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 Position	Rank End of Day 3	Rank End of Day 2	Player	State	Chips End of Day 2	Chips End of Day 3
21	17	39	Ian Modder	BC	663,000	3,090,000
23	25	56	Ryan Delorme	BC	480,000	1,840,000
34		103	Michael Palo	WA	400,000
45		123	Jacqueline Burkhart	OR	359,000
69		145	Michael Wimberly	WA	324,000
80		2	Wayne Keller	WA	1,262,000
85		240	Kao Saechao	OR	136,000
88		221	Scott Hill	BC	177,000
91		224	Louis Lo	OR	170,000
104		188	Kostantinos Segounis	BC	249,000
112		97	Aaron Hill	WA	416,000
117		266	Jason Flint	OR	72,000
119		6	Yao Sun	BC	1,103,000
156		66	Alexander Pulaski	OR	543,000
157		167	Allen Thorpe	WA	277,000
167		147	Phong Nguyen	WA	324,000
174		178	Khoa Ngo	WA	270,000
186		93	Lance Dodd	WA	424,000
202		192	Paul Hess	WA	242,000
247		35	Bruce Zhen	OR	681,000
263		230	Robert Brewer	OR	159,000
283			Ricky Chow	BC
286			Vanessa Kade	BC
310			Brett Newton	OR
333			Tony Hopkins	OR
348			Kheang Tang	OR
424			Jacob McDonald	OR
432			Blake Carriere	BC
442			Gennady Dvosis	WA
459			Shawn Stewart	WA
463			Rob Tepper	WA
464			Teyan Curtis	ID
503			David Baus	WA
544			Mirza Beg	WA
564			Aanund Dolan	OR
567			John Grue	WA
612			Robert Cheung	BC
665			Kim Nguyen	WA
675			Grant Denison	OR
684			Joshua Roe	WA
694			Terrance Kalaf	WA
703			Trevor Hughes	BC

WSOP Event #31 $3K PLO8 Day 3

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

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 Position	Rank End of Day 2	Rank End of Day 1	Player	State	Chips End of Day 1	Chips End of Day 2
11	5	111	Jeremy Harkin	OR	21,500	657,000
29		100	Tai Nguyen	WA	27,300
34		7	Kate Hoang	WA	136,400
		8	Shawn Buchanan	BC	134,200
		46	Dmitrii Valouev	OR	57,100
		52	Esther Taylor-Brady	WA	53,400
		56	Stephen Johnson	OR	49,600
		69	Lee Watkinson	WA	42,200
		89	Kristopher Rundquist	WA	33,400
		105	Gabriel Blumenthal	WA	23,600
		114	Chris Back	BC	18,700
		121	Scott Davies	BC	15,400
		127	Chun Chen	WA	11,200

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 Position	Rank End of Day 2	Rank End of Day 1	Player	State	Chips End of Day 1	Chips End of Day 2
	14	126	Noah Vaillancourt	BC	46,300	515,000
26		32	Gareth Struivig De Groot	BC	113,800
46		137	Benjamin May	OR	40,100
47		35	Matt Jarvis	BC	109,300
		70	Scott Eskanazi	WA	79,000
		100	Adam Bernstein	OR	61,300
		133	Chad Wassmuth	ID	40,800
		136	Hyoung Chae	WA	40,100
		179	Shawn Buchanan	BC	14,900

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 Position	Rank End of Day 2	Rank End of Day 1	Player	State	Chips End of Day 1	Chips End of Day 2
3	5	38	Noah Bronstein	WA	31,000	226,000
14	12	11	Ian Johns	WA	43,700	116,000
18		40	Tommy Hang	WA	29,000
36		12	Terrence Chan	BC	41,500
		126	Noah Vaillancourt	BC	46,300
		63	Daniel Ratigan	WA	22,600
		87	Thomas Taylor	BC	15,000

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 1	Player	State	Chips End of Day 1
82	John Scott	ID	34,300
120	Joshua Sussman	BC	22,600
143	Robert Gandara	OR	15,800

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.