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I am pleased to announce the Blonde WSOP 2016 Fantasy League.


The rules.

1. Entry is FREE.  Each person is allowed only one entry.


2. Entries must be submitted on this thread by: 7pm Wednesday 1st June. No late entries will be accepted - you have plenty of time to enter. You may make changes to your selection prior to the start of the competition.
See template in next post for entry form.


3. There are 7 categories below.
You must select one player from each category plus two players of your own choice from any or none of the lists, plus a captain from one of your names who will score double. You may not select the same player twice, i.e. your wild card entries must not replicate one of your other selections.
You will be allowed to make unlimited substitutions once the competition has started. The first substitution will be free but any subsequent substitution will cost 10 points. For each substitution any points accrued by the person substituted in events already started (or finished) will be retained but only points scored in later events will count for the substitute. If the person that you substitute is your captain, the player that replaces him will become your captain.
The categories have been chosen by Tighty so I accept no blame for them. :)

The organisers reserve the right to change the list of players in any category until the closing date of the competition. In the event of this happening anyone who has chosen a removed player will be given the opportunity to change their selection without penalty.


4. The prizes for the winner will be:

1st £100

2nd £50

3rd £25

DTD are adding a $109 GPPT Mini seat (any leg, events are $50,000 GTD) to the winner

details of these events are on http://gpptmini.com/


(Prize winners should arrange details with Tighty).


5. Points will be awarded as follows:

Events No 1 to 69 from the WSOP schedule will count.
Points will be 5 points for winning, 3 points for making the final table (as designated by the WSOP) and 1 point for making the money.
For heads-up events, the 2nd to 8th place finishers will constitute the "final table".
Points for the Main Event will be 10 points for making the final table and 5 points for making the money


6. Scores will be recorded on the following spreadsheet:
http://bit.ly/1TbXg0P


7. I will be using http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/ for the purposes of determining results.


8. In the event of a tie on points, the following tie-breaks will apply in this order:

i. The team with the highest number of event winners
ii. The team with the highest scoring captain
iii. The team with the highest scoring individual
iv. The drawing of lots (involving myself and TightEnd).


9. My decision is final in all matters (until proven otherwise).


Categories.

2015 ITM More than 5 times

Taylor Paur
Erik Seidel
Calvin Anderson
Eric Baldwin
Matt Glantz
Max Pescatori
Scott Clements
Mohsin Charania
Shannon Storr
Dan Kelly


Brits

Simon Deadman
Sam Trickett
Max Silver
Charlie Carrel
Niall Farrell
Craig McCorkell
Chris Moorman
Patrick Leonard
Matthew Ashton
Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Colman
Anthony Zinno
Mike Gorodinsky
Justin Bonomo
Brian Hastings
Shaun Deeb
Paul Volpe
Kevin MacPhee
Mike Leah

High Stakes

Mustapha Kanit
Antonio Esfandiari
Ben Sulsky
Doug Polk
Vanessa Selbst
Jason Mercier
Ben Lamb
Daniel Cates
Dan Shak
Bryn Kenney


Main Event Champions

Greg Merson
Martin Jacobson
Ryan Reiss
Jonathan Duhamel
Carlos Mortensen
Phil Hellmuth
Joe Cada
Greg Raymer
Chris  Moneymaker
Joe McKeehan


Eurozone

Dominic Nitsche
Bertrand Grospellier
Marvin Rettenmaier
Eugene Katchalov
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Fedor Holz
Ismael Bojang
Ole Schemion
George Danzer
Oivier Busquet

Best of Blondes

Stuart Rutter
Richard Gryko
Alex Goulder
Ryan Spittles
Tony Kendall
James Dempsey
Jake Cody
Toby Lewis
Chris Brammer
Simon Trumper

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There will also be a side event with an entry fee with the prize pool consisting of all the entry fees.
I will start a separate thread for this.

Please post entries using the following template.


Captain:

2015 ITM More than 5 times:

Brits:

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:

High Stakes:

Main Event Champions:

Eurozone:

Best of Blondes:

Wild card 1:

Wild card 2:

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Here is last year's thread:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=65439.0

thanks to Mere for once again agreeing to run this.

We'll do a day by day "WSOP Results" thread to follow progress of brits, blondes and bracelets through the series too

Thanks for running this again.

In. 

I'll definitely be in, probably have a crack at the paid one too :)

Captain:   Stephen Chidwick

2015 ITM More than 5 times:   Dan Kelly

Brits:   Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Paul Volpe

High Stakes:   Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:   Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:   George Danzer

Best of Blondes:   Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1:   Shaun Deeb

Wild card 2:   Dmitry Urbanovich

first in. dont all copy off me now.

Thanks for starting us off.

Confirmed.

So excited - it's Vegas time baby.  Thanks for running - here's my effort:

Captain:   Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times:   Erik Seidel

Brits:   Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes:   Mustapha Kanit

Main Event Champions:   Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone:   Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes:   Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1:  Jason Mercier

Wild card 2:   Niall Farrell

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Captain:   Shaun Deeb

2015 ITM More than 5 times:   Calvin Anderson

Brits:   Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Gordo

High Stakes:   Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:   Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:   George Danzer

Best of Blondes:   Chris Brammer

Wild card 1:   Shaun Deeb

Wild card 2:   Dmitry Urbanovich

I have assumed that "Gordo" is Mike Gorodinsky; let me know if that is not the case.

Confirmed.

Ah yeh sorry it is.

No problems.
Confirmed.

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times
Erik Seidel

Brits
Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15
Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes
Mustapha Kanit

Main Event Champions
Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone
Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes
Jake Cody

Wildcards
Dmitry Urbanovich
Jason Mercier

Captain: Daniel Negreanu

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Taylor Paur

Brits: Max Silver

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Anthony Zinno

High Stakes: Bryn Kenney

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Dominik Nitsche

Best of Blondes: Ryan Spittles

Wild card 1: Daniel Negreanu

Wild card 2: Fedor Holz

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Captain:   David Baker  (ODB)

2015 ITM More than 5 times:Dan Kelly

Brits:Patrick Leonard

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:Daniel Colman

High Stakes:  Vanessa Selbst

Main Event Champions:  Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone:  Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Best of Blondes:Alex Goulder

Wild card 1:David Baker  (ODB)

Wild card 2:David Baker  (Bakes)

Confirmed.

2015 ITM More than 5 times

Mohsin Charania

Brits

Matthew Ashton

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15

Kevin MacPhee

High Stakes

Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions

Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone

Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes

Toby Lewis

Wild Card 1 Ole Schemion

Wld card 2 George Danzer (capt)

Confirmed.

Captain: George Danzer



2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Taylor Paur

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Brian Hastings

High Stakes: Mustapha Kanit

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Stu Rutter

Wild card 1: Charlie Carrel

Wild card 2: George Danzer

Confirmed.

Captiano Chris moorman

ITM: Erik Siedel
Brits: Paddy Leonard
WSOP: Negrenau
High Stakes: Fedor Holz
Champions: Jacobson
Euro:Ole Shemmion
Blondes: Stu Rutter
Wildcard: Jake Cody + Jason Mercier

Your captain must be one of your selected players.

Ah my apologies will sack paddy from Brits, in place of Chris moorman also captain. Ty!

No worries.
I should have also have said that Fedor Holz isn't a valid choice for "High Stakes".

Captiano Chris moorman

ITM: Erik Siedel
Brits: Chris Moorman
WSOP: Negrenau
High Stakes: BenSulsky
Champions: Jacobson
Euro:Ole Shemmion
Blondes: Stu Rutter
Wildcard: Fedor Holz + Jason Mercier

Confirmed.

Captain: Stephen Chidwick

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun Deeb

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Martin Jacobsen

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: George Danzer

Wild card 2: Dmitry Urbanovich


Thanks Mere!

You're welcome!

Confirmed.

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Kevin Macphee

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: George Danzer

Best of Blondes: Stu Rutter

Wild card 1: Fedor Holz

Wild card 2: Mike Gorodinsky

Confirmed.

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negrenau

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: George Danzer

Best of Blondes: Stu Rutter

Wild card 1: Shaun Deeb

Wild card 2: Dmitry Urbanovich


Nice one Mere

Captain:   Justin Bonomo

2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Max Pescatori

Brits:   Chris Moorman

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Justin Bonomo

High Stakes:   Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:   Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:   Olivier Busquet

Best of Blondes:   Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1:  Johnathan Little

Wild card 2: Daniel Negreanu

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

15 entries so far.

Captain: Anthony Zinno

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Calvin Anderson

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Mike Gorodinsky

Wild card 2: Anthony Zinno

Confirmed.

Captain: Calvin Anderson

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Calvin Anderson

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Mike Gorodinsky

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Dominik Nitsche

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: Paul Volpe

Wild card 2: Erik Seidel

Confirmed.

Captain: Doug Polk

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Max Pescatori

Brits: Chris Moorman

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Dan Shak

Main Event Champions: Joe McKeehan

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Jake Cody

Wild card 1: Paul Volpe

Wild card 2: Doug Polk

Confirmed.

18 entries so far.

015 ITM More than 5 times

Taylor Paur

Brits

Max Silver

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15

Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes

Mustapha Kanit


Main Event Champions

Phil Hellmuth


Eurozone

Dominic Nitsche

Best of Blondes

Toby Lewis

Wild Card 1 - Nial Farrell
Wild Card 2 - Jason Mercier (C)

Confirmed.

Captain: Tom Middleton

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Chris Moorman

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun Deeb

High Stakes: Antonio Esfandiari

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: George "I have Ace Qveen" Danzer

Best of Blondes: James Dempsey

Wild card 1: Tom Middleton

Wild card 2: Sam Grizzle

Thanks for running this again Mere!

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Mohsin Charania

Brits: Sam Trickett

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Eugene Katchalov

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: Joe Kuether

Wild card 2: Connor Drinan

Confirmed.

Sam Grizzle - that's a blast from the past , you sure he is still alive Brent ?

You're welcome!

Confirmed.

No idea mate

Thanks for running this. My picks are:


Captain: Dmitry Urbanovich

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Scott Clements

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Vanessa Selbst

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Dominic Nitsche

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Dmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2:Fedor Holz

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Thanks for running this :)

Captain: Daniel Negreanu

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Patrick Leonard

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Jake Cody

Wild card 1: Ole Schemion

Wild card 2: Marvin Rettenmaier

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Thanks for running again guys :)

ITM More Than 5 Times: Dan Kelly
Brits: Charlie Carrel
WSOP POTY Top 10: Paul Volpe
High Stakes: Bryn Kenney
Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth
Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Wildcard 1: Paul Newey
Wildcard 2: Sam Trickett

Captain: Fedor Holz

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

I missed B.O.B. Have added.

Thanks.
I was asleep on the job and missed it!
Confirmed.

Categories.

2015 ITM More than 5 times

Matt Glantz


Brits


Max Silver


WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15


Mike Leah

High Stakes


Dan Shak



Main Event Champions

Greg Raymer

Eurozone


Bertrand Grospellier



Best of Blondes

Simon Trumper


Wild card 1:  James Dempsey

Wild card 2:  Talal Shakerchi

Captain: Simon Trumper




fwiw, you have Busquet as Eurozone, he's from the Bronx, apparently.

Confirmed.

Thanks for pointing that out.
I'll schedule an extra double Geography lesson for Tighty.

DTD are adding a $109 GPPT Mini seat (any leg, events are $50,000 GTD) to the winner

details of these events are on http://gpptmini.com/

thanks to Glenn and DTD for this

Mere i will add this to the OP

Captain:

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Calvin Anderson

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Mike Gorodinsky

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: George Danzer

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Adam Owen (captain)

Wild card 2: Paul Volpe

Thanks.

Confirmed.

In agreement with Tighty I'm happy to add a $109 GPPT Mini seat for the winner of this competition.

Winner can use their ticket for any GPPT Mini Leg, calendar of events can be found here: www.gpptmini.com

If I win (highly unlikely) I'll give it to second.

GL.

Hiya suzanne.

Thank you.

Sadly, Ole Schemion isn't a main event winner, he's in the Eurozone group.

Lol @ my copy/paste skills.

Is that okay now?

That's good!

Confirmed.

Hi Thanks for running again.

You should have my money tonight.

Team

ITM5     Erik Seidel
Brits      Stephen Chidwick
POTY    Shaun Deeb
High     Jason Mercier
Main     Phil Hellmuth (Capt)
Euro     George Danzer
Blonde  Ryan Spittles
Wild Card Chris Moorman Daniel Coleman

Thanks

Captain: Mike Leah

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Max Pescatori

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Mike Leah

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Chris Brammer

Wild card 1: Dzmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2: Vanessa Selbst

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

Swap Holz for Bojang please?

Thanks for running this Mere

Here are my picks

Captain:  Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Calvin Anderson

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun Deeb

High Stakes:  Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Helmuth

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: George Danzer

Wild card 2: David ODB Baker

Confirmed.

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Dan Kelly

Brits: Chris Moorman

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Ole Schemion

Best of Blondes: Ryan Spittles

Wild card 1: Doug Polk

Wild card 2: Vanessa Selbst


Thanks mate.

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

5 days left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


31 entries so far.
This year's field appears to be by far the smallest since I have been running the competition so your chances of winning are much better. :)

First post on Blonde, joined to join this! :)

Captain: Dan Kelly

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Dan Kelly

Brits: Matthew Ashton

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Mike Gorodinsky

High Stakes: Bryn Kenney

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: Dzmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2: Daniel Negreanu

Welcome to Blonde.
Please have a wander around and see if there's anything you like.


Confirmed.

Can i  have James obst in place of shaun deeb.

Cheers

No problem.

Confirmed.


To clarify, you can make as many substitutions as you like without penalty before the entry deadline (7pm June 1st).

Captain: DanSmith

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Dan Kelly

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Dan Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: Dan Smith

Wild card 2: Dan Heimiller

Last year's Dan policy didn't work as well as doing no.3 in the Cheltenham tipping comp, so having to draft in a few non-Dans.

Confirmed.

2016 The Year of the Dan, possibly.
I'm sure that I read somewhere that Hellmuth was considering changing his name to Dan by deed poll.

Hello Mere,

Captain: Phil Hellmuth

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Taylor Paur

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Paul Volpe

High Stakes: Doug Polk

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Daniel Negreanu

Wild card 2: Jason Mercier

Cheers

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

4 days left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


34 entries so far.

Hi, I really enjoy this type of thing. Here are my selectors:

Captain: Anthony Zinno

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Scott Clements

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Anthony Zinno

High Stakes: Bryn Kenney

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Dominic Nitsche

Best of Blondes: James Dempsey

Wild card 1: Steve O'Dwyer

Wild card 2: Fedor Holz

Thanks.

Derek

Hi, welcome to Blonde.
Have a stroll around and see if there is anything you like. :)

Confirmed.

Good luck.

 

Thanks again Mere


Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Taylor Paur

Brits: Niall Farrell

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Colman

High Stakes: Bryn Kenney

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Ole Schemion

Best of Blondes:Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Jason Mercier

Wild card 2: Fedor Holz
 

 
 
 

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

3 days left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


36 entries so far.

ITM More than 5 times:
Calvin Anderson

Brits:
Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10:
Shaun Deeb-Captain

High Stakes:
Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:
Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:
Bertrand Grospellier

Best of Blondes:
Toby Lewis

Wildcard 1:
Daniel Cates

Wildcard 2:
Doug Polk

Confirmed.

Captain
Dmity Urbanovich

2015 ITM More than 5 times
Dan Kelly

Brits
Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15
Mike Gorodinsky

High Stakes
Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions
Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone
Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes
Stuart Rutter

Wildcard 1
Dmitry Urbanovich

Wildcard 2
Jens Lakemeier

Confirmed.

Captain: Patrick Leonard

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Taylor Paur

Brits: Patrick Leonard

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Martin Jacobson

Eurozone: George Danzer

Best of Blondes: Stu Rutter

Wild card 1: Stephen Chidwick

Wild card 2: Max Pescatori

Ultimate stab in the dark! cheers for running it mere

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Sam Trickett

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Greg Raymer

Eurozone: Bertrand Grospellier

Best of Blondes: Jake Cody

Wild card 1: Vanessa Selbst

Wild card 2: Antonio Esfandiari

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

2015 ITM More than 5 times - Dan Kelly

Captain - Jason Mercier

Brits - Max Silver

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15  - Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions - Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone - George Danzer

Best of Blondes - Toby Lewis

Wildcard 1 - Patrick Leonard

Wildcard 2 - Daniel Negreanu

Captain: Stuart Rutter

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Scott Clements

Brits Matthew Ashton

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun Deeb

High Stakes: Antonio Esfandiari

Main Event Champions: Martin Jacobson

Eurozone: Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes: Tony Kendall

Wild card 1: James Dempsey

Wild card 2: Ryan Spittles

Captain Fedor Holz
2015 ITM  Matt Glantz
brits  max silver
wsop poty  anthony zinno
high stakes  bryn kenney
main event champs  jonathan duhamel
eurozone  fedor holz
best of blondes chris brammer
wild card  jason mercier
wild card2 scott clements

You missed out "WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15". :)

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

Captain: Dzmitry Urbanovich

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Scott Clements

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Dzmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2:Christopher George

Confirmed.

Hi Mere

I hope you're well.  Thanks for running this.  Here's my highly uneducated guesses:



Captain:   Fedor Holz

2015 ITM More than 5 times:   Erik Seidel

Brits:   Patrick Leonard

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:    Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes:     Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:    Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone:    Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes:   Toby Lewis

Wild card 1:    Phil Hellmuth

Wild card 2:   Mike McDonald (Timex)
 

Thanks for running this Mere, team as below:

Captain: Stephen Chidwick

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Calvin Anderson

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Dzmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2: Alexandre Luneau

Thanks

You're welcome.

All good here thanks; I hope that the same is true for you.

Confirmed.

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

You're welcome.

You need to nominate a captain.

Service Announcement.


dino1980 has sportingly passed on some news that Charlie Carrel won't be playing the WSOP this year so it would seem a good idea to replace him if you have selected him.
The 3 people who have selected him are:

redsimon
GlennDuskTillDawn
suzanne



https://www.facebook.com/charlie.carrel

2 days left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


47 entries so far.

D'oh. Jason Mercier captain.

Confirmed.

Captain: Daniel Negreanu

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Sam Trickett

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Martin Jacobsen

Eurozone: Marvin Rettenmaier

Best of Blondes: Jake Cody

Wild card 1: Phil Hellmuth

Wild card 2: Daniel Colman

Thanks Mere :)

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

All hail the Monkey-Master for managing this again :)

Captain: Phil Hellmuth

2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Eric Seidel

Brits:  Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes:  Vanessa Selbst

Main Event Champions:  Phil Hellmuth
 
Eurozone:  Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Patrick Leonard

Wild card 1: Antonio Esfandiari

Wild card 2: Stephen O'Dwyer

Can I put Dmitry Urbanovich in place of Charlie Carell Please. Ty to Dino/ Mere Novice for letting me know of his absence

Thanks, I think!

Nice try to sneak Mr Leonard in as "Best of Blondes".
Have another go.

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Scott clements

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun deeb

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: George danzer

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1: Dzmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2: Max Pescotori

Confirmed.

Attempt 2 :P

Captain - Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times - Dan Kelly

Brits - Max Silver

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15 -Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes - Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions - Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone - George Danzer

Best of Blondes - Toby Lewis

Wildcard 1 - Patrick Leonard

Wildcard 2 - Dzmitry Urbanovich

Substitution please. Charlie Carrell for Simon Deadman.

Thanks all.

Captain: Fedor Holz

Taylor Paur

Patrick Leonard

Kevin McPhee

Mustapha Kanit

Joe McKeehan

Fedor Holz

Ryan Spittles.  He's due!

Wild card 1:  Alex Goulder

Wild card 2:  Mike gorodinsky



Can I enter please? On my phone so apologies if it looks a bit rubbish.

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

Yes, you can enter.

Confirmed.

Correction.
Your captain must be one of your nominated players.

No one's picked Phil Ivey yet this year. In a way it's not surprising of course because he likely won't play more than a couple, but he was top of everyone's picks 3-4 years ago.

Mr Ivey was the primary reason that we introduced the substitution rule. :)
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57682.msg1563600#msg1563600

Apologies, revised entry:

Captain: Stuart Rutter

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Scott Clements

Brits Matthew Ashton

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun Deeb

High Stakes: Antonio Esfandiari

Main Event Champions: Martin Jacobson

Eurozone: Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes: Tony Kendall

Wild card 1: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 2: Ryan Spittles

No problem.

Confirmed.

Captain: Stephen Chidwick

2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Calvin Anderson

Brits:  Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Mike Gorodinksy

High Stakes:  Ben Sulsky

Main Event Champions: Greg Merson
 
Eurozone:  Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Shaun Deeb

Wild card 2: Fedor Holz

Confirmed.

Definitely a compliment.

Naturally assumed that BITB would be in the BoB category, although

Ok, I'll swap Pads in for Chidwick and pick Jake Cody as BoB.

Thanks again

Thank you and you're welcome.

Confirmed.

Without wishing to disparage those in the BoB group, I think that it may have led to a diminution in the variety of selections in that group if Mr Leonard had been included.

Your grid is more McLaren than Red Bull Peter.

My entry please :

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Mohsin Charania

Brits: Charlie Carrel

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Shaun Deeb

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Olivier Busquet

Wild card 2: Bryn Kenney

Many thanks and good luck everyone.

You're welcome,

Confirmed.

You might like to reconsider your selection of Charlie Carrel.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=66920.msg2135954#msg2135954

Many thanks, I'll take Pleno instead please.

You're welcome,

Confirmed.

team name : "the winning enter no one else needs bothering entering ok maybe not just let me beat tikay though"

Captain: Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Patrick Leonard

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: George Danzer

Best of Blondes: Jake Cody

Wild card 1: Eric Baldwin

Wild card 2: Brian Hastings

Confirmed.

36 hours left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


54 entries so far.

Amended team:

ITM More than 5 times:
Calvin Anderson

Brits:
Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10:
Shaun Deeb-Captain

High Stakes:
Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:
Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:
Bertrand Grospellier

Best of Blondes:
Toby Lewis

Wildcard 1:
Vanessa Selbst Qc

Wildcard 2:
Doug Polk

Confirmed although I don't think that Ms Selbst is actually a QC.

Captain: Daniel Negreanu

2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Erik Seidel

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Jonathan Duhamel

Eurozone: Eugene Katchalov

Best of Blondes: Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Chris Moorman

Wild card 2: Sam Trickett


Thanks for running again.

How long left to enter?

Captain:  Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times:  Dan Kelly

Brits:  Niall Farrell

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Mike Gorodinsky

High Stakes:  Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:  Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:  George Danzer

Best of Blondes: Toby Lewis

Wild card 1:  Fedor Holz

Wild card 2:  Daniel Negreanu

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

The deadline is 7pm tomorrow. :)

Confirmed.

Captain Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times


Dan Kelly


Brits

Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15

Mike Gorodinsky


High Stakes

Jason Mercier



Main Event Champions

Phil Hellmuth


Eurozone

Ismael Bojang

Best of Blondes

Alex Goulder

Wildcard 1- Brian Hastings
Wildcard 2- Shaun Deeb

Confirmed.

24 hours left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


57 entries so far.


Remember that there is no late registration for this competition.

Captain: Dmitry Urbanovich

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Moshin Charania

Brits: Niall Farrell

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: D Negs

High Stakes: Mustapha Kanit

Main Event Champions: Greg Merson

Eurozone: Fedor Holz

Best of Blondes: James Demspey

Wild card 1: Dmitry Urbanovich

Wild card 2: Doug Polk

Many thanks !!!!

captain  STEPHEN CHIDWICK

2015 ITM DAN KELLY

Brits STEPHEN CHIDWICK

WSOP POTY  SHAUN DEEB

High stakes  DAN SHAK

Main event  CARLOS MORTENSEN

Eurozone FEDOR HOLZ

Best of blondes  CHRIS BRAMMER

Wild 1 VANESSA SELBST

Wild 2 BEN LAMB

Confirmed.

You're welcome !!!

Confirmed.

Oh and ty as always!

You're welcome!

2015 ITM More than 5 times

Dan Kelly

Brits

Stephen Chidwick CAPTAIN

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15

Shaun Deeb

High Stakes

Antonio Esfandiari

Main Event Champions

Phil Hellmuth


Eurozone

Eugene Katchalov

Best of Blondes

Jake Cody

Pick 1 Daniel  Negreanu
Pick 2 Kevin MacPhee

Thank you for sorting this again.

Regards
M

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

itm 5 times calvin anderson

brits max silver

wsop poty daniel neg

high stakes bryn kenney

main event champ martin jacobsen

eurozone fedor holz CAPTAIN

 strawberry blondes chris brammer

wild card 1 ole schemion

wild card 2 BITB  patrick  leonard


thank you mere, super sick effort .

Captain:   Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times:   Dan Kelly

Brits:   Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:  Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes:   Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:   Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:   George Danzer

Best of Blondes:   Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1:   Vanessa Selbst
Wild card 2:   Jason Somerville

Thanks and you're welcome.

Confirmed.

Confirmed.

Captain - Dmitry Urbanovich

2015 ITM More than 5 times - Dan Kelly

Brits - Matthew Ashton

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15 - Mike Gorodinsky

High Stakes - Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions - Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone - George Danzer

Best of Blondes - Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1: Dmitry Urbanovich
Wild Card 2: Stephen Chidwick

Cheers

Confirmed.

12 hours left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


63 entries so far.


Remember that there is no late registration for this competition.

[Door of Merebet shop opens. A chap in a sharp suit bustles in. Pushes past man sighing into an FOBT. Takes out slip of paper from an inside jacket pocket. Scribbles details onto betting slip. Checks pocket watch. Scribbles some more. Pushes through crowd of people watching the next virtual race at Novice Park. Forces slip onto counter with an outstretched arm, just as the bell goes. Cashier raises an eyebrow. Makes a phonecall. "He's here". Processes slip.]

Skipper: Stephen Chidwick

In the money 5 times: Erik Seidel

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

POTY: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champs: Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone: George Danzer

Blondes: Chris Brammer

Wildcard: Mustapha Kanit

Wildcard: Ludovich Geilich

Thanks. Any chance of a cuppa, please?

7:43

Dear Tal

Thank you for your selections. Your selections are with our Trading Team and a member of that team will be in contact with you shortly.

Please note that your selections have not yet been processed.

Thank you for your custom.

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Please post entries using the following template.


Captain: Stephen Chidwick

2015 ITM More than 5 times: Dan Kelly

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15: Daniel Negreanu

High Stakes: Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions: Greg Merson

Eurozone: Bertrand Grospellier

Best of Blondes: Jake Cody

Wild card 1: Niall Farrell

Wild card 2: Calvin Anderson

Thank you for organising this again Vince

Confirmed.

Cuppa on its way. Would you like a complimentary Big Mac with that? We have a special promotion in an attempt to keep the psychopaths customers in the shop a little longer.

Unfortunately we can only accept £0.00 of your bet at the current price. Would you like to bet the remainder at half the price?

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Go on, then.

And no thank you to the Big Mac. I'm going to have to tour the local Merebet shops after this cuppa to get enough on.

Mere

entry from Cat Winch on blondepoker facebook.

2015 itm more than 5 times - Dan Kelly

Brits - Niall Farrell

Wsop poty top 10a 2014-2015 - Daniel negreanu

High stakes - Vanessa selbst

Main event champions - Carlos mortenson

Eurozone - ole schemion

Best of blondes - Toby Lewis

Wild card 1 - Patrick Leonard

Wild card 2 - Mustapha Kanit (captain)

she is going to join up to the forum but is getting married today so it has to wait (original excuse, i have to say)

That's dedication.

Confirmed.

6 hours left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


66 entries so far.


Remember that there is no late registration for this competition.

Captain:

Jason Mercier

2015 ITM More than 5 times:

Dan Kelly

Brits:

Matthew Ashton

WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:

Shaun Deep

High Stakes:

Jason Mercier

Main Event Champions:

Phil Hellmuth

Eurozone:

George Danzer

Best of Blondes:

Stuart Rutter

Wild card 1:

Naoya Kihara

Wild card 2:

Vladimir Troyanovskiy


Thanks for running Mere, bank details same as last time? In for both

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Yes, bank details are still the same.

Captain : Phil Helmuth

2015 ITM > 5 : Dan Kelly

Brits: Stephen Chidwick

Wsop POTY 15 :  Brian Hastings

High stakes: Jason Mercier

ME Champs: Phil Helmuth

Eurozone: George Danzer

Best of blondes: Stu Rutter

Wildcard 1 : D Negreanu

Wildcard 2 : max Pescatori


Many thanks once again Mere, really enjoyed these few weeks last year!

P.s. Can you message me bank details too please? Likely to play that...

You're welcome.

Confirmed.

Mercier (captain)

Kelly

Farrell

Gorodinsky

Mercier

Motensen

Danzer

Rutter

Cal Anderson

Me

3 hours left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


69 entries so far.


Remember that there is no late registration for this competition.

Confirmed.

2 hours left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


69 entries so far.


Remember that there is no late registration for this competition.

1 hour left to enter this free competition with great prizes.


69 entries so far.


Remember that there is no late registration for this competition.

captain change

Confirmed.

Good luck everyone.

well done Mere

been a bit of a struggle this year, but 69 is good going really

thanks for doing it and good luck everyone

You're welcome and thanks for all the promotional work you did. :)

All entered teams are here:

http://bit.ly/1TbXg0P


Note that the scoring will work by matching the name of the player against the name provided on the results list provided by the WSOP. There are bound to be inconsistencies depending on the specific name used in the results. I will try to spot all the variations as the results come in but please feel free to point out anything that I miss.

If you spot any errors in your team, please let me know.


Please feel free to contribute as the events progress - it gets lonely in here. :)

Enjoy.

Nerd Corner.

Some statistics to gladden the heart of the nerds.

69 people entered and no two teams are identical.

94 different players were selected across all categories.

The most popular selections in each category are as follows:-

Captain:

Jason Mercier   20
Stephen Chidwick   9
Daniel Negreanu   5
Dmitry Urbanovich   5
Fedor Holz   5
Phil Hellmuth   4
Dan Kelly   2
George Danzer   2
Justin Bonomo   2
Shaun Deeb   2
Adam Owen   1
Anthony Zinno   1
Calvin Anderson   1
Chris Moorman   1
Dan Smith   1
David “ODB” Baker   1
Doug Polk   1
Mike Leah    1
Mustapha Kanit   1
Patrick Leonard   1
Simon Trumper    1
Stuart Rutter   1
Tom Middleton   1


2015 ITM More than 5 times:

Dan Kelly   20
Erik Seidel   17
Calvin Anderson   9
Taylor Paur   7
Scott Clements   6
Mohsin Charania   4
Matt Glantz   3
Max Pescatori   3
Eric Baldwin   0
Shannon Storr   0


Brits:

Stephen Chidwick   34
Patrick Leonard   9
Max Silver   6
Chris Moorman   6
Niall Farrell   5
Matthew Ashton   5
Sam Trickett   3
Simon Deadman   1
Charlie Carrel   0
Craig McCorkell   0


WSOP POTY Top 10s 2014-15:

Daniel Negreanu   29
Shaun Deeb   12
Mike Gorodinsky   11
Anthony Zinno   3
Paul Volpe   3
Kevin MacPhee   3
Daniel Colman   2
Justin Bonomo   2
Brian Hastings   2
Mike Leah    2


High Stakes:

Jason Mercier   41
Bryn Kenney    8
Mustapha Kanit   7
Vanessa Selbst   4
Antonio Esfandiari   3
Dan Shak   3
Ben Sulsky   2
Doug Polk   1
Ben Lamb   0
Daniel Cates   0


Main Event Champions:

Phil Hellmuth   39
Jonathan Duhamel   13
Martin Jacobson   6
Greg Merson   4
Carlos Mortensen   3
Greg Raymer   2
Joe McKeehan    2
Ryan Reiss   0
Joe Cada   0
Chris  Moneymaker   0


Eurozone:

Fedor Holz   21
George Danzer   19
Ismael Bojang   9
Dominic Nitsche   6
Ole Schemion   4
Bertrand Grospellier   4
Eugene Katchalov   3
Yevgeniy Timoshenko   1
Olivier Busquet    1
Marvin Rettenmaier   1


Best Of Blonde:

Stuart Rutter   24
Toby Lewis   15
Jake Cody   9
Chris Brammer   6
Ryan Spittles   5
Alex Goulder   3
James Dempsey   3
Simon Trumper    3
Tony Kendall   1
Richard Gryko   0


Wild card:

Dmitry Urbanovich   16
Daniel Negreanu   7
Fedor Holz   7
Jason Mercier   7
Vanessa Selbst   6
Doug Polk   4
George Danzer   4
Ole Schemion   4
Paul Volpe   4
Shaun Deeb   4
Brian Hastings   3
Max Pescatori   3
Mike Gorodinsky   3
Niall Farrell   3
Patrick Leonard   3
Antonio Esfandiari   2
Calvin Anderson   2
Chris Moorman   2
Daniel Colman   2
David “ODB” Baker   2
Erik Seidel   2
Mustapha Kanit   2
Phil Hellmuth   2
Sam Trickett   2
Stephen Chidwick   2
Steve O'Dwyer   2
Talal Shakerchi   2
Adam Owen   1
Alex Goulder   1
Alexandre Luneau   1
Anthony Zinno   1
Ben Lamb   1
Bryn Kenney   1
Christopher George   1
Connor Drinnan   1
Dan Heimiller   1
Dan Kelly   1
Dan Smith   1
David “'Bakes” Baker   1
Eric Baldwin   1
Ismael Bojang   1
James Dempsey   1
James Obst   1
Jason Somerville   1
Jens Lakemeier   1
Joe Kuether   1
Jonathan Little   1
Justin Bonomo   1
Keith Hawkins   1
Kevin MacPhee   1
Ludovic Geilich   1
Marvin Rettenmaier   1
Mike Leah   1
Mike McDonald   1
Naoya Kihara   1
Olivier Busquet   1
Paul Newey   1
Ryan Spittles   1
Sam Grizzle   1
Scott Clements   1
Stuart Rutter   1
Tom Middleton   1
Vladimir Troyanovskiy   1



If there are any more gripping stats that you are interested me, please let me know.

Premature Speculation.

If the WSOP tournament events finished the same way as last year, this year's table would look like this.

Manager   Score
dwayne110   123
George2Loose   120
fandango   111
MPOWER   110
Oxford_HRV   104
Yian   102
McSnort   100
Gazza   97
Tonji   97
strak33   96
bergeroo   95
Ironside   94
POWWWWWWWW   93
degston77   92
Ledders   91
Mark_Porter   91
Bigfella   90
stribling   90
The Wycher   89
chompy   88
Matt50   87
Marky147   86
NigDawG   86
WWFCBlue   86
I KNOW IT   85
Derek The Bandit   84
hector62   84
redsimon   82
TightEnd   82
HutchGF   80
Dekka   79
Dmorgan   79
pizzled   79
bronley04   78
Peter-27   78
OwenRua   77
Big_D   76
david3103   76
James Bagley   76
Tal   76
GlennDuskTillDawn   75
mondatoo   75
SteveF   75
baldock92   74
DaveShoelace   74
dino1980   74
tikay   73
The Camel   72
IT5PAYDAY   69
Knottikay   69
celtic   68
Horneris   68
THISnTHAT   68
kp24   67
4KSuited   66
maccol   65
Rexas   65
MelissaChloe   63
OverTheBorder   62
superwomble   59
ashhen   58
nellberg   55
shipitgood   51
suzanne   51
bagel   46
s4ooter   46
Cat Winch   42
booder   39
pleno1   38

WITB

:D

Mere, I'd like to know how many people picked themselves in their team, please.

Hi Mere,

You have BoB as being Simon Trumper, but it's actually Stuart Rutter.

Thanks.

Thanks for spotting that.
Apologies, that's me being lazy with the "autofill".
Amended.

It's difficult to be sure (due to not knowing the Blonde names of everyone) but I reckon that just one person was brave enough to select himself this year.
I think the pressure of knowing that the result of this competition might hinge on how you finish in the main event might be too much pressure for some people as they close in on the final table so I think that it's understandable.

Need to include a rule that any bracelet winners need to thank blondepoker for inspiring them to victory.

Nice stats Mere, seems like the consensus is most people think Mercier is the best mtt player at the moment.
Incredible he has  3/1 on himself winning a bracelet.

Urbanovich is giving evens on most bracelets won this summer vs anyone but Mercier and draws are a push

Does anyone think there is value in these bets? They're both arguably in the most incredible form right now, but poker is gonna poker right?

Good luck all.

Thanks for running Mere.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Yes, Mercier seems a very popular choice. He scored well last year so I guess a lot of people have remembered that.

I hadn't seen that Urbanovich bet. It seems a very generous offer to me (given that Negreanu reportedly used to offer evens on himself or Ivey winning a bracelet).  I guess it's a reflection of his confidence and also an indication that he intends to play a very full schedule, particularly the large buy-in, small field events. Is Negreanu offering any bet this year?

I have to admit I don't follow the latest poker news (Tighty provides all the poker knowledge) so I'm not best placed to speculate on how things are likely to pan out. There are a few players who did well last year who haven't been selected by anyone this year. I'm sure that there will be some surprises along the way.

My major concern this year is that the size of the field for The Colossus might break my spreadsheet. :)

Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em (single re-entry)
Status: In the money (End of day 1)
Field: 731
Paid: 110
Remaining: 23


Selected players still remaining are:

None
      

Points scorers:

All those above plus

None

Mercier and Urbanovich both tweeted these bets, and I saw them on a news site. Not really sure about dnegs! I'm not exactly in the know with recent player news either! I imagine there must be some close circle bets going on though for sure.

 They have both been laid by Selbst for 3 bracelets 200/1 (Urbanovich has $10k on this) and Mercier has backed himself 20/1 for 2 bracelets this year.

Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em (single re-entry)
Status: Complete
Field: 731
Paid: 110
Winner: Christopher Sand
     

Points scorers:

None

After 1 event the table looks like this:

Manager   Score
4KSuited   0
ashhen   0
bagel   0
baldock92   0
bergeroo   0
Big_D   0
Bigfella   0
booder   0
bronley04   0
Cat Winch   0
celtic   0
chompy   0
DaveShoelace   0
david3103   0
degston77   0
Dekka   0
Derek The Bandit   0
dino1980   0
Dmorgan   0
dwayne110   0
fandango   0
Gazza   0
George2Loose   0
GlennDuskTillDawn   0
hector62   0
Horneris   0
HutchGF   0
I KNOW IT   0
Ironside   0
IT5PAYDAY   0
James Bagley   0
Knottikay   0
kp24   0
Ledders   0
maccol   0
Mark_Porter   0
Marky147   0
Matt50   0
McSnort   0
MelissaChloe   0
mondatoo   0
MPOWER   0
nellberg   0
NigDawG   0
OverTheBorder   0
OwenRua   0
Oxford_HRV   0
Peter-27   0
pizzled   0
pleno1   0
POWWWWWWWW   0
redsimon   0
Rexas   0
s4ooter   0
shipitgood   0
SteveF   0
strak33   0
stribling   0
superwomble   0
suzanne   0
Tal   0
The Camel   0
The Wycher   0
THISnTHAT   0
TightEnd   0
Tonji   0
WWFCBlue   0
Yian   0
tikay   0

Event #2: $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold'em - Flight A
Status: In the money (End of day 1a)
Field: 3,249
Paid: 488
Remaining: 121


Selected players still remaining are:

Max Silver
      

Points scorers:

All those above plus

Scott Clements

OBJECTION.

Why am I listed in last place?

Because I can.

Mere

new blonde member MissCat87 = cat winch on your entry list

Thanks.

Service Announcement.

If a selected player cashes more than once in The Colossus (or any other event) it will only count as one point.

Wow, I'm tied for first place.  Easily my best showing in one of Mere's comps.  I'm well happy with that.

Event #2: $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold'em - Flight B
Status: In the money (End of day 1b)
Field: 2,153
Paid: 323
Remaining: 70


Selected players still remaining are:

Tom Middleton
Scott Clements      

Points scorers:

All those above plus

Naoya Kihara

If they cashed already eg kihara. But then go on to make final table.  Does their best score count?

Yes.

I believe that Max Pescatori cashed the Colossus.

Thanks.
Registered as "Massimiliano Pescatori" and in the US.

Event #2: $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold'em - Flight C
Status: In the money (End of day 1c)
Field: 3,770
Paid: 566
Remaining: 139


Selected players still remaining are:

Marvin Rettenmaier

Points scorers:

All those above plus

Calvin Anderson

Event #2: $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold'em - Flight D
Status: In the money (End of day 1d)
Field: 3,099
Paid: 465
Remaining: 105


Selected players still remaining are:

Craig McCorkell

Points scorers:

All those above

Mike Leah also cashed and busted Flight C.

He's not on the list unless I'm having a senior moment.
http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14902/Flight-C-Payouts.pdf

Joe Cada did cash though.


Edit: he is on the list for day 1D.

Correction:

Event #2: $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold'em - Flight D
Status: In the money (End of day 1d)
Field: 3,099
Paid: 465
Remaining: 105


Selected players still remaining are:

Craig McCorkell

Points scorers:

All those above

Ludovic Geilich
Kevin MacPhee
Michael Leah

The 'baller' WSOP 25K draft took place last night. Teams have a budget of $200 to buy eight players and there were 11 teams this year.

The top picks were as below, with the prices they went for in brackets. Different scoring system of course but it's quite representative of what Blonde as a whole went for. With only Monnette (0 picks), Mike Leah (3), Paul Volpe (7) and Scott Clements (7) perhaps undervalued by this fourm :) that and they had free reign for picks in the draft of course. More info of that 25K draft here: http://www.25kfantasy.com/index.php

25K Draft top 10:

Stephen Chidwick (108)
Daniel Negreanu (105)
Jason Mercier   (101)
Phil Hellmuth   (100)
Paul Volpe (86)
Dzmitry Urbanovich (85)
John Monnette (80)   
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