70,000 prize went to Chris Smith, a high stakes cash player with very few tournament appearances.
Online player Alan ‘The Usher’ Sass took third place in his first televised final table and secured $125,000 while Montreal native Erik Cajelais left the table boasting a second place finish and $225,000 for his fifth WPT tournament cash.
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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