WSOP 2015 Fantasy poker rules.. Pick your team

[fandango]

First time i have played this and I did find it fun but I think I might have missed a trick somewhere.

How do you..

a) Know who is going to be there first of all? and

b) Know which players are going to play tournaments in volume?

Were Philip Gruissem or Ana Marquez even there?

Answer at a short..

A) I look at previous last few years at the top cashes.. Chidwick, Mercier, Danzer etc etc so presume they are going to put a full schedule.. I also message them and politely ask them if they will be playing much. I also ask if they know of a good pick, Chidwick informed me to pick Dylan Linde as he will play most events as they are room sharing. he also cashed on numerous occasions in previous years.

B) Hope the above answers..

Pass cant seem to remember seeing Marquez play or Philip

[fandango]

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/payouts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14268

Top 1000 get paid, or more important for us get a point.. My prediction will be that only 3 of our players left in will make top 1000.

Predictions?

[MintTrav]

First time i have played this and I did find it fun but I think I might have missed a trick somewhere.

How do you..

a) Know who is going to be there first of all? and

b) Know which players are going to play tournaments in volume?

Were Philip Gruissem or Ana Marquez even there?

Answer at a short..

A) I look at previous last few years at the top cashes.. Chidwick, Mercier, Danzer etc etc so presume they are going to put a full schedule.. I also message them and politely ask them if they will be playing much. I also ask if they know of a good pick, Chidwick informed me to pick Dylan Linde as he will play most events as they are room sharing. he also cashed on numerous occasions in previous years.

B) Hope the above answers..

Pass cant seem to remember seeing Marquez play or Philip

You message them! And ask for tips for the APAT Fantasy League!!!

Well, it seems to be working. Can"t wait next year when Chidwick gets twenty-five messages asking for tips, now that you have revealed your secret. Maybe I"ll message Mercier and Hellmuth while I"m at it.

And what are Chidwick and Linde doing sharing - trying to save a bit of money on hotel bills? It must be a right barrel of laughs once those two get together.

[fandango]

First time i have played this and I did find it fun but I think I might have missed a trick somewhere.

How do you..

a) Know who is going to be there first of all? and

b) Know which players are going to play tournaments in volume?

Were Philip Gruissem or Ana Marquez even there?

Answer at a short..

A) I look at previous last few years at the top cashes.. Chidwick, Mercier, Danzer etc etc so presume they are going to put a full schedule.. I also message them and politely ask them if they will be playing much. I also ask if they know of a good pick, Chidwick informed me to pick Dylan Linde as he will play most events as they are room sharing. he also cashed on numerous occasions in previous years.

B) Hope the above answers..

Pass cant seem to remember seeing Marquez play or Philip

You message them! And ask for tips for the ASAP Fantasy League!!!

Well, it seems to be working. Can"t wait next year when Chidwick gets twenty-five messages asking for tips, now that you have revealed your secret. Maybe I"ll message Mercier and Hellmuth while I"m at it.

And what are Chidwick and Linde doing sharing - trying to save a bit of money on hotel bills? It must be a right barrel of laughs once those two get together.

HaHa.. Yes Facebook is my friend.

Although that Greg Merson guy never answered my question!! how dare he.

Ole Schemion was my pick last year and was very upset with his volume.. seems he did the same this year and dragged himself to Vegas for the last few events.. He didnt answer my question either, does he not understand the importance of letting his faithful supporters down!!

Out of all the replies i must admit that Chidwick was most helpful and even seemed genuine in his interest in the faith people had in him.

Others where less than chatty.. lol

Carl Pilgrim
Hi Allen are you looking to play most of the WSOP events this year? Looking to add you into my Fantasy team like I do most years if you are
Allen Kessler
06/05/2015 23:31
Allen Kessler
Yes
Carl Pilgrim
06/05/2015 23:33
Carl Pilgrim
Awesome thanks best of luck

[MintTrav]

First time i have played this and I did find it fun but I think I might have missed a trick somewhere.

How do you..

a) Know who is going to be there first of all? and

b) Know which players are going to play tournaments in volume?

Were Philip Gruissem or Ana Marquez even there?

Answer at a short..

A) I look at previous last few years at the top cashes.. Chidwick, Mercier, Danzer etc etc so presume they are going to put a full schedule.. I also message them and politely ask them if they will be playing much. I also ask if they know of a good pick, Chidwick informed me to pick Dylan Linde as he will play most events as they are room sharing. he also cashed on numerous occasions in previous years.

B) Hope the above answers..

Pass cant seem to remember seeing Marquez play or Philip

You message them! And ask for tips for the ASAP Fantasy League!!!

Well, it seems to be working. Can"t wait next year when Chidwick gets twenty-five messages asking for tips, now that you have revealed your secret. Maybe I"ll message Mercier and Hellmuth while I"m at it.

And what are Chidwick and Linde doing sharing - trying to save a bit of money on hotel bills? It must be a right barrel of laughs once those two get together.

HaHa.. Yes Facebook is my friend.

Although that Greg Merson guy never answered my question!! how dare he.

Ole Schemion was my pick last year and was very upset with his volume.. seems he did the same this year and dragged himself to Vegas for the last few events.. He didnt answer my question either, does he not understand the importance of letting his faithful supporters down!!

Out of all the replies i must admit that Chidwick was most helpful and even seemed genuine in his interest in the faith people had in him.

Others where less than chatty.. lol

Carl Pilgrim
Hi Allen are you looking to play most of the WSOP events this year? Looking to add you into my Fantasy team like I do most years if you are
Allen Kessler
06/05/2015 23:31
Allen Kessler
Yes
Carl Pilgrim
06/05/2015 23:33
Carl Pilgrim
Awesome thanks best of luck

You should invite your mate Steve to pop into the WCOAP if he"s around. He would even be eligible to play one or two of the tournaments, or the team event.

[fandango]

First time i have played this and I did find it fun but I think I might have missed a trick somewhere.

How do you..

a) Know who is going to be there first of all? and

b) Know which players are going to play tournaments in volume?

Were Philip Gruissem or Ana Marquez even there?

Answer at a short..

A) I look at previous last few years at the top cashes.. Chidwick, Mercier, Danzer etc etc so presume they are going to put a full schedule.. I also message them and politely ask them if they will be playing much. I also ask if they know of a good pick, Chidwick informed me to pick Dylan Linde as he will play most events as they are room sharing. he also cashed on numerous occasions in previous years.

B) Hope the above answers..

Pass cant seem to remember seeing Marquez play or Philip

You message them! And ask for tips for the ASAP Fantasy League!!!

Well, it seems to be working. Can"t wait next year when Chidwick gets twenty-five messages asking for tips, now that you have revealed your secret. Maybe I"ll message Mercier and Hellmuth while I"m at it.

And what are Chidwick and Linde doing sharing - trying to save a bit of money on hotel bills? It must be a right barrel of laughs once those two get together.

HaHa.. Yes Facebook is my friend.

Although that Greg Merson guy never answered my question!! how dare he.

Ole Schemion was my pick last year and was very upset with his volume.. seems he did the same this year and dragged himself to Vegas for the last few events.. He didnt answer my question either, does he not understand the importance of letting his faithful supporters down!!

Out of all the replies i must admit that Chidwick was most helpful and even seemed genuine in his interest in the faith people had in him.

Others where less than chatty.. lol

Carl Pilgrim
Hi Allen are you looking to play most of the WSOP events this year? Looking to add you into my Fantasy team like I do most years if you are
Allen Kessler
06/05/2015 23:31
Allen Kessler
Yes
Carl Pilgrim
06/05/2015 23:33
Carl Pilgrim
Awesome thanks best of luck

You should invite your mate Steve to pop into the WCOAP if he"s around. He would even be eligible to play one or two of the tournaments, or the team event.

He probably wouldnt as he would obv look at Hendon Mob stats for APAT.. Certain John Murray topping the list for most cashes would scare him off..

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/386/

[MintTrav]

This was the final position of the players prior to the Main Event:

Player	Points	Wins	FT	Cashes
Phil Hellmuth	18	1	2	5
Jason Mercier	17	1	2	4
Stephen Chidwick	15	0	2	7
Jonathan Duhamel	13	1	1	4
Dan Kelly	13	0	2	5
Greg Merson	12	0	2	4
Scott Clements	12	0	2	4
Dan Smith	11	0	2	3
Jeremy Ausmus	10	0	1	6
Simon Deadman	10	0	1	6
Craig McCorkell	9	0	1	5
Jason Wheeler	9	0	1	5
Erik Seidel	8	0	1	4
Brock Parker	8	0	1	4
Allen Kessler	7	0	0	7
David Chiu	7	0	0	7
Daniel Negreanu	7	0	1	3
Doug Polk	7	0	1	3
Bryn Kenney	7	0	1	3
George Danzer	7	0	1	3
Justin Bonomo	7	0	1	3
Loni Harwood	6	0	1	2
Connor Drinan	6	0	1	2
Frank Kassela	6	0	1	2
Eugene Katchalov	5	0	0	5
David Kitai	5	0	1	1
Daniel Colman	5	0	1	1
Martin Finger	4	0	0	4
Chris Bjorin	4	0	0	4
Calvin Anderson	4	0	0	4
Allyn Shulman	4	0	0	4
Chris Moorman	3	0	0	3
Joe Cada	3	0	0	3
Patrick Leonard	3	0	0	3
Vanessa Selbst	3	0	0	3
Carlos Mortensen	3	0	0	3
Dylan Linde	3	0	0	3
Matt Glantz	3	0	0	3
David "Bakes" Baker	2	0	0	2
Jason Somerville	2	0	0	2
Maria Ho	2	0	0	2
Griffin Benger	2	0	0	2
Jeff Lisandro	2	0	0	2
Michael Mizrachi	2	0	0	2
Martin Jacobson	2	0	0	2
Bertrand Grospellier	1	0	0	1
Ludo Geilich	1	0	0	1
Matthew Ashton	1	0	0	1
Max Silver	1	0	0	1
Ryan Spittles	1	0	0	1
Scott Seiver	1	0	0	1
Charlie Carrel	1	0	0	1
Liv Boeree	1	0	0	1
Amanda Musumeci	0	0	0	0
Ana Marquez	0	0	0	0
Billy Baxter	0	0	0	0
Isaac Haxton	0	0	0	0
Jake Cody	0	0	0	0
James Dempsey	0	0	0	0
Lu Zhang	0	0	0	0
Melissa Burr	0	0	0	0
Mike McDonald	0	0	0	0
Ole Schemion	0	0	0	0
Phil Ivey	0	0	0	0
Philip Gruissem	0	0	0	0
Richard Ashby	0	0	0	0
Sam Trickett	0	0	0	0

[MintTrav]

Team Scores Prior to the Main Event [Captains in bold]:

89  Carl	89  Steve	86  Tom F	86  Barrie
12 Greg Merson	36 Phil Hellmuth	36 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth
30 Stephen Chidwick	15 Stephen Chidwick	15 Stephen Chidwick	15 Stephen Chidwick
2 Maria Ho	2 Maria Ho	3 Vanessa Selbst	3 Vanessa Selbst
7 George Danzer	4 Martin Finger	5 David Kitai	0 Jake Cody
7 Allen Kessler	7 Daniel Negreanu	11 Dan Smith	34 Jason Mercier
3 Dylan Linde	4 Chris Moorman	7 Daniel Negreanu	7 David Chiu
11 Jeremy Ausmus	10 Simon Deadman	2 Scott Seiver	2 David "Bakes" Baker
17 Jason Mercier	11 Dan Smith	7 George Danzer	7 Daniel Negreanu

83  Debbie	82  George	79  Chris	77  Richard
14 Jonathan Duhamel	18 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth
0 Sam Trickett	15 Stephen Chidwick	15 Stephen Chidwick	15 Stephen Chidwick
3 Vanessa Selbst	3 Vanessa Selbst	0 Melissa Burr	2 Maria Ho
2 Martin Jacobson	7 George Danzer	14 George Danzer	2 Bertrand Grospellier
17 Jason Mercier	2 Scott Seiver	4 Calvin Anderson	14 Daniel Negreanu
0 Isaac Haxton	7 Daniel Negreanu	7 Daniel Negreanu	8 Erik Seidel
36 Phil Hellmuth	4 Calvin Anderson	13 Dan Kelly	6 Frank Kassela
11 Dan Smith	26 Dan Kelly	8 Brock Parker	12 Scott Clements

74  Paxo	61  Simon B	61  Rob	60  RedSimon
36 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth	36 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth
0 Jake Cody	15 Stephen Chidwick	1 James Dempsey	15 Stephen Chidwick
2 Maria Ho	3 Vanessa Selbst	2 Maria Ho	3 Vanessa Selbst
2 Jeff Lisandro	0 Ole Schemion	5 David Kitai	0 Ole Schemion
17 Jason Mercier	0 Phil Ivey	2 Jeff Lisandro	1 Matthew Ashton
7 Daniel Negreanu	7 Daniel Negreanu	7 Daniel Negreanu	0 Phil Ivey
10 Craig McCorkell	2 David "Bakes" Baker	0 Phil Ivey	16 Erik Seidel
0 Phil Ivey	16 Erik Seidel	8 Erik Seidel	7 George Danzer

60  IrishTom	60  Adam Sh	56  Gareth	53  Brian
12 Greg Merson	18 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth
15 Stephen Chidwick	6 Patrick Leonard	4 Chris Moorman	1 Matthew Ashton
3 Vanessa Selbst	3 Vanessa Selbst	3 Vanessa Selbst	3 Vanessa Selbst
2 Martin Jacobson	7 George Danzer	5 Eugene Katchalov	0 Ole Schemion
14 Doug Polk	7 Daniel Negreanu	7 Justin Bonomo	3 Patrick Leonard
4 Calvin Anderson	17 Jason Mercier	3 Matt Glantz	14 Daniel Negreanu
3 Joe Cada	1 James Dempsey	2 David "Bakes" Baker	7 George Danzer
7 Daniel Negreanu	1 Ryan Spittles	14 Daniel Negreanu	7 Bryn Kenney

52  Craig	52  Dann	51  Del	46  Paul
4 Carlos Mortensen	18 Phil Hellmuth	36 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth
15 Stephen Chidwick	4 Maria Ho	0 Richard Ashby	1 Ludo Geilich
0 Lu Zhang	10 Simon Deadman	3 Vanessa Selbst	3 Vanessa Selbst
0 Ole Schemion	5 Chris Bjorin	0 Ole Schemion	0 Ole Schemion
2 Jason Somerville	4 Chris Moorman	5 Daniel Colman	0 Philip Gruissem
7 Bryn Kenney	7 Daniel Negreanu	7 Daniel Negreanu	8 Erik Seidel
14 George Danzer	1 Ludo Geilich	0 Billy Baxter	14 Daniel Negreanu
10 Jason Wheeler	3 Vanessa Selbst	0 Mike McDonald	2 Scott Seiver

42  Adam Sz	31  John	21  Suzanne
18 Phil Hellmuth	18 Phil Hellmuth	4 Carlos Mortensen
2 Max Silver	1 Liv Boeree	0 Jake Cody
2 Maria Ho	3 Allyn Shulman	0 Ana Marquez
4 Martin Finger	0 Ana Marquez	0 Philip Gruissem
4 Jason Somerville	2 Maria Ho	14 Justin Bonomo
4 Calvin Anderson	0 Melissa Burr	2 Michael Mizrachi
2 Griffin Benger	0 Amanda Musumeci	0 Richard Ashby
6 Connor Drinan	7 Loni Harwood	1 Charlie Carrel

[suzanne]

Thanks Carl I will keep that in mind for next year.

Not much shampoo being used in that room LOL.

[MintTrav]

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/payouts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14268

Top 1000 get paid, or more important for us get a point.. My prediction will be that only 3 of our players left in will make top 1000.

Predictions?

So, we have 38 players out of 4,389 starting Day 2, and you reckon we"ll get three into the top 1,000.

Actually, you"re probably about right.

[hi_am_chris]

On that last list of teams, any chance you could strikethrough players as they get eliminated?

Also just goes to show how important the captain pick is

[MintTrav]

On that last list of teams, any chance you could strikethrough players as they get eliminated?

Also just goes to show how important the captain pick is

Are you a friend of Paxo"s, Chris?

I"ll summarise the situation after the last Day 2, when most teams are likely to be down to a couple of players.

Due to having common players with those above them, Debbie and George need one of their other players to make the final to be able to get to third place. Anyone below George would need to get at least two players onto the final table to have a chance of third.

[MintTrav]

Steve was in the strongest position of the top contenders starting Day 2, with six players still alive. Carl had five, while Tom and Barrie had four each. Still just about in contention, Debbie and George each had five.

I had forgotten all about Haxton, as he hadn"t shown all summer, and I hadn"t listed him below, so we actually had thirty-nine still going at the start of Day 2. Anyway, he"s out now, so Debbie is down to four. She needs Durhamel to make the FT and George needs Anderson or Kelly to do so. Their other players don"t count, as they are replicated in the higher-placed teams.

At the top, it has been a bad start for Carl, with Ausmus being eliminated. Lisandro is also gone, spoiling Paxo"s hopes of getting his full team to the final table.

[suzanne]

How is my wild card Charlie boy doing (who hasnt been mentioned I noticed)?

[fandango]

Ausmus and Mercier gone for me.. Danzer still in, Ho doesn"t count as Steve has her in his squad.. So it"s looking like I rely on a Danzer Kessler deep run..

Moorman looks to have a healthy Stack as well as Cody