25K Fantasy/ODB pool now open. Computer picks available. Free entry/winnings go to charity
OK, here we go.
Let's adopt David Kluchman's (from BARGE) idea for going over the 200 limit. You just play shorthanded rather than being eliminated.
The other rules 3 are still in effect (9th pick must be unpicked by 25K Fantasy, 10th pick must be unpicked by both 25K Fantasy & ODB, all 10 must cash).
I've come up with a computer generated pick for those who are too lazy to do all that work. Just tell us your charity and the computer does the rest.
I've allowed the computer to do my entry (because I have until May 19th to change it!). Here's what the computer came up with for me:
#1 - Brian Barker
#2 - Cherish Andrews
#3 - Andrew Kelsall
#4 - Richard Solomon
#5 - Stephen Song
#6 - Joe Cada
#7 - Sean Winter
#8 - Jesse Lonis
BONUS: Nikko Laochua
2nd BONUS: James Tomblin
CHARITY: Doctors Without Borders
Well, there it is, our 1st entry. Doesn't look too bad. I'm sure I'll be tinkering with it though before the 19th.
So, let's get those entries in. Either computer generated or something you think up yourself.
1st of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
filthyvermin is playing for Cancer Support Community Of L.A.
Phillip Hui
Volodymyr Kondratenko
Brandon Mueller
Rommel Liscano
Kane Kalas
Renan Bruschi
John Hennigan
Chad Eveslage
BONUS: Jordan Spurlin
#2BONUS: Darrel Rabinowitz
2nd of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
Booker Wolfbox is playing for Paw Warrors
Clemen Deng
Michael Berk
Stephen Song
Stephen Sola
Ray Henson
Johannes Becker
Nick Schulman
Benny Glaser
BONUS: Steven Spunt
#2BONUS: Stefan Bean
3rd of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
d1iabol1cal is playing for Bicycle Colorado
Aaron Massey
Mitchell Halverson
Jackson Spencer
Sean Yu
Kristen Foxen
Aram Zobian
Justin Liberto
John Racener
BONUS: Joel Baker
#2BONUS: Nancy Birnbaum
4th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
This is Bolt2112's 2nd entry. This one is for British Red Cross.
Timothy Pai
Francis Anderson
Thu Nguyen
Craig Chait
Andrew Brown
Alan Engel
Matthew Wantman
Brian Yoon
BONUS: Joseph Mussat
#2BONUS: John Sul
Vivian from my homegame picks Canadian Lung Association as her charity.
Jeffrey Yarchever
Robert Brown
Patrick Eskander
Joshua Remitio
George Wolff
Dylan Smith
Daniel Strelitz
David Peters
BONUS: Randy Holland
#2BONUS: Gary Bolden
5th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
AmazingErvin's team plays for British Red Cross
John Riordan
Thuy Nguyen
Zach Gutierrez
Ed Alikhan
Nick Guagenti
Hal Rotholz
Joey Weissman
Adam Hendrix
BONUS: Adam Kipnis
#2BONUS: James Romero
i'll take a computer generated entry for the ALS Association
and I'm adding another entry: the Nguyen family with charity of World Vision
Quang Nguyen
Thuy Nguyen
Phuoc Nguyen
Long Nguyen
Tuan Nguyen
Duc Nguyen
Minh Nguyen
Thu Nguyen
BONUS: Lam Nguyen
#2BONUS: Dinh Nguyen
6th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
iraisetoomuch (his 2nd entry) plays for International Rescue Committe.
Brian Barker
Frank Lagodich
Stephen Sola
Victor Nassif
Dario Sammartino
Renan Bruschi
Joao Vieira
Yuri Dzivielevski
BONUS: John Sul
#2BONUS: Tyler Cormney
7th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
xander biscuits (his 2nd entry) plays for Cancer Support Community Of L.A..
Shannon Shorr
Clemen Deng
Scott Baumstein
Anthony Danna
Jeff Madsen
Ryan Laplante
Scott Eskenazi
Eric Wasserson
BONUS: Rodolfo Olmas
#2BONUS: Dustin Lee
8th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
chuckleslovakian's team is playing for TB Vets
Michael Rocco
Cody Wiegmann
Francis Alegado
Michael Halverson
Michael Trivett
Mike Thorpe
Mike Matusow
Daniel Negreanu
BONUS: Han Feng
#2BONUS: Eric Rivkin
9th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
Paasei's team plays for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
Spencer Champlin
Michael Berk
Cody Wiegmann
Andrew Ostapchenko
Matthew Gonzales
Michael Mizrachi
Punnat Punsri
Phil Hellmuth
BONUS: Craig Chait
#2BONUS: Richard Alati
10th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
lukethefluke's team is playing for International Rescue Committee.
Nick Pupillo
Michael Newman
Ian Steinman
James Romero
Alexander Wilkinson
Dylan Smith
Benjamin Diebold
Benjamin Yu
BONUS: Dien Le
#2BONUS: Shamica Lamar
11th of 11 2+2ers who won a quick-pick from my "Game Of Gold" pool.
rickroll's team is playing for Foodgrains Bank.
David Larson
Zhen Cai
Jason Daly
Randy Gil
Jeff Madsen
James Chen
Nick Guagenti
Matthew Wantman
BONUS: Nathan Thrush
#2BONUS: Alex Ziskin
OK. Looks like we now have 51 entries.
Here are all the players selected:
posting to sub, will review it all later
A bit of housekeeping here.
The rule that states that all 10 drafted players must cash includes any disqualified players too.
Any "hidden" players on HM will have their WSOP stats added from the WSOP site but other possible cashes will stay hidden.
One week to get entries/changes in.
I'm making one change: on my quick-pick. I'm changing my BONUS player to Raminder Singh.
Entry #52 - The Bicycle Casino playing for Opportunity International
David Pham
Bon Phan
Massoud Eskandari
Alan Myerson
Randy Holland
Paul Lui
Men Nguyen
Hermilo Vargas
BONUS: Robert Turner
#2BONUS: Sirous Baghchehsaraie
Entry #53 - Borgata Casino playing for Operation Eyesight
John Hennigan
Joseph McKeehen
Darren Elias
Bin Weng
Asher Conniff
Emanuel Failla
Michael Marder
Daniel Buzgon
BONUS: Keven Stammen
#2BONUS: Vineet Pahuja
An update on which tournaments that qualify:
20 May - 31 Jul 2024 United States Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series, Las Vegas
22 May - 18 Jul 2024 United States The Wynn Summer Classic, Las Vegas
26 May - 14 Jul 2024 United States Orleans Summer Poker Open, Las Vegas
28 May - 1 Jul 2024 United States Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series, Las Vegas
28 May - 16 Jul 2024 United States 2024 WSOP Daily Deepstacks, Las Vegas
28 May - 17 Jul 2024 United States WSOP 55th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2024, Las Vegas
29 May - 8 Jul 2024 United States MGM Grand Summer Poker Festival, Las Vegas
29 May - 13 Jul 2024 United States 2024 Aria Poker Classic, Las Vegas
6 Jun - 22 Jul 2024 United States RWLV 2024 Summer Series, Las Vegas
19 Jun - 8 Jul 2024 United States PKRGO 2024 ARIA High Roller Series, Las Vegas
& BARGE July 15-20
same as 25K, no online or team tournaments but ones with employee, sex or age restrictions are OK
The Mirage is closing shop in July. As a last kick at the cat, we'll give the Mirage an entry and they're playing for Wikimedia Canada (I'm running out of charities!).
Eli Elezra
Jonathan Little
David Levi
Jordan Siegel
Randy Holland
David Plastik
Nam Le
Lee Watkinson
BONUS: David Singer
#2BONUS: Chad Layne
The Wynn Casino will play for the National University Of Kyiv-Mohyla
Bin Weng
Dan Smith
Andrew Lichtenberger
Eric Baldwin
Ryan Laplante
David Larson
James Agate
Benny Glaser
BONUS: Qing Liu
#2BONUS: Patrick Truong
Also, the Vegas Geezers have removed Robert Turner and replaced him with Jack McClelland.
Robert Turner is still playing for the Bicycle Casino.
Jack McClelland is now playing for The Vegas Geezers
One more casino added: Aria playing for the Interlake Women's Resource Centre
Justin Bonomo
Cary Katz
David Peters
Christoph Vogelsang
Erik Seidel
Sam Soverel
Stephen Chidwick
Fedor Holz
BONUS: David Larson
#2BONUS: Rainer Kempe
