2016 WSOP Fantasy Game & Staker

[MintTrav]

Event 40: $2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw Lowball

Runners	236
Paid	36
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
Dzmitry Urbanovich	12	1
Jason Mercier	26	1
Stuart Rutter	30	1
Mike Watson	34	1

Selector	Points
Glenn	3
Dann	2
Simon B	2
Craig	2
Steve	2
Paul	2
Tom F	2
Suzanne	2
John	2
Neil	2
Carl	1
Adam	1
Luca	1
Barrie	1
Karen	1
Paxo	1
IrishTom	1

Christopher Vitch has had several high finishes in the past, including a second last year and a third previously. He had another third place this year in #8, but finally nailed it here for his first bracelet.

Mercier made his seventh cash, but that will be irrelevant to him as another opportunity for that third bracelet slips past. Urbanovich"s attempt for three looks a joke at this stage.

[PokerPax]

Forty players won their tables in #42: $3k Shootout NLHE. Our interest lies with Ho, Mizrachi, Chidwick and Esfandiari.

I also have Rhys Jones in #42 John  

And he has just become the first player to qualify for the final table. Gotta have some sympathy for George Trigeorgis, who lost heads-up to Jones in the second round, losing with a full house to Jones" quads and then with trips to Jones" straight. Running like that, Jones must be favourite for the bracelet.

Edit: Chidwick and Ho have now also made it to the final table - the others are out.

My best event to date! Have to say hope Rhys does get the bracelet, even if it"s just to emulate his good mate Craig (McCorkell) who won the same event a couple of years back. Well, that and points for me of course! Beating Maria heads up would be nice.  

[MintTrav]

Forty players won their tables in #42: $3k Shootout NLHE. Our interest lies with Ho, Mizrachi, Chidwick and Esfandiari.

I also have Rhys Jones in #42 John  

And he has just become the first player to qualify for the final table. Gotta have some sympathy for George Trigeorgis, who lost heads-up to Jones in the second round, losing with a full house to Jones" quads and then with trips to Jones" straight. Running like that, Jones must be favourite for the bracelet.

Edit: Chidwick and Ho have now also made it to the final table - the others are out.

My best event to date! Have to say hope Rhys does get the bracelet, even if it"s just to emulate his good mate Craig (McCorkell) who won the same event a couple of years back. Well, that and points for me of course! Beating Maria heads up would be nice.  

I have a feeling the heads-up will come down to those two and he"ll give her a licking. Bracelet for Fareham!

[MintTrav]

Thank God for events like the $10k 6-Max (#39), which has just finished. Some final tables are filled with identikit automatons trying to out-bore each other, so it"s good to see some interesting players:

4th - Chris Ferguson


3rd - Justin Bonomo


2nd - Davidi Kitai (eat more food Davidi)


1st - Romesh Ranganathan  



We have tonnes of players cashing in this. Wheelbarrow-loads of points to be delivered. Back soon.

[MintTrav]

STAKER - WSOP #38 Limit Holdem Six Handed

Staker	Profit
John Murray	£3,228
Simon Lawlor	£1,899
Suzanne Hayward	£   807
Christopher Kelly	£   682

Simon & I got our returns by staking Ian Johns, but I decided to risk the lot on him. Suzanne and Chris had winning stakes on Rep Porter and Jason Somerville.

[fandango]

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  

[madsteve]

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.

[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.

Okay.

[MintTrav]

Event 39: $10,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em Championship

Runners	294
Paid	45
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
David Kitai	2	18
Justin Bonomo	3	15
Vanessa Selbst	9	1
Paul Volpe	10	1
Scott Seiver	19	1
Jonathan Little	20	1
Patrick Leonard	26	1
Jonathan Duhamel	28	1
Jeremy Ausmus	29	1
Simon Deadman	39	1

Selector	Points
Neil	19
Suzanne	17
Luca	16
Glenn	16
Carl	2
Richard	2
Simon B	2
Paul	2
Paxo	1
IrishTom	1
Barrie	1
Dann	1
Craig	1
Steve	1
Karen	1
Tom F	1

Another really tough event. Eight of the top twelve already had at least one bracelet at home. Kitai almost reclaimed full rights to being the winningest Belgian at the WSOP, one day after Michael Gathy equalled his record of three wins, but will have to get used to sharing it.

The final hand was a three-way all-in, Kitai"s 66 against Bonomo"s 99, both called by Martin Kozlov, with QQ and the chip lead. A flop of QQ7 left nothing more to discuss.

[MintTrav]

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

[fandango]

Hi John/Des..

Do Goliath token winners put alias on this thread??

If so alias

FandangoBRS

Many thanks

[MintTrav]

STAKER - WSOP #39: $10,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em Championship

Staker	Profit
Barbara Press	£10,328
Gareth Howard	£10,247
Simon Lawlor	£  3,928
Suzanne Hayward	£     267

Barbara came good again, picking Volpe, and was almost matched by Gareth, who had Silver. Silver didn"t finish as high as Volpe, but Gareth had everything on him. Either way, they both came out over £10k up.

And what about Simon and Suzanne? Already riding high at the top of the leaderboard, their two names keep coming up as repeat winners (as does Barbara"s). This time, they both secured their profit by staking Leonard, though Simon backed it up with a win on Seiver as well.

[MintTrav]

STAKER LEADERBOARD - Top Ten

Staker	Profit
Simon Lawlor	£143,090
Suzanne Hayward	£136,366
Simon Brooke	£  81,433
Ross Freeman	£  44,431
Rob Swindells	£  39,893
Shane Hopkins	£  38,759
Leigh Wiltshire	£  23,925
Shirley Cole	£  17,663
Christopher Kelly	£    8,678
Thomas Piccirilli	£    1,448

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

[MintTrav]

Hi John/Des..

Do Goliath token winners put alias on this thread??

If so alias

FandangoBRS

Many thanks

I"m not sure how Des is handling it, ie whether he has enough details to match winners with their tokens online, or not. Prob best for others to wait for him to to clarify it before piling in.

Speaking of tokens, here are the total tokens won by everyone up to the WSOP Seniors Tournament:

STAKER TOKENS WON - TO WSOP #27

Staker	Tokens Won
Carl Pilgrim	£    65
Ross Freeman	£    60
Glenn Laming	£    60
Suzanne Hayward	£    55
Barrie Cullen	£    45
Christopher Kelly	£    45
Rob Swindells	£    40
Shirley Cole	£    40
Stuart Aitken	£    40
Roddy Farmer	£    35
Gareth Howard	£    35
Dann Williams	£    35
Simon Lawlor	£    35
Matthew Whiting	£    35
Karen Mead	£    35
John Murray	£    30
Shane Hopkins	£    30
Simon Brooke	£    30
Leigh Wiltshire	£    30
Matthew Pitt	£    20
Gianluca Ragusi	£    15
Matt Dale	£    15
Ross Warren	£    15
Sandy Drennan	£    15
Bill Sheppard	£    15
Juan De Diego	£    15
Charlie Press	£    10
Des Duffy	£    10
Graeme Morl	£    10
Dave Paxton	£    10
Szymon Szczupak	£    10
Richard Prew	£    10
Richard Baker	£    10
Iain Ayre	£      5
Debbie Kimm	£      5
Simon Young	£      5
Tom Clark	£      5
Mark Rowbottom	£      5
Del Watson	£      5
Ian Witt	£      5
Nick Wright	£      5
Dave Burt	£      5
Rafael Rovira	£      5
Barbara Press	£      5
Thomas Piccirilli	£      5
Louie Bell	£      5
Tom Feilding	£      5
Luca Cannella	£      5
Mark Lassman	£      5
Grand Total	£1,040

[MintTrav]

STAKER NEWS

The following events have been added to Staker:

WSOP #47: $10k 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship
WSOP #48: $5k No Limit Hold'em (30-minute levels)
WSOP #51: $10k Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship
WSOP #52: $3k No Limit Hold'em
GUKPT London Main Event: £500 + 50 No Limit Hold'em

http://www.staker.co.uk/enter-game.asp

Every event has its own prizes, separate to the ongoing league, so you can win even if you haven"t entered up til now.
Over a thousand pounds has been given away in one month, and you can still join in. Free to enter.