Statistical Notes Following MPT 2020 Event #8

Observations following another Virtual MPT, the eighth event of the 2020 season, played on Pokerstars.net on November 29, 2020.

• This was the shortest tournament in MPT history, finishing in 1 hour 43 minutes, eight minutes faster than the 2007 Showdown at Showboat and ECLVA Summer Classic
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• Solotrombone became the only the sixth different player and first person since 2015 to win more than one event in a single MPT season
• Solotrombone broke out of a three-way tie to take sole possession of sixth place on the all-time wins list
• RowanB tied Sass for the second most all-time runner-up finishes with nine, trailing only Bigfus's twelve second place finishes
• RowanB's five cashes this season tie him with Harv29 (2008), Sass (2009), and Bigfus (2011) for the third most finishes in the money by a single player in a single season, trailing only Bigfus (2008 and 2010)
• RowanB broke a tie with Harv29 for second place on the all-time cashes list, moving within two places of Bigfus for the all-time lead in that category
• Solotrombone passed Sionow for the top spot in the season money standings
• JTinLV tied Skiteacher for tenth place on the all-time money list
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• Solotrombone closed to within seven points of Syrorange3042's season point lead, while RowanB also gained ground, now trailing by only 11 points
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• Solotrombone regained the top spot on the all-time player ratings list, passing the idle TSS777, while Syrorange3042 dropped back behind Bigfus in four place on the all-time ranking list
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• Syrorange3042 tied Bigfus for fourth place on the all-time list for most finishes on the bubble, with five, needing only 11 events to do so
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• This event tied the October 2008 "Bounty Bowl" and the tournament earlier in November for the most bounties awarded in a single event, with six
• Solotrombone's win with a bounty for knocking him out marked the first time a player has collected a bounty on themself since Harv29 did so in December, 2015
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• Solotrombone's five "kills" put him in an eight-way tie for tenth place for the most players eliminated in a single event
• Solotrombone moved past Sionow into eighth place on the all-time "kills" list
• JTinLV also moved out of a tie with Judykq to take sole possession of tenth place on the all-time "kills" list
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• Sionow finished in last place for the first time in his MPT career, surviving his first 16 tournaments without being eliminated first, trailing only TSS777 (24), Amazon (23), and Bigfus (17) for this longest streak without a last place to start anyone's MPT career.
• Syrorange3042 is now the player who has played the most events (11) without ever finishing last

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2020 Event #7

 Observations following another Virtual MPT, the seventh event of the 2020 season, played on Pokerstars.net on November 1, 2020.

• Pehffff is the 66th different player to play in at least one MPT event
• Syrorange3042 is the 15th player to appear in ten or more events in MPT history
• dukegal76 is the 22nd different player to win at least one MPT event
• With different winners in each event this season is now tied for the most different winners in a single season, with the 2008 and 2009 seasons
• This was the second longest online Texas Hold'em tournament of the season (and, thus, in MPT history), running only four minutes less than the Start of Summer MPT in June, though both far behind the 4 hour, 44 minute HORSE tournament in August
• dukegal76 and Sionow's battle for first place was the longest heads up play of the season in an online Texas Hold'em event, a minute longer than Sass and Skiteacher played on May 24th of this year
• Sionow is the 11th player in to finish in second place in more than one MPT event
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• dukegal76's first place prize along with the two bounties she collected tied for the sixth largest cash in MPT history
• Skyweb22 is the 41st player to cash in at least one MPT event. He is also the 13th player to cash in a MPT event this season, one of short of the 14 different players who cashed in the 2009 season
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• This event tied the October 2008 "Bounty Bowl" for the most bounties awarded in a single event, with six
• Harv29 passed Bigfus for most events played with a bounty paid for eliminating him, with 23, one ahead of Bigfus
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• After a middle of the pack finish by Solotrombone, idle TSS777 moved back to the top of the all-time player ratings list
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• Sionow leapt to the top of the money list, while Syrorange3042 inched past Harv29 into second place despite finishing out of the top spots in this event, but collected a bounty for eliminating Solotrombone
• Syrorange3042 extended his lead at the top of the Sealy Cup standings, thirteen points ahead of Harv29, who is closely followed by a pack of five other players
• With 80 points earned this season, Syrorange3042 has already earned the third highest point total in a single MPT season, trailing only Bigfus in 2010 and 2011
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• JTinLV finished on the bubble for the second straight event
• Bigfus moved into first place on the all-time list of last place finishes, after being the first player eliminated for the eighth time in her MPT career, breaking a tie with Sass