Mike May prevails in Palm Beach Kennel Poker Classic
Mike May of West Palm Beach was the last man standing Sunday in the main event of the Palm Beach Kennel Club Poker Classic.
May won $18,965. The win also carried enough points to make him "Player of the Year." So he gets another 5 grand.
The $500 tournament carried a $50,000 guarantee, which the kennel club had no problem meeting -- there were 281 entrants. That made for a prize pool of $126,450.
Actually, if May hadn't finished 12th on Monday, he would have lost out Player of the Year to John Kleywegt, who won on Monday and cashed later in the week. May's 148 points Monday plus 612 on Sunday gave him 760. Kleywegt had 630.
The results from Sunday:
1) Mike May / West Palm Beach $18,965 plus $5,000 for Player of the Year
2) Jeremy Osbourne / Port St. Lucie $17,275
3) Paul Brettler / Ft. Lauderdale $14,975
4) Eric Brewster / Jupiter $11,890
5) Andrew (AJ) Kellsall / Tampa $10,480
6) Al Zeitler / North Palm Beach
7) Don Cook / West Palm Beach
8) Billy Campbell / Palm Beach Gardens
9) Jason Greenburg / West Palm Beach
10) Tim Bannigan / Delray Beach
11) Ken Weiner / Wellington
12) Spider McCarthy / West Palm Beach
The Player of the Year final standings:
Mike May 760
John Kleywegt 630
Eric Brewster 602
Marc Levy 566
Tom Nasuti 540
Quintin Kusala 501
Jeremy Osbourne 433
Nicholas Delio 418
Larry Hawkins 363
Jay Roden 354
Paul Brettler 353
Manny Leon 347
Patrick Maynard 344
Gail Levine Cohen 316
Monte Berger 296
Andres Sanchez 296
Andrew Kellsall (A.J.) 273
Susan Smith 256
Al Zeitler 250
Ed Brooks 247
Billy Campbell 245
Antonio Pinzari 244
Howard Spiers 243
James Locklar 241
David Katz 238
Don Cook 231
John Thome 230
T J Britton 224
Edward White 224


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