Daniel Negreanu kicked off the 2011 Word Series of Poker with a high roller Fantasy Poker Auction Draft at Aria Casino.  With a buy in of $25,000, only the biggest names could afford to play, but watching their performance will be compelling.  The 25K Fantasy League draft was conducted at the Aria casino, auction style.  Each team was  given 200 betting units, and spent them to acquire a team of 8 players.  The teams took turns nominating a poker player, who was then awarded to the team with the highest bid.  As a result, each poker player can be on only one team.

Click on any team below to see the players drafted to that team and their individual scores.

Results are now complete for the 2011 WSOP action.

Team	Points
Jason Mercier, Jason Somerville	871
Erick Lingdren, David Oppenhiem	480
Todd Brunson	468
James Bord, Toby Lewis	445
Scott Seiver, Justin Bonomo, Eric Froelich	418
Joe Cassidy/Huck Seed	379
Eugene Katchalov, Danny Alaei	378
Casey Katz	325
Daniel Negreanu	324
Justin “BoostedJ” Smith, Ashton Griffin	253
Robert Mizrachi, Greg Meuller, Jared Bleznick, “Crazy” Mike	220
Barry Greenstein	208
Mori Eskandani	139
Frank Kassela, Shaun Deeb	99
Vladimir Schmelev	89

 

Rules

Buy-in: $25,000

Draft Method: Auction – each team has 200 betting units for picking players

Number of players per team: 8

Daniel Negreanu’s original post: click here

 

Prize Pool Distribution

With 15 teams, the total prize pool is $375,000:

1^st place: $225,000 (60% of the prize pool)

2^nd place: $93,750 (25% of the prize pool)

3^rd place: $37,500 (10% of the prize pool)

4^th place: $18,750 (5% of the prize pool)

 

Scoring

Restrictions

• Points are only awarded to players who cash
• The Employee’s Event, the Senior’s Event, and the Ladies Event do not count
• Players who make the Main Event final table will be awarded points in accordance with their chip position entering the final table

Scoring is a four step process

1)      Award the base points

2)      Award the field size bonus, if applicable

3)      Apply the points multiplier, if applicable

4)      Round the score, if necessary

Step 1: Award the base points

Cash = 1 point

10^th-18^th = 5 points

9^th = 10 points

8^th = 15 points

7^th = 20 points

6^th = 25 points

5^th = 30 points

4^th = 35 points

3^rd = 40 points

2^nd = 45 points

1^st = 50 points

In the event of a tie, all points for the tied spots are added up and divided by the number of players who tied for those spots.  All players then receive that score.

For example, in Event #2, the $25,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em tournament, Tom Dwan finished tied for 9^th-16^th place.  His base points were:

10 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 45 points

Divided amongst the 8 players tied for that finishing position

45/8 = 5.625 base points

Step 2: Award the field size bonus, if applicable

Only players who finish in the top 18 receive the field size bonus.  The field size bonus is calculated as the number of entrants for an event divided by 100.  The result is always rounded down.

For example, a field size of 303 players would yield a field size bonus of 3.  A field size of 576 players would yield a field size bonus of 5.

Step 3: Apply the points multiplier, if necessary

All scores in events with a $10,000 or larger buy in are doubled.

Step 4: Rounding, if necessary

If any player’s score at this point has fractional points the score is always rounded up.

Completing the Tom Dwan example, he was awarded 1 field size bonus point (there were 128 entrants in Event #2).  His points were then doubled as the buy in was over $10,000.

(5.625 + 1) * 2 = 13.25

His fractional point was then rounded up, resulting in a final score of 14.