FCP Bob 1,306 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 We're very happy to bring back the Full Contact Poker WSOP Pool for 2012.2012 Full Contact Poker WSOP Pool Sign Up PageDaniel has put together 15 groups of players with 5 in each group. You choose the player from each group who you think will earn the most WSOP Player of the Year Points during the 2012 WSOP at The Rio in Las Vegas. Your team's score is the total number of Player of the Year points that your 15 players earn. The tie breaker is a guess of how much money Daniel will cash for at the WSOP this year.Here's the link to the official WSOP POY Standings on Bluff http://www.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-poy/Here's the link to the WSOP POY formula for earning points http://www.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-poy/formula.asp Here's the link to the Rules for the pool. http://fullcontactpo...p2012/rules.phpSome of the rules: You must be at least 21 years old to win a prize You must have a valid FCP Forum Account to win a prize Only one entry per person is allowed. If you enter more than once you will be disqualified from winning any prizes Entries will be allowed up until Monday May 28th at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time We hope that everybody has a lot of fun with this. Prizes Grand Prize – 1% of Daniel Negreanu’s overall cashes at the 2012 WSOP in Las Vegas not including Event #55 “The Big One for One Drop” or Event #61 The $10K Main Event.2nd – 5th – An Apple iPad 36th – 10th – A 6 Month Subscription to PokerVT11th - 20th – A Signed Copy of “Power Hold'em Strategy” by Daniel NegreanuGROUP 1Phil IveyDaniel NegreanuElkY (Bertrand Grospellier)Jason MercierEugene KatchalovGROUP 2Dan SmithDan KellyDaniel CatesDan O'BrienDaniel AlaeiGROUP 3Vanessa SelbstVanessa RoussoMaria HoLiv BoereeJennifer HarmanGROUP 4Scott SeiverShaun DeebSorel MizziJonathan DuhamelBryn KenneyGROUP 5Isaac HaxtonJustin BonomoDavid SandsChris MoormanThomas MarcheseGROUP 6Huck SeedPhil HellmuthBarry GreensteinJohn JuandaErik SeidelGROUP 7Marvin RettenmaierTobias ReinkemeierPius HeinzDominik NitscheBenny SpindlerGROUP 8Tom DwanGus HansenPatrik AntoniusDoyle BrunsonJohnny ChanGROUP 9Sam TrickettJames DempseyJake CodyJames AkenheadJ.P. KellyGROUP 10Praz BansiFaraz JakaRam VaswaniVivek RajkumarHasan HabibGROUP 11Scotty NguyenJoseph CheongDavid ChiuNam LeJC TranGROUP 12Viktor BlomChris BjorinJuha HelppiAnnette ObrestadVille WahlbeckGROUP 13Gavin SmithMike McDonaldShawn BuchananMichael WatsonErik CajelasGROUP 14Mike MatusowJean-Robert BellandeChino (David Rheem)Matt MarafiotiTony G (Tony Guoga)GROUP 15Brian RastJason SomervilleAdam JunglenJon TurnerBryan Devonshire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roblloyd 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 In, went with some of the players more likely to play the non-holdem events and those who will have some bracelet bets on. Hoping Group 9 do well and rep the Brits!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beano52 1 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Wow, I'm in but had a real hard time with Groups 1,3,12 !!Group 1: Daniel vs. Elky ??Group 3: Hellmuth vs. Seidel ??Group 12: Annette vs. Bloom ?? (went with Annette wondering if Bloom will crash and burn) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,306 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 One of the fun things that we should be able to do is publish the stats for how often each player is picked after entries are closed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_fold08 1 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 In. good luck to no one but me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rcgs59 15 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 omg this year is hard lolGroup 1 Jason Mercier or Eugene Katchalov but Elky for other games ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poker_tim 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 In, went with some of the players more likely to play the non-holdem events and those who will have some bracelet bets on. Hoping Group 9 do well and rep the Brits!!!That and I made it a point to pick players who I thought were more likely to play a full schedule i.e. I took Faraz Jaka over Hassan Habib because I think that he will play a lot more although I think that Habib is a more consistent player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beano52 1 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Honestly, I believe we will soon find out (next couple years) that Mercier is a fluke. he is very good but I don't believe "world Class". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roblloyd 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 That and I made it a point to pick players who I thought were more likely to play a full schedule i.e. I took Faraz Jaka over Hassan Habib because I think that he will play a lot more although I think that Habib is a more consistent player.Haha, I took the exact same line with Jaka>Habib. Exact same thought process. Great minds think alike maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjp1 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Can someone tell me how Ben Lamb is not on any of the lists? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GOCUBSGO 77 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Can someone tell me how Ben Lamb is not on any of the lists?I'm sure there are many well known/successful poker players left off this list. It's not like Daniel said these are the best of the best. It looks like he grouped them into the specific categories for a reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GWCGWC 83 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 I just clicked buttons kind of like when I play poker. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gatortom64 1 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Yet another reason to make a WSOP site part of my home page set!!!! Thank DN and all the mods here for all you do!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeroCall23 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Where is Howard Led and Chris Ferg? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeroCall23 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 I'm sure there are many well known/successful poker players left off this list. It's not like Daniel said these are the best of the best. It looks like he grouped them into the specific categories for a reason.Agree. But still miss Lex and Sam Stein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rumplemintz1982 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Is there a way to edit your picks? I messed up on the tie-breaker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elronncee 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Wow, I'm in but had a real hard time with Groups 1,3,12 !!Group 1: Daniel vs. Elky ??Group 3: Hellmuth vs. Seidel ??Group 12: Annette vs. Bloom ?? (went with Annette wondering if Bloom will crash and burn)In as well, also had the hardest time with group 1. Wanted so badly to go with Katchalov, but how can you not pick Ivey knowing he has bracelet bets? I think Siedel will dominate Hellmuth and Blom is an easy lock knowing he is just trying to prove he is a dominant player in not just cash games. Also lol at some of the grouping. Asians, Easterb Europeans etc. And thanks to Daniel for putting this on. A real class act and great ambassador for the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fours 1 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Well Hi all. If i'm close to winning it will be complete luck.Said to the Mrs, "Give me a number between 1-5" 15 times and that's where I got my picks from 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,306 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Is there a way to edit your picks? I messed up on the tie-breaker.Send Governator a Private Message Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
btp325 0 Report post Posted May 22, 2012 Awesome. Mix game players FTW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlipsMcGee 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2012 Just made my picks. I am such a noob. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Essay21 2,384 Report post Posted May 23, 2012 Just made my picks. I am such a noob.welcome noob. i'm also new here, maybe we can be friends?edit: and i'd never heard of more than half of those people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Report post Posted May 23, 2012 If you need to make a change with regards to picks or tiebreaker, you can PM me and I'll adjust it (Before the May 28th deadline of course).You can also look up your picks & points anytime by going to the leaderboard page and doing a search for your FCP Forum Username: http://fullcontactpoker.com/wsop2012/leaderboard.phpSince my time has been occupied programming this system over the past week, I haven't had a chance to tweak the forum's performance. I'm going to make that my top priority going forward and will keep you posted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterling88 0 Report post Posted May 23, 2012 I'm in and very excited. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites