2016 WSOP Fantasy Game & Staker

[MintTrav]

#17 and #18 currently heads-up, #19 down to thirteen players and #20 down to the last ten.

Loads of results and points later.

The leaderboard after #16 stands at:

Selector	Points
Luca	123
Barrie	102
Carl	94
Steve	86
Richard	74
Glenn	71
Craig	68
Chris	64
Paul	59
Tom F	56
Karen	54
Simon B	54
John	54
Neil	51
Suzanne	48
Simon L	46
Paxo	45
Dann	42
Adam	29
IrishTom	18

[fandango]

#17 and #18 currently heads-up, #19 down to thirteen players and #20 down to the last ten.

Loads of results and points later.

The leaderboard after #16 stands at:

Selector	Points
Luca	123
Barrie	102
Carl	94
Steve	86
Richard	74
Glenn	71
Craig	68
Chris	64
Paul	59
Tom F	56
Karen	54
Simon B	54
John	54
Neil	51
Suzanne	48
Simon L	46
Paxo	45
Dann	42
Adam	29
IrishTom	18

Great work John.. I must say I prefer the new scoring system as it only takes a result or 2 to completely change the state of running. Will hold the interest of those who perhaps are 20-30 points adrift of top spot.

In other news I"m top of the blonde fantasy poker game #thin..

[cuzza23]

#17 and #18 currently heads-up, #19 down to thirteen players and #20 down to the last ten.

Loads of results and points later.

The leaderboard after #16 stands at:

Selector	Points
Luca	123
Barrie	102
Carl	94
Steve	86
Richard	74
Glenn	71
Craig	68
Chris	64
Paul	59
Tom F	56
Karen	54
Simon B	54
John	54
Neil	51
Suzanne	48
Simon L	46
Paxo	45
Dann	42
Adam	29
IrishTom	18

Great work John.. I must say I prefer the new scoring system as it only takes a result or 2 to completely change the state of running. Will hold the interest of those who perhaps are 20-30 points adrift of top spot.

In other news I"m top of the blonde fantasy poker game #thin..

Does this include any points scored  from event number 1 and the collosus John?

[MintTrav]

Does this include any points scored  from event number 1 and the collosus John?

I couldn"t see anyone in #1. Do you have someone in mind?

The Colossus - yes, I really must check that one some time..........

[MintTrav]

Event 17: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Runners	2242
Paid	337
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
David Stones	37
Craig McCorkell	98	1

Selector	Points
Paxo	1

Another point for McCorkell and Paxo. Paxo always backs McCorkell, due to the Portsmouth connection. Together, they are trying to win this competition one point at a time. Such a pity there only 69 events.

Here"s an odd thing - both of the heads-up players made their first ever WSOP cashes today.

In fact:
The winner made his first WSOP cash today.
The second-placed player made his first WSOP cash today.
The fourth player made his first WSOP cash today.
The sixth player made his second (cashed in this event two years ago).
The seventh-placed player made his first ever WSOP cash today.

This is the winner, Chase Bianchi.
There might be creatures living in that beard.
Chase is 28 years old. Why do young men grow unattractive long beards like this? Why? Why?

[PokerPax]

Event 17: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Runners	2242
Paid	337
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
David Stones	37
Craig McCorkell	98	1

Selector	Points
Paxo	1

Another point for McCorkell and Paxo. Paxo always backs McCorkell, due to the Portsmouth connection. Together, they are trying to win this competition one point at a time. Such a pity there only 69 events.

Here"s an odd thing - both of the heads-up players made their first ever WSOP cashes today.

In fact:
The winner made his first WSOP cash today.
The second-placed player made his first WSOP cash today.
The fourth player made his first WSOP cash today.
The sixth player made his second (cashed in this event two years ago).
The seventh-placed player made his first ever WSOP cash today.

This is the winner, Chase Bianchi.
There might be creatures living in that beard.
Chase is 28 years old. Why do young men grow unattractive long beards like this? Why? Why?

Craig is going to hit another bracelet soon, I"m sure of it, one day, in the not too distant future. Maybe event 21, maybe in 3 years time, but yeah, one day  

[MintTrav]

Event 18: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Runners	400
Paid	60
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Adam Owen	20	1
Brock Parker	24	1
Daniel Idema	33	1
Justin Bonomo	24	1
Phil Hellmuth	45	1
Mike Leah	55	1

Selector	Points
Dann	2
Glenn	2
Luca	2
Barrie	2
Richard	2
Chris	2
Karen	2
Steve	1
Paul	1
Tom F	1
Simon B	1
Suzanne	1
Simon L	1
Paxo	1

Marco Johnson won his second bracelet to take his WSOP winnings close to $2m.

But the big name on the final table was Chino Rheem, cashing the Series for the twelfth year in a row. One of the most controversial players in poker, but also one of the best. He has final-tabled the WSOP Main Event and four times he has won over a million dollars in poker tournaments. His total tournament winnings in twelve years amount to over $8m. Yet he is continually broke, borrowing from other players and repeatedly being accused of scamming by not paying them back, usually by claiming that he doesn"t have it. When he won his second WPT title in 2013, he collected $1.1m, and it wasn"t enough to clear his debts. He won yet another WPT title two months ago for $750k, which has probably all been accounted for, so the $21k he gets for this tournament will have little impact on his continual battle against going broke.



He was involved in a bizarre situation on the final table: "Rheem has about 100,000 chips committed to the pot heading to sixth street against Talarico. Talarico bets sixth street, and Rheem raises. Talarico calls. Talarico bets on seventh street, Rheem raises, and Talarico raises back. Rheem only has 4,000 chips behind at this point. Some confusion occurs, and Talarico exposes his down cards prematurely. Rheem says, "wait, I haven"t called." After Rheem sees Talarico"s hand, he folds and leaves himself with only 4,000."


British player Gerald Ringe (a bracelet-winner last year) finishes third and stands out from the scruffy crowd.

[MintTrav]

STAKER - WSOP #18 $3,000 HORSE

Staker	Stake	Winnings	Profit
John Murray	£2,088	£4,594	£2,506
Matt Dale	£2,088	£3,536	£1,448
Gianluca Ragusi	£2,088	£3,536	£1,448
Tom Feilding	£2,088	£3,536	£1,448
Barrie Cullen	£2,088	£3,313	£1,225
Sandy Drennan	£2,088	£2,730	£   642
Des Duffy	£   208	£   354	£   146

Some familiar names pop up in today"s Staker winners. I went for Eli Elezra, who came good for me, supported by Robert Mizrachi. Barrie put his whole stake on Mizrachi. Sandy had a piece of him too, and also had Hellmuth and Idema, who also both cashed. Everyone else who won did so purely by putting the lot on Hellmuth. Phil finally scored a cash in the HORSE, so maybe it"s the turning point for him.

The most creative staker was Ian Witt, who split his stake across thirty players. He had several cashes, but didn"t hit the big one yet.

[MintTrav]

Event 19: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Runners	1106
Paid	166
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Dan Shak	11	1
Ismael Bojang	65	1
George Danzer	104	1
Brian Yates	142

Selector	Points
Simon L	2
Chris	2
Richard	1
Simon B	1
Luca	1
Carl	1
Steve	1
Craig	1

[MintTrav]

Event #20, the $10k Razz is reaching a climax. Only 15 cashing and Hellmuth, Deeb and Pescatori have already cashed for us and just about everyone else who has cashed is a perennial casher. The tournament is down to the last five players, and there is a familiar look to it - Mercier is chip-leader and Hastings is still there, though short-stacked.

Less than 100 left in #21, the $3k 6 Max. Holz and Negreanu are top ten and Kelly and Polk (he"s alive) are still going for us. There may be others, as only half the remaining field is listed.

There are 101 players still in #22, $1,500 Limit. Zinno is third, Michael Mizrachi and Idema are highly-placed, while Chidwick and Watson are middle of the pack.

[MintTrav]

So who should you be staking in the WSOP and elsewhere?

Who is being staked the most?  Who are the most profitable players to stake?

I just happen to have that information:


STAKER - The Most Staked Players

	Player	Stakes
1	Phil Hellmuth Jr	£212,617
2	Daniel Negreanu	£145,046
3	Stephen Chidwick	£  78,462
4	George Danzer	£  66,472
5	Jason Mercier	£  66,235
6	Max Pescatori	£  53,112
7	Adam Owen	£  41,944
8	Robert Mizrachi	£  38,533
9	David Benyamine	£  36,837
10	Paul Volpe	£  34,356
11	Jeff Lisandro	£  31,966
12	Erik Seidel	£  30,183
13	Brian Hastings	£  28,764
14	Sam Trickett	£  27,827
15	Eli Elezra	£  27,015
16	Dzmitry Urbanovich	£  24,525
17	Phil Ivey	£  24,512
18	Phil Galfond	£  24,278
19	David Chiu	£  23,867
20	Fedor Holz	£  21,217
21	Mike Leah	£  20,363
22	Justin Bonomo	£  19,972
23	Simon Deadman	£  19,485
24	Michael Mizrachi	£  18,018
25	Jake Cody	£  17,535

STAKER - The Most Profitable Players

	Player	Profit
1	Jason Mercier	£183,945
2	Olivier Busquet	£107,297
3	Matt Grapenthien	£  33,587
4	Stephen Chidwick	£  30,314
5	John Edward Monnette	£    6,310
6	Ted Forrest	£    5,867
7	Sylvia Hewitt	£    5,575
8	Adrian Mateos	£    5,080
9	Enzo Del Piero	£    5,000
10	James Obst	£    3,195
11	Miikka Toikka	£    3,084
12	Neil Strike	£    2,975
13	Chin Koh	£    2,807
14	Matt Marafioti	£    1,870
15	Craig McCorkell	£    1,856
16	Marc Macdonnell	£    1,748
17	Antoine Saout	£    1,526
18	Will Jones	£    1,482
19	Shaun Deeb	£    1,456
20	Antonio Esfandiari	£       971
21	Joe Laming	£       898
22	John Murray	£       823
23	Loni Harwood	£       615
24	Daniel Idema	£       561
25	Chris Moorman	£       554

The profit shown is winnings minus amounts staked.

[MintTrav]

STAKER - WSOP #14 $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em

Staker	Stake	Winnings	Profit
Roddy Farmer	£1,040	£15,623	£14,583
Richard Prew	£1,044	£  6,269	£  5,225
Szymon Szczupak	£1,044	£  3,524	£  2,480
Ross Freeman	£   744	£  2,874	£  2,130
Matthew Whiting	£   400	£     591	£     191
Del Watson	£1,044	£  1,155	£     111
Rob Swindells	£1,044	£  1,139	£       95
Luca Cannella	£   150	£     159	£         9

It"s British Day! Stakers had lots of nice wins in the Millionaire Maker, and they almost all came from backing British players, with Simon Deadman, Tom Middleton and Max Silver all finishing high and being responsible for the results of the top four stakers.
Roddy, Richard, Szymon and Ross all got their wins from various combinations of these players. Roddy split his stake 50/50 between Deadman and Middleton, who both returned a good result, with Deadman"s high finish contributing the lion"s share.
Rob"s result came from another British player, Patrick Leonard.

[MintTrav]

STAKER NEWS

The following events have been added to Staker:

Event #32: $10k Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship

Event #34: $1.5k 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)

Event #35: $5k No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed

Event #38: $3k Limit Hold'em 6-Handed


Time to get staking. Staking ahead means not having to worry about deadlines.

[MintTrav]

STAKER NEWS

The following event have been added to Staker and is available for staking from now:

Event #68: $10k No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship

A £250 cash prize has been added for the most profitable staker at the WSOP Main Event.

[MintTrav]

Event 20: $10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship

Runners	100
Paid	15
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Jason Mercier	2	18
Brian Hastings	4	12
Max Pescatori	9	1
Shaun Deeb	14	1
Phil Hellmuth	15	1

Selector	Points
Carl	31
Barrie	31
Tom F	31
Steve	31
Paul	19
Karen	19
Dann	19
Glenn	19
Simon B	19
John	19
Suzanne	18
Paxo	18
Luca	18
Neil	18
Craig	18
Chris	13
Adam	2
Richard	1

The Razz was a cracker, with loads of the usual suspects finishing near the top. As well as those named above, regular cashers and finalists Yueqi Zhu, John Racener, Bart Hanson, Robert Mizrachi, Scott Abrams, Matt Grapenthien and Max Kruse also figured in the shake-up. Zhu, who finished third, was also second in the Dealers Choice and has now cashed five times this year (so far). Even Australian Robert Campbell, who only has five WSOP cashes, has reached the final table in three of them, all mixed events.

In the end, it was mostly about Mercier. Long-time chip-leader, it seemed inevitable that he would win another bracelet, his second in three days. But it didn"t happen. He got to heads-up, but Ray Dehkharghani hung tough and managed to take the win.

As nearly everyone has Mercier, there was little impact on our competition, other than for the five who don"t.