2017 WSOP Fantasy Poker "Steve Ball challenge".. Staker game

[MintTrav]

And who has been totally rejected?

These dead-beats, selected last year, have all been put out to grass, including some former favourites.

Esfandiari, Kitai, Somerville, Ashton and Schemion have all known better times.

Uncle Glenn has even turned his back on young Daniel, previously an ever-present on his team. It's sad how the lure of prize-money affects some people.

Player

Aleksandr Denisov

Anthony Zinno

Antonio Esfandiari

Chris Moneymaker

Dan Heimiller

Dan Shak

Daniel Cates

Daniel Colman

Daniel Idema

Daniel Laming

Daniel Alei

David "ODB" Baker

David Kitai

Don Zewin

Doug Polk

Dutch Boyd

Jason Somerville

Jeremy Ausmus

Joe McKeehan

John Myung

Jonathan Little

Jonathan Duhamel

Kevin McPhee

Mark Radoja

Matt Waxman

Matthew Ashton

Mike Watson

Mike Wattel

Ole Schemion

Rhys Jones

Sam Razavi

Sam Trickett

Scott Seiver

Shaun Buchanan

Steve O'Dwyer

Talal Shakerchi

[MintTrav]

Only four women included in the selections this time. I'm pleased to see Loni Harwood back in favour. Possible bracelet-winner right there.

Loni Harwood
Linda Iwaniak
Maria Ho
Vanessa Selbst

[MintTrav]

The brave 27, headed by our reigning champion Lucky Cannella.

Selector

Luca Cannella

Adam Szerlowski

Barrie Cullen

Carl Pilgrim

Chris Bean

Chris Hiam

Craig Dawson

Debbie Kimm

Del Watson

Gareth Johns

Glenn Laming

Ian Thompson

Leigh Wiltshire

Jo Harris

John Murray

Karen Mead

Paul Haycock

Paul Roper

Dave Paxton

Richard Baker

Simon Brooke

Simon Lawlor

Stephen Jenninson

Tom Brady

Tom Clark

Tom Feilding

Vince Eley

[MintTrav]

While I'm on the selectors, it felt very strange to delete regular entrant, and former champion, Steve Ball from the spreadsheet. Had to be done, or he would be popping up in the results, but it did feel uncomfortable.

[MintTrav]

Who is the most imaginative selector?

These are the talent-spotters who have gone to great lengths to research future stars and have unearthed the most unique players (or the ones no-one else wanted?).

If the big-name big-hitters hit big again, this could be a flawed strategy. On the other hand, if these teams perform well, no-one else will match their points and they could be ahead of the pack.

Selector	Uniquery Factor
Scottish Tom	6
Leigh	5
Ian	4
Chris B	4
Simon L	3
John	3
Paul H	3
Irish Tom	3

[MintTrav]

Teams later.

[TheHitDogAF]

Have to admit that I rushed mine a bit, but most were from my team (had I entered) last year.

I did have a pool of around 15, & obviously I had to cut a few.

Just hoping that I haven't dropped a clanger (aka big scorer).

[MintTrav]

The Teams:

These are the teams that are going into battle. Who has the best combination? Not long til we find out.

Luca	Adam	Barrie	Carl
Daniel Negreanu	James Obst	Jason Mercier	Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick	Jason Mercier	James Obst	Jason Mercier
Justin Bonomo	Eli Elezra	John Monette	John Monette
Jason Mercier	Eric Wasserson	Randy Ohel	Paul Volpe
George Danzer	Benny Glaser	Benny Glaser	George Danzer
Rep Porter	Shaun Deeb	Brandon Shack-Harris	Dan Kelly
Paul Volpe	Paul Volpe	Daniel Negreanu	Charlie Carrel
Chris Klodnicki	Michael Mizrachi	Benjamin Yu	Mike Gorodinsky
Brian Hastings	Justin Bonomo	Roland Israelashvili	Max Pescatori
John Racener	Daniel Negreanu	Marco Johnson	David Peters

Chris B	Chris H	Craig	Debbie
George Danzer	Paul Volpe	Randy Ohel	Fedor Holz
Scott Clements	Daniel Negreanu	Brandon Shack-Harris	Justin Bonomo
Erik Seidel	Justin Bonomo	Dan Kelly	Dan Smith
Martin Finger	Stephen Chidwick	John Racener	Jason Mercier
Benny Glaser	Dan Kelly	Jason Mercier	Max Silver
Chris Moorman	Mike Leah	Ismael Bojang	David Vamplew
Vanessa Selbst	George Danzer	Daniel Negreanu	Michael Mizrachi
Loni Harwood	Mike Gorodinsky	Mike Leah	Benny Glaser
Paul Volpe	Calvin Anderson	Max Pescatori	Daniel Negreanu
Daniel O'Callaghan	Benny Glaser	Brian Hastings	James Obst

Del	Gareth	Glenn	Ian
George Danzer	Matt Glantz	Mike Leah	Niall Farrell
Justin Bonomo	Daniel Negreanu	Jason Mercier	Ludo Geilich
Jason Mercier	Phil Hellmuth	Brian Rast	Brian Rast
Benny Glaser	Justin Bonomo	Paul Volpe	Maria Ho
Max Pescatori	George Danzer	Justin Bonomo	Todd Brunson
Dan Smith	Jason Mercier	Fedor Holz	Robert Mizrachi
Fedor Holz	Erik Seidel	Daniel Negreanu	Michael Mizrachi
Michael Mizrachi	Brock Parker	Eli Elezra	Justin Bonomo
Dan Kelly	Stephen Chidwick	Max Pescatori	Olivier Busquet
David Vamplew	Mike Leah	Will Kassouf	Fabrice Soullier

Jo	John	Karen	Leigh
Jason Mercier	Linda Iwaniak	Todd Brunson	Park Yu Cheung
Justin Bonomo	Benny Glaser	Konstantin Puchkov	Naoya Kihara
Stephen Chidwick	Ian Johns	Daniel Negreanu	Mike Leah
Dan Kelly	Michael Gathy	Mike Leah	Bart Lybaert
Mike Leah	Brandon Shack-Harris	Jason Mercier	Daniel Negreanu
Michael Mizrachi	Ryan D'Angelo	Ryan Leplante	Konstantin Puchkov
Daniel Negreanu	Rep Porter	Dan Kelly	Max Silver
James Obst	John Monette	Adam Owen	Thomas Taylor
John Monette	Randy Ohel	Stephen Chidwick	David Vamplew
Paul Volpe	Jason Mercier	Ismael Bojang	Joao Vieira

Paul H	Paul R	Paxo	Richard
Benny Glaser	Daniel Negreanu	Daniel Negreanu	Fedor Holz
Max Silver	Phil Hellmuth	Craig McCorkell	Stephen Chidwick
Niall Farrell	Jason Mercier	Max Pescatori	Jason Mercier
David Vamplew	Justin Bonomo	Jason Mercier	Phil Hellmuth
Stephen Chidwick	Brian Rast	Paul Volpe	Daniel Negreanu
Stuart Rutter	Stephen Chidwick	Eli Elezra	Robert Mizrachi
Jack Salter	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Fedor Holz	Paul Volpe
Craig McCorkell	Robert Mizrachi	Brian Rast	Ryan D'Angelo
Tom Middleton	John Monette	George Danzer	Benny Glaser
Tom Hall	Paul Volpe	Dominik Nitsche	Adrian Mateos

Simon B	Simon L	Stephen	Tom B
Fedor Holz	Charlie Carrel	Daniel Negreanu	Chris Bjorin
Justin Bonomo	Todd Brunson	Jason Mercier	Chris Ferguson
Dan Smith	Paul Volpe	Adam Owen	Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier	Phil Hellmuth	Dan Kelly	Michael Mizrachi
Phil Hellmuth	Loni Harwood	Scott Clements	Dan Kelly
Michael Mizrachi	Allen Kessler	Calvin Anderson	Adam Owen
Stephen Chidwick	Simon Deadman	Stephen Chidwick	Mike Leah
Max Silver	James Obst	Justin Bonomo	Benjamin Yu
Daniel Negreanu	Bryn Kenney	John Monette	Allen Cunningham
James Obst	Shaun Deeb	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Scott Clements

Tom C	Tom F	Vince
Igor Kurganov	Phil Hellmuth	Stuart Rutter
Fedor Holz	Daniel Negreanu	Stephen Chidwick
Daniel Negreanu	Jason Mercier	Phil Hellmuth
Christoph Vogelsang	George Danzer	Daniel Negreanu
Alec Torelli	Brian Rast	Shaun Deeb
Patrick Leonard	Shaun Deeb	Fedor Holz
Niall Farrell	Mike McDonald	Greg Merson
Justin Bonomo	Stephen Chidwick	Jason Mercier
Sergio Aido	Paul Volpe	Max Pescatori
Mustapha Kanit	James Obst	J C Tran

[TheHitDogAF]

Hi John,

Think you have linked one of my players incorrectly.

I have Max Pescatori not Brandon What's - Hisname

Thanks

Vince

[MintTrav]

There are probably lots of errors - I was suffering from an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications when I did it.

Please all check your teams and let me know all the mistakes.

[MintTrav]

STAKER NEWS

Staker is available and six events are already open for entries:

01 June: #3 - $3,000 NLHE Shootout
02 June: #5 - $565 The Colossus
02 June: #6 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud
03 June: #7 - $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
04 June: #9 - $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo
05 June: #11 - $1,500 Dealers Choice

The first event, the Shootout, starts tomorrow. Not much time to get in and see if you can get away to an early lead.

#5 and #6 begin on Friday. No time to lose.


http://www.STAKER.co.uk/

[TheHitDogAF]

STAKER NEWS

Staker is available and six events are already open for entries:

01 June: #3 - $3,000 NLHE Shootout
02 June: #5 - $565 The Colossus
02 June: #6 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud
03 June: #7 - $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
04 June: #9 - $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo
05 June: #11 - $1,500 Dealers Choice

The first event, the Shootout, starts tomorrow. Not much time to get in and see if you can get away to an early lead.

#5 and #6 begin on Friday. No time to lose.


http://www.STAKER.co.uk/

#6 $10k Stud is incorrectly labelled - according to WSOP schedule this is the One Drop High Roller

[MintTrav]

Two changes received from Jo in the nick of time. Mercier and Monette in instead of Bojang and Shack-Harris. That's Jo's second change - Mercier was in, then he was out, now he's back in again.

Event #2 has now started - no more changes.

[MintTrav]

#6 $10k Stud is incorrectly labelled - according to WSOP schedule this is the One Drop High Roller

That's really weird - have they changed the schedule?

Staker has #6 as Seven Card Stud and I have the same on my spreadsheet, which I copied in from a separate source about a week ago.

I'd better check the rest of the schedule. I'll let Des know for Staker.

Thanks Vince.

[MintTrav]

Just checked a couple of sites.

ESPN, Card Player, Cards Chat and Wikipedia all have #6 as Seven Card Stud.

Pokernews has it as One Drop High Roller NLHE, as does the WSOP site.

They must have changed something for so many sites to be wrong, but I guess the WSOP is the definite position. We'll straighten that event out and recheck the later ones - might not be resolved until tomorrow.

Don't let it put you off Staking the other tournaments in the meantime.