2016 WSOP Fantasy Game & Staker

[cuzza23]

Luca was the only one of the leaders to score well and, having been almost caught, has moved ahead again:

After 40 Events:

Selector	Points
Luca	202
Carl	177
Barrie	176
Steve	157
Glenn	144
Tom F	131
Neil	131
Craig	130
Suzanne	120
John	119
Paul	118
Simon B	118
Karen	117
Paxo	117
Dann	100
Chris	95
Richard	94
Simon L	58
Adam	57
IrishTom	40

I should be on 177 John.  Scored a points in event 39 and 40 since last points update

[MintTrav]

I should be on 177 John.  Scored a points in event 39 and 40 since last points update

Sorry, those are the points after 39 events. Hadn"t added #40 yet.

[MintTrav]

Considering the shootout is a final table of 10.. Are we going with 10th+9th both scoring 2 points??

I"m happy with the majority or will leave it up to John to make final decision  

2 points each sounds fair to me.

It"s Chidwick. Our interest might end soon. Paxo"s two runners, Ho and Jones, are tailed off.

#41 the Monster Stack, has reached the money. Just the 1,040 cashers to check.

27 left in #43, the $10k Stud Hi-Lo. Usual suspects - Elezra, Benyamine, Brunson, Bonomo, Clements, Danzer. Leah, Shak. Also Esther Taylor-Brady, who finished 11th in the Omaha Hi-Lo and 10th in the Mixed Omaha/Stud Hi-Lo. Further down, I see Urbanovich, Ramos, Hachem and Porter. Looking back through Day 1, it seems like every major name you could think of played this one, with the exception of Mercier. Not sure what he was doing.

[MintTrav]

Event 42: $3,000 Shootout No Limit Hold'em

Runners	400
Paid	40
Final Table	10

Player	Position	Points
Maria Ho	4	12
Rhys Jones	8	4
Stephen Chidwick	10	2
Michael Mizrachi	36	1
Antonio Esfandiari	38	1

Selector	Points
Paxo	16
Karen	3
Carl	2
Luca	2
Richard	2
Simon B	2
Chris	2
Craig	2
Steve	2
Paul	2
Tom F	2
Neil	2
IrishTom	1

Romesh Ranganathan shows his ability by winning two events simultaneously

[MintTrav]

That group I named in #43 - Elezra, Benyamine, Brunson, Bonomo, Clements, Danzer, Leah and Shak are all still there, except Shak, who was eliminated in the last hand of the night. Twelve players go into Day 3, and ten of them are braceletholders. My money is on one of the two non-braceletholders - Esther Taylor-Brady, who knows a thing or three about Hi-Lo.

[redsimon]

Event 33: $1,500 Summer Solstice No Limit Hold'em

Runners	1840
Paid	276
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Chris Moorman	13	1
James Edwards	59
Dan Kelly	94	1
Aleksandr Denisov	190	1
Olivier Busquet	204	1

Selector	Points
Karen	1
Barrie	1
Steve	1
Craig	1
Chris	1
John	1
Dann	1
Glenn	1

59th place for James Edwards!!

Four players left, including former WSOPE Main Event winner Adrian Mateos. Jon Turner, aka online phenom "Pearljammer", has gone out fifth, adding yet another to his string of online and live top results. Almost into double figures now in WSOP final tables, but still not quite getting that elusive bracelet.

Hi I had Dan Kelly , has his point been added to my meagre total ?

[MintTrav]

Hi I had Dan Kelly , has his point been added to my meagre total ?

Yes. 17 points so far for Kelly.

Simon L	58
Daniel Negreanu	16
Dan Smith	1
Dan Kelly	17
Daniel Colman	0
Daniel Alei	2
Daniel Idema	3
Dan Shak	1
Dan Heimiller	1
Daniel Cates	0
George Danzer	17

Dan Kelly	17
#7	12
#10	1
#12	1
#14	1
#21	1
#33	1

[MintTrav]

72 left in #41, the $1.5k Monster Stack. I can"t see any of our players in the live list, but only 50 are listed, so we could have someone. Old stagers TJ Cloutier & Donncha O"Dea are still in it.

71 left in #44, a $1k NLHE. Again, only half the field is listed and I just see one of our players, Deadman, showing in 4th place. There was an interesting situation not long ago in this: "...........the button player initially raises to around 30,000. The small blind folds and Dejan Boskovic tosses one chip into the pot and exposes his hand thinking the raiser is all in and that he has called the all in. The raiser is not all in, he has another 8,000 or so behind but he too exposes his hand. Both hands are face up on the table. The button raiser holds KT and Boskovic has KK. The floor rules that ........". I"d be curious to see if anyone can guess the ruling without checking it.

64 left in #45, a $1.5k Mixed NLHE/PLO. We have Heimiller in 4th, plus Farrell and Esfandiari though, again, the full field is not listed.


Dan Heimiller

[MintTrav]

They have reached the final table in our feature event, #43 $10k Stud Hi-Lo:

There has been some movement since play started four hours ago with twelve players. Justin Bonomo came into the day as chip-leader but has drifted down to sixth place. Todd Brunson started third, but has been in the lead for most of today. Esther Taylor Brady started fifth, lost some and was about sixth or seventh for most of the time, but finished strongly and is now third in chips.

This was one of the starriest fields ever assembled. It seemed like everyone in the 136 starters was a top-rank player. Anyone you can name was in the field, so getting this far is a hell of an achievement. But there is still a huge task ahead - it is one of the most loaded final tables yet (and there have been some):

1.741m  Todd Brunson
1.100m  George Danzer
1.033m  Esther Taylor-Brady
  934k   Eli Elezra
  910k   Randy Ohel
  486k   Justin Bonomo
  337k   David Grey
  260k   Scott Clements

Esther is the only player left who doesn"t have a bracelet already but, despite the tough table, I have a feeling that she could win her first (and not her last) bracelet today.




Rock on Tommy! Mike Leah arrived straight from his shift on the lifeboat and finished 11th.

[PokerPax]

72 left in #41, the $1.5k Monster Stack. I can"t see any of our players in the live list, but only 50 are listed, so we could have someone. Old stagers TJ Cloutier & Donncha O"Dea are still in it.

71 left in #44, a $1k NLHE. Again, only half the field is listed and I just see one of our players, Deadman, showing in 4th place. There was an interesting situation not long ago in this: "...........the button player initially raises to around 30,000. The small blind folds and Dejan Boskovic tosses one chip into the pot and exposes his hand thinking the raiser is all in and that he has called the all in. The raiser is not all in, he has another 8,000 or so behind but he too exposes his hand. Both hands are face up on the table. The button raiser holds KT and Boskovic has KK. The floor rules that ........". I"d be curious to see if anyone can guess the ruling without checking it.

I"m betting it"s something like a penalty to one or even both of the players for exposing cards before showdown. But as you"ve posted it here, likely to be something more as well, maybe voiding the hand or something along those lines. Only other thing I can think of is the raiser being asked if he was supposed to be all in by the floor.

[Zozzy]

"...........the button player initially raises to around 30,000. The small blind folds and Dejan Boskovic tosses one chip into the pot and exposes his hand thinking the raiser is all in and that he has called the all in. The raiser is not all in, he has another 8,000 or so behind but he too exposes his hand. Both hands are face up on the table. The button raiser holds KT and Boskovic has KK. The floor rules that ........"[/i]. I"d be curious to see if anyone can guess the ruling without checking it.

My guess is
the one chip wasn"t ruled as a call because he didn"t say call.

In the UK it would be a call and then no aggressive action on all streets by both players because they both exposed their cards.
Best hand wins at showdown.

[MintTrav]

"...........the button player initially raises to around 30,000. The small blind folds and Dejan Boskovic tosses one chip into the pot and exposes his hand thinking the raiser is all in and that he has called the all in. The raiser is not all in, he has another 8,000 or so behind but he too exposes his hand. Both hands are face up on the table. The button raiser holds KT and Boskovic has KK. The floor rules that ........". I"d be curious to see if anyone can guess the ruling without checking it.

The ruling was that the first player is all-in and he has to put in the other 8,000 pre-flop. Boskovic received a one-round penalty for being the first player to expose his hand. The KK held.

[PokerPax]

"...........the button player initially raises to around 30,000. The small blind folds and Dejan Boskovic tosses one chip into the pot and exposes his hand thinking the raiser is all in and that he has called the all in. The raiser is not all in, he has another 8,000 or so behind but he too exposes his hand. Both hands are face up on the table. The button raiser holds KT and Boskovic has KK. The floor rules that ........". I"d be curious to see if anyone can guess the ruling without checking it.

The ruling was that the first player is all-in and he has to put in the other 8,000 pre-flop. Boskovic received a one-round penalty for being the first player to expose his hand. The KK held.

I was close then! What a stupid ruling though, making the player actually put the chips in. Although he probably would have done or should have done anyway. Not up to the floor to make the decision that he HAS to put his chips in if he didn"t want to. Should really have been given the option of passing on the hand, albeit leaving himself with 8k. In my opinion anyway.

[MintTrav]

Event 43: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship

Runners	136
Paid	21
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
George Danzer	1	25
Justin Bonomo	3	15
Todd Brunson	5	10
Scott Clements	7	6
Mike Leah	11	1
Dan Shak	13	1

Selector	Points
Luca	41
Simon B	31
Chris	25
Steve	25
Craig	25
Carl	25
Glenn	15
Suzanne	15
Karen	10
Barrie	7
Richard	7
Simon L	1

Danzer wins this event for a second time, having previously finished first in 2014. If he wins it again next year, he can keep it. He was all-in for 300k with three left, when the other two had 4.4m and 2.2m, and should have been out, but hit a two-outer on seventh street to treble up and it went on from there.

This event was different, more like an APAT final table than WSOP, with the players actually having fun, instead of the usual robots. And they were impressive players. Randy Ohel was second, having already finished third, fourth, eighth and tenth this year. Bonomo bagged his second third place in three days, and has also had a 2nd place. Esther Taylor-Brady was fourth for her third top-11 finish, all in Hi-Lo.  Eli Elezra was sixth for his seventh cash.

Luca picked the top two, extending his lead at the top.


Danzer trebles up and demonstrates a Mohican war dance

[Bigfella42]

Event 33: $1,500 Summer Solstice No Limit Hold'em

Runners	1840
Paid	276
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Chris Moorman	13	1
James Edwards	59
Dan Kelly	94	1
Aleksandr Denisov	190	1
Olivier Busquet	204	1

Selector	Points
Karen	1
Barrie	1
Steve	1
Craig	1
Chris	1
John	1
Dann	1
Glenn	1

59th place for James Edwards!!

Four players left, including former WSOPE Main Event winner Adrian Mateos. Jon Turner, aka online phenom "Pearljammer", has gone out fifth, adding yet another to his string of online and live top results. Almost into double figures now in WSOP final tables, but still not quite getting that elusive bracelet.

Should I get 2 points here moorman and Busquet?