THE WSOP 2016 Fantasy League - (FREE entry)

[MereNovice]

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.

[Yian]

Captain: Daniel Negreanu

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

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[MereNovice]

Captain: Daniel Negreanu

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

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Confirmed.

[MereNovice]

Entry is closed.

Good luck everyone.

[TightEnd]

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

[MereNovice]

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.

[MereNovice]

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.

[MereNovice]

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.

[MereNovice]

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

[Tal]

WITB



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

[Gazza]

Hi Mere,

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

Thanks.

[MereNovice]

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.

[MereNovice]

WITB



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

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.

[Tal]

WITB



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

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.

[Oxford_HRV]

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?