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WPT #06 Mix-Max Micro Championship Final Table Results. There wasn’t an British or Irish champion in the $33 buy-in Mix-Max Micro Championship, although three of our players were present and correct at the final table. Finn Walker was the first of two Brits to bust out. Walker won $9,075 for his fifth-place exit. A recent innovation is the 'mix-max' or 'mixed max' tournament, in which the table sizes vary during the course of the event. A typical example is the mix-max event held at the 2012 World Series of Poker, in which the first day of play was nine-handed, the second day six-handed, and the rest of the tournament heads-up. Poker managers in Eastern Europe +7 (915) 09-09-092. (925) 507-45-95 #40 MIX-Max ← Back Tournament series: EAPT Grand Final.
A handful of players calling the United Kingdom and Ireland home excelled in the latest round of the WPT World Online Championships events at partypoker.
Last week saw the WPTWOC schedule swap to Mix-Max, a relatively new yet exciting tournament format that sees the table sizes change as the tournament progresses. These Mix-Max events started on eight-handed tables before switching to six-handed later on.
Our players love having to adapt on the fly, as is evident by some of their superb performances.
WPT #06 Mix-Max Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Kotelnikov | Russia | $488,508 |
| 2 | Stuart Guite | United Kingdom | $366,604 |
| 3 | Joakim Andersson | Sweden | $271,903 |
| 4 | Oleg Vasylchenko | Ukraine | $190,500 |
| 5 | Maciej Gasior | United Kingdom | $124,500 |
| 6 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | $89,016 |
| 7 | Jerry Wong | Canada | $69,300 |
Stuart Guite came agonisingly close to becoming a WPT Champions Club member in the $3,200 buy-in Mix-Max Championship event. Guite sat down at the final table with the shortest stack but played superbly and eventually found himself heads-up against Russian pro Andrey Kotelnikov.
Kotelnikov ran a fantastic bluff against Guite to soar into the lead and Guite can consider himself unlucky not to win the $488,508 top prize. The final hand saw Guite flop two pair and Kotelnikov turn a straight with his lowly six-three. Guite scooped a career-best $366,604 for his runner-up finish.
WPT #06 Mix-Max Mini Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor O’Driscoll | Ireland | $121,980 |
| 2 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | $93,880 |
| 3 | Marc Pronilow | Germany | $72,410 |
| 4 | John Gonzalez | Canada | $53,230 |
| 5 | Ilya Myakishev | Russia | $34,310 |
| 6 | Philipp Gruissem | Mexico | $19,610 |
| 7 | Aneta Stichova | Czech Republic | $14,370 |
Ireland’s Conor O’Driscoll smashed his previous career-best score out of the ballpark by taking down the $320 buy-in Mix-Max Mini Championship event.
O’Driscoll’s previous largest online tournament prize weighed in at a shade of $17,000 but he now has a $121,980 score to brag about. The Irishman outlasted 3,006-opponents on his way to an impressive victory.
O’Driscoll had to contend with the likes of Team partypoker pro Philipp Gruissem and Anton Suarez at the final table. Gruissem crashed out in sixth for $19,760 while Suarez, winner of the 2020 MILLIONS UK Main Event for $1 million, was O’Driscoll’s heads-up opponent.
Luck was on O’Driscoll’s side and he busted Suarez in second-place. The Swedish runner-up netted $93,880 while O’Driscoll secured the tournament’s only six-figure prize, namely $121,980.
WPT #06 Mix-Max Micro Championship Final Table Results
There wasn’t an British or Irish champion in the $33 buy-in Mix-Max Micro Championship, although three of our players were present and correct at the final table.
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Finn Walker was the first of two Brits to bust out. Walker won $9,075 for his fifth-place exit. Third-place and $19,863 went to Ireland's Colin Horgan before Sean Donovan saw his tournament end in second place, a finish that reeled in a $25,940 consolation prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronni Ravnholt Borg | Denmark | $33,850 |
| 2 | Sean Donovan | United Kingdom | $25,940 |
| 3 | Colin Horgan | Ireland | $19,863 |
| 4 | Erhan Constantin | Moldova | $14,426 |
| 5 | Finn Walker | United Kingdom | $9,075 |
| 6 | Ivo Iliyev | Bulgaria | $4,892 |
| 7 | Juho Heiska | Finland | $3,426 |
This weekend sees the Micro Main Event Championship take place. Day 1A of the $109 buy-in $1 million guaranteed Micro Main Event starts at 7:00 p.m. on August 29 with Day 1B shuffling up and dealing at the same time on August 30. Day 2 also starts at 7:00 p.m. BST but on August 31, with the final commencing at the same time on September 1.
The Mini Main Event sees Day 1A begin at 7:00 p.m. BST on August 30 with Day 1B starting a week later on September 6.
There are plenty of Mega Sats for the Main Events plus you can win your seat via the WPT edition SPINS for a mere $10.
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What are mixed poker games?
Mixed poker games are games where you play more than one poker game. You play them in rotation, going from one game to the next every so many hands or blind levels.
Many pros say these games are a trust test or measure of a player’s skills. Since you’re not just playing one game, but you’re playing several, you have to be competent in both the rules and strategies of as many as 10 games. And be able to adjust on the fly.
Interested? You’re not alone – I’ve noticed that these games are becoming more and more popular. One reason, I think, is that mixed games are a good change of pace. It’s a new challenge, way to break up the mundane of whatever your normal grind is.
It’s also a way for more accomplished players to get away from the more popular and saturated games, like holdem or omaha. Instead of playing massive tournament fields – where often more luck is needed – you can play smaller fields where skill is more of a factor.
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Whatever your reason, you should consider playing mixed poker games. This page will tell you more about them.