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