Statistical Notes Following MPT 2021 Event #1

Observations following another Virtual MPT, the first event of the 2021 season, played on Pokerstars.net on Saturday February 20, 2021.

• This was the first MPT event ever played in the month of February
• With twelve players, this was tied with the July 2017 and March 2019 Las Vegas Spectaculars for the largest field in a season opening event in MPT history
• Doohnut is the 67th person to play in an MPT event
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• Sass is fourth different player and first since 2012 to win back to back MPT tournaments, joining Betdponies, TSS777 (twice), Bigfus (twice). Amazon also won two consecutive events she played in 2008, though there was another tournament played in between those two events
• Sass moved into a tie for fifth place, with Betdponies, on the all-time win list
• Sass held the Ace of Hearts in her hand the last hand of each of the three virtual tournaments she has won
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• Sass became the fourth player in MPT history to cash in at least 20 events in their MPT careers, joining Bigfus, RowanB, and Harv29
• Viceroy earned the first cash of his MPT career, becoming the 40th player to finish in the money in at least one MPT event
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• Harv29 moved up two spots and into the top 5 on the all-time player ratings list 
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• Sass equaled her own personal best six knockouts in a single MPT event, which is tied with a large group of players for the fourth highest number of knockouts in a single event
• Viceroy recorded the first two knockouts of his MPT career, becoming the 36th person to eliminate more than one opponent during his MPT career
• Viceroy became the 29th different person to eliminate the first player in an MPT tournament
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• Sionow became the 13th different player to be eliminated on the bubble in more than one MPT event
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• Sass tied Harv29's 26 point performance at the Mirage Las Vegas in 2013 for the fifth highest single event point total in MPT history
• Harv29 became the first player to top 500 points in his MPT career
• Solotrombone moved past Sionow and closed in on Syrorange3042 for the highest career average points earned per MPT event
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• Doohnut is the 12th player to finish in last place in their first MPT event and the 30th different person to finish in last place in one or more MPT events