{"id":4084,"date":"2021-09-03T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T21:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:25:28","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-03-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=4084","title":{"rendered":"#PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014 03 September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;re 29 days away from the start of the <strong>WSOP<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to Joseph Brandenburg for winning the Ante Up World Championship Player of the Year this year at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVPokerRoom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TVPokerRoom<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thunder_Valley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Thunder_Valley<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEENUpW69V\">https:\/\/t.co\/dEENUpW69V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMNUZj7kql\">pic.twitter.com\/kMNUZj7kql<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ante Up Poker Media (@anteupmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anteupmagazine\/status\/1431413205939617797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations are in order to <strong>Joe Brandenberg<\/strong>, whose win of the <strong>Big O <\/strong>tournament at the <strong>Ante Up Poker Tour World Championship Series<\/strong> at <strong>Thunder Valley Casino &amp; Resort<\/strong>, combined with final table spots in the <strong>HORSE<\/strong> and <strong>FL Omaha Hi-Lo<\/strong> put him in the lead for the <strong>Player of the Year<\/strong>, which netted him a free entry to the series\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;s Main Event and a couple nights at the resort. Portland Big O forever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/70B2AF14-402B-438E-B052-18C07981CAC9.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The second edition of <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kevmath.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Kevmath Report<\/a><\/strong> is out.  You can read in there about <strong>Norman Chad<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;s <strong>#DonkeyCaravan<\/strong>, his plan to play the WSOP\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;s <strong>$25K buyin HORSE <\/strong>tournament; he\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;s selling pieces on <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stakekings.com\" target=\"_blank\">stakekings.com<\/a><\/strong> for 1.5 markup, with all of the markup going to the <strong>Hope for Depression Research Foundation<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve got a piece; here&#8217;s hoping that Norm makes it deep and funds my WSOP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PNW Poker Leaderboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of news from up north, as some of the first tournament series kicked off in Canada since the pandemic started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nohad Tellani<\/strong> of Edmonton (<em>GPI: 10,235<\/em>) picked up his biggest-ever cash with a win of the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=751955\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Super Stack #7 PLO<\/a><\/strong> at <strong>Deerfoot Inn &amp; Casino<\/strong> in Calgary. Tellani beat 165 other players in a prize pool of almost C$57K (US$45K). He climbs just over 300 places on the Leaderboard, to #1224.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Edmontonian, <strong>Malcolm Bolger<\/strong> (<em>GPI: 10,858<\/em>) took 4th in the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=751929\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Super Stack #2 NLHE Megastack<\/a><\/strong>. That event drew 488 entries and made a prize pool of C$232K. Bolger was already #150 on the Leaderboard and rises to #144. Sherwood Park, Alberta&#8217;s <strong>Kris Steinbach<\/strong> took 2nd, pushing him fifty places up the Leaderboard to #283 (<em>GPI: 3,763<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Talal Shoush<\/strong> of Edmonton (<em>GPI: 6,858<\/em>) came in 6th in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=751957\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Summer Super Stack #8 NLHE Superstack<\/strong><\/a>. Shoush moves more than 200 places to #828, but he was not the only entry from that tournament (695 players, C$660K prize pool) to make this edition of the Leaderboard. Coming in at 5th was Haowei Pan (GPI: 6,914) from Alberta, picking up their biggest cash to date and debuting on the Leaderboard at #2304. In 3rd was Calgary&#8217;s James Yang (GPI: 9,122) picking up their first Hendon Mob result in six years, their largest-ever cash, and debuting on the Leaderboard at #723. Homan Mohammadi of North Vancouver (that would be north of the Vancouver to the north of Vancouver) was the runner-up. He&#8217;s GPI: 5,922 and moves from #87 to #79. Alberta-based Diem Tran (GPI: 4,117) was the winner; it&#8217;s Tran&#8217;s third Hendon Mob result (one of the others was in the PLO tournament above) and by far the largest. His debut on the Leaderboard is at #841.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Straddling both <strong>Megastack<\/strong> and <strong>Superstack<\/strong>, Calgary&#8217;s <strong>Zhun Rui Chen<\/strong> placed 3rd in the Megastack before claiming 7th in the Superstack a week later. Chen is <em>GPI: 5,539<\/em> and makes a first appearance on the Leaderboard at #904.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also out of Calgary, <strong>Tyler Thomas<\/strong> was the 3rd-place finisher in the 653-entry, C$186K prize pool <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=751941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summer Super Stack #6 NLHE Deepstack<\/a><\/strong>. Thomas is <em>GPI: 9,323<\/em> and jumps nearly three hundred spots on the Leaderboard to #984. <strong>Toma Raffaul<\/strong> from Alberta (<em>GPI: 22,921<\/em>) got his first Hendon Mob cash in 2nd place, entering the Leaderboard as #2824, and Lethbridge, Alberta&#8217;s <strong>Robert McMurren<\/strong> picked up the win and his second-ever cash to jump in at #1829 (<em>GPI: 19,069<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our last Canadian result of this edition, climbing 370 places on the Leaderboard to #1087 is <strong>Omar Stefanini<\/strong> of Coquitlam, British Columbia, who took first place in the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=751939\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Super Stack #5 NLHE\/PLO Mix<\/a><\/strong> (112 entries, C$53K prize pool. It&#8217;s Stefanini&#8217;s largest cash <em>GPI: 2,370<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I said Canadian <em>result<\/em> not Canadian player, right? Because Edmonton player <strong>Sam Kim<\/strong> <em>GPI: 14,874<\/em> placed 3rd in the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=726165\" target=\"_blank\">World Poker Tour Choctaw #17 NLHE Monster Stack<\/a><\/strong>. There were over 700 entries and a prize pool of more than $200K. Kim moves up nearly 1,000 spots on the Leaderboard, to #1544.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there was Calgary&#8217;s <strong>Rey Lee<\/strong> <em>GPI: 2,574<\/em> who squeaks onto the Leaderboard with his biggest cash at 20th in the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=717443\" target=\"_blank\">Venetian\/WPTDeepstacks $2M GTD NLHE Main Event<\/a><\/strong>. Lee climbs 900+ places to #1338.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about our compatriots south of the border? Well, if it&#8217;s a Leaderboard these days, there&#8217;s got to be a <strong>Christopher Brewer<\/strong> result. Brewer took 2nd in the <strong>Merit Poker\/PokerGO Super High Roller Bowl Europe #3 NLHE<\/strong>, with 26 entries and 19 re-entries at $25K a pop (assuming that&#8217;s on top of the 26; it paid 7 places). Brewer is <em>GPI: 137<\/em> and moves up five slots on the Leaderboard, to #21. This finds Brewer moving up past the likes of <strong>Elliot Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Idema<\/strong>, <strong>Max Young<\/strong>, <strong>Doug Lee<\/strong>, and <strong>Adam Hendrix<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brewer still has a way to go to catch #1 on the Leaderboard<strong> Seth Davies<\/strong> <em>GPI:45<\/em>, who continues to put space between himself and the rest of the pack this time. Davies was runner-up in <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=754471\" target=\"_blank\">SHRBE #5 NLHE Short Deck<\/a><\/strong> and won <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/event.php?a=r&amp;n=754479\" target=\"_blank\">SHRBE #8 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u00e2\u20ac&#x2122;re 29 days away from the start of the WSOP? 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