{"id":3636,"date":"2020-03-02T22:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2020-03-02T22:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:46:51","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-2-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014 2 March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No results yet from the <strong>PacWest Poker Classic<\/strong> at Chinook Winds. I&#8217;m just going to reiterate here that there&#8217;s no reason it should take a week for results to be posted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-2048x1539.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dFn07sKUQcuv7KmZ8X69DA-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Poker Mutant &amp; Toma Barber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I went down to Lincoln City the first weekend to no avail, splitting a room with <strong>Toma Barber<\/strong>\u2014who I had first met before he moved to Portland, when we were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=677\">seated next to each other for much of Day 2 in the first $1,000+ buy-in tournament I cashed<\/a>, back in 2013. I had to head back to town without playing the HORSE tournament that I&#8217;d been looking forward to because of a family emergency, which also prevented me from making the Main Event the next weekend. On the plus side, I did finally have my first tournament profit\/win of the year in my old home game a week after bubbling the <strong>Final Table $10K  NLHE<\/strong>. (Also, a minor profit playing $1\/3 NLHE cash at PacWest.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-casino.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-casino.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-casino-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-casino-500x263.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><figcaption>I am pretty sure there is not a &#8220;Coronavirus Casino&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But enough of my paltry performances. Let&#8217;s talk about the WSOP potentially getting called off in three months because of COVID-19! Or the fact that we&#8217;re only a month away from the Wildhorse Spring Poker Round Up and they closed it down today because a worker came down with the coronavirus! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/romero-south-america-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/romero-south-america-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/romero-south-america-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/romero-south-america-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/romero-south-america-500x239.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/romero-south-america.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>James Romero wins partypoker MILLIONS South America (photo Camila Ocampo for partypoker blob)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s #5 on the Leaderboard, <strong>James Romero<\/strong> on top of the money tree again with a win in the 30-entry <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"partypoker Millions South America #6 $25K Super High Roller (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=649747\" target=\"_blank\">partypoker Millions South America #6 $25K NLHE Super High Roller<\/a><\/strong>, just a month afer a big cash in a partypoker $10K in the UK. No change in standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seth Davies <\/strong>maintains at #2 with 2nd place in the first <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Aria $10K NLHE High Roller (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=659643\" target=\"_blank\">Aria $10K NLHE High Roller<\/a><\/strong> of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hendrix-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hendrix-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hendrix.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption>Adam Hendrix (photo: Poker News via WSOP.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of Anchorage, <strong>Adam Hendrix <\/strong>took 5th place in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=654357\">WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #12 $1M GTD NLHE Main Event<\/a><\/strong> (747 entries). Hendrix is new to the Leaderboard (added with the expansion to include Alaska, BC , and Alberta), but he&#8217;s the #1 Alaskan on the Hendon Mob&#8217;s state-by-state rankings. <strong>Derek Duclos<\/strong> from Caldwell, ID (#1932) placed in 17th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a couple of results out of the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Winter Super Stack #8 NLHE (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=660601\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Super Stack #8 NLHE<\/a><\/strong> in Calgary (138 entries) and I&#8217;d probably be reporting more names except for the fact that a lot of players aren&#8217;t identified as anything but &#8220;Canada&#8221; for their residence. The top dog was #146-ranked (moving up 20 spots) <strong>Sinan Tawfik<\/strong> of Calgary, who came in 1st. <strong>Don Montgomery<\/strong> (also Calgary) took 4th place, moving up more than 300 places on the Leaderboard to #1079.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anthony An <\/strong>from Juneau picked up his best-ever cash with a win in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=628889\">LAPC #52 $100K GTD NLHE Bounty Championship<\/a><\/strong>, beating the 100-entry field. An goes from #901 to #640.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E52_Win.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E52_Win.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E52_Win-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E52_Win-429x300.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Anthony An (photo: lapcnews.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Remington sculpture was brought back to the PNWby Bellevue, WA\u2019s <strong>Adam Tyburski<\/strong>, who cleared the field in the 42-entry <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=628865\">LAPC #44 LHE<\/a><\/strong>. Tyburski climbs more than 500 places to #1326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E44_Win.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E44_Win.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E44_Win-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E44_Win-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LAPC2020_E44_Win-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Adam Tyburski  (photo: lapcnews.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side of the country at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WSOPC Tampa #6 $200K GTD NLHE Monster Stack (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=629441\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>WSOPC Tampa<\/strong> <strong>#6 $200K GTD NLHE Monster Stack<\/strong><\/a>, Vancouver, BC-based bracelet-winner <strong>Robert Cheung<\/strong> grabbed 5th. He&#8217;s far enough up the Leaderboard (#28) that even the final table of a 1,371-entry tournament doesn&#8217;t move him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s nowhere up to go for #1 <strong>Scott Clements<\/strong>. He was runner-up in the 148-entry <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #9 HORSE (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=654341\" target=\"_blank\">WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #9 HORSE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Serion_win.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Serion_win.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Serion_win-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Serion_win-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Serion_win-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Russell Serion (photo: wsop.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Russell Serion<\/strong> from Richmond, BC picked up his biggest cash and a Ring with a win in the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #8 NLHE Black Chip Bounty (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=654339\" target=\"_blank\">WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #8 NLHE Black Chip Bounty<\/a><\/strong>. There were a total of 168 entries. Serion&#8217;s another player with a 500+ climb this week, hitting #1185.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the last item for the Leaderboard and for the Rio is Boise&#8217;s <strong>Maria McAlpin<\/strong>, coming in 3rd at <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #10 NLHE Double Stack (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=654347\" target=\"_blank\">WSOPC Rio Las Vegas #10 NLHE Double Stack<\/a><\/strong>. McAlpin breaks through the 1,000 barrier, going from #1003 to #816.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe Chinook results will be in in a couple of weeks. Until then, wash your hands! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/poker\/columns\/story?columnist=bluff_magazine&amp;id=2750550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Those cards and chips are <em>filthy<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No results yet from the PacWest Poker Classic at Chinook Winds. I&#8217;m just going to reiterate here that there&#8217;s no reason it should take a week for results to be posted. 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