Competition for Fun

Select five players who you think will do well in the next Million Dollar tourney on Party Poker (takes place on Sunday).

You will get points matching their position. The lowest combined total points wins.

For Example:-

PokerAAA finishes 1000th
PokerBBB finishes 1st
PokerCCC finishes 1500th
PokerDDD finishes 50th
Poker EEE finishes 400th

You score :- 1000+1+1500+50+400 = 2951
If 2951 is the lowest you win!

If your named player does not enter he will be awarded 3000pts. NB There is normally 4000 or so entries.

To add a little bit more to the interest, if anyone selects the winner in their list of 5, I will give them a small prize ($50).

As a little side-bet type prediction, I dont think anyone will score a combined points of less 6000. Anyone got another prediction?

Anyway to start the thing rolling I'll submit my list of 5 :-

tacoroy
Kvelerslange
BigRiskkyy
pastika
VeniceBeachy

I would have liked to have found room for memphie as he is so tight he squeaks, but dont think he enters this tourney enough.

Anyway, gla

Welly

ps post your lists on here and I'll add up the scores on Monday after the event is complete

I dont think anyone else has any idea who plays at Party Poker, but it would be a great idea if used for the WSOP final. Each person picks 5 pro's.

I'll go for

1) Wezzee
2) SpeedFool
3) Theo_Retical
4) AAZenPoker
5) Irs13

I look 4ward to collecting my 50 bucks!!

well for the party poker one

WiredOnly, tabooch, Lot76, Kelsey_b, Wezzee

If you are going to do the WSOP one (??) then :-

Joseph Hachem
Dave Devilfish
Dave Colcloth
Daniel Negreanu
Tony G

Right, I'll do the WSOP one as well.

Same rules, but the points score for no-shows is 5000pts

NB If more than one person gets the winner in their list of 5 then the tie-breaker is whoever has the lowest total points

Welly

My WSOP five :-

Ram Vaswani
Men Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen
Annie Duke (yes a female!)
Phil Helmuth


BTW, I have a range of bets which I am hopeful about, but how about this for the worst odds ever :- Royal Flush to be the winning hand in the WSOP main event 175-1 LMAO

That's just ridiculous. Dont know the odds of a royal off the top of my head, but lets just say they are a little higher

MINE:]-

Doyle Brunson (I am a sentimentalist!)
Sam Farha
Dan Harrington
Daniel Negraneu (or however his surname is spelt!)
Unabomber (Phil Laak)

Well I'll list mine as well....

Phil Ivey
Dan Harrington
Marcel Luske
Todd Brunson
Jeff Goveia (he's an amature qualifier from Arizona who I worked with lol!)

...No Raymer? Only pro to cash in all the 2k+ entry tournaments he has played in. I guess his track record isn't good enough? Lol..

Harrington
Ivey
Raymer
Hellmuth
Darrell Dicken

Here's the link to the odds thread.

WSOP 2006 Odds

My 5?

Andrew Black (moral winner of last years game) - 2000/1
Roland De Wolfe (UK's top player - Devilfish has won nothing for years) - 2000/1
Patrick Antonious - 100/1
Gavin Smith (token US player) - 1000/1
Young Phan - 750/1 (never heard of him, but there's usually a Vietnamese player kicking ass).

That's horrific, but it's not the worst odds i've ever seen. Victor Chandler quoted Johnny Moss at 100/1 for last years WSOP - he's been dead for about 10 years!

Have you got details of the site (or a link) - i'll email that to a gambling magazine i subscribe too - I wonder if they'll offer odds on the flipside of that bet? (i.e 1/300 that the winning hand ISN'T a Royal Flush).

Yeh, its at www.bodog.com (click on Sports, then Other Events, then poker)

Welly

??? Smith is from Canada.

Yeh, I thought about Raymer for my 5. But thought it unlikely he will emerge through the field again.

I also read a biog of his last two WSOPs and it seems that quite a few people think he is a little heavy pre-flop. Anyway, now i've said this, go watch him win again!

Any more lists of 5 for the Party Poker one (which takes place today) or for the WSOP Main Event (starts 28th July) then stick them on here.

Good Luck

Welly

1st :- PreciousLor - 10713pts (thanks to good performances by Wezzee 92nd, and WiredOnly 450th)
2nd :- GreatDane - 12549
3rd :- Welly - 14513 (I blame it on tacoroy, undoubtedly the tightest of the previous winners, and he bombs out in 5482 )

Right, onto the WSOP....so far we've got 5 or 6 people entering. Just list 5 players you think will do well. Good Luck.

Welly

1. Marcel Luuske
2. Greg Raymer
3. Phil Ivey
4. Johnny Chan
5. Chris Ferguson

On a cold streak at moment, so nice to win something

This might be useful....Launchpokers player rankings :-

1st :- Phil Ivey
2nd :- Dutch Boyd
3rd :- Stu Ungar (probably best not to include him in your list!)
4th :- Daniel Negreanu
5th :- Sam Farha
6th :- Chip Reese
7th :- Doyle Brunson
8th :- Mike Matosow
9th :- Gus Hansen
10th :- Phil Hellmuth
11th :- Chris Fergusen
12th :- Johnny Moss (probably best not to include him in your list!)
13th :- Scotty Nguyen
14th :- Greg Raymer
With me so far?
15th :- Cameron Diaz
16th :- Howard Lederer
17th :- Carlos Mortensen
18th :- Marcel Luske

Now guys I know you probably want to change your lists to include Ms Diaz, but sorry, tuff, you cant

Cameron Diaz outranks Howard Lederer?? Oh, what world!

I don't need 5, here's the gold right here:

Daniel Negreanu

oh jesus christ...

Here's my 5:
Mike "The Grinder" Mizrachi. (Or however you spell it)
Raymer
Sklansky
Matusow
Andy Bloch.

I''LL have a shot

Chris "JESUS" Ferguson
TJ Cloutier
Tuan Le
C.Tate (good, online qualifier from Ladbrokes)
F.Pedersen (good, online qualifier from Ladbrokes...his name sounds
scandinavian, which will probably help lol)

I'll try it also.
1. Richard Toth
2. Daniel Varro
3. Robert Varkonyi
4. Phil Ivey
5. Annie Duke

Yeah, I support my fellow Hungarians (and some others)!
Richard Toth just finished 2nd yesterday on a 1500$ buy in event from 2126... So you better watch out!

[quote=bolcs5]
1. Richard Toth
2. Daniel Varro
3. Robert Varkonyi
4. Phil Ivey
5. Annie Duke
[quote]

Perhaps Hellmuth will have to shave his head again eh

Last shout for your WSOP 'list of 5'. Starts tomorrow.

Good Luck,

Welly

im in baby

Greg Raymer
Daniel Negreanu
Dave Ulliot
Doyle Brunson
Mark Seif

Thanks

Here´s mine

1) Annie Duke
2) Phil Hellmuth
3) Greg Raymer
4) Dan Harrington
5) Scotty Nguyen

Hello, well here is the state of play, with a few gaps. I'll update it with official positions when I get them.

Bolcs5 is looking good with all 5 players remaining. An inspired Hungarian selection for sure! PreciousLor, The Audition, millarski and withawedge also looking good.


PreciousLor............................ Welly ...................................GreatDane
Joseph Hachem 86950 chips...... Ram Vaswani ........................Doyle Brunson OUT DAY1
Dave Devilfish 22700 chips .........Men Nguyen ..........................Sam Farha OUT DAY1
Dave Colcloth ...........................Scotty Nguyen 20200 chips...... Dan Harrington OUT DAY1
Daniel Negreanu 85800 chips .....Annie Duke 26725 chips ..........Daniel Negreanu 85800 chips
Tony G OUT DAY1.................... Phil Hellmuth OUT DAY1......... Phil Laak

Medeiros13............................ TheAudition........................... robwhufc
Phil Ivey 16675 chips ................Harrington OUT DAY1 ..............Andrew Black26775 chips
Dan Harringon OUT DAY1......... Ivey16675 chips....................... Roland de Wolfe
Marcel Luske OUT DAY1.......... Raymer 45800 chips................ Patrick Antonious
Todd Brunson........................... Hellmuth OUT DAY1............... Gavin Smith
Jeff Goveia 13125 chips............. Darrel Dicken 95025 chips ...... Young Phan

millarski .................................Fish......................................... Lucas23
Marcel Luske OUT DAY1........... Mike Mizarchi OUT DAY1 ..........Chris Ferguson 20200 chips
Greg Raymer 45800 chips.......... Raymer 45800 chips................. TJ Cloutier OUT DAY1
Phil Ivey 16675 chips................. Sklansky ..................................Tuan Le
Johnny Chan OUT DAY1............ MatusowOUT DAY1 ..................C.Tate 23000 chips
Chris Ferguson 20200 chips........ Andy Bloch ..............................F.Pedersen

bolcs5....................................... blindstealers ..........................withawedge
Richard Toth11275 chips............. Greg Raymer 45800 chips .........Annie Duke 26725 chips
Daniel Varro13300 chips.............. Daniel Negreanu 85800 chips ....Phil Hellmuth OUT DAY1
Robert Varkonyi 55275 chips........ Dave Ulliot 22700 chips ............Greg Raymer 45800 chips
Phil Ivey 16675 chips................... Doyle Brunson OUT DAY1........ Dan Harrington OUT DAY1
Annie Duke 26725 chips.............. Mark Seif ................................Scotty Nguyen 14350 chips

Looks like your friend survived Medeiros13

Will update later in the week.

Welly

ps if anyone knows about the players with gaps, let me know

LOL thanks for the update Welly. I'm trying not to look at any results for the WSOP main event but it's funny that the guy I know is still alive. I guess another friend of mine finished 244 out of 1300 in a circuit event. (got emailed from a buddy who went to watch)

wow, 2 of my players have over 80k. Negreanu is dangerous with a stack, perhaps it will be 2 wins out of 2 for me

PS, nice choices bolc, although Varkonyi surely is the previous winner who looks least like a poker god (not a great looker!)

Raymer OUT DAY 2
Varkonyi OUT DAY 2 <---- bolc loses one of his/hers finally
Devilfish OUT DAY 2
Men Nguyen OUT DAY 2
Andrew Black OUT DAY 2
Ivey looking shortstacked but survives to Day 3
Hachem and Negreanu both have increased stacks
Darrel Dicken has a massive stack
Duke and Jesus still in

Found Ram, he was out Day 1
Cant find some of Rob's at the moment.

I'm tellin ya - Negreanu all the way

I'm hearing ya. The man has a stack and knows how to use it.

THE RESULTS

"Last Man Standing" award goes to bolcs5, Welly, and withawedge for all selecting Annie Duke, who finished in 88th.

The points winner is bolcs5 with 8040 pts. Congrats!

1st :- bolcs5 8040
2nd :- blindstealers 13202
3rd :- PreciousLor 14912
4th :- TheAudition 16173
5th :- millarski 16550
6th :- Welly 16726
7th :- withawedge 16834
8th :- GreatDane 20748
9th :- Medeiros13 21571
10th :- Lucas23 22093
11th :- Fish 22219
12th :- robwhufc 22819

Thanks everyone for joining in