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PNW Poker Players: 2019 WSOP Main Event Day 2AB

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There were 3,248 players coming into Day 2AB from Days 1A and 1B, with another 100 or so electing to late-register before the start of play. Out of that, 1,087 players remain. If you were watching ESPN/PokerGO coverage for the day, it was pretty much the Jacki Burkhart show, as her table featuring Chris Moneymaker was the main feature table for the day, Moneymaker didn’t bust (despite being at risk a number of times), so it stayed that way, and her commanding lead at the table and personality got her a lot of love from the hosts.

She led a discussion about “keeping the band [at the feature table] together”, which it did for a surprisingly long time, though people started to drop as the night went on. There was ample Oregon rep at the table, with Jacki, Andrew Seidman (still listed from Portland on the reports though Jacki told me he now lives in the Bay Area), And there’s Josh, dealing!

It should be a very happy birthday for her.

Day 2AB survivors include 8 Oregon players, 14 Washington players, and 2 from Idaho.

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Today’s 2C starts with an 800 big blind/big blind ante (Level 6); The day will end with the big blind at 2,000 (Level 10). Approximate cost per level in blinds:

  • Level 6 (400/800/800 bba): 13,300 chips
  • Level 7 (500/1,000/1,000 bba): 16,700
  • Level 8 (600/1,200/1,200 bba): 20,000
  • Level 9 (800/1,600/1,600 bba): 26,700
  • Level 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000 bba): 33,300
  • TOTAL FOR DAY 2: 110,000

EOD RANK | NAME | CITY | CHIPS

67 | Jacki Burkhart | Boring | 391,900

116 | Tyler Patterson | Everett | 331,200

122 | Kevin Law | Mill Creek | 328,900

210 | Donald Schiavone | Brookings | 264,400

220 | Alan Pagel | Renton | 261,400

257 | James Frank | Stayton | 248,900

314 | Dien Le | Bellevue | 229,600

365 | Maria McAlpin | Boise | 212,000

367 | Kenneth Churchill | Auburn | 211,400

401 | Paul Varano | Olympia | 201,000

445 | Tim Adkison | Corvallis | 188,000

453 | Jacob Davis | Tigard | 186,100

454 | Christopher Brewer | Eugene | 185,500

===== ESTIMATED AVERAGE CHIP STACK DAY 2AB: 179,300

482 | Shane Abbott | Seattle | 177,900

513 | Alan Snow | Lynnwood | 172,000

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 2AB: 167,000

585 | Landon Brown | Auburn | 150,000

590 | Eric Kepper | Seattle | 149,900

679 | Mark Groner | Lake Oswego | 130,800

751 | Scott Mayfield | Grants Pass | 111,700

762 | Lance Martinez | Mukilteo | 110,000

849 | Kevin MacPhee | Coeur d’Alene | 91,500

916 | Gennadiy Dvosis | Bellevue | 73,300

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1A: 73,300

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1B: 73,100

1024 | Christopher Rourke | 44,300

1086 | Allen Nielson | Mercer Island | 1

PNW Poker Players: 2019 WSOP Main Event Day 1C

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Day 1C was pretty dramatic, with one player attempting to swipe a stack from the player next to him (arrested), the “unmasked bandit” who shoved blind, exposed his cards, and stood up to pull his pants down and throw a show at the dealer (disqualified after winning the hand and escorted off the property, only to repeat the stunt dancing on an Aria gaming table), and, of course the earthquake that forced an early dinner break.

There were 4,879 entries for Day 1C. 3,664 continue. There have been a total of 8,132 entries so far in this year’s Main Event, entry still open through noon tomorrow for Day 2C.

Today’s 2AB will combine the players from Day 1A and Day 1B. Play on Day 2 starts with an 800 big blind/big blind ante (Level 6); The day will end with the big blind at 2,000 (Level 10). Approximate cost per level in blinds:

  • Level 6 (400/800/800 bba): 13,300 chips
  • Level 7 (500/1,000/1,000 bba): 16,700
  • Level 8 (600/1,200/1,200 bba): 20,000
  • Level 9 (800/1,600/1,600 bba): 26,700
  • Level 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000 bba): 33,300
  • TOTAL FOR DAY 2: 110,000

Day 1C survivors include 27 Oregon players, 56 Washington players, and 5 from Idaho, with Portland’s Steve Harper and his Tiny Nut (all hail Battlebots) on top of the PNW crew.

EOD RANK | NAME | CITY | CHIPS

16 | Steven Harper | Portland | 263,400

134 | Ian Pelz | Eugene | 180,800

201 | Matt Affleck | Mill Creek | 166,800

217 | Steven Josephsen | Bothell | 164,300

222 | Eli Hare | Kirkland | 163,500

227 | Michael Nelson | Kirkland | 162,100

228 | Rittie Chuaprasert | Portland | 162,100

267 | Brent Becker | Boise | 155,200

313 | Bradley Zusman | Gresham | 149,800

325 | Thomas Kornechuk | Auburn | 148,100

371 | Alec WEller | Corvallis | 143,400

377 | Carter Newhof | Mercer Island | 142,600

417 | Seth Davies | Bend | 138,400

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521 | Michael Faulkner | Viola | 129,000

533 | Sam Cosby | Portland | 128,300

637 | Glenn Ward | Salem | 121,400

664 | Scott Eskenazi | Mercer Island | 119,600

665 | John Stauffer | Shoreline | 119,500

754 | George Peckham | Mercer Island | 113,800

911 | Curtis Wiliams | Portland | 105,700

923 | Mitchell Halvorsen | West Linn | 105,100

950 | Tristen Barnes | Salem | 104,100

976 | Ali Imsirovic | Vancouver | 102,500

977 | Rafael Marcondes | Kent | 102,500

1146 | Rob Tepper | Kirkland | 95,600

1193 | Aaron Ogus | Redmond | 93,300

1233 | Paul Schattauer | Seattle | 91,700

1234 | Mans Montgomery | Boise | 91,600

1235 | Guy Dunlap | Portland | 91,600

1250 | Brian Egger | Spokane | 91,000

1340 | Jason Antonelli | Sammamish | 88,000

1370 | Ian Johns | Newcastle | 86,900

1383 | Adam Barker | Bonney Lake | 86,400

1402 | Kyudan Kim | Mill Creek | 85,900

1421 | Jordan Westmorland | Lynnwood | 85,100

1453 | Bao Le | Tacoma | 84,000

===== AVERAGE CHIP STACK DAY 1A: 83,500

1470 | Rami Mornel | Vancouver | 83,300

1529 | Andrew Chud | Seattle | 81,400

===== AVERAGE CHIP STACK DAY 1B: 81,000

===== AVERAGE CHIP STACK DAY 1C: 78,900

1684 | Terik Brown | Mercer Island | 76,100

1729 | Spencer Christenson | Troutdale | 74,300

1749 | Warren Maxwell | Newcastle | 73,700

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1A: 73,300

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1B: 73,100

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1C: 71,100

1841 | David Simon | Idaho Falls | 70,900

1850 | Theodore McNeely | Myrtle Point | 70,500

1882 | Joshua Roe | Kennewick | 69,500

1890 | Josha Smith | Boise | 69,300

1933 | George Wolff | Portland | 68,000

===== STARTING CHIP STACK: 60,000

1973 | Nicholas Stowell | Portland | 55,700

2138 | Jesse Kertland | Ellensburg | 61,800

2303 | Lee Watkinson | Lakebay | 57,300

2325 | Jason James | Tukwila | 56,900

2326 | Konstantinos Gennaios | Seattle | 56,800

2428 | Zachary Humphrey | Kirkland | 53,700

2456 | Jacob Sklar | Bend | 52,800

2474 | Wen Lin | Seattle | 52,600

2549 | Sandra Steffen | Vancouver | 50,300

2597 | Jason Atwood | West Linn | 48,800

2621 | Artem Babayan | 48,000

2629 | Jeffrey Farnes | Dallas | 47,700

2697 | Charles Mast | North Bend | 45,900

2725 | Christopher Stephenson | Bellevue | 44,500

2743 | Preban Stokkan | Corvallis | 44,000

2760 | William Savoy | Medina | 43,500

2769 | John Roth | Leavenworth | 43,100

2806 | Brandon Butler | Redmond | 41,900

2814 | Rep Porter | Woodinville | 41,600

2846 | Charles Coultas | Seattle | 40,600

2948 | Mason Barrell | Eugene | 37,500

2988 | Adam Coats | Shoreline | 36,500

3028 | Esther Taylor-Brady | Portland | 35,100

3029 | Charles Edwards | Langley | 35,100

3120 | John Hartmann | Seattle | 32,100

3170 | Sean McMahon | Warren | 30,300

3178 | Michael Sels | Kent | 30,100

3215 | Nirath Rean | Bellevue | 28,600

3281 | Laurence Hughes | Bothell | 26,400

3310 | Monte George | Chattaroy | 25,200

3321 | Tesfaldet Tekle | Tukwila | 24,900

3363 | Christopher Wolfe | Lake Tapps | 23,300

3387 | Douglas Rieper | Packwood | 22,200

3423 | Manoj Ravi | Redmond | 20,600

3438 | Daniel Martin | Klamath Falls | 20,000

3483 | Ali Hasan | Yakima | 17,700

3586 | Aaron Cummings | Ephrata | 11,300

3603 | Glenn Larson | Olympia | 9,900

3608 | Erik Steadmon | 9,500

3611 | Angelina Rich | Lynnwood | 9,200

3626 | Gilles Anquetil | Bellevue | 7,200

PNW Poker Players: 2019 WSOP Main Event Day 1B

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Day 1B had 1,914 entries, with 1,417 of them continuing on to Day 2 (merging Sunday with Day 1A for the first time, instead of playing separately). Players will be coming back to a big blind of 800, with 800 big blind ante.

Moving on are 6 Oregon players, 26 Washington players, and 1 from Idaho.

EOD RANK | NAME | CITY | CHIPS

26 | Andrew Seidman | Portland | 203,500

55 | John Sabrey | Medina | 172,500

101 | Suhaag Gandikota | Kirkland | 156,500

172 | Filmon Ghebreegzabheir | Issaquah | 139,300

180 | Eric Kepper | Seattle | 137,700

231 | Tim Adkison | Corvallis | 128,200

274 | Kenneth Churchill | Auburn | 122,300

55 | John Sabrey | Medina | 172,500

315 | Cindy Stenbeck | Federal Way | 114,400

329 | Lee Markholt | Eatonville | 112,200

338 | Alan Pagel | Renton | 111,300

382 | Bryce Blum | Seattle | 106,600

441 | Lance Martinez | Mukilteo | 98,900

471 | Stanley Spaulding | Longview | 96,000

559 | Christopher Rourke | 86,900

===== AVERAGE CHIP STACK DAY 1A: 83,500

603 | David Heyden | Ashland | 83,300

613 | Jacob Witherspoon | Otis | 81,900

===== AVERAGE CHIP STACK DAY 1B: 81,000

651 | Aaron Moreau-Cook | Bothell | 78,300

691 | Cole Sherwood | Bellevue | 74,000

700 | Vincent Poudrier | Portland | 73,500

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1A: 73,300

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK DAY 1B: 73,100

805 | Noah Merritt | Vancouver | 64,300

826 | Kristopher Townsend | Star | 62,300

844 | Taylor McFarland | Seattle | 60,700

850 | Shane Abbot | Seattle | 60,200

853 | Landon Brown | Auburn | 60,100

===== STARTING CHIP STACK: 60,000

977 | Philip Su | Mercer Island | 50,100

990 | Srikant Vemperala | Redmond | 48,900

1081 | Cheryl Naylor | Bellevue | 40,800

1172 | Joseph Sarausad | Snoqualmie | 32,700

1239 | Floyd Bangerter | Mill Creek | 28,100

1296 | Robbie Calhoun | Spokane | 22,800

1339 | Bruce Pirie | Gig Harbor | 18,000

1361 | Phillip Harvey | Kent | 16,100

1409 | James Frank | Stayton | 1

PNW Poker Players: 2019 WSOP Main Event Day 1A

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Day 1A is in the books with “Over 1,300 entrants”, according to the End of Day report. Not as specific as usual, probably because registration is open until the beginning of Day 2 for each flight. UPDATE:  Per the tweet from @PokerStarsBlog, the number was 1,336.

960 players are making it to Day 2A (on Saturday) including 12 Oregon players, 15 Washington players, and 3 from Idaho.

EOD RANK | NAME | CITY | CHIPS

96 | Kevin Law | Mill Creek, WA | 149,900

140 | Maria McAlpin | Boise, ID | 131,200

148 | Allen Nelson | Mercer Island, WA | 129,000

151 | Dien Le | Bellevue, WA | 127,900

183 | Tyler Patterson | Everett, WA | 121,200

211 | Kindah Sakkal | Lynnwood, WA | 115,000

248 | Adam Sherman | Seattle, WA | 108,200

262 | Jacki Burkhart | Boring, OR | 105,100

266 | Donald Schiavone | Brookings, OR | 104,000

289 | Jeffrey Dewitt | Redmond, WA | 101,100

===== AVERAGE CHIP STACK: 83,500

409 | Kevin MacPhee | Coeur d’Alene, ID | 82,500

456 | Kao Saechao | Portland, OR | 76,500

===== MEDIAN CHIP STACK: 73,300

507 | Shane Douglas | Priest River, ID | 71,100

510 | Angela Jordison | Terrebonne, OR | 70,600

511 | Jacob McDonald | Dallas, OR | 70,500

529 | Chris Brewer | Eugene, OR | 68,400

===== STARTING CHIP STACK: 60,000

608 | Noah Bronstein | Bellevue, WA | 59,000

629 | Mark Groner, Lake Oswego, OR | 57,700

636 | Paul Varano | Olympia, WA | 56,000

637 | Michael Coombs | Bremerton, WA | 56,000

658 | Gennady Dvosis | Bellevue, WA | 53,300

663 | Jacob Davis | Tigard, OR | 53,300

688 | Joel Micka | Everett, WA | 50,000

737 | Scott Mayfield | Grants Pass, OR | 44,500

763 | Grant Denison | Portland, OR | 41,800

764 | Ming Zhu | Portland, OR | 41,600

829 | Melissa French | Lynnwood, WA | 33,000

857 | Dustin An | Redmond, WA | 29,300

898 | Christopher Leslie | Portland, OR | 22,700

926 | Greg Rankich | Kirkland, WA | 17,600

PNW Poker Leaderboard — 2019 Main Event Eve

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It’s the night before the 50th Annual WSOP Main Event and all through the house not a creature is stirring but I’m sobbing uncontrollably because I’ve had a summer cold/cough for the past week and this morning I cancelled my reservation to fly to Vegas tomorrow night. Plan was to get into town and play single-table and mega satellites to get into the Main Event until I dropped, but after a week of this, my estimate of that window was considerably reduced, not to mention the grind waiting for me if I actually managed to get in. So I sucked it up and told myself that there’s always more poker where that came from. Good luck to the dreamers!

Shout out to Jacki Burkhart for spearheading an initiative to sponsor veterans to the Salute to Warriors tournament that started today.

The results from the Wildhorse Spring Poker Round Up finally made it to The Hendon Mob, so just two-and-a-half months after the series finished up, they’re getting incorporated into the Leaderboard along with the Vegas results. Let’s jump in!

I’m going to first mention a couple of names that don’t normally meet the strict reporting criteria, but due to a fudge factor called me, I’m pushing them over the line.

First off is a man for whom I have great gratitude, Jeremy Harkin. I’ve mentioned before how supportive he was offering me an inexpensive place to stay in Las Vegas when I was working the WSOP, but he’s also in charge of the NW Poker group on Facebook, which is a great source of info for Portland-area players and others. His summer this year hasn’t matched last year’s gold bracelet, but a couple of cashes (42nd in WSOP #63 Omaha Mix and 36th in WSOP #60 PLO8) combined to get him on the radar, moving him from #86 to #85 on the Leaderboard.

And there’s Tam Nguyen, who one of the first times I met him tried to convince a table of players at Final Table that I was Howard Lederer’s brother, which both dumbfounded and amused me. I still don’t have any idea what prompted that, but it continues to make me laugh when I think about it. He cashed 68th in the 10,185 entry WSOP #64 NLHE Crazy Eights. Tam is #27.

Back in April, Andrew Bohl from Nampa, Idaho took 2nd place in Wildhorse #10 NLHE, which moved him up more than 500 places to #1009. He was bested by Kennewick’s Mohammed Mirza Quorban. He climbs to #417.

Matt Ostby, also from Kennewick, took 2nd in an earlier $220 buyin, Wildhorse #3 NLHE. It’s his largest cash ever recorded and he debuts on the Leaderboard at #1729.

Michael Oldfather (White Salmon) took 3rd in Wildhorse #11 NLHE, the $330 buyin on the day before the Main Event. It was his largest cash; he moves up to #830 from #1264. Cody Rogan of Gresham goes up more than 500 places to #721 with his 2nd place in the event, and Eric Lowe from Boise was another player getting his biggest cash in this event at 1st. Lowe breaks into the Top 500 at #498.

The Wildhorse #2 NLHE High Roller was down to 36 entries this spring. Corvallis’s Gregory Lindberg was the winner, and he moves up 50 places to #258.

Anthony Simpson from Pasco took 2nd in the $115 buyin Wildhorse #1 NLHE, then he turned around and took 2nd in Wildhorse #9 NLHE Seniors. He moves 48 places to #237.

Three of the top 5 players at the Wildhorse #12 NLHE Main Event are new to the Leaderboard, which means they previously had less then $3K in recorded cashes. Gaston Motola-Acuna from Lewiston has just one recorded cash, for 5th place, and he starts out in #1961. John Schoonover (Longview) nabbed 3rd, for a debut at #1171 (his first recorded cash was the previous event). Calvin Peterson (Coeur d’Alene) has a record of small cashes going back to 2012, but his win here dwarfs the rest and he comes in at #658. Spokane Valley’s Justin Monk took 4th, moving 4 places to define the century mark at #100. And Binh “Jimmy’ Nguyen took 2nd in the Main. He moves three spots to #80.

back to the real worls and the summer in Vegas, Kirkland’s James Pennella just about made the very international final table of the 1932-entry Aria/Zynga NLHE WPT500, finishing 9th. Penella rises to #138.

Bruce Zhen (Salem) got 2nd in the 30 June edition of the Rio $250 Daily Deepstack (602 entries), going up 350 places to #719.

Scott Clements is still crushing things, with two deep runs in smaller buyin events. He came in 5th in WSOP #54 Razz, then 14th in WSOP #60 PLO8. He’s still #1 on the Leaderboard.

Team Smith, the runner-up in WSOP #57 NLHE Tag Team, included Bellingham player Matthew Moreno. Moreno’s third of the money was his largest cash by far (and only the third recorded), and it propels him from #2327 to #657.

Over on the Strip, Dylan Linde got 4th in the Venetian/MSPT Deepstack Championship $2M NLHE. It’d be a huge win if Linde didn’t already have $4M in earnings, but it still bumps him from #9 to #8.

Finally, the Portland area continues to be the land of Omaha players, with Vancouver’s Rodney Burt nearly managing a takedown versus Anthony Zinno in WSOP #60 PLO8. Burt goes from #573 to #123 on the Leaderboard.

Till the next one!