Statistical Notes Following MPT 2020 Events #4 and #5

Observations following the two MPT events in August, 2020, played on Pokerstars.net on August 9 and August 16, 2020. 

• 2020 marks the first year since 2011 that the MPT has hosted a tournament in the month of August
• The two virtual tournaments this month were the 5th and 6th MPT poker tournaments in the month of August and the first games played outside of Las Vegas
• The two August, 2020 tournaments tied the shortest gap between MPT events, held a week apart, which only occurred previously on September 26 and October 3, 2009
• The August 9, 2020 HORSE event was the first MPT tournament to include any poker games other than Texas Hold'em
• The HORSE tournament was the longest event in MPT history, running 4 hours 44 minutes, 37 minutes longer than the 2017 Las Vegas Spectacular. The HORSE tournament also shattered the record for longest heads up play, running 1 hour 15 minutes.
• The HORSE tournament was the MPT's first winner take all event, paying only one player
• In the HORSE event, ru47suited became the 42nd player to participate in more than one MPT tournament
• With a win in the HORSE event, RowanB tied Harv29 for third place on the all-time win list
• RowanB won an event with six or fewer players for the fourth time in his career, the most times in MPT history any player has won against such small fields
• August 9th was the the first tournament that Syrorange3042 played in which he did not either cash or finish on the bubble
• Six of the last ten MPT winners have had an Ace in their winning hand
• JTinLV was the 27th player to finish in last place in an MPT event, doing so for the first time in his 16 appearances in the HORSE tournament
• The August 16th event was the third fastest tournament in MPT history, running 2 hours 8 minutes, trailing only the 2007 Showdown at Showboat and 2007 ECLVA Summer Classic.
• Sionow is the 9th player in MPT history to win more than one MPT event
• Sionow's first place cash tied Solotrombone (from the last MPT hold'em event) for the sixth highest cash in MPT history, and topped his result at last year's Las Vegas Spectacular for his personal best cash
• Sionow has now cashed in two events in each of the last two seasons, joining RowanB as the only players to do so in 2019 and 2020
• Sionow's 25 points are the 5th most a player has earned in a single event in MPT history
• Harv29's runner-up in the August 16, 2020 event was the 8th time in MPT history the same player has finished in second place in consecutive MPT events, joining Skiteacher as the second player to accomplish that feat this season. Bigfus (2008, 2010), Sass (finishing second in three straight 2009 events), Betdponies (2011), Mr. Lucky (2011), and RowanB (2013) were the other players to finish as back to back runners-up.
• Harv29 leapt back into the top spot in the season point standings, with his second deep run in a large event this year
• Harv29 inched closer to the top of the all-time money list, closing to within $250 of Bigfus's lead
• Sionow's 6 "kills" tie him with five other players for the 4th highest number of players eliminated in a single tournament, trailing only TSS777, Trojanrabbit, and Noahcat
• RowanB moved past Bigfus into second place on the all-time "kill" list, though he slipped farther behind Harv29, who retains the top spot
• In the August 16, 2020 event, Bigfus joined Sass for the most last place finishes in MPT history, each having been the first player eliminated in seven different events

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2020 Event #3

Observations following the Start of Summer MPT, the third event of the 2020 season, played on Pokerstars.net on June 28, 2020.

• This was only the third MPT event in the month of June
• This was the first MPT tournament held during the summer outside of Las Vegas since July 2, 2011
• With 13 players, the 2020 Start of Summer MPT is tied with the 2008 Showboat House of Blues tournament for the fifth largest field in MPT history
• The first three tournaments of this season have included the most players (37) in MPT history, besting the mark of 31 players in the first three events of 2009
• This is the most players over any stretch of three tournaments in MPT history, topping a total of 34 players who participated in the tournaments between July 9 and September 29, 2009
• ru47suited is the 65th different player to play in at least one MPT event
• dukegal76 and Skyweb22 are the 41st and 42nd players to play in more than one MPT event
• This was the first time since October and November, 2011 for consecutive events that included players new to the MPT
• Solotrombone's 24 points set his personal record for most points in an event, and tied him for fifth place on the all-time list of the most points earned in a single MPT event
• Solotrombone moved past TSS777 to the top of the all-time Player Ratings list
• Harv29 moved past Bigfus into first place on the all-time Points list, marking the first time since she took the all-time lead from Sass on November 13, 2010, that Bigfus has not been on top of the all-time points list, and the first time since September, 2010 that Harv has held the all-time points lead.
• Solotrombone and Skiteacher leapt to the top of the this season's Player of the Year standings, tied for first thirteen points ahead of Harv29 and Syrorange3042
• Solotrombone earned his highest career cash, and the sixth highest for any player in MPT history
• Skiteacher cashed in back to back MPT events for the first time in his career
• Skiteacher is now the 10th player in MPT history to finish in second place in more than one MPT event
• With his second cash of the season, Solotrombone moved to the top of the money list for this season
• ru47suited is the 19th player to cash in his first MPT event
• dukegal76 and ru47suited are the 39th and 40th different players to cash in at least one MPT event
• dukegal76and ru47suited are the seventh married couple to play in at least one MPT event together, and this was the 8th time in MPT history that a tournament included two different married couples
• dukegal76's elimination of ru47suited was the 13th time in MPT history a spouse or significant other has knocked their partner out of a tournament
• dukegal76 and ru47suited are the 42nd and 43rd different players to eliminate at least one opponent in at least one MPT event
• Syrorange3042 busted on the bubble for the fourth time in the six events he has played, moving him into fifth place on the all-time list in the category
• Sass has now finished in last place in more MPT events than any other player, moving out of a four way tie with Betdponies, Baccarat King, and Bigfus on that list