{"id":3500,"date":"2020-01-04T02:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T10:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2020-01-04T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T01:02:56","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-04-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3500","title":{"rendered":"PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014 04 January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new year starts out a lot like the old year, with a lot of familiar names making a lot of money. Not me, I literally just busted out of my first tournament of the year <strong>(Final Table First Friday $20K<\/strong> <strong>GTD<\/strong>) just short of the money, after having a decent-sized stack at 4 tables (with 3 tables cashing).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fuck fuck fuck three hands go bad and I\u2019m out near bubble.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Poker Mutant (@pokermutant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokermutant\/status\/1213400122626756608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PGNxJuPmSrGzAXetZ5XQxA-scaled-e1578183606162-1024x544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PGNxJuPmSrGzAXetZ5XQxA-scaled-e1578183606162-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PGNxJuPmSrGzAXetZ5XQxA-scaled-e1578183606162-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PGNxJuPmSrGzAXetZ5XQxA-scaled-e1578183606162-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PGNxJuPmSrGzAXetZ5XQxA-scaled-e1578183606162-500x265.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PGNxJuPmSrGzAXetZ5XQxA-scaled-e1578183606162.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The short stack mentioned above lost a big hand to me when my dominated (but suited) king hit the flush against his ace-king. He was down to a quarter of a big blind but chipped up and was still in when I went from 30bb (about twice the average stack) to zero.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start off the new year with news of the #2 player on the leaderboard,\u00a0<strong>Seth Davies<\/strong>, who won the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=617669\">WPT Five Diamond NLHE High Roller<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(53 entries at $25K a pop), then turned right around and cashed in third place in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=590273\"><strong>WPT Five Diamond NLHE Main Event\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(606 entries, $10.4K buyin). That comes on the heels of his biggest-ever cash last month. Remaining in the #3 spot,\u00a0<strong>Kevin MacPhee<\/strong> took 18th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Wolff<\/strong> continues his climb, moving up two spots to #16 with a string of cashes last month. Notable among them was a runner-up finish at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=632993\"><strong>EPT Prague #5 PLO High Roller<\/strong><\/a> (<em>PRAGUE!<\/em>), which got a total of 40 entries, which was his largest single payout so far. A week later is a sixth-place in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=609629\"><strong>EPT Prague #33 NLHE High Roller\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>(66 entries, $25K entry). A huge amount of money but sort of a smaller multiple cash that wouldn&#8217;t normally make the list, except that the next day he takes 9th in the 255-entry\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=609645\"><strong>EPT Prague #39 NLHE High Roller <\/strong><\/a>($10K buy-in), then hops over to the <strong>Bellagio<\/strong> for 3rd place in <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=617697\"><strong>WPT Five Diamond #27 NLHE High<\/strong> <strong>Roller<\/strong><\/a> ($25K, 37 entries), and wraps up just before Christmas at the <strong>Venetian<\/strong> in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=633907\"><strong>CPPT\/DSE NYE #19 NLHE Main Event<\/strong><\/a> with 160 entries and a $3.5K buy-in, where he gets third again. A fairly productive three weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Young<\/strong> continues to crush what I guess are called the large-field \u201cmid-majors\u201d these days, with 2nd in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=620493\"><strong>Wynn Winter Classic $500K GTD NLHE<\/strong><\/a>; more than 1,200 entries doubled the guarantee. Max moves up a spot to #20.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dandbpoker.com\/book\/mastering-mixed-games\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3503 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linde-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linde-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linde-452x300.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linde.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Holding at #8,\u00a0<strong>Dylan Linde<\/strong> came in 7th at the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=617659\">WPT Five Diamond #15 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, a $5.2K buy-in tournament that saw 127 entries. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dandbpoker.com\/book\/mastering-mixed-games\">Buy his book<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>The only new name on the Leaderboard in this first edition of 2020 is\u00a0<strong>Michael Kiselman\u00a0<\/strong>of Edmonds. His singular recorded cash is for first place in what looks like a 2-way deal in the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=620509\">Wynn Winter Classic $40K NLHE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0over 270 other players (the prize pool was nearly $100K). His first spot on the Leaderboard is #1383.<\/p>\n<p>Up the block at\u00a0<strong>Harrah\u2019s<\/strong>, at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=622451\"><strong>WSOPC Las Vegas #11 $500K GTD NLHE Main Event<\/strong><\/a>, it was\u00a0<strong>Matt Affleck <\/strong>taking 12th place. He is still #12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Dickson<\/strong> of Keizer knocked off 3rd at at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=622427\"><strong>WSOPC Las Vegas #3 $100K NLHE<\/strong><\/a>, which apparently missed the guarantee with 188 entries at $600 a pop. He&#8217;s up nearly 50 places to #351.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3504 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wayne-keller-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I could swae I saw our old friend\u00a0<strong>Wayne Keller<\/strong> at the\u00a0<strong>Portland Meadows Grand Finale<\/strong> the other day, but he was also at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=622441\"><strong>WSOPC Las Vegas #6 NLHE Seniors<\/strong><\/a> tournament, where he won a Circuit Ring! Wayne climbs 14 spots to #193.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s a great way to end the first edition of the Leaderboard for the year. I&#8217;d have more, but Wildhorse\u00a0<em>still\u00a0<\/em>hasn&#8217;t reported results from November&#8217;s Round Up to either Hendon Mob or Cardplayer. If you like to keep track of this stuff yourself, harangue your tournament director to send in the results.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise it&#8217;s like you&#8217;ve never existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new year starts out a lot like the old year, with a lot of familiar names making a lot of money. Not me, I literally just busted out of my first tournament of the year (Final Table First Friday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3500\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,49,310,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-poker","category-live-games","category-pnw-poker-leaderboard","category-tournaments"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/wayne-keller-e1578185752570.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1t0pn-Us","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3505,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/3505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}