This is our biggest competition by far. 55 teams have been entered by 40 people and a total of 123 players have been selected.
A lot of selectors have stuck with the old reliables like Negreanu and Hellmuth, who can be expected to clock up results as they chase bracelets or POY points. The new reliables like Monnette, Racener and Obst have had a lot of support, as have the likes of Bonomo, Chidwick and Mercier, despite under-performing last year. There are quite a few similarish teams featuring those players heavily and it would be hard to win without including a few of them. Some have tried to find an edge by identifying high-scoring players who others may miss, which I always like to see. We might feature some of those if there is time. For sure, there is some group-think going on, with several high-performing players ignored while we pile onto others. And some old guard who were rejected last year have made a comeback.
So, who were the most popular players?
