Harv29 Tops 2013 MPT Money List

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Harv29 swept the 2013 season honors by capturing his first career MPT money-leader title following his second cash on the season in the Main Event.  Following his win in the Las Vegas Spectacular, Harv29 found himself in second place on the money list, but passed RowanB with a third place cash in the last event of the season.  RowanB failed to cash for the first time this season in the Main Event, leaving the two-time defended money-list leader in second place for the second time in his career.


Here is the complete list of money leaders for the 2013 season.

1. Harv29 ($190)
2. RowanB ($175)
3. TSS777 ($110)
3. Judykq ($110)
5. Solotrombone ($65)
5. Sass ($65)
7. Bigfus ($35)

Harv29 Wins 2013 Player of the Year Title

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Harv29 earned his second cash of the 2013 MPT season during the Main Event, earning enough points to secure his second career Player of the Year title, joining Bigfus as the only players to win more than one Sealy Cup.

After bubbling in the first event of the season, Harv29 won his second Las Vegas Spectacular in the past three years, leaving him on top of the point standings going into the final event.  With the chip lead early in the last tournament of the season, Harv29 was poised to finish as the Player of the year and made no mistake in the lategoing as he watched his rivals drop out of the tournament.

Last year's Player of the Year, RowanB failed to cash for the first time this season in the Main Event, finishing as Sealy Cup runner-up for the second time in his career.  MPT all-time points leader, Bigfus, found herself in seventh place in the overall standings at the end of the season, her lowest career Sealy Cup finish.

Here are the complete "Sealy Cup" point standings for the 2013 season.

1. Harv29 (40)
2. RowanB (31)
3. Tss777 (28)
4. Solotrombone (20)
5. Sass (19)
5. Judykq (19)
7. Bigfus (17)
8. Amazon (14)
9. Skiteacher (8)
10. I don't care (6)
11. New Norman (5)
12. Sionow (4)
13. JTinLV (3)
14. Noahcat (1)

MPT 2013 Schedule

Mattress Poker Tour events were played on the following dates and locations during 2013.

• May 18 - Trump Taj Mahal
• July 29 - Las Vegas Spectacular VI, Mirage Las Vegas
• December 27 - Main Event , Caesars Atlantic City

NOTE: This information is being posted now for archival purposes.

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2013 Event #3

Observations following the third event of the 2013 season, the Mattress Poker Tour Main Event, held at Caesars Atlantic City on December 27, 2013.

• Caesars Atlantic City moved into a tie with the Showboat as the third most frequent location for a Mattress Poker Tour event.
• Judykq became the sixth different MPT Main Event Champion
• Judykq became the fifteenth different player to win at least one MPT event, and the first new winner since Sass, on September 25, 2010
• Judykq earned her second career cash, breaking a streak of five tournaments finishing out of the money
• Sass ended the longest career MPT cashless streak, going ten events since her last finish in the money, dating back to July 2, 2011
• Sass moved into fifth place on the all-time money list, passing former Main Event Champion Betdponies
• Judykq became the fourteenth player in MPT history to earn more than one cash
• Sass passed TSS777 to moved into fourth place on the all-time points list
• Harv29 moved into a tie with Bigfus for the all-time best average finish per-event (among players who have played ten or more events)
• Sass has cashed in all five MPT events played at Caesars Atlantic City
• Harv29 has finished in third place fourteen times, in exactly one-third of his career MPT appearances
• This year's Main Event was the second tournament in a row in which the winning hand included the nine of spades
• Bigfus tied RowanB for fourth place on the all-time last-place list, after being knocked out first for the fourth time in her career

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2013 Event #2

Observations following the second event of the 2013 season,  held at the Mirage Las Vegas on July 29, 2013.

• The tournament marked the third largest field in MPT history, behind only the 2009 and 2010 Las Vegas Spectaculars
• The Mirage is the fifteenth different venue to host a Mattress Poker Tour event
• Skiteacher and I don't care became the 50th and 51st players to play in at least one MPT tournament
• NewNorman became the 33rd player in MPT history to play in at least two MPT tournaments
• Harv29 tied Amazon for fifth on the all-time win list
• Harv29 surged into the lead in the Player of the Year race, as he seeks to become the second two-time MPT Sealy Cup champion
• Harv29's winner's share and bounties mark the fourth biggest cash in MPT history, besting Harv29's 2011 MPT Las Vegas Spectacular winnings
• RowanB earned the highest second place cash in MPT history, with his biggest career cash
• RowanB moves into first place on the season money list, looking to lead that list for the second consecutive season
• Harv29 and RowanB became the third and fourth MPT all-time thousandaires, with Harv29 leapfrogging RowanB to move into third on the all-time money list
• Harv29 earned the third highest point total in a single event in MPT history
• TSS777 busted on the bubble for the first time in his MPT career
• Sass set a new record for most tournaments played without a cash, finishing out of the money for the tenth consecutive time
• Noahcat moved into the top five in career last places finishes, being the first player eliminated from a tournament for the third time