LSOP in the Money, Jones Wins HPT, WPT Bay 101 Underway, Candio Retires

LSOP Millions Panama Makes the Money

When the Latin Series of Poker landed in Panama City, the $850 NLHE Main Event with its $1 million guarantee was the main attraction at the Hard Rock Hotel. Day 1A finished with 27 players, and Day 1B saw only 22 players bag their chips.

Day 1C was the final starting day and brought in a solid field of 328 players, though only 32 of them survived. That allows for 81 players from these Day 1s, as well as another 48 players from Day 1s held throughout Latin America earlier in the year, to return for Day 2. And they are all in the money for at least a minimum payout of $2,200.

Alberto Artiago was the initial Day 2 chip leader with 371,500 chips, and Jose Barbero was in second with 336K chips.

Mark Jones Wins HPT Agua Caliente

The most recent stop for the Heartland Poker Tour was at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, California. Action started on February 27 and heated up for the Main Event, which finished up on March 9.

The players combined for a $375,720 prize pool and included players like Phil Hellmuth and Greg Raymer. The top 27 finishers received payouts, and Mark Jones defeated a tough final table to claim victory for more than $90K.

Results:

1^st place: Mark Jones ($90,169)

2^nd place: Lilly Kiletto ($55,607)

3^rd place: Ron Hauser ($37,572)

4^th place: Dan Heimiller ($26,676)

5^th place: Triet Nguyen ($20,665)

6^th place: Christopher DeMaci ($16,907)

7^th place: Larry Kenzy ($14,090)

8^th place: Chris Karambinis ($11,835)

9^th place: Stanislav Barshak ($9,769)

WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Underway

The World Poker Tour headed up the west coast from its last stop in Los Angeles to Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California. The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament offered players a $7,500 buy-in reentry NLHE Main Event, with $2,500 bounties on the professional players (Shooting Stars) in the field.

Day 1A kicked off the tournament on March 10 with 312 players in action, though only 114 bagged chips at the end of the night. Giorgio Medici was atop the leaderboard with 254,600 chips, which meant he won the $10K prize for being the chip leader.

Day 1B added another 387 entries by the end of Level 7, but registration remained open until the start of Day 2.

Filippo Candio Quits Poker

Professional poker player and 2010 WSOP Main Event final tablist Filippo Candio announced that he will retire from poker. He plans to play the PPT Campione D’Italia and then quit the game.

Years of news reporting that Candio was in violation of tax laws have still not gone away, and they resurfaced again via a recent TV news broadcast. The rumors are frustrating enough to drive him away from poker.