25K Fantasy Draft Challenge
Here's the scenario: If you had to pick a 25K Fantasy Draft Team (8 players) using only $1 players and non-drafted players, could you beat any of the 24 actual teams in the draft?
Think Team Gators! You should be able to beat them.
For every team you beat I'll donate $100 to Doctors Without Borders (up to $2000).
If Doctors Without Borders hits the limit of $2000, I'll start donating to World Central Kitchen (capped at another $2000).
Put your entries here or enter by message.
Sorry, all money goes to charity - all you get is glory if you submit the best team.
Let's set the time limit for entries at Thursday evening (midnight Las Vegas time).
Good luck to Doctors Without Borders and World Central Kitchen.
I'll get in on this.
I'm not sure of my team yet, but I'm thinking Charlie Carrel will definitely be part of it.
Team $8 Salary Cap
Brandon Sheils
Brad Owen
John Hennigan
Brian Hastings
Naoya Kihara
Jun Weng
Jason Koon
Lawrence Brandt
I love it. Here's my $8:
Brad Owen
Cherish Andrews
Daniel Shak
Michael Wang
Ethan Yau
Brian Hastings
Ryan Leng
Jon Turner
Thank you Ferenc. I enjoyed the summer contest back in 2024.
I think I'll rock with this:
David Jackson
Ryan Leng
Adam Nattress
Michael Rossitto
Byung Eun Shin
David Tarbet
Jon Turner
Michael Wang
OK, after serious consideration, here's my team:
Brandon Sheils
Wai Kiat Lee
Alex Anton
Ben Tollerene
Lawrence Brandt
Kevin Choi
Brian Battistone
Jun Obara
I might also give complimentary entries to Doctors Without Borders and World Central Kitchen (since we're trying to raise money for them).
And who the heck is Peter Krupa? Team Gators paid $42 for him.
Why is nobody taking Dan Zack? Has he retired? Has he died?
I think I just figured it out:
Dan Zack must have changed his name to Peter Krupa!
Jun Obara: on Team FerencL & Team Popular
Since this pool is to raise money for charity, the more entries the better.
Here's an entry based on the general public. Who are the most popular $1 players?
TEAM POPULAR
Masato Yokosawa
Mikita Bodyakovsky
Jason Koon
Jean-Noel Thorel
Davidi Kitai
Shiina Okamoto
Fedor Holz
Jun Obara
And here's another team based on popularity: which $1 players were drafted the most in ODB Baker's $500 pool?
TEAM POPULAR WITH ODB
(to be determined)
Let's make the deadline for this one Wednesday Evening (midnight Las Vegas time).
I think Thursday evening would give us too much of an advantage over the original drafters who had to make their picks before a single hand was played.
Lightning strikes...twice?
Koray Aldemir
Joe Cada
Martin Jacobson
Espen Jorstad
Joe McKeehen
Chris Moneymaker
Greg Raymer
Jonathan Tamayo
Where are they now?
Daniel Alaei
David Benyamine
Scott Clements
Adam Friedman
Mike Gorodinsky
John Hennigan
John Juanda
Daniel Zack
Daniel Sepiol
Brian Hastings
Xixiang Luo
Cherish Andrews
Ethan Yau
Asher Conniff
Michael Rocco
David Prociak
Last year, Tom McCormick cashed 15 times at the WSOP. This year, nobody wants him. At 76 he must be too old!
Here are a team of other players who cashed 15 times or more at WSOP 2025 but this year could not go for more than $1.
TEAM TOM McCORMICK
Tom McCormick
Jake Schwartz
Casey Hatmaker
Pei Li
Ismael Bojang
Tommy Nguyen
David Jackson
Jordan Siegel
Entries close tonight at midnight (Las Vegas time).
Enter your team or any made up team (like this one, Team Japan).
TEAM JAPAN
Jun Obara
Ruiko Mamiya
Hiroyuri Noda
Shiina Okamoto
Kazuhiro Shirasawa
Hayato Kitajima
Masato Yokosawa
Koji Fujimoto
And here's another team based on popularity: which $1 players were drafted the most in ODB Baker's $500 pool?
TEAM POPULAR WITH ODB
(to be determined)
Entries closed today at 1PM but nothing on the ODB page yet.
He probably has to wait to delete any entries that didn't pony up the $$$.
Expect these teams (favourite $1 picks AND favourite Bonus picks) on June 1st.
Brandon Sheils - quite popular here
TEAM U.K.
Brandon Sheils
Adam Owen
Nicholas Marchington
Jun Li
Dean Joseph Hutchison
Jon Shoreman
Mathew Frankland
Darius Samual
Thank you Ferenc. I enjoyed the summer contest back in 2024.
I think I'll rock with this:
David Jackson
Ryan Leng
Adam Nattress
Michael Rossitto
Byung Eun Shin
David Tarbet
Jon Turner
Michael Wang
Tweaking my main entry before this locks!
John Hennigan
David Jackson
Jun Obara
Michael Rossitto
Daniel Sepiol
Byung Eun Shin
David Tarbet
Michael Wang
Congya Zhang
TEAM DISTAFF
Hui Chen "Kitty" Kuo
Maria Konnikova
Shiina Okamoto
Congya Zhang
Anzhela Vasylenko
Ruiko Mamiya
Kathy Liebert
Leo Margets
John Hennigan
According to PokerNews all 8 of these have cashed in the 5K.
They just need to hold on for 7 more weeks and $2400 goes to charity!
TEAM EARLY RESULTS
Casey Hatmaker
Julien Sitbon
John Hennigan
Anatoly Nikitin
Ivan Ruban
Kevin Eyster
Anthony Marquez
Peter Cross
OK, after serious consideration, here's my team:Brandon SheilsWai Kiat LeeAlex AntonBen TollereneLawrence BrandtKevin ChoiBrian BattistoneJun ObaraI might also give complimentary entries to Doctors Without Borders and World Central Kitchen (since we're trying to raise money for them).And who the heck is Peter Krupa? Team Gators paid $42 for him.Why is nobody taking Dan Zack? Ha
Only one change. I'll assume Ren Lin knows of what he speaks so Wai Kiat Lee is out and Julian Sitbon is in.
Also, some guy name Piotr Krupa just cashed in the 5K. A Russian who just turned 21?
About 3 hours and 20 minutes left before entries close.
Brandon Sheils
Julian Sitbon
Alex Anton
Ben Tollerene
Lawrence Brandt
Kevin Choi
Brian Battistone
Jun Obara
2 hour warning
CLOSED
