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2018 WSOP Fantasy poker league..
MintTrav:
Points After 64 Events
Selector Points Selector PointsCraig 1 247 Glenn 2 169Barrie 1 240 Nic 1 169Jo 1 234 Stephen 2 157Paxo 1 232 Rob 151Chris H 2 228 James 2 147Carl 2 227 Richard 147Jake 222 Derek 145Jo 2 221 Jon 144Jordan 221 Stuart 144Adam 220 Craig 2 143Vince 1 214 James 1 140Nathan 208 Vince 2 139Chris K 205 John 1 137Luca 1 203 Chris B 131Paul 201 Joe 131Glenn 1 200 Aneurin 130Luca 2 194 Gareth 129Simon L 189 Karen 126Simon B 188 Suzanne 126Stephen 1 188 Paxo 2 124Tommy 188 John 2 121English Tom 1 185 Brian 106English Tom 2 185 Irish Tom 2 93Del 184 Justin 88Debbie 183 Dave 82Chris H 1 178 Nic 2 80Carl 1 171 Irish Tom 1 68Barrie 2 170
All the details are here: APAT WSOP
MintTrav:
Event 66: $1,500 No Limit Hold'emWinner Longsheng TanRunners 1351Paid 203Final Table 9
Player Position Points Brock Parker 37 1 Kenny Hallaert 38 1 Mark Radoja 45 1 Matt Glantz 139 1
Selector Points Adam 1 Craig 2 1 Gareth 1 Irish Tom 1 1 Paxo 2 1
A lot of players, pro and am, seemed to overlook this event, I guess because many of them were still in the Main. It will mainly be remembered for one thing - a player was DQ'd from the tournament and banned from the WSOP and the Rio Hotel for life for calling a black player a nigger at the table.
The black player was Maurice Hawkins, which should set off alarm bells if you are familiar with him. Hawkins is one of the two most successful WSOP Circuit players ever, vying with Valentin Vornicu for the record number of rings. Vornicu's back-to-back wins in May took him two ahead, but Hawkins won another at the end of May for an 11-12 deficit.
However, Hawkins is one of the most disliked players around. He constantly harasses and abuses other players. In typical fashion, he badgered Sorin Lovin all day, and others have reported that Lovin asked him to stop talking to him about twenty times. At about 2am, Lovin was speaking in Italian with a blogger and Hawkins asked him how to say "kiss my ass" in Italian. Lovin said "What's up nigger?", it all kicked off and Lovin got a two-level penalty. The following day, he was given the bans and escorted out. Seems excessively harsh.
Only one selector put Hawkins on his team, but I won't embarrass him by naming him.
Maurice Hawkins (right)
MintTrav:
Event 67: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha BountyWinner Anderson IrelandRunners 833Paid 125Final Table 9
Player Position Points Jeff Gross 54 1 Robert Mizrachi 83 1 Benny Glaser 89 1
Selector Points Selector PointsChris B 2 James 2 1Adam 1 Jo 2 1Barrie 2 1 John 1 1Carl 1 1 Paul 1Chris H 1 1 Paxo 1 1Chris H 2 1 Paxo 2 1Chris K 1 Stephen 2 1Craig 2 1 Stuart 1Dave 1 Suzanne 1James 1 1 Vince 2 1
This was Ireland's first-ever recorded cash. He just learned PLO eight months ago. Not bad.
MintTrav:
So who do we fancy for Main Event Champion?
Benjamin Pollak can still make back-to-back final tables. Cliff Josephy had a great chance of another FT too, if his KK hadn't lost to Michael Dyer's AK on the river. Brian Yoon, winner of last year's Monster Stack, as well as two previous bracelets, is second. Other well-known players still going include Bart Lybaert, Shannon Shorr, Ofir Mor, Jack Duong, Yueqi Zhu and Kelly Minkin.
Debbie still has Cada in the field, looking for a second ME win. I have Pollak, 15 people have Deeb and 26 have Obst. I won't list them.
I have to stick with Pollak, though I also like Zhu. He had 10 cashes in both 2016 and 2017, but this will be his 12th this year, including one bracelet already banked.
MintTrav:
Who has the best hair at the WSOP?
Contenders:
1 - Christopher Vitch
2 - Annette Obrestad
3 - Joseph Elpayaa
4 - Bruno Fitoussi
5 - Cory Waaland
6 - Igor Kurganov
7 - Leif Force
8 - Daniel Reijmer
9 - Eric Hicks
10 - Leo Fernandez
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