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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #45 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #46 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #47 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #48 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.

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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #49 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #50 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?
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #51 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                  
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #52 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.



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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #53 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #54 on: October 23, 2021, 10:56:23 AM »
Hellmuth, Schwartz and Porter enjoying the game.



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« Reply #55 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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« Reply #56 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.
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« Reply #57 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #58 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.
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Re: 2021 APAT WSOP Fantasy League
« Reply #59 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.
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