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PokerPax:

--- Quote from: MintTrav on June 15, 2016, 22:17:32 PM ---
Event 17: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Runners          2242Paid          337Final Table          9


Player          Position          Points          David Stones          37                    Craig McCorkell          98          1          


Selector          PointsPaxo          1


Another point for McCorkell and Paxo. Paxo always backs McCorkell, due to the Portsmouth connection. Together, they are trying to win this competition one point at a time. Such a pity there only 69 events.

Here"s an odd thing - both of the heads-up players made their first ever WSOP cashes today.

In fact:
The winner made his first WSOP cash today.
The second-placed player made his first WSOP cash today.
The fourth player made his first WSOP cash today.
The sixth player made his second (cashed in this event two years ago).
The seventh-placed player made his first ever WSOP cash today.

This is the winner, Chase Bianchi.
There might be creatures living in that beard.
Chase is 28 years old. Why do young men grow unattractive long beards like this? Why? Why?



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Craig is going to hit another bracelet soon, I"m sure of it, one day, in the not too distant future. Maybe event 21, maybe in 3 years time, but yeah, one day  ;D

MintTrav:
Event 18: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Runners          400Paid          60Final Table          8


Player          Position          Points          Adam Owen          20          1          Brock Parker          24          1          Daniel Idema          33          1          Justin Bonomo          24          1          Phil Hellmuth          45          1          Mike Leah          55          1          


Selector          PointsDann          2Glenn          2Luca          2Barrie          2Richard          2Chris          2Karen          2Steve          1Paul          1Tom F          1Simon B          1Suzanne          1Simon L          1Paxo          1


Marco Johnson won his second bracelet to take his WSOP winnings close to $2m.

But the big name on the final table was Chino Rheem, cashing the Series for the twelfth year in a row. One of the most controversial players in poker, but also one of the best. He has final-tabled the WSOP Main Event and four times he has won over a million dollars in poker tournaments. His total tournament winnings in twelve years amount to over $8m. Yet he is continually broke, borrowing from other players and repeatedly being accused of scamming by not paying them back, usually by claiming that he doesn"t have it. When he won his second WPT title in 2013, he collected $1.1m, and it wasn"t enough to clear his debts. He won yet another WPT title two months ago for $750k, which has probably all been accounted for, so the $21k he gets for this tournament will have little impact on his continual battle against going broke.



He was involved in a bizarre situation on the final table: "Rheem has about 100,000 chips committed to the pot heading to sixth street against Talarico. Talarico bets sixth street, and Rheem raises. Talarico calls. Talarico bets on seventh street, Rheem raises, and Talarico raises back. Rheem only has 4,000 chips behind at this point. Some confusion occurs, and Talarico exposes his down cards prematurely. Rheem says, "wait, I haven"t called." After Rheem sees Talarico"s hand, he folds and leaves himself with only 4,000."


British player Gerald Ringe (a bracelet-winner last year) finishes third and stands out from the scruffy crowd.

MintTrav:
STAKER - WSOP #18 $3,000 HORSE
Staker          Stake          Winnings          Profit          John Murray          £2,088          £4,594          £2,506          Matt Dale          £2,088          £3,536          £1,448          Gianluca Ragusi          £2,088          £3,536          £1,448          Tom Feilding          £2,088          £3,536          £1,448          Barrie Cullen          £2,088          £3,313          £1,225          Sandy Drennan          £2,088          £2,730          £   642          Des Duffy          £   208          £   354          £   146          


Some familiar names pop up in today"s Staker winners. I went for Eli Elezra, who came good for me, supported by Robert Mizrachi. Barrie put his whole stake on Mizrachi. Sandy had a piece of him too, and also had Hellmuth and Idema, who also both cashed. Everyone else who won did so purely by putting the lot on Hellmuth. Phil finally scored a cash in the HORSE, so maybe it"s the turning point for him.

The most creative staker was Ian Witt, who split his stake across thirty players. He had several cashes, but didn"t hit the big one yet.

MintTrav:
Event 19: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Runners          1106Paid          166Final Table          9


Player          Position          Points          Dan Shak          11          1          Ismael Bojang          65          1          George Danzer          104          1          Brian Yates          142                  


Selector          PointsSimon L          2Chris          2Richard          1Simon B          1Luca          1Carl          1Steve          1Craig          1

MintTrav:
Event #20, the $10k Razz is reaching a climax. Only 15 cashing and Hellmuth, Deeb and Pescatori have already cashed for us and just about everyone else who has cashed is a perennial casher. The tournament is down to the last five players, and there is a familiar look to it - Mercier is chip-leader and Hastings is still there, though short-stacked.

Less than 100 left in #21, the $3k 6 Max. Holz and Negreanu are top ten and Kelly and Polk (he"s alive) are still going for us. There may be others, as only half the remaining field is listed.

There are 101 players still in #22, $1,500 Limit. Zinno is third, Michael Mizrachi and Idema are highly-placed, while Chidwick and Watson are middle of the pack.

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