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2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
MintTrav:
Event 32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.Winner Jim CollopyRunners 282Paid 43Final Table 8
Player Position Points Eli Elezra 4 12 Daniel Negreanu 8 4 Brandon Shack-Harris 13 1 Allen Kessler 32 1 Yueqi Zhu 41 1
Selector Points Barrie 2 16 Barrie 1 5 Carl 2 5 Jo 1 5 Jo 2 5 Simon L 5 Aneurin 4 Chris 4 David 4 Del 4 Derek 4 Gareth 4 Jon 4 Karen 4 Luca 1 4 Luca 2 4 Nic 4 Richard 4 Rob 4 Stephen 1 4 Stephen 2 4 Stu 4 Tom 4 Carl 1 2 John 2 1
It's been a bad year for Negreanu so far, but he finally got some traction here. Same goes for Elezra, though I assume he plays a smaller schedule. A lot of people were pleased to see Maria Ho reach the final table.
An ominous result for everyone as Barrie tops the list. He has started late and run it in previously, so it's always a concern when he starts scoring.
Tiffany Michelle tweeted about 'wifey' Ho making the FT. There have been rumours for more than a decade that these two are a couple, which they have done nothing to discourage. Who care whether it's true or not - that's tonight's fantasy sorted!
MintTrav:
Event 33: $800 No Limit Hold'em DeepstackWinner Ran KollerRunners 2778Paid 417Final Table 8
Player Position Points Ismael Bojang 54 1 Harry Lodge 67 1 Ryan Laplante 114 1 Joao Vieira 348 1
Selector Points Carl 1 1 Carl 2 1 Chris 1 Jon 1 Michael 1 Rob 1 Simon A 1 Simon L 1
This would have been a completely forgettable tournament except for one thing. The final table consisted entirely of anonymous nonentities, none of whom had ever bothered a final previously. It would have been a total snore if Heads-Up didn't turn out to be a battle of Rans. Two Israelis reached the final, Ran Koller and Ran Ilani, and everyone not connected with the other players was hoping to see a Ran v Ran finale. There were times when it looked like Florian or Oleg might spoil things, so there was relief all round when Florian was eliminated in third and we had our Ran on Ran. Ran had been chip-leader throughout the final, whereas Ran had been bumping along the bottom. In the end, Ran ran really well to overcome Ran, whereas it has to be said that Ran ran not so well. And so it was Ran 1 and Ran 2 from 2,778 runners.
MintTrav:
Event 34: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple DrawWinner David "Bakes" BakerRunners 285Paid 43Final Table 6
Player Position Points David "Bakes" Baker 1 25 Adam Owen 8 1
Selector Points Rob 25 Carl 2 1 Jo 1 1 Simon L 1 Stephen 2 1
Bakes finally got another bracelet. He won a couple a decade ago and then had a second place but had quite a lull until he reached heads-up twice more in 2018 and 2019, so this win is overdue. Nice pick by Rob.
MintTrav:
Event 35: $500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'emWinner Anthony KoutsosRunners 2931Paid 440Final Table 9
Player Position Points Daniel Buzgon 17 1 Shaun Deeb 42 1 Allen Kessler 344 1
Selector Points Carl 1 2 Simon L 2 Aneurin 1 Barrie 1 1 Barrie 2 1 Chris 1 David 1 Del 1 Derek 1 Gareth 1 Jo 1 1 Jo 2 1 John 1 1 Jon 1 Karen 1 Michael 1 Richard 1 Rob 1 Simon A 1 Stephen 1 1 Stu 1 Tom 1
Another tournament where nothing happened. The top five finishers had two WSOP cashes between them, and they were by the same player. Not final tables - cashes. If you're going to set up $500 tournaments, you needn't expect the pro's to play them.
MintTrav:
Event 36: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed ChampionshipWinner Adam FriedmanRunners 93Paid 14Final Table 8
Player Position Points Phil Hellmuth Jr 2 18 Mike Matusow 5 10 Matt Glantz 7 6 Mike Gorodinsky 8 4 Daniel Negreanu 9 1 Joao Vieira 10 1 Scott Seiver 12 1
Selector Points Nic 35 Chris 29 Karen 29 Michael 28 Luca 2 24 Jon 20 Rob 20 Aneurin 19 Barrie 2 19 David 19 Del 19 Derek 19 Jo 1 19 Jo 2 19 Richard 19 Simon L 19 Stephen 1 19 Stephen 2 19 Stu 19 Tom 19 John 2 18 Gareth 5 Luca 1 2 Barrie 1 1 Carl 2 1
This tournament was always going to be one of the highlights of the Series, but the way it played out made it the single most memorable so far. We expect to find some of the world's top players in this, but it was memorable to see three of the most iconic players - Hellmuth, Negreanu and Matusow - get to the end and play on the same table. The final table was unreal. As well as Phil & Mike, there was Jake Schwartz, who was heads-up with Hellmuth a few days earlier, former Player of the Year Mike Gorodinsky, and Adam Friedman, who won this event in both 2018 and 2019 and was going for three-in-a-row. It also included Ruth Fuchs, but I'm not going to do my "Who doesn't?" joke this year as people have seen it before. Friedman and Hellmuth ending up heads-up was the icing on the cliche, with history-making guaranteed either way. Nic was the only one to include Glantz and topped the list, with four of the top nine on his team.
This event saw the power of the grass-roots players being exercised for once. PokerGo was given broadcast rights by the WSOP and set a schedule of final tables it would show, which didn't go down well as it skipped some key tournaments contested by the stars in favour of NLHEs between random nobodies. There was widespread resentment that it missed Hellmuth's win, and when he reached the final of this in good shape, along with a starry final two tables, the protests became loud. The audience begged for even some video without commentary and, after first refusing, PokerGo provided just that, though it did manage to organise some limited commentary by Esther Taylor and others. The audience was initially grateful for the change of heart, and then began criticising the coverage.
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