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ESPN.com Fantasizing about the WSOP

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:43:46 +0000

The World Series of Poker starts on Friday, and the poker media (except for www.wsop.com) are getting ready with their various previews and other stuff to get their readers into the mood for six weeks of tournament action. Part of that is the fifth annual WSOP fantasy draft over at ESPN.com. Unfortunately, Pokerati’s own Dan Michalski apparently missed the conference call (he had the #1 pick) so here were the twelve participants in this year’s draft:

Eric Baldwin
Lance Bradley – Editor at Bluff Magazine
Andrew Feldman – Poker Editor at ESPN.com
Chad Holloway – Poker Pro Magazine
Howard Lederer
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu – Defending champion
Dennis Phillips
Steve “Chops” Preiss – Wicked Chops Poker
Mark Seif
Gavin Smith
Gary Wise

Each participant made eight picks in the draft and the handy chart below displays their selections by round:

A detailed analysis from Feldman on the selections can be found at www.espn.com/poker

Page 2 features how points are earned and my selections:

Here’s how points will be earned:

1st – 50
2nd – 40
3rd – 30
4th – 25
5th – 20
6th – 16
7th – 14
8th – 12
9th – 11
10th – 10
Top 20 – 5
Top 50 – 2
Cashing – 1

Bonus points:

Points are doubled for all $10k+ buy-in events
1 additional point awarded for every 100 players in the field, starting at 200

Last year I figured I could pick a better lineup than at least 6 of the “experts” out of players who weren’t selected. I didn’t do as well as hoped, but I’ll surely give it another try.

Here’s my 8 selections:

Christian Harder
Sam Stein
Andy Seth
Jon Turner
Gavin Griffin
David “Bakes” Baker
Noah Schwartz
Mike Sowers

I’ll update the standings weekly here at Pokerati, or when I remember to do it, whichever comes first.

ESPN.com Inside Deal 2/27 w/ Daniel Negreanu

Kevin Mathers — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:14:34 +0000

Here’s the latest Inside Deal, featuring a review of the NAPT and a Q&A with Daniel Negreanu:

ESPN.com Inside Deal – Season 2 Premiere w/ Joe Cada and John Pappas

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:13:02 +0000

The Inside Deal makes its to its second season on ESPN.com with Joe Cada and John Pappas appearing on the show.

ESPN.com Inside Deal – Holiday Edition

Kevin Mathers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:06:56 +0000

ESPN.com’s Andrew Feldman and Bernard Lee co-host the last Inside Deal episode of the year, discussing the news in the poker world over the past few weeks and a visit from 2009 World Champion Joe Cada. The good news is the web series will continue in 2010.

ESPN.com Inside Deal – Final Table Wrap-up

Kevin Mathers — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:30:29 +0000

ESPN.com Inside Deal – WSOP Main Event Final Table Review

Kevin Mathers — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:58:13 +0000

ESPN.com Inside Deal Final Table Preview Show

Kevin Mathers — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:20:01 +0000

The first of a series of Inside Deal shows this weekend, along with daily episodes of the Poker Edge podcast.

ESPN.com Inside Deal w/Chad Brown and Liv Boeree

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:56:45 +0000

Chad Brown, Liv Boeree, and some other stuff on this week’s show.

ESPN.com Inside Deal w/ Joe Cada

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:53:20 +0000

It’s Tuesday, which means a new episode of ESPN.com’s Inside Deal, featuring November Nine participant Joe Cada along with news spanning the poker community.

ESPN.com Inside Deal w/ Hevad Khan

Kevin Mathers — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:46:14 +0000

Episode #11 features Hevad Khan and news from around the poker world.