All good things must come to an end, and the same is true for this feature of Mutant Poker. The ##PNWPokerLeaderboard has been running for nearly six years, since back at the end of April 2017.It’s been interesting and entertaining, but it does take a fair amount of time, which I could be using to rewatch episodes of the original The Addams Family.

So I’m going to take a little break from this, after one last mega-Leaderboard, which wraps up 2022 (mostly). Still hope to see some of you folks on my infrequent forays out onto the local tables.

Coming Up at Last Frontier

Two events for the new year have already been announced at Last Frontier: Next Sunday (8 January) is a $10K GTD Limit Hold’em tournament, with a $25K GTD NLHE tournament on Sunday, 29 January. Both events start at noon, both are a $235 buyin with no rebuy. The NLHE event has a $100 add-on.

PNW Poker Leaderboard

Key to the Leaderboard

• Name and home town (according to the player’s Hendon Mob profile).
• The player’s most recent ranking in the PNW Poker Leaderboard in italics. If this is their first time on the Leaderboard, an em dash (—)
• Their new standing in bold, preceded by the pound sign (#).
• Their change in status on the Leaderboard (with an arrow indicating up or down), or a black club (♣) if this is their first appearance.
• For each of the tournaments that are being recognized in this Leaderboard:
  • The name and link to the Hendon Mob listing for that tournament.
  • The player’s finishing position in the tournament and thge number of entries.
  • The tournament prize pool in US dollars.

David Lasater (West Richland, Washington)

#3092

#2244

➧

+848

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #1 $1K+ NLHE

3rd of 488 entries, $93.7K prize pool

Eric Lund (Lind, Washington)

—

#4161

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

9th of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Dale Dietzel (Gates, Oregon)

#1328

#1142

➧

+186

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #6 $1K+ NLHE Seniors

2nd of 355 entries, $68.4K prize pool

Alex Smith (Richland, Washington)

#5356

#3081

➧

+2275

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #7 $4K+ NLHE

4th of 344 entries, $134.7K prize pool

Barry South (Chuglak, Alaska)

#6049

#3130

➧

+2919

Venetian DSE NYE #19 $20K GTD NLHE EpicStack

3rd of 358 entries, $119.2K prize pool

Glyn Gracias (Sherwood Park, Alberta)

#1084

#933

➧

+151

Venetian DSE NYE #24 $25K GTD NLHE EpicStack

6th of 326 entries, $137.5K prize pool

Lloyd Fletcher (Dayton, Washington)

#757

#674

➧

+83

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #4 $1K+ Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

1st of 247 entries, $47.9K prize pool

Jerimiah Booher (Twin Falls, Idaho)

#3873

#2432

➧

+1441

WSOPC Cherokee #2 $500K GTD NLHE

9th of 2643 entries, $690.1K prize pool

Christopher Butler (Edmonton, Alberta)

#3479

#2269

➧

+1210

Pure Poker Tour Tournament of Champions Edmonton #8 NLHE

6th of 289 entries, $285.5K prize pool

James Bluhm (Elgin, Oregon)

—

#3739

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #6 $1K+ NLHE Seniors

1st of 355 entries, $68.4K prize pool

Tianshu Liu (Scarborough, Alberta)

—

#3592

♣

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #6 NLHE Megastack

3rd of 341 entries, $120.2K prize pool

Thor Oden (Wenatchee, Washington)

—

#3577

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #1 $1K+ NLHE

2nd of 488 entries, $93.7K prize pool

Lane Jacobson (Sisters, Oregon)

#2322

#1696

➧

+626

RunGood Contenders Season Finale Thunder Valley $1M GTD NLHE Main Event

14th of 417 entries, $1M prize pool

Jayakrishnan Nair (Seattle, Washington)

#95

#96

➧

-1

CPPT/Venetian DSE IV #28 $1M GTD NLHE

9th of 363 entries, $816.7K prize pool

Shawn Hall (Edmonds, Washington)

#1470

#1182

➧

+288

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

56th of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Lincoln White (Yakima, Washington)

—

#3449

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

8th of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Philip Senrud (Seattle, Washington)

—

#3384

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #7 $4K+ NLHE

3rd of 344 entries, $134.7K prize pool

Gabriel Kiflu (Salem, Oregon)

#7002

#2868

➧

+4134

LA Poker Open #20 NLHE

1st of 248 entries, $71.9K prize pool

Elliot Smith (Richmond, British Columbia)

#23

#23

➧

0

WPT World Championship $500K GTD NLHE

27th of 907 entries, $2.4M prize pool

Todd Hatch (Mukilteo, Washington)

—

#3235

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

7th of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Michael Baldwin (Calgary, Alberta)

#3952

#2221

➧

+1731

Harvest Poker Classic Regina NLHE

4th of 292 entries, $216.9K prize pool

Ye Ping Shan (Sherwood Park, Alberta)

#538

#471

➧

+67

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #10 NLHE Main Event Superstack

5th of 226 entries, $218.7K prize pool

Kham Xaythavone (Seattle, Washington)

#2345

#1600

➧

+745

WPT World Championship $500K GTD NLHE

19th of 2999 entries, $1.5M prize pool

Charles Coultas (Mill Creek, Washington)

#65

#66

➧

-1

WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open #9 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

2nd of 108 entries, $56.7K prize pool

Clay Quint (Mukilteo, Washington)

#4383

#2299

➧

+2084

Venetian DSE NYE #39 $30K GTD NLHE MonsterStack

2nd of 141 entries, $71.9K prize pool

Michael Kiselman (Edmonds, Washington)

#2520

#1681

➧

+839

WPT World Championship $2M GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

22nd of 3715 entries, $3.5M prize pool

Brandon Scotton (Boise, Idaho)

#7127

#2766

➧

+4361

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #2 $4K+ NLHE

3rd of 375 entries, $146.5K prize pool

Jonathan Williams (Dupont, Washington)

#2031

#1427

➧

+604

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #8 $8K+ NLHE

3rd of 436 entries, $126.2K prize pool

Tam Nguyen (Salem, Oregon)

#50

#48

➧

+2

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

5th of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Phillip Ferguson (Hermiston, Oregon)

#3089

#1888

➧

+1201

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #8 $8K+ NLHE

2nd of 436 entries, $126.2K prize pool

Samuel Ngai (Edmonton, Alberta)

#90

#89

➧

+1

Pure Poker Tour Tournament of Champions Edmonton #8 NLHE

4th of 289 entries, $285.5K prize pool

Graydon Kowal (Calgary, Alberta)

#574

#495

➧

+79

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #1 NLHE Deepstack

1st of 304 entries, $63.7K prize pool

Mohammad Mufti (Bellevue, Washington)

#1225

#961

➧

+264

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #8 $8K+ NLHE

4th of 436 entries, $126.2K prize pool

Scott Thomas (Lake Oswego, Oregon)

#1063

#853

➧

+210

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

4th of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Tony Hopkins (Portland, Oregon)

#1212

#942

➧

+270

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #8 $8K+ NLHE

1st of 436 entries, $126.2K prize pool

Faramarz Ghorbani (Port Moody, British Columbia)

#2416

#1543

➧

+873

WPT World Championship $500K GTD NLHE

27th of 907 entries, $2.4M prize pool

Jessica King (Boise, Idaho)

#1310

#1000

➧

+310

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #1 $1K+ NLHE

1st of 488 entries, $93.7K prize pool

Zhigang Yang (Richmond, British Columbia)

—

#2818

♣

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #10 NLHE Main Event Superstack

4th of 226 entries, $218.7K prize pool

Paul Losch (Portland, Oregon)

—

#2777

♣

WPT World Championship $500K GTD NLHE

10th of 2999 entries, $1.5M prize pool

Sebastian Crema (North Vancouver, British Columbia)

#506

#445

➧

+61

Venetian DSE NYE #30 $25K GTD NLHE EpicStack

2nd of 203 entries, $85.6K prize pool

Taylor Hart (Newberg, Oregon)

#209

#204

➧

+5

WSOPC Cherokee #16 $100K GTD NLHE High Roller

5th of 131 entries, $262K prize pool

Jorge Canada (Kennewick, Washington)

#546

#462

➧

+84

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

3rd of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Christopher Holden (Anchorage, Alaska)

#2564

#1480

➧

+1084

WPT World Championship $2M GTD NLHE

39th of 5430 entries, $5.2M prize pool

Feiyue Wu (Shorelline, Washington)

#847

#663

➧

+184

RunGood Contenders Season Finale Thunder Valley $250K GTD NLHE Take 1

5th of 456 entries, $410.4K prize pool

Calen McNeil (Victoria, British Columbia)

#92

#90

➧

+2

WPT World Championship $50K GTD Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

1st of 269 entries, $138.5K prize pool

Wayne Harmon (Portland, Oregon)

#169

#155

➧

+14

WSOPC Choctaw #10 $1M GTD NLHE Main Event

16th of 1076 entries, $1.6M prize pool

Nolan Houser (Calgary, Alberta)

—

#2297

♣

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #8 PLO Megastack

1st of 80 entries, $40.6K prize pool

Binh Nguyen (Beaverton, Oregon)

#140

#136

➧

+4

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

2nd of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Pei Li (Calgary, Alberta)

#261

#236

➧

+25

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #6 NLHE Megastack

1st of 341 entries, $120.2K prize pool

Ryan Cairns (Edmonton, Alberta)

#463

#386

➧

+77

Pure Poker Tour Tournament of Champions Edmonton #8 NLHE

3rd of 289 entries, $285.5K prize pool

Dylan Wilkerson (Seattle, Washington)

#16

#14

➧

+2

WSOPC Chicago #10 NLHE Main Event

14th of 1070 entries, $1.6M prize pool

Michael Helander (Kent, Washington)

#670

#522

➧

+148

Venetian DSE IV #22 $100K GTD NLHE Ultimate Stack

1st of 428 entries, $141.2K prize pool

L. David Wolfe (Portland, Oregon)

—

#1940

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #2 $4K+ NLHE

1st of 375 entries, $146.5K prize pool

Doug Lee (Calgary, Alberta)

#27

#27

➧

0

Venetian DSE NYE #13 $25K GTD NLHE EpicStack

2nd of 207 entries, $87.3K prize pool

Aaron Duczak (Surrey, British Columbia)

#30

#30

➧

0

WSOP Europe #14 €200K GTD NLHE Bounty Hunter

6th of 436 entries, $283.4K prize pool

Jim Harnden (North Vancouver, British Columbia)

#215

#188

➧

+27

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #10 NLHE Main Event Superstack

2nd of 226 entries, $218.7K prize pool

Aaron Thivyanathan (Renton, Washington)

#97

#94

➧

+3

WPT World Championship $200K GTD NLHE

11th of 736 entries, $721.2K prize pool

James Romero (Portland, Oregon)

#6

#7

➧

-1

WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open #42 NLHE Deep Stack 8-Max

6th of 108 entries, $56.7K prize pool

Gavin Smith (Portland, Oregon)

#1281

#698

➧

+583

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #7 $4K+ NLHE

2nd of 344 entries, $134.7K prize pool

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #9 $5K+ NLHE Main Event

1st of 486 entries, $235.8K prize pool

Joe Becker (Pendleton, Oregon)

—

#1342

♣

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #2 $4K+ NLHE

2nd of 375 entries, $146.5K prize pool

Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up #7 $4K+ NLHE

1st of 344 entries, $134.7K prize pool

Adam Hendrix (Anchorage, Alaska)

#13

#13

➧

0

WPT World Championship $250K GTD NLHE Progressive Bounty

9th of 181 entries, $532.1K prize pool

Venetian DSE IV #16 $300K GTD NLHE Ultimate Bounty

4th of 422 entries, $300K prize pool

Thomas Taylor (Medicine Hat, Alberta)

#38

#37

➧

+1

Deerfoot Fall Super Stack #10 NLHE Main Event Superstack

1st of 226 entries, $218.7K prize pool

Luka Savic (Everett, Washington)

—

#1140

♣

WSOPC Chicago #2 $300K GTD NLHE

3rd of 1815 entries, $748.8K prize pool

Tyler Willse (Hillsboro, Oregon)

#490

#348

➧

+142

WPT World Championship $100K GTD HORSE

1st of 272 entries, $263.8K prize pool

Krzysztof Slaski (Edmonton, Alberta)

#3887

#958

➧

+2929

Pure Poker Tour Tournament of Champions Edmonton #8 NLHE

1st of 289 entries, $285.5K prize pool

Zachary Bright (Tualatin, Oregon)

#2827

#851

➧

+1976

WPT World Championship $200K GTD NLHE

2nd of 1243 entries, $646.3K prize pool

Clemen Deng (Portland, Oregon)

#259

#205

➧

+54

WPT World Championship $2M GTD NLHE

23rd of 5430 entries, $5.2M prize pool

Jaspal Brar (Edmonton, Alberta)

#47

#44

➧

+3

Pure Poker Tour Tournament of Champions Edmonton #8 NLHE

2nd of 289 entries, $285.5K prize pool

Kyle Ho (Burnaby, British Columbia)

#98

#96

➧

+2

Harvest Poker Classic Regina NLHE

2nd of 268 entries, $107.4K prize pool

Harvest Poker Classic Regina NLHE

1st of 270 entries, $244.5K prize pool

Andrew Rodgers (Anchorage, Alaska)

#368

#247

➧

+121

Venetian DSE NYE #21 $150K GTD NLHE UltimateStack

2nd of 1011 entries, $510.5K prize pool

Brandon Cantu (Vancouver, Washington)

#8

#8

➧

0

PokerGO Tour/Aria High Roller Series #36 NLHE

3rd of 39 entries, $390K prize pool

Calvin Lee (Mercer Island, Washington)

#132

#102

➧

+30

WPT World Championship $15M GTD NLHE

40th of 2960 entries, $29M prize pool

Esther Taylor-Brady (Portland, Oregon)

#26

#26

➧

0

WPT World Championship $200K GTD 8-Game Mix

1st of 131 entries, $360.2K prize pool

Lina Niu (Surrey, British Columbia)

#7648

#612

➧

+7036

WPT World Championship $200K GTD NLHE Ladies

1st of 578 entries, $560.6K prize pool

Carl Oman (Vancouver, Washington)

#119

#100

➧

+19

CPPT/Venetian DSE IV #28 $1M GTD NLHE

2nd of 363 entries, $816.7K prize pool

Sean Banahan (Twin Falls, Idaho)

#589

#263

➧

+326

WPT World Championship $500K GTD NLHE

1st of 2999 entries, $1.5M prize pool

Shawn Buchanan (Vancouver, British Columbia)

#3

#3

➧

0

WPT World Championship $2M GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

5th of 3715 entries, $3.5M prize pool

Angela Jordison (Redmond, Oregon)

#74

#60

➧

+14

MSPT/Venetian DSE NYE #44 $300K GTD NLHE

5th of 643 entries, $620.4K prize pool

WSOPC Chicago #15 $100K GTD NLHE

5th of 229 entries, $223.2K prize pool

WSOPC Choctaw #10 $1M GTD NLHE Main Event

4th of 1076 entries, $1.6M prize pool

Tyler Patterson (Everett, Washington)

#19

#19

➧

0

RunGood Contenders Season Finale Thunder Valley $1M GTD NLHE Main Event

2nd of 417 entries, $1M prize pool

WPT World Championship $2M GTD NLHE

15th of 5430 entries, $5.2M prize pool

Adam Walton (Seattle, Washington)

#101

#64

➧

+37

WPT World Championship $500K GTD NLHE

2nd of 907 entries, $2.4M prize pool

Dylan Linde (Couer d’Alene, Idaho)

#7

#5

➧

+2

WPT World Championship NLHE High Roller

1st of 144 entries, $1.4M prize pool

I’m thanking my lucky stars it hasn’t been too busy since Halloween. It’s picking up, though, despite the approaching holidays. Enough that since I ran the numbers on Saturday, perennial blog favorite Angela Jordison almost got her hands on a WSOP Circuit Ring in the Main Event at Durant. Don’t miss her interview on this podcast.

Many thanks to @EastOregonQueen for tagging me in posts about the Wildhorse Fall Poker Round-Up this past week. The final results (and the dates for Spring) are below; check out the Twitter account (assuming that’s still a thing by the time I post this) for more results.

The Game ran two big buy-in events last weekend, including a $300+$150 Big O tournament last weekend (no idea how many players, I wasn’t able to make it, much against the siren song of 5 cards). Final Table ran a $500 Freezeout a week ago (also tugging at me) and has a $200 bounty tournament on Saturday (11/19) at noon.

Coming up in December, Portland Meadows has NLHE and Big O Freezeout championships.

Out of town, Little Creek Casino west of Olympia has a Mini Series running in early December.

That’s enough from me!

Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard

Key to the Leaderboard

• Name and home town (according to the player’s Hendon Mob profile).
• The player’s most recent ranking in the PNW Poker Leaderboard in italics. If this is their first time on the Leaderboard, an em dash (—)
• Their new standing in bold, preceded by the pound sign (#).
• Their change in status on the Leaderboard (with an arrow indicating up or down), or a black club (♣) if this is their first appearance.
• For each of the tournaments that are being recognized in this Leaderboard:
  • The name and link to the Hendon Mob listing for that tournament.
  • The player’s finishing position in the tournament and thge number of entries.
  • The tournament prize pool in US dollars.

Lee Markholt (Eatonville, Washington)

#9

#9

➧

0

WSOP Lake Tahoe #11 NLHE Main Event

11th of 513 entries, $777.1K prize pool

Aaron Raap (Meridian, Idaho)

#965

#826

➧

+139

MSPT Deadwood $100K GTD NLHE Main Event

7th of 422 entries, $407.8K prize pool

Ahmed Abdelhadi (Calgary, Alberta)

#1318

#1072

➧

+246

EPT London #9 NLHE UKIPT Mystery Bounty Cup

4th of 611 entries, $202.3K prize pool

Paul Houvener (Lynnwood, Washington)

—

#3317

♣

Wynn Fall Classic $50K GTD NLHE Seniors

3rd of 217 entries, $93.3K prize pool

Dien Le (Bellevue, Washington)

#113

#108

➧

+5

WSOPC Durant #4 $50K GTD NLHE The Twilight

1st of 371 entries, $72.7K prize pool

Riochard Jeffrey (Calgary, Alberta)

#1826

#1259

➧

+567

Wynn Fall Classic $50K GTD NLHE Seniors

1st of 217 entries, $93.3K prize pool

Kevin Roope (Wrangle, Alaska)

—

#2533

♣

Wynn Fall Classic NLHE $500 Bounty

1st of 93 entries, $88.8K prize pool

Maxwell Young (Seaside, Oregon)

#24

#24

➧

0

WSOPC Lake Tahoe #9 NLHE Monster Stack

2nd of 394 entries, $130.2K prize pool

Jared Kingery (University Place, Washington)

#135

#124

➧

+11

MSPT/Venetian DSE IV #2 $250K GTD NLHE

5th of 464 entries, $447.7K prize pool

Jeremy Hamey (Juneau, Alaska)

#1957

#1056

➧

+901

Bicycle Big Poker October #30 $750K GTD NLHE

5th of 2232 entries, $1M prize pool

Peter Lynn (Olympia, Washington)

#505

#383

➧

+122

MSPT/Venetian DSE IV #5 $750K GTD NLHE

6th of 808 entries, $1.1M prize pool

Jen Bernard (Portland, Oregon)

#2468

#1022

➧

+1446

Peppermill Poker Palooza #25 $300K GTD NLHE Main Event

2nd of 378 entries, $302.4K prize pool

Taylor Hart (Newberg, Oregon)

#257

#209

➧

+48

WSOPC Lake Tahoe #11 NLHE Main Event

4th of 513 entries, $777.1K prize pool

Dylan Linde (Vancouver, British Columbia)

#7

#7

➧

0

MSPT/Venetian DSE IV #2 $250K GTD NLHE

2nd of 464 entries, $447.7K prize pool

Rambo Halpern (Portland, Oregon)

#153

#131

➧

+22

Wynn Fall Classic $1M GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

3rd of 847 entries, $1.2M prize pool

Scott Eskanazi (Mercer Island, Washington)

#101

#70

➧

+31

Wynn Fall Classic $1.5M GTD NLHE Championship

2nd of 684 entries, $1.8M prize pool

Eskenazi’s Hendon Mob profi;le goes back 14 years, but this is a career best, by far.

Not going to say much this edition. We lost one of the long-time residents here at the Catsino (up there in the header) last week, and things have been a little glum. Jasmine predated my time in poker (at least in the modern era) and she spent many a day at the home office or during an online tournament or while I was writing blog entries here at Mutant Poker making space for herself between the keyboard and the monitor. She’s going to be sorely missed after more than eighteen years.

There’s a remembrance tournament for Heath Bloodgood, the long-time manager at The Final Table, next Thursday evening.

Anyway, on to the Leaderboard.

Key to the Leaderboard

• Name and home town (according to the player’s Hendon Mob profile).
• The player’s most recent ranking in the PNW Poker Leaderboard in italics. If this is their first time on the Leaderboard, an em dash (—)
• Their new standing in bold, preceded by the pound sign (#).
• Their change in status on the Leaderboard (with an arrow indicating up or down), or a black club (♣) if this is their first appearance.
• For each of the tournaments that are being recognized in this Leaderboard:
  • The name and link to the Hendon Mob listing for that tournament.
  • The player’s finishing position in the tournament and thge number of entries.
  • The tournament prize pool in US dollars.

Matthew Kelly (Hillsboro, Oregon)

#2028

#1590

➧

+438

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #14 $30K GTD NLHE

2nd of 158 entries, $49.8K prize pool

Andrew Robinson (Clackamas, Oregon)

—

#4111

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #14 $30K GTD NLHE

1st of 158 entries, $49.8K prize pool

Jesse Talbot (Calgary, Alberta)

#3199

#2201

➧

+998

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #3 NLHE Mystery Bounty

1st of 200 entries, $39.5K prize pool

Tracy Town (Camas, Washington)

—

#3902

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #19 $225K GTD NLHE Main Event

6th of 385 entries, $244.5K prize pool

Christopher Hull (Vancouver, Washington)

#1030

#877

➧

+153

DeepStack Extravaganza III #46 $200K GTD NLHE UltimateStack

5th of 452 entries, $228.6K prize pool

Alejandro Madrigal (Umatilla, Oregon)

#2188

#1577

➧

+611

WSOPC Thunder Valley #12 $100K GTD NLHE Last Call

5th of 173 entries, $173K prize pool

Jason Beasley (Salem, Oregon)

#177

#171

➧

+6

Bally’s Colorado Poker Championship #21 $200K GTD NLHE Main Event

7th of 430 entries, $447.2K prize pool

Ali Razzaq (Edmonton, Alberta)

#768

#680

➧

+88

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #4 NLHE

2nd of 313 entries, $78.7K prize pool

Travis Jansen (Tigard, Oregon)

—

#3345

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #5 $50K GTD NLHE 6-Max

1st of 80 entries, $50K prize pool

Aamir Khan (Calgary, Alberta)

#238

#230

➧

+8

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #4 NLHE

1st of 313 entries, $78.7K prize pool

Thai Nguyen (Portland, Oregon)

—

#3272

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #19 $225K GTD NLHE Main Event

5th of 385 entries, $244.5K prize pool

Will Thysell (Eugene, Oregon)

#729

#630

➧

+99

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #17 $40K GTD NLHE Bounty

1st of 202 entries, $83.2K prize pool

Jeffrey Lindsay, (Tacoma, Washington)

—

#3093

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #12 $10K GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

1st of 91 entries, $22K prize pool

Haven Werner (Calgary, Alberta)

#425

#380

➧

+45

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #7 NLHE Main Event

5th of 531 entries, $368.4K prize pool

Cliff Green (Eckville, Alberta)

#203

#189

➧

+14

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #2 NLHE Bounty

2nd of 310 entries, $108K prize pool

Norman Dufton (Warrenton, Oregon)

—

#2773

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #17 $40K GTD NLHE Bounty

2nd of 202 entries, $83.2K prize pool

Aaron Quon (Richmond, British Columbia)

#2782

#1566

➧

+1216

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #7 NLHE Main Event

4th of 531 entries, $368.4K prize pool

Colton Yamagishi (Edmonton, Alberta)

#234

#218

➧

+16

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #2 NLHE Bounty

3rd of 310 entries, $108K prize pool

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #7 NLHE Main Event

7th of 531 entries, $368.4K prize pool

Ilya Sofinskiy (Hillsboro, Oregon)

#1213

#874

➧

+339

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #19 $225K GTD NLHE Main Event

3rd of 385 entries, $244.5K prize pool

Tyler Patterson (Everett, Washington)

#19

#19

➧

0

WSOPC Thunder Valley #7 Omaha Hi-Lo

1st of 119 entries, $61.2K prize pool

Weston Print (Calgary, Alberta)

#225

#202

➧

+23

Pure Poker Tour Edmonton #7 NLHE Main Event

3rd of 531 entries, $368.4K prize pool

Richard McVae (Tacoma, Washington)

—

#1654

♣

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #19 $225K GTD NLHE Main Event

2nd of 385 entries, $244.5K prize pool

Michael Coombs (Tacoma, Washington)

#294

#238

➧

+56

Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic #19 $225K GTD NLHE Main Event

1st of 385 entries, $244.5K prize pool

Raghav Sharma (Calgary, Alberta)

—

#918

♣

Deerfoot Summer Super Stack #9 NLHE Main Event

1st of 334 entries, $335.5K prize pool

Adam Hendrix (Anchorage, Alaska)

#13

#13

➧

0

PokerGo PokerMasters #4 NLHE

1st of 73 entries, $730K prize pool

Seth Davies (Bend, Oregon)

#1

#1

➧

0

PokerGo PokerMasters #9 NLHE

4th of 54 entries, $1.3M prize pool

Though only one of them is on the Leaderboard this time (that’s Angela Jordison, twice) the duo of Jordison and Jacki Burkhart has been making the media rounds this past couple of weeks, with appearances on the Thinking Poker Podcast with Andrew Brokos and Carlos Welch, as well as an interview with Jennifer Newell at Tight Poker. Plus, there’s this:

Haven’t had a chance to listen to The Chip Race yet, but the Thinking Poker interview is long and funny and makes me wish I had the chance to hang out with people more.

I did get the chance this past weekend to see Jeremy Harkin for the first time in forever, eating some tasty BBQ cooked by Dan Butcher, who was one of the first folks I met on the Portland poker scene, back in my early days at the Chadd Baker-era Portland Players Club.

I haven’t played much live (or really, online) lately, though I did donate in both the $20K and $40K guarantees at the grand re-opening of Final Table after their move to SE 82nd & Division. More about that at another time.

We’re less than four weeks from the start of the Chinook Winds Fall Coast Classic Poker Tournament, here’s a link to the PDF for the schedule and structures.

Until next Leaderboard (or that “another time” article I mentioned)!

Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard

David Froyalde (Federal Way, Washington)

#838

#749

➧

+89

Wynn Summer Classic $100K GTD NLHE

5th of 435 entries, $208K prize pool

The Hendon Mob page for this event says it was a $1M guarantee, but I think my entry here is correct.

Matt McLeish (Calgary, Alberta)

#2148

#1676

➧

+472

Cash Casino Colossus NLHE

4th of 169 entries, $124.8K prize pool

William Reddick (Lethbridge, Alberta)

#4532

#2795

➧

+1737

MGM Grand Summer Series #162 $50K GTD NLHE The Grand Stack

2nd of 192 entries, $63.3K prize pool

Jarrod Leppard (Red Deer, Alberta)

#1153

#979

➧

+174

Venetian DeepStack Championship Series #120 $20K GTD NLHE Monster Bounty

2nd of 243 entries, $81.4K prize pool

Jonathan Woof (Edmonton, Alberta)

#3082

#2080

➧

+1002

WSOP #89 NLHE Tournament of Champions

10th of 470 entries, $1M prize pool

Kang Lee (Edmonton, Alberta)

#931

#803

➧

+128

WSOP #85 NLHE The Closer

38th of 2968 entries, $3.9M prize pool

Aaron Thivyanathan (Renton, Washington)

#105

#102

➧

+3

SHRPO #23 $100K GTD NLHE Deep Stack

6th of 314 entries, $304.5K prize pool

Jimmy Lee (Edmonton, Alberta)

#69

#69

➧

0

Venetian #118 $40K GTD NLHE MonsterStack Freezeout

5th of 293 entries, $149.4K prize pool

Pawan Braich (Edmonton, Alberta)

#267

#255

➧

+12

Cash Casino Colossus NLHE

3rd of 169 entries, $124.8K prize pool

Dominick French (Victoria, British Columbia)

#156

#148

➧

+8

WSOP #85 NLHE The Closer

37th of 2968 entries, $3.9M prize pool

Dien Le (Bellevue, Washington)

#117

#114

➧

+3

Orleans Summer Open $40K GTD NLHE Saturday Special

1st of 413 entries, $99.6K prize pool

Rhonda Shepek (Victoria, British Columbia)

#1885

#1259

➧

+626

WSOP #85 NLHE The Closer

21st of 2968 entries, $3.9M prize pool

Weston Pring (Calgary, Alberta)

#275

#247

➧

+28

Cash Casino Colossus NLHE

2nd of 169 entries, $124.8K prize pool

Wesley Remmer (Kenai, Alaska)

—

#2262

♣

MGM Grand Summer Series #146 $1M GTD NLHE The Grand Mystery Bounty – Third Act

6th of 708 entries, $1M prize pool

Taylor Hart (Newberg, Oregon)

#288

#251

➧

+37

WSOP #85 NLHE The Closer

43rd of 2968 entries, $3.9M prize pool

Hart’s performance in this Leaderboard-qualifying event is smaller than that of some of the other players in this tournament, but Hart also had a number of other, smaller cashes that didn’t qualify for the Leaderboard but dd boost his overall position.

Sandra Neal (Aldergrove, British Columbia)

#2426

#1210

➧

+1216

WSOPC Cherokee #4 $100K GTD NLHE Seniors

2nd of 925 entries, $305.2K prize pool

The WSOP site lists Neal as a resident of Tennessee and most of their Hendon Mob cashes are at Cherokee and other Southeast US venues, but the listing at the Mob says BC.

Haochen Shi (Calgary, Alberta)

—

#1796

♣

WSOPC Calgary #9 NLHE Double Stack

1st of 408 entries, $68K prize pool

Vanessa Kade (Kelowna, British Columbia)

#50

#48

➧

+2

WSOP #87 NLHE

10th of 573 entries, $2.6M prize pool

Vincent Lam (Edmonton, Alberta)

#209

#178

➧

+31

WSOP #85 NLHE The Closer

10th of 2968 entries, $3.9M prize pool

Calvin Lee (Mercer Island, Washington)

#144

#130

➧

+14

WPT Venetian $4M GTD NLHE

13th of 1178 entries, $5.4M prize pool

Matt Affleck (Seattle, Washington)

#15

#15

➧

0

SHRPO #32 $3M GTD NLHE Championship

14th of 1110 entries, $5.3M prize pool

Esther Taylor-Brady (Portland, Oregon)

#27

#26

➧

+1

SHRPO #41 5-Card PLO 8-Max Deep Stack

1st of 115 entries, $230K prize pool

Angela Jordison (Redmond, Oregon)

#97

#88

➧

+9

MSPT Iowa $300K GTD NLHE Main Event

5th of 979 entries, $948.1K prize pool

WSOPC Cherokee #9 $100K GTD NLHE

3rd of 415 entries, $404.6K prize pool

Kyle Ho (Burnaby, British Columbia)

#136

#96

➧

+40

Estrellas Poker Tour NLHE Main Event

5th of 2765 entries, $6.1M prize pool

Jaspal Brar (Edmonton, Alberta)

#61

#52

➧

+9

WSOP #88 NLHE Super Turbo

1st of 1282 entries, $1.1M prize pool

Brar won the final live event of the 2022 WSOP, picking up bracelet number one, then headed to Barcelona.

Christopher Brewer (Eugene, Oregon)

#5

#4

➧

+1

SHRPO #32 $3M GTD NLHE Championship

5th of 1110 entries, $5.3M prize pool

I’d like to sincerely (but probably pointlessly) apologize to Aaron Duczak for not noticing he was from the Pacific Northwest (specifically, Kamloops, British Columbia) until he was on the final table of the WSOP Main Event. There is nobody who would have liked to make more of the fact that this year’s Main Event had two players from the PNW in contention for the $10M top prize than myself.

The combined population of the states and provinces I track in the PNW Poker Leaderboard—Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alkaska, British Columbia, and Alberta—is about twenty-three and a half million, smaller than the population of California (38 million) or Texas (28 million), and just a bit more than that of Florida (21 million) but here we had two players who weren’t long-established pros at the final table of the biggest event of any poker year. Pretty cool.On top of that, both Angela Jordison and Stuart Young* were on the Day 4 feature table on PokerGO for a long period with the man everyone was talking about at the time, Zilong Zheng, Five players from the PNW cracked the spots between 100 and 200 in the Main Event.
* And Vancouver, Washington’s Ali Imsirovic.

So a pretty cool Main Event for the PNW.

Well-Aged Final Tables

If you’ve got a few extra minutes, check out my updated interactive chart of the ages of the players who’ve made the Main Event final table since 2005!

PNW Poker Leaderboard

Key to the Leaderboard

• Name and home town (according to the player’s Hendon Mob profile).
• The player’s most recent ranking in the PNW Poker Leaderboard in italics. If this is their first time on the Leaderboard, an em dash (—)
• Their new standing in bold, preceded by the pound sign (#).
• Their change in status on the Leaderboard (with an arrow indicating up or down), or a black club (♣) if this is their first appearance.
• For each of the tournaments that are being recognized in this Leaderboard:
  • The name and link to the Hendon Mob listing for that tournament.
  • The player’s finishing position in the tournament and thge number of entries.
  • The tournament prize pool in US dollars.

Omar Stefanini (Coquitlam, British Columbia)

#1140

#995

➧

+145

Wynn Summer Classic $1M GTD NLHE

44th of 2441 entries, $2.3M prize pool

Adam Todd (Rogers, Alaska)

#800

#724

➧

+76

Wynn Summer Classic $2.5M GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

76th of 2854 entries, $3.7M prize pool

Peter Cowles (Seattle, Washington)

#2325

#1820

➧

+505

WSOP #66 NLHE Mini Main Event

56th of 5833 entries, $5.1M prize pool

Joel Micka (Seattle, Washington)

#31

#33

➧

-2

WSOP #65 NLHE Freezeout

51st of 1359 entries, $3.6M prize pool

Laurie Gore (Port Hadlock, Washington)

#2071

#1588

➧

+483

Aria Poker Classic $50K GTD NLHE

2nd of 410 entries, $135.3K prize pool

Looks like a 7-way deal in this one.

Mark Aylward-Nally (Vancouver, British Columbia)

#7233

#3179

➧

+4054

Aria Poker Classic $50K GTD NLHE

3rd of 308 entries, $101.6K prize pool

Kennon Buckmaster (Grants Pass, Oregon)

#3149

#2109

➧

+1040

WSOP #66 NLHE Mini Main Event

55th of 5833 entries, $5.1M prize pool

Joshua Biedak (Victoria, British Columbia)

#641

#581

➧

+60

MGM Grand Summer Series #110 PLO/Big O

2nd of 161 entries, $83.2K prize pool

Waheed Feda (Washington)

#1064

#897

➧

+167

Wynn Summer Classic $2.5M GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

79th of 2854 entries, $3.7M prize pool

Edward House (Soldotna, Alaska)

#3033

#1991

➧

+1042

WSOP #68 NLHE Million Dollar Bounty

62nd of 14112 entries, $8.3M prize pool

Vanessa Ames (Mill Creek, Washington)

#3136

#2032

➧

+1104

WSOP #71 NLHE One More for One Drop

51st of 5702 entries, $5.7M prize pool

Matthew Jewett (Shoreline, Washington)

#108

#111

➧

-3

WSOP NLHE 4pm Daily Deepstack

2nd of 262 entries, $86.4K prize pool

Nicholas Sena-Hopkins (Seattle, Washington)

#820

#689

➧

+131

WSOP #71 NLHE One More for One Drop

50th of 5702 entries, $5.7M prize pool

Jason James (Seattle, Washington)

#605

#532

➧

+73

MGM Grand Summer Series #107 $1M GTD NLHE The Big Show Main Event

16th of 833 entries, $1.2M prize pool

Chris Gallagher (Portland, Oregon)

#1181

#915

➧

+266

WSOP #77 NLHE Lucky 7s 7-Max

28th of 6903 entries, $3.5M prize pool

Though they now list online WSOP bracelet events, Hendon Mob doesn’t factor them into the rankings, so Gallagher’s 5th place finish last month in the WSOP ONLINE 2022 PLO 6-Max—a $1K buy-in with 470 entries—doesn’t affect the standing.

Venkata Muramalla (Sammamish, Washington)

#2615

#1900

➧

+715

Venetian DeepStack Championship Series #85 $150K GTD NLHE Monster Bounty

3rd of 434 entries, $303.8K prize pool

Tyler Patterson (Everett, Washington)

#19

#19

➧

0

WSOP #66 NLHE Mini Main Event

27th of 5833 entries, $5.1M prize pool

Frederick Parsons (Kamloops, British Columbia)

#606

#501

➧

+105

WSOP #66 NLHE Mini Main Event

19th of 5833 entries, $5.1M prize pool

Clemen Deng (Portland, Oregon)

#2733

#1486

➧

+1247

MGM Grand Summer Series #131 $2M GTD NLHE The Grand Finale

18th of 967 entries, $2.1M prize pool

Jesse Kertland (Ellensburg, Washington)

#342

#298

➧

+44

Wynn Summer Classic $2.5M GTD NLHE Mystery Bounty

41st of 2854 entries, $3.7M prize pool

WSOP #77 NLHE Lucky 7s 7-Max

39th of 6903 entries, $3.5M prize pool

Lynh Nguyen (Seattle, Washington)

#7505

#1963

➧

+5542

WSOP #61 NLHE Ladies Championship

6th of 1074 entries, $955.8K prize pool

This is just Nguyen’s second recorded cash.

Matthew Kelly (Hillsboro, Oregon)

—

#2004

♣

WSOP #68 NLHE Million Dollar Bounty

20th of 14112 entries, $8.3M prize pool

David Katzov (Vancouver, British Columbia)

#2882

#1278

➧

+1604

Wynn Summer Classic $150K GTD PLO Championship

5th of 170 entries, $467.5K prize pool

Doug Lee (Calgary, Alberta)

#26

#26

➧

0

Wynn Summer Classic $1M GTD NLHE

9th of 2441 entries, $2.3M prize pool

Tesfaldet Tekle (Tukwila, Washington)

#450

#359

➧

+91

WSOP #69 PLO Championship 8-Max

22nd of 683 entries, $6.3M prize pool

Kevin Theodore (Seattle, Washington)

#554

#409

➧

+145

WSOP #77 NLHE Lucky 7s 7-Max

14th of 6903 entries, $3.5M prize pool

Jacqueline Burkhart (Boring, Oregon)

#252

#222

➧

+30

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

327th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Dean Sanderson (Salem, Oregon)

—

#1441

♣

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

230th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Tony Phu Le (Surrey, British Columbia)

#1812

#817

➧

+995

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

221st of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Noah Bronstein (Bellevue, Washington)

#34

#35

➧

-1

WSOP #77 NLHE/PLO 8-Max

6th of 1234 entries, $1.5M prize pool

Angela Jordison (Redmond, Oregon)

#109

#97

➧

+12

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

175th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Aaron Thivyanathan (Renton, Washington)

#128

#105

➧

+23

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

169th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Steve Chanthabouasy (Clackamas, Oregon)

#92

#83

➧

+9

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

158th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Luke Travis (Blaine, Washington)

#1872

#761

➧

+1111

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

154th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Stuart Young (Portland, Oregon)

#803

#461

➧

+342

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

102nd of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Charles Coultas (Mill Creek, Washington)

#71

#66

➧

+5

WSOP #63 PLO8 Championship

8th of 284 entries, $2.6M prize pool

Richard Mercier (Anchorage, Alaska)

#4625

#928

➧

+3697

Venetian DeepStack Championship Series #87 $200K GTD NLHE Monster Stack

1st of 473 entries, $458.8K prize pool

Vincent Lam (Edmonton, Alberta)

#314

#209

➧

+105

WSOP #77 NLHE/PLO 8-Max

4th of 1234 entries, $1.5M prize pool

Carl Marvin III (Juneau, Alaska)

#4271

#635

➧

+3636

Wynn Summer Classic $2M GTD NLHE

6th of 2574 entries, $3.7M prize pool

Carl Oman (Vancouver, Washington)

#192

#126

➧

+66

Venetian DeepStack Championship Series #83 $1M GTD NLHE Seniors

2nd of 1076 entries, $1M prize pool

Carl’s so hot right now.

Juan Riedinger (Vancouver, British Columbia)

—

#357

♣

Bicycle Casino Winnin’ O’ the Green #48 $1M GTD NLHE Mega Millions XXII

2nd of 5608 entries, $2M prize pool

Pei Li (Calgary, Alberta)

#1022

#253

➧

+769

WSOP #74 PLO Bounty

1st of 1390 entries, $1.8M prize pool

Esther Taylor-Brady* (Portland, Oregon)

#28

#27

➧

+1

WSOP #77 NLHE/PLO 8-Max

2nd of 1234 entries, $1.5M prize pool

Yeah, I put an asterisk on Taylor-Brady for reasons of residence.

Joshua Morrow (Juneau, Alaska)

—

#329

♣

WPTDeepStacks Thunder Valley #4 NLHE Monolith

1st of 1438 entries, $575.2K prize pool

Edmund Chan (Vancouver, British Columbia)

—

#315

♣

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

95th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

This is Chan’s deepest-ever run in the Main Event; in 2017, Chan placed 116th. Chan has two other better-than-min-cashes in the Main Event.

David Timmons (Ketchum, Idaho)

—

#184

♣

WSOP #68 NLHE Million Dollar Bounty

3rd of 14112 entries, $8.3M prize pool

This is Timmons’s first recorded tournament cash, as well as a first appearance on the Leaderboard.

Adam Hendrix (Anchorage, Alaska)

#18

#17

➧

+1

Wynn Summer Classic $1M GTD NLHE

1st of 1446 entries, $2M prize pool

WSOP #81 NLHE 8-Max Freezeout

4th of 756 entries, $3.4M prize pool

The Wynn tournament was an even chop with Wojciech Barzanteny.

Aaron Duczak (Kamloops, British Columbia)

#138

#30

➧

+108

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

7th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool

Jeffrey Farnes (Dallas, Oregon)

#629

#29

➧

+600

WSOP #70 NLHE Main Event

6th of 8663 entries, $80.7M prize pool