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Title: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 05, 2021, 22:22:09 PM

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/flashlarge/2021-hero-row-new.jpg)

The 2021 WSOP has started and so has the APAT WSOP Fantasy League.

This is an abridged version of the updates for those who don't have Facebook. The full updates are at https://tinyurl.com/APATWSOP-Updates.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 05, 2021, 22:54:10 PM

The teams:

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(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/244346835_4607475822625297_1602786566086047775_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=0MWnWvz-BlIAX9cSIgA&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=6492872f3267d36c74ca48290b1e05a4&oe=6181FD7E)

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/244410759_4607476789291867_422078897670492252_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=PqMvkZL8nI0AX-piGTv&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=ce0a470a0c1eda0b5b8dc005d4eb397f&oe=618303FA)

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/244401052_4607477722625107_7685136941628323709_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=JvXDRwEvq6UAX8nZjuA&tn=djwmEp_ENzi6lMJA&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=9f0a5c17afe96d11905ee53bf0a4997f&oe=6180CFE6)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 06, 2021, 02:38:46 AM

Event 1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em

Winner	James Barnett
Runners	420
Paid	63
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
-	-	-

Selector	Points
-	-

Jimmy Barnett's reaction to winning the Casino Employees Event was different to the 2019 winner, who promptly withdrew from his dealing commitments for the Series. Jimmy has arranged with his boss to play some and deal some, so everyone should be happy.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 06, 2021, 03:47:20 AM

Event 2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Winner	Jesse Klein
Runners	78
Paid	12
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Benny Glaser	3	15
Phil Hellmuth	6	8
Ben Yu	7	6
Daniel Negreanu	10	1
Cary Katz	12	1

Selector	Points
Jo 2	30
Stephen 1	30
Aneurin	24
Barrie 2	24
Gareth	22
Carl 1	15
Del	15
Jo 1	15
Rob	15
Richard	10
Chris H 1	9
David	9
Derek	9
Jon	9
Luca 2	9
Nic 1	9
Simon L	9
Stephen 2	9
Stu	9
Tom	9
Karen	9
John 2	8
Michael	8
Barrie 1	7
John 1	6
Carl 2	1
Luca 1	1

A stacked tournament ended up with a loaded final table, but an unknown winner. Klein's recorded tournament winnings prior to this, at $23k, were less than the buy-in for this event, though he is a high-stakes mixed-game player. Virtually everyone else in the tournament was a household name in poker circles, but Klein outlasted them all, having the satisfaction not only of winning, but of sticking a couple of beats on Hellmuth near the end. Phil has said he is targeting a multi-game bracelet this time, and this was a good attempt.

Matthew Ashton returned for this event. Having smashed the WSOP mixed games a few years ago, he seemed to lose interest, so it's good to see him again. All the top British mixed players (Ashton, Chidwick, Glaser, Owen) were present, as were the Germans, so it seems that the pro's have generally managed to find their way to Vegas.

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Glaser is ready for a quick getaway as his lookalike opponent has all the chips.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 07, 2021, 01:33:16 AM

Event 3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No Limit Hold'em Charity Event

Winner	Jeremy Ausmus
Runners	260
Paid	39
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Zack	32	1
Shannon Shorr	38	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	1
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Stu	1

Entries were surprisingly low for this - maybe the players weren't keen on an event where a percentage of the prize-pool is removed. That percentage was supposed to be 10% of the $1,000 entry fee. With 266 entries, the WSOP worked out that meant $25,000 for charity, so I guess they had a slice before calculating the 10%.
The tournament was a turbo with twenty minute levels, which probably also contributed to the low entries. It turned out to be quite pro-heavy and bracelet-holder Ausmus ended up winning his second.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s692facfb5b.jpg)
Funky Face-Shield

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 07, 2021, 02:58:17 AM

Event 5: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Winner	Connor Drinan
Runners	607
Paid	92
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Robert Mizrachi	3	15
Ryan Hughes	18	1
Adam Hendrix	69	1
David "Bakes" Baker	75	1
Max Pescatori	80	1

Selector	Points
Jon	15
Aneurin	1
Derek	1
John 2	1
Rob	1

Drinan and Mizrachi were the big names on the final table and the key moment came in a large pot between these two, when Drinan called a River bluff from Mizrachi, which gave Conor a big lead and left Rob short and he was soon out. on and Gareth cheered Mizrachi on, but it turned out that only one of them had actually chosen him.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s56631981da.jpg)
A Shot in the Arm for Anti-Vaxxer James Woods, who cashed in 73rd place

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 08, 2021, 00:36:34 AM

Event 6: $25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

Winner	Tyler Cornell
Runners	139
Paid	21
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Adam Hendrix	8	4
Jason Koon	9	1

Selector	Points
Derek	4
David	1
Stu	1

Well done to Derek for spotting Adam Hendrix, overlooked by everyone else.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 08, 2021, 22:01:46 PM

Event 7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed

Winner	Jaswinder Lally
Runners	307
Paid	47
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Phil Hellmuth Jr	18	1
Ryan Hughes	35	1

Selector	Points
John 2	2
Jon	1
Aneurin	1
Derek	1
Rob	1
Jo 2	1
Stephen 1	1
Barrie 2	1
Del	1
Jo 1	1
Richard	1
Chris	1
David	1
Luca 2	1
Nic	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 2	1
Stu	1
Tom	1
Karen	1
Michael	1

In your face suckers! Gimme dat trophy!

A second cash for Hughes and a second deep finish for 'over-the-hill' Phil.

Indian-Canadian Lally had $3.6k winnings before this, but it was another case of an amateur overcoming the professionals.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 00:37:16 AM

Event 8: $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Winner	Zhi Wu
Runners	4527
Paid	680
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Sean Perry	219	1
Maurice Hawkins	355	1
Daniel Buzgon	425	1
Shaun Deeb	640	1

Selector	Points
Simon L	2
John 2	1
Jon	1
Aneurin	1
Derek	1
Rob	1
Jo 2	1
Stephen 1	1
Barrie 2	1
Del	1
Jo 1	1
Richard	1
Chris	1
Luca 2	1
Tom	1
Karen	1
Michael	1
Gareth	1
Carl 1	1
Barrie 1	1
John 1	1
Simon A	1

Zhi Wu's first WSOP cash was a good one - 1st out of 4,527.

Among the memorable players to cash in this were William Hill, Matthew Stuff, Happy Fitzgerald, Ken Norton, Neo On and Bong Yang.

Sofia Lovgren was 343rd, which is enough reason to feature her in my book.
(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/s70fcd3b77f.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 01:00:42 AM

Some guys have all the luck!

Imagine you get to heads-up out of four and a half thousand players in your first WSOP tournament and you are dealt AA, and manage to get it all in, winning $281k for your $600 buy-in to match your sponsorship deal with Michael Kors. If ever there was a day when Zhi Wu should have tried his luck with Sofia Lovgren, this was it!

(https://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/19735-winner-photo.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 03:47:32 AM

Event 4: $500 The Reunion No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Long Ma
Runners	12973
Paid	1820
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Ryan Laplante	19	1
Joseph Cheong	150	1
Shannon Shorr	803	1
Sam Razavi	898	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	2
Chris	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Michael	1
Rob	1
Simon L	1
Stu	1

The WSOP's results lists are worse than ever this year. I can't remember ever seeing so many gaps or so many repetitions. If you think you have a player who hasn't been credited, let us know.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 18:03:19 PM

Who has banked the most cash so far? That's right, it's the WSOP.

Long Ma received an incredible $513k for winning The Reunion. Even more incredible was the $1.038m that the WSOP retained from that one tournament.

Puts UK operators' rake into perspective.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 22:38:11 PM

Event 9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Winner	Alan Engel
Runners	134
Paid	21
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Phil Hellmuth Jr	5	10
Robert Mizrachi	7	6
Christopher Vitch	10	1
Paul Volpe	14	1
Benjamin Yu	20	1
Ryan Laplante	21	1

Selector	Points
Jon	17
Jo 2	12
Stephen 1	12
Rob	11
Del	11
Jo 1	11
Chris	11
Simon L	11
Stu	10
Michael	10
John 2	10
Aneurin	10
Derek	10
Barrie 2	10
Richard	10
David	10
Luca 2	10
Nic	10
Stephen 2	10
Tom	10
Karen	10
Gareth	2
John 1	1
Barrie 1	1
Carl 1	1
Luca 1	1
Simon A	1

Another win for Canada. Canada used to win plenty of bracelets, but has really underperformed in recent years. It still has many more cashes every year than every country except the US, but they just haven't been able to covert them, to the extent that the three won in 2019 was the highest since the glory days of 2013, when they won ten. 2021 looks like it could be the year that Canada retakes its rightful place.

Rob Mizrachi and Phil Hellmuth were playing their second final tables of the Series and several others already have two or three cashes. Rob was 3rd in #5 (the $1,500 Hi-Lo) and 7th in this, but he wasn't the only one to do well in both. Khamar Xaytavone was 15th in #5 and 9th in this, while Engel cashed 43rd in the $1,500 before winning his second bracelet in this one against a starry field. Ryan Laplante was another to pick up his second cash.

Jon Young used his poker-industry knowledge to build some points.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 22:56:06 PM

And what about Hellmuth? Written off years ago by people who didn't know what they talking about, he has continued to perform outstandingly at the World Series and elsewhere. One of the criticisms used to be that he had 'only' won bracelets in big-field Hold-em events, as if there was something wrong with that. That has been put to bed as he has repeatedly scored highly in mixed-game events, crowned by winning a Razz bracelet in 2015. Since then, he has won two WPT titles and been runner-up once, one of the wins being a Heads-Up tournament and the other two events being mixed games. He has also finished 2nd and 3rd in WSOPE mixed events and picked up another large-field Hold'em bracelet. More recently, he has demonstrated his Heads-Up abilities, with numerous one-on-one wins, including whipping Esfandiari and Negreanu three times each. He has played three tournaments in this Series and his worst finish is 18th, with two final tables. Surely everyone now accepts that this is the greatest poker player ever?

(https://www.cardschat.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Phil-Hellmuth-1989-WSOP.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 23:24:14 PM

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s5fe04edd86.jpg)

Brandon Shack-Harris

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 09, 2021, 23:26:26 PM

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s37535a857b.jpg)

Morticia Addams Tiffany Michelle

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 10, 2021, 11:43:20 AM

Event 10: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Michael Perrone
Runners	1640
Paid	246
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Shaun Deeb	59	1
Daniel Buzgon	160	1
Vanessa Kade	227	1

Selector	Points
Chris	2
Jon	2
Simon L	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Barrie 2	1
Carl 1	1
Del	1
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Richard	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 1	1
Tom	1

A freezeout! That's what a lot of people want nowadays. Whether they want it to be a super-turbo bounty with twenty-minute blinds that completes in one day is another question. Some pro's entered but the later stages consisted of little-known players.

Johnny Moss reached the final table and finished 6th for his first WSOP cash since 1992. Not bad for a 114-year-old.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245009032_4626906130682266_345125970655632270_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=ON3l-yksXP0AX9g3Uei&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=2f1f43d6e9f78c3af50e811b39f6b03d&oe=61876C2F)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 10, 2021, 12:37:47 PM

With 10 tournaments done, these are the players who have cashed for us so far.
Good to see our own Sam Razavi on the scoreboard.

Player	Points	Wins	Final Tables	Cashes
Robert Mizrachi	21	0	2	2
Phil Hellmuth Jr	19	0	2	3
Benny Glaser	18	0	1	1
Benjamin Yu	7	0	1	2
Adam Hendrix	5	0	1	2
Daniel Buzgon	2	0	0	2
Ryan Hughes	2	0	0	2
Ryan Laplante	2	0	0	2
Shannon Shorr	2	0	0	2
Shaun Deeb	2	0	0	2
Cary Katz	1	0	0	1
Christopher Vitch	1	0	0	1
Daniel Negreanu	1	0	0	1
Daniel Zack	1	0	0	1
David "Bakes" Baker	1	0	0	1
Jason Koon	1	0	0	1
Joseph Cheong	1	0	0	1
Maurice Hawkins	1	0	0	1
Max Pescatori	1	0	0	1
Paul Volpe	1	0	0	1
Sam Razavi	1	0	0	1
Sean Perry	1	0	0	1
Vanessa Kade	1	0	0	1

And these are the ones who haven't scored yet. There was a lot of doubt about which players would turn up for the Series, and some of the selections may be no-shows. But don't worry, your zeros may not be staying away - you might just be bad at picking.

Players Who Have Failed to Cash After 10 Events

Adam Owen	Daniel Dvoress	John Monnette	Mikita Badziakouski
Alex Foxen	Dario Sammartino	John Racener	Niall Farrell
Ali Imsirovic	David "ODB" Baker	Johnny Chan	Nick Petrangelo
Allen Kessler	David Peters	Jon Turner	Nick Schulman
Anthony Zinno	Erik Seidel	Justin Bonomo	Phil Ivey
Bertrand Grospellier	Faraz Jaka	Landon Tice	Phillip Hui
Brandon Shack-Harris	Harry Lodge	Loren Klein	Rep Porter
Brian Hastings	Igor Kurganov	Lou Garza	Sam Soverel
Bryce Yockey	Ismael Bojang	M J Gonzales	Scott Clements
Bryn Kenney	Jake Schindler	Manig Loeser	Scott Seiver
Calvin Anderson	Jason Mercier	Marco Johnson	Sean Winter
Chance Kornuth	Jeff Gross	Matas Cimbolas	Shawn Buchanan
Chris Ferguson	Jeff Sluzinski	Men Nguyen	Stephen Chidwick
Chris Klodnicki	Jeffrey Trudeau Jr	Michael Addamo	Steve O'Dwyer
Chris Moorman	Joao Vieira	Michael Mizrachi	Yueqi Zhu
Christoph Vogelsang	Joe Cada	Michael Zhang	Yuri Martins
Christopher Brewer	Joe McKeehen	Mike Gorodinsky
Dan Smith	John Hennigan	Mike Leah
Daniel Alaei	John Juanda	Mike Matusow

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 10, 2021, 14:13:19 PM

Jo has the lead after 10 Tournaments. Can anyone catch her or is it all over?

Selector    Points            Selector        Jo 2    49            Stu    23    Stephen 1    48            John 2    22    Jon    46            Karen    22    Aneurin    41            Luca 2    22    Barrie 2    40            Michael    22    Rob    31            Tom    22    Gareth    30            David    21    Del    29            Nic    20    Jo 1    29            Stephen 2    20    Derek    27            John 1    11    Simon L    26            Barrie 1    10    Chris    25            Simon A    3    Carl 1    24            Luca 1    2    Richard    23            Carl 2    1

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 12, 2021, 02:49:02 AM

These are the substitutions that were made, giving selectors a chance to remove players who hadn't shown up. The teams will now include the new players, but not any points they scored in Events 1-10.
A Selector's points will show the full points scored in the Series for every player, but the points for Events 1-10 will be deducted on a line called Substitutions. Just one player who is being substituted had scored points, so those will be added to Luca 2's score under Substitutions. Twelve teams didn't make any changes.

(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245015156_4631809513525261_4654221448569215730_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=tJoVREFfm-YAX-lr1V9&tn=djwmEp_ENzi6lMJA&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=1c484fd74ff3396838c10050cf768665&oe=618B8B94)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 12, 2021, 02:54:47 AM

The teams including substitutes, with scores after 10 Events:

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(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245048666_4632008663505346_1913008152497111067_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=SQvVoBEa5hoAX_iQ02b&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=84c4a7ad9e88370910046dc66a28da5f&oe=618C049E)
(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245283382_4632010233505189_5535168351921596649_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=QylUuHaE3fwAX_f-Cuk&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=d5356bdc2a6aa97c7ffc91d73a9fe612&oe=6189380D)
(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245131708_4632011033505109_438866562722841717_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=64wVJD4Yd4cAX8vFglf&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=2a6044a044ac9285d135203a81acccd7&oe=618B31F9)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 12, 2021, 02:58:01 AM

Event 11: $25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship

Winner	Jason Koon
Runners	57
Paid	8
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Jason Koon	1	25
Daniel Zack	4	12
Mikita Badziakouski	5	10

Selector	Points
David	25
Simon A	25
Stu	25
Carl 1	12
Gareth	12
Jo 2	12
John 1	12
Barrie 1	10

Jason Koon finally wins a bracelet, though runner-up Gabor Szabo was unlucky a couple of times, but them's the breaks in heads-up. Third-placed Henri Puustinen (better known as online pro 'buttonclicker') benefitted from the delays, as he just passed his 21st birthday and became eligible to play two months ago, and became one of the youngest ever to cash the WSOP. I'm not sure whether he would have been the youngest Vegas bracelet-winner if he'd gone all the way, but it doesn't matter now.

Inspired substituting by Simon enabled him to pick up 25 points from Koon's victory.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 12, 2021, 03:16:08 AM

The air-con was on quite strong during the heads-up tournament:

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/sc3b9b40d89.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/sd9c42f7702.jpg)
(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/se1318af788.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s9f13005aa8.jpg)
(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s5e206e412b.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s0375888be8.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 13, 2021, 01:46:18 AM

Event 12: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Winner	Yuval Bronshtein
Runners	422
Paid	64
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Marco Johnson	19	1
Anthony Zinno	38	1

Selector	Points
Jo 1	2
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Stephen 1	1
Stephen 2	1

I tried hard to find something interesting that happened in this tournament, but being delayed by computer failure appears to have been the highlight.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 13, 2021, 02:42:40 AM

Event 13: $3,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Harvey Mathews
Runners	720
Paid	108
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Niall Farrell	12	1
Bertrand Grospellier	32	1
Benjamin Yu	82	1

Selector	Points
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 1	1

Four-time bracelet-winner Michael Gathy started the final table in the lead, but may have made a mistake by giving an interview just before it started, in which he set out his plan to pressurise the other players, who he reckoned wouldn't want to take risks when there were such large pay jumps. It may have cost him, as he ended up losing half his stack when a massive pot-sized River bluff was called by the eventual winner with A5 on a 45JKT board.

Gathy gives way his plan, for which he paid the price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpoq8_-ERY8

Our own Firaldo just missed reaching another final table, while it seems that Simon's substituting skills aren't always as on-point as his draft of Jason Koon just in time for his victory in #11, as the discarded Elky came good in #13. Bertrand is no longer one of our players, but I've left him in just to irritate Simon.


(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s79a41b71a7.jpg)
David Jackson is a bit too honest.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 14, 2021, 19:30:35 PM

Event 14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Winner	Rafael Lebron
Runners	261
Paid	39
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Shaun Deeb	5	10
Anthony Zinno	11	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	28	1
Yueqi Zhu	37	1

Selector	Points
Jo 1	12
Jo 2	12
Barrie 1	11
Carl 1	11
Gareth	11
John 1	11
Stephen 1	11
Barrie 2	10
Chris	10
David	10
Del	10
Derek	10
Jon	10
Karen	10
Michael	10
Richard	10
Rob	10
Simon A	10
Simon L	10
Stu	10
Tom	10
Carl 2	1
John 2	1
Stephen 2	1

When Rafael Lebron and his friend Ian Johns learned poker together, his idol was David Williams, runner-up to Greg Raymer in the 2004 Main Event and bracelet-winner in 2006, so it was his dream heads-up to be pitted against Williams. It was less of a dream for Williams, who started short and never improved. Now Johns has three bracelets, Lebron has two and Williams is still stuck on one.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 15, 2021, 00:53:30 AM

Event 15: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Winner	Jonathan Baylor
Runners	1450
Paid	224
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Buzgon	51	1
Joao Vieira	89	1
Sean Perry	96	1
Benjamin Yu	99	1
Vanessa Kade	155	1

Selector	Points
Rob	2
Simon L	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Stephen 1	1

When it came to three players left, there were two players making their first ever WSOP cash (one on his first ever Hendon Mob cash) and Jonathan Baylor on his third cash of this Series. Baylor won.

While it may have been amateur night at the top, there were several well-known players who dropped shortly before the final table, including Jason Stockfish, Hye Park, Melanie Weisner and Blair Hinkle. Stockfish is a case - he reached three final tables between 2016 and 2017 and was runner-up in them all. He made another final in 2019 and guess what - he was 2nd yet again. One more final that year and he finally broke his runner-up curse......by coming fifth. He could be a multiple winner spoken about in hushed tones. Instead, he doesn't have a single bracelet.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/s0f2f4362e4.jpg)
Jason Stockfish - if you play him heads-up, I'll take a share

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 15, 2021, 18:32:11 PM

Event 16: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

Winner	John Monnette
Runners	92
Paid	14
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
John Monnette	1	25
John Racener	6	8
Chad Eveslage	14	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 1	26
Jo 1	25
Barrie 2	8
Carl 2	8
Jo 2	8
Luca 1	8
Gareth	1

It's no surprise for John Monnette to snag another bracelet (numero four) or for John Racener to be in the shake-up. What was a surprise was to see Nate Silver mixing it at this level. Nate is a statistician who founded the FiveThirtyEight website, mainly known for political forecasting. I have watched him on many podcasts and never knew that he's a poker player, and has a few meaty cashes to his name. He was in exalted company here - seven of the final eleven were already bracelet-winners, and only one of the remainder had never graced a WSOP final table before. Eric Kurtzman and Terrance Chan, who finished third and fourth, were amongst the non-winners, but both have been both 2nd and 3rd previously. Jason Somerville, who was 5th, has filled every position from 1-5, while Racener not only has final tables to burn (this was his 18th), but was runner-up in the 2010 Main Event. But Silver came through all of them to heads-up, despite being short early on the FT. Silver and Monnette battled fairly evenly for three hours until Monnette managed to pull away.

Nate Silver in his natural environment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eeiGIUpvaI

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 15, 2021, 23:09:02 PM

Event 17: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Daniel Lazrus
Runners	5326
Paid	799
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Faraz Jaka	22	1
Vanessa Kade	75	1
Allen Kessler	290	1
Brian Hastings	318	1
Daniel Buzgon	394	1
Niall Farrell	561	1
Joseph Cheong	730	1

Selector	Points
Chris	2
Simon L	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 1	1
Carl 2	1
Del	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Karen	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1

$1m for 1st and $500k for 2nd. Not bad. With over 5,000 entries, who gets to the final table is going be somewhat random - so how does Michael Gathy do it? 4th place in this just two days after finishing 3rd out of 720 in #13. That's worth $289k on top of $164k. Vanessa Kade picked up her 3rd cash of the Series.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245886605_4645083565531189_1067723699468304833_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=jknbYk8tQr4AX-UdjRp&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=57fbad0a89fcc885b3f546072250f332&oe=618FF4C5)
Practicing for millionairedom!

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 00:31:22 AM

Event 18: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball

Winner	Vladimir Peck
Runners	253
Paid	38
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Joao Vieira	3	15
Mike Gorodinsky	12	1
David Benyamine	20	1
Benny Glaser	31	1
Benjamin Yu	33	1
Randy Ohel	34	1

Selector	Points
Rob	16
Gareth	3
Carl 1	2
Del	2
Jo 2	2
Stephen 1	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Barrie 2	1
Carl 2	1
Derek	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
Luca 2	1
Nic	1

Now that Vieira has arrived, he is making inroads into the points deficit for Rob.

This event needed an extra day as the heads-up had made little advance after two hours and it was 3am. It took another two hours on the unscheduled Day 4 to finish it.


Peck had to make a major comeback to win his bracelet:
(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246123694_4648223128550566_4367943343473723353_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=378ahNHlCBgAX_9UogE&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=5ea2fc07f6f403cdcc49f8fb3bca8018&oe=6190A459)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 01:44:33 AM

Following yesterday's news that the US is reopening its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on 8 November, the WSOP has added two more Day 1s to the Main Event.

(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245590387_4648355558537323_317185422400830719_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=6ZPzdpwBMsUAX-kMX4S&_nc_oc=AQmH0fHztAx-jgm677hxR9_yB_jqBpNSAPmaYd3M8ROaepvbs7LvhXMMzpw0Fb362bY&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=5596f3a752009aaf456c1f6f5d3be52c&oe=618FCA08)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 02:13:37 AM

Event 19: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

Winner	Anthony Zinno
Runners	62
Paid	10
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Anthony Zinno	1	25
Phil Hellmuth Jr	4	12
Stephen Chidwick	6	8
Daniel Zack	10	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 1	45
Stephen 2	45
Jo 2	38
Jo 1	37
Gareth	34
John 1	26
Aneurin	20
David	20
Jon	20
Luca 2	20
Richard	20
Tom	20
Barrie 2	12
Chris	12
Del	12
Derek	12
John 2	12
Karen	12
Michael	12
Nic	12
Rob	12
Simon L	12
Stu	12
Barrie 1	8
Carl 2	8
Simon A	8
Carl 1	1

It's the one we've been waiting for.

Tonnes of points here as some of the favourites score highly. Every team except one scored some points, but I won't embarrass them by naming them, so no need to worry Luca.

Zinno won his third bracelet against James Chen, both of them having won seven-figure bracelets before, Zinno winning $1.1m in a $25k PLO and Chen winning €2.8m for a €250k WSOPE NLHE. But that's not what this tournament will be remembered for.

Phil Hellmuth came to the final table as chip leader, but it all went wrong, as the hands kept going the wrong way. Phil let rip, as he has many times before, though I think it's the first time he's done it on a WSOP final. Zinno was the main target, and wasn't bothered at all, but plenty of others were horrified, while some pointed out the penalties that have been imposed on other players for lesser offences, while Hellmuth gets a free pass. Should Hellmuth take a rap for this? Does it add to the entertainment? Do players actually enjoy it? Is the WSOP at fault for condoning it? Do people even care? Is he mad? Are you still reading this?.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S71qd0_G2HE&t=632s

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 14:11:08 PM

Instagram has its finger on the pulse.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246168917_4649871625052383_8264361052122882240_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=dbBgjT35XEIAX_YAaYm&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=e237f0ed78d298a5dd87808cba97bf55&oe=6191EC8D)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 14:12:29 PM

Silver might have the answer:

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246159620_4649876761718536_8721825539672060289_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=dt1elwoKBGQAX_kTt0T&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=59c2fcdc58292aa234d281f544110674&oe=619234CB)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 16:31:19 PM

Event 20: $1,000 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Dejuante Alexander
Runners	1240
Paid	155
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
David Peters	4	12
Calvin Anderson	47	1
Mike Gorodinsky	69	1
Daniel Zack	91	1
Shaun Deeb	107	1
Daniel Negreanu	120	1
Harry Lodge	121	1
Paul Volpe	137	1
Jeff Gross	138	1

Selector	Points
Richard	14
Stu	14
Tom	14
Gareth	4
Chris	3
Jo 2	3
Luca 2	3
Simon A	3
Stephen 1	3
Barrie 1	2
Barrie 2	2
Carl 1	2
David	2
Del	2
Derek	2
Jo 1	2
John 1	2
Jon	2
Karen	2
Luca 1	2
Michael	2
Rob	2
Simon L	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 2	1
Nic	1
Stephen 2	1

Hard to believe, but they have come up with a tournament even more stupid than the tag team.

The first stage is consists of one hand, with everyone all-in. The table-winner is in the cash and advances to the second stage, which is normal NLHE.

Maybe they thought that, as the first round is a pure gamble, it would give amateurs an equal cashing opportunity with the professionals. In fact, it had the opposite effect. Amateurs wandered off if they lost once or twice, but the pro's who are padding their cashing resumes just kept rebuying until they got through. At $1k per shot, it was an inexpensive way to guarantee a cash, so Negreanu entered nine times and David Williams had nineteen shots before both notched up another cash.

And that's all I've got to say about this nonsense.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 17:22:08 PM

PLAYER SCORES AFTER 20 EVENTS

Player	Points	Wins	Final Tables	Cashes
Phil Hellmuth Jr	31	0	3	4
Anthony Zinno	27	1	1	3
Jason Koon	26	1	1	2
John Monnette	25	1	1	1
Connor Drinan	25	1	1	1
Robert Mizrachi	21	0	2	2
Benny Glaser	19	0	1	2
Joao Vieira	16	0	1	2
David Benyamine	16	0	1	2
Daniel Zack	15	0	1	4
Chad Eveslage	14	0	1	3
Shaun Deeb	13	0	1	4
David Peters	12	0	1	1
Benjamin Yu	10	0	1	5
Mikita Badziakouski	10	0	1	1
John Racener	8	0	1	1
Stephen Chidwick	8	0	1	1
Adam Hendrix	5	0	1	2
Daniel Buzgon	4	0	0	4
Vanessa Kade	3	0	0	3
Matt Glantz	2	0	1	1
Ryan Hughes	2	0	0	2
Ryan Laplante	2	0	0	2
Shannon Shorr	2	0	0	2
Daniel Negreanu	2	0	0	2
Joseph Cheong	2	0	0	2
Paul Volpe	2	0	0	2
Sean Perry	2	0	0	2
Faraz Jaka	2	0	0	2
Mike Gorodinsky	2	0	0	2
Niall Farrell	2	0	0	2
Randy Ohel	2	0	0	2
Cary Katz	1	0	0	1
Christopher Vitch	1	0	0	1
David "Bakes" Baker	1	0	0	1
Maurice Hawkins	1	0	0	1
Max Pescatori	1	0	0	1
Sam Razavi	1	0	0	1
Allen Kessler	1	0	0	1
Bertrand Grospellier	1	0	0	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	1	0	0	1
Brian Hastings	1	0	0	1
Calvin Anderson	1	0	0	1
Harry Lodge	1	0	0	1
Jeff Gross	1	0	0	1
Marco Johnson	1	0	0	1
Yueqi Zhu	1	0	0	1
Eli Elezra	1	0	0	1

Players Who Have Failed to Cash After 20 Events

Adam Owen	Dario Sammartino	Jon Turner	Nick Petrangelo
Alex Foxen	David "ODB" Baker	Justin Bonomo	Nick Schulman
Ali Imsirovic	Erik Seidel	Landon Tice	Phil Ivey
Bryce Yockey	Igor Kurganov	Loren Klein	Phillip Hui
Bryn Kenney	Ismael Bojang	Lou Garza	Rep Porter
Chance Kornuth	Jake Schindler	M J Gonzales	Sam Soverel
Chris Ferguson	Jason Mercier	Manig Loeser	Scott Clements
Chris Klodnicki	Jeff Sluzinski	Matas Cimbolas	Scott Seiver
Chris Moorman	Jeffrey Trudeau Jr	Men Nguyen	Sean Winter
Christoph Vogelsang	Joe Cada	Michael Addamo	Shawn Buchanan
Christopher Brewer	Joe McKeehen	Michael Mizrachi	Steve O'Dwyer
Dan Smith	John Hennigan	Michael Zhang	Yuri Martins Dzivielevski
Daniel Alaei	John Juanda	Mike Leah	Robert Campbell
Daniel Dvoress	Johnny Chan	Mike Matusow	Julien Martini

Despite not having a win, Phil is unquestionably the star of the show so far, results-wise and otherwise, with three final tables, four cashes and one attempted burning down of the Rio. Rob Mizrachi is our only other player with more than one final table. Shaun Deeb and Dans Buzgon and Zack have also cashed four times, while Zinno, Chad Eveslage and Vanessa Kade have had three, but Ben Yu leads the way by quietly racking up five cashes so far, ie he has cashed in 25% of the tournaments held.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 20:07:11 PM

SCORES AFTER 20 EVENTS

Selector	Points
Stephen 1	138
Jo 2	127
Jo 1	110
Gareth	98
Stu	84
Jon	80
David	78
Rob	75
Barrie 2	74
Richard	68
Stephen 2	68
John 1	67
Tom	66
Aneurin	65
Del	58
Chris	54
Derek	54
Simon L	54
Carl 1	53
Simon A	51
Karen	47
Michael	46
Barrie 1	44
Luca 2	44
John 2	35
Nic	34
Carl 2	23
Luca 1	12

Stephen has the lead, with Jo vying with herself for the podium positions. How sad to see the once-great Luca trailing along at the bottom.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 17, 2021, 22:04:15 PM

Event 21: $1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Winner	Dylan Linde
Runners	641
Paid	96
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Negreanu	18	1
Ryan Laplante	27	1
AP Louis Garza	29	1
Max Pescatori	46	1
Robert Mizrachi	49	1
John Monnette	51	1
John Racener	73	1
Julien Martini	77	1

Selector	Points
Jon	3
Stephen 2	3
Aneurin	2
Barrie 2	2
Carl 2	2
Chris	2
Del	2
Derek	2
Jo 1	2
Jo 2	2
Luca 1	2
Simon L	2
Stephen 1	2
Barrie 1	1
Carl 1	1
David	1
Gareth	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Rob	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

Dylan Linde finally got his bracelet after 85 cashes. Negreanu made a deep run, but ran out of steam. Not many points for anyone here.


Do you want to play mixed games like Dylan Linde, who won the Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better bracelet? Now you can!

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245651766_4651022431603969_4167889390036714321_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=BqSJQN9fK_MAX9ww0Vf&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=5bb08f11f60c9e1f513315c00abfbf9e&oe=6191733B)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 18, 2021, 00:23:50 AM

Event 22: $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship

Winner	Lara Eisenberg
Runners	644
Paid	97
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
-	-	-

Selector	Points
-	-

This is the first event where none of us got any points. There were pro players in this, but I don't really recognise many names near the end. JJ Liu was 5th, while Sofia Lovgren and Ebony Kenney also cashed. Third-placed Mikiyo Aoki was runner-up in this same event in 2014.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 18, 2021, 21:43:05 PM

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/245816320_4653109404728605_9209579301322058970_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=FE8ANk01a00AX-tSc5f&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=d0b33c9c829162a80f1f5284d5f13b65&oe=6193E17C)

Kitty Kuo broke the Girl Code with this Tweet and got some blowback for not supporting women etc.

On the one hand, yeah support women. On the other, when men are told not to play this event because there are women playing who are intimidated to play against men and this is their chance to play, this is a much weaker-than-normal field.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 18, 2021, 21:44:43 PM

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/p526x296/245816960_4653137944725751_1030734007954053585_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=zgnt8zqxftQAX83pcgP&_nc_oc=AQn1uDeM4_oVZ8ru25XLXRGs8vQljlS-EbzX8ZMSYJeLr0dzIa9FcCrAQ2FgkEewLpA&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=b32f948825d65fa1a2606a016b8af7b2&oe=6194CB8C)

Ebony Kenney went straight from the Women's event to The Orleans to beat a field of 1,135 players. There is talent among the women players.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 19, 2021, 21:29:29 PM

Event 23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed

Winner	Ryan Leng
Runners	484
Paid	73
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Connor Drinan	2	18
Daniel Zack	4	12
Ryan Hughes	6	8
Michael Mizrachi	11	1
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	20	1
Sean Perry	24	1
Matt Glantz	42	1
Ismael Bojang	65	1
Eli Elezra	66	1
Cary Katz	68	1

Selector	Points
Michael	18
Carl 1	12
Gareth	12
Jo 2	12
John 1	12
John 2	8
Barrie 2	2
Nic	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 2	1
Del	1
Jon	1
Luca 1	1
Luca 2	1
Richard	1
Simon L	1
Stu	1

Drinan has earned a lot of points for Michael already and came within touching distance of his second bracelet of the year. It's a shame he didn't get it, as it means that his most memorable moment will remain the time he wrongly accused an amateur who beat him in the Heads-Up event of cheating. I had Hughes and Zack, but on different teams.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 19, 2021, 22:31:40 PM

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246399804_4656986347674244_1856619136235318298_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=j7KP4tvh__oAX_gDdtG&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=4b0cdcf78cf4e5345c2575b20c46f54e&oe=6194605B)
Drinan doing the shoulder touch. A lot of players do this, but I can't tell you why. I've been trying for years to find out what this is about.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246453699_4657009587671920_305966410087596981_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=oGoF9VSfbrkAX_OUt1n&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=0251d0ef5b1964441ec1da83b2fed21d&oe=61951A1D)(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/247000814_4657009821005230_2534245091832371516_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=m7rfBCdZPXoAX_cFidu&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=59c45ad4a4782ef841b3768f505d9a34&oe=61950757)
Two faces of double bracelet-holder Brett Shaffer, who finished third in the 8-Game. Set the alarm ten minutes earlier when you're scheduled for the final table Brett.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246541944_4657039897668889_6156354705995935915_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=b_ARlsAjUuUAX-u1sFE&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=de3ff3e791fba904fe7cd14b09199724&oe=61932627)
A well-balanced final table. Zack, Drinan, Shaffer and Hughes on one side; Leng and Schuyler Thornton on the other.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 20, 2021, 00:43:40 AM

Event 24: $600 Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack

Winner	Michael Prendergast
Runners	1572
Paid	235
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Adam Owen	47	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	1
Jo 1	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 2	1

Over 1,500 entrants, and we only got one into the money. It's not all our fault - a few other pro players took a shot, but didn't last in this one, so there were hardly any well-known players in the shake-up. John Bunch, who was 8th, has had some big results previously and five cashes so far, including 4th in #12, but otherwise the final table was a resume-free zone.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 20, 2021, 14:19:40 PM

Event 25: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Winner	Scott Ball
Runners	578
Paid	90
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
John Racener	6	8
Nick Petrangelo	13	1
Vanessa Kade	19	1
Benjamin Yu	20	1
Daniel Negreanu	22	1
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	30	1
Ryan Laplante	34	1
Chance Kornuth	36	1
Chris Moorman	62	1
Cary Katz	68	1
Jeff Gross	84	1
Erik Seidel	88	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	11
Jo 2	10
Barrie 2	9
Luca 1	9
Chris	4
Jon	3
Simon L	3
Stu	3
Barrie 1	2
David	2
Del	2
Gareth	2
Jo 1	2
Karen	2
Nic	2
Richard	2
Rob	2
Stephen 1	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 1	1
Derek	1
John 1	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Stephen 2	1
Tom	1

Another final table for Racener, while perennial cashers Kade, Yu, Negreanu & Laplante also weighed in. We haven't seen anything from Seidel til now, but now he's on the scoreboard. He's just the type that could win a bracelet from nowhere. No-one has Moorman in their team since he was substituted out, but I decided to leave him on the list to annoy you when he makes a final. That's bracelet-winner and 81-time WSOP casher Moorman. Please yourselves.

Galen Hall reached heads-up, having arrived straight from the Silver Dollar Saloon in Dodge City. It was quite a change of image from his last final table.

(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246573236_4658939730812239_921119773054331760_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=p3i-l_XkiFcAX9dlzfV&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=526b93c3823d23d1c0adc495fb5bc1dd&oe=61973EA8)(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/246671975_4658940757478803_3786166325922232781_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=KwvimOL5atwAX8bEtDT&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=b13005b13ee32a0bf1e0cd64e3be6a79&oe=6194C4DD)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 20, 2021, 20:23:42 PM

Event 26: $1,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Dalibor Dula
Runners	1358
Paid	202
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Maurice Hawkins	9	2

Selector	Points
John 2	2

My greatest moment. Maurice Hawkins is the Phil Hellmuth of the WSOP Circuit, with the record number of rings and an unlikeable personality. He has 14 rings and zero bracelets. It is quite strange that he has only made four WSOP final tables, with a highest finish of 6th, contrasting dramatically with his Circuit record.

i was delighted to see that Levi Klump had his first WSOP cash in 8th. What a fantastic name. Here's hoping he has lots more. Even better was German player Axel Reese in 12th - just one letter away from the best name ever.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 21, 2021, 23:20:41 PM

Event 27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Winner	Anthony Zinno
Runners	594
Paid	89
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Anthony Zinno	1	25
Randy Ohel	2	18
Max Pescatori	8	4
Joseph McKeehen	13	1
Christopher Vitch	22	1
John Monnette	39	1
Brian Hastings	48	1
Shaun Deeb	49	1
Allen Kessler	71	1

Selector	Points
Gareth	27
Jo 1	27
Jo 2	27
Stephen 1	27
John 1	26
Stephen 2	25
Carl 1	21
Aneurin	4
Barrie 2	2
Del	2
Derek	2
Karen	2
Richard	2
Simon L	2
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
David	1
Jon	1
Michael	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

Two bracelets in five days!
Although there were almost 600 entrants, several of the top mixed-game players were there near the end. Zinno was heads-up against Randy Ohel and Pescatori also reached the final table, while Brock Parker, Joe McKeehen and Roland Israelashvili just missed it. Ari Engel was also chasing his second bracelet of the year, but fell in 10th place.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 22, 2021, 13:36:31 PM

Event 28: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed

Winner	Dylan Weisman
Runners	1069
Paid	159
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Joseph Cheong	35	1
Ryan Hughes	75	1
Adam Hendrix	85	1
Daniel Zack	123	1
Adam Owen	135	1
Daniel Negreanu	140	1
Ryan Laplante	158	1

Selector	Points
Simon L	3
Carl 1	2
Carl 2	2
Chris	2
Derek	2
Gareth	2
Jo 1	2
Jo 2	2
John 1	2
Jon	2
Rob	2
Stephen 2	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Barrie 2	1
David	1
Del	1
John 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 1	1
Luca 2	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Stephen 1	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

Good new for Upswing Poker, as the PLO coach wins a PLO bracelet.

Simon cuts into the points deficit.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 22, 2021, 14:53:48 PM

Event 29: $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Chance Kornuth
Runners	66
Paid	10
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Chance Kornuth	1	25
Joao Vieira	5	10
Stephen Chidwick	8	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	26
Rob	10
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
David	1
Gareth	1
Jon	1
Luca 2	1
Richard	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 1	1
Stephen 2	1
Tom	1

Another poker coach wins. Chance is the founder of "Chip Leader Coaching", which includes Nick Petrangelo among its coaches. Kornuth was 4th in this event last time but went three better to clinch it.

Nice picking by Carl.

The best thing about this tournament was that Hellmuth wasn't involved, so Chance was able to enjoy his moment without Phil stealing his limelight.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/248187711_4665274280178784_5069573033692334172_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=dikA_geCwiIAX_KTrcR&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=ee264a046a687d309483d58cc78ff3d5&oe=6199818D)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 22, 2021, 20:23:09 PM

Event 30: $1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Michael Noori
Runners	3520
Paid	528
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
Shannon Shorr	478	1

Selector	Points
Stu	1

Well done to the winner, but what an incredible performance by Ryan Leng to come second in a three and a half thousand field just four days after winning the 8-Game (when he was the one to stop Connor Drinan getting the double). This was another Amateur Night, with very few big names down the field.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 22, 2021, 20:41:17 PM

PLAYER SCORES AFTER 30 EVENTS

Player	Points	Wins	Final Tables	Cashes
Anthony Zinno	52	2	2	4
Connor Drinan	43	1	2	2
Phil Hellmuth Jr	31	0	3	4
Daniel Zack	28	0	2	6
John Monnette	27	1	1	3
Jason Koon	26	1	1	2
Chance Kornuth	26	1	1	2
Joao Vieira	26	0	2	3
Robert Mizrachi	22	0	2	3
Randy Ohel	20	0	1	3
Benny Glaser	19	0	1	2
John Racener	17	0	2	3
David Benyamine	16	0	1	2
Shaun Deeb	14	0	1	5
Chad Eveslage	14	0	1	3
David Peters	12	0	1	1
Benjamin Yu	11	0	1	6
Ryan Hughes	11	0	1	4
Mikita Badziakouski	10	0	1	1
Stephen Chidwick	9	0	1	2
Adam Hendrix	6	0	1	3
Max Pescatori	6	0	1	3
Ryan Laplante	5	0	0	5
Daniel Negreanu	5	0	0	5
Daniel Buzgon	4	0	0	4
Vanessa Kade	4	0	0	4
Matt Glantz	3	0	1	2
Maurice Hawkins	3	0	1	2
Shannon Shorr	3	0	0	3
Joseph Cheong	3	0	0	3
Sean Perry	3	0	0	3
Cary Katz	3	0	0	3
Paul Volpe	2	0	0	2
Faraz Jaka	2	0	0	2
Mike Gorodinsky	2	0	0	2
Niall Farrell	2	0	0	2
Christopher Vitch	2	0	0	2
Allen Kessler	2	0	0	2
Brian Hastings	2	0	0	2
Jeff Gross	2	0	0	2
Eli Elezra	2	0	0	2
Adam Owen	2	0	0	2
Joseph McKeehen	2	0	0	2
Ap Louis Garza	2	0	0	2
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	2	0	0	2
Julien Martini	2	0	0	2
David "Bakes" Baker	1	0	0	1
Sam Razavi	1	0	0	1
Bertrand Grospellier	1	0	0	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	1	0	0	1
Calvin Anderson	1	0	0	1
Harry Lodge	1	0	0	1
Marco Johnson	1	0	0	1
Yueqi Zhu	1	0	0	1
Chris Moorman	1	0	0	1
Christopher Brewer	1	0	0	1
Erik Seidel	1	0	0	1
Ismael Bojang	1	0	0	1
Michael Mizrachi	1	0	0	1
Nick Petrangelo	1	0	0	1

After 30 events, it was Zinno in charge. Could anyone catch him? Who knows?

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 22, 2021, 20:57:45 PM

SELECTOR SCORES AFTER 30 EVENTS

Selector	Points
Jo 2	180
Stephen 1	171
Jo 1	144
Gareth	143
John 1	108
Stephen 2	101
Stu	92
Jon	91
Rob	91
David	84
Barrie 2	90
Carl 1	90
Richard	76
Aneurin	75
Tom	71
Carl 2	67
Simon L	66
Del	66
Michael	66
Chris	63
Derek	61
Karen	53
Simon A	53
Barrie 1	50
Luca 2	49
John 2	46
Nic	40
Luca 1	25

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 23, 2021, 10:29:22 AM

Michael Noori's victory party for the Monster Stack look like they've all been photoshopped in - especially the man with the enormous head.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/248238335_4667639433275602_6180051884311344190_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=gY55wKjH01wAX8f_IOD&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=433f3813fb0e24b8eb7c1be26ee863a9&oe=619B1454)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 23, 2021, 10:42:34 AM

Event 31: $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Winner	Phil Hellmuth
Runners	272
Paid	41
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Phil Hellmuth Jr	1	25
Christopher Vitch	3	15
Dario Sammartino	6	8
Ismael Bojang	13	1
Almedin Imsirovic	14	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	23	1
John Monnette	26	1
Daniel Zack	29	1
Ryan Hughes	38	1
John Racener	40	1

Selector	Points
Jo 2	43
Luca 2	33
Jo 1	27
Barrie 2	26
Del	26
Derek	26
John 2	26
Richard	26
Simon L	26
Stephen 1	26
Stu	26
Aneurin	25
Chris	25
David	25
Jon	25
Karen	25
Michael	25
Nic	25
Rob	25
Stephen 2	25
Tom	25
Carl 1	17
Gareth	16
Luca 1	9
Carl 2	3
John 1	2
Simon A	1

It was the one we were waiting for. What a night for Phil - and for everyone. Getting to yet another final table was remarkable - he is reaching the final of everything he plays. Though this was a $1,500, it was pro-heavy and virtually all of the final table had a big history, with others like Reiss, Bojang and Imsirovic just missing it. Once it reached the final four, it seemed any of them could win., with Hellmuth, Vitch and Porter all being big-hitters in mixed, while Schwartz has made a bunch of finals before and was more than holding his own, leading for most of the final session. Porter and Vitch went almost together and suddenly Phil was heads-up for another one. It took over two hours more of back and forth until he took it for the 16th time. Phil was already the only player to win bracelets in four different decades - now it's five.

Loads of points all round, and even more for Jo. Every year she includes Vitch and Shack-Harris in her teams (the only one who ever picks Vitch) and they usually bring her a nice bonus against the field. Dario gave Luca some much-needed points and everyone had Hellmuth. Well, almost everyone.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 23, 2021, 10:56:23 AM

Hellmuth, Schwartz and Porter enjoying the game.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/sa936abdceb.jpg)
(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/sa0a0555c29.jpg)
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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 24, 2021, 11:28:53 AM

Event 32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Winner	Jim Collopy
Runners	282
Paid	43
Final 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!

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 24, 2021, 15:43:49 PM

Event 33: $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Winner	Ran Koller
Runners	2778
Paid	417
Final 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.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 25, 2021, 01:31:43 AM

Event 34: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Winner	David "Bakes" Baker
Runners	285
Paid	43
Final 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.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 25, 2021, 02:36:47 AM

Event 35: $500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Anthony Koutsos
Runners	2931
Paid	440
Final 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.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 26, 2021, 03:10:08 AM

Event 36: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship

Winner	Adam Friedman
Runners	93
Paid	14
Final 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.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 26, 2021, 20:14:27 PM

Iconic table: Kid, Brat, Kelsall, Glantz, Mouth.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/249171336_4675838629122349_3346980634384148924_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=TyZMmoqjbi8AX_Y9ZwQ&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=342832b7a89f4fd000ef240293af1bca&oe=619F764C)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 26, 2021, 20:59:10 PM

Matusow was Hellmuth's lead supporter in his heads-up battle, advising him and rubbing his arms during a break. So it was a bit surprising to see Friedman's victory group photo, Who's that slipping in at the side?

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/248069565_4675854665787412_3416783839173879917_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=_XyIEl0khjUAX9YID7b&tn=djwmEp_ENzi6lMJA&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=5ba6e8f541b990827e404bc3180b7cda&oe=619FCC70)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 26, 2021, 23:36:38 PM

Andrew Kelsall reached the final table of both Dealer's Choice tournaments, finishing 2nd back in the $1,500 (#2) and 6th now in the $10k. There is definitely a knack to this, with Raymond Henson, who was 3rd in the $1,500 also finishing 11th in the $10k. Kelsall's outfits for the two finals were completely different, yet I'm sensing a theme.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/s8ae6d583fe.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/sf58410dd3b.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 27, 2021, 00:25:17 AM

Event 37: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Karolis Sereika
Runners	1441
Paid	217
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Chad Eveslage	67	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	124	1
Ryan Laplante	176	1
Benjamin Yu	192	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	2
Carl 2	2
Gareth	2
Jo 2	2
Stephen 1	2
Barrie 1	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Rob	1
Simon L	1

Karolis Sereika won Lithuania's first bracelet. Horses for courses - Pierre Calamusa was 2nd in #10 and 4th in this, both of them being Super Turbo Bounty NLHE freezeouts.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 29, 2021, 03:28:35 AM

Event 38: $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

Winner	Michael Addamo
Runners	81
Paid	13
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Michael Addamo	1	25
Justin Bonomo	2	18
Erik Seidel	4	12
Sam Soverel	7	6
Dan Smith	10	1
Anthony Zinno	12	1

Selector	Points
Michael	55
Tom	43
Nic	37
Aneurin	26
John 1	26
Barrie 2	25
Derek	25
Stu	25
Luca 1	18
Simon L	18
David	13
Karen	12
Richard	6
Simon A	6
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
Stephen 1	1
Stephen 2	1

Is Michael Addamo the best NLHE tournament player in the world? A case could certainly be made for it. He had possibly the best tournament results of anyone in 2020, and is doing the same this year, with possibly the best run of results ever seen. His big betting style, sometimes over-betting the pot, is designed to win or bust, and it has been win after win in the High Rollers for Addamo.He built a massive stack in this, starting the nine-handed final day with 11.5m of the 25m chips in play. Great picking by Michael, who had the top three in his team.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 29, 2021, 03:40:51 AM

Michael Addamo's extraordinary run of results in the last month.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 29, 2021, 23:46:21 PM

Event 39: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed

Winner	Josh Arieh
Runners	821
Paid	124
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Zack	17	1
Adam Hendrix	37	1
Benjamin Yu	58	1
Shaun Deeb	60	1
Calvin Anderson	69	1
Almedin Imsirovic	87	1
Robert Mizrachi	121	1
Ryan Hughes	124	1

Selector	Points
Del	4
John 1	4
Derek	3
Gareth	3
Jo 1	3
Jo 2	3
Barrie 1	2
Carl 1	2
Jon	2
Richard	2
Rob	2
Simon A	2
Simon L	2
Stephen 1	2
Stu	2
Barrie 2	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
David	1
John 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Stephen 2	1
Tom	1

Josh Arieh and Tommy Le, two former bracelet-winners with a string of high finishes, ended up heads-up out of the 800+ entrants.
Ari Engel and Ryan Leng have already had wins this year and went close to another one.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 08:40:37 AM

Event 40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Winner	Kevin Gerhart
Runners	149
Paid	23
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Marco Johnson	2	18
Brandon Shack-Harris	5	10
Christopher Vitch	6	8
David Benyamine	8	4
Benny Glaser	9	1
Bertrand Grospellier	10	1
Randy Ohel	11	1
Max Pescatori	14	1
Mike Gorodinsky	20	1
Scott Seiver	22	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	20
Jo 2	19
Jo 1	18
Carl 2	10
Gareth	10
Derek	4
Aneurin	2
Luca 2	2
Barrie 2	1
Del	1
Jon	1
Luca 1	1
Nic	1
Stephen 1	1

Kevin Gerhart may not be as well known as some others in this field, where nearly everyone was a big name, but his win is no shock. He won a Razz bracelet in 2019 and an online one last year in PLO.  This is his fifth cash of the Series, having finished 16th of both the Dealer's Choice and the Stud $1,500's and was on the final table when Hellmuth won his 2-7 bracelet. He has just started playing $10k's but has clearly got what takes. If you want someone for your team next time who will score points and not many others will have, you could do worse than Gerhart.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 12:09:56 PM

One man dominates the 2021 WSOP.

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And one woman dominates our competition.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 14:57:38 PM

Event 41: $2,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Carlos Chang
Runners	896
Paid	135
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
Almedin Imsirovic	45	1
Matas Cimbolas	126	1
Shannon Shorr	131	1

Selector	Points
Simon A	2
Stu	2
Del	1
Derek	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
Richard	1
Simon L	1

Carlos Chang shows the benefit of the Winner's Photo lessons he received from Chris Webber.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s3a9309c7ef.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s793fb41b5b.jpg)
(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/se0e1a8918c.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s7160352c1f.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 15:34:15 PM

Carlos looking more excited:

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s77872c90b9.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/sb33c50a9d6.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 15:56:23 PM

Event 42: $1,500 Razz

Winner	Bradley Ruben
Runners	311
Paid	47
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	4	12
David "ODB" Baker	5	10
Julien Martini	24	1
Yueqi Zhu	33	1
Robert Campbell	39	1
Anthony Zinno	41	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 2	12
Stu	12
Barrie 1	11
Carl 1	10
Chris	10
David	10
Del	10
Jon	10
Luca 1	10
Luca 2	10
Rob	10
Jo 1	2
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
John 2	1
Stephen 1	1

After two online PLO bracelets, Ruben's first live bracelet is in Razz. He is still trying to claim to be a novice at Razz, but he was third in this same event in 2017. He had a familiar face to keep him company - David 'ODB' Baker, who was second that day, was fifth in this.

Robert Campbell is in da house. Watch out!

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 16:30:44 PM

Event 43: $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Anthony Denove
Runners	3991
Paid	599
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
Niall Farrell	88	1
Jeff Sluzinski	90	1

Selector	Points
Chris	2

A double stack four-day tournament with a $1k buy-in and 4,000 entries - it's not surprising that pro's were scarce. We had two cashes out of 600, which rounds to 0%. Amazingly, Chris had both of them. Laser-sharp picking is one way of looking at it. Another is an ability to choose the pro's who are willing to waste four days on a wild goose chase. Gratz on the points.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 17:01:40 PM

Event 44: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Winner	Ryan Hansen
Runners	162
Paid	25
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Mike Matusow	16	1
Daniel Zack	19	1
Nick Schulman	21	1
Joseph McKeehen	23	1

Selector	Points
John 1	2
Barrie 2	1
Carl 1	1
Chris	1
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Rob	1

Snare a bracelet on your first cash - that's the way to do it. Ryan Hansen's win was no fluke though - he is a Limit Hold'em specialist who can be found playing cash LH at the Borgota next time you're in town. Raymond Henson was ninth, and for a minute I thought he had won it, which would have been nice as he has had numerous final tables but has never won a bracelet. This was his sixth cash this Series, including coming 3rd and 11th in the two Dealer's Choice tournaments. He has also cashed four times in the Main Event, with a best finish of 12th. Yeah, it wasn't him. Matusow is still a crack tournament player despite all his issues.

It's almost expected now for players who have won their fourth or fifth bracelet and their apostles to hold up the related number of fingers. I'm not so sure it's a thing when you've won one.
(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s8d1174db43.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 21:15:40 PM

Event 45: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Winner	Tommy Le
Runners	344
Paid	52
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Eli Elezra	6	8
Daniel Zack	13	1
Mike Matusow	17	1
Robert Campbell	27	1
John Racener	28	1
Adam Hendrix	29	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	43	1
Randy Ohel	46	1
Stephen Chidwick	48	1

Selector	Points
Barrie 2	9
Carl 1	3
Carl 2	3
Jo 2	3
Derek	2
Gareth	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Chris	1
David	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Karen	1
Luca 1	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 1	1
Stephen 2	1
Tom	1

He did it! After losing heads-up in #39 (also PLO), Tommy Le came straight back to win this. After a few early NLHE cashes (including two top-100 results in the Main Event), Le has specialised in PLO and, apsrt from another ME result, his last fourteen cashes have all been in PLO. He has finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th in previous years. Just can't crack that 4th place. Jeremy Ausmus came close to a second bracelet of the Series, finishing fifth. Daniel Zack, Mike Matusow and Dylan Linde keep missing the final table. Zack and Matusow both had their second teens finish in #44 and their third in #45, while Linde was in the teens in #40 and #45.

Jordan Spurlin, who was second, is a Pro Super Smash Bros Melee and Project M Player. As you known, Project M is a development of Brawl to make it more like Melee, and remains the most popular gameplay mod of Brawl in tournament settings.

Third-place Chris Sandrock owns the Sunset Casino in Montana and has possibly the greatest record at the WSOP, having cashed regularly across the last 26 years, never finishing lower than 12th! He was 12th in 1995, 7th in 2002, 10th in 2007 and now has a 3rd place on his record after cashing yet again.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 23:01:18 PM

Event 46: $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Winner	Chad Norton
Runners	2053
Paid	308
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Maurice Hawkins	115	1
Harry Lodge	297	1

Selector	Points
John 2	1
Michael	1
Simon A	1

Another pro-free tournament. Heads-Up was between Chad Norton, a former car salesman and Steve Lemma, a Research Director at Edison Research, a media research company. Edison conducts audience and content analysis for broadcasting entities all over the globe and is the sole provider of exit polling data to the television networks comprising the National Election Pool, as well as hundreds of important primaries and caucuses and other election events both in America and abroad. It also taps into its 20,000-strong national network of trained exit poll interviewers to conduct place-based research for all manner of digital and traditional out of home advertisers.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 30, 2021, 23:57:24 PM

Event 47: $5,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

Winner	Alexandre Reard
Runners	421
Paid	64
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Dario Sammartino	10	1
Scott Seiver	17	1
Chad Eveslage	31	1
Daniel Negreanu	32	1
Shaun Deeb	33	1

Selector	Points
Gareth	3
Jon	3
Luca 1	3
Luca 2	3
Stephen 1	3
Barrie 1	2
Barrie 2	2
Chris	2
David	2
Del	2
Derek	2
Jo 1	2
Jo 2	2
Karen	2
Richard	2
Rob	2
Simon L	2
Stu	2
Tom	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 1	1
Carl 2	1
John 1	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 2	1

We had five players still live near the end, but couldn't get any of them to the final table. Dario was close to collecting some points for Luca. Eveslage, Negreanu and Deeb have been plugging away relentlessly for minor rewards, but Seiver has scarcely made any impact so far this year.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 31, 2021, 20:47:15 PM

Event 48: $1,500 Shootout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Gershon Distenfeld
Runners	800
Paid	80
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
AP Louis Garza	9	2
Joseph Cheong	47	1

Selector	Points
Derek	2
Rob	1
John 1	1

For the second time, Gershon Distenfeld has donated all of his winnings to charity. Last year it was $125k for finishing 8th in the online Main Event. For winning this tournament, he won $204k and has donated that. He has also asked all winners to donate 1% of their winnings to charity. I'm sure plenty will be fine with this, but I'm always uncomfortable about public donations of poker winnings, and even more so when pressure is put on others to do likewise. Gershon M. Distenfeld isn't just rich. He is Senior Vice President at AllianceBernstein, an investment firm with $738bn under its management, and is a proper gold-plated super-mega squillionare, who could donate this amount regularly without noticing. It seems he is embarrassed to be seen taking a prize he doesn't need. Just give quietly and don't pressurise others Gershon.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/sa17fe19cef.jpg)(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOLfJpnWAAEWEqv?format=jpg&name=large)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on October 31, 2021, 21:20:41 PM

Event 49: $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Winner	Farzad Bonyadi
Runners	122
Paid	19
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Benny Glaser	3	15
Julien Martini	6	8
Daniel Negreanu	8	4
Anthony Zinno	10	1
Shaun Deeb	12	1
Mike Gorodinsky	14	1
Christopher Vitch	16	1

Selector	Points
Gareth	23
Jo 2	22
Stephen 1	21
Barrie 2	20
Del	20
Aneurin	19
Nic	19
Carl 1	17
Stephen 2	13
Jo 1	6
Barrie 1	5
Chris	5
David	5
Derek	5
Jon	5
Karen	5
Luca 2	5
Richard	5
Rob	5
Simon L	5
Stu	5
Tom	5
Carl 2	4
Luca 1	4
John 1	2
Michael	1
Simon A	1

Farzad Bonyadi got his fourth bracelet after a sixteen-year gap and revealed that he hadn't played poker for two years before this tournament. Negreanu finally reached a final table, while Justin Schwartz was at his fifth of this Series.

We had our annual visit from Shawn Sheikhan, who used to liven up tables a decade ago, but now seems to only play this event, the $10k NL 2-7. He didn't seem to play at all between 2014 and 2018, and I thought he had been banned by the WSOP, but then he finished fifth in 2018. And this time he was ninth, so he still has poker ability.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/sdc85fde13a.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 01, 2021, 01:59:13 AM

Event 50: $600 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack

Winner	Darrin Wright
Runners	1569
Paid	236
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Buzgon	42	1
Daniel Zack	57	1
Ryan Laplante	82	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	165	1
Jeff Sluzinski	225	1
Yueqi Zhu	230	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	3
Chris	2
Jo 2	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
John 2	1
Jon	1
Simon L	1

$600 buy-in is all you need to know and you can fill in the rest - a few pro's played, most didn't, there were none near the end. Some guy beat some other guy heads-up.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 01, 2021, 02:58:32 AM

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 01, 2021, 13:04:39 PM

One thing you can say about Mike and Phil - they've never lost their dignity.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 01, 2021, 13:08:19 PM

Vanessa Kade has Covid. And she has been spreading it around, though probably no more than the rest of them. #WSOPCOVID

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 01, 2021, 15:38:43 PM

Event 51: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Winner	Brian Rast
Runners	997
Paid	150
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Matas Cimbolas	7	1
John Racener	16	1
Manig Loeser	33	1
Yueqi Zhu	41	1
Joseph Cheong	57	1
Ismael Bojang	70	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	2
John 2	2
Barrie 1	1
Barrie 2	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Luca 1	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1

Rast is the only one I recognise on this final table, a far cry from some of his previous star-studded final wins. The winner's photo was a quieter affair too - just Brian and his wife without the usual Rast/Esfandiari/Bouahra hoopla.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 01, 2021, 17:44:36 PM

Event 52: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship

Winner	Robert McMillan
Runners	5404
Paid	811
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Eli Elezra	47	1
Allen Kessler	144	1

Selector	Points
Barrie 2	1
Carl 1	1
Simon L	1

This was Robert McMillan's tenth cash at the WOSP and four of them have come in the Seniors. Until 2019, he had never cracked the top 100 of a tournament, but then he finished 31st in the Closer, which was his springboard to this - 1st out of 5,400 players. That 2019 tournament near the end of the last proper Series was a weird portent of what was to come this year. So far, five of the players finishing in the top 33 that time have won bracelets this year (Carlos Chang 4th, Shaun Deeb 7th, Ryan Leng 18th, Robert McMillan 32nd, Brian Rast 33rd). If I go down to 55th, that scoops up Dylan Linde and Ari Engel as well for seven future braceletees. Spooky or what, especially at Halloween!

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 03, 2021, 00:33:52 AM

Event 53: $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha

Winner	Shaun Deeb
Runners	212
Paid	32
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Shaun Deeb	1	25
David Benyamine	6	8
Joao Vieira	18	1
Chance Kornuth	26	1
Scott Seiver	27	1
Joseph Cheong	28	1
Benjamin Yu	29	1

Selector	Points
Derek	33
Rob	28
John 1	27
Barrie 1	26
Del	26
Gareth	26
Jo 1	26
Jo 2	26
Jon	26
Stephen 1	26
Barrie 2	25
Carl 1	25
Chris	25
David	25
Karen	25
Michael	25
Richard	25
Simon A	25
Simon L	25
Stu	25
Tom	25
Carl 2	2
Luca 1	1
Luca 2	1

It always seems that Shaun Deeb could win a tournament at any time, and here he has brought one in. So far as I'm aware, he has got to this stage of the Series without getting into a Twitter war with anyone, which is another achievement for him. Shaun is never one to underestimate his own ability, and he was true-to-form by informing us afterwards that he is targeting Hellmuth's record, and gives himself a couple of decades to do it. The way he turns up a size larger every year suggests that he also has a good chance of challenging Raymer's record in that timescale. Maybe he'll do both, so long as he retains his appetite for the game.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 03, 2021, 20:36:22 PM

Shaun Deeb (left) - hungry for more success.
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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 03, 2021, 20:37:16 PM

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 04, 2021, 01:01:20 AM

Event 54: $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed

Winner	Nicholas Julia
Runners	319
Paid	46
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Robert Mizrachi	6	8
Mike Matusow	9	1
Marco Johnson	12	1
John Racener	15	1
Adam Owen	42	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 2	9
Del	8
Jon	8
Carl 2	2
Jo 1	2
Barrie 2	1
Chris	1
Jo 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 1	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Simon L	1

Nick Julia, a web developer and IT VP from Arizona, held a massive lead going into the final day, with more than twice as many chips as the second-placed player. It was still a tough assignment with eight bracelet-holders among his sixteen opponents. Seven of them would fall before the final table, with two of them, Kenny Hsiung and Robert Mizrachi, going out on the same hand, but Mizrachi was assigned sixth place and a lot more points. Only three of the players eliminated from fifteenth to sixth place couldn't have put a bracelet on the table. One of them, tenth placed pro Matt Vengrin, has expressed his intention of winning 10 WSOP bracelets in his career and is currently just 10 short of completing his ambition.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 04, 2021, 02:24:55 AM

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 04, 2021, 02:33:44 AM

Event 55: $400 Colossus No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Anatoliy Zyrin
Runners	9399
Paid	1391
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Jon Turner	481	1
Ismael Bojang	633	1
Yueqi Zhu	842	1
Jeff Sluzinski	1364	1

Selector	Points
John 2	2
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
Jo 1	1

With nearly 10,000 entries to a $400 tournament, you don't expect to find bracelet-winners in the shake-up, but you'd be wrong. Brett Apter was 26th, Barbara Enright 25th and Carlos Chang 18th. Anatoliy Zyrin outlasted everyone, though, to win his second bracelet.
You might also not expect our selectors to find point-scorers in this event, but one of them found two!

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 05, 2021, 20:55:28 PM

You can't keep Chainsaw out of the news. He got irritated by a slow player and made a couple of dodgy tweets.
He has had plenty of feedback, generally supporting his stance on slow play, but split between those whose call him xenophobic and those who label this an overreaction.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/252375286_4708513582521520_2093739999216330980_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=9__2FUWbOasAX8mMRBo&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=feb204ebfbbd0f3335de983ce1898306&oe=61ABB2FB)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 05, 2021, 20:59:24 PM

Event 56: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship

Winner	Benjamin Yu
Runners	329
Paid	50
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Benjamin Yu	1	25
Nick Schulman	39	1
Ryan Laplante	40	1
Joao Vieira	41	1
Jeff Gross	44	1
Matas Cimbolas	47	1

Selector	Points
Rob	27
John 1	26
Barrie 1	25
Carl 2	25
Del	25
Gareth	25
Jo 1	25
Jo 2	25
Stephen 1	25
Chris	2
Carl 1	1
Jon	1
Luca 2	1
Simon A	1
Simon L	1

This was Ben's 10th cash of the Series, though only his second final table. Joanne "JJ" Liu, who was 13th, has also cashed 10 times, with just one final, but Jake Schwartz seems to be showing up in everything and this was his 12th cash, with an amazing five finals, finishing 2nd, 3rd twice, 5th and 7th.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 05, 2021, 22:39:00 PM

Ben Yu, who used to be a pro break-dancer, found time to show some of his favourite moves to runner-up Nikita Kuznetsov.

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/253821459_4710441358995409_1557323408167923498_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=2dn8GcIn19kAX9ZJkxr&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=f1ef6538d4f01d841b4e68b5cdcb2a65&oe=61ABA893)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 06, 2021, 00:38:08 AM

Event 57: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

Winner	Brian Yoon
Runners	80
Paid	14
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Joao Vieira	5	10
Brandon Shack-Harris	6	8
Dan Smith	9	1
Daniel Zack	12	1
Shaun Deeb	13	1
Mike Matusow	14	1

Selector	Points
Rob	11
Carl 1	10
Jo 2	10
Carl 2	9
Barrie 1	2
Chris	2
David	2
Gareth	2
John 1	2
Karen	2
Michael	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 2	1
Del	1
Derek	1
Jo 1	1
Jon	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Simon A	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 1	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

Brian Yoon won his fourth bracelet, and by far his cheapest one, worth only $240k. His previous wins have all been stonkers. He beat fields of 4,700 and 6,700 to win the Little Drop for One Drop for $664k and the Monster Stack for $1.094m, plus a $5k for $633. He has also cashed in five of the last nine Main Events, with most of them being very high finishes - 58th, 60th, 41st and 111th. Lately, he has veered towards 2-7, with three of his last four cashes coming in this game.

Wil Wilkinson, who finished third, is a No Limit 2-7 specialist, but has also cashed the Main Event five times, including being 17th, 25th and 51st. He only has 17 cashes in total, with five in MEs and seven in No Limit 2-7. Wil has no bracelet, but could been a name on everyone's lips if a few cards had landed differently, with finishes in 2nd, 3rd (x 3), 4th, 5th and 7th, with the 5th being in the $50k Players Championship.

Co-incidentally, Jordan Siegel in 7th has also cashed the Main Event four times.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 06, 2021, 01:57:37 AM

Event 58: $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Jean-Luc Adam
Runners	1893
Paid	285
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
-	-	-

Selector	Points
-	-

There is the Seniors, and then there is the Super Seniors, which is a whole different thing, with its own style of play, and dress, and finding your way back to your table after the toilet break.

Barry Greenstein, Ken Aldridge, Bill Klein and Jack McClelland all played, but the unquestioned star of the show was Doyle Brunson, who showed up for another last tournament. There weren't many well-known names in the cashes, though Sammy Farha and Dan Shak both finished in the top 100.

Jean-Luc Adam, who won the tournament, was late to the game of poker, being taught by his son a couple of years ago. He taught him too well, as they went to St. Maarten for a WSOP Circuit Series in 2019 and Jean-Luc won an event and a WSOP Circuit ring. His son Cedric won one as well less than a week later, but he was still beaten to it by Jean-Luc. Cedric finished 10th out of 2,778 in #33 (the Ran-Ran event) but Jean-Luc has outshone him once again.

We had no-one in the points.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/s94059e4f4f.jpg)
Jean-Luc Adam and his nipper

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 06, 2021, 02:02:30 AM

Sammy Farha finished Day 1 as one of the leaders, and ended up 66th, so clearly he can still play.
He wan't looking like the stereotypical Sammy we know though. He has changed hugely in appearance in just a few years.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/all_player_images/SammyFarha.JPG)(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/s02da817809.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 06, 2021, 02:47:46 AM

Also cashing in the Super Seniors was David Dao, the doctor who was assisted in leaving a plane a few years ago, after refusing to leave an overbooked flight as he was scheduled to open a hospital. He ended up with concussion, a broken nose, missing teeth and an undisclosed settlement rumoured to be nine figures. I'm planning to fly United Airlines whenever possible in the hope of a repeat incident.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 10, 2021, 01:42:17 AM

Event 59: $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Mike Ruter & Samy Dighlawi
Runners	641
Paid	97
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Buzgon	73	1

Selector	Points
Aneurin	1

It was interesting to see Nipun Java and Nikita Luther, 2017 and 2018 winners of the Tag Team, both from India, finishing near the top once again with new partners, with Nikita getting really close in 15th place.

Pro's were scarce in the results of this event, the most notable being the Xuan Liu / Melanie Weisner team that finished 18th.

Most interest in this event centred around the team that finished third, the father-daughter combo of David & Amanda Botfeld, the amateurs with no WSOP cashes who stole the show. While that much is true, Amanda is far from the poker innocent she has been painted. She has written a poker book A Girl's Guide to Poker, as well as several articles about poker on CardsChat https://www.cardschat.com/news/author/abotfeld/.

She is Senior Instructor & Curriculum Coordinator at Poker Power (aka Poker Powher) https://pokerpower.com/, "a community led by women for women with the primary goal of utilizing the game of poker to build confidence, challenge the status quo, learn strategy and assess risk". “It's really about teaching capital allocation, strategy, risk and giving women the practice and the time to build confidence at the table, because the poker table is like the boardroom table.” Poker Power's Advisory Board consists of Jennifer Shahade and none other than Xuan Liu and Melanie Weisner, so this event was a triumph for Poker Power and gave them all a chance to catch up and discuss fashion and hairstyles and stuff girls like.

(https://img.thriftbooks.com/api/images/s/8dbf72788c081ccd63d4b3fbfe6648832c8f1a40.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 10, 2021, 02:44:31 AM

Event 60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Winner	Daniel Cates
Runners	63
Paid	10
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Paul Volpe	3	15
Eli Elezra	4	12
Christopher Brewer	5	10
Matt Glantz	7	1
Nick Schulman	8	1
Daniel Negreanu	9	1

Selector	Points
Luca 1	16
Stephen 1	16
Simon A	15
Barrie 2	13
Luca 2	2
Nic	2
Rob	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Carl 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
Richard	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 2	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

The most prestigious event of the Series started with four players. It's a good job they showed up. 43 players had entered by the end of Day 1 and 39 went through, with Jake Schwartz and previous PPC Champion Matthew Ashton amongst the four casualties. Another 20 joined on Day 2 to make one of the smallest fields of the Series. A few players signed into their first event of the year, but reigning champ Phillip Hui wasn't amongst them and remains absent this year.

The biggest talking point was a fold made by Ryan Leng when the game was three-handed. He had check-called a bet on the Flop after hitting his A. He bet 600k on the river and then folded when Cates moved in for 300k more. Leng had the biggest stack at the time and was getting 11-1 on the call, but put Cates on two pair and folded. In fact, it seems that Cates didn't put Leng on an A, and was value-betting his K. Leng has been severely criticised, and has admitted that it was a mistake to fold, putting it down to tiredness caused by lack of physical fitness.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 12, 2021, 22:19:32 PM

Event 61: $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship

Winner	Cole Ferraro
Runners	3916
Paid	588
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
-	-	-

Selector	Points
-	-

Twenty-two-year-old Cole Ferraro had his first ever recorded cash in September, winning $4.7k for finishing 7th in a $400 tournament at the Wynn. He is now playing his first WSOP and it's going okay.

He started by winning $13k for a 58th-place finish out of 5,326 in the Millionaire Maker, but that was just for warm-ups. He then entered the $1k Freezeout, which attracted 1,358 entries, and two days later he was heads-up with the chip lead. Holding KK, he got Dalibor Dula all-in pre-flop with A5, and almost closed it but for an Ace on the River. Cole ended up as runner-up, banking $123k. He had a couple of small cashes since and now he's won the Deepstack against almost 4,000 players for a cool $252k.

A new star has been discovered, and he has the bucks to enter whatever he wants, though all his results so far have been in big field low buy-ins. Cole is near the top of the Player of the Year table and is heading the No Limit Hold'em Leaderboard. And he would have even more points and two bracelets if it wasn't for an unlucky River. Not a bad first Series.

588 players cashed in this and we didn't have any of them.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 13, 2021, 01:15:46 AM

Event 62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Winner	Kevin Gerhart
Runners	725
Paid	109
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Mike Matusow	25	1
Adam Owen	58	1
Robert Mizrachi	64	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 2	2
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Jo 1	1
Jon	1
Karen	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Simon L	1

A second bracelet of the Series for Kevin Gerhart, bringing him up to four in total. He has won at both ends, a $10k and a $1,500. This guy has more bracelets in him.

This was another close one for runner-up Dustin Dirksen, who was 4th in #49, the $10k NL2-7. In the past, he has been 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th and now he's had two more top-four results, but the bracelet is still getting away. Surely he'll get there sooner or later.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 13, 2021, 01:41:59 AM

Event 63: $500 Salute to Warriors No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Eric Zhang
Runners	1738
Paid	261
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Jeff Sluzinski	81	1

Selector	Points
Chris	1

Another first-Series player wins a bracelet.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 13, 2021, 12:29:36 PM

Event 64: $5,000 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha

Winner	Eelis Pärssinen
Runners	579
Paid	87
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Dan Smith	15	1
Daniel Zack	18	1
John Racener	46	1
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	57	1
AP Louis Garza	62	1
Yueqi Zhu	66	1
Erik Seidel	70	1

Selector	Points
Barrie 1	2
Carl 2	2
David	2
Jo 2	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 2	1
Carl 1	1
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
John 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 1	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Stu	1

This was a rare visit to live poker for Eelis Pärssinen. All you high-stakes online PLO regs will know that EEE27 is a two-time Supernova Elite who has been hugely successful at the highest stakes and was the biggest winner in PLO cash games on PokerStars in 2018-2019. In 2020, he won the online EPT Super High Roller for $540k and recorded five top-3 finishes in five days in Party's PLO Poker Masters, including winning the Super High Holler for $440k. He also has plenty of NLHE results, including taking down the FTOPS Main Event. We probably won't see him again for a while.

His heads-up opponent, Noah Bronstein, has been 4th three times and 3rd three times in bracelet events, but never higher, so it was a step forward to record his first 2nd place. It's nice to see a player making progress.

You can tell the Main Event was coming up after this, with previous ME stars, who haven't been around much this year, showing up in the cashes, including Hossein Ensan, Cliff Josephy and Chino Rheem.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 13, 2021, 12:54:15 PM

Event 65: $1,000 Mini Main Event No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Georgios Sotiropoulos
Runners	3823
Paid	574
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Ismael Bojang	106	1
Daniel Buzgon	156	1

Selector	Points
Aneurin	1
Carl 2	1

This was a third bracelet for Sotiropoulos, but a first "proper" one, with the others being for a WSOPE and an online.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 13, 2021, 15:01:06 PM

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.

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

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 14, 2021, 01:33:24 AM

Event 66: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Winner	Josh Arieh
Runners	194
Paid	32
Final 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.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s68b6b4ae08.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/sa0dd5c5392.jpg)(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s4d7c3fe8c5.jpg)
Did Josh Arieh get confused in the heat of the moment?

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 14, 2021, 13:10:41 PM

Event 69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Winner	Jermaine Reid
Runners	372
Paid	56
Final 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.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/ImageStore/__Selected/s5440360e48.jpg)
E-Tay on the FT

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 14, 2021, 18:07:34 PM

Event 68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Scott Ball
Runners	3797
Paid	568
Final 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.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 14, 2021, 18:49:53 PM

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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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 15, 2021, 08:21:54 AM

Event 71: $1,500 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed

Winner	Mourad Amokrane
Runners	860
Paid	129
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Jeff Gross	7	6
Joao Vieira	74	1
Dario Sammartino	89	1
Calvin Anderson	95	1
Shannon Shorr	99	1

Selector	Points
Chris	6
Luca 2	2
Luca 1	1
Rob	1
Stu	1

Mourad Amokrane is a French optician who played this because he failed to satellite into the Main. Matt Mamiya, an architectural designer from Seattle, had an opportunity for a glorious comeback, starting heads-up with 350,000 chips against Amokrane's 21,150,000, ie a 60-1 deficit. He failed to give us a dramatic story, however, losing the rest in the first hand.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 19, 2021, 23:19:45 PM

Event 72: $1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha

Winner	Motoyoshi Okamura
Runners	846
Paid	126
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Ryan Laplante	35	1
Manig Loeser	45	1
Joao Vieira	50	1
Daniel Buzgon	84	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	86	1
Robert Mizrachi	91	1

Selector	Points
Carl 1	2
Jon	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 2	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Jo 2	1
John 2	1
Rob	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 2	1

Motoyoshi Okamura had no previous recorded live cashes, apart from a small score in the Colossus, so it seemed a bit odd to see that he had taken on the killers in the Aria High Rollers last week and came 2nd and 4th, beating the likes of Chidwick, Sam Soverel, Alex Foxen, Eelis Pärssinen and Juan Pardo Dominguez. It turns out that Okamura is none other than falcon8808, WPT Online title-winner.

Main Event finalist Jerry Wong had to be satisfied with being a November Tenner this time, falling just before the final table.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 20, 2021, 16:43:19 PM

Event 70: $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em

Winner	David Moses
Runners	5252
Paid	735
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Ismael Bojang	101	1
Landon Tice	130	1
Vanessa Kade	296	1
Benjamin Yu	402	1
Daniel Buzgon	549	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 1	1
Chris	1
Del	1
Gareth	1
Jo 1	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Rob	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 1	1

David Moses isn't your typical amateur player. He is a big winner on Global Poker with a huge ROI. Yet he is playing on a site that he claims is severely rigged, but he knows the rigs and has posted them repeatedly on forums. Probably the worst one is that losing players will lose more slowly on that site, resulting in an increased amount of their loss going in rake, which should be going to winning players.

There are quite a few in-game rigs - one interesting one is to fold KK pre if it's within three hands before or after a break as AA is nearly always there. He also says to avoid playing there on Sunday as that's when they feed the fish. I've no idea whether what he says is true - he plays as rUeTaMa (spell it backwards), so you can check him out if you want.

Runner-up Sejin Park has the knack against big fields. In 2019 he beat a field of over 13,000 to win The Colossus, so getting to heads-up from a field of over 5,200 is nothing to him, but he couldn't close it out this time.

And what an achievement by Leonid Yanovski, who was 4th in #72 and 5th in this, despite them both starting on the same day. Leonid finished his business on the final day of #72 at 5.30pm, and jumped into the third Day 1 of this, which had begun at noon, and ended the day with the 4th largest stack of 100 survivors from the day's 2,241 entrants.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 20, 2021, 17:09:13 PM

David (rUeTaMa) Moses became known as 'The Global Grinch' due to his unhappiness with the site, and then adopted the persona.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 20, 2021, 17:50:32 PM

Event 73: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Winner	Brian Hastings
Runners	144
Paid	22
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Brian Hastings	1	25
Scott Seiver	4	12
Marco Johnson	5	10
John Monnette	6	8
Erik Seidel	7	6
Shaun Deeb	13	1
Adam Owen	19	1
Eli Elezra	22	1

Selector	Points
Karen	32
Carl 2	26
Del	26
Jo 1	20
Jon	13
Luca 1	12
Luca 2	12
Stephen 1	9
David	7
Michael	7
Nic	6
Barrie 2	2
Simon L	2
Barrie 1	1
Carl 1	1
Chris	1
Derek	1
Gareth	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
Richard	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1
Stephen 2	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

Brian Hastings has done nothing this Series - just a couple of small cashes. And then, Kazaam!, another bracelet. Like him or not, and a lot don't, he's got the goods when it comes to poker, and he joins the ever-expanding five-bracelet club by beating one of the strongest fields imaginable.Top points for Karen.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 20, 2021, 18:18:15 PM

Hastings is oblivious to almost impaling his hot AF wife, Miami-based ex poker dealer Sonya, at the WSOP.

"What was it that first attracted you to the millionaire Brian Hastings?"


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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 20, 2021, 21:14:40 PM

Event 74: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event

Winner	Denis Strebkov
Runners	212
Paid	32
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Jon Turner	10	1
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	20	1
John Racener	24	1
Max Pescatori	26	1

Selector	Points
Aneurin	1
Barrie 2	1
Carl 2	1
Jo 2	1
John 2	1
Luca 1	1
Stu	1

Denis Strebkov is none other than aDrENalin710, the greatest player in WCOOP history with nine titles.  This is his second bracelet - he won Event #87 at the end of the 2019 Series and this is his first cash this year, so his record shows successive firsts. ME finalist Jerry Wong followed tenth in #72 with second in this.

Scott Bohlmann won this event in 2018, was 8th in it in 2019 and 9th this year, so it looks like he's on the slide.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 21, 2021, 03:13:38 AM

Event 75: $1,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Chad Himmelspach
Runners	1191
Paid	177
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Joao Vieira	34	1
Harry Lodge	146	1

Selector	Points
Michael	1
Rob	1
Simon A	1

Chad Himmelspach had a bad time on Day 1 and was down to one BB near the end, though he managed to increase this to 9BB to finish the day 107th out of 118.
Day 2 was completely different, and he multiplied his stack from 89,000 to 4 million, to sit 4/8 going into the final day.
Day 3 was even better.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 21, 2021, 17:21:37 PM

Event 76: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Romain Lewis
Runners	307
Paid	47
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Stephen Chidwick	3	15
Dario Sammartino	6	8
Daniel Buzgon	16	1
Almedin Imsirovic	22	1

Selector	Points
Luca 2	23
Aneurin	16
Richard	16
Simon A	16
Barrie 1	15
Carl 2	15
David	15
Gareth	15
Jon	15
Stephen 1	15
Stephen 2	15
Tom	15
Luca 1	8
Del	1
Derek	1
Jo 1	1
John 1	1
Simon L	1
Stu	1

Romain Lewis finally gets his bracelet! In 2018 Romain was 2nd twice and 3rd twice, so it was extra sweet for him to nail this win against a top field. The French provided one of the noisiest rails so far for the 'Champion du Monde'.
2019 Main Event runner-up Dario finally kicked in a few points and it was good to see Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who has been quiet for a couple of years, back on a final table.
It was a miss for Jo as others picked up points. The beginning of the crumble?

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 21, 2021, 17:58:58 PM

Event 77: $1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Paulo Joanello
Runners	1501
Paid	226
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Ismael Bojang	74	1
Joao Vieira	224	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	1
Rob	1

Joanello's Brazilian rail was as noisy as the French one, but there weren't many points here for us.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 21, 2021, 19:05:30 PM

Event 78: $10,000 Razz Championship

Winner	Benny Glaser
Runners	109
Paid	17
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Benny Glaser	1	25
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	3	15
John Monnette	5	10
Erik Seidel	7	6
Phil Hellmuth Jr	8	4
John Racener	14	1
David Benyamine	15	1

Selector	Points
Stephen 1	39
Nic	35
Barrie 2	30
Jo 2	30
Aneurin	29
Del	29
Carl 1	25
Gareth	25
Stu	19
Jo 1	14
David	10
Karen	10
Michael	10
Derek	5
Chris	4
John 2	4
Jon	4
Luca 2	4
Richard	4
Rob	4
Simon L	4
Stephen 2	4
Tom	4
Carl 2	1
Luca 1	1

Benny sometimes seems to have an untouchable quality, as he frequently runs up a huge stack. He used to convert that into a win quite easily, though the ability to close seemed to have deserted him, and it was five years since his last bracelet, despite numerous finals and top three finishes. In this Series, he has clocked up 2nd, 3rd and 9th places, which were disappointments, as he had big leads in them all. Now he has done it, and collected his 4th bracelet.
The points are starting to flow now. Can Jo hold Stephen off?


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Glaser's heads-up opponent, Everett Carlton, was taking Covid seriously.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 22, 2021, 01:22:01 AM

11th place in the $10k Razz went to Shirley Rosario.
Shirley's other pastime is rollerball, so would you prefer a shot of her with the poker players or the rollerballers?
Don't answer. Here's the photo. Shirley is centre, looking back.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/41546854/1403170283/600x200)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 22, 2021, 02:04:20 AM

Event 79: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Ole Schemion
Runners	468
Paid	71
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Yueqi Zhu	18	1
Joao Vieira	36	1

Selector	Points
Barrie 1	1
Jo 1	1
John 2	1
Rob	1

There was a time when Schemion used to get quite a few picks from our selectors, but those days are long gone, as he never repaid them. Well here he is now, and no-one has picked him.

Vieira seems to be on every results list. He cashed in five of the nine tournaments from #71 to #79 - unfortunately they were all quite lowly results, so all that effort generated a total of just five points.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 22, 2021, 21:00:16 PM

Event 80: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Winner	Robert Cowen
Runners	496
Paid	74
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Mike Matusow	7	1
Brian Hastings	28	1
Benjamin Yu	30	1
Daniel Negreanu	50	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	3
Del	3
Karen	3
Barrie 1	2
Chris	2
Gareth	2
Jo 1	2
Jo 2	2
Nic	2
Rob	2
Stephen 1	2
Aneurin	1
Barrie 2	1
David	1
Derek	1
John 1	1
Jon	1
Luca 1	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Richard	1
Simon L	1
Stephen 2	1
Stu	1
Tom	1

It was Brit against Brit as the Robert Cowen from Swansea and Robert Emmerson from Middlesborough went head to head. Cowen had come straight from finishing 39th in the Main Event, his third cash in that tournament, while Emmerson is an online pro with hardly any live cashes, his only four-figure score being £2,600 for coming 47th at DTD.

Uri Reichenstein kicked up a storming end to the Series with two six-digit results for 4th in #76 and 3rd in this - so close to winning two bracelets in short order.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 22, 2021, 21:50:12 PM

Event 67: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event

Winner	Koray Aldemir
Runners	6650
Paid	1000
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Chance Kornuth	16	1
Nick Petrangelo	45	1
Jeffrey Trudeau Jr	49	1
Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	81	1
Stephen Chidwick	89	1
Jason Koon	194	1
Bertrand Grospellier	312	1
Benjamin Yu	327	1
Chris Moorman	432	1
Mike Matusow	503	1
Christoph Vogelsang	604	1
Chad Eveslage	667	1
Yueqi Zhu	697	1
Robert Mizrachi	718	1
Randy Ohel	789	1
Adam Owen	882	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	4
Barrie 1	3
Gareth	3
Jo 1	3
Stephen 1	3
Stephen 2	3
Stu	3
David	2
Del	2
Jon	2
Simon A	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 1	1
Chris	1
Jo 2	1
John 1	1
John 2	1
Karen	1
Luca 2	1
Michael	1
Nic	1
Richard	1
Rob	1
Simon L	1
Tom	1

I'm not going to go deep into the Main here. A lot has been said elsewhere. There were a couple of odd hands that fell into the winner's lap, one being when Alejandro Lococo, sitting in second place, donated his entire stack to the leader and the other being the final hand, which George Holmes played very strangely. The heads-up between Aldemir and Holmes divided watchers into those who wanted a 'proper' poker pro to win, no matter how boring, and those who fancied a rec taking it down for the story that would result and the effect that might have on the poker masses and the general population. The pro won so, despite winning the rec winning $4.3m, there isn't a story.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 22, 2021, 22:48:01 PM

Event 81: $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

Winner	Jason Wheeler
Runners	1921
Paid	289
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Harry Lodge	104	1
Chance Kornuth	210	1

Selector	Points
Carl 2	1
Michael	1
Simon A	1

Jason Wheeler has had dozens of big results, but no bracelet til now, so that's nice for him. There were some bracelet and ring winners on the final, but not many big names in the money, and hardly any points.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 22, 2021, 23:43:41 PM

Event 82: $250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Adrian Mateos
Runners	33
Paid	5
Final Table	5

Player	Position	Points
-	-	-

Selector	Points
-	-

$250k buy-in. 33 entrants. 5 ITM, with three of them receiving over $1m. Mateos got $3.2m, Ben Heath got $2m for 2nd and No 3 got $1.4m. Maybe it's just me, but I can't see the point of such a tournament.

None of our guys cashed.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 23, 2021, 01:49:45 AM

Event 83: $1,500 The Closer No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Leo Margets
Runners	1054
Paid	274
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Chris Moorman	8	4
Landon Tice	33	1
Shannon Shorr	71	1
Yueqi Zhu	72	1
Chance Kornuth	77	1
Manig Loeser	259	1

Selector	Points
John 2	2
Barrie 1	1
Carl 2	1
Jo 1	1
Stu	1

There it is, at last! Just when it seemed that there wouldn't be any femaie winners this year outside the W-Only, Leo Margets shows her worth and wraps up one of the last events. Cherish Andrews was 6th, losing unluckily with A3 against QQ on a board of A533Q and Melanie Weisner was 17th.

(https://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/__Selected/s1ad1b461a4.jpg)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 23, 2021, 02:26:45 AM

Event 84: $50,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha

Winner	Jeremy Ausmus
Runners	85
Paid	13
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Phil Hellmuth Jr	2	18
Daniel Negreanu	3	15
Scott Seiver	10	1
Shaun Deeb	11	1

Selector	Points
Jon	35
Barrie 2	34
Chris	34
David	34
Del	34
Derek	34
Jo 1	34
Jo 2	34
Karen	34
Luca 2	34
Richard	34
Rob	34
Simon L	34
Stephen 1	34
Stu	34
Tom	34
Aneurin	33
Nic	33
Stephen 2	33
Michael	19
John 2	18
Barrie 1	16
Gareth	16
Luca 1	16
Carl 2	15
Carl 1	1
John 1	1
Simon A	1

This was almost the heads-up that a lot of people would have cherished. Could Phil go all the way and bank another bracelet, and catch up in POY? It was his third heads-up this year, but it didn't quite come off, though he did set another record, this time for the most final tables ever in a Series. Ausmus won his second bracelet, having taken #3 a lifetime ago.

Negreanu got close once again but the bracelet drought continues. It's now eight years since he won one of any kind, and thirteen years since he won one in Vegas. Will he ever win one again? He does still get opportunities, so maybe there's still a chance.

I think this was our highest-scoring event ever. We have had multiple finalists before, but I don't think they have ever been on so many teams. A lot of points were scored by a lot of people, but almost everyone picked up roughly the same total, so there was little effect on the race.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 23, 2021, 02:27:32 AM

A mini-outbreak of Covid caused some previously unmasked players to mask up.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 23, 2021, 02:43:31 AM

Event 85: $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Mikita Badziakouski
Runners	113
Paid	17
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Daniel Negreanu	3	15
Jason Koon	4	12
Stephen Chidwick	5	10
Almedin Imsirovic	6	8
Joao Vieira	8	4
Christoph Vogelsang	12	1
Shaun Deeb	16	1

Selector	Points
David	38
Stu	36
Richard	34
Simon A	31
Barrie 1	26
Gareth	26
Jon	26
Stephen 1	26
Tom	26
Aneurin	25
Carl 2	25
Luca 2	25
Stephen 2	25
Del	24
Derek	24
Jo 1	24
Simon L	24
Rob	20
Barrie 2	16
Chris	16
Jo 2	16
Karen	16
Luca 1	15
Nic	15
John 1	9
Carl 1	1
Michael	1

Negreanu again! If he had done this sooner, he would have been a contender for POY.

Badziakouski had a 5th place earlier, but this is better, though he claims that he's not really bothered about the bracelet - he just wants to win HRs. Hmmmm, I always doubt people who claim things like this.  Ren Lin had a 3rd place earlier, and now a 2nd. The bracelet will have to wait.

Stephen's result here moves him ahead of Jo by ONE POINT.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 23, 2021, 02:58:34 AM

Event 86: $1,000 Super Turbo No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Michael McCauley
Runners	1025
Paid	153
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Benjamin Yu	26	1
Shannon Shorr	30	1
Yueqi Zhu	64	1
Anthony Zinno	87	1
Landon Tice	130	1

Selector	Points
Jo 1	3
Barrie 1	2
Gareth	2
Jo 2	2
John 1	2
Stephen 1	2
Carl 2	1
Del	1
John 2	1
Rob	1
Stephen 2	1
Stu	1

That's Played 1, Won 1 for McCauley, who was playing his first ever WSOP event.

It's Jo2 and Stephen1 who are the contenders, and they scored the same points in this, so no change at the top. Jo needs to pick up at least a point or two in the final two tournaments.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 26, 2021, 00:51:39 AM

Event 87: $100,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Michael Addamo
Runners	64
Paid	10
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Michael Addamo	1	25
Sam Soverel	3	15
Sean Perry	4	12
Mikita Badziakouski	8	4

Selector	Points
Aneurin	25
Barrie 2	25
Derek	25
John 1	25
Michael	25
Nic	25
Stu	25
Tom	25
Richard	15
Simon A	15
Simon L	12
Barrie 1	4

Addamo's extraordinary playing style continues to pay off. He continually provokes huge pots, even when he doesn't have hands. His high-risk play often leads to him having unbelievable stacks that are multiples of everyone else. It happened earlier in the Series and it happened again here. It is dependent on him winning pots when he is called and, not to put too fine a point on it, he sucked out something rotten time after time in this tournament. Still, his style has resulted in him winning numerous high rollers and four bracelets, two of them this year. There were points here for lots of our selectors, including 4 for Barrie with Badziwhatsit, but none for our leaders, so the field closes up.

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 26, 2021, 01:31:46 AM

Event #87 was a fashion bonanza, demonstrating once again how poker players' avant-garde styles lead the world when it comes to in-vogue clothing.

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Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 26, 2021, 02:28:41 AM

Event 88: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

Winner	Boris Kolev
Runners	531
Paid	80
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Benjamin Yu	10	1
Shaun Deeb	12	1
Joao Vieira	19	1
Faraz Jaka	59	1
Phil Hellmuth Jr	62	1

Selector	Points
Rob	4
Del	3
Jo 1	3
Jo 2	3
Stephen 1	3
Barrie 1	2
Barrie 2	2
Chris	2
David	2
Derek	2
Gareth	2
John 1	2
Jon	2
Karen	2
Michael	2
Richard	2
Simon A	2
Simon L	2
Stu	2
Tom	2
Aneurin	1
Carl 1	1
Carl 2	1
John 2	1
Luca 2	1
Nic	1
Stephen 2	1

Nice for Kolev to win the final event but what a performance by Uri Reichenstein to come 2nd of 531, on top of 4th of 307 in #76 and 3rd of 496 in #80. Three top-four results in a week, but what a shame he didn't get a win. Still, the $575k winnings, plus another $100k from some of the other tournaments, should help him to get over it.

Not many points here for our selectors, so who has won?

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 27, 2021, 00:08:05 AM

We have a result!

(https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/261215727_4777926885580189_413054611572541188_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=DSTWo9nisGQAX-YF7kL&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=c95e18eb12151362372433f319fd11ad&oe=61A6622E)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 27, 2021, 00:11:15 AM

Jo Harris is our Champion. She led the field for a long time, and managed to hold on despite a strong challenge from Stephen Jennison near the end. Well done too to Jo Harris, who finished third.

(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/261336058_4778366792202865_59827027012394614_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=K_5nQ3JFjH8AX8itXgc&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=aec2332a91b13e1e2d1206989afb4a41&oe=61A58A2D)

Title: Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
Post by: MintTrav on November 27, 2021, 00:13:27 AM

What makes a great team? Jo, Stephen and Jo had five players in common, Zinno, Yu, Negreanu, Hellmuth and Deeb, all of whom scored highly, so the competition revolved around their other selections.

Jo and Stephen also shared Glaser, while Stephen and Jo had Monnette in common. Jo has been a big fan of Shack-Harris and Vitch, selecting them every year, always picking up points that no-one else has. She combined them with Racener and Zack to complete a winning team where the lowest scorer added 25 points.

Chidwick brought plenty of points for Stephen, but Volpe and Eveslage let him down a bit, particularly Eveslage who only scored another 4 points after being substituted in after 10 events.

Jo was some way behind the big two, her other players being Imsirovic (Jr), Owen, Johnson and Zhu, of whom only Johnson justified his place.


(https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/261334373_4778335845539293_7501797741995942291_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=S1B36ZkiBqsAX_JIxkH&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=81021740370c59c4ec4058c611dc28ef&oe=61A6F977)