Wealthy NYC businessman and poker savant Vadim Trincher became the newest WPT Champion last night by defeating wealthy NYC gambler Amnon Filippi and three other east coast rounders to take down the 2009 Foxwoods Poker Classic. In the audience to sweat Vadim were fellow multi-milioniare NYC poker players and WPT champs Nick Schulman and Eugene Katchalov. Seems The Takeover is the one who taught Vadim the game but you can tell in Vadim and Nick's interview with Amanda Leatherman that the teacher feels surpassed by the student.

Amnon Filippi came up short one more time at a WPT final, not only losing his shot at the bracelet but also his best chance at tying John Phan for WPT Player of the Year. The addition of second place prize money ($409,405) made Amnon the 106th millionaire in WPT history so it's not all bad news for Guts this morning.

Lastly, the Muck jinx holds true as our pick to win, Lenny Cortellino, finished in third winning $214,419. Vadim's a natural poker champ, we're a natural cooler. To each his own.

Next stop is Bellagio for the WPT World Championship VII starting next Saturday. We're taking bids on who would like us not to pick them to win the biggest tournament of the season.

*Courtesy of the Muck. The Official Blog of the World Poker Tour.

Sorted In: Vadim Trincher, Amnon Filippi, Lenny Cortellino, The Muck, Featured Blog, Season VII, Foxwoods Poker Classic
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1	Vadim Trincher	$731,079
2	Amnon Filippi	$409,405
3	Leonard Cortellino	$214,449
4	Matthew Casterella	$138,905
5	Alex Perelberg	$106,007
6	Joe Raposa	$85,292

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Payout Structure

Place	Prize
1	$731,079
2	$409,405
3	$214,449
4	$138,905
5	$106,007
6	$85,292
7	$68,235
8	$54,830
9	$46,315
10 - 12	$40,209
13 - 15	$34,117
16 - 20	$28,024
21 - 25	$23,150
26 - 30	$20,713

Level	Blinds	Ante
1	50-100	0
2	100-200	0
3	100-200	25
4	200-400	50
5	300-600	75
6	400-800	100
7	500-1,000	150
8	600-1,200	200
9	800-1,600	200
10	1,000-2,000	300
11	1,200-2,400	300
12	1,500-3,000	400
13	2,000-4,000	400
14	2,500-5,000	500
15	3,000-6,000	500
16	4,000-8,000	1,000
17	5,000-10,000	1,500
18	6,000-12,000	2,000
19	8,000-16,000	2,000
20	10,000-20,000	3,000
21	12,000-24,000	3,000
22	15,000-30,000	4,000
23	20,000-40,000	4,000
24	25,000-50,000	5,000
25	30,000-60,000	5,000
26	40,000-80,000	10,000
27	60,000-120,000	15,000
28	80,000-160,000	15,000
29	100,000-200,000	20,000
30	150,000-300,000	30,000
31	200,000-400,000	40,000

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