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MintTrav:
Event 71: $5,000 No Limit Hold'emWinner          Phil HellmuthRunners          452Paid          68Final Table          9
Player          Position          Points          Phil Hellmuth          1          25          Matt Glantz          6          8          Griffin Benger          15          1          Koray Aldemir          26          1          Liv Boeree          31          1          Anthony Zinno          37          1          Cliff Josephy          45          1          Chris Ferguson          53          1         
Selector    Points               Selector    PointsChris B    26               Vince 2    25Del    26               Craig 2    8English Tom 2    26               Barrie 1    2Irish Tom 2    26               Irish Tom 1    2John 1    26               Jo 1    2John 2    26               Paxo 1    2Nic 1    26               Chris H 2    1Richard    26               Chris K    1Tommy    26               English Tom 1    1Aneurin    25               Jake    1Barrie 2    25               Joe    1Brian    25               Justin    1Debbie    25               Karen    1Gareth    25               Luca 2    1James 1    25               Simon L    1Paul    25               Stephen 1    1Rob    25               Stuart    1Stephen 2    25                  

He's only gone and done it!

Phil Hellmuth holds the record for the most WSOP 2nd places (10), but he failed to extend his lead here. What is there to say about poker's Donald Trump that hasn't been said before? Well, he's humble now, so he tells us though, like Trump, when Phil tells us how humble he is, we know it's just a matter of time til he disproves his words.

As long as I have been interested in poker, I have been reading about how bad a player Hellmuth is. People had him written off as some out-of-date old-school plodder years ago. Then he would win another bracelet, they would come up with some rationalisation for it and write him off again - then he'd win another and so on. Even this week, I was reading the same old stuff about him, and then he goes and clocks up another one. I wish I was as bad as him.

Anyway, this was a massive result, with hundreds of points sloshing around, so how has it affected the points competition? 511 points were piled up from #71, vastly more than any other event but, amazingly, not one of the top 14 players scored more than 2 points, and most didn't get any. The highest-placed selector to score the 25 was 15th-placed Paul, almost 50 points behind the lead. The Hellmuth effect has been to move a lot of middle and lower-placed people up the table, but not affect the leaders at all. Of course, this result enables another big result to bring some previous also-rans into contention but, for now, they're still off the pace.


Phil 'Have I told you how humble I am' Hellmuth brought his traditional Brian Yates pose into play heads-up

MintTrav:
Event 72: $1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 8-HandedWinner          Jordan PolkRunners          707Paid          107Final Table          8
Player          Position          Points          Daniel Negreanu          29          1          Brian Hastings          56          1          Cliff Josephy          72          1          Rainer Kempe          96          1          Mark Radoja          101          1         
Selector    Points               Selector    PointsCarl 2    2               James 2    1Tommy    2               Jo 1    1Adam    1               Jo 2    1Aneurin    1               Joe    1Barrie 1    1               John 1    1Barrie 2    1               John 2    1Brian    1               Karen    1Chris B    1               Luca 1    1Chris H 1    1               Luca 2    1Chris H 2    1               Nathan    1Chris K    1               Nic 1    1Craig 1    1               Nic 2    1Craig 2    1               Paul    1Dave    1               Paxo 1    1Debbie    1               Paxo 2    1Del    1               Richard    1Derek    1               Rob    1English Tom 2    1               Simon B    1Gareth    1               Simon L    1Glenn 1    1               Stephen 1    1Glenn 2    1               Stephen 2    1Irish Tom 1    1               Stuart    1Jake    1               Vince 1    1James 1    1               Vince 2    1

Quite a week for Dan Matsuzuki, who won #64 and came 4th in this. It was a strong final for a $1,500, with Ryan Leng, who won #51 a couple of weeks ago, Alexander Ziskin, who has won one in the past, plus a couple of WSOP Circuit ring-winners. But it was one of the least-decorated players, Jordan Polk, who came through.

Nearly everyone got a point in this, due to Negreanu cashing, but no-one got many.



More dogs - Mercier has a lot to answer for

MintTrav:
Event 73: $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'emWinner          Denis TimofeevRunners          1221Paid          184Final Table          9
Player          Position          Points          Ben Yu          4          12          Erik Seidel          83          1          Jonathan Duhamel          152          1          John Hennigan          176          1         
Selector    Points               Selector    PointsKaren    13               Jordan    12Adam    12               Nic 1    12Aneurin    12               Paul    12Barrie 1    12               Paxo 1    12Chris H 1    12               Simon B    12Chris H 2    12               Simon L    12English Tom 1    12               Suzanne    12Glenn 1    12               Tommy    12Glenn 2    12               Vince 1    12Jake    12               Chris K    1Jo 1    12               Craig 1    1Jo 2    12               Dave    1John 1    12               English Tom 2    1John 2    12                  
4th place for Ben Yu means he has had a 2nd, 3rd and 4th among his 14 cashes this year. So close to being a multiple bracelet-winner. The winner, in contrast, had one other cash this Summer for $619 in the Giant.

Main Event bronze medallist Jake Balsiger just missed the final table.


[Runner-up Leo Margets can afford to buy a top that fits after this

MintTrav:
Event 74: $10,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed ChampionshipWinner          Shaun DeebRunners          355Paid          54Final Table          6
Player          Position          Points          Shaun Deeb          1          25          Paul Volpe          2          18          Sam Greenwood          11          1          Michael Addamo          16          1          Anthony Zinno          17          1          Dominik Nitsche          20          1          Michael Mizrachi          38          1          Martin Jacobson          39          1          Rainer Kempe          41          1          Ryan Riess          42          1          Jason Koon          49          1          Jeff Gross          50          1          
Selector    Points              Selector    PointsCarl 2    43              Paul    18Nathan    27              Stephen 2    18Barrie 1    26              Brian    2Chris H 2    26              Carl 1    2Debbie    26              Karen    2Derek    26              Nic 2    2Paxo 1    26              Aneurin    1Adam    25              Glenn 1    1Chris K    25              Glenn 2    1English Tom 2    25              Irish Tom 2    1Jo 2    25              Jo 1    1Jordan    25              Jon    1Simon L    25              Richard    1Vince 1    25              Simon B    1Vince 2    25              Stephen 1    1Dave    20              Stuart    1Craig 1    18              Tommy    1Luca 1    18                  
The Big Blind Antes experiment. Once it got to heads-up, someone was going to be a double-winner, with Volpe and Deeb both taking bracelets earlier in the Series. Only one selector had both, though, so it's a huge result for Carl.

Craig slips to 5th as Barrie moves 14 points clear of him, but Paxo, Carl & ChrisH also come past.

Note: I have confirmed that "Daniel Smith", who finished 19th, and is shown on the WSOP site as having no previous WSOP cashes, is actually Dan Smith - so that'll be one extra point for Carl, Chris, Jon, Justin & Stuart.

MintTrav:
It's oh so tight...........

Points After 74 Events (not including #65)

Selector    Points               Selector    PointsBarrie 1    284               Stephen 1    193Paxo 1    278               Vince 2    193Carl 2    275               Glenn 2    185Chris H 2    272               John 1    181Craig 1    270               Rob    179Adam    264               Richard    177Jo 2    262               Derek    175Paul    260               Carl 1    174Jordan    258               Aneurin    172Jo 1    253               James 1    170Vince 1    253               Chris B    163English Tom 2    241               John 2    162Jake    238               Gareth    159Nathan    237               Craig 2    157Debbie    236               James 2    152Chris K    235               Stuart    153Tommy    232               Jon    147Simon L    231               Karen    145Luca 1    225               Suzanne    140Glenn 1    217               Brian    137Del    213               Joe    136Nic 1    211               Paxo 2    129Simon B    203               Irish Tom 2    123Stephen 2    203               Dave    118Barrie 2    200               Justin    90Luca 2    199               Nic 2    83English Tom 1    198               Irish Tom 1    76Chris H 1    194                  

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