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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

MPT All-Time Ratings

A complete list of the all-time Mattress Poker Tour player ratings, with the player's power ranking and number of events played listed in parenthesis following each player's name. (Players must have played at least ten events to qualify)
Last Updated: January 11, 2022

1. TSS777 (75.1, 34)
2. Solotrombone (73.7, 26)
3. Bigfus (68.2, 68)
4. Betdponies (67.3, 31)
5. Sionow (64.4, 22)
6. Harv29 (63.5, 70)
7. Syrorange3042 (63.1, 15)
8. RowanB (62.9, 69)
9. Sass (59.1, 58)
10. Skiteacher (55.8, 19)
11. Amazon (47.3, 35)
12. Janek13 (38.4, 10)
13. JTinLV (37.6, 26)
14. Judykq (34.9, 17)
15. Baccarat King (26.0, 10)

These ratings use the following criteria (with the relative weight in parentheses):
  • Average Max Cash % (100 X) = an average of the percentage of the maximum possible cash a player earned in each event 
  • % of Maximum Points (100 X) = all time points earned / maximum possible points earned for each player 
  • Winning % (15 X) = all time wins / all time events played
  • In the Money % (10 X) = all time cashes / all time events played

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Sionow Tops 2019 MPT Money List

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - A win and a second place finish in the first two events of the 2019 season propelled Sionow to the top of the season's money list. RowanB's victory in the Main Event coupled with a smaller cash in the Las Vegas Spectacular were enough to move him past Las Vegas Extravaganza winner Bigfus into second place in the standings.

Here is the complete list of money leaders for the 2019 season.
1. Sionow ($190)
2. RowanB ($140)
3. Bigfus ($120)
4. Philly Special ($90)
5. Amazon ($65)
6. Sass ($55)
7. Martin ($30)

Monday, January 6, 2020

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2019 Season

Observations following the MPT Las Vegas Extravaganza at Aria Las Vegas on September 29, 2019 and the MPT Main Event at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, on December 27, 2019.
  • Bigfus broke a streak of 14 tournaments without a win at the Las Vegas Extravaganza in September, tying the longest stretch of her career without a win
  • Bigfus broke a tie with TSS777 to take sole possession of the all-time lead in MPT wins, with ten
  • Bigfus tied for the fourth most "kills" in any MPT event, by eliminating 6 opponents in the Las Vegas Extravaganza in September, becoming only the second player to eliminate all of their opponents in a single tournament, joining Betdponies (March, 2007)
  • Martin became the first player to cash in his first two MPT events since Solotrombone in 2012, joining Betdponies (2006-2007), Bigfus (2006-2007), and Mr. Lucky (2011) as the only other players to do so
  • RowanB joined Betdponies (2007, 2008), Bigfus (2011, 2012), and Harv29 (2015, 2017) as the fourth player to win more than one Main Event, with the longest stretch between victories (10 years/8 events)
  • RowanB tied Harv29 for third place on the all-time victory list, with his sixth MPT tournament win
  • Sass' second place finish at the final event of the season was her record setting third runner-up finish in the MPT Main Event
  • RowanB has cashed in three consecutive Main Events, tying Betdponies (2007-2009) and Bigfus (2010-2012) for the longest streak of consecutive Main Event cashes
  • Sionow's 5 point win in 2019 was the largest Sealy Cup winning margin of victory since Harv29's 8 point win in 2015
  • RowanB continued his streak of cashing in every MPT season that included more than one event (though, his streak of cashing in 11 consecutive seasons was snapped after finishing on the bubble in the only event of the 2018 season)
  • Harv29 failed to cash in a season with more than one event for only the second time in MPT history and the first time since 2014
  • Aria became the 20th different venue to host a MPT event
  • The Golden Nugget Atlantic City became the tenth different venue to host more than one MPT event
  • RowanB has won both events at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City
  • Sionow became only the third person to win the MPT Player of the Year award despite not playing in the Main Event, joining TSS777 (2007) and JTinLV (2017) as the only other players to do so

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Sionow Wins 2019 Player of the Year Title

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - With his first career win in this year's Las Vegas Spectacular followed by a second place finish in the Las Vegas Extravaganza, Sionow jumped off to a fast start to this season with cashes in the first two events. His lead was nearly insurmountable going into the Main Event, with only Bigfus within striking distance. RowanB closed the gap in the Player of the Year race with a win in the final event of the season, but that still left him five points behind Sionow, the largest Sealy Cup margin of victory since Harv29's eight point win in 2015.

Sionow is the ninth different person the win the MPT Player of the Year award, joining JTinLV as the second player living outside of the Eastern Time Zone to win the award. Sionow is also the fifth out of the last six Las Vegas Spectacular winners to finish the year winning the points title. He is also only the third person to win Player of the Year award despite not playing in the Main Event, joining TSS777 (2007) and JTinLV (2017) as the only other players to do so.

Here are the complete "Sealy Cup" point standings for the 2019 season.
1. Sionow (32)
2. RowanB (27)
3. Bigfus (26)
4. Philly Special (18)
5. Amazon (18)
6. Harv29 (15)
7. JTinLV (11)
8. Sass (8)
9. Martin (6)
10. Bob Ackerman (5)
11. Judykq (4)
12. Dorianmac (3)
13. Skiteacher (3)
14. Grumpy (1)
15. Solotrombone (1)

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

MPT 2019 Schedule

Mattress Poker Tour events were played on the following dates and locations during 2019.

March 31 - Las Vegas Spectacular XI, Golden Gate
September 29 - Las Vegas Extravaganza, Aria Las Vegas
December 27 - The Main Event, Golden Nugget Atlantic City