Summer In Vegas II - the GEO teams - another $900 available - free entry
This one is very similar to the "name" Summer In Vegas competition but this time we separate the teams by geography.
We'll use the same data. However, instead of $ won, we'll use # of cashes ($ won will be the tie breaker). This one will highlight the grinders.
Each state (and DOC) can enter a team. Every country (except USA) can enter a team. UK will be broken down by components.
5 players per team max.
To make an American team you must finish in the Top 500 worldwide. No such limit on non-American teams.
The same entries and payouts apply:
$100 if you select the correct team.
$300 additional if you select the winning team PLUS the MVP.
$500 additional if you select the winning team PLUS the MVP PLUS the women's MVP.
Payment by PokerStars transfer or Amazon gift certificate.
Scoring is the same as for the "name" competition: last longers in all tournament series in Vegas that run concurrently with the WSOP.
No duplicate entries but partials are allowed.
This is a fantasy pool but you are allowed to participate inside the pool (get a bunch of cashes and join a team then go to Vegas this summer and lead your team to victory!).
Which team a player will play for is based on HM & WSOP bios.
"Born" takes precedence over "residence".
If there is a discrepancy between HM & WSOP, the place farthest from Las Vegas will be picked.
CAVEAT: I will only run this one if I have 10 or more entries before I return from Taiwan (sometime on Monday).
Example: Allen Kessler will qualify for Team Pennsylvania because HM says Nevada and WSOP says Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania is farther from Las Vegas).
Example: Jeremy Becker will qualify for Team New York because he lives in Florida but was born in New York.
Example: if someone picks Team Texas (for $100), nobody else can pick Team Texas.
Example: If someone picks Team Texas + Daniel Negreanu (for $300) you are allowed to pick Team Texas + Alan Engel.
Example: If someone picks Team Texas + Daniel Negreanu + Angela Jordison (for $500) you are allowed to pick Team Texas + Daniel Negreanu + Kristen Foxen
BTW, Landon Tice will qualify for Team Florida.
I'll answer any questions you have.
the most recent team/player list is here
Women's news:
Olga Iermolcheva (Game of Gold) got her 4th cash (good enough to get her on Team Ukraine)
Nancy Birnbaum (Team Florida) got her 13th cash
Judith Bielan (Team New Jersey) got her 9th cash
Huifang Zhang is on Team China
hell yeah!
Josephine has removed Daniel Negreanu from her picks and replaced him with Alan Engel.
Since entries have dried up I've added another entry for charity: Reporters Without Borders.
$100 entries
Team Arizona (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Australia (D1iabol1cal)
Team California (Vivian)
Team Canada (Josephine)
Team China (Don)
Team England (Jenny)
Team Finland (Mixedgamelover)
Team Florida (Julie)
Team Illinois (Wikipedia)
Team Michigan (Booker Wolfbox)
Team Nevada (Zahida)
Team New Jersey (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team New York (xander biscuits)
Team North Korea (Donald Trump)
Team Ohio (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania (Doctors Without Borders)
Team South Korea (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas (Swee)
Team Ukraine (rickroll)
$300 entries
Team California + Benjamin Yu (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Benny Glaser (Wikipedia)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko (FerencL)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + David Williams (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy (rickroll)
$500 entries
Team California + Benjamin Yu + Kathy Chang (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin + Kathy Chang (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard + Kathy Chang (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin + Kathy Chang (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich + Kathy Chang (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb + Kristen Foxen (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma + Nadya Magnus (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall + Kathy Chang (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Benny Glaser + Kathy Chang (Wikipedia)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng + Kathy Chang (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko + Kathy Chang (FerencL)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + David Williams + Kathy Chang (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy + Olga Iermolcheva (rickroll)
KNOW YOUR TEAM - BELGIUM
We'll highlight a few teams that haven't been selected yet. It's like going to the dog pound - if you see someone you like take the whole team home with you!
Kenny Hallaert - over $5M in lifetime live cashes - over $6M in online cashes - WSOP ME final table in 2016
Thomas Boivin - Over $7M in lifetime live cashes - 2nd in Wynn/WPT High Roller in December for $958K
Jensen Bernard - Three cashes at EPT Prague in December
Gary Hasson - 6 cashes last summer in Vegas
Mallory Frere - Another 3 time casher at EPT Prague - then cashed 3 more times at EPT Paris + 3 more times at the Irish Open
Like the look of this team? - Take them all home with you for a cost of just $0
KNOW YOUR TEAM - TEAM NIGERIA
Michael Ibekwe - from Nigeria but now lives in Atlanta - no WSOP record because he didn't start playing poker until after WSOP 2023 - won a ring at WSOPC in North Carolina in November
Team Nigeria, just one player, strictly for Long Shot Louies
KNOW YOUR TEAM - MARYLAND
Cherish Andrews - at the March Wynn Millions she had a cash for $101K and another for $182K
Jonathan Moschel - has already cashed 25 times in 2024
Ryan Brown - an interesting one - there are 2 Ryan Browns - Ryan Brown (Maryland) has 5 cashes - Ryan Brown (Georgia) has 4
Whomever has the most cashes when play begins in the Summer In Vegas will determine which state gets "Ryan Brown" - right now it's Maryland but that could change
Michael Holtz - amazingly had 15 cashes at WSOP 2023
Jesse Yaginuma - had 9 cashes last summer in Vegas
Nobody has taken Team Maryland yet - you can have it for a mere $0
KNOW YOUR TEAM - MAURITIUS
Bertrand Yee - no picture available - has since changed his name to Bertrand Wan - he has 2 lifetime cashed - 2023 & 2012
DO NOT PICK TEAM MAURITIUS - OVERPRICED AT $0!!!!!!
It seems nobody was impressed by Team Maryland but I was.
I've given it too charity: Renew Democracy Initative.
Wikipedia has given up on Benny Glaser making Team England. He has swapped him for Yuval Bronshtein.
Here are the revised entries.
$100 entries
Team Arizona (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Australia (D1iabol1cal)
Team California (Vivian)
Team Canada (Josephine)
Team China (Don)
Team England (Jenny)
Team Finland (Mixedgamelover)
Team Florida (Julie)
Team Illinois (Wikipedia)
Team Maryland (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Michigan (Booker Wolfbox)
Team Nevada (Zahida)
Team New Jersey (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team New York (xander biscuits)
Team North Korea (Donald Trump)
Team Ohio (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania (Doctors Without Borders)
Team South Korea (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas (Swee)
Team Ukraine (rickroll)
$300 entries
Team California + Benjamin Yu (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Kao Saechao (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania + Yuval Bronshtein (Wikipedia)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + David Williams (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy (rickroll)
$500 entries
Team California + Benjamin Yu + Kathy Chang (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin + Kathy Chang (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard + Kathy Chang (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin + Kathy Chang (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich + Kathy Chang (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb + Kristen Foxen (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma + Nadya Magnus (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall + Kathy Chang (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng + Kathy Chang (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Kao Saechao + Cherish Andrews (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko + Kathy Chang (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania + Yuval Bronshtein + Kathy Chang (Wikipedia)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + David Williams + Kathy Chang (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy + Olga Iermolcheva (rickroll)
Swee has made a switch. David Williams is out. Alan Engel is in.
Vivian has made a change. Benjamin Yu is out. Peter Hengsakul is in.
Entries have dried up so time to all on Lifewater. They take:
$100 Norway
$300 Pennsylvania + Jeremy Ausmus
$500 Pennsylvania + Jeremy Ausmus + Kathy Chang
$100 entries
Team Arizona (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Australia (D1iabol1cal)
Team California (Vivian)
Team Canada (Josephine)
Team China (Don)
Team England (Jenny)
Team Finland (Mixedgamelover)
Team Florida (Julie)
Team Illinois (Wikipedia)
Team Maryland (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Michigan (Booker Wolfbox)
Team Nevada (Zahida)
Team New Jersey (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team New York (xander biscuits)
Team North Korea (Donald Trump)
Team Norway (Lifewater)
Team Ohio (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania (Doctors Without Borders)
Team South Korea (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas (Swee)
Team Ukraine (rickroll)
$300 entries
Team California + Peter Hengsakul (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Jeremy Ausmus (Lifewater)
Team Pennsylvania + Kao Saechao (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania + Yuval Bronshtein (Wikipedia)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + Alan Engel (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy (rickroll)
$500 entries
Team California + Peter Hengsakul + Kathy Chang (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin + Kathy Chang (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard + Kathy Chang (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin + Kathy Chang (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich + Kathy Chang (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb + Kristen Foxen (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma + Nadya Magnus (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall + Kathy Chang (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng + Kathy Chang (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Jeremy Ausmus + Kathy Chang (Lifewater)
Team Pennsylvania + Kao Saechao + Cherish Andrews (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko + Kathy Chang (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania + Yuval Bronshtein + Kathy Chang (Wikipedia)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy + Olga Iermolcheva (rickroll)
latest teams/rosters are here
updated a few problem players:
Jose Gonzalez - there are a bunch of players with this name - made him Florida as that player has the most cashes
Pedro/Noel Rodriguez - appears these 2 guys are 1 and the same - going with Pedro because that's what the WSOP calls him
Marc Spitaleri - 2 of these on HM - using the older record showing him from Minnesota
Marc Spitaleri - on Team Minnesota for now (he's #495 worldwide)
another update of the teams/rosters here
Now less than 1 month to get your entries in / when rosters will be frozen
That didn't take long - Marc Spitaleri is gone from Team Minnesota - he'll need another cash to get back on
Free entries are hard to get rid of so.........another one goes to charity.
World Vision takes Washington as their team, Raminder Singh as their MVP and the always popular Kathy Chang as their woman's MVP.
Raminder Singh - poster boy for Poker News WSOP Deepstack Championship
$100 entries
Team Arizona (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Australia (D1iabol1cal)
Team California (Vivian)
Team Canada (Josephine)
Team China (Don)
Team England (Jenny)
Team Finland (Mixedgamelover)
Team Florida (Julie)
Team Illinois (Wikipedia)
Team Maryland (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Michigan (Booker Wolfbox)
Team Nevada (Zahida)
Team New Jersey (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team New York (xander biscuits)
Team North Korea (Donald Trump)
Team Norway (Lifewater)
Team Ohio (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania (Doctors Without Borders)
Team South Korea (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas (Swee)
Team Ukraine (rickroll)
Team Washington (World Vision)
$300 entries
Team California + Peter Hengsakul (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Jeremy Ausmus (Lifewater)
Team Pennsylvania + Kao Saechao (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania + Raminder Singh (World Vision)
Team Pennsylvania + Yuval Bronshtein (Wikipedia)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + Alan Engel (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy (rickroll)
$500 entries
Team California + Peter Hengsakul + Kathy Chang (Vivian)
Team Canada + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Josephine)
Team China + Tony Lin + Kathy Chang (Don)
Team England + Patrick Leonard + Kathy Chang (Jenny)
Team Florida + Aaron Kupin + Kathy Chang (Julie)
Team Nevada + Kyle Miholich + Kathy Chang (Zahida)
Team New York + Shaun Deeb + Kristen Foxen (Mixedgamelover)
Team North Korea + David Kozma + Nadya Magnus (Donald Trump)
Team Pennsylvania + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Andrew Kelsall + Kathy Chang (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Pennsylvania + Bin Weng + Kathy Chang (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Pennsylvania + Jeremy Ausmus + Kathy Chang (Lifewater)
Team Pennsylvania + Kao Saechao + Cherish Andrews (Renew Democracy Initiative)
Team Pennsylvania + Maksim Pisarenko + Kathy Chang (FerencL)
Team Pennsylvania + Raminder Singh + Kathy Chang (World Vision)
Team Pennsylvania + Yuval Bronshtein + Kathy Chang (Wikipedia)
Team South Korea + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Pacific Autism)
Team Texas + Alan Engel + Kathy Chang (Swee)
Team Ukraine + Igor Yaroshevskyy + Olga Iermolcheva (rickroll)
