WSOP Fantasy -Event #13 -$1000 NLHE

Event #13 ($1,000) No-Limit Hold'em (4 day)

Position Player
A Player James Akenhead is playing day 1A - busted out
A Player Shannon Shorr
A Player Annette Obrestad is playing day 1B - busted out
A Player Lex Veldhuis
A Player Vitaly Lunkin is playing day 1A -made day 2 and cashed
B Player Praz Bansi
B Player Jeff Madsen
B Player Nikolay Evdakov
B Player Joe Cada is playing day 1B - busted out
B Player Sorel Mizzi is playing day 1B -busted out
C Player Annand (Victor) Ramdin is playing day 1A - made day 2 and cashed
C Player Erica Schoenberg is playing day 1B - busted out
C Player Tim "Tmay420" West is playing day 1A - busted out first level
C Player Erick Lindgren
C Player Adam Levy - is playing day 1A

WSOP Fantasy - Events 11-12 - $1500 NL & L DONKAMENTS

2 Donkaments begin today: One of the No-limit variety and the other of the limit variety. Tomorrow the second of the $1000 super-donkaments begins. Last year there was 1 $1000 buy-in open event referred to as the "STIMULUS SPECIAL".

Here's hoping that Kirk Morrison shakes the bad ju ju and has some run good so CK and I can get our Kirk fix. Hopefully, he doesnt head back to the hills of New Zealand before the Main Event comes up. I finally cracked a top 2000 finish to earn a spot in my first FULL TILT freeroll thanks to ROOTHLUS aka Adam Levy in a donkament no less. I should also earn another spot thanks to Neil Channing's runner-up finish in the 5k shoot-out.


Event #11 ($1,500) No-Limit Hold'em (3 day)

Position Player
A Player Andy Black - not playing made day 2 of 10k stud event
A Player Michael Binger is playing - busted day 1
A Player Nikolay Evdakov - not playing made day 2 of 10k stud event
A Player Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is playing made it to day 2
A Player Adam Levy-out in first level - lol donkments
B Player Antonio Esfandiari is playing - busted day 1
B Player Eric Froehlich
B Player Isaac Haxton is playing - busted day 1
B Player Jeff Madsen busted out in first level -repeat lol donkaments
B Player Annette Obrestad is playing - busted day 1
C Player Shaun Deeb is playing
C Player Maciek "Michael" Gracz is playing
C Player Alex Jacob is playing - busted day 1
C Player Sorel Mizzi is playing is playing - busted day 1
C Player Vanessa Rousso is playing - busted out early day 1

Event #12 ($1,500) Limit Hold'em (3 day)

A Player Eric Froehlich is playing - busted day 1
A Player Annand (Victor) Ramdin is playing busted day 1
A Player Justin Bonomo is playing busted day 1
A Player Chris Ferguson is playing busted day 1
A Player Thomas "Thunder" Keller
B Player Greg "FBT" Mueller
B Player Billy Argyros
B Player Kassem "Freddy" Deeb
B Player Chip Jett
B Player Kathy Liebert
C Player Richard "Quiet Lion" Brodie
C Player Michael Craig is playing busted day 1
C Player Howard Lederer
C Player Steve Zolotow
C Player Jon "PearlJammed" Turner

WSOP Fantasy -Events #9 and #10

Event #9 ($1,500) Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day) aka PL DONKAMENT


A Player Phil Ivey -
A Player John Juanda
A Player Jason Mercier not playing - left Vegas for sister's wedding till Sunday per last tweet oops!!
A Player Erik Seidel
A Player Annette Obrestad is playing busted out
B Player Roland de Wolfe
B Player Nikolay Evdakov is playing but an early bust-out
B Player Andy Bloch
B Player Greg "FBT" Mueller
B Player Lex Veldhuis is playing
C Player Eugene Katchalov
C Player Rafe Furst
C Player Ylon Schwartz
C Player Kathy Liebert is playing
C Player Hasan Habib


Event #10 ($10,000) Seven Card Stud Championship (3 day)

Position Player
A Player Phil Ivey is playing busted out day 2.
A Player Jeffery Lisandro is playing--- busted out day 1
A Player Erik Seidel is playing --- busted out day 1
A Player Daniel Negreanu is playing
A Player David Oppenheim is playing ---busted out day 1
B Player Greg Raymer is playing --- busted out day 1
B Player Robert Mizrachi is playing
B Player Ted Forrest is playing --- busted out day 1
B Player Matt Glantz is playing
B Player Jason Mercier not playing - left Vegas for sister's wedding till Sunday per last tweet oops!!
C Player Max Pescatori is playing
C Player David Williams did not start according to his tweet after the fact he was sick
C Player Alex Kostritsyn is playing
C Player Hasan Habib is playing
C Player Greg "FBT" Mueller is playing

I did pretty good with almost all my 7 Card Stud horses playing. I Missed on Jason Mercier not realizing he wasn't due back till Sunday even though i had read his tweet. Not sure if David Williams is playing. He was in Puerto Rico playing MAGIC and relaxing after his big WPT Championship win. Per his tweet yesterday this was to be his first event. Waiting for a PokerNews confirmed sighting or live update.

More donkaments on tap for tomorrow!!

WSOP Fantasy - Event #8 -$1500 No-Limit Holdem

Another day another donkament. Annette Obrestad made her WSOP debut but busted early when her set of 7's got out drawn on the river. Standard as the on-line pros would say. And welcome to the WSOP, Annette. I'm sure she will fair much better in one of the larger buy-in events.

My picks for this three day event:

Position Player
A Player Annette Obrestad is playing busted
A Player Joe Cada is playing busted
A Player Shaun Deeb is playing busted
A Player Eric Froehlich
A Player Adam Levy is playing busted
B Player Michael Binger
B Player Humberto Brenes is playing
B Player Terrence "not Johnny" Chan
B Player Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke is playing busted
B Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger is playing
C Player Jean-Robert Bellande is playing
C Player Steve "mrsmokey1" Billirakis
C Player Scott Clements
C Player Isaac Haxton
C Player Jeff Madsen is playing busted

WSOP Fantasy -Event #3 ($1,000) Donkament #1

Only one WSOP event begins today: the first of the $1000 buy-in weekend donkaments. It's scheduled for 4 days and up to 5000 are expected to enter. The chance of any of my 15 horses actually cashing let alone final tabling is probably nil. Last year I had a bunch of goose eggs in these events and expect no different.

I doubt any of my horses in the 50k event will trouble themselves with running back and forth between two tables unless there is some kind of absurd prop bet going on where someone like Phil Ivey will attempt to play all events. I eliminated all my 50k horses from inclusion in my picks for today's event.

I went heavy on internet phenoms who will undoubtedly chip up or bust out early. Full Tilt's list of pros you can pick is fairly limited and consists mostly of Team Full Tilt, Full tilt red pros, WSOP prior year final tableists (of the last two years or so) and WSOP Main Event Champions. For example I cant pick the likes of Bryan Micon, Shane Schleger or Yevgeniy Timoshenko or numerous other tour champions.

Event #3 ($1,000) No-Limit Hold'em (4 day)

Position Player
A Player Luke "__FullFlush1__" Schwartz
A Player Dennis Phillips
A Player Shaun Deeb -
A Player Nikolay Evdakov duh was playing 50k still
A Player Jacobo Fernandez
B Player Josh Arieh duh was playing 50k still
B Player Steve "mrsmokey1" Billirakis duh was playing 50k still
B Player Ivan Demidov
B Player Alexander Kravchenko busted day 1B
B Player Eric Froehlich
C Player Amanda Baker
C Player Issac "westmenloAA" Baron playing day 1B
C Player Jean-Robert Bellande
C Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger - playing day 1B
C Player Jon "PearlJammed" Turner busted day 1A, not playing again till 2-7TD Tuesday


As for the 50k event 105 players remain. There were only 11 bust-outs yesterday: Dan Shak, Tom "Durrr" Dwan, Marc Karam (I have actually sat at the same tourney table with him at Turning Stone), Greg "FBT" Mueller, Brian Townsend, Mike Matusow####(who I picked and removed prior to submitting my final picks) and Daniel Alaei to name a few. I had none of these guys in my stable. Dan Shak was a thought as he had a great 2009 but he isnt a choice, only his ex-Beth is. Annette Obrestad did not play and isn't in Vegas yet based on a tweet that she is still in Norway for her mom's birthday. I also don't believe Jeff Madsen, David Williams or Peter Eastgate are playing the 8 game mix. I believe I have 11 of 11 in still. David Bach, last years champion when it was played as HORSE will probably not repeat as he has dipped to roughly 33k chips of the original 150k starting stack.

Action begins about 3PM EST. Follow the live reporting over on PokerNews.com and of course the great coverage on Dr Pauly's Tao of Poker, Pokerati, and Wicked Chops Poker to name a few.

####Correction: Mike Matusow actually made it thru to Day 2. He was incorrectly listed by WSOP officials as out.