2019 APAT WSOP Fantasy League

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A-Force

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League Table After 20 Events

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Simon	97	Craig 1	64	Luca 2	53	Luca 1	35
Richard	81	Ian 2	64	Sean	53	Del 1	34
Chris H 1	79	Paxo 2	64	Stephen 1	53	Ky	33
Ryan 1	79	Stuart	63	Paul H	51	Aneurin	29
Dave S 2	77	Suzanne 2	62	John 2	50	Jon	29
English Tom 2	76	Del 2	61	English Tom 1	49	Irish Tom 2	27
Bradley 2	75	Drew	59	Ben	48	Rob	26
Barrie 2	73	Chris K	58	Angie	45	Dave B	25
Chris H 2	72	Stefan	58	Ian 1	44	Carl 2	24
Jo 2	72	Derek 2	57	Jonathan	44	Alan	23
John 1	72	Jo 1	57	Ryan 2	43	Paxo 1	23
Karen 2	72	Nic	57	Vince	43	Irish Tom 1	22
Karen 1	71	George	56	Danny S 1	41	Jordan 1	22
Paul R	71	Suzanne 1	56	Stephen 2	40	Joe CH	21
Dave S 1	70	Danny O 1	55	Gareth J	39	Matthew	20
Carl 1	68	Derek 1	55	Chris B	38	Peter	19
Craig 2	67	Barrie 1	54	Debbie	38	Jordan 2	18
Gareth H	65	Bradley 1	54	Joe F 1	38	Dan Ow	17
Nathan	65	Joe F 2	53	Danny S 2	35	Danny O 2	17

Simon takes the lead while, far from tailing off, Rob climbs the table.

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Olivier Busquet tries to avoid drawing attention to himself

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Event 21: $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Winner	Jim Bechtel
Runners	91
Paid	14
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Paul Volpe	7	1
Galen Hall	8	1
Julien Martini	11	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Chris B	2	Jo 1	1	Angie	0	Joe CH	0
Stephen 1	2	Jo 2	1	Bradley 1	0	Joe F 1	0
Barrie 1	1	Jon	1	Bradley 2	0	Joe F 2	0
Barrie 2	1	Jordan 2	1	Carl 2	0	John 1	0
Ben	1	Karen 2	1	Chris K	0	John 2	0
Carl 1	1	Luca 1	1	Craig 2	0	Jonathan	0
Chris H 1	1	Luca 2	1	Danny O 1	0	Jordan 1	0
Chris H 2	1	Nathan	1	Danny S 1	0	Karen 1	0
Craig 1	1	Nic	1	Dave S 2	0	Ky	0
Dan Ow	1	Paul H	1	Del 1	0	Matthew	0
Danny O 2	1	Paul R	1	Del 2	0	Peter	0
Danny S 2	1	Paxo 1	1	Drew	0	Richard	0
Dave B	1	Paxo 2	1	English Tom 1	0	Rob	0
Dave S 1	1	Ryan 2	1	English Tom 2	0	Ryan 1	0
Debbie	1	Sean	1	Gareth J	0	Stefan	0
Derek 1	1	Simon	1	Ian 1	0	Stephen 2	0
Derek 2	1	Vince	1	Ian 2	0	Stuart	0
Gareth H	1	Alan	0	Irish Tom 1	0	Suzanne 1	0
George	1	Aneurin	0	Irish Tom 2	0	Suzanne 2	0

Another record broken. It was a loaded final table full of bracelet-holders, as you'd expect in a loaded tournament like this. The winner was a bracelet-winner, but not just any one. Jim Bechtel was Main Event Champion in 1993. His 26-year gap between bracelets is the longest ever, beating Chip Reece's 24 years in 2006. And here's spooky - Bechtel was on Reece's $50k HORSE final table. Bechtel said he hasn't played for 4-5 years and won't play again this year, which seems a waste, as he's clearly still got what it takes.

I don't know whether it was also a record for the oldest heads-up, but 67-year-old Bechtel was playing 77-year-old Vince Musso. This was Musso's 6th WSOP cash spread over 41 years - all of them in 2-7 NL. He was 3rd in this same $10k event in successive years in 1978 and 1979. Then, after a short 30-year gap, he came back and was 6th in 2009 and 11th in 2010.

Despite playing a field full of younger professionals, the old guys whipped ass. It's a pity they don't play more often.


With all the whipper-snappers despatched, Vince Musso and Jim Bechtel get down to the serious work

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Event 23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix Six-Handed

Winner	Rami Boukai
Runners	612
Paid	92
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Chris Klodnicki	3	15
Allen Kessler	5	10
Christopher Vitch	8	1
Chris Bjorin	12	1
Matt Glantz	22	1
Ismael Bojang	31	1
Andrey Zaichenko	55	1
Phil Hellmuth	59	1
David "ODB" Baker	63	1
Marco Johnson	66	1
Jameson Painter	71	1
Max Pescatori	77	1
Dan Smith	79	1
Shaun Deeb	82	1
Patrick Leonard	83	1
Alex Foxen	89	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Joe F 2	18	Jordan 2	3	John 2	2	Derek 2	1
Jon	12	Ryan 1	3	Jordan 1	2	Gareth H	1
Simon	12	Stefan	3	Karen 1	2	George	1
Carl 1	11	Angie	2	Karen 2	2	Jo 1	1
Stuart	10	Barrie 1	2	Ky	2	Joe CH	1
Luca 1	4	Carl 2	2	Nathan	2	John 1	1
Stephen 2	4	Chris B	2	Paul H	2	Nic	1
Barrie 2	3	Craig 1	2	Paul R	2	Paxo 1	1
Ben	3	Danny S 2	2	Sean	2	Richard	1
Bradley 1	3	Dave B	2	Suzanne 1	2	Ryan 2	1
Bradley 2	3	Dave S 1	2	Vince	2	Stephen 1	1
Chris H 2	3	Debbie	2	Alan	1	Dave S 2	0
Chris K	3	Derek 1	2	Aneurin	1	Irish Tom 2	0
Danny S 1	3	Drew	2	Chris H 1	1	Luca 2	0
Del 2	3	English Tom 1	2	Craig 2	1	Matthew	0
English Tom 2	3	Gareth J	2	Dan Ow	1	Paxo 2	0
Ian 1	3	Irish Tom 1	2	Danny O 1	1	Peter	0
Ian 2	3	Jo 2	2	Danny O 2	1	Rob	0
Jonathan	3	Joe F 1	2	Del 1	1	Suzanne 2	0

Joe has clearly prepared Klodnicki well - that's a 3rd and a 5th already this year. Kessler takes a something-has-to-stick approach in his 100th tournament of this Series.


Runner-up John Evans from..........yeah it's Texas.

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Event 24: $600 WSOP.com Online Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed

Winner	Josh Pollock
Runners	1216
Paid	99
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Martin Zamani	4	12
Shaun Deeb	13	1
Brandon Shack-Harris	23	1
Tom Marchese	26	1
James Obst	42	1
Yueqi Zhu	50	1
Ben Yu	64	1
Ismael Bojang	65	1
Calvin Anderson	68	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Paxo 1	12	Simon	3	John 2	2	Joe F 1	1
George	5	Vince	3	Karen 1	2	Jon	1
Bradley 1	4	Barrie 1	2	Ky	2	Jonathan	1
Bradley 2	4	Barrie 2	2	Luca 2	2	Jordan 1	1
Chris H 2	4	Ben	2	Nathan	2	Matthew	1
Craig 1	4	Dan Ow	2	Paxo 2	2	Nic	1
Jo 1	4	Danny O 1	2	Ryan 1	2	Peter	1
Jo 2	4	Dave S 1	2	Stefan	2	Richard	1
Paul R	4	Debbie	2	Stephen 2	2	Ryan 2	1
Carl 1	3	Del 1	2	Alan	1	Stephen 1	1
Chris H 1	3	Del 2	2	Angie	1	Suzanne 1	1
Craig 2	3	Drew	2	Carl 2	1	Suzanne 2	1
Derek 1	3	English Tom 2	2	Chris B	1	Aneurin	0
Derek 2	3	Gareth J	2	Danny S 1	1	Chris K	0
English Tom 1	3	Ian 1	2	Danny S 2	1	Danny O 2	0
Jordan 2	3	Irish Tom 1	2	Dave S 2	1	Dave B	0
Karen 2	3	Irish Tom 2	2	Gareth H	1	Luca 1	0
Paul H	3	Joe F 2	2	Ian 2	1	Rob	0
Sean	3	John 1	2	Joe CH	1	Stuart	0

Pollock's second PLO bracelet and 12 points for Paxo with Jumanji. The final table also included Bleznick and Galfond. It's a bit surprising that no-one has picked three-time bracelet winner Galfond.

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Event 25: $600 Pot Limit Omaha Deep Stack

Winner	Andrew Donabedian
Runners	2577
Paid	387
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Brandon Shack-Harris	87	1
JC Tran	117	1
Steven Wolansky	183	1
Joao Vieira	240	1
Kenny Hallaert	248	1
Chris Ferguson	312	1
Roland Israelashvili	330	1
Daniel Negreanu	381	1
Joseph Cheong	385	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Drew	4	Ian 1	2	Bradley 1	1	Matthew	1
Richard	4	Ian 2	2	Bradley 2	1	Peter	1
Chris B	3	Irish Tom 2	2	Carl 1	1	Ryan 1	1
Danny O 1	3	Jo 1	2	Carl 2	1	Ryan 2	1
Del 2	3	Jo 2	2	Chris H 1	1	Stefan	1
Derek 2	3	Joe F 1	2	Dan Ow	1	Stephen 1	1
English Tom 1	3	Jonathan	2	Danny S 2	1	Stephen 2	1
Gareth J	3	Karen 1	2	Dave B	1	Stuart	1
George	3	Karen 2	2	Dave S 1	1	Angie	0
Irish Tom 1	3	Ky	2	Dave S 2	1	Chris K	0
Sean	3	Luca 1	2	Debbie	1	Craig 2	0
Alan	2	Nathan	2	Del 1	1	Danny O 2	0
Aneurin	2	Nic	2	Gareth H	1	Joe F 2	0
Barrie 2	2	Paul H	2	Joe CH	1	Jordan 2	0
Chris H 2	2	Paul R	2	John 1	1	Paxo 1	0
Craig 1	2	Simon	2	John 2	1	Paxo 2	0
Danny S 1	2	Vince	2	Jon	1	Rob	0
Derek 1	2	Barrie 1	1	Jordan 1	1	Suzanne 1	0
English Tom 2	2	Ben	1	Luca 2	1	Suzanne 2	0

This event went on so long they had to add not just an extra day, but extra levels. They players outlasted the blind structure, which had to be rejigged. There was a key hand with three players left, when two of them shoved on the flop and Todd Dreyer, who had both the others covered, reluctantly folded. It turned out they both had straight and flush draws, and his higher flush draw would have won the lot right there.

Also on the final table was 'Captain' Tom Franklin, who won a bracelet in 1999 and has put it on eBay for $50k, many times more than has been raised by more landmark bracelets previously. Tom has had numerous 2nds, 3rds and 4ths since the win but will have to wait a bit longer for a replacement if the bracelet sells. He used to be quite a well-known figure in poker circles, though claims of sexual harassment, which included one casino withdrawing all female dealers part-way through his own tournament, The Tom Franklin Invitational, have taken the shine off a bit.


Tom Franklin

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Event 27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Winner	Michael Mizrachi
Runners	460
Paid	69
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Michael Mizrachi	1	25
Jon Turner	15	1
Yueqi Zhu	38	1
Chris Ferguson	62	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Joe F 1	27	Gareth J	1	Chris H 1	0	John 2	0
Danny S 1	26	George	1	Chris H 2	0	Jordan 1	0
Aneurin	25	Irish Tom 1	1	Chris K	0	Karen 1	0
Carl 2	25	Irish Tom 2	1	Craig 1	0	Ky	0
Debbie	25	Jo 1	1	Craig 2	0	Luca 2	0
Joe CH	25	Jonathan	1	Dan Ow	0	Paul H	0
Jon	25	Jordan 2	1	Danny O 2	0	Paul R	0
Matthew	25	Karen 2	1	Danny S 2	0	Paxo 1	0
Vince	25	Luca 1	1	Dave B	0	Paxo 2	0
Alan	1	Nathan	1	Dave S 1	0	Peter	0
Barrie 2	1	Nic	1	Dave S 2	0	Rob	0
Carl 1	1	Richard	1	Del 1	0	Ryan 1	0
Chris B	1	Sean	1	Drew	0	Ryan 2	0
Danny O 1	1	Simon	1	Gareth H	0	Stefan	0
Del 2	1	Angie	0	Ian 1	0	Stephen 1	0
Derek 1	1	Barrie 1	0	Ian 2	0	Stephen 2	0
Derek 2	1	Ben	0	Jo 2	0	Stuart	0
English Tom 1	1	Bradley 1	0	Joe F 2	0	Suzanne 1	0
English Tom 2	1	Bradley 2	0	John 1	0	Suzanne 2	0

Mizrachi's win makes him the most successful player of the decade as the only player with five bracelets.


Michael Sopko takes his third-place elimination in his stride

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Event 28: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Stephen Song
Runners	2477
Paid	372
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Ryan Laplante	3	15
Phil Hellmuth	16	1
Shaun Deeb	28	1
Ryan Riess	255	1
Daniel Strelitz	276	1
Ali Imsirovic	285	1
Ben Yu	320	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
English Tom 1	17	Barrie 2	2	Nathan	2	Jordan 2	1
Ian 1	17	Bradley 1	2	Nic	2	Ky	1
Jonathan	17	Bradley 2	2	Sean	2	Luca 1	1
Ryan 1	17	Carl 1	2	Stephen 2	2	Luca 2	1
English Tom 2	4	Chris B	2	Suzanne 2	2	Paul H	1
Simon	4	Chris H 1	2	Vince	2	Paxo 2	1
Ben	3	Craig 1	2	Alan	1	Ryan 2	1
Chris H 2	3	Dave S 1	2	Aneurin	1	Stephen 1	1
Danny S 1	3	Debbie	2	Chris K	1	Stuart	1
Danny S 2	3	Derek 1	2	Craig 2	1	Suzanne 1	1
Del 2	3	Drew	2	Dan Ow	1	Carl 2	0
Derek 2	3	Gareth J	2	Dave B	1	Danny O 1	0
John 2	3	George	2	Dave S 2	1	Danny O 2	0
Karen 2	3	Ian 2	2	Del 1	1	Irish Tom 2	0
Paul R	3	Jo 1	2	Gareth H	1	Joe CH	0
Richard	3	Jo 2	2	Irish Tom 1	1	Matthew	0
Stefan	3	Joe F 2	2	Joe F 1	1	Paxo 1	0
Angie	2	John 1	2	Jon	1	Peter	0
Barrie 1	2	Karen 1	2	Jordan 1	1	Rob	0

Song got the gong, so it's a win-win for us - Laplante has repaid his supporters' faith with lots of points, but he didn't snag the bracelet, so we don't have to hear another over-emotional winner's speech. But look where Hellmuth finished, and Deeb. How do these guys do it?
 

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Event 29: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Winner	Greg Mueller
Runners	172
Paid	26
Final Table	7

Player	Position	Points
Dario Sammartino	3	15
Scott Clements	4	12
Marco Johnson	9	1
Anthony Zinno	10	1
Brian Hastings	12	1
Justin Bonomo	19	1
Yueqi Zhu	23	1
Christopher Vitch	25	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Luca 2	16	Carl 1	1	Ryan 2	1	Drew	0
Stephen 1	16	Chris B	1	Sean	1	English Tom 1	0
Suzanne 1	16	Dan Ow	1	Stuart	1	Ian 1	0
Ryan 1	12	Danny O 2	1	Suzanne 2	1	Ian 2	0
Barrie 2	3	Danny S 2	1	Vince	1	Jo 1	0
Bradley 2	2	Dave S 1	1	Alan	0	Joe CH	0
Chris H 1	2	Dave S 2	1	Aneurin	0	Joe F 2	0
Debbie	2	English Tom 2	1	Angie	0	John 1	0
Del 1	2	Gareth H	1	Carl 2	0	John 2	0
Irish Tom 2	2	Gareth J	1	Chris H 2	0	Jonathan	0
Jo 2	2	George	1	Chris K	0	Jordan 1	0
Jon	2	Irish Tom 1	1	Craig 1	0	Nathan	0
Karen 1	2	Joe F 1	1	Craig 2	0	Paul H	0
Ky	2	Jordan 2	1	Danny O 1	0	Paxo 1	0
Luca 1	2	Karen 2	1	Danny S 1	0	Paxo 2	0
Stefan	2	Matthew	1	Dave B	0	Peter	0
Barrie 1	1	Nic	1	Del 2	0	Rob	0
Ben	1	Paul R	1	Derek 1	0	Simon	0
Bradley 1	1	Richard	1	Derek 2	0	Stephen 2	0

Former ice-hockey pro Greg Mueller won two bracelets in 11 days in 2009, and then had to wait ten years for another. Again there was a key hand with three players left, when Mueller went with his read on Sammartino and got all-in with bottom pair on the flop, and he was right as Sammartino just had a double gutter. Mueller's hand held for a double-up and it went on from there.

Points for those who selected Sammartino and Clements.


Mueller - an excellent analyst of body language

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Event 30: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Winner	Luis Zedan
Runners	1526
Paid	229
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Samad Razavi	3	15
Jon Turner	63	1
Erik Seidel	131	1
Martin Zamani	134	1
John Racener	154	1
Ismael Bojang	200	1
Joao Vieira	224	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Dave S 1	15	Danny O 1	1	Carl 1	0	John 1	0
Ian 1	15	Debbie	1	Chris B	0	John 2	0
Ian 2	15	Del 1	1	Chris H 2	0	Jon	0
Karen 1	15	Drew	1	Dan Ow	0	Karen 2	0
Nic	15	English Tom 2	1	Danny O 2	0	Luca 1	0
Paul H	15	Gareth J	1	Danny S 1	0	Luca 2	0
Suzanne 2	15	Jo 1	1	Danny S 2	0	Matthew	0
Craig 2	2	Joe F 1	1	Dave B	0	Nathan	0
Del 2	2	Jonathan	1	Dave S 2	0	Paxo 2	0
Paxo 1	2	Jordan 1	1	Derek 1	0	Peter	0
Aneurin	1	Jordan 2	1	Derek 2	0	Richard	0
Barrie 1	1	Ky	1	English Tom 1	0	Rob	0
Ben	1	Paul R	1	Gareth H	0	Sean	0
Bradley 1	1	Ryan 1	1	George	0	Simon	0
Bradley 2	1	Ryan 2	1	Irish Tom 1	0	Stefan	0
Carl 2	1	Stephen 2	1	Irish Tom 2	0	Stephen 1	0
Chris H 1	1	Alan	0	Jo 2	0	Stuart	0
Chris K	1	Angie	0	Joe CH	0	Suzanne 1	0
Craig 1	1	Barrie 2	0	Joe F 2	0	Vince	0

We nearly saw our first female winner with Thida Lin getting to heads-up, but she finished second, with Zedan taking it for El Salvador.

Razavi got close in this and has now been 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the WSOP - surely a bracelet will come? He been posting on our FB page since - perhaps he will enter a team next time?


Samad Razavi planning his team for next year

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Event 26: $2,620 Marathon No Limit Hold'em

Winner	Jared Koppel or Roman Korenev
Runners	1083
Paid	163
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Joseph Cheong	49	1
Maria Lampropulos	134	1
Joao Vieira	138	1
Andre Akkari	143	1
Adrian Mateos	155	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Richard	2	Carl 2	0	Gareth H	0	Karen 2	0
Suzanne 1	2	Chris B	0	Gareth J	0	Luca 1	0
Danny O 2	1	Chris H 1	0	George	0	Luca 2	0
Dave S 2	1	Chris H 2	0	Ian 1	0	Matthew	0
Del 2	1	Chris K	0	Ian 2	0	Nathan	0
Drew	1	Craig 1	0	Irish Tom 1	0	Nic	0
Ky	1	Craig 2	0	Irish Tom 2	0	Paul H	0
Rob	1	Dan Ow	0	Jo 1	0	Paul R	0
Ryan 1	1	Danny O 1	0	Jo 2	0	Paxo 1	0
Sean	1	Danny S 1	0	Joe CH	0	Paxo 2	0
Alan	0	Danny S 2	0	Joe F 1	0	Peter	0
Aneurin	0	Dave B	0	Joe F 2	0	Ryan 2	0
Angie	0	Dave S 1	0	John 1	0	Simon	0
Barrie 1	0	Debbie	0	John 2	0	Stefan	0
Barrie 2	0	Del 1	0	Jon	0	Stephen 1	0
Ben	0	Derek 1	0	Jonathan	0	Stephen 2	0
Bradley 1	0	Derek 2	0	Jordan 1	0	Stuart	0
Bradley 2	0	English Tom 1	0	Jordan 2	0	Suzanne 2	0
Carl 1	0	English Tom 2	0	Karen 1	0	Vince	0

I'm posting this result even though the event hasn't finished as this US v Russia heads-up may actually never end, with the lead going back and forth repeatedly. They are 5½ hours in and it has been marked by appalling heads-up play by Koppel, in my opinion, folding the button more often than playing it. Someone is probably counting up how many times he's done it, but it has been a lot. I saw that he folded four buttons in a row just before one of the breaks. We haven't got many points here anyway, so the sooner I can forget about this tournament, the better.

And, of course, the minute I post that, the damn thing finishes. Korenv won for Russia, if anyone cares, but I ain't rewriting this.

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League Table After30 Events

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Simon	120	Suzanne 1	79	George	70	Chris B	50
Ryan 1	117	Vince	79	Jonathan	70	Stephen 2	50
Karen 1	97	John 1	78	Derek 2	69	Joe CH	49
Dave S 1	95	Craig 1	76	Jo 1	69	Matthew	48
Richard	94	Danny S 1	76	Stefan	69	Luca 1	46
Chris H 1	90	Del 2	76	Paxo 2	68	Danny S 2	44
English Tom 2	90	English Tom 1	76	Derek 1	67	Ky	44
Carl 1	89	Paul H	76	Sean	67	Del 1	42
Barrie 2	88	Stuart	76	Bradley 1	66	Paxo 1	41
Bradley 2	88	Joe F 2	75	Barrie 1	65	Irish Tom 2	34
Ian 2	88	Nathan	75	Chris K	64	Irish Tom 1	32
Chris H 2	85	Stephen 1	75	Danny O 1	63	Dave B	30
Ian 1	85	Craig 2	74	Ben	60	Jordan 2	30
Jo 2	85	Debbie	74	Aneurin	59	Alan	29
Karen 2	85	Joe F 1	74	John 2	58	Rob	29
Paul R	85	Luca 2	74	Carl 2	54	Jordan 1	28
Dave S 2	83	Jon	72	Gareth J	51	Dan Ow	24
Nic	82	Drew	71	Ryan 2	51	Peter	22
Suzanne 2	82	Gareth H	71	Angie	50	Danny O 2	21

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Good to see I am ahead of both Danny S 1 & Danny S 2.

As I was a tad bored yesterday (kids away & stuck indoors wiv a cold), I thought I would see how our teams are doing on a cash basis!

Here are the top 5 players:

Simon            $936,811
Dave S 2        $930,093
Richard          $919,636
Ryan 1           $873,789
Paxo 2           $823,985

Where is Karen, I hear you ask? Around 8th place!

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Event 31: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed

Winner	Thomas Cazayous
Runners	754
Paid	114
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Adrian Mateos	22	1
Manig Loeser	27	1
Ryan Hughes	38	1
Joe Cada	41	1
Daniel Tang	54	1
Andrey Zaichenko	66	1
Blair Hinkle	89	1
Chris Ferguson	90	1
Daniel Negreanu	106	1
James Obst	107	1

Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points	Selector	Points
Derek 1	5	Simon	3	Luca 1	2	Drew	1
English Tom 1	4	Alan	2	Matthew	2	Gareth H	1
Irish Tom 2	4	Barrie 1	2	Nic	2	Ian 2	1
Jo 1	4	Chris B	2	Paul H	2	Jon	1
Barrie 2	3	Chris H 1	2	Paul R	2	Jordan 1	1
Carl 2	3	Chris H 2	2	Ryan 1	2	Karen 1	1
Danny S 1	3	Craig 1	2	Sean	2	Luca 2	1
Dave S 2	3	Danny O 1	2	Stephen 2	2	Paxo 1	1
Derek 2	3	Danny S 2	2	Aneurin	1	Paxo 2	1
Gareth J	3	Debbie	2	Ben	1	Ryan 2	1
George	3	Del 1	2	Bradley 1	1	Stefan	1
Joe CH	3	Del 2	2	Bradley 2	1	Stephen 1	1
John 1	3	English Tom 2	2	Carl 1	1	Stuart	1
Jonathan	3	Ian 1	2	Chris K	1	Suzanne 1	1
Karen 2	3	Irish Tom 1	2	Craig 2	1	Angie	0
Ky	3	Jo 2	2	Dan Ow	1	Joe F 2	0
Nathan	3	Joe F 1	2	Danny O 2	1	Rob	0
Peter	3	John 2	2	Dave B	1	Suzanne 2	0
Richard	3	Jordan 2	2	Dave S 1	1	Vince	0

We've had "If you call it's gonna be all over baby." Now there's a new memorable final-hand phrase. Nicholas Howard reraised all-in on the River and Cazayous made the call, leading to Howard saying "You're going to win the tournament with that call”, before tabling his cards. There were a few bracelet-holders on the final, led by Upeshka De Silva in 3rd, with his fifth cash of this Series. I was delighted to see one of my new favourite players Ping Liu again finishing high, while a former favourite Craig McCorkell also cashed and Griffin Benger checked his privilege in 32nd.