Marie-Lizette "LessonsRXtra" Acoba (@MarieLizette) Wins TPTCS Event #3

Thursday night the 3^rd event of the Twitter Poker Tour Championship Series got underway and 55 players found their way to the online poker felt for the usual $5+1 No Limit Hold’em Double Stack tournament to crown the 3^rd TPTCS Champion and gain more points for the TPTCS Player of The Series Leaderboard.  When all was said and done, it was LessonsRXtra (@MarieLizette) that defeated GoofyRooster (@_Desperado) to finish with all of the chips and earned the top prize, along with 127.57 Leaderboard points to take the lead as the Player of The Series.  Congratulations Marie-Lizette!

2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jeff Madsen (@JeffMadsenobv) hosted the event and joined the gang on the TPT Live Show to talk about his first World Series of Poker, and everything else that’s been going on in his poker life since he made that huge splash on the poker circuit 5 years ago.  His TPTCS Tournament was a roller coaster that ended up with the money getting in preflop with K-7 vs. the K-9 of jetmekk (@Barry201), and when a 9 hit the turn, Jeff hit the rail and jetmekk shipped the Full Tilt Bounty and T-shirt.  Thanks again to Jeff for joining the show and the tournament.

The bubble burst when bigbadlex (@Alexpokerguy) was eliminated in 8^th place, and the 7 remaining players were in the money, and collected valuable Player of the Series Points.   RiverAsUsual had a couple of consecutive run-ins with Chiwawa (@DeputySD) that sent the once large stack spiraling downward, until eventually RiveAsUsual got the last of their chips in with A9, only to run into Chiwawa’s AQ.   Without a 9, RiverAsUsual was eliminated in 7^th place.

johnmenard1 was the next player to find the rail in pretty brutal fashion as his AK was no match for the KJ of GoofyRooster when both player flopped trip K’s, but the river spiked a J, and eliminated johnmenard1 in 6^th place.

When play reached 5 players remaining, it was all LessonsRXtra, as Marie-Lizette eliminated the next 4 players.  First it was MrSoprano111 (@MrSoprano) who got it in with A9, and LessonsRXtra called with 55.  LessonsRXtra  won the flip to eliminate MrSoprano in 5^th.  A few hands later, LessonsRXtra called the 4-bet shove of Chiwawa and had a big lead with TT vs. A9.  The tens held, and Chiwawa was eliminated in 4^th place.  Then, jetmekk got the money in on an Ace high flop with AK, but ran into a flopped set of Jacks by LessonsRXtra, eliminating jetmekk in 3^rd place.

When heads up play began, LessonsRXtra held an almost 3 to 1 chip lead on GoofyRooster, and the heads up play wouldn’t last too long.  GoofyRooster got the last of his stack in with Kh-4d, and LessonsRXtra made the call with Qc-7d.  The board ran out 6d-3d-Ad-Ts-9d giving both players a flush, but it was LessonsRXtra that had the higher flush and locked up the win.  Here’s how the final 7 players finished:

1. LessonsRXtra (@MarieLizette) – $96.25
2. GoofyRooster (@_Desperado) – $57.75
3. jetmekk (@Barry201) – $41.25
4. chiwawa (@DeputySD) – $30.25
5. MrSoprano111 (@MrSoprano) – $22.00
6. Johnmenard1 – $16.50
7. RiverAsUsual – $11.00

The TPTCS continues this Sunday on Full Tilt Poker with Event #4, a $10+1 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low event hosted by Full Tilt Poker Pro Esther Rossi.  Congratulations again to LessonsRXtra (@MarieLizette)!

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And so many more topics.  Ali joined us for the duration of the show, making it one of the best shows in the history of the TPT Live Show.

In the tournament, it was IamAfter5 who finished with the most chips, agreeing to a chop with TJR2121.  Because IamAfter5 had the most chips, he was awarded the win.  But with his 15th place finish, it was Drizztdj (@Drizztdj) who secured enough points to earn the outright win in the March monthly leaderboard.  Congratulations!

Next month the Twitter Poker Tour Championship Series gets underway beginning this Sunday with Event #1, a $10 Pot Limit Omaha Tournament hosted by Aaron Bartley (@gambleab).  Don’t miss any of the events as we’ll be giving away thousands in cash prizes as overlays to our players.

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With @coolwhipflea on vacation I was joined on TPT LIVE by old friends @MattCWaldron and @DeputySD and new friend @Mark_Gahagan. Mark is the host of the CardRunners podcast “The Rabbit Hunt” (itunes link) and we were honored to have him join the team for the night.

TPT LIVE TOPICS

• Onyx Cup / EPT Pissing Match
• 2p2 as “THE” Poker Community
• Joe Sebok/UB
• #CampBill HR1174
• Lacey Jones off the market
• General mishegas

We are gearing up for our online poker series called the Twitter Poker Tour Championship Series, getting underway on April 3rd. We have a stable of pro and celebrity players lined up as hosts for these events are we will be giving away over $1K in additional cash prizes. Stay tuned!

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Matt Keikoan Stats:

• Over $1.8m in career tournament earnings (source)
• Two-time WSOP Bracelet winner ($10K Limit Holdem in 2010, $2K NLHE in 2008)
• Finished 196th in the 2010 WSOP Main Event ($10K NLHE)
• Knocked out @cprpoker in the Thursday March 17th TPT Event.

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In the TPT Event, chubby who defeated @01Hetfield heads up to claim the Week 2 event, and pull himself neck and neck with @hittingpoints for 1^st place in the monthly leaderboard, after hittingpoints followed up his win last week with another final table performance (finishing in 9^th place).

Join us this Thursday for the third 3^rd week of the March Leaderboard and stay tuned as we continue to release more information on the Twitter Poker Tour Championship Series on Full Tilt Poker.

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Have a listen to the show from last night using the player above. @Coolwhipflea was out at the LA Poker Classic and was able to join us at various points through the TPT Live show. I was on the 1′s and 2′s and was joined by @DeputySD, @MattCWaldron and @street3. We covered pretty much everything and nothing at all, have a listen.

We should have some exciting news about the TPT to announce in the coming days, be sure you are following @cprpoker, @coolwhipflea and @tptpoker for more details.

Event #1 Final Table Results

March 2011 Leaderboard Prizes

The total points accumulated for all 5 events this month will determine the winners of the leaderboard prizes from our great sponsors:

• 1st Place: Two-month subscription to DeucesCracked ($60 value)
• 2nd Place: One-month subscription to DeucesCracked ($30 value)
• 3rd Place: One-year subscription to Poker Pro Magazine ($24.95 value)

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Next week starts a brand new leaderboard for the month of February and we’ll have all new guests as well as some live updates from the LAPC event at the Commerce Casino (and possibly a TPT Live Show from the Commerce as well).  Stay tuned.

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On the TPT Live Show, Paul (@coolwhipflea) and Geoff (@cprpoker) were first joined by the newest Full Tilt Poker Red Pro, Petter Jetten (@peterjetten) as we discussed signing as an FTP Pro, his recent trip to the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure, and of course the story of “The Peter Jetten Button.”  Later, we discussed the weekly news with WPT Magazine’s and Lifesabluff.com writer Matt Waldron (@mattcwaldron) and Bluff Magazine writer Kevin Mathers (@kevmath).

As we head into the final week for the month of January, the player of the Month prize is still anyone’s for the taking.  Here’s a look at the top 10 points leaders heading into next week’s final event:

January 2011 Leaders

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Top 10 After Week 3

On the TPT Live Show, we were joined by November Niner Matt Jarvis (@mattjarvispoker) to discuss his 8^th place finish at the 2010 WSOP Main Event.  We chatted about the lead up to the Final Table, the success that he’s had since making the final table, and a whole host of other facts about Matt.

Later on the show we were joined by Bluff Magazines senior editor, Jess Welman (@jesswelman).  Jess is a member of the WPT Live Updates team and a regular on This Week in Poker, and we discussed the poker news of the week with her for the first hour of being on the show.  In the second hour, we were joined again by B.J. Nemeth (@bjnemeth) and continued the chat as only Jess and B.J. can do.

Next week will be the final points event for the month of November, and we’ll be awarding all of the Monthly Leaderboard prizes.  So make certain that you register in the final event to secure your chance at more than $3,000 in monthly giveways!

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Jason Mercier (@jasonmercier) ended Day 3 with more than 2.1 million chips, good for 3rd of 19 remaining

Day 3 of the North American Poker Tour began with a bang as several short stacks looked to either double up, or go home.  What started with 81 remaining players became 22 fewer by the end of the first level of play, and the flurry of eliminations didn’t let up from there. Bust outs were happening at a quick enough pace that the line at the payout desk continued to be busy all day, until we arrived at just 34 players, and play cooled down a bit.

During those first few levels, we lost some key names in the tournament including Shane Schleger (75^th), Tom Marchese (74^th), Josh Brikis (72^nd), Christina Lindley (63^rd), Phil Laak (59^th), Gavin Griffin (58^th), Carter Gill (57^th), and Bryn Kenney (49^th).

As play slowed, we started to see some of the stacks in the tournament grow, including the stack of Christopher Demaci.  By the time the night was through, Demaci ended the day as our chip leader with 3,783,000 chips.  A common name in the Los Angeles poker scene, Demaci has 3 WPT LA Poker Classic cashes to his name, a California State Poker Championship cash as well, and can now add the Los Angeles NAPT cash to his resume.  The Stanton, CA native has more than $274k in total live cashes to his name, as he looks to add to that total with a possible $725,000 1^st place prize at the NAPT should he go on to win.

But standing in his way is most notably Jason Mercier.  The Team PokerStars Pro ended his day 3^rd in chips with a very healthy 2,150,000, securing a return to the Bicycle Casino for day 4 with a great shot at making his first NAPT Main Event Final Table.  The NAPT has been good to Mercier who won the $25,000 High Roller Shootout at Mohegan Sun earlier this year, leaving Mercier a little conflicted.  The one downside to his deep run here at the main, is that Mercier will miss the Television event of the $25,000 Bounty Shootout at the Crystal Casino.  As for the television portion, there are still rumors that the final table may be moved to the Crystal as well for filming.

Other notables that survived the day include 2006 WSOP Main Event 3^rd place finisher Michael Binger, who rounded out the days action with a 2,026,000 stack, good for 4^th in chips, and 2010 WSOP Main Event 15^th place finisher Matt Affleck, who closed the day with 447,000 chips.  Also still in the field are PokerStars pro’s Anh Van Nguyen (834,000) and George Lind (538,00).

The 19 remaining players will resume action at 1pm PST at the Bicycle Casino and play down to a final table of 8 today.  Here are the Table Draws and Chip Counts:

Table 1
Seat 1: Al Grimes – 428,000
Seat 2: Michael Binger – 2,026,000
Seat 3: Jacob Toole – 1,881,000
Seat 4: Anthony Nardi – 800,000
Seat 5: Carlos Watanabe – 678,000
Seat 6: –empty–
Seat 7: Alan Myerson – 317,000
Seat 8: Jason Mercier – 2,150,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Thomas Young – 390,000
Seat 2: Ray Henson – 326,000
Seat 3: –empty–
Seat 4: Joe Tehan – 1,250,000
Seat 5: –empty–
Seat 6: Micah Raskin 2,356,000
Seat 7: Christopher Demaci – 3,783,000
Seat 8: Joseph Melancon – 660,000

Table 3
Seat 1: Anh Van Nguyen – 834,000
Seat 2: –empty–
Seat 3: Jonathan Gagnon-Villeneuve – 711,000
Seat 4: Matt Affleck – 447,000
Seat 5: George Lind III – 538,000
Seat 6: Jimmie Guinther – 1,099,000
Seat 7: Carl Beliveau – 348,000
Seat 8: –empty–

I’ll be back at the Bike covering action from the floor with real time updates on big hands and where players finish.  You can catch my updates through my twitter feed (@coolwhipflea).

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