Milne Wins WSOPC River Rock, WPT China Underway, WPTSA Sets Final

Lincoln Milne Wins WSOPC River Rock

The World Series of Poker Circuit stop at River Rock Casino in Canada played down to its final table on November 7. From a field of 865 entries in the $1,675 NLHE Main Event, only nine remained for their lion’s share of the $1,297,500 prize pool.

Action started on November 8 with Dough Wasyk in the chip lead and Alex Toth not far behind. But Wasyk suffered some trouble early on and finished sixth, while Toth maintained momentum in order to get to heads-up. But Lincoln Milne was the chip leader at that point, and it only took about a dozen hands to finish the tournament.

Results:

1^st place: Lincoln Milne ($253,015)

2^nd place: Alex Toth ($156,349)

3^rd place: Homan Mohammadi ($115,166)

4^th place: Dylan Mayo ($85,946)

5^th place: Mike Kim ($64,979)

6^th place: Doug Wasyk ($49,759)

7^th place: Greg Eyster ($38,588)

8^th place: Roger Hardy ($30,297)

9^th place: Jeff Blenkarn ($24,082)

WPT China Sets Large Field

The World Poker Tour went to China as part of its WPT National tour, and the MGM Grand Sanya on the island of Hainan was the place to be. The Main Event was a $1,600 buy-in affair that started on November 5 with a guaranteed prize pool of ¥ 8,800,000 (Chinese Yuan Renminbi).

Players like David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Xuan Liu, Maria Ho, and Liz Lieu traveled to China for the chance to compete. Day 1A brought in 400 players, with 147 of them surviving the action. And even more came to play on Day 1B, setting the total field size at 1008 players. That set the official prize pool at the equivalent of $1,477,460, with 117 players making the money and the winner looking at more than $254K.

WPT South Africa Sets Final Table

The main World Poker Tour schedule took players to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Emperors Palace Poker Classic that began on November 7. The $3,600 buy-in drew a sizeable field of 191 entries for a $561,528 prize pool.

Day 1A ended with 54 players bagging their chips and Nahum Lum as the leader with 123,725 chips. Day 1B saw Eugene Du Plessis emerge as its chip leader with a stack of 142,100.

Day 2 thinned the field down to just 27 players, with names like Mike Sexton, Rupert Elder, Amanda Musumeci, and Barny Boatman exited along the way. Greg Ronaldson bubbled at the end of the night, leaving the rest of the players guaranteed $4,661 for their efforts.

The third day of the tournament saw in-the-money exits from players like Gaelle Baumann, Thomas Koral, and Jason Strauss. Ultimately, Matt Lawrence bubbled the final table with a seventh place finish.

The final six were set to play on November 11 with these chip stacks and reigning champion Dominik Nitsche going for back-to-back wins.

Seat 1: Wesley Wiegand (365,000)

Seat 2: Rob Fenner (335,000)

Seat 3: Eugene Du Plessis (2,635,000)

Seat 4: Dominik Nitsche (875,000)

Seat 5: Daniel Brits (1,225,000)

Seat 6: Ronit Chamani (310,000)