Friedman is the mixed game player.
Hendrix is the holdem player.

Friedman has smaller fields so easier to "last longer".
Hendrix has more tournaments to play.

I'd say a slight edge to Friedman.

And Adam Kipnis ain't exactly chopped liver either.

When making your picks, there is always Hendon Mob for research. Like were they in Vegas last summer and if so, how many cashes did they have.

nah, only one was a possible descendent of jimi, the choice was clear

Well, they're both from the Pacific North-West.


Adam Hendrix - any family resemblance?

for more musical Hendrixes, you can't go too far wrong with Terri Hendrix

nice

Who needs Daniel Negreanu? Old-Timer Daniel Heimiller is on a tear.
This Team Daniel member finished 3/873 at the just posted Borgata event #22.
That's 10 cashes (9 in qualifying tournaments) since the pre-season started in November.

Ooops. Spoke too soon.
Daniel Heimiller also cashed in the Main Event at Borgota. That's 11 pre-season cashes (10 in qualifying tournaments).
Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu has cashed in 6 but none were qualifying so he still needs at least 1 qualifying cash to make Team Daniel.

Also, the last 2 Borgata tournaments did not change the # of qualifying teams: still 142.

Off to Vegas tomorrow - no updates til I get back on the 8th.
However, you can check Hendon Mob for new updates including Kathy Chang's 3 more cashes at the LAPC.

Even while I'm away entries are still open. Just don't duplicate someone else's picks.

Another "other" tournament.
It turns out that today's TOC tournament is not just a 3-gamer.
3 games will be played for the first 4 hours and then they will switch to a totally unrelated 4th game.
So, almost certain that any TOC cashers AND Chowaha cashers should make their Summer In Vegas team.

The first of the two "other" games at EMBARGO is complete.
I finished OOTM but these are the lucky ones who cashed.

1 Sam “Soooted” Scheinberg $1,427
2 Sabyl “kaismom” Landrum $1,004
3 Nolan “COMMUNITY” Hee $769
4 Pete Primiano $581
5 Andrew “Drew” Prock $440
6 Darlene “Dee” Springer $299
7 Eric “ NiceHandSir” Schneller $180

Today, it's Chowaha.

I'm outta Chowaha too.
Made the final 2 tables (there were only 5).
My brain needs a rest so I'm skipping tonight's PLO to prepare for tomorrow's BOSS.


at my table... Jeanne David

Results are in .

A double Nolan cash.

1 Nolan “COMMUNITY” Hee $1,308
2 Ron “Playing for Mitt” Grossberg $921
3 Helen Kimble $706
4 Dan “dann” Nussbaum $534
5 Kyle “Super-ev” Minnis $405
6 Bruce “Cyberchomp” Iwamoto $276
7 Nolan “ADB DARKSIDE” Dalla $150


the #7 Nolan (Nolan Dalla)

Looking to get on one of the teams for Summer In Vegas?
Here are a few more series that qualify for the pre-season portion of Summer In Vegas.
Good luck.

20 Feb - 4 Mar 2024 United States Leap into Spring Series - Los Colinas, Irving
21 Feb - 16 Mar 2024 United States Bally's Colorado Poker Championship, Black Hawk
25 - 29 Feb 2024 United States Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival VII, Las Vegas
26 Feb - 3 Mar 2024 Romania Vamos Poker Tour - VPT Bucharest 2024, Bucharest
28 Feb - 10 Mar 2024 Taiwan APT Asian Poker Tour - APT Taipei, Taipei City

MEET THE PLAYERS: NOLAN DALLA (TEAM NOLAN)


Cashes last summer: 3
Cashes in this pre-season:1

Nolan will make Team Nolan because he qualified under the toughest category of all: "Other".
He cashed in this year's EMBARGO Chowaha.

You probably know more about Nolan than I do.
I read his wonderful book about Stu Ungar and have dipped into his blog posts from time to time.
A Las Vegas legend.

Not sure if Team Nolan has qualified yet (still in Vegas so I don't have my database with me) but he & Nolan Hee both cashing the Chowaha gives this team a very good chance of being there this summer.

MEET THE PLAYERS: MIAMI JOHN CERNUTO (TEAM JOHN)


Cashes last summer: 9
Cashes this pre-season: 6

Another Las Vegas legend.
Career cashes: 659
First Cash: 1987
Should be a vital part of Team John (and a possible MVP?).

MEET THE PLAYERS: NANCY BIRNBAUM (TEAM NANCY)


Cashes last summer: 5
Cashes this pre-season: 10

If Team Nancy doesn't qualify for Summer In Vegas, it won't be Nancy Birnbaum's fault: 10 qualifying cashes this pre-season.
318 cashes since 2006.

(last night I was knocked out of the Orleans HORSE with about 20 left and Nancy Robertson still in it - if Nancy was able to cash that might qualify Team Nancy?)

Tampa & most of Round Rock results are in.
For some reason, Commerce Casino has stopped updating the LAPC.
Six new teams. Looking down the list I see 5 of them:

Bryan
Chad
Ethan
Jay
Marcelo

I missed one - I'm sure you can spot it.

1st # is # of players with that name.
2nd # is number of qualifications (must have at least 5, 12 is maximum)

1 Aaron 45 5
2 Adam 59 8
3 Alan 42 9
4 Albert 16 5
5 Alexander 56 7
6 Allen 8 5
7 Andrew 106 8
8 Anthony 83 6
9 Anton 14 5
10 Arthur 22 5
11 Austin 14 5
12 Ben 14 5
13 Benjamin 49 6
14 Bradley 22 6
15 Brandon 44 6
16 Brian 91 6
17 Bruno 43 6
18 Bryan 28 5
19 Carlos 53 6
20 Chad 24 5
21 Charles 55 5
22 Chris 23 6
23 Christian 32 6
24 Christopher 131 6
25 Corey 10 6
26 Craig 26 6
27 Dale 7 6
28 Daniel 168 6
29 Dave 10 5
30 David 281 8
31 Denis 16 6
32 Dennis 24 6
33 Derek 21 5
34 Donald 20 6
35 Dylan 21 6
36 Edward 26 5
37 Eric 81 7
38 Erik 17 5
39 Ethan 5 5
40 Fabio 35 6
41 Felipe 51 5
42 Fernando 36 5
43 Frank 42 5
44 Frederic 11 5
45 Gabriel 55 6
46 Gary 41 6
47 George 41 6
48 Grant 6 6
49 Greg 16 5
50 Gregory 36 6
51 Guilherme 38 5
52 Gustavo 32 5
53 Henry 12 5
54 Ian 23 6
55 Ilya 8 6
56 Jack 28 6
57 Jake 9 5
58 James 145 8
59 Jan 13 6
60 Jason 89 8
61 Jay 20 5
62 Jeff 17 5
63 Jeffrey 59 6
64 Jennifer 9 5
65 Jeremy 44 6
66 Jerry 15 6
67 Joao 30 5
68 Joe 23 5
69 John 188 7
70 Jon 16 6
71 Jonathan 70 6
72 Jordan 35 6
73 Jorge 35 5
74 Jose 75 6
75 Joseph 144 7
76 Josh 10 5
77 Joshua 72 9
78 José 6 5
79 Kelly 12 5
80 Kenneth 41 7
81 Kevin 76 7
82 Kyle 33 6
83 Lasse 3 5
84 Lawrence 19 6
85 Leandro 20 5
86 Leonard 8 5
87 Luke 11 5
88 Maksim 14 5
89 Marc 32 5
90 Marcelo 37 6
91 Marco 26 5
92 Marcos 25 5
93 Mark 101 8
94 Marshall 4 5
95 Martin 40 6
96 Matheus 28 5
97 Matt 11 6
98 Matthew 121 8
99 Michael 339 9
100 Mike 25 6
101 Murilo 7 5
102 Nathan 21 6
103 Nicholas 61 7
104 Nick 13 6
105 Oleksandr 4 5
106 Pablo 13 5
107 Patrick 41 7
108 Paul 73 6
109 Paulo 27 5
110 Pedro 36 5
111 Peter 71 8
112 Philip 19 5
113 Phillip 17 6
114 Rafael 59 6
115 Randy 14 5
116 Raymond 19 6
117 Richard 99 6
118 Robert 168 8
119 Rodrigo 42 5
120 Ryan 72 8
121 Sami 5 5
122 Samuel 38 5
123 Sarah 4 6
124 Scott 74 7
125 Sean 36 6
126 Sergio 24 5
127 Siddharth 5 5
128 Stanislav 11 5
129 Stephanie 4 5
130 Stephen 51 6
131 Sterling 3 5
132 Steven 74 8
133 Thomas 116 6
134 Tiago 7 5
135 Timothy 42 5
136 Tobias 10 6
137 Todd 19 6
138 Tyler 28 5
139 Vegard 2 5
140 Victor 35 6
141 Vincent 32 6
142 Walter 19 6
143 Wayne 7 5
144 Wendy 7 6
145 William 103 8
146 Yuriy 5 5
147 Yuval 3 5
148 Zachary 28 6

Oh, I see it now, the one I missed was Team Josh led by Josh Arieh.
However, Josh Arieh is just the #2 holdem player on Team Josh so his place is not locked in.
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PLAYER	HOLDEM$	OMAHA$	STUD$	DRAW$	MIXED$	OTHER$	#QUALIFICATIONS
Josh Arieh	7100	0	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Beckenstein	2220	0	0	0	0	1753	1
Josh Fauver	0	48450	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Pender	0	2735	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Roberts	7800	0	0	0	0	0	1

For those of you planning to play this summer in Vegas, here are the upcoming/still running qualifying tournaments.
Cash in any of these to qualify for your team.

2 - 19 Feb 2024 United States Champions Club Winter Poker Open, Houston
5 - 11 Feb 2024 United States Orleans Big Game Bash, Las Vegas
15 - 27 Feb 2024 United States Moneymaker Poker Tour - Palm Beach, West Palm Beach
19 Feb - 24 Mar 2024 United States Wynn Millions Poker Series, Las Vegas
20 Feb - 4 Mar 2024 United States Leap into Spring Series - Los Colinas, Irving
21 Feb - 16 Mar 2024 United States Bally's Colorado Poker Championship, Black Hawk
21 - 25 Feb 2024 England European Championship of Amateur Poker (ECOAP), London
23 Feb - 3 Mar 2024 Estonia Kings of Tallinn 2024, Tallinn
25 - 29 Feb 2024 United States Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival VII, Las Vegas
26 Feb - 3 Mar 2024 Romania Vamos Poker Tour - VPT Bucharest 2024, Bucharest
28 Feb - 10 Mar 2024 Taiwan APT Asian Poker Tour - APT Taipei, Taipei City
28 Feb - 8 Mar 2024 United States PKRGO PokerGO Tour - 2024 PGT Mixed Games, Las Vegas
7 - 18 Mar 2024 United States PokerAtlas Tour - Las Vegas, Las Vegas

MEET THE PLAYERS: JASON DALY (TEAM JASON)
Hendon Mob shows just 1 cash this pre-season but Poker News shows a $41K cash (1st place PLO) in Houston
# cashes pre-season: 2
# cashes Las Vegas summer of '23: 8

a few more results are in from LAPC at the Commerce
enough to add 2 more teams: welcome Team Danny & Team Jesse

1 Aaron 45 5
2 Adam 59 8
3 Alan 42 9
4 Albert 16 5
5 Alexander 56 7
6 Allen 8 5
7 Andrew 106 8
8 Anthony 83 6
9 Anton 14 5
10 Arthur 22 5
11 Austin 14 5
12 Ben 14 5
13 Benjamin 50 6
14 Bradley 22 6
15 Brandon 44 6
16 Brian 91 6
17 Bruno 43 6
18 Bryan 28 5
19 Carlos 53 6
20 Chad 24 5
21 Charles 55 5
22 Chris 23 6
23 Christian 32 6
24 Christopher 131 6
25 Corey 10 6
26 Craig 26 6
27 Dale 7 6
28 Daniel 170 6
29 Danny 15 5
30 Dave 10 5
31 David 282 8
32 Denis 16 6
33 Dennis 24 6
34 Derek 21 5
35 Donald 20 6
36 Dylan 21 6
37 Edward 27 5
38 Eric 81 7
39 Erik 17 5
40 Ethan 5 5
41 Fabio 35 6
42 Felipe 51 5
43 Fernando 36 5
44 Frank 42 6
45 Frederic 11 5
46 Gabriel 57 6
47 Gary 41 6
48 George 42 6
49 Grant 6 6
50 Greg 16 5
51 Gregory 36 6
52 Guilherme 38 5
53 Gustavo 32 5
54 Henry 12 5
55 Ian 24 6
56 Ilya 8 6
57 Jack 28 6
58 Jake 9 5
59 James 145 8
60 Jan 13 6
61 Jason 89 8
62 Jay 20 5
63 Jeff 17 5
64 Jeffrey 59 6
65 Jennifer 9 5
66 Jeremy 44 6
67 Jerry 15 6
68 Jesse 20 5
69 Joao 30 5
70 Joe 23 5
71 John 188 7
72 Jon 16 6
73 Jonathan 70 6
74 Jordan 35 6
75 Jorge 35 5
76 Jose 75 6
77 Joseph 144 7
78 Josh 10 5
79 Joshua 72 9
80 José 6 5
81 Kelly 12 5
82 Kenneth 41 7
83 Kevin 76 7
84 Kyle 33 6
85 Lasse 3 5
86 Lawrence 19 6
87 Leandro 20 5
88 Leonard 8 5
89 Luke 11 5
90 Maksim 14 5
91 Marc 32 5
92 Marcelo 37 6
93 Marco 26 5
94 Marcos 25 5
95 Mark 102 8
96 Marshall 4 5
97 Martin 40 6
98 Matheus 28 5
99 Matt 11 6
100 Matthew 122 8
101 Michael 341 9
102 Mike 25 6
103 Murilo 7 5
104 Nathan 21 6
105 Nicholas 61 7
106 Nick 13 6
107 Oleksandr 4 5
108 Pablo 13 5
109 Patrick 42 7
110 Paul 73 6
111 Paulo 27 5
112 Pedro 37 5
113 Peter 71 8
114 Philip 19 5
115 Phillip 17 6
116 Rafael 59 6
117 Randy 14 6
118 Raymond 19 6
119 Richard 99 6
120 Robert 168 8
121 Rodrigo 42 5
122 Ryan 72 8
123 Sami 5 5
124 Samuel 39 5
125 Sarah 4 6
126 Scott 74 7
127 Sean 36 6
128 Sergio 24 5
129 Siddharth 5 5
130 Stanislav 11 5
131 Stephanie 4 5
132 Stephen 51 6
133 Sterling 3 5
134 Steven 74 8
135 Thomas 116 6
136 Tiago 7 5
137 Timothy 42 5
138 Tobias 10 6
139 Todd 20 6
140 Tyler 28 5
141 Vegard 2 5
142 Victor 35 6
143 Vincent 32 6
144 Walter 19 6
145 Wayne 7 5
146 Wendy 7 6
147 William 103 8
148 Yuriy 5 5
149 Yuval 3 5
150 Zachary 28 6

MEET THE PLAYERS: JESSE LONIS (TEAM JESSE)

pre-season cashes: 6
summer of 2023 cashes: 13

Now that Team Jesse has qualified for Summer In Vegas, everyone will have to watch out for Jesse Lonis

Most of the Orleams Big Game Bash has been added.
We now have 152 qualified teams: welcome to Team Ricardo & Team Ted.


a blast-from-the-past: Ted Forrest makes Team Ted

Just got a request for Team Dan.
Didn't realize I'd already given away Team Dan to charity.
No problem, we'll give the Canada-Ukraine Foundation the equally strong Team John.

$100 entries

Team Aaron (aaronk56)
Team Adam (rickroll)
Team Alan (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Brandon (housenuts)
Team Dan (Nolan Hee)
Team Daniel (Reporters Without Borders)
Team David (D1iabol1cal)
Team John (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Jonathan (sixfour)
Team Mark (marknfw)
Team Matt (iraisetoomuch)
Team Matthew (master3004)
Team Michael (Booker Wolfbox)
Team Nick (FerencL)
Team Phillip (xander biscuits)
Team William (Phat Mack)


$300 entries

Team Adam/Adam Friedman (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Adam/Adam Hendrix (rickroll)
Team Alan/Alan Engel (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Daniel/Daniel Negreanu (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Nick/Nick Pupillo (FerencL)
Team William/Bill Chen (Phat Mack)

$500 entries

Team Adam/Adam Friedman/Kathy Chang (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Adam/Adam Hendrix/Maria Ho (rickroll)
Team Alan/Alan Engel/Angela Jordison (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Daniel/Daniel Negreanu/Kathy Chang (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Nick/Nick Pupillo/Kathy Chang (FerencL)
Team William/Bill Chen/Hui Chen Quo (Phat Mack)

More results from the LAPC. We are now up to 157 teams that qualify for Summer In Vegas.
Here are the 157 (1st # is number of players with that name, 2nd # is number of qualifications).

1 Aaron 49 5
2 Adam 62 8
3 Alan 42 9
4 Albert 16 5
5 Alexander 57 7
6 Allen 9 5
7 Andrew 109 8
8 Anthony 86 6
9 Anton 14 5
10 Arthur 24 5
11 Austin 15 5
12 Ben 14 5
13 Benjamin 50 6
14 Bradley 22 6
15 Brandon 45 7
16 Brian 96 6
17 Bruno 43 6
18 Bryan 29 5
19 Carlos 53 6
20 Chad 24 5
21 Charles 56 5
22 Chris 25 6
23 Christian 33 6
24 Christopher 131 6
25 Corey 12 6
26 Craig 28 6
27 Dale 7 6
28 Dan 18 5
29 Daniel 176 6
30 Danny 15 5
31 Dave 12 5
32 David 289 8
33 Denis 16 6
34 Dennis 25 6
35 Derek 21 5
36 Donald 20 6
37 Dylan 22 6
38 Edward 28 5
39 Eric 84 8
40 Erik 18 5
41 Ethan 5 5
42 Fabio 35 6
43 Felipe 51 5
44 Fernando 36 5
45 Frank 42 6
46 Frederic 11 5
47 Gabriel 57 6
48 Gary 41 6
49 George 45 6
50 Gordon 4 5
51 Grant 8 6
52 Greg 17 5
53 Gregory 37 6
54 Guilherme 38 5
55 Gustavo 32 5
56 Henry 12 5
57 Ian 25 6
58 Ilya 8 6
59 Jack 29 6
60 Jake 9 5
61 James 145 8
62 Jan 13 6
63 Jason 94 8
64 Jay 20 5
65 Jeff 18 6
66 Jeffrey 62 6
67 Jennifer 9 5
68 Jeremy 44 6
69 Jerry 15 6
70 Jesse 20 5
71 Joao 30 5
72 Joe 23 5
73 John 193 7
74 Jon 16 6
75 Jonathan 72 6
76 Jonathon 5 5
77 Jordan 35 6
78 Jorge 36 5
79 Jose 75 6
80 Joseph 147 7
81 Josh 11 5
82 Joshua 73 9
83 José 6 5
84 Kelly 12 5
85 Kenneth 42 7
86 Kevin 76 7
87 Kyle 33 7
88 Lasse 3 5
89 Lawrence 20 6
90 Leandro 20 5
91 Leonard 8 5
92 Luke 11 5
93 Maksim 14 5
94 Marc 33 5
95 Marcelo 37 6
96 Marco 26 5
97 Marcos 25 5
98 Mark 105 8
99 Marshall 5 5
100 Martin 40 6
101 Matheus 28 5
102 Matt 11 6
103 Matthew 124 8
104 Michael 351 9
105 Mike 26 6
106 Murilo 7 5
107 Nathan 22 6
108 Nicholas 65 8
109 Nick 14 6
110 Oleksandr 4 5
111 Pablo 13 5
112 Patrick 43 7
113 Paul 76 6
114 Paulo 27 5
115 Pedro 37 5
116 Peter 74 9
117 Philip 20 5
118 Phillip 18 6
119 Rafael 59 6
120 Randy 15 6
121 Raymond 20 6
122 Ricardo 43 5
123 Richard 103 6
124 Robert 171 8
125 Rodrigo 42 5
126 Ryan 74 8
127 Sam 13 5
128 Sami 5 5
129 Samuel 41 5
130 Sarah 5 6
131 Scott 78 7
132 Sean 37 6
133 Sergio 24 5
134 Siddharth 5 5
135 Stanislav 11 5
136 Stephanie 5 5
137 Stephen 52 6
138 Sterling 3 5
139 Steven 78 8
140 Ted 4 5
141 Thomas 118 6
142 Tiago 7 5
143 Timothy 43 5
144 Tobias 10 6
145 Todd 20 6
146 Tyler 28 5
147 Vegard 2 5
148 Victor 35 6
149 Vincent 34 6
150 Walter 19 6
151 Wayne 8 6
152 Wendy 8 6
153 William 104 8
154 Wing 3 5
155 Yuriy 5 5
156 Yuval 3 5
157 Zachary 28 6

WSOP 2024 schedule is out.
Unrestricted tournaments start on May 29th.
Daily Deepstacks start 1 day earlier: May 28th.
Satellites do not count in this competition.

Other dates: MGM Grand starts May 29th, BARGE starts July 15th