The $25K High Roller Fantasy Poker League
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Any tournament in poker with a $25,000 buy-in is usually referred to as a “High-Roller” event; as such, we suppose the fantasy poker draft recently hosted by Daniel Negreanu could be referred to as the “High-Roller Fantasy Poker League.” Who partook? Fifteen players/teams entered, including Jason Mercier, Huck Seed, Barry Greenstein, and Erick Lindgren.
Before the World Series of Poker began, Negreanu and the other participants gathered at the Aria for an auction draft. Not sure what that means? Negreanu explained it best in his blog: “Each team gets 200 to spend on 8 players. A player is nominated, then goes to the highest bidder. So if you want Phil Ivey, you would have had to spend 108 of your 200 bankroll to get him, leaving you just 92 left to fill out the rest of your team.”
Obviously Negreanu wrote that blog before he knew Ivey wouldn’t be playing in this year’s WSOP, but you get the gist. The draft itself was open to the public in an Aria suite, complete with a projector screen and full bar. Needless to say, much merrymaking and spirits were to be had at the draft. So much so that there were some unfortunate, albeit entertaining, mistakes. Negreanu provided one example: "The Hoyt Corkins pick [by Team Robert Mizrachi/Greg Meuller/Jared Bleznick/"Crazy" Mike] was an accident, as Bleznick just yelled out 'five' after Todd Brunson threw him out for 1. In a pool like this, the right price for Corkins was 1.”
Here is a look at the $25K High Roller Fantasy Poker League draft results.
Team Joe Cassidy/Huck Seed
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Dwan | 62 |
| 2 | Vladimir Schemelev | 33 |
| 3 | Alexander Kostritsyn | 58 |
| 4 | Jennifer Harman | 19 |
| 5 | Sam Trickett | 7 |
| 6 | David Pham | 1 |
| 7 | Vitaly Lunkin | 10 |
| 8 | David Bach | 1 |
Team Barry Greenstein
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Greenstein | 64 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | 108 |
| 3 | Chau Giang | 19 |
| 4 | John Pham | 2 |
| 5 | Ralph Perry | 3 |
| 6 | Ted Forrest | 1 |
| 7 | Joe Serock | 1 |
| 8 | Jimmy Fricke | 1 |
Team Robert Mizrachi/Greg Meuller/Jared Bleznick/"Crazy" Mike
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Alaei | 80 |
| 2 | Robert Mizrachi | 51 |
| 3 | Josh Arieh | 26 |
| 4 | Hoyt Corkins | 5 |
| 5 | Chad Brown | 24 |
| 6 | Marco Traniello | 1 |
| 7 | David “ODB” Baker | 5 |
| 8 | Lee Goldman | 1 |
Team Justin "BoostedJ" Smith/Ashton Griffin
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin "BoostedJ" Smith | 64 |
| 2 | Huck Seed | 50 |
| 3 | Ali Eslami | 35 |
| 4 | David Chiu | 32 |
| 5 | Farzad Bonyadi | 3 |
| 6 | Amnon Filippi | 1 |
| 7 | Eli Elezra | 4 |
| 8 | Mike “SirWatts” Watson | 10 |
Team Eugene Katchalov/Daniel Alaei
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugene Katchalov | 72 |
| 2 | Steve Sung | 6 |
| 3 | Matt Hawrilenko | 32 |
| 4 | Nikolai Evdakov | 12 |
| 5 | Pat Pezzin | 14 |
| 6 | Mikael Thuritz | 28 |
| 7 | Ville Wahlbeck | 15 |
| 8 | Abe Mosseri | 21 |
Team Casey Katz
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Seidel | 43 |
| 2 | John Juanda | 53 |
| 3 | Michael Mizrachi | 50 |
| 4 | Carlos Mortensen | 19 |
| 5 | Annette Obrestad | 1 |
| 6 | Jason Somerville | 1 |
| 7 | David Singer | 20 |
| 8 | Eric Baldwin | 13 |
Team Scott Seiver/Justin Bonomo/Eric Froelich
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Glantz | 58 |
| 2 | Sorel Mizzi | 40 |
| 3 | Justin Bonomo | 43 |
| 4 | Christian "charder30" Harder | 5 |
| 5 | Jon "PearlJammed" Turner | 13 |
| 6 | Andrew Brown | 9 |
| 7 | John Monnette | 11 |
| 8 | Greg Mueller | 21 |
Team Jason Mercier/Jason Somerville
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Binger | 45 |
| 2 | Dan "djk123" Kelly | 36 |
| 3 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 18 |
| 4 | David Oppenheim | 6 |
| 5 | Allen Bari | 36 |
| 6 | Daivd “Bakes” Baker | 40 |
| 7 | Ben Lamb | 15 |
| 8 | Bryn Kenney | 4 |
Team James Bord/Toby Lewis
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Schulman | 64 |
| 2 | Scott Clements | 45 |
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | 38 |
| 4 | Luke Schwartz | 1 |
| 5 | Richard Ashby | 28 |
| 6 | Andy Bloch | 6 |
| 7 | Anthony Lellouche | 1 |
| 8 | James Bord | 1 |
Team Daniel Negreanu
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Seiver | 73 |
| 2 | Jason Mercier | 74 |
| 3 | Yuval Bronshtein | 18 |
| 4 | Yueqi Zhu | 5 |
| 5 | Mike Matusow | 12 |
| 6 | Roland De Wolfe | 1 |
| 7 | Gavin Smith | 1 |
| 8 | Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis | 16 |
Team Frank Kassela/Shaun Deeb
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Negreanu | 89 |
| 2 | Frank Kassela | 41 |
| 3 | Dwyte Pilgrim | 10 |
| 4 | Allen Cunningham | 25 |
| 5 | Victor Ramdin | 1 |
| 6 | Rob Hollink | 17 |
| 7 | Thomas Koral | 1 |
| 8 | Dario Minieri | 16 |
Team Erick Lingdren/David Oppenhiem
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erick Lindgren | 61 |
| 2 | David Benyamine | 58 |
| 3 | Shawn Buchanan | 63 |
| 4 | Eric Froehlich | 6 |
| 5 | Shannon Shorr | 1 |
| 6 | Kirill Gerasimov | 1 |
| 7 | George "Jorj95" Lind III | 9 |
| 8 | Brian Hastings | 1 |
Team Todd Brunson
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Brunson | 40 |
| 2 | Scotty Nguyen | 35 |
| 3 | Phil Hellmuth | 38 |
| 4 | Freddy Deeb | 23 |
| 5 | Allen Kessler | 41 |
| 6 | Chris Ferguson | 4 |
| 7 | Minh Ly | 1 |
| 8 | Shun Uchida | 1 |
Team Mori Eskandani
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeffrey Lisandro | 50 |
| 2 | Chris Bjorin | 38 |
| 3 | Men “The Master” Nguyen | 27 |
| 4 | Dan Heimiller | 21 |
| 5 | Tom Marchese | 10 |
| 6 | David Williams | 14 |
| 7 | Vanessa Selbst | 5 |
| 8 | Phil Galfond | 35 |
Team Vladimir Shchemelev
| Round | Player | Points Bid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastien Sabic | 40 |
| 2 | Joe Cassidy | 43 |
| 3 | Brett Richey | 37 |
| 4 | Patrik Antonius | 5 |
| 5 | Jared Bleznick | 8 |
| 6 | “Crazy” Marco Johnson | 43 |
| 7 | Alex Kravchenko | 21 |
| 8 | Sergey "gipsy74" Rybachenko | 31 |
If you want to read a full analysis on each team and determined by Negreanu, be sure to check out his blog. Also, if you’re a fan of fantasy poker, be sure to read our recap of the 2011 ESPN Fantasy Poker League.
Data from : www.pokernews.com - Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/06/the-25k-high-roller-fantasy-poker-league-10502.htm
