2016 WSOP Fantasy Game & Staker

[MintTrav]

Event 26: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better

Runners	934
Paid	141
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Max Pescatori	8	4
Allen Kessler	23	1
David "ODB" Baker	52	1
Matthew Ashton	63	1
Mike Leah	67	1
George Danzer	117	1
Mike Wattel	130	1
Scott Clements	137	1

Selector	Points
Carl	6
John	5
Adam	4
Luca	3
Richard	2
Barrie	2
Dann	1
Simon B	1
Simon L	1
Chris	1
Craig	1
Steve	1

[MintTrav]

Event 2: $565 Colossus II No Limit Hold'em

Runners	21613
Paid	2923
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Michael Mizrachi	234	1
Ismael Bojang	560	1
Craig McCorkell	611	1
Maria Ho	641	1
Calvin Anderson	1691	1
Mike Wattel	1817	1
Allen Kessler	1833	1
Mike Leah	2211	1
Max Pescatori	2448	1
Dutch Boyd	2717	1
Kevin MacPhee	2768	1
Dominik Nitsche	2777	1

Selector	Points
Paxo	3
Adam	3
Carl	2
John	2
Richard	2
Chris	2
IrishTom	2
Luca	1
Barrie	1
Simon B	1
Suzanne	1

Got around to checking the Colossus. Do let me know if I missed your player.

[MintTrav]

It"s close at the top:

Selector	Points
Luca	177
Barrie	167
Carl	160
Steve	148
Glenn	119
Craig	119
Tom F	118
Paul	108
Karen	103
Simon B	105
Neil	103
John	108
Paxo	104
Suzanne	95
Dann	89
Chris	86
Richard	87
Simon L	55
Adam	50
IrishTom	24

[MintTrav]

Hi John. It would be great if I could be added to the leaderboard as a guide to where I am and to see if I need to make any improvements, I would appreciate it very much.

Hi Craig

Here is a link to the leaderboard, so you can always find where you stand:  

http://www.staker.co.uk/leaderboard.asp

[MintTrav]

I was just looking at the biggest money winners in WSOP history.

Nine players, so far, have reached the $10m mark.

I thought they would be obvious but, actually, I"d be surprised if anyone would get the top six right. Even the top four is tricky. Forget about all nine.

[fandango]

About time 2 of my duffers need to get moving scoring 0 points so far.. Scott Seiver and Brian Rast!!

Hoping Rast can finish in the top few spots in the $10k limit.. 10 left

Seiver get your finger out  

[fandango]

I was just looking at the biggest money winners in WSOP history.

Nine players, so far, have reached the $10m mark.

I thought they would be obvious but, actually, I"d be surprised if anyone would get the top six right. Even the top four is tricky. Forget about all nine.

Without google I would say..

Antonio Esfandiari.. (One drop)
Jamie Gold .. (2009 ME)
Phil Helmuth (50+ cashes?)
Sam Trickett (one drop ru)
Peter Eastgate?
Allen Cunnigham?
Daniel Negreanu?
Eric Sidel?
Jason Mercier?
Johnny Chang?

Complete guesses!

[MintTrav]

I was just looking at the biggest money winners in WSOP history.

Nine players, so far, have reached the $10m mark.

I thought they would be obvious but, actually, I"d be surprised if anyone would get the top six right. Even the top four is tricky. Forget about all nine.

Without google I would say..

Antonio Esfandiari.. (One drop)
Jamie Gold .. (2009 ME)
Phil Helmuth (50+ cashes?)
Sam Trickett (one drop ru)
Peter Eastgate?
Allen Cunnigham?
Daniel Negreanu?
Eric Sidel?
Jason Mercier?
Johnny Chang?

Complete guesses!

Quite good, you got five of them. Missed two of the top four and two others.........

[fandango]

I was just looking at the biggest money winners in WSOP history.

Nine players, so far, have reached the $10m mark.

I thought they would be obvious but, actually, I"d be surprised if anyone would get the top six right. Even the top four is tricky. Forget about all nine.

Without google I would say..

Antonio Esfandiari.. (One drop)
Jamie Gold .. (2009 ME)
Phil Helmuth (50+ cashes?)
Sam Trickett (one drop ru)
Peter Eastgate?
Allen Cunnigham?
Daniel Negreanu?
Eric Sidel?
Jason Mercier?
Johnny Chang?

Complete guesses!

Quite good, you got five of them. Missed two of the top four and two others.........

Oh well i guess I will google now see the correct list lol..

[MintTrav]

STAKER - WSOP #25 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em

Staker	Stake	Winnings	Profit
Matthew Pitt	£1,740	£17,421	£15,681
Suzanne Hayward	£1,740	£17,421	£15,681
Juan De Diego	£1,740	£  3,625	£  1,885

Joint winners today, with both Suzanne and Matthew staking Niall Farrell. Juan made a profit from his investment in Adrian Mateos.

The big news is that this result takes Suzanne to the top of the leaderboard:

STAKER LEADERBOARD

Staker	Profit
Suzanne Hayward	£152,241
Simon Lawlor	£151,393

[MintTrav]

Event #27: $1000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Runners	21613
Paid	2923
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Sean Byrne	57

Selector	Points
-	-

Gone first hand. That bluff would obviously have been for a lot of chips. If it had got through, who knows where the story would have ended. For those who don"t know, Sean is a brother of Brendan Byrne, one of APAT's longest-standing and most popular regulars, though Sean appears to be a much better player.

I can"t see that anyone else from our teams made it into the cash.

[MintTrav]

It"s all action in the Super Seniors, for players aged 65+:

- "Don Vanke limps from middle position and gets three callers, including both blinds."

- "A player limps from middle position into Paul Magriel"s big blind. He checks his option. The flop comes XXX and both players check."

- "A player limps from middle position into Jacquelyn Scott"s big blind. She checks her option. The board runs out XXXXX, both players checking the whole way."

And best of all:

- "Roy Swanson says he won a pot, but he doesn"t remember how. "I don"t know, they just pushed the pot to me," he says."


Vanke, Magriel, Scott and Swanson

[MintTrav]

Remember this from last week? Ramos, Neymar, Akkari and Danzer. Well, it turns out that two of them are going to be in the Olympics. Neymar is an overage player (and Captain) on the Brazilian football team and now we hear that Akkari is going to be an Olympic torch-carrier, representing mind sports and eSports. How ridiculous, but good luck to him. By the looks of him, he won"t be carrying it far.

[MintTrav]

No events concluded overnight and none look likely to do so except #28 $10k Limit. Mercier might have a rival - Ian Johns, who won #8 $1.5k HORSE, is heads-up. Unlike Mercer, who gets his bracelets in 100-runner fields, Johns got his the hard way, in a massed field, where he had to beat Bonomo heads-up, after a final table that included Scotty and Akkari. He was 10th in this event last year and previously had a 1st and a 3rd in Limit, as well as various other cashes.

Phil Hellmuth"s mother and father are both having a shot at the Super Seniors. No news yet on their progress.

[MintTrav]

STAKER -  UKIPT Marbella Main Event

Staker	Stake	Winnings	Profit
Bill Sheppard	£787	£30,171	£29,384
Dann Williams	£787	£  1,594	£     807
Tom Clark	£787	£  1,020	£     233
Matthew Pitt	£787	£     926	£     139

STAKER - WSOP #27 $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship

Staker	Stake	Winnings	Profit
Dann Williams	£696	£  1,393	£     697
Bill Sheppard	£696	£     715	£       19

Two events concluded and, amazingly, the same two stakers topped the results in both.

Pride of place goes to Bill, who put his whole Marbella stake on fifth-placed Milos Skrbic, despite Milos having very little by the way of previous results, and won £30k! Amazing picking, Bill. Dann profited by putting the lot on William Davies, who min-cashed but, at least, has some excellent previous results. Very good by both, but super-impressive by Bill to come up with Milos. Tom and Matthew made a profit from Neil Raine and Guy Taylor.

As I said, the same two were also best in #27 at the WSOP, Dann by picking John Gale and Bill by going with Neil Blumenfield, two guys I am not surprised to see in the cash.