March 24 2012, Chad Holloway
Harrah’s Rincon is one of the most popular World Series of Poker Circuit stops each and every year. The California poker crowd is apt to make the trip to the 662-room property north of San Diego, and Las Vegas locals often make the four-hour drive.
This year, Rincon marked the 14th out of 17 stops of the 2011-2012 World Series of Poker Circuit season and began on March 15. With 12 rings up for grabs and two spots being awarded to the $1 million WSOP Circuit National Championship (July 6 through 7 with the final table being played out July 11), not to mention the 100 guaranteed seats reserved for the top 100 point earners on the Circuit, Rincon was generating a lot of excitement, especially during Event #2: $565 No-Limit Hold’em.
That event drew 155 players and created a prize pool of $75,175, but it wasn’t until the last day of play, which began with 12 players, that all eyes turned to Alexandru Masek, a local part-time poker player from San Diego who was making a push for the final table. The four-time WSOP Circuit ring winner was looking to capture his record-tying fifth ring. Masek, a 27-year-old law school graduate, made the unofficial final table of ten with an above-average count, but the deck soon turned against him and he was eliminated in tenth place.
One man who did have some luck was Dean Buchanan, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Kirkland, Washington. The young pro navigated the final table all the way down to heads-up play where he ran into John Piotrowski. Their battle lasted three hours, but when the final hand fell, Buchanan ended up with all the chips and took home $19,934.
Here’s a look at the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Rincon events completed thus far:
With several events yet to be determined, the race for the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Rincon Casino Champion is undecided. Whoever captures that title, along with the eventual winner of the Main Event, will automatically qualify for the Second Annual $1 Million National Championship. That event is limited to 100 players, and so far only a handful of players have qualified:
National Championship Qualifiers
| Hao Le | Harrah’s AC Casino Champ |
In addition to the qualifiers, players who earn enough points on the National Leaderboard will be able to buy-in to the National Championship:
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten*
| Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon | 137.5 | 1 | 6 | $61,156 |
| Rex Clinkscales | 135 | 0 | 9 | $39,780 |
| Daniel Blakeman | 132.5 | 1 | 5 | $139,308 |
| Chris Parsons | 132.5 | 0 | 6 | $72,849 |
| Russell Ivy | 130 | 0 | 7 | $72,703 |
| Benjamin Kramer | 130 | 1 | 8 | $58,600 |
| Michael Cooper | 130 | 0 | 7 | $55,092 |
| Alexandru Masek | 127.5 | 1 | 6 | $126,454 |
| Roman Valerstein | 125 | 0 | 5 | $116,282 |
*Leading up to the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Rincon stop.
Don’t miss your chance to qualify for the National Championship. There are still plenty of opportunities to play, including any of the remaining stops on the WSOP Circuit schedule.
Remaining 2011-2012 WSOPC Schedule
| Circuit Event | Horseshoe Council Bluffs | March 29 – April 9, 2012 |
| Circuit Event | Harrah’s St. Louis | April 12 – 23, 2012 |
| Circuit Event | Harrah’s Chester | April 26 – May 7, 2012 |
| Circuit Event | Harrah’s New Orleans | May 10 – 21, 2012 |
*Photos courtesy of Eric Harkins and ImageMasters.
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March 24 2012, PokerNews Staff
The latest addition to the library of online poker sites PokerNews has superb deals with is Redbet, an online poker site that gives its players extra choices by being part of two separate networks! We took a look around Redbet to try see what promotions are running and what it will have to offer you in the coming weeks.
Redbet Has Sites On Two Networks?
That is correct. Redbet customers get not one, but two online poker sites to choose from when they create a free account. One site is on the Boss Media IPN Network and the other resides on the IGT Poker Network (formerly known as Entraction).
This not only means that Redbet customers can choose which network to play on whenever they want but they can actually take advantage of the sign-up bonuses on both sites! Each of the networks is offering a 200% match up to “1,000 first deposit bonus and you are allowed to claim both, “2,000 could be yours!
“22,500 Sit & Go Race
Until March 31, sit-n-go grinders can win a share of “2,500 just for playing their favorite games. Leaderboard points are awarded depending on your finishing position in selected sit-n-go tournaments hosted on the IGT Poker Network and if you finish in the top 20 places you will win between “40 and “450 in cash!
| 1 | “450 |
| 2 | “340 |
| 3 | “300 |
| 4 | “250 |
| 5 | “210 |
| 6 | “170 |
| 7 | “135 |
| 8 | “100 |
| 9 | “80 |
| 10 | “65 |
| 11-20 | “40 |
There are three separate leaderboards that are based on buy-in levels:
- Low: between “2 and “5
- Medium: between “10 and “20
- High: between “25 and “300
To make it easy to see which tournaments count towards the leaderboards they will be marked with “PR” in the lobby. Enter a tournament with PR in the title and you will earn points towards the “22,500 Sit & Go Race.
Chase Your Way To “2,000
During April you have the chance to add up to “2,000 to your bankroll just for playing on the Boss Media skin of Redbet. Rake “100 and receive “10 in cash play a little more and rake “250 to receive “25 in cash. “500 rake nets you “50 in cash and this continues with payouts of “100, “150, “250 right up to a maximum of “2,000 for those who manage to generate “20,000 rake!
Redbet Instant Cash Program
The instant cash program on Redbet allows you to convert Redbet Loyalty Points earned on the Redbet Entraction site into cash at any given time.
For every “0.50 raked in a cash game or “0.50 paid in tournament fees one Base Point is awarded and for each Base Point that is rewarded between one and three Loyalty Points are rewarded too. Players of all VIP levels can exchange these Loyalty points for cash as long as they are exchanging a minimum of 60 Loyalty Points for “3. Those players who are in the top VIP level can exchange 60,000 Loyalty Points for a massive “4,000 in cash!
These are just a small selection of the promotions taking place on Redbet. In the past couple of months there have been World Series of Poker packages given away, more rake races and even packages to the popular European Masters of Poker (EMOP) events.
Download Redbet Poker now and take advantage of not one but two first deposit bonuses!
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