WSOP 2011 Fantasy Contest: FREE to enter

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WSOP Fantasy League 2011

There are 7 categories below, 10 players each for the normal categories, 8 players for the Sky Poker category

You have to select 1 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 eight names who will score double

Entry is FREE this year if you post your entry with a Sky Poker alias

There will be three prizes

1st Entry to a Sky Roller MTT worth £110

2nd £50 of free bets on Sky Bet

3rd A week's entries into the Take-on-Tikay nightly MTTs on Sky Poker


Deadline for entries is midnight on 30th May, for posting teams on this thread

No late entries accepted


Scoring

Events No 1 - 58 from the WSOP schedule will count
Points will be 5 pts for winning, 3 for making the final table and 1 for making the money (heads up final table will count as 2nd to 8th place)
Points for the Main Event will be 10 pts for making the final table and 5 for making the money (this way we wont have to wait until november to see who wins)
Points for the Sky Poker Category 8 for player who lasts longest, down to 1 for the first out


The categories (no point arguing about who is in and who isn't, you have two picks of your own for that)


Brits

JP Kelly
Praz Banzi
James Akenhead
Neil Channing
Jake Cody
Liv Boeree
James Dempsey
Rupert Elder
James Keys
Toby Lewis

WSOP Main Event Winners

Greg Raymer
Joe Hachem
Joe Cada
Jonathan Duhamel
Chris Moneymaker
Jerry Yang
Carlos Mortensen
Jamie Gold
Chris Ferguson
Robert Varkonyi

High Stakes Pros

Phil Ivey
Tom Dwan
Daniel Negraneau
Eli Elezra
Phil Galfond
David Benyamine
Bertrand Grospellier
Gus Hansen
Jason Mercier
Patrik Antonius

Online

Steve "gboro780" Gros
Chris "Moorman1" Moorman
Jon "Pearljammer" Turner
Kevin "BelowAbove" Saul
Dan "djk123" Kelly
Alex "AJKHoosier1" Kamberis
Jimmy "GobboBoy" Fricke
David "docsands" Sands
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger
Yevgeny "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko

Big Dogs

Allen Cunningham
Erik Seidel
John Juanda
Phil Hellmuth
David Pham
David Williams
Jeff Lisandro
J C Tran
Barry Greenstein
Erik Lindgren

All sorts

David "Bakes" Baker
Shaun Deeb
Andrew Robl
Daniel Alaei
Michael Mizrachi
Freddy Deeb
Brian Townsend
Alex Kravchenko
Ilhari Sahamies
Jeff Kimber


Sky Poker in the Main Event (For this category name the player you think will go furthest in the main event)

Thewy (Team Sky Poker)
LolUFold (Team Sky Poker)
Gliterbabe (Team Sky Poker)
Andrew1947 (Viva Las Vegas Qualifier)
LOLRaise (Viva Las Vegas Qualifier)
Terrell (Viva Las Vegas Qualifier)
Warlock (Viva Las Vegas Qualifier)
Kimpet (Viva Las Vegas Qualifier)


So please post teams of 9, 1 from each of the above 7 lists plus two wild cards

Pick a Captain. Captain scores double for your team

I'll put a link up to the spreadsheet before we start

Note. blonde Members with a forum account before 13th May 2011 eligible

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=t6uBZYdX2QOUusCyauQjm0w&authkey=CJnG01g#gid=0

[TightEnd]

On Jan. 24, the World Series of Poker announced the biggest WSOP schedule since its inception with 58 events to take place from May 31 until July 19, 2011. The chance to win one of the coveted 58 bracelets up for grabs will bring players from around the world to Las Vegas and the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for the largest poker festival of the year.

"Something for everyone is the best way to describe the 2011 World Series of Poker schedule," said WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel. "It's staggering to think that last year alone the WSOP hosted nine of the 17 largest tournaments in poker history. We had 44 events produce more than a $1 million prize pool, so we can't wait to get at it again and offer players at all levels the best poker action on the planet."

The 42nd annual WSOP will kick off with its customary $500 Casino Employees event at noon on May 31, but all eyes will be focused on the second event of the day, the newly created $25,000 heads-up event. With a capacity of 256 players, this will be the most expensive heads-up event in WSOP history and will feature the elite of the game. Also new to the schedule this year is Event 29, the $2,500 10-game mix, six-handed event and the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha six-handed event. The most notable removal from the 2011 schedule is the $25,000 six-handed event, which was well-received with a solid turnout of 191 players in 2010.

The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship will continue to be the most expensive and most prestigious event on the schedule and will take place just days before the main event.

One of the primary objectives of the WSOP staff throughout the planning process was to address the comfort of players, and to alleviate some of those concerns, the WSOP staff has implemented a 10-level rule which dictates that during bracelet events (except the main event), no more than 10 levels will be played. For the events starting at noon, play will conclude at approximately 12:45 a.m. the next day and for the 5 p.m. starts, play will end at 2 a.m. Players who successfully advance to the next day of play will return at 2:30 p.m. for the noon events and 3 p.m. for the 5 p.m. events. By creating these hard stop times, it will ensure that players are able to get enough rest prior to the next day of competition.

With the success of the $1,000 events the past two years, the WSOP has continued that trend with a little twist. Last year the WSOP offered its $1,000 events with two starting days on Saturday and Sunday. This year, with the WSOP's theme of "Weekend Warriors," there will be a $1,500 event each Saturday in June and a $1,000 event every Sunday. The only exceptions will be on June 4-5 and July 2-3, when two starting days will be offered for the $1,000 events.

The biggest live poker tournament of the year, the $10,000 main event, will take place beginning on July 7. There will be four starting days for this event. After Days 2A and 2B there will be a day off and then players will play six more days until the final table, the November Nine, is reached on Tuesday, July 19. The final nine players will return to Las Vegas and compete for the bracelet on Nov. 5-7. The final table will be broadcast on ESPN on Nov. 8.

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Please post entries on the following template

Forum Name:

Sky Poker Alias:



Captain:

Brits:

WSOP Main Event Winners:

High Stakes Pros:

Online:

Big Dogs:

All sorts:

Sky Poker in the Main Event:

WildCard 1:

Wild Card 2:
 

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Your captain can be a wild card

Your wild cards can come from any category or be a different name entirely

One name per category

[Bigfella]

Forum Name: bigfella

Sky Poker Alias: Bigfella42

Captain: Phil Helmuth of course

Brits: James Dempsey

WSOP Main Event Winners: Jonathon Duhamel

High Stakes Pros: Jason Mercier

Online: Chris Moorman

Big Dogs: Phil Helmuth

All sorts: Andrew Robl

Sky Poker in the Main Event: Thewy

WildCard 1: Tom Middleton

Wild Card 2: Richard Ashby

[brummieboy]

Forum Name:  brummieboy

Sky Poker Alias: brummieboy1



Captain: Erik Seidel

Brits: Jake Cody

WSOP Main Event Winners: Chris Ferguson

High Stakes Pros: Daniel Negraneau

Online: Chris Moorman

Big Dogs: Erik Seidel

All sorts: Shaun Deeb

Sky Poker in the Main Event: Thewy

WildCard 1: Vanessa Selbst

Wild Card 2: John Juanda
 
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[KarmaDope]

Forum Name: sharplea

Sky Poker Alias: Kaidus



Captain: David Baker

Brits: JP Kelly

WSOP Main Event Winners: Greg Raymer

High Stakes Pros: Phil Ivey

Online: Yevgeny Timoshenko

Big Dogs: Jeff Lisandro

All sorts: David Baker

Sky Poker in the Main Event: Redmond Lee - lolufold

WildCard 1: George Lind III

Wild Card 2: Jason Mercier

[gatso]

Forum Name:gatso

Sky Poker Alias:_______



Captain: Jeff Lisandro

Brits: JP Kelly

WSOP Main Event Winners: Chris Ferguson

High Stakes Pros: Phil Ivey

Online: Yevgeny "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko

Big Dogs: Jeff Lisandro

All sorts: Michael Mizrachi

Sky Poker in the Main Event: LolUFold

WildCard 1: Jason Mercier

Wild Card 2: Praz Banzi

[mondatoo]

Forum Name: mondatoo

Sky Poker Alias: mondatoo ( this may be wrong)


Brits

Jake Cody

WSOP Main Event Winners

Chris Ferguson

High Stakes Pros

Tom Dwan

Online

Chris "Moorman1" Moorman

Big Dogs

Allen Cunningham

All sorts

Andrew Robl

Sky Poker in the Main Event (For this category name the player you think will go furthest in the main event)

Thewy (Team Sky Poker)

Others

Jack Ellwood (capt)
Toby Lewis

[titaniumbean]

Forum Name:
titbeam
Sky Poker Alias:
beaneh


Captain:

Brits:
Cody

WSOP Main Event Winners:
Raymer

High Stakes Pros:
Mercier

Online:
MOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMAN

Big Dogs:
Seiborg Seidel

All sorts:
Shaun wafflecrush Deeb (capt)

Sky Poker in the Main Event:
Andrew1947

WildCard 1:
Vanessa Selbst

Wild Card 2:
Mike Mcdonald

[Nakor]

Forum Name: Nakor

Sky Poker Alias: Nakor

Captain: John Juanda

Brits: James Dempsey

WSOP Main Event Winners: Greg Raymer

High Stakes Pros: Patrick Antonius

Online: Chris Moorman

Big Dogs: John Juanda

All sorts: David Baker

Sky Poker in the Main Event: Thewy

WildCard 1: Phil Ivey

Wild Card 2: Pab

[toddswain]

Forum Name: toddswain

Sky Poker Alias: toddswain (ithink)



Captain: Jason Mercier

Brits: JP Kelly

WSOP Main Event Winners: Chris Ferguson

High Stakes Pros: Jason Mercier

Online: gboro

Big Dogs: eric lindgren

All sorts: michael mizrachi

Sky Poker in the Main Event: Julian Thew

WildCard 1: Phil Ivey

Wild Card 2: Tom Dwan
 

[Rupert]

Forum Name: Rupert

Sky Poker Alias: ElRupert



Captain: Rupert Elder

Brits: Rupert Elder

WSOP Main Event Winners: Joe Cada

High Stakes Pros: Bertrand Grospellier

Online: David "docsands" Sands

Big Dogs: Phil Hellmuth

All sorts: Michael Mizrachi

Sky Poker in the Main Event: LolUFold (Team Sky Poker)

WildCard 1: James Keys

Wild Card 2: Chris Brammer

[NigDawG]

Forum Name: nigdawg

Sky Poker Alias: nigdawg



Captain: phil ivey

Brits: jp kelly

WSOP Main Event Winners: carlos mortensen

High Stakes Pros: phil ivey

Online: djk123

Big Dogs: jeff lisandro

All sorts: david bakes baker

Sky Poker in the Main Event: lolufold

WildCard 1: jason mercier

Wild Card 2: daniel negreanu

[RioRodent]

Forum Name: RioRodent

Sky Poker Alias: AnnieDook



Captain: Daniel Negreanu

Brits: James Dempsey

WSOP Main Event Winners: Chris Ferguson

High Stakes Pros: Daniel Negreanu

Online: Jon "Pearljammer" Turner

Big Dogs: Erik Seidel Phil Hellmuth

All sorts: David "Bakes" Baker

Sky Poker in the Main Event: LolUFold

WildCard 1: Phil Ivey

Wild Card 2: John Juanda