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fandango:
Paul Volpe wins event#9 to score max points for some us!!
MintTrav:
Event 9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better ChampionshipWinner Paul VolpeRunners 169Paid 26Final Table 9
Player Position Points Paul Volpe 1 25 Robert Mizrachi 7 6 Mike Matusow 11 1 Mike Gorodinsky 16 1 Chris Bjorin 18 1 Anthony Zinno 24 1 Stuart Rutter 25 1
Selector Points Selector Points Selector PointsStephen 2 31 Chris K 6 Glenn 2 1Carl 2 26 Paxo 2 6 Jo 1 1Craig 1 25 Joe 2 Karen 1Dave 25 Paxo 1 2 Nic 2 1Luca 1 25 Adam 1 Richard 1Paul 25 Barrie 1 1 Stephen 1 1Carl 1 6 Chris H 2 1 Vince 1 1Chris B 6 Glenn 1 1 Vince 2 1
Celebrations for several of our selectors as Volpe brought home the $10k Hi-Lo. A lot of big names played this and it came down to Volpe against Elezra at the end, Elezra having led the field for much of the tournament. Volpe was humble afterwards ""I think a lot of people with the same cards as me would have won the tournament." I'm not sure he has a future in poker with that kind of attitude. He went on "I was mainly worried about Paresh Doshi, one of the best up-and-coming players I have seen for a long time. I was glad when he eliminated as I knew the job would be a lot easier without him in the field."
Six people have Volpe but only Stephen combined him with Mizrachi, so he bagged the most points in this one.
MintTrav:
Event 12: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-HandedWinner Jeremy HarkinRunners 406Paid 61Final Table 6
Player Position Points John Hennigan 7 1 Chris Klodnicki 9 1 Mike Leah 10 1 Jeff Lisandro 11 1 Christopher Vitch 13 1 Ben Yu 29 1 John Monnette 46 1
Selector Points Selector Points Selector PointsChris H 2 4 Del 2 Derek 1Adam 3 Glenn 2 2 English Tom 2 1Chris H 1 3 John 1 2 Gareth 1English Tom 1 3 John 2 2 Glenn 1 1Jake 3 Nathan 2 Jon 1James 1 3 Nic 1 2 Karen 1James 2 3 Paxo 2 2 Luca 1 1Jo 1 3 Rob 2 Luca 2 1Jo 2 3 Simon B 2 Paxo 1 1Jordan 3 Tommy 2 Richard 1Paul 3 Vince 1 2 Simon L 1Stephen 1 3 Aneurin 1 Suzanne 1Barrie 1 2 Carl 1 1 Vince 2 1Barrie 2 2 Chris K 1 Craig 1 2 Craig 2 1
Most of us struggle with one, but this tournament was played across twenty poker formats, with the players taking turns to choose the game. The strategy is often to find the games you opponents are weak at, rather than opting for your own best game. John Hennigan led for much of it but fell away near the end. We had a queue of players just short of the final table but, ultimately, no big points here.
Chris Vitch should have more picks. The co-founder/owner of DeucesCracked.com got close again, his 13th place following a 4th the other day. He had three top-ten finishes in 2016 and three more last year, including a bracelet both years. He also cashed in last year's Main Event for good measure.
Leah and Monnette picked up their third cashes of the Series, while Klodnicki, Hennigan and Yu got their second. Sadly for us, they have all been one-pointers.
MintTrav:
After #12, but not yet including #6, #7 or #11, ie the Colossus and the two Giant events, the points from the Las Vegas jury are as follows:
Selector Points Selector PointsPaul 60 Brian 17Stephen 2 59 Glenn 1 16Craig 1 56 Aneurin 16Luca 1 54 Suzanne 15Carl 2 48 Rob 15English Tom 1 37 Joe 15Jon 36 Jo 1 15Dave 34 Gareth 14Justin 31 Craig 2 14Chris K 30 Chris H 2 14Derek 29 Adam 14Stuart 28 Jo 2 13Richard 28 Barrie 1 13Nic 2 28 Carl 1 12Paxo 2 26 Tommy 11Simon B 24 Karen 11Glenn 2 24 Barrie 2 11Nathan 22 Paxo 1 10Jake 22 Nic 1 10Chris B 22 John 1 9Vince 1 21 John 2 8Chris H 1 21 Simon L 7Stephen 1 20 Luca 2 7Jordan 20 Debbie 7James 2 20 English Tom 2 6James 1 20 Irish Tom 1 5Vince 2 19 Irish Tom 2 4Del 19
Paul is leading with soixante points, just ahead of Stephen. The top five selectors are those who have Volpe [41 points]. All of them except Carl also have Chidwick [8]. Dave also has Volpe, but brought him in after Volpe's early success. Tom F and Jon have McKeehen [15], combined with Seiver[18]/Kenney[11].
MintTrav:
Event 14: $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball DrawWinner Daniel OspinaRunners 260Paid 39Final Table 7
Player Position Points Shaun Deeb 3 15 Stuart Rutter 13 1 Robert Mizrachi 38 1
Selector Points Selector PointsChris K 16 Jordan 15Vince 1 16 Nathan 15Vince 2 16 Paxo 1 15Adam 15 Simon L 15Barrie 1 15 Carl 1 1Carl 2 15 Chris B 1Chris H 2 15 Glenn 1 1Debbie 15 Glenn 2 1Derek 15 Joe 1English Tom 2 15 Paxo 2 1Jo 2 15 Stephen 2 1
This tournament will be remembered for three things: firstly, it is Colombia's first ever bracelet; secondly, the winner, Daniel Ospina, got to heads-up in this very same tournament in 2015, lost and gave up poker for two years before coming back and nailing the win; and finally, for Shaun Deeb's double-header, as he went really deep in two tournaments at the same time and almost made simultaneous final tables, something no-one has ever achieved.
Deeb played Day 1 of the Big Blind Antes event on Tuesday, which finished at 11.30pm and then jumped into this, which had started later and still had two levels to play. He was quite a way down the field in the BBA, so I assume he saw this as insurance against the inevitable knockout in the first tournament. One thing led to another and, somehow, he made it through Day 2 of both. It helped that the BBA started and finished two hours before the 2-7 and they had different dinner breaks. He ended up playing both Day 3's at the same time, again with a two-hour start difference, which ain't easy when both events are at their climax. Luckily, the organisers agreed to for the two tournaments to play side-by-side on Day 3 and he had a short run between tables - you don't want to be missing hands at that point.
Deeb's effort has been recorded for posterity. Here he is getting some exercise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=q7Shyyl0jW4
It ended unhappily. Deeb is known for slow-rolling all and sundry and had some bad blood with Ospina, who said afterwards that "I decided last night if the opportunity presented itself to slow roll him, I was definitely going to do it." That opportunity came when Deeb moved in and Ospina thought for a bit before calling with an 8-high, a snap-call in single draw. Deeb admitted on Twitter that he nearly slow-rolled his 9-high "Just got slowrolled to bust nld 3rd almost slowrolled him first assuming I was always good but I didn't and got punished" but then he went for Ospina for affecting his chances in the other tournament "Slowrolled whatever stallig while I'm multitasking to burn equity of mine in a diff tourney is just shady as **** knew he was a douche and glad others had same read that i talked to"
Colombians celebrating the win. The three in front entered the country legally - the others would prefer to keep out of the spotlight, if it's all the same with you.
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