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

[MintTrav]

Sorry Tom, Stu Ungar isn't taking part this year. Would you like to resubmit your team?

[fandango]

Sorry Tom, Stu Ungar isn't taking part this year. Would you like to resubmit your team?

Troll..

Mind you if you're referring to Irish Tom you're helping him out seen his past picks!!

[LombBomb]

Sent you my team via PM John.

[MintTrav]

Sent you my team via PM John.

Nice one - I've had to add six new players to the spreadsheet. Six! Rivalling Leigh for originality.

[Gazza]

Sent my picks to MintTrav, hope I'm not too late.  Can someone send me the payment details and I'll send that across?  Thanks.

[MintTrav]

Sent my picks to MintTrav, hope I'm not too late.  Can someone send me the payment details and I'll send that across?  Thanks.

No probs Gareth. I have pm'd Carl's bank details to you.

 

[Des]

APAT is delighted to announce our annual WSOP Staker competition, which will run alongside the Fantasy Poker competition.



Staker is a free to play game that allows you to place a fantasy stake on thousands of well known players at this year's World Series of Poker.

Win prizes by being the most profitable staker at the end of each featured event, and through our overall leaderboard at the end of the WSOP.

The action kicks off with Event #3 Shootout Championship on Thursday June 1st.  John Murray will keep you updated on event progress throughout the summer in this thread and through our Facebook group.

For more details and to place your first stakes, see our game site at www.staker.co.uk.

[Gazza]

Sent my picks to MintTrav, hope I'm not too late.  Can someone send me the payment details and I'll send that across?  Thanks.

No probs Gareth. I have pm'd Carl's bank details to you.

 

Cool, I've paid Carl.

[PauletweRoper]

 Just seen this, can I still join?

[MintTrav]

Just seen this, can I still join?

Yes.

[PauletweRoper]

Just sent my team to you.

[MintTrav]

STAKER

Do you wish you could have a share in Jason Mercier? Now you can - with Staker.

Staker will run alongside the Fantasy Team competition in this thread for a selection of WSOP tournaments. We can manage this as both competitions are based on the same tournament results and the updates overlap a lot, but they are completely separate and you can enter either competition without taking part in the other.

Staker is completely free to enter and there are substantial prizes to win:
 
1st:    APAT World Championship of Amateur Poker Passport (worth £220)
2nd:   APAT National Main Event entry
3rd:   APAT National Main Event entry
4th:   APAT Online Main Event entry
5th:   APAT Online Main Event entry
6th:   APAT Online Main Event entry
7th:   APAT Online Main Event entry
8th:   APAT Online Main Event entry
9th:   APAT Online Main Event entry
10th: APAT Online Main Event entry

Those are for the most profitable Stakers over the overall Series.

In addition, the most profitable Staker in each event will win a £10 online event entry at Grosvenor Poker.

You are given a budget equal to the entry fee for the selected tournaments and can use this money to back one or several players. If you split your stake, you will win whatever percentage of their prize-money you staked each player for. On the other hand, if you stake one player for 100% of his entry, you will win 100% of whatever prize he wins. This can lead to the best results, but it is also the most risky approach, as you will win nothing if your player fails to cash.

Enter at www.STAKER.co.uk

[PauletweRoper]

just paid.

[MintTrav]

The WSOP starts today. Event #2, the real start, begins at 11pm our time. I will accept any entries until that time but, assuming there aren't any, we have ended up with a record-breaking 27 entries.

The same two players as last year were again the most popular, with Jason Mercier just edging ahead of Daniel Negreanu. There is a big gap then to eveyone else. Justin Bonomo, Stephen Chidwick and Paul Volpe were also rewarded for previous good peformances.

Some new entrants have made a spectacular entrance, headed by Benny Glaser, who has gone straight in at No 6, having been selected on eight teams, closely followed by James Obst and Brandon Shack-Harris.

Number of Selections

Player	2017	2016
Jason Mercier	20	15
Daniel Negreanu	19	15
Justin Bonomo	12	3
Stephen Chidwick	12	11
Paul Volpe	11	4
Benny Glaser	8	0
Dan Kelly	8	5
Fedor Holz	8	6
Mike Leah	8	3
George Danzer	7	6
James Obst	7	0
Michael Mizrachi	7	1
Phil Hellmuth	7	10
Brandon Shack-Harris	6	0
Max Pescatori	6	3
Brian Rast	5	1
John Monette	5	0
David Vamplew	4	0
Ismael Bojang	4	3
Max Silver	4	0
Randy Ohel	4	0
Shaun Deeb	4	1
Adam Owen	3	1
Brian Hastings	3	5
Dan Smith	3	2
Eli Elezra	3	0
John Racener	3	0
Niall Farrell	3	1
Robert Mizrachi	3	0
Scott Clements	3	3
Todd Brunson	3	1
Benjamin Yu	2	0
Charlie Carrel	2	0
Craig McCorkell	2	1
Dzmitry Urbanovich	2	9
Erik Seidel	2	3
Konstantin Puchkov	2	0
Loni Harwood	2	0
Rep Porter	2	0
Ryan D'Angelo	2	0
Stuart Rutter	2	3
Adrian Mateos	1	0
Alec Torelli	1	0
Allen Cunningham	1	0
Allen Kessler	1	1
Bart Lybaert	1	0
Brock Parker	1	2
Bryn Kenney	1	1
Calvin Anderson	1	2
Chris Bjorin	1	0
Chris Ferguson	1	0
Chris Klodnicki	1	0
Chris Moorman	1	2
Christoph Vogelsang	1	0
Daniel O'Callaghan	1	0
David Peters	1	0
Dominik Nitsche	1	2
Eric Wasserson	1	0
Fabrice Soullier	1	0
Greg Merson	1	0
Ian Johns	1	0
Igor Kurganov	1	1
J C Tran	1	0
Jack Salter	1	0
Joao Vieira	1	0
Linda Iwaniak	1	0
Ludo Geilich	1	0
Marco Johnson	1	0
Maria Ho	1	1
Martin Finger	1	0
Matt Glantz	1	0
Michael Gathy	1	0
Mike Gorodinsky	1	5
Mike McDonald	1	0
Mustapha Kanit	1	2
Naoya Kihara	1	0
Olivier Busquet	1	2
Park Yu Cheung	1	0
Patrick Leonard	1	1
Roland Israelashvili	1	0
Ryan Leplante	1	0
Sergio Aido	1	0
Simon Deadman	1	5
Thomas Taylor	1	0
Tom Hall	1	0
Tom Middleton	1	0
Vanessa Selbst	1	4
Will Kassouf	1	0

[MintTrav]

Biggest Losers

There have been some spectacular falls, the biggest rejection being of Dzimitry Urbanovich, who was going to do all-sorts at his first Series last year, but failed very publicly to make any impression. Nine people picked him last year, but only two were willing to do so this time. He was actually on zero until quite late on. Two others who did fall to zero are Anthony Zinno and Doug Polk. Polk is not a surprise, as he doesn't play many events, but Zinno reached five final tables two years ago, including a win. Simon Deadman and Mike Gorodinsky have also been soundly rejected. Again, I am surprised that Gorodinsky has been blown out. Two years ago, he clocked up 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, plus four more top-thirty finishes. He was 87th in the Main Event last year and is coming off two big results in the past week. Our selectors are a tough lot.

Number of Selections

Player	2017	2016	Rejection Factor
Dzmitry Urbanovich	2	9	-7
Anthony Zinno	0	5	-5
Doug Polk	0	4	-4
Mike Gorodinsky	1	5	-4
Simon Deadman	1	5	-4
Ole Schemion	0	3	-3
Phil Hellmuth	7	10	-3
Scott Seiver	0	3	-3
Vanessa Selbst	1	4	-3