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2017 WSOP Fantasy Poker "Steve Ball challenge".. Staker game
MintTrav:
--- Quote from: Curlarge on July 01, 2017, 00:05:57 AM ---I think I have Mr. D'Angelo
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Damn. My print sheet has everyone's name and looks up their points on each tournament, and I sort it and hide the rows for whoever scored zero. Hid too many rows. Fixed it now.
MintTrav:
Event 51: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low 8/b ChampionshipWinner Bryce YockeyRunners 207Paid 32Final Table 9
Player Position Points Chris Ferguson 4 12 John Monnette 16 1 Scott Clements 30 1 Fabrice Soulier 32 1
Selector PointsIrish Tom 13Stephen 2Barrie 1Carl 1Chris B 1Ian 1Jo 1John 1Paul R 1
Yockey had a big lead near the end of the Millionaire-Maker, but just came in fifth in the end. This was the opposite, in that he got short on the final, but ended up winning. "It's different than winning a $1,500 tournament. There's a lot of tough pros to get through" he told us, repeating the mantra that all the small-field $10k winners want us to believe.
Chris Ferguson continues to cash in every tournament. This was his 12th cash, but only his first final table. There was a possibility of a rerun of a historic heads-up when Josh Arieh beat Ferguson for a bracelet twelve years ago (when Dave Colclough was also on the FT) but it wasn't to be, with them finishing third and fourth.
Kate Hoang, who finished 8th, is something of an O8 specialist. She has five WSOP cashes - a 34th in 2015, a 2nd and 15th last year and now a 20th and an 8th this time, all in various forms of Hi-Lo.
Kate Hoang - specialises
MintTrav:
Event 52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'emWinner Mohsin CharaniaRunners 1580Paid 237Final Table 9
Player Position Points Jason Mercier 17 1
Selector PointsAdam 1Barrie 1Carl 1Craig 1Debbie 1Del 1English Tom 1Gareth 1Glenn 1Irish Tom 1Jo 1John 1Karen 1Luca 1Paul R 1Paxo 1Richard 1Simon B 1Stephen 1Vince 1
Heads-up involved pin-up Charania against Cary Katz. Never heard of Katz? He is one of the most successful players around, 6th in the all-time winners list for Nevada, which is something when you think of all the star players based in Vegas. 2016 finished well, 5th in the Monte Carlo €1m buy-in being followed by winning the Aria $100k Super High Roller. He is not your typical poker pro, being ex-CEO of a loan company and current President of a school amongst various other pursuits. Despite being ridiculously wealthy, he always looks tense at the poker table. Here is a HM to drool over: http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=26721#. With $11m in tournament winnings, it is bizarre to see 2nd place in a $100k being followed by a 1st in a $100 event.
Charania and Katz in typical pose
This win made Charania the first player for five years (and only the sixth ever) to complete the Triple Crown of winning WSOP, WPT and EPT titles.
MintTrav:
Event 53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em (6-handed)Winner Max SilverRunners 256Paid 39Final Table 6
Player Position Points Max Silver 1 25 John Racener 13 1 James Obst 25 1
Selector PointsDebbie 26Simon B 26Leigh 25Paul H 25Adam 1Barrie 1Craig 1English Tom 1Jo 1Luca 1Simon L 1
Another British winner - well done to Max Silver (surely also a worthy entrant in our best names classification). Silver did it wire-to-wire, as they say, ie coming to the final table in the lead and holding it through to the end to close out the win.
Silver's heads-up opponent, Guowei Zhang, seemed to have heard about the "rain stops play" occurence in 2015, when torrential rain flooded the Brasilia Room.
Zozzy:
Mint Trav updates very entertaining. Nice one John.
One year I would like to be there at the WSOP amongst the players earning the points instead of being at home predicting which players will make the most points. These pics and updates inspire me to get something done and be good enough to join them. Keep up the good work.
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