WSOP 2015 Fantasy poker rules.. Pick your team

[MintTrav]

Hellmuth Gets Lucky

Phil Hellmuth benefited from a donation in #16 when his opponent misread the board:

"Phil Hellmuth limps in from middle position and several players follow suit and the big blind checks. The flop comes out . The small and big blinds both check and Hellmuth bets out 1,900. His opponent in the cut-off position folds. The small blind calls and the big blind folds. The turn shows the and both players check. The river peels of the and again both players check. Hellmuth shows and his opponent only shows the and mucks his other card."

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/update/EZS/phil-hellmuth-trying-to-show-his-table-whos-king/

[MintTrav]

Event 15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Runners	128
Paid	18
Final Table	9

Player	Position	Points
Greg Merson	5	5
Connor Drinan (boo)	16	1

Selector	Points
Carl	5
Irish Tom	5
Adam Sz	1

Negreanu bubbled and fantasy WSOP scorers worldwide breathed a sigh of relief. Greg Merson continues his hot form with his second final table and third cash already, which is great for Carl and Tom, who have benefited to the tune of 11 points so far. The latest result takes them both past Craig at the top, with Carl two points in the lead. These three are well ahead of the pack, with fourth place back on eight points.

Top of the table:

Carl	19
Tom B	17
Craig	16

Adam Sz breaks the deadlock in the Battle of the Adams and pulls a point ahead thanks to Drinan"s result.

[MintTrav]

No movement in points overnight as only Day 1B of #16 The Millionaire-Maker and Day 1 of #17 $10k Razz were running.

Through to Day 2 in #16 from our selections are:

Justin Bonomo	136,200
Calvin Anderson	135,000
Craig McCorkell	60,900
Dylan Linde	43,600
Simon Deadman	32,400
Carlos Mortensen	31,000
Maria Ho	25,400
Joe Cada	24,300
Patrick Leonard	18,800
Jeremy Ausmus	18,700
Max Silver	15,600
Phil Hellmuth	9,400
Chris Bjorin	6,400

In #17, Brock Parker is joint chip-leader. We have got these through:

Brock Parker	140,900
Bryn Kenney	69,000
Jonathan Duhamel	66,100
Frank Kassela	61,000
David Chiu	53,500
Stephen Chidwick	35,400
Erik Seidel	29,100
Scott Clements	21,400
Phil Hellmuth	11,300

63 left in the Razz, compared with 1,118 in the other and we have close to the same number left in both. What astute pickers you are.

You may notice the same player bringing up the rear in both events - Phil Hellmuth has qualified for simultaneous Day Twos. His dismal run so far this year continued and he went through in #16 in 1,086th place out of 1,118 survivors. He played the Razz with a view to dropping out of #16 if he got a stack, but has achieved the worst option of ending up shortstacked in that as well, going through in 61st place out of 63. What to do? Neither stack is healthy enough to be left to cash by itself. Will we see him running between rooms? Depending on starting times, he might be out of one before the other starts. Otherwise, you gotta stick with the Razz surely? Not as far off the pace, bigger entry fee and prize-pool, has an edge at Razz. On the other hand, #16 is already close to the cash (747 get paid), so a quick acceleration and one double-up could be enough to cash, whereas only about a quarter of those remaining in the Razz will cash. And the field isn"t stuffed with professionals like the Razz is. What to do?

[MintTrav]

Some more information for your decision. Starting times are 11am for Millionaire-Maker and 2pm for Razz.

Obviously, start at 11am, but suppose it gets to 2pm and you have chipped up a bit but are still quite short-stacked, with 50 eliminations to the money? Maybe the min-cash amount doesn"t register for him, but another notch on his WSOP bedpost would, plus he needs to consider the effect on the points situation in the APAT fantasy league.

[fandango]

, plus he needs to consider the effect on the points situation in the APAT fantasy league.

Just LOL  

[MintTrav]

What is Allen Kessler like? Having cashed in #11 yesterday, he jumped into #13 and made Day 2. Eliminated from that after 90 minutes today at 3.30pm Vegas time, he was in his seat for the start of #15 at 4pm. This is a tough one - the $10k PLH. Only 27 playing so far, but it"s a starry field, including Keith Lehr, who has already won one bracelet today.

I pick him soley for the reason of volume he puts in.. Not on his ability tbh, he plays most of the events every year and has had numerous cashes a little like Frank Kassela who i see Curly picked this year shame he hasnt played yet lol

Your view seems to be shared by others:  http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/update/FPI/having-a-laugh-at-chainsaws-expense/

"He doesn"t play enough hands to run hot".

[MintTrav]

This is Razz chip-leader Brock Parker yesterday, not looking that much like a serial axe-murderer if you look at it from the right angle:



And this was him looking cherubic (and not unlike Dave Howard) in the quarter-final of the 2001 Magic Wizard Detroit Grand Prix, where he went on to finish second for $1,700:



Just eight years later, when he won his first WSOP bracelet, he looked quite like he does now.

Dave Howard - this is your future.

[PokerPax]

McCorkell with another cash  

[dwh103]

Dave Howard - this is your future.

Bugger, I shaved off my beard.

Will remember for next WSOP.

[Curlarge]

I have 5 of my 8 players still in the Razz. If the all make the FT I want to win this outright immediately..

On a more serious note, I expect "nul points"

[MintTrav]

I have 5 of my 8 players still in the Razz. If the all make the FT I want to win this outright immediately..

Lol. I think that was fair though. If you get five onto one final table you deserve to be declared the winner without any further consideration.

This is looking like being a great tournament for us, with so many of our players going deep. They are down to 34 now and we have recently lost Clements, Kassela and Duhamel, but we still have Parker, Kenney, Hellmuth, Chiu, Chidwick and Seidel. With such numbers, we must be good for lots of cashes and points all round.

[hi_am_chris]

Is there a prize for most pure bubbles??

Stupid Brock

Chidwick, Hellmuth and Seidel still going

[fandango]

Chidders FTW!!!

[MintTrav]

Is there a prize for most pure bubbles??

Stupid Brock

Chidwick, Hellmuth and Seidel still going

Can"t believe our team members have been knocking each other out. They need to learn from us how to play team poker.

[fandango]

Event #16.. Points scorers, please check as i may of missed some..

Eugene Katchalov
  Calvin Anderson
  Dylan Linde

Justin Bonomo still in i believe..

Event #17... Still in.. Chidders, Hellmuth and Siedel

Event #18.. Point scorer.. Jason Wheeler

Event #19 Long way to go 160 left 36 paid.. those still in with chip counts.


33   Carlos Mortensen   40500
34   Daniel Negreanu   40200
58   Dylan Linde   33400
136   Jonathan Duhamel   12700
141   Maria Ho   11700
156   Eugene Katchalov   6200

The Razz could be a real game changer!! with lots of you having Phil as skipper if he binks you score a whopping 20 points.. if Chidders binks i score 20 points.. (bok).. Curly could score 15 if all 3 FT.