NHUPC Bracket Pairings
Here they are, in print-outable PDF format.
UPDATE: Join the fun and see how your predictions compare by filling out a bracket here.
UPDATE 2: With so many people getting in on our bracket action, we’re going to offer a prize to the winner. Not 100 percent sure what it is yet, nor what the rules are for winning — hey, this is kinda new to us — but you can feel pretty confident someone other than myself is getting a Pokerati T-shirt and/or a Pokerati cut card.
P.S. Action is just about to get underway. All players have been through make-up and have been called to the set. Others have complained that it’s starting some 90 minutes later than planned, to which I say, “Clearly you are not very experienced in these televised poker productions, and therefore you don’t stand a chance of winning.”
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:34am
In the mythical wager between me(players he ranked 51-59) and Dan (players ranked 21-29), here’s the first round matchups:
Dan:
Erik Seidel v John Phan
Samma Farha v Allen Cunningham
Scott Fischman v Jamie Gold
Mike Matusow v Dario Minieri
David Williams v JC Tran
Gavin Smith v Ilari Sahamies
Antonio Esfandiari v Kenny Tran
Johnny Chan v Eli Elezra
Vanessa Selbst v Layne Flack
Kenny Yeh v Phil Laak
Leon Yanovski v Jeffrey Ishbia
Kevin:
Chad Brown v Glenn Chorny
Joe Hachem v John Juanda
Jonathan Little v Huck Seed
Dario Mineri v Mike Matusow
Jennifer Tilly v Phil Ivey
Ilari Sahamies v Gavin Smith
Chris Moneymaker v Daniel Negreanu
Jerry Yang v Clonie Gowen
Leon Yanovski v Jeffrey Ishbia (the first ever qualifier v qualifer match)
Plenty of interesting first round matchups, may the better team win.
Edit to move the two Caesars qualifier matches to Dan’s list and eventually remove either the Rousso or Tilly match.
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:36am
And to predict what will be the “TV table” for each round 1 group:
Clubs – Tilly v Ivey
Spades – Sexton v Hellmuth
Hearts – Lindgren v Lederer
Diamonds – Duke v Garrett
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:39am
I love Clonie’s bracket section.
I’m trying to find something that makes them easily editable, as I think I will fill out multiple brackets:
– who i think will win
– who i want to win
– who should win based on rankings
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:40am
people were “lobbying” for TV table match-ups during the little party tonight (er, last night to most of you).
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:41am
There should be sites that can do live brackets (with March Madness around the corner).
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:45am
I’m a step ahead of you!
http://pokerati.com/2008/03/01/brackets-are-rigged/
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 5:47am
Bracketmaker.com seems good.
Edit: I was wondering why I saw the 2008 Brackets on that site.
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 6:23am
apparently I have two 55s?
Do you get both of those?
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 6:35am
I’ll let you decide which one you don’t want me to have.
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 7:22am
here’s a fill-outable bracket:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=312345
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 7:25am
Kevmath, ESPN typo, btw. Here are the rankings I sent in:
1. Chris Ferguson
2. Andy Bloch
3. David Benyamine
4. John Juanda
5. Doyle Brunson
6. Tom Dwan
7. Phil Hellmuth
8. Phil Ivey
9. Erick Lindgren
10. Gavin Griffin
11. J.C. Tran
12. John Phan
13. Allen Cunningham
14. Scotty Nguyen
15. Clonie Gowen
16. Peter Eastgate
17. Ted Forrest
18. Ivan Demidov
19. Gus Hansen
20. David Pham
21. Erik Seidel
22. Sam Farha
23. Scott Fischman
24. Mike Matusow
25. David Williams
26. Gavin Smith
27. Antonio Esfandiari
28. Johnny Chan
29. Vanessa Selbst
30. Mike Sexton
31. Layne Flack
32. Jennifer Harman
33. Eli Elezra
34. Annie Duke
35. Daniel Negreanu
36. Huck Seed
37. Kenny Tran
38. Barry Greenstein
39. Paul Wasicka
40. Howard Lederer
41. Greg Raymer
42. Orel Hershiser
43. Phil Laak
44. Vanessa Rousso
45. Gabe Kaplan
46. Glen Chorny
47. Bertrand Grospellier
48. Jamie Gold
49. Online qualifier
50. Caesars qualifier
51. Chad Brown
52. Joe Hachem
53. Jonathan Little
54. Dario Minieri
55. Jennifer Tilly
56. Ilari Sahamies
57. Chris Moneymaker
58. Jerry Yang
59. Jeffrey Ishbia (Caesars qualifier)
60. Leon Yanovski (online qualifier)
61. Brad Garrett
62. Don Cheadle
63. Online qualifier
64. Online qualifier
I’ll be rooting for the people in bold, against the people in bold-italics.
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 1:50pm
Does this thing have a deadline?
Nice to have Shronk give it a mention on the Pokerroad forums to get it over 50 entrants.
DanM says:
March 6th, 2009 at 2:39pm
I wasn’t sophisticated enough with bracketmaker.com to enter in the event times and the like, so some people can get in late. Will be kinda playing it by ear, as I think it timestamps when people made their picks.
For now we are on the honor system, but I will vet that carefully before shipping out any prizes.
(And if competitors don’t like that, I will refund them their buy-in.)
Kevin Mathers says:
March 6th, 2009 at 2:52pm
Serious question: Does Seidel not get an invite for 2010 if he doesn’t win an automatic qualifier? I’d think going 0-5 is grounds for just not inviting someone (even if he’s part of Team Full Tilt).
Kevin Mathers says:
March 7th, 2009 at 9:39am
In the mythical wager between Dan and myself, we have remaining:
Dan:
Sammy Farha, Scott Fischman and David Williams
Kevin:
Dario Mineri, Ilari Sahamies and Jerry Yang
Kevin Mathers says:
March 8th, 2009 at 6:20am
Dan has Farha and Williams facing each other in the Elite 8, crushing me with none of my players winning a match on Saturday.
DanM says:
March 8th, 2009 at 12:27pm
There you go, Mathers … my 21-29 is clearly better than your, er, my 51-59. Take that!
Kevin Mathers says:
March 8th, 2009 at 1:25pm
Well done sir.
GoDaddy’s made their Vanessa Rousso investment pay immediate dividends with her in the final 4.
Vanessa Rousso v Elky
Sam Farha v Huck Seed