Goodbye to the Rio Convention Center. Will the 2020 WSOP be here or will it find a new home in Vegas?
Expect plenty of rumors and innuendo over the next few months until they release the official schedule. pic.twitter.com/Pj0WxHxern
— Kevin Mathers (@Kevmath) July 17, 2019
The World Series of Poker is essentially over, my man (in my mind, at least) Hossein Ensan‘s the first over-50 Main Event winner in the modern era of poker and the oldest since Noel Furlong in 1999 (by the way, there’s a great documentary about that Main Event that’s been making the rounds, in case you haven’t seen it).
Watched the first 1/3 of this last night – really amazing stuff! 1999 WSOP at Binion’s: https://t.co/kdYInRt8VH @RealKidPoker @phil_hellmuth
— Brian Hastings (@brianchastings) July 13, 2019
With the end of the series comes the last big rush of results through Hendon Mob, so it’s time for another edition of the Leaderboard!
Not a lot of movement this time, most of the names are high up on the board where smaller cashes don’t affect the standings at all.
First, though, let’s clear up an old result, from April in Pendleton where Yakima’s Ronald Anderson broke into the Leaderboard with a win in Wildhorse Spring Poker Round Up #1 NLHE, with 486 entries. He went on to cash in several tournaments in Las Vegas this summer, as well. Welcome to the Leaderboard at #915!
Dylan Linde maintains his #8 ranking with his 52nd place showing (from 2,800 entries) in WSOP #84 $1M GTD NLHE The Closer. A cash in The Closer at 26th for Max Young keeps him at #20.
Bremerton’s Austin Hortalenza got his fourth recorded cash with a 12th place finish from 6,248 contenders in WSOP #75 NLHE Little One for One Drop. Hortalenza moves from #2123 to #501.
Moving up in the buyins a bit, James Romero got 10th place in WSOP #86 NLHE 6-Max Championship, which doesn’t budge him from #10, but doesn’t hurt, either.
Finally, another name from the upper reaches, Darren Rabinowitz (#15) is the big winner for this roundup, finishing 6th of 2,589 in WSOP #82 NLHE Double Stack (won by Thomas Koral, the winner of the 2013 Oregon State Poker Championships at Chinook Winds).
And that’s it! Quite the dropoff from the past few weeks, but a lot easier to type up with a cat on the desk.