Comments on: WSOP Announces New TOC FormatFan ballot to determine spots in million-dollar freeroll

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:23 +0000

The only woman on my top 20 list was Jennifer Harman.

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:05:27 +0000

KevMath: You’re right about Annette (of course), but whenever I see “WSOP Europe Main Event Winner,” her name is still the first that pops into my head. Right now, Annie is the only female with an automatic entry.

I briefly forgot about Jen Harman because I just thought back to the three women who won bracelets in the 2004 WSOP. (Duke, Liebert, & Violette.)

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:55:12 +0000

Annette may get in by popular vote, but only Annie is guaranteed a seat.

Jennifer Harman would appear more likely to get in than Kathy imo.

By: DanM

DanM — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:38:17 +0000

yes, my bad for confusing the Champions Invitational tournament with the Tournament of Champions (which just happens to have always been an invitational).

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:30:17 +0000

Tom McEvoy’s victory had nothing to do with this — that was the Champions Invitational, which was never compared in any way to the Tournament of Champions. I would have been shocked if he had been invited. (Or suspected a bribe on the part of PokerStars.)

It’s an All-Star game voted on by the fans, so it’ll be interesting to see who the fans (as a whole) consider to be their Top 20. I’m withholding my personal list of 20 until we record this week’s “Poker Beat.”

Odds against a woman winning a seat in the vote? (Annie Duke and Annette Obrestad are automatic invites, but Kathy Liebert has a bracelet and is eligible.)

By: DanM

DanM — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:11:59 +0000

I agree. With all due respect, I would like to bet that Raetgul does not get a spot.

That really is gonna be a tough Top 20 to crack. Thinking about it … it’s a pretty important list.

Surprised Tom McEvoy doesn’t get a guaranteed chance to defend his title. Wonder if he’ll get in.

By: Robert Goldfarb

Robert Goldfarb — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:04:02 +0000

I voted for all four members of the Arizona Posse that have bracelets…

Pat Poels
Ryan Hughes
Anthony Reategui
Tom Schneider

Sure would be nice to see a nonbignameihappendtogetontvearly pro get in there.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:48 +0000

he got my vote since Phil Laak was not on the list.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:53:46 +0000

Tom only needs to finish in the top 20, and you can vote for up to 20 different players.

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:34:18 +0000

correction — i see that number is the number of living bracelet winners, not bracelets won. So our favorite @donkeybomber is only 1/521 … competing for 27 spots. 20 really.

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:32:53 +0000

When he does something more than account for 2/521sts of all the bracelets won out there.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:26:44 +0000

When does Pokerati start the campaign to get Tom Schneider into the TOC?

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:54:45 +0000

Oh, now I see. Auto-invite for past TOC winners. Mike Sexton got into the tournament he won on a sponsor’s exemption, btw. Go PartyPoker.

By: DanM

DanM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:53:55 +0000

I think you have to be a bracelet winner … so Sexton and Matusow should be on the list. If there weren’t the bracelet restriction, I was going to vote for Isildur and Wicked Chops’ Ass Girl.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:38 +0000

I should have read a bit more before going to vote. I was looking for Mike Sexton and Matusow on the list.

The top 50 random list they gave me had some interesting people on it…including Jennifer Tilly.