PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 20

Sorry for the late report! Late nights, late mornings.

WSOP Event #40 $1K NLHE Seniors Day 2

Despite what the Chip Count says, Seattle’s Alice Parypa is still hanging in with more than 10BB as one of two PNW Seniors still in the game, according to the official EOD2 report. She’s in 41st place out of 41 65 players. Anthony Simpson of Pasco, Washington is the other. They’re guaranteed at least $12K $6.6K each. There’s $613K up top. Only ten of the returning players failed to cash, with 25 making the money. I’d like to take a moment to mention there are two players added to the list below who were listed with California hometowns on the EOD1 report, but in Washington and Oregon on Results.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
3817115Anthony SimpsonWA54,800419,000
4941294Alice ParypaWA30,300221,000
69281Jim WavraWA31,200
9276Sridar NadarajahOR62,000
109474John ColumboWA15,700
110177Kevin RossWA 44,100
124429Michael WardOR18,700
131212Douglas RieperWA38,800
143169Kevin RichardsonCA/WA44,700
17233Kenneth WellsOR83,200
194207Daniel PriceWA39,300
199367Roger BarryCA/OR22,900
22650Dominick FrenchBC72,300
21494Glenn MIllerWA58,000
231534James RhodesBC8,900
240357Richard ForrestOR24,000
263127Michael BolenderID52,900
271288Michael KokkelerOR30,700
309454Steven MerfeldOR17,000
315345Patrick McMahanWA25,900
325374Rolland JonesWA22,300
359408Gary ArmstrongBC20,100
365167Terry BrushWA45,000
374485Geoffrey LangWA14,500
383552Jacqueline RayBC6,800
413183Robert CheungBC43,200
421414Kenneth LeibWA19,700
211Emiel GnozaWA39,100
31Mark HurstOR83,500
287Stephen KatzBC30,900
344Patrick MooreWA26,100
396Alan LewisBC20,700
401Peter OsborneOR20,500
464Robert WilliamsWA16,400
473David SimonID15,800
544Richard MyersOR7,700
547Dean MuffettOR7,300

WSOP Event #41 $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Day 2

Neither Esther Taylor-Brady or Brandon Cantu made it through to the money in this event (did I mention it was one of my favorite games?

WSOP Event #42 $1.5K NLHE Extended Play Day 1

A little over 1,900 players decided to try out this new game, with 90-minute levels—halfway between the standard hour and the 2-hour levels of the Main Event—that’s scheduled for four days of play. More than 540 made it to Day 2, after seven levels of play. 34 PNW players are coming back, although a few are on real fumes.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 3Rank End of Day 2PlayerStateChips End of Day 2Chips End of Day 3
20814Auddie ReynoldsOR240,400605,000
24251Yevgeniy TimoshenkoWA405,400226,000
33108Vinny TaWA34,000
3447Jesse WilkeWA122,200
5027John McClainOR155,000
6416Lance DoddWA223,800
107110Enrique VillacresWA31,500
10878Floyd BangerterWA70,900
125Lazlo SomogyiBC
129Shane AbbottWA
149Phong NguyenWA
179Gerald PeltolaWA
181Michael ThorpeWA
191Kim NguyenWA

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $135 NLHE

The prize pool for last night’s 10pm tournament was $12.8K, Kevin Slattery (WA) took 6th.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $185 NLHE

With a prize pool of $42.8K, the 6pm tournament paid 30 places. Patrick McMahan, Jr. or Washington took 10th, Carl Cox (also WA) got 18th. Vasilos Tzetzos (BC), David Goodkin, and John Hartmann (both WA), placed 23rd through 25th.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $235 NLHE

At 1,122 entries, this was the 11th-largest (of 20) $235 Deepstacks so far this summer. The prize pool was $213K, and first place took nearly $39K. Gary Weems (OR) placed 5th for more than $10K, and Dustin Richard (OR) made the second table for 17th. Ernest Martens (BC) placed 18th. Also in the 117 places paid from the PNW: Hien Batterman (WA, 26), Douglas Campbell (ID, 27), Tod Reichert (WA, 70), Denis Frutos (OR, 74), Tam Nguyen (OR, 85), Stephen York (ID, 88), Curtis Clark (WA, 98), and Vance Rogers (ID, 112).

Grand Poker Series Event #35 $150 NLHE

Matt Tompkins (WA), Georgene Farmer (OR) and John Poppke (WA) all made the final table of this 188-entry event, taking 3rd, 7th, and 9th, respectively. Deanna Kent (BC) also cashed in 12th.

Grand Poker Series Event $39 $350 NLHE $100K Guarantee

Not as huge an overlay on this running of the Grands’ $100K events, but still over $10K in free money was distributed to 30 of the 290 entries. Chad Wassmuth (ID) got in on it and was part of a four-way chop that awarded $14K in profit to each of the remaining players. Ronald Luginbill (WA) made some money, too, placing 20th.

PHamous Poker Series Event #24 $130 NLHE Double Stack Turbo $5K Guarantee

I’m just catching up to these since Planet Hollywood stopped posting the results int he folder after Event #23 and I didn’t catch on right away. Sharrol Segal took this event down, with Louise Jean and John Agelakis placing 3rd and 5th. All are from BC.

PHamous Poker Series Event #27 $200 NLHE $25K Guarantee

The prize pool was $60K, with 373 entries and 45 making the money. Edward Sorensen of BC lost the HU battle to take 2nd. Lisa Delvecchio of BC placed 4th. Laurence Hughes and James Jacka of WA took 14th and 34th.

PHamous Poker Series Event #29 $130 NLHE Double Stack Turbo $5K Guarantee

Jason Lowe of BC was in a 7-way chop for $3.2K, with $28K in the overall prize pool.

PHamous Poker Series Event #31 $565 NLHE Seniors $200K Guarantee

414 players entered (or re-entered), just capping the guarantee. Only George Phipps of BC made it through to the cash, squeaking in at 40th.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

  • At the WSOP, players in the the new Super Seniors event are already looking forward to their dinner break by the time this gets posted. Happy Father’s Day, old(er) dudes! The $50K Poker Players Championship starts this afternoon. Tomorrow is a $1.5K NLHE and the $3K PLO 6-Max, which should make for some fast action.
  • If you’re out of the Seniors tournament and too young to play the Super Seniors, the Venetian has a $200K guarantee $600 buy-in event. Too late to get into today’s flight but there’s one tomorrow. You can still play tonight’s $20K NLHE Survivor tournament for $300; 10% of the field gets $2.5K.
  • Planet Hollywood‘s evening game is a $5K NLHE Turbo for $130 (registration for today’s HU game is closed). Tomorrow there are two flights for the $100K guarantee ($300 buy-in), and another turbo. Two more flights for the $100K on Tuesday, with Day 2 on Wednesday.
  • Aria is back on their regular schedule of $235 NLHE at 1pm and $150 NLHE at 7pm. They do have a $235 PLO tournament switched in forTuesday.
  • The Wynn Summer Classic has a bye for Father’s Day
  • You’ve got an hour until registration closes (3:30pm) at the Grand Poker Series $100K guarantee. Get on the bus now. Tomorrow is a $560 HORSE game and a $350 NLHE Black Chip Bounty ($100 for each knockout).
  • At Binion’s Poker Classic, it’s flight 2 of the 45+ Seniors event for $400. Tomorrow is the $220 Ladies event.

PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 19

WSOP Event #35 $3K HORSE Day 4

BC’s Dan Idema started the day at the back of a very small pack of three players vying for the bracelet, but it only took him about two hours do clear the way to his third bracelet. He netted $262K for his victory.

WSOP Event #36 $1.5K PLO Day 3

Two players are left in the PLO contest, but none of them are from the Northwest. Four PNW players cashed on Day 3 between 9th and 13th places, for a total of more than $50K.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
91023Kechao NiWA85,000324,000
102127Shane AbbottWA15,200646,000
11547Dmitrii ValouevOR59,400470,000
131639Allen ThorpeWA65,400190,000
6842Jonathan StandenOR63,400
9086Paul FawthropWA39,100
116134Thomas TaylorBC11,200
72Michael PaloWA43,800
88Cole JacksonWA36,600

WSOP Event #38 $3K NLHE Day 2

Noah Vaillancourt of BC racked up his third cash of this year’s WSOP taking 6.7K for 81st place. No PNW players made it to the 48 players moving to Day 3.

WSOP Event #40 $1K NLHE Seniors Day 1

35 players from the PNW got through Day 1. Last year, with the 3K starting stack and different blind structure, 4.4K entries played down within 20 spots of the money bubble at 468. This year, with 4.2K seniors in the game and a 5K starting stack, 423 players get paid, but more than 140 are coming back to Day 2 with no hope of a cash.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
3817115Anthony SimpsonWA54,800419,000
4941294Alice ParypaWA30,300221,000
69281Jim WavraWA31,200
9276Sridar NadarajahOR62,000
109474John ColumboWA15,700
110177Kevin RossWA 44,100
124429Michael WardOR18,700
131212Douglas RieperWA38,800
143169Kevin RichardsonCA/WA44,700
17233Kenneth WellsOR83,200
194207Daniel PriceWA39,300
199367Roger BarryCA/OR22,900
22650Dominick FrenchBC72,300
21494Glenn MIllerWA58,000
231534James RhodesBC8,900
240357Richard ForrestOR24,000
263127Michael BolenderID52,900
271288Michael KokkelerOR30,700
309454Steven MerfeldOR17,000
315345Patrick McMahanWA25,900
325374Rolland JonesWA22,300
359408Gary ArmstrongBC20,100
365167Terry BrushWA45,000
374485Geoffrey LangWA14,500
383552Jacqueline RayBC6,800
413183Robert CheungBC43,200
421414Kenneth LeibWA19,700
211Emiel GnozaWA39,100
31Mark HurstOR83,500
287Stephen KatzBC30,900
344Patrick MooreWA26,100
396Alan LewisBC20,700
401Peter OsborneOR20,500
464Robert WilliamsWA16,400
473David SimonID15,800
544Richard MyersOR7,700
547Dean MuffettOR7,300

WSOP Event #41 $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Day 1

Vancouver (WA) mixed-game specialist Esther Taylor-Brady is right behind Bart Hanson, Phil Galfond, and Daniel Negreanu, in 22nd place coming into Day 2. Oh, yeah, Brandon Cantu’s in 44th but his hometown is still listed on the official report as Vegas. About half the starting field of 111 is left, with 16 places paid. It’s a limit, split-pot game, the money bubble won’t break until later today.

Venetian DSE #40 $600 NLHE $40K Guarantee

A number of events around town have been blowing the lid off the guarantees (not Golden Nugget, they’ve had huge overlays, so remember that when you’re scheduling) and this event did the same, racking up $123K in the prize pool. Doc Parsons of OR and Christopher Marr of WA took 5th and 6th places, for $7.6K and $5.8K.

Grand Poker Series #34 $240 8-Game Mix

Tyler Willse of OR got $4K and Ka Ng of WA got $3K in a deal that awarded five players between $3K and $4.1K. They were officially awarded 3rd and 4th places out of 116 players.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

  • A new event at the WSOP starts today: the $1.5K NLHE Extended Level with 90-minute blind levels. Tomorrow is another new event, the Super Seniors (65+) a $1K NLHE, and the $50K Poker Players Championship.
  • The Venetian $200K NLHE guarantee has its second and last flight today ($600), and the second (also final) flight of the $150K PLO8 ($1.1K entry) in the evening. Tomorrow starts their Seniors $250K NLHE ($600)
  • Planet Hollywood is catering to the seniors with a $200K NLHE for $565. The evening game is a $5K NLHE Turbo for $130. Tomorrow is HU $25K NLHE ($565) and another turbo.
  • Aria is back to their regular schedule of $235 NLHE at 1pm and $150 NLHE at 7pm.
  • The Wynn Summer Classic has the last of three starts for their $250K guarantee for $600. No tournaments scheduled for Father’s Day.
  • The Grand Poker Series has a $250 Seniors event. Another $100K guarantee is on the ticket for Sunday.
  • At Binion’s Poker Classic, today and tomorrow are starting flights for their sub-Seniors event (45 and older), a $400 buy-in.

Punting or Spazzing?

Bovada $4K NLHE

It’s the morning Bovada $11 tournament. As usual, I get in a few minutes late. It’s a classic example of bad judgement messing everything up after doing things right for a couple of hours.

Hand 3 [qs jd] UTG1 T10K 30/60

I’m in seat 1. I raise to 150, BB calls with [js jh]. The flop is [4s 4h ah] and I c-bet 200. BB calls and [ks] hits the turn. I throttle back, he checks, it’s [2c] on the river and we check to him winning the pot.

Hand 18 [kh ts] HJ T9.4K 50/100
UTG1 and UTG3 limp in. I raise to 350. SB calls with [7c 7d]. UTG1 calls with [qd jh]; UTG3 comes along with [ks 3s]. The flop is [5c 2s 5s], UTG3 bets 250 on his flush draw and gets called only by the sevens, which end up winning.

Hand 20 [3s 3c] UTG2 T9.1K 50/100
UTG raises with [jd ah], I call to set-mine, BB comes along with [jd ah]. The flop is [9c 5d jc], I fold to a bet from UTG, and they end up chopping the pot.

Hand 28 [9s ts] UTG3 T8.7K 75/150
UTG raises to 600, I call along with HJ. The flop is [ah 7d kh], entirely too high and red for my taste, so I fold to a 1.3K bet from UTG, who has [ks kc]. HJ [6h 7h] goes all-in on the turn with bottom pair and a flush draw and gets eliminated by the set of kings.

Hand 29 [ad kh] UTG2 T8.1K 75/150
UTG1 raises to 300 with [9s 9d] and I 3-bet to 1K. He calls, the flop is [5s js 4d]. He checks to me and I go all-in. He folds. Finally I win some chips.

Hand 31 [kd 4d] UTG T9.4K 75/150
I raise to 400 and get two callers. The flop is [6h 3c 4h] and I c-bet 550 on bottom pair. It’s actually good against [jc as] and [td ac]. Back over starting stack.

Hand 34 [7h 5h] D T10.2K 75/150
I follow UTG and UTG2 limping into the pot, and SB comes along. The flop is [jh 7d 3d], SB checks, BB ([jd 5d]) bets 300. UTG with [7s 7c] for a set calls, UTG2 ditches [5s ad], I call, and [qs 9d] is dropped by SB. The turn [9h] makes my flush draw look better, but when BB bets 825 on top pair and the other red flush, and UTG raises to 2K with his set, I chicken out. BB calls, the [8h] would have completed my flush, both players check the river and the set wins.

Hand 36 [6s 6h] HJ T9.7K 100/200
UTG2 min-raises [as ac], and gets calls from me and both blinds ([tc jd] and [ah 7h], respectively). The flop is [4c 2d 3c], which is tempting but everyone folds to a 1.2K c-bet.

Hand 37 [jd tc] UTG3 T9.3K 100/200
UTG2 limps in with [6d 8d] and I raise to 600. BB calls with [ah 3s] and UTG2 comes along. BB bets 950 on the [6c qc  4s] and I fold along with UTG2. Not sure why he folded his middle pair if he’s going to play those hands.

Hand 38 [jd qs] UTG2 T8.7K 100/200
I open to 500 and get called by HJ ([5d ad]), CO ([ah 3h]), and BB ([kc ts]). The flop is [6s ac 9s], I c-bet my air and CO and I are HU to see the [3c] turn. We both check, I bet 2K on the [8c] river, he calls, and his two pair wins.

Hand 59 [th qc] D T3.7K 150/300/30
I’ve had to lay low for a little while. Haven’t played a hand for more than twenty minutes. Been moved to seat 7 of a new table and I’m down to 12BB. Everyone else at the table has 40BB or more and seats 3 and 6 are more than 100BB deep. UTG1 limps [4c 4s]. UTG2 has [ah 5h] and makes it 900. CO 4-bets to 2.7K and I decide to throw in my fate with the Portland Nuts and shove. UTG1 and UTG2 fold. CO has [ac ad] and calls. The board runs out [jh 8d ks 2h 9h] and I make my straight for a double-up. It’s just a scratch for seat 6, but then he goes a little berserk and loses 11K on the next hand, raising and calling a 3-bet of 12BB with [ts 7s] pre-flop.

Hand 63 [9s as] UTG1 T9K 200/400/40
I opened to 1K and UTG2 3-bet to 3.9K with [jd td]. I called and made an open-ended straight draw on the flop with [7c 8d 6c]. With more than 6K in the pot, I shoved my remaining 5K and he called. On the face of it, he only had 26% equity, though cards discarded by other players slightly improved his odds. [8c] on the turn and [6h] for the river and I doubled up with an ace kicker.

Hand 65 [9d ts] BB T18.9K 200/400/40
UTG raised to 1.7K with [qs jh] (a decent hand). HJ called holding [qh as] (a decent-er hand). I plopped out the extra chips to call. The flop was [9c 7d 3s] and I took a stab at it, shoving 17K back. UTG went all-in for less with just two over cards. I had four to a straight on the [8s] turn, which meant he couldn’t win by pairing his jack, HJ  had tossed one of the queens, so he was drawing slim and the [4h] river eliminated him.

Hand 70 [6c ac] UTG1 T34.2K 250/500/50
I opened to 1.25K and got called by BB with [7d 7c]. He jammed his remaining 8.5K on the [ks 6h 8c] flop. I had bottom pair and was on a roll. Hit the [as] on the turn, the river was [4c] and he was out.

Hand 72 [qs ah] BB T44.5K 250/500/50
UTG was all-in for just 1.3K with [9c ts]. CO called holding [ac 2h], then SB 3-bet to 5.6K with [5s 5c]. CO had 30K, SB a little less than 20K to start, so I squeezed with an all-in. CO folded and SB called. The board was [kd 8c qc 3d kc] and my queen saved the day. The table broke and I moved to seat three on the new table.

Hand 75 [qh as] UTG T66.8K 250/500/50
Different result with the same hand a couple minutes later. I raise to 1.25K, BB 3-bets to 7.5K with 8K behind, I shove, he calls he has [kh as], yadda, yadda, yadda, and I lose.

Hand 80 [6d ad] HJ T50.2K 250/500/50
Have I mentioned that at this point I’m fairly far ahead of anyone on my table? Seat 2 is empty. Seats 1, 5, and 7 have about 10K. Seat 6 is down to 5K. Seats 3, 8, and 9 are between 15K and 25K. I open to 1.25K, HJ calls with [6c 4c], CO comes along with [kd jh], and BB is in with [kh jd]. The flop is hardly conducive to anyone’s hand: [7h qd 9h]. We all check it down through the [2c] turn and [3d] river and ace high is the winner.

Hand 85 [td qh] D T53.4K 300/600/60
UTG limps with [4h ad] and just 6K. I raise to 1.8K. Everyone folds.

Hand 88 [9h jh] UTG2 T55.2K 300/600/60
My stack is more than twice as large as anyone else at the table. I open to 1.5K and SB calls with [7s 7h] off of the only stack with more than 20K. That brings BB along with [kd qh]. The flop is [5s ah as], both the blinds check it and I c-bet 2.2K. Only SB calls. We both check the [jc] turn and [5d] river and I get a little bigger.

Hand 105 [ac qc] UTG2 T57.7K 400/800/80
I raise to 2K and take it. Even though I’ve been fairly quiet for a while, nobody’s really chipped up. The closest stack is in seat 8 (SB) who has 27.5K after the hand.

Hand 108 [ac th] BB T59.2K 400/800/80
UTG1 min-raises, I call, he c-bets 1.6K on the [9h 9c 3c] flop, I call, we check [4d] on the turn and [qs] on the river, he shows [as tc] and we split the pot.  Nice hand, nice hand….

Hand 110 [tc js] D T59.2K 400/800/80
I raise to 2K and SB calls with [9d th]. Effective stack is 12.2K before the hand starts. He bets 3K on the [ah jd 8s] flop with his open-ended straight draw, essentially committing his stack. I shove, he calls his remaining 7K and the turn is [2d] with [jh] on the river. Win for me.

Hand 130 [th ks] UTG T67.7K 600/1.2K/120
A whole level goes by with no action from me. There is now a stack in seat 7 (I’m in 3) with 104K. I open to 2.8K, getting calls from UTG2 ([qh jd]) and CO ([qd tc]). Everyone checks the [ah ac as] flop. The turn is [jh], I check, UTG2 makes a bet of 2.4K and wins.

Hand 132 [tc qh] SB T63.5K  600/1.2K/120
There’s a 1BB stack in seat 1 (CO) and a 4BB stack on seat 4 in the BB. D in seat 2 has just doubled up to 61K.UTG3 fancy-play raises to 4.8K with [6d 7s]. CO goes all-in with [ad qd] . I call the raise, then BB shoves for 1.2K more with [2c td], hoping to get max alue if they hit. UTG3, the original raiser, started the hand with 30K and makes the call, as do I. We check the board down as it reveals [ts jd 8c 7d 3h]. I take the pot and side pot.

Hand 133 [9c as] D T76.7K 600/1.2K/120
I open to 2.8K, get called by BB with [7d ad], and we see the flop of [6d 5c ac]. He donk-bets 2.4K with 27K behind, I raise to 6K and he folds.

Hand 135 [ah kc] HJ T82.5K 800/1.6K/160
UTG limps in with [qh 8h]. I raise to 5K and he’s the only caller. The flop is [kd 8d jh]. He checks, I bet 8K with TPTK and he shoves for 21.2K. It costs me 13.1K to call and the board runs out a pair of threes: [3d 3s]. The 56K pot puts me over 100K and near the top of the leaderboard.

Hand 137 [th kd] UTG1 T112.1K 800/1.6K/160
I raise to 4K, SB shoves 21.4K with [kc qs] and I fold.

Hand 141 [3h ah] D T105.1K 800/1.6K/160
UTG1 limps with [ts qd]. I limp in since SB is in shoving/squeezing territory with 20K, and sure enough that’s what he does with [9d 9c]. He takes the pot.

Hand 144 [ks qh] UTG2 T103K 800/1.6K/160
I open to 5K, SB—one of what are now three 100K stacks at the table, with the addition of one in seat 2—calls, as does BB, with 27.3K.The flop is [js 7s 3s], SB checks, BB shoves for 22.2K, I call with my king-high spade draw, and SB folds. A pair of tens shows up by the river, giving BB a full house.

Hand 146 [jh as] UTG T75.4K 1K/2K/200
I open to 5K and the guy I just doubled up in D position shoves 68.3K. Leveling or inducing? Inducing, as it seems, since when I call he has [kc kd]. I do have some outs, but none of them show up on the [qd 7s 2s 9h 6d] board and I’m just about toast after being in great position ten hands earlier.

Hand 147 [kd 2h] BB T7K 1K/2K/200
With 3.5BB, I’m not sticking around long if I don’t do something. UTG3 limps with [5s ac]. D  and SB limp with [td 9c] and [3h 6s]. I check.  [ad 4h 5d] and UTG3 has two pair, so he bets 6K. SB calls with an open-ended straight draw, He calls. I, amazingly, have a gutshot. I call and aI’m all-in. [8c] on the turn, UTG bets 14K and SB goes away. But the [3c] river makes my wheel and I’m back in business, taking the bulk of the pot.

Hand 160 [2s as] HJ T17.1K 1.25K/2.5K/250
I shove and win.

Hand 171 [9s 8s] UTG1 T15.1K 1.5K/3K/300
Blinds coming round again. 5BB stack. Shove time and I take it.

Hand 179 [jc th] UTG2 T15.4K 1.5K/3K/300
Blinds coming round again. 5BB stack. Shove time and I take it.

Hand 188 [9h 9c] UTG2 T15K 2K/4K/400
UTG raised to 21.2K with [qd qs]. I went all-in to call, and just as it should most of the time, the better hand won. After being on top o the leader board briefly, I bust two places short of the money.

VPIP: 19%. PFR: 13%. Went to showdown with more than 50% of VPIP hands. Won 66% of showdowns.

Three hours and fifteen minutes. 188 hands. 56th of 459 entries. -100% ROI.

PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 18

WSOP Event #35 $3K HORSE Day 3

BC’s Dan Idema returns for Day 4 facing down two other players for his third bracelet. Sadly, no live streaming for this event today.

WSOP Event #36 $1.5K PLO Day 2

Nineteen players are left out of the 978 entrants. Nine PNW players made it to Day 2, three of them cashed, and four others are still in the game, with WA’s Shane Abbot in second place and OR’s indomitable Dmitrii Valouev in 5th.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
91023Kechao NiWA85,000324,000
102127Shane AbbottWA15,200646,000
11547Dmitrii ValouevOR59,400470,000
131639Allen ThorpeWA65,400190,000
6842Jonathan StandenOR63,400
9086Paul FawthropWA39,100
116134Thomas TaylorBC11,200
72Michael PaloWA43,800
88Cole JacksonWA36,600

WSOP Event #38 $3K NLHE Day 1

Three PNW players remain made it through Day 1: Noah Vaillancourt (BC), Hyoung Chae (WA), and Jonathan Clancy (OR). 297 players remain from the 989 entries.

WSOP Event #39 $1.5K Ten-Game Mix

Three players from Washington (Andrew Rennhack, Dustin Leary, Daniel Ratigan) and one from British Columbia (Greg Mueller) made it through the mixer to Day 2.

PHamous Poker Series #21 $565 NLHE Goliath $500K Guarantee

1,205 entries in the latest run of the Goliath made for $590K prize pool. Ka Ng of Washington took 4th place for nearly $41K (first place paid $118K). Jae Bahn of Beaverton, Oregon got $7.7K for 13th place. Scott Kateian (WA) took 23rd, Christopher Marr (WA) 52nd, Vikas Sondhi (WA) 84th,  and Portland local Christopher Cross got 124th.

PHamous Poker Series #23 $150 PLO8 $5K Guarantee

249 entries in this event bloated the prize pool to nearly $30K. Miltiathis Douvas of Vancouver, British Columbia and Christopher Knapp of Washougal, Washington cashed in 23rd and 24th places, respectively.  Addition: Ryan Durkee of WA cashed in 5th place in this event.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

Kenny (author of the spreadsheet of tournaments) Hallert, your jacket is waiting at the Venetian.

 

  • If you’re reading this as soon as I post it, you’ve got less than half-an-hour to make the first level of the WSOP $1K NLHE Seniors event, which probably means you’d better be in line already, since that thing gets huge. Maybe you should wait until the afternoon $10K Stud Hi-Lo Championship Tomorrow is the 90-minute $1.5K NLHE Extended Level; coming up Sunday is the NLHE Super Seniors (65 and older) and the $50K Poker Players Championship mix game (like anyone playing that is reading this).
  • The Venetian has the first of two start days for a $200K guarantee NLHE event with a $600 buy-in. This evening is the first of two starting flights for a $150K guarantee, $1.1K buy-in PLO8 tournament. Both have a second flight tomorrow, with Day 2 on Sunday. The $200K event is scheduled for a Day 3 on Monday.
  • Planet Hollywood has a $25K guarantee $200 buy-in NLHE a $330 NLHE event supporting a cerebral palsy charity in the afternoon. There are two $565 events scheduled for the weekend: a $200K guarantee NLHE Seniors game tomorrow and a $25K guarantee NLHE Heads-Up match Sunday. Both evenings have $130 $5K guarantee NLHE Turbos.
  • Aria is back to their regular schedule of $235 NLHE at 1pm and $150 NLHE at 7pm.
  • The Wynn Summer Classic has the second of three starts for their $250K guarantee for $600.
  • The Grand Poker Series takes another whack at a 2-day $100K guarantee for $350 at 11am. Tomorrow is a $250 Seniors event. Another $100K guarantee is on the ticket for Sunday.
  • Binion’s Poker Classic is running a $10K guarantee PLO8 game for $220. Tomorrow and Sunday are starting flights for their sub-Seniors event (45 and older), a $400 buy-in.

PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 17

WSOP Event #32 $5K NLHE 6-Max Day 3

Noah Vaillancourt of British Columbia went into the day 14th of 20, and notched up his second WSOP cash of the year, placing 19th for $20K.

WSOP Event #33 $1.5K Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Day 3

I missed Washington’s Noah Bronstein in yesterday’s round-up, he was in 5th place at the end of Day 2 and took 3rd on the final day. Bronstein made it to the same place in the same event last year. This year’s efforts came to $54K in prize money. Ian Johns—also of Washington—placed 14th for $5.5K.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
3538Noah BronsteinWA31,000226,000
141211Ian JohnsWA43,700116,000
1840Tommy HangWA29,000
3612Terrence ChanBC41,500
126Noah VaillancourtBC46,300
63Daniel RatiganWA22,600
87Thomas TaylorBC15,000

WSOP Event #34 $1.5K NLHE Mix-Max Day 2

None of the PNW players making it through Day 1 were among the 60 who cashed in this event on Day 2 (played 6-Max) and none of them made it to Day 3’s heads-up battles.

WSOP Event #35 $3K HORSE Day 2

Dan Idema of British Columbia is the last PNW player remaining, in 11th place on the chip count. Day 2 played down from  224 to 29.

WSOP Event #36 $1.5K PLO Day 1

Kechao Ni of Washington leads the PNW pack. 978 players entered, 140 are left, 23 players will be returning to Day 2 without making the money.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
91023Kechao NiWA85,000324,000
102127Shane AbbottWA15,200646,000
11547Dmitrii ValouevOR59,400470,000
131639Allen ThorpeWA65,400190,000
6842Jonathan StandenOR63,400
9086Paul FawthropWA39,100
116134Thomas TaylorBC11,200
72Michael PaloWA43,800
88Cole JacksonWA36,600

WSOP Event #37 $10K NLHE 6-Max Day 1

There are four Washington players in Day 2 of the 6-Max championship out of 102 remaining from the original field of 259: Lee Markholt (39), Raymond Dandrea (66), Rob Tepper (70), and Scott Clements (98).

Venetian DSE #35 $600 NLHE $250K Guarantee

BC’s Joey Spencer was in the final table deal, taking 2nd place and $46K. Xavier Blue and Brady Redington of Washington placed 46th and 48th. The event got 790 entries. Venetian, it would be really nice if you could include at least the cities in the hometown column of foreign players.

Wynn Summer Classic $300 NLHE $25K Guarantee

Oregon’s Kerry Moynahan takes 5th for $3K. Seattle’s Laurence Hughes made $1K in 10th. With 231 entries, the prize pool was nearly $60K.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

Never forget Kenny Hallert’s annual spreadsheet of tournaments.

  • The day starts at the WSOP with a $3K NLHE game, then the 10-game Mix for $1.5K.
  • It’s $600 for a $40K guarantee at the Venetian, and a $400 NLHE Bounty event with a $30K guarantree in the evening.
  • Planet Hollywood has a $25K guarantee $200 buy-in NLHE and a $5K guarantee NLHE Turbo event for $130.
  • The Seniors game is still at Aria; and there’s a $150 NLHE event tonight.
  • The Wynn Summer Classic kicks off another $250K guarantee for $600. Today is the first of three starting days.
  • There’s a $250 Limit Hold’em tournament at 11am at the Grand Poker Series, and a $150 NLHE at 1pm.
  • Binion’s Poker Classic Championship event is today. $50K guarantee for a $1K buy-in.

PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 16

WSOP Event #28 NLHE Monster Stack Day 4

Twenty players fell on Day 4, leaving the official final table of nine for Day 5. The final two PNW players were Ian Modder (21st) and Ryan Delorme (23rd). Both are from British Columbia; both received $45.6K.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 3Rank End of Day 2PlayerStateChips End of Day 2Chips End of Day 3
211739Ian ModderBC663,0003,090,000
232556Ryan DelormeBC480,0001,840,000
34103Michael PaloWA400,000
45123Jacqueline BurkhartOR359,000
69145Michael WimberlyWA324,000
802Wayne KellerWA1,262,000
85240Kao SaechaoOR136,000
88221Scott HillBC177,000
91224Louis LoOR170,000
104188Kostantinos SegounisBC249,000
11297Aaron HillWA416,000
117266Jason FlintOR72,000
1196Yao SunBC1,103,000
15666Alexander PulaskiOR543,000
157167Allen ThorpeWA277,000
167147Phong NguyenWA324,000
174178Khoa NgoWA270,000
18693Lance DoddWA424,000
202192Paul HessWA242,000
24735Bruce ZhenOR681,000
263230Robert BrewerOR159,000
283Ricky ChowBC
286Vanessa KadeBC
310Brett NewtonOR
333Tony HopkinsOR
348Kheang TangOR
424Jacob McDonaldOR
432Blake CarriereBC
442Gennady DvosisWA
459Shawn StewartWA
463Rob TepperWA
464Teyan CurtisID
503David BausWA
544Mirza BegWA
564Aanund DolanOR
567John GrueWA
612Robert CheungBC
665Kim NguyenWA
675Grant DenisonOR
684Joshua RoeWA
694Terrance KalafWA
703Trevor HughesBC

WSOP Event #31 $3K PLO8 Day 3

In the final live report from each event, there’s often a report like this:

notables

It skips entirely over 11th place finisher Jeremy Harkin of Oregon, who just missed the unofficial final table in a fierce competition but will always be notable to us.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
115111Jeremy HarkinOR21,500657,000
29100Tai NguyenWA27,300
347Kate HoangWA136,400
8Shawn BuchananBC134,200
46Dmitrii ValouevOR57,100
52Esther Taylor-BradyWA53,400
56Stephen JohnsonOR49,600
69Lee WatkinsonWA42,200
89Kristopher RundquistWA33,400
105Gabriel BlumenthalWA23,600
114Chris BackBC18,700
121Scott DaviesBC15,400
127Chun ChenWA11,200

WSOP Event #32 $5K NLHE 6-Max Day 2

BC’s Noah Vaillancourt is the only PNW player moving to Day 3, but congratulations are due to Portland’s Benjamin May for his second WSOP career cash.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
14126Noah VaillancourtBC46,300515,000
2632Gareth Struivig De GrootBC113,800
46137Benjamin MayOR40,100
4735Matt JarvisBC109,300
70Scott EskanaziWA79,000
100Adam BernsteinOR61,300
133Chad WassmuthID40,800
136Hyoung ChaeWA40,100
179Shawn BuchananBC14,900

WSOP Event #33 $1.5K Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Day 2

Only British Columbia’s Ian Johns moves on from the PNW list to Day 3 with 16 players remaining, and a couple of other players making the money. Noah Vaillancourt wasn’t among them, but perhaps he was too busy making Day 3 of the 6-Max (see above).

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
3538Noah BronsteinWA31,000226,000
141211Ian JohnsWA43,700116,000
1840Tommy HangWA29,000
3612Terrence ChanBC41,500
126Noah VaillancourtBC46,300
63Daniel RatiganWA22,600
87Thomas TaylorBC15,000

WSOP Event #34 $1.5K NLHE Mix-Max Day 1

The first day of this event is played nine-handed, Day 2 is played six-handed, Day 3 is heads-up and the final table is eight-handed. This event only got 873 entries, with 159 players coming back for Day 2 and 92 places paying. There are just three PNW players in the Day 2 field.

Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1
82John ScottID34,300
120Joshua SussmanBC22,600
143Robert GandaraOR15,800

WSOP Event #35 $3K HORSE Day 1

224 returning players from 376 entries. Seven PNW players, with Daniel Idema and Greg Mueller (both BC) in 10th and 22nd places.

Grand Poker Series Event #30 $350 NLHE $100K Guarantee

Adam Croffut of Washington took 16th in a field of 236 in another event that appears to have significantly missed the guarantee. A chop distributed $17.2K to each of the top three finishers.

Grand Poker Series Event #31 $350 NLHE $100K Guarantee

This event was about 70 players short of making its guarantee. If you’re in Vegas, don’t miss the opportunity to get some overlay money. Chris Spears of Seattle took 6th place, and BC’s Alexander Bylicki also made the final table for 8th. Adam Croffut double-headered to place 17th.

Wynn Summer Classic $400 NLHE $100K Guarantee

There were three starting days for this event, with Day 2 on the 14th, paying 36 of 352 entries. A final table deal dealt between $10.9K and $14.6K to the top 6 finishers. Jan Panasiuk of Seattle was the only PNW casher, in 16th, although there was a 23rd place finisher from the suspicious-sounding Vancouver, Nevada….

Wynn Summer Classic $300 NLHE $25K Guarantee

Harold Evans of Idaho placed 10th of 137 in one of the Wynn dailies running as part of the Classic.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

Never forget Kenny Hallert’s annual spreadsheet of tournaments.

  • Portland Omaha junkies will be heading to the WSOP for the $1.5K PLO at noon, and high-rolling Portland poker junkies will be dropping into this afternoon’s $10K NLHE 6-Max. I’m still in Portland, myself.
  • It’s the final flight of the Venetian’s NLHE $1M guarantee, with a $1.1K buy-in. No evening game scheduled.
  • Planet Hollywood has a $25K guarantee $500 buy-in 8-Max tournament with no re-entry, and an evening $130 NLHE Turbo $5K guarantee.
  • It’s Aria‘s turn for Senior Poker Week duties, with a $340 event at 11am. Their evening tournament is an open $150 NLHE event.
  • Old people alert at the Wynn Summer Classic! It’s a $50K guarantee with a $600 buy-in.
  • Get face-to-face at the Grand Poker Series with their $560 NLHE Heads-Up tournament.
  • Binion’s Poker Classic has a $10K guarantee for a $160 buy-in.

Coming up in the next few days are the Seniors (50+) and Super Seniors (65+) tournaments at the WSOP, as well as the Extended Play (90-minute levels) and $50K Poker Players Championship. The Venetian has its own Seniors event, a $200K guarantee for $600, and a $1.1K entry $150K guarantee PLO8 tournament. Planet Hollywood has a $200K guarantee Seniors event. Wynn has another $250K guarantee with three entry days and a $600 buy-in. Seniors events at Golden Nugget and  Binons, with “senior creep” at the latter, where you can enter if you’re just 45 or older. We’re coming to get you Kid Poker!

Unrelated

Portland’s Esther Taylor-Brady—who’s cashed at the WSOP once so far this year and has been turning up in reports for the past couple weeks—made the final table of WPT Borgata in January, and by sheer coincidence, the episodes in which she’s featured start their run on ROOT this week. Still time to DVR the first episode if you get on it.

PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 15

WSOP Event #28 NLHE Monster Stack Day 3

Ian Modder and Ryan Delorme of British Columbia are the two PNW players remaining in the Monster Stack, which has 29 players returning for Day 4. Portland-area fave Jacqueline Burkhart had a fast start to the day, and was in the top 20 stacks mid-afternoon, but fell defending her big blind (and gut-shot straight flush draw) after nine-and-a-half hours.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 3Rank End of Day 2PlayerStateChips End of Day 2Chips End of Day 3
211739Ian ModderBC663,0003,090,000
232556Ryan DelormeBC480,0001,840,000
34103Michael PaloWA400,000
45123Jacqueline BurkhartOR359,000
69145Michael WimberlyWA324,000
802Wayne KellerWA1,262,000
85240Kao SaechaoOR136,000
88221Scott HillBC177,000
91224Louis LoOR170,000
104188Kostantinos SegounisBC249,000
11297Aaron HillWA416,000
117266Jason FlintOR72,000
1196Yao SunBC1,103,000
15666Alexander PulaskiOR543,000
157167Allen ThorpeWA277,000
167147Phong NguyenWA324,000
174178Khoa NgoWA270,000
18693Lance DoddWA424,000
202192Paul HessWA242,000
24735Bruce ZhenOR681,000
263230Robert BrewerOR159,000
283Ricky ChowBC
286Vanessa KadeBC
310Brett NewtonOR
333Tony HopkinsOR
348Kheang TangOR
424Jacob McDonaldOR
432Blake CarriereBC
442Gennady DvosisWA
459Shawn StewartWA
463Rob TepperWA
464Teyan CurtisID
503David BausWA
544Mirza BegWA
564Aanund DolanOR
567John GrueWA
612Robert CheungBC
665Kim NguyenWA
675Grant DenisonOR
684Joshua RoeWA
694Terrance KalafWA
703Trevor HughesBC

WSOP Event #30 $1K NLHE Day 2

All of the PNW players returning for Day 2 made it through to the money, but none of them made it to day 3. EOD1 chip leader Chris Hinchcliffe (WA) was the last to be eliminated (oh, and Brandon Cantu was there, as well).

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1
271Chris HinchcliffeWA206,000
37142Jordan HamiltonBC31,200
9389Gary SchrackID46,100
108222Brandi BurlandOR12,900
12471Noel GrafOR53,300
12935Phillip CramerOR77,400
164117Mark GrundfossenOR37,900
185132Binh NguyenOR32,500
20086Dean SherrittWA47,100

WSOP Event #31 $3K PLO8 Day 2

Oregon’s Jeremy Harkin is the last PNW player standing, with a good chance of making the final table from the 17 players returning for Day 3.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
115111Jeremy HarkinOR21,500657,000
29100Tai NguyenWA27,300
347Kate HoangWA136,400
8Shawn BuchananBC134,200
46Dmitrii ValouevOR57,100
52Esther Taylor-BradyWA53,400
56Stephen JohnsonOR49,600
69Lee WatkinsonWA42,200
89Kristopher RundquistWA33,400
105Gabriel BlumenthalWA23,600
114Chris BackBC18,700
121Scott DaviesBC15,400
127Chun ChenWA11,200

WSOP Event #32 $5K NLHE 6-Max Day 1

190 of 550 players are coming back for Day 2, including Portland’s Final Table club owner Benjamin May. 60 players make it to the money, probably around dinner time.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
14126Noah VaillancourtBC46,300515,000
2632Gareth Struivig De GrootBC113,800
46137Benjamin MayOR40,100
4735Matt JarvisBC109,300
70Scott EskanaziWA79,000
100Adam BernsteinOR61,300
133Chad WassmuthID40,800
136Hyoung ChaeWA40,100
179Shawn BuchananBC14,900

WSOP Event #33 $1.5K Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Day 1

Seven PNW players in 121 remaining. 42 places get paid. Ian Johns (WA) and 2+2 Pokercast co-host Terrence Chan (BC) are in the top 10% to start the day.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
3538Noah BronsteinWA31,000226,000
141211Ian JohnsWA43,700116,000
1840Tommy HangWA29,000
3612Terrence ChanBC41,500
126Noah VaillancourtBC46,300
63Daniel RatiganWA22,600
87Thomas TaylorBC15,000

Venetian DSE #28 $1.6K NLHE $1M Guarantee

Another dump of Venetian event results! 966 players entered this tournament making a prize pool of over $1.4M, with Eric Vallee of BC taking 3rd place for $152.6K. Chase Cooley of WA picked up 86th.

Venetian DSE #33 $600 NLHE Double Black Chip Bounty $40K Guarantee

Portland’s Jacob Dahl continues his summer run with a 5th place finish in this 153-entry field.

Venetian DSE #34 $600 PLO8 $40K Guarantee

223 entries in this event, nearly tripling the guarantee to $116K. Norman Ohren of WA made it to 11th place.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

Also see Kenny Hallert’s annual spreadsheet of tournaments.

  • At the WSOP it’s the day for a $1.5K NLHE Split Format, the inexplicable new name for what’s been known as Mix-Max in the past, with decreasing numbers of seats at the table as the tournament goes on. The, in the afternoon, it’s the $3K HORSE. (My kingdom for $3K so I could play the HORSE).
  • The Venetian’s NLHE $1M guarantee, $1.1K buy-in continues today, with a final flight tomorrow. This evening is a $400 $30K guarantee NLHE bounty.
  • Planet Hollywood’s has two more flights for the $300 buy-in $100K guarantee NLHE today, along with a $130 NLHE Turbo with $5K guarantee.
  • Aria has their usual $235 and $150, both NLHE.
  • At the Wynn Summer Classic there’s a $25K guarantee NLHE game for a $300 buy-in.
  • Today is the kickoff of Senior Poker Week, and the Senior Poker Tour’s first event of the season is at the Orleans at 11am, a 2-day $240 buy-in PLO8 seniors-only tournament. Be there and be square!
  • The Grand Poker Series an 8-Game Mix $240 buy-in event and NLHE $150.
  • Binion’s Poker Classic is running a $220 PLO game.

PNW_WSOP_15 Summer Series Report for June 14

WSOP Event #28 $1.5K NLHE Monster Stack Day 2

The second day of the Monster Stack came to an end with 272 players remaining from the 7,192 who started. 20 of the players remaining in the field are from the Pacific Northwest, including two of the top six. Wayne Keller of Washington is second in chips with more than 1.25M; Yao Sun of British Columbia is in sixth place to start Day 3, with just over 1.1M.

Ninety of the 132 players making Day 2 didn’t get into the money. Among those who did were BC’s Trevor Hughes, who managed to survive from just 6,100—last place on the PNW chip count (2,036th overall) after Day 1 and less than half the starting stack—to get into the money at 703rd. Busting not long after him was Terrance Kalaf, who started Day 2 24th in chips (first among PNW players) but exited in 694th.

Michael Wimberly (WA) and Jaqueline Burkhart (OR) were at the top of the chip counts early on; both are still well-placed for Day 3. And friend of the blog Robert Brewer is in the money in his first WSOP event of the season.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
39241Ian ModderBC92,300663,000
56441Ryan DelormeBC123,400480,000
34103353Michael PaloWA81,000400,000
45123103Jacqueline BurkhartOR123,500359,000
69145147Michael WimberlyWA109,700324,000
802651Wayne KellerWA61,1001,262,000
85240711Kao SaechaoOR57,700136,000
882211420Scott HillBC30,900177,000
9122433Louis LoOR151,000170,000
104188312Kostantinos SegounisBC85,800249,000
11297258Aaron HillWA91,100416,000
117266540Jason FlintOR67,50072,000
1196413Yao SunBC76,1001,103,000
15666476Alexander PulaskiOR71,500543,000
1571671629Allen ThorpeWA24,100277,000
167147725Phong NguyenWA57,000324,000
174178189Khoa NgoWA100,300270,000
186931310Lance DoddWA34,400424,000
202192547Paul HessWA67,000242,000
24735100Bruce ZhenOR123,700681,000
263230205Robert BrewerOR98,500159,000
283397Ricky ChowBC77,200
2861495Vanessa KadeBC28,500
310727Brett NewtonOR56,900
3331347Tony HopkinsOR33,200
348804Kheang TangOR53,700
42452Jacob McDonaldOR138,500
432956Blake CarriereBC46,700
4421746Gennady DvosisWA20,800
459830Shawn StewartWA52,600
4631078Rob TepperWA42,400
464446Teyan CurtisID73,600
50377David BausWA128,900
5441055Mirza BegWA43,300
564525Aanund DolanOR68,200
567566John GrueWA66,100
612653Robert CheungBC60,800
665929Kim NguyenWA48,000
675329Grant DenisonOR83,500
684370Joshua RoeWA79,400
69424Terrance KalafWA159,000
7032036Trevor HughesBC6,100
48Thomas TaylorBC139,400
97Rex ParsonsOR124,700
114Victor PetersenWA114,200
259Dustin LearyWA91,000
310Parminder KumarWA85,900
340Derek BurnsWA82,700
434Randy MartinezID74,300
467Chase CooleyWA72,100
480Christie LangWA71,000
494Sean GeisbrechtBC70,000
498Donald WigginsID69,900
498Kyle WhiteBC69,900
524Jonas KallstromWA68,200
558John WhiteOR66,700
570Michael CareyWA65,900
597Brian EggerWA64,100
605Jay HaragaBC63,700
614Pok KimOR63,200
628Joe BrandenburgOR62,400
645Stephen LeeWA61,400
663Ray LarocheWA60,100
703Min SoWA58,300
707Matt JarvisBC58,100
736Garry JuvelinBC56,400
741Scott EskanaziWA56,200
754Yongshuo ZhengBC55,600
771Harjinder GandhamWA55,100
774 Richard MullenBC55,000
788Daniel TupperWA54,400
802Fabian RosalesWA53,800
848Kyle HoBC51,900
887Derek FarringtonOR50,200
892Alexander BeckOR50,000
892Thomas HeinrichWA50,000
900Calen MacNeillBC49,700
912Bill StablerOR48,700
934Kevin MacPheeID47,600
934Raymond StaffordBC47,600
1005Dylan LindeID44,800
1082Yevgeniy ShoykinWA42,300
1102Edward SorensenBC41,800
1136Heath BloodgoodOR40,800
1139Samuel VitelloOR40,700
1172Ahmed AminWA39,300
1253Nicholas HalvorsonWA36,300
1300Glenn LarsonWA34,800
1310Kaan BecerBC34,400
1338Mark JuvelinBC33,400
1372Chris BackBC32,300
1391Joanne LewisBC31,700
1411Gilles AnquetilWA31,200
1414Jamil JuthaBC31,100
1420Kerry MoynahanOR30,900
1454Daniel NicholsOR29,800
1459Scott CraigBC29,700
1464Michael HollemanOR29,400
1501Lloyd FletcherWA28,300
1512Derek ElligWA27,900
1531Daniel IdemaBC27,000
1540Jeanne SavageOR26,700
1574Robbie CalhounWA25,800
1600Yuriy YershakovOR25,000
1610Ardys ReedOR24,700
1670Bobbi FrostWA22,800
1678Louise JeanBC22,700
1684Dung NguyenBC22,500
1710Dustin CurtisWA21,800
1737Steven HollemanWA21,100
1765Gary EllerWA20,200
1765Erik LadenburgWA20,200
1779Esther Taylor-BradyWA19,800
1784Christine BlakeWA19,600
1799James HentzWA19,100
1807Aaron GillespieWA18,800
1834Jean MarquesBC17,800
1842William BerglundOR17,600
1872Ronald DruetWA16,600
1876Pamela KoepkeOR16,400
1882Loren CampWA16,100
1911Ravinder BediBC15,300
1913Yan LeeBC15,200
1920Matthew MadsenBC15,000
1933Troy WorthBC14,500
1939Michael JohnsonBC14,300
1939William TzotzolisBC14300
1967David BrummelWA13,100
1978Travis PrengWA12,400
1979Donald GoughWA12,300
2018Geoffrey BowlsbyWA8,600
2025Jason ManggunioBC8,000
2036Mitchell NeuerWA6,300

WSOP Event #29 $10K NL 2-7 Single Draw Day 2

Rep Porter (WA) made it into the money in 14th place ($14.7K) after the rest of the 32 returnees were eliminated. No other PNW players remain.

WSOP Event #30 $1K NLHE Day 1

Chris Hinchcliffe of Tumwater is on top of the chip count for Day 1, well-placed to get into the money. Unlike previous years’ $1Ks, the money bubble isn’t breaking until Day 2. With 235 players returning, 19 will bust empty-handed early today.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1
271Chris HinchcliffeWA206,000
37142Jordan HamiltonBC31,200
9389Gary SchrackID46,100
108222Brandi BurlandOR12,900
12471Noel GrafOR53,300
12935Phillip CramerOR77,400
164117Mark GrundfossenOR37,900
185132Binh NguyenOR32,500
20086Dean SherrittWA47,100

WSOP Event #31 $3K PLO8 Day 1

Kate Hoang (WA) and Shawn Buchanan (BC) are in the top 10 of 134 remaining players after the first day. 80 will hit the rail without cashing sometime today. Nearly 10% of the field is from the Northwest, with Dmitrii Valouev, Esther Taylor-Brady, and Jeremy Harkin representing the Portland-area Omaha community.

In the Money Finish PositionRank End of Day 2Rank End of Day 1PlayerStateChips End of Day 1Chips End of Day 2
115111Jeremy HarkinOR21,500657,000
29100Tai NguyenWA27,300
347Kate HoangWA136,400
8Shawn BuchananBC134,200
46Dmitrii ValouevOR57,100
52Esther Taylor-BradyWA53,400
56Stephen JohnsonOR49,600
69Lee WatkinsonWA42,200
89Kristopher RundquistWA33,400
105Gabriel BlumenthalWA23,600
114Chris BackBC18,700
121Scott DaviesBC15,400
127Chun ChenWA11,200

Binion’s Poker Classic #22 $220 PLO8

2 Pair Poker Tour pro Liz Tedder (OR) took 15 of 153 for a $525 cash.

PHamous Poker Series #20 $400 NLHE $200K Guarantee

It’s a one-day run to the big money at Planet Hollywood, and there was nearly $60K up top. Rafael Stern of Seattle took 6th for $11.3K. Stephen Ballard (BC) made 10th for $4.4K.  April Facey (also BC) placed 16th.

Today’s Las Vegas Series Events

Also see Kenny Hallert’s annual spreadsheet of tournaments.

  • The WSOP starts a $5K NLHE 6-Max today, and the $1.5K 2-7 Triple Draw.
  • The Venetian’s $1M guarantee has the first of two flights for $1.1K and a $40K guarantee PLO tournament for $600.
  • Planet Hollywood begins another $100K guarantee today two of four flights ($300 entry). There’s also a $5K guarantee PLO8 game for $150.
  • Aria has two NLHE tournaments for $235 and $150.
  • Wynn Summer Classic has a $25K guarantee NLHE game for a $300 buy-in.
  • The Grand Poker Series has Seven Card Stud for $240 and NLHE for $150.
  • Binion’s Poker Classic runs a $10K for a $160 buy-in.