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2018 WSOP Fantasy poker league..
MintTrav:
Event 19: $565 Pot-Limit OmahaWinner Craig VarnellRunners 2419Paid 350Final Table 9
Player Position Points Jonathan Duhamel 6 8 Ryan Laplante 20 1 John Racener 51 1 J C Tran 95 1 James Obst 99 1 Dan Heimiller 113 1 Jeff Gross 133 1 Chris Ferguson 249 1 Michael Mizrachi 254 1 Anthony Kendall 261 Reiner Kempe 268 1 Brandon Shack-Harris 271 1 Barry Greenstein 308 1 Ben Yu 322 1 Ismael Bojang 338 1
Selector Points Selector PointsKaren 9 James 2 2Jake 5 Joe 2Jo 1 5 Nic 1 2Tommy 5 Paul 2Barrie 1 4 Rob 2English Tom 1 4 Simon B 2Simon L 4 Stuart 2Adam 3 Vince 1 2Chris H 1 3 Aneurin 1Debbie 3 Carl 2 1Glenn 1 3 Chris K 1Jo 2 3 Craig 2 1John 1 3 English Tom 2 1John 2 3 Gareth 1Jordan 3 Glenn 2 1Luca 1 3 Irish Tom 1 1Luca 2 3 James 1 1Paxo 1 3 Jon 1Barrie 2 2 Nathan 1Carl 1 2 Nic 2 1Chris B 2 Paxo 2 1Chris H 2 2 Richard 1Craig 1 2 Stephen 1 1Dave 2 Stephen 2 1Del 2 Suzanne 1Irish Tom 2 2 Vince 2 1
Varnell took advantage of the final table bubble to chip up. He started Day 3 second in chips with 1.95m and put the screws on the players who were laddering to the FT so that, by the time the 10th player was knocked out and they had made the final, he had 3.45m and a big lead, which was never in danger thereafter. The only threat was Maxime Heroux, who finally went out 4th when the two biggest stacks clashed. Heroux and Varnell had avoided each other all day as they fed off the rest of the table, but the clash had to come sooner or later.
Varnell has an unorthodox attitude to PLO. "I'm not as educated in the game as a lot of people. I just kind of have a feeling for the game. I think it kind of gives me an advantage sometimes when people are so in their heads with math and GTO." Food for thought.
Tony Kendall, former Chairman of APAT, was 261st.
MintTrav:
Scores After 19 Events (excl #6 and #11)
Selector Points Selector PointsLuca 1 98 Suzanne 44Vince 1 87 Carl 1 41Carl 2 80 Paxo 2 41Craig 1 74 Adam 40Derek 73 Dave 40Luca 2 73 Joe 40Nathan 73 Chris B 38Jon 70 James 2 38Jordan 70 Richard 38Stephen 1 70 Jo 2 37Stephen 2 68 Jake 36Glenn 1 67 James 1 35Del 63 Paxo 1 33Paul 63 Simon L 33Rob 63 Jo 1 31Stuart 59 Chris H 1 29Debbie 57 Barrie 2 28Justin 57 English Tom 2 27Nic 2 56 Tommy 25Vince 2 56 Craig 2 24Simon B 55 Karen 22Barrie 1 51 Aneurin 18Chris K 50 Nic 1 17English Tom 1 49 John 1 15Chris H 2 47 John 2 14Brian 45 Irish Tom 1 11Glenn 2 45 Irish Tom 2 11Gareth 44
MintTrav:
Event 20: $5,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'emWinner Jeremy WienRunners 518Paid 78Final Table 9
Player Position Points Jake Schindler 4 12 Shawn Buchanan 6 8 David Peters 7 6 Stephen Chidwick 12 1 Kristen Bicknell 13 1 Dominik Nitsche 16 1 Justin Bonomo 20 1 David Pham 22 1 Bryn Kenney 23 1
Selector Points Selector PointsBarrie 2 12 Chris H 1 1English Tom 2 8 Craig 1 1Derek 3 Craig 2 1Brian 2 Debbie 1Dave 2 English Tom 1 1Del 2 Glenn 2 1Gareth 2 Irish Tom 2 1Glenn 1 2 Jake 1Jon 2 James 1 1Jordan 2 James 2 1Luca 1 2 Joe 1Nathan 2 Justin 1Nic 2 2 Karen 1Rob 2 Luca 2 1Simon B 2 Paul 1Stephen 1 2 Richard 1Suzanne 2 Simon L 1Vince 1 2 Stephen 2 1Aneurin 1 Stuart 1Carl 1 1 Tommy 1Chris B 1 Vince 2 1
It was a very odd heads-up, with horrendous play by Wien, who was only playing 'good' hands, giving a walk on nearly half of his buttons and folding to most of David Laka's pre-flop raises. He had the button 69 times and cold-folded 32 of them. Maybe he's not used to heads-up. Despite that, when he did have a hand he was willing to play, he managed to grab enough chips to keep himself going. Laka had run over the final table, particularly stepping up the pressure once it got to three-handed against Wien and third-placed Eric Blair. He tended to call all of Wien's pre-flop raises, but seemed to miss every time and had to fold when Wien c-bet or shoved the Flop. Towards the end, with stacks just 25BB deep, Wien was just open-shoving his good hands. On the final hand, with almost even stacks, Wien had AA against Laka's QQ and, there was no saving the superior player.
Several of the players were well wrapped up, though I'm not sure whether it was to avoid giving tells or to protect themselves from the Rio's air-conditioning. Probably both.
Shawn Buchanan - 6th Jeremy Wien - Winner
Kenneth Smaron - 15th Eric Blair - 3rd
MintTrav:
Event 22: $1,500 8-Game MixWinner Philip LongRunners 481Paid 73Final Table 6
Player Position Points Daniel Negreanu 3 15 John Racener 4 12 Mike Matusow 12 1 Anthony Zinno 13 1 David Bach 16 1 James Obst 20 1 Ben Yu 22 1 Valentin Vornicu 23 1 Fabrice Soulier 30 1 Scott Seiver 34 1 Ian Johns 39 1 Benny Glaser 64 1
Selector Points Selector PointsAdam 31 Glenn 2 16Barrie 1 30 James 1 16Chris H 1 30 James 2 16Jo 1 30 Luca 2 16Jake 29 Nic 1 16Tommy 29 Rob 16Craig 1 28 Simon B 16Debbie 28 Stephen 1 16Glenn 1 28 Stephen 2 16Luca 1 28 Vince 1 16Richard 28 Brian 15Del 27 Carl 2 15Chris H 2 19 Dave 15John 1 19 English Tom 2 15Paxo 1 19 Irish Tom 1 15Chris B 18 Joe 15Jo 2 18 Nathan 15John 2 18 Stuart 15Paul 18 English Tom 1 14Simon L 18 Jon 12Craig 2 17 Chris K 2Karen 17 Jordan 2Vince 2 17 Suzanne 2Aneurin 16 Carl 1 1Barrie 2 16 Irish Tom 2 1Derek 16 Paxo 2 1Gareth 16
This is gonna shake things up - Negreanu finally gets a cash, and it's a big one, finishing third in the 8-Game. With Racener in 4th, there are oodles of points, and several teams have both players. There are a few people with two or three other scorers as well, who might have thought they would top the points for this event, but Adam got six of his team into the points.
Philip Long has had a bigger cash than this - he was 29th in the Main Event a few years ago, but I think this will replace it as his favourite memory.
MintTrav:
Scores After 22 Events (excl #6, #11 & #21)
Selector Points Selector PointsLuca 1 124 Barrie 2 56Vince 1 101 Brian 56Craig 1 99 Chris H 1 56Carl 2 95 Glenn 2 56Glenn 1 93 Joe 56Derek 92 James 2 55Luca 2 90 Jo 2 55Del 88 Justin 54Stephen 1 88 Nic 2 54Debbie 82 James 1 52Paul 82 Paxo 1 52Nathan 78 Simon L 52Barrie 1 77 Tommy 51Jon 76 English Tom 2 50Rob 75 Chris B 47Stuart 75 Chris K 46Jordan 74 Suzanne 44Vince 2 74 Craig 2 42Simon B 73 Karen 40Stephen 2 73 Carl 1 37Adam 67 Paxo 2 36Chris H 2 66 John 1 34Gareth 62 Nic 1 33Jake 62 John 2 32English Tom 1 60 Aneurin 31Richard 59 Irish Tom 1 26Dave 57 Irish Tom 2 13Jo 1 57
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