WSOP Fantasy teams rules and selections..(page3)

[MintTrav]

WSOP.com hasn"t added any updates for about five hours.

There were 127 left then, and it was 11 Benger, 12 Smith, 18 McCorkell, 33 Ho, 65 Rutter.

They are now down to 93, and none of those are in the bustees, but I can"t see whether they have improved or lost chips since.

[MintTrav]

Hot news just off the presses - Griffin Benger busted in 90th.

[MintTrav]

So Adrian Long wins the cash, as the only paying entrant who still has a live player. The title of top picker is still in the balance, however. If Benger can go from top to bottom, anything can still happen with the others.

Still running:

Dave Paxton - Craig McCorkell
Adrian Long - Maria Ho
Steve Ball - Dan Smith & Stuart Rutter + he has Olivier Busquet already banked.

[MintTrav]

Day 5 has just finished. 79 left:

6   Dan Smith           5,360,000   
11 Craig McCorkell     4,335,000
65 Stuart Rutter       1,070,000
79 Maria Ho                435,000

[MintTrav]

As has been pointed out, Busquet is 100% American and was an ineligible inclusion as a European player.

[adilong1]

BOOM, don"t you just love a Ho!!

[fandango]

BOOM, don"t you just love a Ho!!

Congrats Adrian.. about time you won something   PM sent on FB

[adilong1]

BOOM, don"t you just love a Ho!!

Congrats Adrian.. about time you won something   PM sent on FB

Tell me about it!!  

[MintTrav]

Ho has gone, 77th. 74 left.

It"s Steve Ball v Dave Paxo now.

6   Dan Smith           6,300,000  
11 Craig McCorkell     4,440,000
64 Stuart Rutter          975,000

Let"s DQ Steve for fielding an invalid team, just because we can!

[MintTrav]

Stuart Rutter has just been eliminated in 59th place for $124,447.

[MintTrav]

Well, well, well. This morning, there are 34 left and guess what?

5 Craig McCorkell  10,220,000
6 Dan Smith          9,065,000

Will we have to wait until November to know our Champion? I think they"re doing it on purpose.

[adilong1]

Money recieved thank you very muchly

[MintTrav]

Smith is out in 20th place. Both he and McCorkell have steadily lost pots all day and Smith was in 17th with 5.7m just before he busted. McCorkell is in 16th with 5.8m, so getting close to trouble as well, but he may sit tight and try to ladder a couple of spots as he knows that he has to finish 15th or better for Paxo and him to take the title.

[MintTrav]

Down to 16 and you could cut the tension with a butter-knife. McCorkell is trying to hang on for one more place. There won"t be any sleep in the Paxton or Ball households tonight until this is resolved and a winner is decided. The next elimination determines who wins - Dave or Steve.

[MintTrav]

McCorkell has gone and done it. He got the elimination he needed to lift Paxton above Ball"s combined scores. So it"s ecstacy for McCorkell and despair for Smith, having let down Steve.

McCorkell played on in the now meaningless game and picked up another couple of places before dumping his chips for a well-earned rest. Interviewed afterwards, McCorkell said "I had already achieved my objective of winning the APAT competition, and found it hard to motivate myself to play on for no reason".

Smith and Rutter won $286,900 and $124,447, making a total of $411,347. McCorkell finished 13th, which received $441,940, the same as 15th place. Including Busquet"s $18,406 would not have changed the result.