{"id":4343,"date":"2021-12-18T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T19:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=4343"},"modified":"2022-02-08T12:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:23:38","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-18-december-2021-wsop-main-event-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=4343","title":{"rendered":"PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014\u00a018 December 2021: WSOP Main Event (and more)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NOTE: I started this a month ago! And I’m just now finishing it up. Sorry for the delay, in the meantime I’ve qualified for the WSOP Super Seniors event, been to New York City for the anniversary of my marriage to Mrs. Poker Mutant, and Hawai\u00e2\u20ac™i to spend a couple days with my dad\u2014things are just that busy! Happy Holidays!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WSOP Main Event is over<\/strong> and done with, with al of the PNW participants out before the final tables. I have to admit that after including Mitchell Halverson<\/strong> and Jesse Lonis<\/strong> in the 2021 WSOP Main Event Tracker<\/a> <\/strong>because WSOP has them as Oregon players, that I was disappointed to see they were listed on the Nevada and New York leaderboards at Hendon Mob<\/strong>, so they aren’t included in the combined PNW leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even without them, there’s a lot of territory to cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start with Kenn Pluard<\/strong> from Happy Valley, Oregon, who was 25th in the field of 1,441 at the Wynn Fall Classic $1.5M GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>. That, and a career-high cash at the Main Event (338th) bounce Pluard from #978 to #584.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maxwell Young<\/strong> reappears on the Leaderboard with a 12th-place finish at the Venetian Deepstack Championship Poker Series II #35 $400K GTD NLHE UltimateStack<\/a><\/strong>. The tournament got 1,408 entries and pushed the prize pool to $1.35M. Calgary’s Phil Wright<\/strong> nabbed 4th in the same event, for a career-high score and a jump on the Leaderboard from #2508 to #505.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Series of Poker #52 NLHE Seniors<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bellevue’s Brian Orrico<\/strong> took 48th in the 5,404-entry tournament, going from #2725 to #1814 on the Leaderboard. The Seniors is typically one of the largest fields; previous years with only one entry day set records for the largest single-entry-day live poker tournaments. This year’s run with two entry days generated $4.8M for the prize pool. Coming in at 34th was Victoria player Rhonda Shepek<\/strong>, with a career best and a jump of 2500 places to #2133. Robert Sun<\/strong> from Anchorage came in 22nd and climbs to #1932 from #4026. Coming in at 17th was John McNaughton<\/strong> of Innisfall, Alberta with a biggest-ever cash and debut on the leaderboard at #1349. Every two years, Robert Davis<\/strong> comes out of Eagle River, Alaska to cash in the Seniors tournament\u2014he has exactly 3 Hendon Mob entries: 2017, 2019, and this year\u2014all in the same event. This year he hit it big, with 2nd place, far eclipsing his previous totals, and leaping from #4320 to #162 on the Leaderboard. Davis is now #7 on the Alaska state leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Red Deer, Albeta’s Jason Volk <\/strong>was runner-up in the Venetian #36 $150K GTD NLHE MonsterStack<\/a><\/strong>. It’s Volk’s largest cash (this is<\/em> the season!) and he moves almost 1800 spots to #870.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dwayne Hillock <\/strong>from Prince George, British Columbia came in 14th in WSOP #55 NLHE <\/a>Colossus<\/strong> out of 9,399 entries. The prize pool was just over $3.1M. Hillock rises over 800 places to #1533.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portland’s Rambo Halpern<\/strong> took 8th of 969 at the Venetian #37 $300K GTD NLHE Seniors<\/a><\/strong>, taking Halpern up 38 places to #385.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wynn $3M GTD NLHE Championship<\/strong> <\/a>made a prize pool of $5.7M with 1,775 entries and Brett Kennedy<\/strong> of Sattle took 50th, climbing forty spots on the Leaderboard to #319.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a biggest-ever cash for John Nielsen<\/strong> (Sylvan Lake, Alberta) with a win in the Autumn at Aria $40K GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>. Nielsen goes up more than 600 spots to #958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monroe, Washington’s Roger Hammond <\/strong>is up 800 places to #1937 with a 7th-place finish in the Venetian #40 $150K GTD NLHE MonsterStack<\/a><\/strong>. 358 entries and a $347K prize pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Series of Poker #58 NLHE Super Seniors<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Super Seniors event (60+) got nearly 1,900 entries this year, makng a prize pool of just under $1.7M. Sad to say, I’m qualifying for this by next summer. Three PNW players made the final two tables. Alberta’s Gary Bain <\/strong>got a largest-ever cash placing in 16th and jumping eighty spots to #846. From masco, Washington, Anthony Simpson <\/strong>took 13th for a climb from #536 to #476. And you may remember Bill Stabler<\/strong> of Salem having been the runner-up in the Seniors event the last time everyone got together at the Rio in 2019; he came in 4th in this tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bill Stabler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Brewer<\/strong> got shafted by The Bet that Limon <\/strong>won back in 2015<\/a> because people picked Koray Aldemir<\/strong> for their slate of players in the Main Event. Hopefully, his 5th-place finish in the WSOP #60 Poker Players Championship 6-Max<\/strong> is some consolation. There were 63 entries at $50K each. Brewer maintains at #16 on the Leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final result of the 144 players drafted in main was $9,832,700 (thanks @kooraay90<\/a> ) for 680% roi. Not sure how much to take away from this. The result is clearly top 5-10% run, but also a bet like this always going to be won because one of the drafted players went very deep<\/p>— Chris Brewer (@Chris_D_Brewer) November 22, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>