Scott Clements Wins First $5,000 Prelim at Bellagio SeriesNow Over the $3-Million Mark for Lifetime Winnings |
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Scott Clements and Ted Lawson finished first and second in Saturday’s $5,000 no-limit hold’em event at Bellagio’s Five-Star World Poker Classic. Clements’ victory and the $206,000 top-prize put him just over the $3-million mark in lifetime tournament cashes.
Lawson won $122,150 for second place and is nearing the $2-million mark in lifetime tournament cashes ($1.95 million).
The players were part of a field of 106 who played in the single-day event Saturday. The top nine were paid. Click here to see the final results. The event was the fourth in the series, which climaxes with the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship April 19-26.
This is Clements’ second cash at this year’s Five-Star World Poker Classic. He also finished 17th in the $2,500 event, for $3,335.
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