2018 WSOP Fantasy poker league..

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Event 47: $565 WSOP.com Online Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Winner	Matthew Mendez
Runners	1223
Paid	141
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Anthony Zinno	3	15
Scott Clements	18	1
Brian Hastings	67	1
Calvin Anderson	85	1
Ryan Riess	94	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Barrie 1	15		Brian	1
Chris H 2	15		Carl 2	1
Jo 1	15		Luca 1	1
Karen	15		Nathan	1
Paxo 1	15		Rob	1
Richard	15		Stephen 2	1
Stephen 1	15

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Annette Obrestad, playing the Monster Stack, seems to have misinterpreted the name of the event.

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We nearly had mother & son bracelets. Farzad Bonyadi, son of Super Seniors winner Farhintaj Bonyadi, reached the final table of #44: $10k 27TD, finishing 4th. Her bracelet counts as Iranian; his count as American.

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Scores After 47 Events (excl #6 & #11)

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Craig 1	229		Jon	132
Barrie 1	202		Chris H 1	131
Paxo 1	198		Vince 2	128
Jake	187		Glenn 2	127
Vince 1	187		Barrie 2	123
Jo 1	182		Carl 1	122
Jordan	182		John 1	120
Chris H 2	181		Joe	119
Carl 2	178		Suzanne	117
Adam	173		Chris B	112
English Tom 2	173		Rob	111
Glenn 1	173		Stephen 2	111
Nathan	173		John 2	109
Jo 2	172		Aneurin	106
Debbie	160		James 2	104
Simon B	160		Richard	103
Simon L	159		Craig 2	101
English Tom 1	157		Karen	99
Paul	155		Brian	94
Tommy	152		Gareth	86
Chris K	151		Justin	86
Luca 2	149		James 1	82
Del	147		Paxo 2	80
Luca 1	146		Nic 2	78
Stephen 1	139		Irish Tom 2	77
Derek	138		Dave	72
Nic 1	135		Irish Tom 1	57
Stuart	134

The pack closes again. 15 points here, 44 points there, another 15 from the online, and suddenly they're not that far behind again.

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David Dao in his seat, hoping they're not overbooked.

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Event 49: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Winner	Loren Klein
Runners	476
Paid	72
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Rep Porter	2	18
Brandon Shack-Harris	3	15
Mike Leah	7	6
Dario Sammartino	15	1
Ryan Laplante	27	1
Ben Lamb	42	1
Robert Mizrachi	57	1
Connor Drinan	72	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Gareth	21		English Tom 1	6
James 1	21		Glenn 2	6
James 2	21		Jo 1	6
Rob	21		Jo 2	6
Carl 2	18		Jordan	6
Luca 2	18		Nathan	6
Luca 1	15		Paul	6
Carl 1	8		Richard	6
Paxo 2	8		Stephen 1	6
Barrie 2	7		Tommy	6
Chris K	7		Vince 1	6
Jake	7		Aneurin	1
Nic 1	7		Chris B	1
Simon B	7		Glenn 1	1
Adam	6		Nic 2	1
Chris H 1	6		Paxo 1	1
Chris H 2	6		Stephen 2	1
Del	6		Suzanne	1

The final table included Jerry Wong and Alexey Makarov, who haven't won bracelets, although they both have a bunch of final tables until their belts, one of Wong's being the Main Event. The other six all have bracelets at home (actually Scott Bohlman's is probably in his hotel safe, as it's just a week since he won it). Ryan Hughes made his third final table of the Series.

Porter and Shack-Harris did well for their managers, but it was the relatively 'unknown' Loren Klein who whipped them all. Some players become favourites and others hardly register in the poker public's consciousness, despite big achievements. No-one picked Klein for their teams, but this is the third year in a row he has won a bracelet (only the third player post-boom to have done that), and he has had another two second places in his nine final tables. I predict that he is going to carry on winning bigly, winning more than anyone ever thought possible, for years to come.

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Event 50: $1,500 Razz

Winner	Jay Kwon
Runners	389
Paid	59
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Dzmitry Urbanovich	2	18
Adam Owen	3	15
John Racener	33	1
Benny Glaser	44	1
Chris Bjorin	50	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Stephen 2	33		Chris H 2	1
Chris H 1	17		Craig 1	1
Barrie 2	16		Debbie	1
Craig 2	16		Del	1
Glenn 1	16		English Tom 1	1
James 1	16		Jake	1
Jo 2	16		James 2	1
Paul	16		Jo 1	1
Aneurin	15		Joe	1
Carl 1	15		John 1	1
Carl 2	15		Jon	1
Glenn 2	15		Luca 1	1
Simon L	15		Richard	1
Adam	2		Suzanne	1
Paxo 1	2		Tommy	1
Barrie 1	1		Vince 2	1
Chris B	1

What a result for Stephen!

Mixed-games specialists filled the first few places - in fact Kwon describes himself as a Razz specialist. I was hoping that Urbanovich would win, so I could say I have been called an idiot by a bracelet-winner. I have played against Colisea online many times but discovered last year that he doesn't appreciate my play. He came to the WSOP in 2016 with a big reputation from EPTs and COOPs, saying he was going to win three bracelets, and got sent home with his tail between his legs, both that year and in 2017. Now, at last he is justifying the expectation and I can finally look forward to being able to brag about being dissed by a champ.


Dzmitry: Hmmm......I'm too good for this tournament.

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Jay Kwon and his supporting rail crowd into the winner's photo:

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Top of the table after 50 (without 6, 11 & 48) - the gap closes further, but the race for second, third, etc is incredibly tight.

Selector	Points
Craig 1	230
Carl 2	211
Barrie 1	203
Paxo 1	201
Jake	195
Jo 2	194
Vince 1	193
Glenn 1	190
Jo 1	189
Chris H 2	188
Jordan	188
Adam	181
Nathan	179
Paul	177
Simon L	174
English Tom 2	173

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

Winner	Tommy Nguyen
Runners	6260
Paid	939
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Jonathan Walker	270
Joe McKeehen	280	1
Dan Heimiller	412	1
Calvin Anderson	423	1
Marc MacDonnell	461	1
Ryan Riess	520	1
Mark Radoja	589	1
Stuart Rutter	718	1
Kenny Hallaert	730	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Irish Tom 1	2		Joe	1
Adam	1		Jon	1
Brian	1		Luca 1	1
Chris K	1		Nic 2	1
Derek	1		Paxo 2	1
English Tom 1	1		Simon L	1
Glenn 1	1		Vince 1	1
Glenn 2	1		Vince 2	1

The Monster Stack has finally finished. We are never going to score many points in these mass events, but IrishTom scored twice as many as any other selector. Congrats go to APAT Main Event runner-up Jonathan Walker.

Fifth-placed Daniel Corbett has had an impressive couple of years, winning a GUKPT Main Event and a 25/25, as well as coming 10th in the Goliath and 3rd in a 1,000-runner Rio Daily Deepstack. Still waiting for his first APAT cash, though.


Daniel Corbett brooding over why he still hasn't got an APAT cash

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Event 52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

Winner	Scott Seiver
Runners	114
Paid	18
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Scott Seiver	1	25
Anthony Zinno	3	15
Matt Glantz	5	10
Benny Glaser	10	1
Nick Schulman	11	1
Brock Parker	14	1
John Hennigan	16	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Chris K	25		Chris H 1	1
Chris H 2	16		Craig 1	1
Paxo 1	16		Gareth	1
Barrie 1	15		James 1	1
Jo 1	15		James 2	1
Karen	15		Jo 2	1
Richard	15		John 1	1
Stephen 1	15		Luca 2	1
Craig 2	11		Paul	1
Adam	1		Suzanne	1
Barrie 2	1		Vince 2	1
Chris B	1

Only Chris has got Seiver, but several have Zinno, and the gap closes even more, with Barrie and Paxo leading the charge.

There was a political earthquake in America yesterday, with the expected next House leader of the Democrats losing to a 28-year-old Socialist - and Seiver was showing his support for the challenger on the final table. PokerStars banned political statements a couple of years ago, but you can still make you point at the WSOP, though it helps if you can make it to a final table first.

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Event 51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty

Winner	Ryan Leng
Runners	1983
Paid	298
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Jeff Gross	137	1
Andrey Zaichenko	144	1
Conor Beresford	147	1
Steven Morris	191	1

Selector	Points
Karen	1
Dave	1
Jordan	1
Justin	1
Stuart	1

Not many points for us here.


#51 didn't finish until well past Ryan Leng's bedtime

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Event 53: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Winner	Joseph Couden
Runners	935
Paid	141
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Mike Matusow	4	12
Daniel Negreanu	9	2
Phil Hellmuth	43	1
Chris Ferguson	78	1
John Racener	121	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Adam	15		Luca 2	3
Del	5		Paul	3
Tommy	5		Paxo 1	3
Barrie 1	4		Rob	3
Chris B	4		Simon L	3
Debbie	4		Stephen 2	3
English Tom 2	4		Stuart	3
Jake	4		Vince 2	3
Jo 1	4		Carl 2	2
John 1	4		Chris H 2	2
John 2	4		Craig 2	2
Nic 1	4		Dave	2
Richard	4		Derek	2
Aneurin	3		Glenn 2	2
Barrie 2	3		Irish Tom 2	2
Brian	3		James 2	2
Chris H 1	3		Jo 2	2
Craig 1	3		Karen	2
Gareth	3		Nathan	2
Glenn 1	3		Simon B	2
Irish Tom 1	3		Stephen 1	2
James 1	3		Vince 1	2
Joe	3		English Tom 1	1
Luca 1	3		Jon	1

That list of players reads like a reunion. Adam is the only Matusow fan. Mike must be staying off the stuff though, in fairness, he seems to have held it together through the last few WSOPs now.


Couden - No, I'm not watching you. Really, I'm not.


Matusow has never looked healthier


Hoang cashed 53rd in the 53rd

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We seem to have lost our touch a bit in the current tournaments. Hardly any big scores recently, and we have no-one in the later stages of #54, #55 or #57.

Beresford, Jacobson, Silver, Akkari & Parker are still in #58, with about 100 left, but are all well down the field.

Glantz, Ferguson, Leah and Michael Mizrachi are propping up the field in #59, with about 80 still playing.

The Razz (#56) Is the only one where we have some action going on. Anderson currently has the most chips of the remaining six and Leah is still there short-stacked in fifth, trying to do a Deeb. Hennigan has just gone out 7th and Urbanovich was 8th. Julien Martini is challenging for his second bracelet of the year.

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Event 54: $3,000 Big Blind Antes No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Diogo Veiga
Runners	1020
Paid	153
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Kristen Bicknell	11	1
Bertrand Grospellier	65	1
Calvin Anderson	111	1
Max Silver	115	1
Connor Drinan	134	1
Ben Yu	149	1

Selector	Points		Selector	Points
Aneurin	2		Jake	1
Nic 1	2		Jo 1	1
Simon L	2		Jo 2	1
Suzanne	2		John 1	1
Adam	1		John 2	1
Barrie 1	1		Jordan	1
Chris H 1	1		Karen	1
Chris H 2	1		Luca 1	1
Dave	1		Paul	1
English Tom 1	1		Paxo 1	1
Glenn 1	1		Simon B	1
Glenn 2	1		Tommy	1
Irish Tom 1	1		Vince 1	1

Veiga's rail - sometimes you can see more on the screen than in the live play in front of you