{"id":3253,"date":"2019-07-23T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T05:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2019-07-23T22:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T05:23:04","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-23-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3253","title":{"rendered":"PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014 23 July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only four results make the cut this edition, as outlying series in Vegas don&#8217;t tend to report as promptly as the WSOP. Plus, there were a few events that wound up after the WSOP Main Event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flag flag-id\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flag flag-or\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chad Wassmuth<\/strong> was one of two PNW players at the final table of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=576213\"><strong>Wynn Summer Classic $100K GTD NLHE<\/strong><\/a> tournament held on 8 July. He took 3rd place; enough to edge him up from #43 to #42 on the Leaderboard. The winner of that same event was <strong>Maxwell Young <\/strong>(still #20). There were 455 entries in the tournament, and the prize pool was more than double the guarantee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flag flag-wa\"><\/div>\n<p>The next week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=576229\"><strong>Wynn Summer Classic $100K GTD NLHE<\/strong><\/a> was won by Seattle&#8217;s <strong>Cheang Yoo<\/strong>, in a three-way deal. There were fewer entries in this event (343) but the prize pool was still more than $160K. Yoo moves up nearly 200 places on the Leaderboard to #378.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3260\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mornel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rami Mornel<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flag flag-wa\"><\/div>\n<p>Finally, <strong>Rami Mornel <\/strong>of Redmond gains 370 spots to reach #248\u00a0 after placing 7th in <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=556225\"><strong>WSOP #89 NLHE<\/strong><\/a>, the last bracelet event of the season, with 608 players ponying up $5K each to play 30-minute levels. WPT commentator <strong>Tony Dunst <\/strong>took 2nd place, <strong>Jordan Cristos<\/strong> came in 4th, and it was <strong>Phil Hellmuth<\/strong>&#8216;s last close call of the year, as he busted just after Mornel.<\/p>\n<p>And hey, breaking the rules for just a minute here, the <strong>Poker Mutant<\/strong> three-way-chopped the $10K at <strong>Final Table <\/strong>last Friday for not nearly enough to get onto the Leaderboard even if it <em>was<\/em> tracked by Hendon Mob, but it&#8217;s more than enough to make me feel a little better about flying to LA for rake-free WPT satellites at The Bike in a couple weeks and\/or to make my reservations for the week in Lincoln City for the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinookwindscasino.com\/promotion\/fall-coast-classic-poker\/\"><strong>Chinook Winds Fall Coast Poker Classic!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Splash_Page_Fall_Coast_Classic_Poker_Tournament_October_2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Splash_Page_Fall_Coast_Classic_Poker_Tournament_October_2019.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Splash_Page_Fall_Coast_Classic_Poker_Tournament_October_2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Splash_Page_Fall_Coast_Classic_Poker_Tournament_October_2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Splash_Page_Fall_Coast_Classic_Poker_Tournament_October_2019-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, oh, this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PM_40K_20190803.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PM_40K_20190803.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PM_40K_20190803-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only four results make the cut this edition, as outlying series in Vegas don&#8217;t tend to report as promptly as the WSOP. Plus, there were a few events that wound up after the WSOP Main Event. 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