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
  

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2020 Event #2

Observations following the Memorial Day MPT, the second event of the 2020 season, played on Pokerstars.net on May 24, 2020.

• This is the first time in MPT history that two tournaments have been played in the same month
• With 15 days since the last event, this is the second shortest break between MPT tournaments, trailing only a 7 day gap between tournaments on 9/26/2009 (Stone Harbor) and 10/3/2009 (Caesars AC).
• This was the third time in history and the first time sine 2009 that the same venue has hosted the MPT twice in a row. The previous venues to host back to back MPT tournaments were Showboat (12/28/2008, 6/13/2009 and Caesars Atlantic City (10/3/2009, 11/21/2009).
• Pokerstars.net is the 11th different venue to host more than one MPT
• With a field of 14 players, the Memorial Day MPT tied the 2013 Las Vegas Spectacular as the third largest field in MPT history
• dukegal76 and Skyweb22 were the 63rd and 64th players to play in a least one MPT event
• Sass is the seventh player in MPT history to win three or more tournaments
• Twelve tournaments and 1,974 passed days since Sass last won an MPT event, though she only played in six tournaments during that time. This is the third longest stretch of time between wins in MPT history, trailing only Bigfus (12/27/2012-9/29/2019) and RowanB (5/3/2014-12/27/2019), though Harv29 holds the record for most tournaments between MPT wins, with 17 (11/22/2008-8/1/2011).
• This was the first time Sass won a tournament when Bigfus did not finish in second place
• Sass's 29 points was the third highest single event total in MPT history
• Sass's first place prize was the fifth highest cash in MPT history
• After completely different players cashed in each of first two events of the season, nine different people have already cashed in an event this year, already tied with the 2007 for the fifth highest number of different players to finish in the money and the most in one season since 2011.
• Skiteacher became the 21st player in MPT history to finish in second place in at least one event
• Skiteacher tied Stan's record for most points by a second place finisher in MPT history, with 22
• Skiteacher's second place cash was the second highest for any runner-up finisher in MPT history, trailing only RowanB in 2013, though RowanB's payout was earned after chopping the first and second place prize pools with the winner of that event, Harv29
• Skiteacher ended his streak of seven tournaments out of the money with his first cash since July, 2015
• Martin is the first player in MPT history to cash in the first three events of his MPT career
• Martin earned his first career "kill", the 41st player in MPT history to eliminate at least one opponent
• Sass set her personal best for Kills in a single event with 6, tying her with four other players for the fourth most in a single event in MPT history
• Syrorange3042 is the 19th player in MPT history to cash in more than one MPT event
• Solotrombone became the 11th player in MPT history to bust on the bubble more than once
• Tss777's 10th place finish was the lowest ranked finish he has ever recorded in a MPT event
• After an early exit to this tournament, Bigfus joined Betdponies, Baccarat King, and Sass in a tie for the most last place finishes in MPT history (though she did so after playing more tournaments than any of those other individuals)

Statistical Notes Following MPT 2020 Event #1

Observations following the Virtual MPT I, the first event of the 2020 season, played on Pokerstars.net on May 9, 2020.

• The Virtual MPT I was the fourth shortest tournament in MPT history
• Syrorange3042 tied Dorianmac for the longest gap in between MPT tournaments played, with 31 events since he last participated, though Syrorange3042's gap between tournaments was more than nine years (3,534 days) compared with nearly seven years for Dorianmac (2,555 days).
• Scurvydog then obliterated the record for longest gap between tournaments played, returning for the first time in well over eleven years, a gap of 46 events since his last MPT event in 2008.
• Harv29 moved into sole possession of third place on the all-time MPT win list, with his seventh career victory
• Sionow moved into a 5-way tie for the second longest streak of cashes in consecutive tournaments he played, extending that run to four events, trailing only Bigfus' six straight cashes in 2008-2009.
• Skiteacher extended his streak of consecutive tournaments without a cash to seven, tying RowanB for the 5th longest stretch of tournaments outside the money
• Solotrombone leapt ahead of Bigfus into second place in the all-time player ratings list, coming within less than a point of top ranked TSS777
• Solotrombone joined the top five in all-time points per event, passing several players to move into third place in that category
• After Scurvydog failed to win this event, Trojanrabbit is now the only player in MPT history to win 100% of the MPT tournaments he has played
• Harv29 became only the second player to collect all of the bounties in a single event in which three or more bounties were available. Harv29 collected all three bounties in this event, trailing only the four bounties the Bigfus swept in the September, 2019 Las Vegas Extravaganza.
• Harv29 tied Bigfus for most times eliminating the first player of a MPT event, doing so for the eight time in his career
• Sionow became the eleventh player in MPT history to eliminate an opponent on the bubble more than one time
• Syrorange3042 finished on the bubble for the third straight time in the four MPT events he has played
• Harv29 closed the gap on Bigfus on the all-time points list, coming within ten points of the top spot for the first time in years
• Amazon was the first player eliminated for only the second time in her MPT career, becoming the tenth player in MPT history to finish in last place more than once

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

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)

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