{"id":4537,"date":"2022-04-13T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=4537"},"modified":"2022-04-13T11:30:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T18:30:59","slug":"pnw-poker-leaderboard-13-april-2022-wildhorse-couldnt-drag-me-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=4537","title":{"rendered":"PNW Poker Leaderboard \u2014\u00a013 April 2022 \u2014 Wildhorse Couldn’t Drag Me Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re not watching Severance<\/strong> <\/em>on Apple TV+, do it now. Nothing poker-related. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing this in Portland while long-time friend of the blog Brad Press<\/strong> is out at the Wildhorse Spring Poker Round-Up<\/a><\/strong> this week, shaming my supposed dedication to Omaha and HORSE. I haven’t even been playing much around town since coming so close in the 6-Max at Chinook WInds last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I did finally play some poker over Zoom, with a group that’s been going for a couple of years, using the PokerStars Home Games feature, which just made me wish I’d pushed the home game I started playing in back in 2008 to do the same. So far, I’ve cashed in three of the five games I played there and got a couple of bounties to offset the buy-in in another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did play the Portland Meadows NLHE Monster Stack Freezeout <\/strong>at the end of March, but lasted less than 2 levels. I’d just started to recover from my usual early race-to-the-bottom after playing some low suited connectors and catching a flush, then decided to shove-bluff over the villain in that hand when I picked up A<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> and the flop was all-hearts with a queen. Jonathan Levy<\/strong> of The Poker Guys<\/a><\/strong> was sitting across the table from me while the villain\u2014who hit the flush with his own low suited connectors and actually seemed a little concerned\u2014briefly tanked over the call, and I got a laugh when Jonathan looked under the table to see if my legs were jangling nervously. I don’t think they were. It’s just money!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pacific Northwest Poker Leaderboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A quick reminder of what makes the Leaderboard. I track players whose cashes are reported to The Hendon Mob<\/a><\/strong> tournament database, who have more than $3K in lifetime earnings, and whose residency is listed at Hendon Mob as Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, British Columbia, or Alberta (I suppose I really should add Yukon and Northwest Territories one of these days). Players are included if they have at least one single cash over $10K recorded, and if that cash is at least 300% ROI (no offense, but I’m not going to include WSOP Main Event min-cashes). I encourage everyone to check out the links to Hendon Mob and WSOP to get more details on individual tournaments and series.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of the 6-Max at Chinook Winds<\/strong>, Justin Foord <\/strong>of Portland was the runner-up in the PacWest Poker Classic #5 $50K GTD NLHE 6-Max<\/a><\/strong>, which had 106 entries. Payouts make it look like there was a 3-way deal, with Hillsboro, Oregon’s Andrew Johnson<\/strong> taking 1st. Johnson goes up nearly two hundred places, to #1002; Foord climbs a couple thousand, from #4871 to #2892.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calgary’s Robert Buckingham<\/strong> gains a couple hundred places (#970) with 5th place in the WSOP Circuit Los Angeles #9 $75K GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tualatin, Oregon’s Zachary Bright<\/strong> picked up their biggest-ever cash in the PacWest #19 $225K GTD NLHE Main Event<\/a><\/strong>, coming in 6th of 441. Bright jumps up nearly three thousand places on the Leaderboard, to #3026. Fifth-place went to Salem, Oregon’s Michael Mischkot<\/strong>, who debuts on the Leaderboard at #2925. Another newcomer to the Leaderboard is <\/strong>4th-place finisher Richard Johnson<\/strong> from Eugene, who was part of a four-way deal that places him at #1975. Climbing 500 places is Eugene’s Richard Thysell<\/strong>, with a biggest-ever cash for 3rd. Roger Scott <\/strong>from Shoreline, Washington goes from #4565 to #1393 by taking 2nd. And the winner of the Main Event is another newcomer to the Leaderboard: Larry Brown<\/strong> (his bio just says Oregon) who is #1553.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landing at #3628 is Washington State’s Dwight Gilbert<\/strong>, the 3rd-place finisher in PacWest #17 $40K GTD NLHE Big Bounty<\/a><\/strong>. The tournament picked up 178 entries. Spanaway, Washington’s Richard Reed <\/strong>took 2nd. Also a new entry on the Leaderboard, Reed comes in at #3462. The winner was yet another Leaderboard newcomer, Matthew Gmur<\/strong>, from Oregon. The win\u2014part of a 4-way deal\u2014puts Gmur at #3260.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew<\/strong> Jewett<\/strong> of Shoreline, Washington came in 15th in the 2,273-entry Millionaire Sprint Mayhem Poker Series #3 $500K GTD NLHE Monster Stack<\/a><\/strong>, with a prize pool over $1.2M, down at The Lodge<\/strong> in Round Rock, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PacWest #1 $100K GTD NLHE<\/strong> opening event brought in 499 players. Kennewick, Washington’s James Stringer <\/strong>almost beat their personal best with 5th place in a 5-way deal, and moves from #1748 to #1351. The newcomer to the Leaderboard of the group is Anthony Chavez <\/strong>from Sunnyside, Washington, with 4th and #3324. Portland’s Brian Barker <\/strong>climbs more than seven hundred places to #1412 with the 2nd-place finish. And Dion Swan<\/strong> \u2014 also Portland \u2014 took 1st, climbing twenty-seven hundred places to #2045.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did I mention we’ve got some more results from up north? The Great Canadian Freedom Series NLHE Main Event<\/strong> ran at the Cash Casino in Calgary and drew 142 entries. Karim Chatur<\/strong> from Calgary came in 3rd but actually drops a spot on the Leaderboard to #56 because of other player movement (Vanessa Kade, see below). Another Calgarian, David Howat<\/strong> got their biggest cash for 2nd, and moves up from #747 to #605.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bainbridge Island player Kyle Rohl<\/strong> placed 6th in the Venetian DeepStack New Year\u2019s Extravaganza #43 $200K GTD NLHE UltimateStack<\/a><\/strong> back in January (result just now being applied to their profile). The event picked up 537 entries and Rohl enters the Leaderboard at #2750.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the Station Poker Classic C$1,100 NLHE<\/a><\/strong> there were 299 entries for the C$1,100 event, and Calgary’s Kelly Kellner<\/strong> came in 4th, good for a bump of twenty-five places on the Leaderboard, to #298. Matt Kwong<\/strong>, also from Calgary, came in 4th of 287 in the Station C$900 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, for a personal best and gains almost a hundred places (#438).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Calgary’s ACE Poker NLHE Colossus<\/a><\/strong>, hometown player Grant Frulling <\/strong>topped the field of 264, for their biggest cash and a slide up from #1286 to #942.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympia’s Peter Lynn<\/strong> went down to Houston for the Prime Social Texas Poker Championship #9 $500K GTD NLHE The Big Texas<\/a><\/strong>, a 643-entry tournament where Lynn came in 6th. It was a career best, and Lynn goes from #2969 to #1555.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kao Saechao<\/strong> of Renton, Washington won the Venetian DeepStack Showdown Poker Series #19 $40K GTD NLHE Monster Stack<\/a><\/strong> in a 4-way deal out of a field of 211. Saechao moves up more than one hundred places, to #433.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edmonton’s Jonathan Sanborn<\/strong> claimed 1st place over 132 entries at Calgary’s Great Canadian Freedom Series NLHE The C$550<\/a><\/strong>, then came in 3rd of 296 at the Station Poker Classic C$500 NLHE<\/a><\/strong> three weeks later. Sanborn climbs from #171 to #155.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a good showing for PNW players at the new home of the World Series of Poker, in the WSOP Circuit Bally\u2019s #12 NLHE High Roller<\/a><\/strong>. Perpetual Leaderboard resident Dylan Linde<\/strong> took 4th, though he drops from #5 to #6 on the Leaderboard (see James Romero<\/strong>, below). The winner of the 98-entry field was Andrew Rodgers<\/strong> from Anchorage, who said he’d lost his job a couple of months before hitting the biggest cash of his career. Rodgers goes up about three hundred spots, to #676.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andrew Rodgers via WSOP.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Knittle <\/strong>of Lakewood, Washington took down their largest cash for 3rd in the 106-entry Tampa Poker Classic $100K GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>. Knittle jumps more than a thousand places on the Leaderboard, to #1134.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darren Rabinowitz <\/strong>came in 6th of 393 at the Venetian #2 $500K GTD NLHE Ultimate Stack<\/a><\/strong> in early March, but still drops a place to #21 on the Leaderboard because of Adam Hendrix <\/strong>moving up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan Westmorland<\/strong> was living my dream, playing at the European Poker Tour in Prague<\/a>, even through it was late winter instead of Christmastime. Westmorland was assigned 2nd place in a 3-way deal in the 129-entry EPT Prague #28 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, which had a prize pool of \u20ac301,440. Westmorland gains four spots, and is #40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salem’s Jason Beasley<\/strong> beat 331 other players to win the Bally\u2019s Colorado Poker Championship #21 $200K GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>. Beasley climbs more than sixty places, to #171. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where to begin with James Romero<\/strong>\u2019s March? How about at the Venetian #10 $1M GTD NLHE Ultimate Stack<\/a><\/strong>? Romero came in 8th out of 409 entries on 9 March. A couple of days later, he was across the street at the Wynn Millions Poker Series $2M GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, and took 4th of 889. Then, at the end of the month, it was 2nd of 49 in the Prime #21 NLHE 6-Max<\/strong> in Houston. That was enough to kick Romero up a notch to #5 on the PNW Poker Leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adam Hendrix via PokerGO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then there’s Adam Hendrix<\/strong>, whose cashes were all in Las Vegas, but there were a lot of them (including a couple that didn’t quite make my reporting guidelines). It started with Hendrix coming in 4th in the same Venetian #10 $1M GTD NLHE Ultimate Stack <\/strong>event Romero cashed in. Then it was over to the Aria for the 88-entry US Poker Open\/PokerGo Tour #3 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, which Hendrix won. Hendrix followed that up with 5th of 66 in USPO #8 PLO<\/a><\/strong>. Hendrix cracks the Leaderboard All-Time Top 20, moving up four places to #18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanessa Kade<\/strong> continues her assault on live poker. Kade only had a single cash to make this Leaderboard, but it is a career-best live<\/em> cash (Kade’s win in last year’s PokerStars anniversary online event was larger). Kade goes from #109 to #51 with a 4th-place finish in the Wynn Millions Poker Series $10M GTD NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, an event with 1,075 entries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we wrap up this Leaderboard (finally) with Chris Brewer<\/strong>. Brewer started off the month in the Czech Republic (Prague!<\/em>), winning the EPT Prague #9 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, a \u20ac10,200, 37-entry tournament. Two days later, 4th of 34 in the \u20ac50,000 34-entry (with 11 re-entries) EPT Prague #17 NLHE High Roller<\/a><\/strong>. Then, back to Vegas for runner-up in USPO #5 NLHE<\/a><\/strong>, which drew 66 entries at $10K each. That’s all good for breaking into the Leaderboard Top 10, moving from #12 to #9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Brewer via pokerstarsblog<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Kevmath Quarterly Top 20<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is the fifth Quarterly and the first one without Seth Davies! Dylan Linde and James Romero swapped positions up in the Top 10 and there’s a sudden influx of Albertan players this quarter: fully 35% of the Top 20 tournament earners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players whose names are followed by an asterisk were on the Annual Top 20 list in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2021 rank<\/th>April 2022 rank<\/th>state<\/th>player<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
14<\/td>9<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Christopher Brewer<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr>
115<\/td>51<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Vanessa Kade<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>18<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Adam Hendrix<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>5<\/td>\"\"<\/td>James Romero<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr>
576<\/td>172<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Cody Mckay<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
385<\/td>151<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Rambo Halpern<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
129<\/td>87<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Jayakrishnan Nair<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>6<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Dylan Linde<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr>
226<\/td>162<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Andy Truong<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
233<\/td>171<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Jason Beasley<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
238<\/td>175<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Pam MacNaughton<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3300<\/td>743<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Michael Zuro<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
44<\/td>40<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Jordan Westmorland<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
150<\/td>127<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Malcolm Bolger<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
1506<\/td>637<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Ali Taghi Khani<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
5050<\/td>970<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Robert Buckingham<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
194<\/td>155<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Jonathan Sanborn<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
175<\/td>148<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Aaron Thivyanathan<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr>
2078<\/td>861<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Brian Foley<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>25<\/td>\"\"<\/td>Maxwell Young<\/a> *<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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