MN at 2016 WSOP - Event 2 Colossus II

Event marked the second iteration of the Colossus where. 50 Players from Minnesota cashed.  The $565 event drew a staggering 21,613 entries.  Hank Mlekoday  of Minneapolis had the highest finish in 16th place earning $44,740.  Ryan Hoberg of Andover and Josh Sexton of Ramsey also earned more than $10K.  Also of note, Brian Soja cashed in this event making him 2 for 2 in the series.

This makes a total of $214,033 for MN players in the 2016 WSOP.

16	Henry Mlekoday	$      44,740	Minneapolis
21	Ryan Hoberg	$      35,584	Andover
29	Joshua Sexton	$      28,479	Ramsey
94	Ryan Laplante	$        7,164	Brainerd
163	John Pierce	$        6,038	Rochester
251	Tyree Johnson	$        5,122	Coon Rapids
359	Penh Lo	$        4,375	Bloomington
412	Ryan Hohenstein	$        3,761	Eden Prairie
615	Jason Jukulen	$        2,837	Bloomington
728	Tyler Rustad	$        2,490	Moorhead
806	Cory Canaday	$        2,200	New Brighton
847	John Marlowe	$        4,210	Saint Paul
874	Jared Koppel	$        2,786	Minneapolis
954	John Reading	$        2,217	Rochester
1076	Barbara Blechinger	$        1,697	West St Paul
1142	Chad Boehnke	$        1,584	Marietta
1149	Brian Soja	$        1,584	New Brighton
1169	Kyle Krenske	$        1,521	Faribault
1241	Jeff Birt	$        1,503	Bloomington
1450	John Morgan	$        1,324	Minneapolis
1634	Chris Jones	$        1,258	Saint Paul
1636	Trent Lorenzen	$        1,258	Brooklyn Park
1641	Yer Vang	$        1,258	Saint Paul
1673	Lance Harris	$        1,187	Apple Valley
1689	Matthew Alexander	$        1,187	Saint Paul
1717	Christian Pham	$        1,183	Saint Paul
1730	Brian Peterson	$        1,183	Maple Grove
1746	Justin Geronsin	$        1,183	Plymouth
1888	Dean Moss	$        1,136	Luverne
1894	David Marlow	$        1,136	Cottage Grove
1915	Greg Holsten	$        1,136	Shakopee
1943	Thomas Herman	$        1,129	Ham Lake
2014	William Perpich	$        1,068	Mahtomedi
2036	Trevor Gill	$        1,068	Richfield
2048	Steven Jones	$        1,036	Virginia
2117	Jarod Ludemann	$        1,031	Wells
2156	Jonathan Goetze	$        1,028	Minneapolis
2166	Andrew Lind	$        1,028	Maplewood
2190	Kou Vang	$        1,019	Saint Paul
2199	Thomas Koberoski	$        1,019	Shakopee
2553	Nathan Fair	$            896	Champlin
2576	Eric Zehnder	$            896	Hamel
2598	James Fox	$            887	Hastings
2633	Reuben Hjermstad	$            887	Roosevelt
2687	Theodore Simonson	$            834	Minneapolis
2714	Thomas Stenvig	$            833	Eden Prairie
2743	Pierre Audet	$            833	Eagan
2806	Zachary Pierce	$            833	Rochester
2865	Derek Crooks	$            832	Morton
2887	Erick Wright	$            832	Shoreview
2922	James Decoux	$            832	Faribault

MN at 2016 WSOP - Event 1 Employee

I'm going to post brief write ups for MN players at the 2016 WSOP.  I always love to promote anything with Minnesota Poker.

We start with the $565 buy-in employees NLHE event.  Three MN players cashed in the field of 731 players.  Brian Mikesh of Little Canada made the final table, finishing in fifth and taking home $16,380.  Brian Soja of New Brighton finished in 17th earning $2,517.  Paul Kelly of Albert Lea  finished 22nd earning $2,066.

This makes a total of $20,891 for MN players in the 2016 WSOP.

Congratulations to those players, a great way to kick off the series.

5	Brian Mikesh	$      16,308	Little Canada
17	Brian Soja	$        2,517	New Brighton
22	Paul Kelly	$        2,066	Albert Lea

June 2016 Ante Up Magazine Article

June's article covers Carl Caordenuto's second MSPT Canterbury victory.  It also covers the Spring Poker Classic at Running Aces.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/news/carodenuto-wins-again-in-minnesota.htm

May 2016 Ante Up Magazine Article

May's article covers Adam Dahlin's win of the Minnesota State Poker Championship at Canterbury Park.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/news/luciano-turns-240-into-254k-in-indiana.htm

April 2016 Ante Up Magazine Article

April's article covers Kevin Finley winning the iNinja Poker Tour event held at Running Aces.  It also features a player profile of local pro Erick Wright.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/news/casinos-moving-ashore-in-chicagoland.htm

March 2016 Ante Up Magazine Article

March's article covers Kou Vang's win of the iNinja Poker Tour event at Canterbury Park, Robert O'Connell's win of the Big Stack Avalanche and the MSPT Grand Casino Mille Lacs won by Michael Kane.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/minnesota/news/jewell-shines-at-hpt-in-east-chicago.htm

February 2016 Ante Up Magazine Article

February's article covers Carl Carodenuto's win of the MSPT Canterbury Park in December.  It also cover' Michael Mernin's win of Cold Hard Cash event at Running Aces.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/minnesota/news/rcg-has-busy-year-planned-for-2016.htm

January 2016 Ante Up Magazine Article

January's article covers the induction of Blake Bohn and "Minneapolis" Jim Meehan into the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame.  It also covers Leo Fussy's win of the Big Turkey tournament at Running aces as well as the 19-way chop of the Black Friday Free Roll.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/news/bohn-and-meehan-enter-minnesota-hof.htm

December 2015 Ante Up Magazine Article

December's article covers the Fall Poker Classic at Canterbury Park and the Hallow Scream tournament at Running Aces.  Robbie Wazwaz was the top earner in the FPC anc Scotter Clark won the main event.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/minnesota/news/ferrarotti-wins-michigan-st-championship-at-firekeepers.htm

November 2015 Ante Up Magazine Article

November's article covers Peixin Liu's win of the MSPT Running Aces event.  He's having a great year!  There is also a player profile of John Reading.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/news/pulses-pound-in-wisconsin-for-4-2k.htm

October 2015 Ante Up Magazine Article

October's article covers Jason Seitz win of the Poker Night in America event held at Canterbury Park.  It also covers the Midwest Poker Classic held at Running Aces Harness Park.  There is also a player profile of Kou Vang.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/minnesota/news/firekeepers-hosts-michigan-poker-championship-oct-15-18.htm

September 2015 Ante Up Magazine Article

September's article covers the Anniversary tournament at Running Aces as well as the iNinja Poker event at Canterbury Park.  There is also a profile of Running Aces CEO Taro Ito.
http://www.anteupmagazine.com/minnesota/news/mccarthy-wins-wpt-deepstacks-title-at-majestic.htm

August 2015 Ante Up Magazine Article

August's article covers all of the awesomeness Minnesota player achieved at the WSOP, including Christian Pham, John Reading, Blake Bohn and more.  It also covers the Easy Money Series and reminds everyone that the Twin Cities Poker Open will be associated with Poker Night in Ameria.

http://www.anteupmagazine.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-s-pham-amazes-all-by-winning-2-7-bracelet.htm

WSOP Comparisons

In a post (Minnesota at the 2015 WSOP) I made earlier today I included a table that compared the WSOP earnings for each state.  It was pointed out that it really isn't an apples to apples comparison.  California is the tenth largest economy in the world, does it make sense to compare it to Minnesota?  Well what does make sense.

What about earnings per capita?  That would put states on equal footing with their population.  (I produced that table and it is included below.  As it turns out Nevada is first and Minnesota is  15.)  Perhaps a factor of distance to Las Vegas should be added in? (That may also be possible it seems like too much work so I'm not including that chart.)

Selfishly I'm looking for something that shows what I already know, Minnesota kicks ass at poker.  But what is a real measure?  Maybe money earned per entry?  The WSOP doesn't publish entries, so that isn't possible.  Perhaps actual ROI, what is the expected return on investment for each state?  Again that would require overall buy-in information that isn't possible.

One interesting piece of information is dollars earned per poker player in the state.  Some states have a lower concentration of people who play poker in casinos.  I honestly don't know what the nation-wide average percentage is and how MN compares to the rest.

What are your thoughts?  What would be a meaningful way to compare the WSOP accomplishments of different states?

WSOP Earnings Per Capita

Rank	State	Earnings	Population	$ per person
1	NV	$15,092,695	2,839,099	$5.32
2	MA	$8,103,505	6,745,408	$1.20
3	FL	$12,217,581	19,893,297	$0.61
4	CA	$22,457,208	38,802,500	$0.58
5	CT	$1,900,093	3,596,677	$0.53
6	NJ	$4,693,219	8,938,175	$0.53
7	CO	$2,703,303	5,355,866	$0.50
8	ID	$814,880	1,634,464	$0.50
9	AK	$333,008	736,732	$0.45
10	MO	$2,562,808	6,063,589	$0.42
11	MD	$2,473,036	5,976,407	$0.41
12	AZ	$2,708,151	6,731,484	$0.40
13	WA	$2,838,746	7,061,530	$0.40
14	NY	$7,831,884	19,746,227	$0.40
15	MN	$2,111,131	5,457,173	$0.39
16	PA	$4,588,263	12,787,209	$0.36
17	IL	$4,050,160	12,880,580	$0.31
18	TX	$8,099,511	26,956,958	$0.30
19	OH	$3,450,863	11,594,163	$0.30
20	HI	$421,721	1,419,561	$0.30
21	OK	$1,062,396	3,878,051	$0.27
22	LA	$1,131,707	4,649,676	$0.24
23	TN	$1,489,151	6,549,352	$0.23
24	OR	$866,845	3,970,239	$0.22
25	KS	$577,195	2,904,021	$0.20
26	KY	$861,596	4,413,457	$0.20
27	DC	$122,622	658,893	$0.19
28	MI	$1,744,763	9,909,877	$0.18
29	NE	$326,120	1,881,503	$0.17
30	IN	$945,174	6,596,855	$0.14
31	SD	$120,269	853,175	$0.14
32	ND	$101,817	739,482	$0.14
33	UT	$388,124	2,942,902	$0.13
34	WI	$759,208	5,757,564	$0.13
35	RI	$137,599	1,055,173	$0.13
36	ME	$158,905	1,330,089	$0.12
37	IA	$365,592	3,107,126	$0.12
38	GA	$1,120,300	10,097,343	$0.11
39	NC	$1,084,393	9,943,964	$0.11
40	VA	$899,135	8,326,289	$0.11
41	AR	$316,843	2,966,369	$0.11
42	NH	$140,640	1,326,813	$0.11
43	NM	$209,261	2,085,572	$0.10
44	MT	$97,956	1,023,579	$0.10
45	AL	$436,141	4,849,377	$0.09
46	WY	$52,373	584,153	$0.09
47	WV	$136,593	1,850,326	$0.07
48	DE	$65,722	935,614	$0.07
49	SC	$235,731	4,832,482	$0.05
50	VT	$27,116	626,562	$0.04
51	MS	$102,920	2,994,079	$0.03
52	PR	$14,417	3,548,397	$0.00