WSOP 2015 Fantasy poker rules.. Pick your team

[MintTrav]

Event 65: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Runners	547
Paid	56
Final Table	8

Player	Position	Points
Dylan Linde	22	1

Selector	Points
Carl	1

[MintTrav]

There could be some big points swings in #67, the $10k Dealer"s Choice, which is the last opportunity for points grabbing.

With 61 left, Ashton is 1st, Danzer 3rd, Childwick 4th, Rutter 10th and Chiu 11th, with Ho, Negreanu, Hellmuth and Kelly still going in the bottom half.

Anything could happen - and it probably will.

[suzanne]

Didnt read the rules obv but does the main event not count?

[MintTrav]

Didnt read the rules obv but does the main event not count?

Yeah, it does, but it"ll be a surprise if anyone scores more than a couple of points.

[MintTrav]

I thought this was a shot of some homeless tramp who had wandered into the Rio yesterday, but it turned out to be Matthew Ashton.

Such focus; such intensity; such mad staring eyes.

If I ever play against him, he can have my chips. I don"t want to end up in a suitcase.

[cuzza23]

All aboard the Chiu Chiu train . If David can final table event 67 I might just take this bad boy down

[MintTrav]

When #67 resumed today, three of the best mixed games players in the world (Ashton, Danzer and Chidders) occupied positions in the top four for our teams, plus we had several other strong players still in, and I was anticipating it taking me til Christmas to work out who had won the league, such was the plethora of points about to be earned by everyone. Well, I don"t know what went on, but all three were out before the dinner break, making my job a lot easier. They didn"t bubble the final table or even get close - all there were miles away, as were Negreanu, Hellmuth and Ho.

Kelly and Bonomo ( who I missed earlier) got closer, but also fell, so now, with twelve left, Keith from The Office now has the chip lead and we only have Chiu still alive, in tenth place. Rather than the deluge of points I expected, only Barrie will score and, with it being a six-handed final table, he may just get one point. So, the leaders can breathe easily again that no-one is going to ship fifteen or twenty points in this one.

[MintTrav]

Stephen Chidwick, so hungry from lack of food that he couldn"t wait til the dinner-break for his favourite Lettuce Surprise:

[MintTrav]

Event 66: $777 LUCKY SEVENS No-Limit Hold'em

Runners	4462
Paid	468
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Jason Wheeler	393	1

Selector	Points
Craig	1

We have no-one remaining in #66, and Jason Wheeler is our only point-scorer that I can see, so that"s a point for Craig. I remember when that meant something.

[MintTrav]

#64, the online event, has completed, but only about a dozen of the 100 cashers have been identified, and we have none of them, so we"ll have to make do with that unless more details are released. They have indicated that Mercier played, but didn"t cash.

[MintTrav]

This is the current position in the league if I give Barrie the one point that Chiu has earned so far for cashing. Carl and Steve are tied in the lead on 88 points. Tom F and Barrie are level on 85, followed by Debbie on 82 and George on 81. If Chiu gets to the final table in #67, Barrie will take a one point lead on 89 points. It is probably going to take a final table in the Main for the winner to be anyone other than Barrie, Steve or Carl. We have three prizes, though, so if Chiu comes good, these three will likely take them, sequence still to be determined. If Chiu fails, Barrie and Tom F will probably be fighting it out for third. It"s a hell of a lot of pressure to put on Chiu, but if anyone can hold it together, he"s the man for the job. This is his seventh cash this series, and 70th in total, including five bracelets, so Barrie couldn"t Chiuz a better option. Any further results from the online event could still affect the position, though. If it ends up that some of the online cashers are not identified, I think that any who are should still get their points, even though there is the possibility that another of our players cashed but wasn"t named.

Selector	Points
Carl	88
Steve	88
Tom F	85
Barrie	85
Debbie	82
George	81
Chris	79
Richard	76
Paxo	73
Simon B	61
Tom B	60
Simon L	60
Rob	60
Ena	59
Gareth	55
Brian	53
Del	51
Dann	50
Craig	50
Paul	45
Adam Sz	41
John	31
Suzanne	20

[madsteve]

Deal?

ICM it!

[MintTrav]

I missed one. Left out Chiu"s cash in #39. What can you do when he cashes in everything he plays? Actually, I blame Carl for not spotting it.

So Barrie is on 86 points.

[cuzza23]

I missed one. Left out Chiu"s cash in #39. What can you do when he cashes in everything he plays? Actually, I blame Carl for not spotting it.

So Barrie is on 86 points.

Trust Chiu john , tut tut .

[MintTrav]

Event 67:  $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship

Runners	108
Paid	12
Final Table	6

Player	Position	Points
David Chiu	9	1

Selector	Points
Barrie	1

So Chiu reinforces his reputation as one of the cashingest players at the WSOP, but doesn"t quite get to the FT. In fairness, these mixed games can be a bit of a crapchiut.