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2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League

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MintTrav:
The Main Event is getting to the business end now.

Notable players still in include Chidders riding high in 4th place, Chance Kornuth, Keith Lehr, Matt Berkey, Eric Blair, Hye Park, Nick Petrangelo, Pete Chen, Jason Koon, Ken Aldridge, Justin Liberto, Matt Waxman and Jeremy Joseph, and two former champions, Qui Nguyen and Chris Moneymaker.

The dream debut continues for Cole Ferraro, top of the NLHE League with a 1st and a 2nd under his belt already, sitting nicely in 12th place.

Well known UK/Ireland players Alex Goulder, Toby Lewis, Jack Oliver, Rory Brown and David Lappin are also still there.


The Main Event bubble can be a stressful time. Not for everyone, it seems.

MintTrav:
Event 66: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better ChampionshipWinner          Josh AriehRunners          194Paid          32Final Table          8
Player          Position          Points          Jeff Gross          5          10          Adam Owen          6          8          Benjamin Yu          14          1          Marco Johnson          15          1          Brian Hastings          20          1          Nick Schulman          28          1          Robert Mizrachi          29          1         
Selector    Points                   Carl 2    10                   Chris    10                   Jo 1    10                   Stephen 2    9                   Simon L    8                   Del    3                   John 1    2                   Rob    2                   Barrie 1    1                   Gareth    1                   Jo 2    1                   Jon    1                   Karen    1                   Luca 2    1                   Stephen 1    1                  
Nice couple of weeks for Arieh, winning the $1,500 PLO, coming 6th in the Players Championship and winning the $10k PLO8 for combined winnings of $850k. He's more of a PLO player, but can turn his hand to Hi-Lo when needed. The PPC was the one he really wanted, having been runner-up last time, but that will have to wait. He can console himself with the four bracelets he has now won. He said he wants to get into the Hall of Fame and this might be what he needed, though I'm not so sure it's enough any more, with so many third/fourth/fifth bracelets now being won.

The last three players had all already had big results this year, with third-placed Anatolii Zyrinas having beaten close to 10,000 players to win the Colossus and runner-up Danny Chang coming third in the Casino Employees tournament, so there was going to be a good story no matter who won.


Did Josh Arieh get confused in the heat of the moment?

MintTrav:
Event 69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or BetterWinner          Jermaine ReidRunners          372Paid          56Final Table          8
Player          Position          Points          John Monnette          4          12          John Racener          8          4          Shaun Deeb          22          1         
Selector    Points                   Jo 1    13                   Stephen 1    13                   Barrie 2    5                   Jo 2    5                   Carl 2    4                   Luca 1    4                   Barrie 1    1                   Carl 1    1                   Chris    1                   David    1                   Del    1                   Derek    1                   Gareth    1                   John 1    1                   Jon    1                   Karen    1                   Michael    1                   Richard    1                   Rob    1                   Simon A    1                   Simon L    1                   Stu    1                   Tom    1                  
There was controversy on the final table in a big hand between John Monnette and Esther Taylor. Taylor's final card hit her chips and flipped over, showing a 3, which would have given her a low and a chop, and Monnette asked for her card to be replaced, though she said she was going to flip it anyway. After a delay, the ruling went Monnette's way and she was given a new card, which didn't help and left her on fumes. This looked terrible by Monnette, possibly even an angle-shoot. On the other hand, it could be argued that a replacement card is standard. Eventual runner-up Peder Berge knew what he thought: "That's as bad a ruling as I've ever seen." Monnette, who has always been a nasty piece of work, known as "Angry John" for always berating dealers and loudly informing the whole room about his bad luck, has tried to improve his image in recent years, but this won't help.

With Carol Fuchs and Taylor reaching the final table, this was the best chance we've seen for a female winner, but it wasn't to be, and there still hasn't been one this year outside the women-only event.


E-Tay on the FT

MintTrav:
Event 68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'emWinner          Scott BallRunners          3797Paid          568Final Table          9
Player          Position          Points          Joseph Cheong          101          1          Daniel Buzgon          246          1          Landon Tice          429          1          Ismael Bojang          463          1          Harry Lodge          467          1          Shannon Shorr          521          1         
Selector    Points                   Aneurin    1                   Carl 2    1                   John 1    1                   Michael    1                   Rob    1                   Simon A    1                   Stu    1                  
Scott Ball joins the growing group who have won two bracelets here, having already won the $5k 6-max. There were 604 entrants in that and almost 3,797 in this, which adds up to...er...a lot of players he has beaten.

This puts Scott at the top of the NLHE Leaderboard and second on the overall POY, though he believes he can't win that as a Hold'em-only player.

Third-placed Sorel Mizzi used to get a few picks from our selectors, but not any more due to non-delivery. He would have scored for you here, though.

MintTrav:
Scott Ball, who has now won two bracelets, used to be Global Head of Poker Partnerships at Twitch, and left to follow his own vision. He is now President of End Game Talent, which "connects content creators, brands, game developers and publishers with communities through creative and strategic live media campaigns". If you know what any of that means, let me know.
https://www.endgametalent.com/

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