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Pokerlympics

Shouldn't Poker be an Olympic sport? Well if it were, here's my all-world final-table to decide the medals. The only restriction I placed was that no country could have more than three players, and it would simply be a three-table sit-and-go.

Americas
1. Phil Ivey (USA)
2. Doyle Brunson (USA)
3. Phil Hellmuth (USA)
4. Daniel Negreanu (Canada)
5. Evelyn Ng (Canada)
6. Nenad Medic (Canada)
7. Humberto Brenes (Costa Rica)

Europe
8. Gus Hansen (Denmark)
9. Kirill Gerasimov (Russia)
10. Alex Kravchenko (Russia)
11. David "Devilfish" Ulliot (England)
12. Annette Obrestad (Norway)
13. Marcel Luske (Netherlands)
14. Andy Black (Ireland)

Asia
15. Johnny Chan (China)
16. Scott Nguyen (Vietnam)
17. Men "The Master" Nguyen (Vietnam)
18. Jon "Razor" Phan (Vietnam)
19. Jerry Yang (Laos)
20. John Juanda (Indonesia)

Middle East
21. Hasan Habib (Pakistan)
22. Sammy Farha (Lebanon)
23. Freddy Deeb (Lebanon)
24. Eli Elezra (Israel)
25. Antonio Esfandiari (Iran)
26. Amir Vehedi (Iran)

Australia
27. Joe Hachem

WSOP Challenge III: Final Table

Nick Wins, 6-4!

Brants Final Table:

Dennis Phillips: $11,910,000
Craig Marquis: $11,460,000
Ivan Demidov: $4,965,000
Ylon Schwartz: $3,655,000

Nicks Final Table:

Dennis Phillips: $11,910,000
Craig Marquis: $11,460,000
David Rheem: $8,280,000
Ivan Demidov: $4,965,000
Scott Montgomery: $4,320,000
Ylon Schwartz: $3,655,000

WSOP Challenge II: Nick Crushes

Here are the results from round 2, which isn't officially completed yet (thank you, Brandon Cantu - top 27!!!!)

Brant's Team:

1. Jeremiah Smith -146
2. Dag Martin Mikkelsen - 281
3. Matt Matros - 78
4. Victor Ramdin - 64
5. Mark Vos -80
6. Hoyt Corkins - 162
7. Jon Friedberg - 148
8. Evelyn Ng - 238
9. Thayer Rasmussen - 321
10. Allen Cunningham - 117
11. Gus Hansen - 160
12. Jeff Madsen - 112
13. Hevad Khan - 240
14. Hasan Habib - 338
15. Chip Jett - 161*
16. Thomas Keller - 61
17. Johnny Chan - 329
18. Kido Pham - 41
19. Jean-Robert Bellande - 442
20. Jason Lester - 367

POINT TOTAL: 3886

Nick's Picks

1. Jeremy Joseph - 57
2. Alan Jaffray - 293
3. Alex Kostritsyn - 84
4. Shawn Sheikhan - 105
5. Brandon Cantu ?????
6. Lonnie Heimowitz - 83
7. Helge Pedersen - 170 - 666**
8. Phil Hellmuth - 45
9. Victor Ramdin - 64
10. Mark Vos - 80
11. Hoyt Corkins - 162
12. Mike Matusow - 30
13. Allen Cunningham - 117
14. Gus Hansen - 160
15. Jeff Madsen - 112
16. Hevad Khan - 240
17. Hasan Habib - 338
18. Kirill Gerasimov - 439
19. Jon "PearlJammer" Turner - 225
20. Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy - 386

POINT TOTAL: 3686 (Would have been 3190 if I counted Helge Pederson)

* Chip Jett cashed in this event under his real name, Charles. He actually has two entries in the WSOP player database.

** So, um, yeah. Turned out Helge was a dude, not a woman, so I inadvertently failed to have a woman on my team. Sadly, I would have picked Tiffany Michelle as my second choice, who is now 3rd in chips! Instead of Helge's finish, I gave myself 666 points for the final money slot.

WSOP Challenge III coming right up!!!!

WSOP Challenge II: BEST FINISH

WSOP Challenge II:

1. Pick 20 of the Remaining 474 players
2. You get points for what spot they are eliminated in (i.e. 100th place=100 points)
3. Fewest Points Wins

RULES

1. At least one pick has to have under $100,000
2. At least one pick has to be between $200,000-$100,000
3. At least one pick has to be between $300,000-$200,000
4. You can only pick THREE of the Top 20 players on the board.
5. At least one pick has to be a woman
6. At least one pick has to be a world champion (i.e. Hellmuth or Chan)
7: PICK YOUR PONY: You may select one person that I will not be allowed to pick. Since you (Brant) won last year (and we tied in round I), you can pick first, I already have my name in mind for mine. I'll tell you if you are to pick him for your 20, to make another selection.


The complete list is here: http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/tournament-chip-counts.asp?tid=4948&grid=411

Please email me your picks (naskew@northwestchristian.edu) And include their current chip count behind their name in parentheses. i.e. Gus Hansen (355,000)

You have Until 1:00 to pick.

WSOP Challenge I: Split Pot

We both had seven picked correctly to make the money! Off to round II....

WSOP Challenge I: Make The Money

The fight to go from 3,663 down to 666 is on.

Nick has 10 left, combined total of $1,454,700
Brant has 11 left, combined total of $1,380,800

Three players are listed as Unknown. This is because A) I never read of them busting and B) They do not show up on the chip count list heading into day 3.

NICK'S PLAYERS

1. Brandon Adams - MONEY!
2. Robert Mizrachi - MONEY!
3. Erick Lindgren - Out at 9:17 pm, Day 2A
4. Hal Lubarsky - Out at 10:38 pm, Day 2A
5. Hasan Habib - MONEY!
6. Erik Seidel - MADE DAY 3 -101,200
7. Patrick Antonius -Out at 12:30 pm, Day 3
8. Vanessa Rousso - MONEY!
9. Alex Kravchenko - Out on Day 3
10. Kathy Liebert - Out at 9:44 pm, Day 2A
11. Greg FTB Mueller - Out at 3:20 pm, Day 2A
12. Paul Wasicka - Out at 4:34 pm, Day 2A
13. Scotty Nguyen - Out at 3:03 pm, Day 2A
14. Barry Greenstein - Out at 9:50 pm, Day 2A
15. Gus Hansen - Money!
16. Sully Erna - Out at 12:18 pm, Day 2B
17. Nicolay Evdakov - UNKNOWN
18. Phil Hellmuth Jr. - MONEY
19. David Singer - Out 12:07 am, Day 2B
20. Alexander Kostritsyn - MONEY!!

BRANT'S PLAYERS

1. Brandon Adams - MONEY!
2. Kido Pham - MONEY!
3. Erick Lindgren - Out at 9:17 pm, Day 2A
4. Chau Giang - MONEY!
5. Nick Shulman - Out at 10:23 pm, Day 2A
6. Hasan Habib - MONEY!
7. Patrick Antonius - Out at 12:30 pm, Day 3
8. Erik Seidel - MADE DAY 3 - 101,200
9. Haralabos Voulgaris - Out at 12:50 am, Day 2A
10. John Hennigan - Out at 10:56 pm, Day 2A
11. Mark Vos - MONEY!
12. Thor Hansen - MONEY!
13. Carlos Mortensen - Out at 8:56 pm, Day 2B
14. Amir Vahedi - UNKNOWN
15. Nath Pizzolatto - Out on Day 3
16. Antonio Esfandiari -UNKNOWN
17. Johnny Chan -MONEY!
18. Jennifer Harman - Out at 12:59 pm, Day 3
19. Paul Wasicka - Out at 4:34 pm, Day 2A
20. Scotty Nguyen - Out at 3:03 pm, Day 2A

WSOP Pool Part One

Rough Day one at the WSOP. The list of eliminated stars is huge, most notably Brunson, Ivey, Negreanu, Cloutier, Harrington, Tom Dwan, JC Tran. Here's part one of the WSOP Challenge.

WSOP Challenge I: MAKING THE MONEY

Pick 20 people still in the tournament .You get one point for each of those ten that make the money. No rules. Any twenty will work. The list currently (11:30 am Monday) only has the day 1D players, so I would hold off on making your list until the complete list of 3,663 is available.

I will add the list of anyone who wants to compete. Just put your 20 in a reply to this post. I'll keep it as updated as I can throughout the week. You have to have your list turned into me by noon on Tuesday for you to "Qualify" for the non-existent prize.