PNW Poker Leaderboard — 21 June 2022 —Keeping Up With the Cashers

No commentary this episode except to point out that there’s a rather significant first cash at the end. There are some recent events from places like the Venetian that weren’t posted when I ran the stats.

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 the number of entries.
    • The tournament prize pool in US dollars.
Matt Affleck (Seattle, Washington)
#15
#15
0
89th of 6501 entries, $8.6M prize pool
Jaspal Brar (Edmonton, Alberta)
#64
#63
+1
81st of 6501 entries, $8.6M prize pool
Jeremy Janes (Red Deer, Alberta)
#6745
#3371
+3374
6th of 746 entries, $510.6K prize pool
Garett Maybery (Edmonton, Alberta)
#1171
#1006
+165
2nd of 227 entries, $74.9K prize pool
Tshering Sherpa (Portland, Oregon)
#927
#826
+101
3rd of 695 entries, $139K prize pool
David Heyden (Ashland, Oregon)
#336
#321
+15
22nd of 1827 entries, $1.7M prize pool
Faramarz Ghorbani (Port Moody, British Columbia)
#3811
#2465
+1346
2nd of 231 entries, $760 prize pool
David Froyalde (Federal Way, Washington)
#967
#845
+122
74th of 6501 entries, $8.6M prize pool
Geran Sanders (Ellensburg, Washington)
#959
#838
+121
77th of 6501 entries, $8.6M prize pool
David Arganian (Seattle, Washington)
#2068
#1554
+514
8th of 471 entries, $628.7K prize pool
Dale Harris (Barrhead, Alberta)
#5022
#2688
+2334
24th of 1774 entries, $2.3M prize pool
Kao Saechao (Renton, Washington)
#352
#334
+18
1st of 177 entries, $90.2K prize pool
Nathan Burnett (Hollis, Alaska)
#6545
#2884
+3661
22nd of 4062 entries, $2.8M prize pool
Matthew Staples (Lethbridge, Alberta)
#3854
#1760
+2094
10th of 450 entries, $1.4M prize pool
Jason Mann (Burnaby, British Columbia)
#73
#68
+5
1st of 164 entries, $84.8K prize pool
Vanessa Kade (Kelowna, British Columbia)
#50
#48
+2
21st of 1348 entries, $3.5M prize pool
Mike Lancaster (Penticton, British Columbia)
#309
#262
+47
5th of 213 entries, $568.7K prize pool
Adam Hendrix (Anchorage, Alaska)
#18
#18
0
35th of 6501 entries, $8.6M prize pool
Mike Lacer (Nampa, Idaho)
#6648
#1740
+4908
45th of 6501 entries, $8.6M prize pool
Mike Lacer (Nampa, Idaho)
#6648
#1740
+4908
1st of 108 entries, $55.8K prize pool
Adam Todd (Rogers, Alaska)
#1914
#1008
+906
7th of 1827 entries, $1.7M prize pool
Scott Lake (Bremerton, Washington)
#1942
#946
+996
4th of 471 entries, $628.7K prize pool

Lake has five recorded cashes since 2009, all of them at the WSOP, in HORSE (three cashes), Stud, and now Stud Hi-Lo. This is Lake’s first recorded cash in ten years, and it’s the largest by far.

Dylan Linde (Vancouver, British Columbia)
#7
#6
+1
8th of 1348 entries, $3.5M prize pool

Linde moves up into the #6 spot on the Leaderboard, past James Romero (see the post Strata from the other day).

Thomas Taylor (Medicine Hat, Alberta)
#39
#37
+2
5th of 471 entries, $628.7K prize pool

Taylor finished below Scott Lake (above) in this event but had some other, smaller cashes that increased the cumulative total for the Leaderboard reporting period.

Tyler Willse (Hillsboro, Oregon)
#2286
#620
+1666
3rd of 1329 entries, $1.1M prize pool
Jamey Hendrickson (Auburn, Washington)
#2250
#366
+1884
2nd of 1891 entries, $1.6M prize pool
Robert Crow (Bothell, Washington)
#309
2nd of 4062 entries, $2.8M prize pool

This is Crow’s first and only recorded cash to date.

Strata

If you haven’t seen your name in the Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard lately, you might wonder where you fit in the grand scheme of things. If you have seen your name on the Leaderboard, why are you wasting your time here on the Northwest’s most boring poker blog? You should be out playing poker.

At this point (17 June 2022), the Leaderboard has exactly 7,501 entries on it; one for every player in the Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska leaderboards at Hendon Mob that has $3,000 or more in recorded poker tournament earnings. There are at least a few players with double entries, but 7,500 players, more or less.

Top 1 — $15,000,000

There’s one player way above the rest of the pack, and that’s Seth Davies with just under $15 million—and by “just under”, I mean within $25K, so I expect by the time I’ve published this, Davies will have eclipsed that mark. It’s nearly twice as much as the nearest contender.

Number 2 — $8,000,000

Scott Clements has maintained the #2 spot for a while, with a bit more than $8 million. Over a million dollars separates Clements from the next person on the Leaderboard.

A Third — $7,000,000

#3 is Shawn Buchanan, at just under $7 million, nearly equidistant between Clements and Kevin MacPhee at #4.

Four at $5,000,000+

Places #4 to #7 are currently ranged between $6 million and $5.3 million. They’re currently MacPhee and Chris Brewer, essentially tied at the top end, with James Romero and Dylan Linde close to each other on the lower end.

Five(?) at $4,000,000+

Technically, there are five players (#8 to #12) with seven figures starting with a four, but one of them is Annie Duke who hasn’t been a PNW player for a lot of years.

$3,000,000+

Five more players have $3 million to $4 million dollars. That’s places #13 to #17.

$2,000,000+

Nine more players have part of a third million in earnings. Everyone above #26.

$1,000,000+

51 PNW players have more than a million in lifetime recorded tournament earnings. That’s about two-thirds of a percent of the players tracked by the Leaderboard.

  • $725,000+ #75–#52
  • $530,000+ #100–#76
  • $395,000+ #150–#101
  • $325,000+ #200–#151
  • $260,000+ #250–#201
  • $222,000+ #300–#251
  • $190,000+ #350–#301
  • $172,000+ #400–#351
  • $150,000+ #450–#401
  • $137,000+ #500–#451
  • $118,000+ #600–#501
  • $100,000+ #700–#601
  • $88,000+ #800–#701
  • $77,000+ #900–#801
  • $68,500+ #1000–#901
  • $56,000+ #1200–#1001
  • $47,400+ #1400–#1201
  • $40,000+ #1600–#1401
  • $34,900+ #1800–#1601 *
  • $30,400+ #2000–#1801
  • $22,400+ #2500–#2001
  • $17,200+ #3000–#2501
  • $13,500+ #3500–#3001
  • $10,000+ #4197–#3501

* Yes, that is my bracket. On the plus side, I’m in the top 25% of players on the PNW Poker Leaderboard.

PNW Poker Leaderboard — 16 June 2022

So soon? Well, there’s a lot of stuff to cover here. We got the new format. We’ve got huge showing from Angela Jordison and some guy whose third recorded cash almost won him a bracelet in a 20,000+ entry tournament (name of Jared Kingery). Almost everything in this edition is from the World Series of Poker or from the WSOP Circuit Calgary, though there are a couple of results from outside the country.

Congrats to everyone (but especially Angela, thanks putting off winning a bracelet until I can be there to see it happen!)

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 the number of entries.
    • The tournament prize pool in US dollars.
Travis Pine (Steliacoom, Washington)
#5174
#3050
+2124
16th of 1086 entries, $1.4M prize pool
Jesse Kertland (Ellensburg, Washington)
#361
#348
+13
22nd of 752 entries, $1.6M prize pool
Lee Markholt (Eatonville, Washington)
#8
#9
-1
9th of 522 entries, $696.8K prize pool
Bryce Cox (Maple Valley, Washington)
#2242
#1747
+495
3rd of 298 entries, $87.2K prize pool
Harold Peter Hinds (Calgary, Alberta)
#4941
#2886
+2055
2nd of 315 entries, $82.3K prize pool
Barry Nelson (Las Vegas, Washington)
#2305
#1763
+542
2nd of 933 entries, $250K prize pool
Alejandro Madrigal (Umatilla, Oregon)
#4560
#2721
+1839
4th of 119 entries, $104.7K prize pool
Merwan Corront (Azalea, Oregon)
#3739
2nd of 268 entries, $88.4K prize pool
Dylan Payne (Calgary, Alberta)
#4600
#2255
+2345
4th of 247 entries, $49K prize pool
Ali Rabah (Alberta)
#332
#317
+15
7th of 259 entries, $344.3K prize pool
Kevin Peterson (Everett, Washington)
#6486
#3094
+3392
5th of 238 entries, $2.3M prize pool
Cornelius Nelson (Hillsboro, Oregon)
#2998
#2068
+930
36th of 2392 entries, $3.1M prize pool
Lucas Ogilvie (Redmond, Washington)
#3685
24th of 247 entries, $49K prize pool

This was Ogilvie’s first Hendon Mob cash.

Ian Modder (North Vancouver, British Columbia)
#145
#143
+2
18th of 2663 entries, $2.3M prize pool
Matt Affleck (Seattle, Washington)
#15
#15
0
59th of 20080 entries, $8.4M prize pool
Nohad Tellani (Edmonton, Alberta)
#606
#553
+53
14th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Jarrod Leppard (Red Deer, Alberta)
#1382
#1126
+256
1st of 128 entries, $51.4K prize pool
Allen Nielson (Mercer Island, Washington)
#657
#591
+66
1st of 200 entries, $66K prize pool
Jeffory Saunders (Tofino, British Columbia)
#3264
4th of 805 entries, $162.8K prize pool
Anirudh Mudimela (Seattle, Washington)
#3188
18th of 5715 entries, $2.9M prize pool
Frank Shi (Calgary, Alberta)
#3048
1st of 408 entries, $68K prize pool
Tammy Tibbs (Spokane, Washington)
#723
#615
+108
3rd of 118 entries, $150K prize pool
Matthew Hall (Whistler, British Columbia)
#4474
#2283
+2191
11th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Cliff Green (Eckville, Alberta)
#208
#199
+9
10th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Dylan Linde (Coeur D’Alene, Idaho)
#7
#7
0
13th of 752 entries, $1.6M prize pool
Catherine Langlois (Calgary, Alberta)
#1842
#1343
+499
3rd of 231 entries, $157.4K prize pool
Maner Al Mouselly (Calgary, Alberta)
#3019
1st of 129 entries, $73.8K prize pool

Al Mouselly’s first recorded cash.

Wayne Harmon (Portland, Oregon)
#190
#174
+16
6th of 1093 entries, $565.2K prize pool
Regan Duong (Calgary, Alberta)
#1911
#1312
+599
2nd of 138 entries, $94.2K prize pool
Malcolm Bolger (Edmonton, Alberta)
#129
#125
+4
9th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Tomislav Glamuzina (Vancouver, British Columbia)
#2692
12th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Alemu Makonen (Edmonton, Alberta)
#55
#55
0
1st of 214 entries, $60.8K prize pool
Tazebe Beyene (Lynnwood, Washington)
#2458
3rd of 671 entries, $194.5K prize pool
Haowei Pan (Winnipeg, Alberta)
#2427
#1416
+1011
8th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool

Yes, his Hendon Mob profile says Alberta.

Mike Kim (Surrey, British Columbia)
#316
#282
+34
2nd of 805 entries, $162.8K prize pool
Derek Bugg (Silverdale, Washington)
#3702
#1650
+2052
4th of 246 entries, $172.9K prize pool
Maxwell Young (Seaside, Oregon)
#25
#25
0
1st of 119 entries, $104.7K prize pool

Nothing on Max’s profile says “Oregon” any more (residence is listed in Florida) but he’s still collated on the Oregon leaderboard.

Tyson Rampersad (Vancouver, Alberta)
#2658
#1357
+1301
2nd of 231 entries, $157.4K prize pool

Yes, his Hendon Mob profile also says Alberta.

Duane Wong (Calgary, Alberta)
#612
#468
+144
7th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Woody Christy (Renton, Washington)
#1806
#995
+811
3rd of 134 entries, $279K prize pool
Brandon Cantu (Vancouver, Washington)
#9
#8
+1
13th of 20080 entries, $8.4M prize pool

Cantu slips past Lee Markholt into the slot behind Dylan Linde.

Thomas Taylor (Medicine Hat, Alberta)
#43
#39
+4
3rd of 329 entries, $439.2K prize pool
Dustin Centanni (Coquitlam, British Columbia)
#822
#434
+388
4th of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Jaswinder Lally (Surrey, British Columbia)
#685
#376
+309
2nd of 430 entries, $574K prize pool

Lally almost closes out a second bracelet in as many years, with just four Hendon Mob cashes on record.

Jody Lewchuk (Calgary, Alberta)
#506
#301
+205
3rd of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Cuong Lieu (Calgary, Alberta)
#859
#340
+519
2nd of 905 entries, $1M prize pool
Angela Jordison (Redmond, Oregon)
#186
#109
+77
3rd of 2663 entries, $2.3M prize pool
Jared Kingery (University Place, Washington)
#6596
#131
+6465
2nd of 20080 entries, $8.4M prize pool

This has got to be one of the largest jumps in the time I’ve been keeping the Leaderboard. This is just Kingery’s third recorded cash. The first was in January of this year.

Chris Brewer (Eugene, Oregon)
#6
#5
+1
4th of 251 entries, $5.9M prize pool

It’s the second straight week of gains for Brewer, moving up another notch. This week, he’s passing James Romero.

PNW Poker Leaderboard — 12 June 2022 — Clearing the Decks

I had to make a decision about the Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard going into this year’s World Series of Poker. It’s a lot of work. There are only so many of you reading it. And with all of the people from the Northwest doing so well out there in the wide world of poker, each edition gets pretty repetitive. I’ve run completely out of ways to describe peoples’ advances up the Leaderboard. Maybe I’m just lazy.

So rather than further tighten the requirements I use to decide who gets reported on, I’m changing up the format a little bit (the other option in my decision was to just stop doing the Leaderboard). So what you see below is what we’ve got for now.

All your favorite info is still here, organized, loosely in the order of the amount of money won in the reporting period. (which varies according to when I can get things together), You’ll find the bigger cashes at the bottom.

  • 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.

As always, this info is gleaned from the Hendon Mob state and province lists for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia. The Leaderboard tries to recognize players who’ve had a significant cash: the gross amount must be more than $10,000 and four times the buy-in. Mistakes will be made and I apologize for any that creep in. I just do this for the fun of it!

Bob Petty (Richland, Washington)
#2543
#1920
+623
3rd of 459 entries, $89.2K prize pool
Neil Michael (Albany, Oregon)
#6325
#3262
+3063
1st of 227 entries, $45.1K prize pool
John Veenhouwer (Spokane, Washington)
#3912
2nd of 342 entries, $66.9K prize pool
Ghulam Mirza (Kennewick, Washington)
#2475
#1835
+640
4th of 465 entries, $137.5K prize pool
Mohammed Ghulam Mirza (Kennewick, Washington)
#1961
#1480
+481
5th of 427 entries, $212.8K prize pool

I’m pretty sure this player is the same person as the previous player, just reported on two different Hendon Mob profiles. If they were properly combined, their Leaderboard rank would be #872.

Michael Bernstein (Edmonton, Alberta)
#808
#713
+95
1st of 90 entries, $32.6K prize pool
Gregory Allen Jackson (John Day, Oregon)
#1718
#1358
+360
2nd of 405 entries, $78.9K prize pool
Bryce Clark (Powell Butte, Oregon)
#846
#742
+104
3rd of 356 entries, $106.4K prize pool
Angel Iniquez (Richland, Washington)
#807
#700
+107
2nd of 354 entries, $69.2K prize pool
Hilda Solorio (Grandview, Washington)
#3404
2nd of 459 entries, $89.2K prize pool

This is Solorio’s first Hendon Mob cash.

David Villemeyer (Corvallis, Oregon)
#2931
#1912
+1019
1st of 342 entries, $66.9K prize pool
Matthew Little (Seattle, Washington)
#2452
#1679
+773
1st of 354 entries, $69.2K prize pool
Michael Curtis (Rainier, Oregon)
#1428
#1132
+296
3rd of 465 entries, $137.5K prize pool
Jaspal Brar (Edmonton, Alberta)
#65
#64
+1
1st of 142 entries, $52K prize pool
Tyler Warken (Calgary, Alberta)
#433
#394
+39
3rd of 202 entries, $150.1K prize pool
Jeffrey Lindsey (Auburn, Washington)
#1368
#1048
+320
2nd of 356 entries, $106.4K prize pool
Eli Katzman (Boise, Idaho)
#2923
1st of 405 entries, $78.9K prize pool
Brian Barker (Portland, Oregon)
#1418
#1085
+333
4th of 427 entries, $213K prize pool
John Goertzen (Walla Walla, Washington)
#2814
1st of 459 entries, $89.2K prize pool
George Kenny (Allyn, Washington)
#2439
1st of 356 entries, $106.4K prize pool
Binh Nguyen (Beaverton, Oregon)
#140
#132
+8
9th of 5608 entries, $2M prize pool
Kyle Ho (Burnaby, British Columbia)
#184
#160
+24
2nd of 202 entries, $150.1K prize pool
Vic Hipp (Napavine, Washington)
#2165
3rd of 427 entries, $213K prize pool
Paul Barnett (Condon, Oregon)
#2104
1st of 465 entries, $137.5K prize pool
Brandon Sullivan (Auburn, Washington)
#1788
2nd of 427 entries, $213K prize pool
Glenn Miller (Mukilteo, Washington)
#257
#222
+35
1st of 427 entries, $213K prize pool
Jaime Cervantes Alvarez (Vancouver, Washington)
#148
#78
+70
4th of 747 entries, $5.4M prize pool

It was great to see someone else from the Portland area make it to the world poker stage. It was just February of last year that Alvarez first appeared on the Leaderboard, with a cash at a Venetian event that was just a little too small to meet the guidelines, but which I put in because there wasn’t a lot of poker going on. His first ranking was #4354; now he’s in the Top 100.

Christopher Brewer (Eugene, Oregon)
#7
#6
+1
1st of 36 entries, $1.2M prize pool

Brewer continues a relentless march up the Leaderboard, passing Dylan Linde.

Seth Davies (Bend, Oregon)
#1
#1
0
1st of 40 entries, $1M prize pool
Seth Davies (Bend, Oregon)
#1
#1
0
3rd of 40 entries, $4.9M prize pool

Davies continues to put space between himself and everyone else.