WSOP Pool
 

Last year we had a WSOP pool for the main event, but I thought it would be more interesting if we did a pool for the entire event. Here's the idea:

1) You may pick 10 Poker players
2) To make it more interesting, you have to pick at least one female and one non-bracelet winner among your 10.
3) You will score one point for every $1,000 that player earns in an event. For example, last year, someone would have scored 5,000 points in the Main event if they had Greg Raymer.
4) Pick one player from your list as the person you think will win the WSOP. If you correctly pick this, then you are an automatic winner (and the highest pts person will be 2nd place).

We're starting a little late, so we'll have to skip the first couple events. The first even that will count is Event #4, the WSOP Limit Hold Em. Therefore, all picks must be in by Sunday noon which is when that tourney begins.

You can search for bracelet winners at - http://www.pokerpages.com/pokerinfo/...-winners01.htm

Reply here with your selections....

The main event should have a ridiculsouly large number of entrants this year.

Female - Annie Duke

Non Bracelet - Marcel Luske

The rest - Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Scott Fischman, Greg Raymer, Phil Hellmuth, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson & Eric Lindgren.

Main Event winner - Daniel Negreanu

Mine:

Female: Kathy Liebert
Non Bracelet winner: David Williams

Other: James Kelleher (WSOP), Devilfish Elliot, Phil Hellmuth, Dan Harrington, Ted Forrest, Amir Vahedi, Chris Tsiprailidis, Minh Nguyen

Marcel Luske has not won a bracelet. I posted a link in the top post where you can search for bracelets winners. Also, you forgot to pick your Main Event winner prediction.

Female: Annie Duke
Non Bracelet: Alex Brenes
Other: Howard Lederer, Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chang, Erik Seidel, Doyle Brunson, Al Krux (went to HS with his one son)
Main Event Winner: Gus Hansen

I don't see a link for non bracelet winners you mentioned

Impatient! :)

It's there now.

Kathy Liebert has won a bracelet.

fixed it

Thanks for the link, and I updated my list with a winner.

Female-cindy violette

Non braclet-Gus Hansen

Others- Negreanu, Lederer, Nick Frangos, Luske, Moneymaker, Jesus, Esfandiari, Ted Forrest

Winner- Esfandiari

If I get into the pool, I expect some people to pick me. :)

Female: Evelyn Ng
Non-Bracelet: Gus Hansen

Others: Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, Ted Forrest, Chau Giang, John Juanda (final event winner), Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth

Female- Jennifer Harman (my insatiable crush :))
Non-Bracelet- John Phan

Others- Chris Ferguson, Dan Harrington, Erick Lindgren, Michael Mizrachi, David Sklansky, Layne Flack (WSOP ME winner), Huck Seed, and Howard Lederer

Female - Jen Harman
Non-Bracelet - Erick Lindgren

Others - Ivey, Michael Mizrachi, Greenstein, Forrest, Negreanu, David Chiu, Chau Giang, and Josh Arieh (ME).

I like the picks for the grinder, he is on fire right now

Here's mine:

Female - Annie Duke
Non-Bracelet - Gus Hansen (ME Winner)
Others - Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Dan Harrington, John Hennigan, John Juanda, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein

bump, we have 3 and a half hours

Event #4 is down to 15 people. Looks like everyone relevant has been eliminated. Those who had Hellmuth get 4.2 pts and those who had Duke get 10.135 (yes, I am gonna be that anal).

Event #5 is down to final table and none of our people appear to have made it this far.

Grinder 3.375 points.
Ivey 2.410 points.

Didn't see any of the other names in the money for this event.

Are there any worries about spoiling events for people who might read the thread up until the big game? Obviously the information is out there for people who want to find it ...

I think if you are reading this thread you are probably interested enough to follow the results

Quote: 53 "Prince of Docness" (Santa Cruz, CA, USA) $2,410

Whatever, dude.

I was trying to figure that one out also

Sweet, I got 2 decent money finishes in the 6 handed no limit holdem tourney.

The people who have Esfandiari are gonna get some good pts out of this one. At least I had Juanda, and Duke in Event #4, so I'm off to a decent start.

did the magician win?

No but he's got 3rd largest out of 13 left. Some other notable people still around as well, including Harry Demetriou, David Singer, and Mel Judah. I don't think any of us picked them, though.

Rocks and rings. He is so 1.4.

63.020 points for the Magician.

Go Harry Demetriou! I didn't pick him, but I really enjoyed watching him on ESPN's coverage last year.

34 people left in Event #7, including Hoyt Corkins, Barry Greenstein, Phil Gordon, David Williams (yay!), and Annie Duke. Points scored so far:

Jennifer Harman 5.285

Dammit, I guess I can't play?

Actually, I shouldn't have cut it off. Instead, anyone can go ahead and make your picks, but you can't score pts for any tourney that started before you made your picks.

David Williams 7.705
Annie Duke 7.705
Hoyt Corkins (anyone pick him?) 11.010

Female - Jennifer Harmon
Non-Bracelet - Gus Hanson
Other - Howard Lederer, Dan Harrington, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Erik Seidel (ME), Minh Nguyen and Phil Gordon.

Barry Greenstein 11.010

And I think we're all done for this event. Rooting for Phil Gordon.

Event #8 (7 Card Stud):

Chris Ferguson 2.610

No one else we picked is still left.

For those of you who still want to participate, the points scored so far are pretty miniscule. As the fields and buy ins both get larger, more pts will be scored. These early events probably won't matter so much in the long run in regards to who wins the contest.

The 2K no-limit hold-em event is down to 49 and has a bunch of our players in it.

Violette 2nd in chips with 133k
Giang 77,900
Seidel 60,800
Grinder 60,000
Luske 35,500

Other name guys in contention are Demetriou, Joe Awada, Dutch Boyd, John Bonetti, and David Plastik.

I don't think anyone has any of the roughly 100 people who have already cashed.

I should've picked Bonetti. That guy is funny.

Well, since you invited me, I'll accept the challenge. I picked mostly favorites, folks who have seemed hot lately, and people who figure to participate in a lot of events. Sorry I'm so unoriginal. Don't take any of this seriously:

WOMAN - Kathy Liebert
NON-BRACELET WINNER - Marcel Luske
YOUR 2005 WSOP MAIN EVENT WINNER (ha!) - Humberto Brenes
THE OTHER GUYS - Phil Hellmuth, Scott Fischman, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Dan Harrington, Gus Hansen

Event #9 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Seidel - 611.795
2nd: Violette - 295.970
And there were other players from our lists that cashed. Larry, are you going to provide some kind of an updated standings from time to time on this one?

Yeah, I'll do a current standings tonight.

Sweet. Seidel is awesome. It looks like me and Chubby are the only two that have him.

I had Violette! Not bad for the female in my group.

Seidel is at another final table - 2K Pot Limit Omaha
Seidel, Arieh, and Ferguson are the players in our pool that have made it this far.

he is VERY solid IMO and I"m glad he's on a tear :)

Haven't calculated the results yet, but here's a list of the players who scored pts so far. I probably have some people that weren't picked, but hopefully this includes everyone that was picked.

Event #4

Annie Duke - 10.135
David Chiu - 7.240
Phil Hellmuth - 4.200
Alan Goehring - 1.590

Event #5

Minh Nguyen - 19.290
Carlos Mortenson - 8.680
Michael Mizrachi - 3.375
Phil Ivey - 2.410

Event #6

Antonio Esfandiari - 63.020
Mel Judah - 12.605
John Juanda - 10.085
Cyndy Violette - 8.825

Event #7

Phil Gordon - 66.055
Barry Greenstein - 11.010
Hoyt Corkins - 11.010
Annie Duke - 7.705
David Williams - 7.705
Jennifer Harman - 5.285
Scott Fischman - 5.285
Freddie Deeb - 4.405

Event #8

Minh Nguyen - 24.805
Chris Ferguson - 2.610

Event #9

Erik Seidel - 611.795
Cyndy Violette - 295.970
Marcel Luske - 12.910
Michael Mizrachi - 7.485
Freddie Deeb - 2.840
Men Nguyen - 2.325

Event #10

Daniel Negreanu - 3.665

Event #11

Freddie Deeb - 59.615
Phil Gordon - 4.970
TJ Cloutier - 2.890

Event #12 (so far)

Michael Mizrachi - 13.875

Event #12
Arieh - 381.600
Ferguson - 210.460
Seidel - 23.130
Juanda - 11.565
Grinder already listed above.

Into the money at this point in Event 13. Will post some totals through 12 momentarily ...

Points for Events 4-12.
Seidel - 634.925
Arieh - 381.600
Violette - 304.795
Ferguson - 213.065
Gordon - 70.845
Esfandiari - 63.020
Minh Nguyen - 44.040
M. Mizrachi - 24.735
Juanda - 21.650
Duke - 17.840
Giang - 12.910
Luske - 12.910
Greenstein - 11.010
Williams - 7.705
Chiu - 7.240
H. Brenes - 6.930
Fischman - 5.265
Harman-Traniello - 5.265
Hellmuth - 4.200
Negreanu - 3.665
Ivey - 2.410