WSOP Event #51 $3K NLHE 6-Max Day 3
Woodinville, Washington’s Rep Porter took 19th place, making his fifth cash this year and a pretty decent argument why you might want to sign up for the Poker Academy he runs. Two players are left coming back for extended play on Day 4.
WSOP Event #52 $1.5K Dealers Choice Day 3
Washington’s Scott Clements ran into a flopped flush in a hand of PLO8, and went out in 8th place.
WSOP Event #53 $10K/$1K NLHE Ladies Day 2
Parminderjit Mehmi of Vancouver, BC is a very close 2nd in chips at the unofficial final table going into Day 3. Cashing on Day 2 were Yian Saelee (WA, 36th), Marie Jespersen (BC, 43), Susan Sowards (OR, 52), and Mandy Jimmie (BC, 79).
WSOP Event #54 $10K PLO Day 2
Charles Coultas (WA) placed 35th. There are 21 players remaining, with only one from the Northwest: Bellvue, Washington’s Steven Marx, who’s currently in 18th position.
WSOP Event #55 $1.5K NLHE DraftKings 50/50 Day 1
This new event got 1,123 entries, with 562 of them making the money. Sort of. 281 players received $1K, giving them a WSOP payout but still $500 in the hole. Another 164 made $1.5K, breaking even. Day 1 saw all of the lowest payout tier make the money, with 70 of the second tier gone, as well. 211 come back for Day 2, with 8 PNW players still in play. Sixteen Northwest entrants cashed in the $1K tier (positions 282 and higher), and another four have already collected $1,5 in the second tier.
| In the Money Finish Position | Rank End of Day 2 | Rank End of Day 1 | Player | State | Chips End of Day 1 | Chips End of Day 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 15 | Matt Affleck | WA | 83,500 | 504,000 |
| 31 | 52 | Glenn Miller | WA | 53,100 | ||
| 50 | 11 | Kien Tieu | WA | 88,400 | ||
| 38 | 119 | Kheang Tang | OR | 28,000 | ||
| 121 | 99 | Robert Palfrey | WA | 33,200 | ||
| 125 | 80 | Francis Carandang | WA | 40,300 | ||
| 132 | 55 | Ty Starkel | ID | 51,900 | ||
| 258 | Ken McKay | BC | ||||
| 261 | Thomas Taylor | BC | ||||
| 268 | Kim Nguyen | WA | ||||
| 278 | Carl Cox | WA | ||||
| 315 | Jason Anderson | OR | ||||
| 316 | Cory Wilkinson | BC | ||||
| 322 | Casey Watrous | WA | ||||
| 325 | Richard Hanson | WA | ||||
| 340 | Parminder Kumar | WA | ||||
| 349 | Feleti Maugatal | ID | ||||
| 363 | Harry Charalambous | BC | ||||
| 373 | Michael Burrill | OR | ||||
| 374 | Jaimi Huber | WA | ||||
| 390 | Raymond Spencer | WA | ||||
| 404 | Tommy Poon | WA | ||||
| 448 | Shea Thomas Monson | BC | ||||
| 479 | Brian Egger | WA | ||||
| 502 | Chad Siu | BC | ||||
| 531 | Eric Vallee | BC | ||||
| 550 | Trevor Jay Martin | BC |
WSOP Event #56 $5K NLHE Turbo Day 1
454 entries played down to the bubble on Day 1, after eleven hours of play and 19 30-minute levels. 54 players are coming back for Day 2—with 40-minute levels—including Shawn Buchanan (BC, 30th position), Lee Markholt (WA, 13th), and Kevin MacPhee (ID, 8th).
Daily Deepstacks results for 6/26 haven’t been posted as of 8:40am on the 28th. Results for the 26th and 27th came through just after I posted around 10am.
WSOP Daily Deepstacks $135 6/26
Cathy Irwin of BC got 11th place of 148 entries.
WSOP Daily Deepstacks $185 6/26
276 entries. Timothy Goble placed 18th.
WSOP Daily Deepstacks $235 6/26
877 entries. Bhagvant Khalsa of Oregon got 28th, Angie McCranie of WA took 30th. Parminder Kumar and Vincent Sperrazza, both of Washington, came in 65th and 76th, with Daniel Davies of BC squeaking in past the bubble at 90th.
WSOP Daily Deepstacks $135 6/27
Louis Piccioni, Jr. of Idaho got to 10th in the field of 130. Ronald Southwick of Oregon took 12th.
WSOP Daily Deepstacks $235 6/27
Robert Mitchell of Bend, OR made five figures, placing 4th in the field of 953. Nathan Chow of BC got 16th and Charles Mast of OR made 21st. As if the first three tables weren’t enough for the PNW, Stacey Vaughn (also of Bend) just missed out, going out in 28th. Then we missed a few tables, before Michael McSpadden (OR), who finished 91st.
The Venetian left hometown (and other) info off of their report for Event #47, a $200K guarantee that—from the size of first price ($74K)—looks as if it may have been over, but they haven’t updated things for a few days, either.
Binion’s hasn’t posted results all week.
Wynn Summer Classic $300 NLHE $25K Guarantee 6/26
The Wynn reports are usually just full of Nevada grinders, so it was nice to see Oregon’s James Hart and Washington’s Glenn Stock made the final table to take 7th and 8th in a field of 163.
PHamous Poker Series Event #42 $1,150 NLHE Main Event $1M Guarantee Day 1
There are 210 returnees to the $1M event after three starting flights. Portland player Steven Harper is in the middle of the pack at 102nd position and the only representative from Oregon. Laurence Hughes (70) and Nam Nguyen (96) are Washington’s contributions. Mark Daniel Hughes (92) and Adam Toovey (161) make up the BC Day 1 survivors. No official publication on the prize pool, but estimates near the end of registration on the final day put it at $1.6M, with $250K going to first place.
PHamous Poker Series Event #43 $250 NLHE LIPS National Championship Day 1
112 women are returning for Day 2 of the LIPS event, with five from British Columbia and one from Oregon representing the PNW. Gail Hand of Seaside is the lone player from Oregon, in 79th place. April Falley and Persia Bonella are in 12th and 18th place, with Jenn Assu in 55th, Jennifer Tokarek in 77th, and Lorraine Boe in 84th rounding out the BC contingent.
Today’s Las Vegas Series Events
- At the WSOP it’s a no-gimmick $1K NLHE—no short levels, no long levels, no weird payout structures. Just some poker. The $111,111 High Roller for One Drop starts at 1pm. Tomorrow is a $1.5K NLHE game and the $25K PLO 8-Max. Tuesday is the $1,111 Little One for One Drop, with two flights and re-entry.
- At the Venetian, There are starting flights today and tomorrow at noon for a $250K guarantee NLHE tournament and at 5pm for $100K Omaha 8/B. Both events are $600 entries.
- Planet Hollywood ‘s only event is a $400 buy-in $200K guarantee that plays out in one day. Tomorrow is the beginning of the final $100K guarantee ($300 flights morning and afternoon on Monday and Tuesday), and a $5K guarantee PLO tournament for $150.
- Aria has a $135 Ladies Survivor tournament at 11am and a $150 NLHE game at 7pm. Beginning tomorrow, they run twice-daily $125 satellites to the $2M guarantee Main Event that starts Thursday.
- The Wynn Summer Classic has $300 NLHE with $25K guarantees today and tomorrow.
- The Hollywood Poker Open (M Resort) winds down action as the big event goes on with a $235 NLHE tournament at 1pm.
- The Grand Poker Series has the final $350 entry $100K guarantee tournament. Tomorrow is a $560 Stud8/Omaha8 game and a $150 NLHE tournament. Tuesday is the first of three flights for their $500K guarantee Main Event, with a $560 entry.
- Binion’s Poker Classic has a $10K guarantee $160 NLHE game today and tomorrow.