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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.


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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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General Discussion / Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Last 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.
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