John Racener Wins America's Poker Tour Sarasota for $59,258!


Florida poker pro John Racener just took down the second-ever America's Poker Tour Main Event at One Eyed Jacks poker room at the Sarasota Kennel Club, not far from his hometown of Tampa, Florida. He beat out a field of 255 entries to win here on Day 2. Racener, who has over $9 million in tournament winnings to his credit, including a second place finish in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, now adds a score of $59,258 in addition to a $3,000 Championship package courtesy of America's Poker Tour.

Racener came into the day 13th in chips and hovered around average or just below average for most of the day. He got a key double up with two tables left against Seth Templeton when he turned the nut flush against Templeton's flopped set of threes and held up. After that, he didn't get involved in many pots and his stack steadily dwindled. Racener went into the final table as one of three short stacks with around 11 big blinds. He managed to stick around and then dominate three-handed though, and emerged victorious.

Here are the final 27 players with their payouts:

Place Name Prize Money
1st John Racener $59,258
2nd Mark Goulding $36,541
3rd Kevin Grabel $24,690
4th Liz Provan $17,530
5th Tony March $13,580
6th Stan Jablonski $11,111
7th Peter Dragar $9,259
8th Nick Owens $7,777
9th Seth Templeton $6,419
10th Chuck Lum $5,061
11th Val Litvak $5,061
12th Steve Allen $5,061
13th Griffin Malatino $3,950
14th Daren Stabinski $3,950
15th Jeff Trudeau $3,950
16th Mike Raimon $3,086
17th Carlos Loving $3,086
18th Vanessa Rousso $3,086
19th Austin Buchanan $2,716
20th Lyle Vincent $2,716
21st Anthony Astarita $2,716
22nd Greg Fishberg $2,716
23rd Bret McCown $2,716
24th Cord Garcia $2,716
25th Cory Williams $2,716
26th Joe Kessman $2,716
27th Harold Evans $2,716

Congrats to all of those who cashed in this event. Thanks to all for playing!

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