Thanks for the encouragement Mr Roll.

And some good news for Team Adam - Adam Friedman came 2nd in event #2 in Vegas (PokerGo).

Even better news for Team John - John Hennigan won event #2 and John Monnette has the early lead in event #3.

Good news for Team John - John Monnette did cash in event #2 so it looks like Monnette & Hennigan will both be on Team John.

It's a new month so that means that changes are now allowed. If you're having 2nd thoughts about your picks you can now change.

Exciting news from Vegas:

TEAM PHIL: Phil Hellmuth has cashed. Still no sighting of Phil Ivey.

TEAM JOHN: We thought Monette & Hennigan were on their way to Summer In Vegas but now John Racener has shown up to play the 10K Triple Stud. Each team can only have 2 players from each type of poker so one of these Johns will be out.

TEAM STEVE: Steve Albini(!) shows up to play the 10K Triple Stud. However, Albini usually only comes to Vegas for about a week so I don't know if Team Steve wants Albini to cash.

TEAM JASON: Jason Mercier is in the house (10K Triple Stud)


Steve Albini: guitar playing stud player

BTW: PokerGo is Triple Stud day today. It's also Triple Stud day here in Taipei.

BTW: to make it more interesting, all 3 Johns are playing the 10K Triple Stud

BTW: I'm also playing Triple Stud today (for 6K Taiwan dollars (about $200 US))

11 left in the $10K Triple Stud. 6 get paid.
All 3 Johns are still alive with Racener at #1.

Vivian (from my homegame) has taken Team George.

Jenny (from my homegame) takes Team Yuki
Swee (from my homegame) takes Team Walter

Josephine (from my homegame) takes Team Joseph

damn, is your home game all ladies?

Nope, but they are the majority

games with healthy pools of women are way more fun

super jealous

Not looking good for Benny Glaser - he needs to cash in the NL27 but they're only paying 3 and he's 17th in chips.

However, there is now a hometown competition and he looks good to make Team England.
Skip over to Summer In Vegas II to enter the pool or start working your way onto one of the teams so you can play in Vegas this summer for your state (USA) or country.

And PokerGo has changed their mind - they will pay top 4 (not top 3) in the NL27.

Julie (from my homegame) is putting her $0 on me (Team Dave).
That's a longshot!

BTW, this pool's sister pool (the one by state/country) has 7 entries so far. Don't you have a favourite state or country that you would like to put $0 on?

2 more entries from my homegame: Don takes James, Zahida takes Robert

Current list of entries.
I see a lot of people haven't decided on their $300 & $500 picks yet.

$100 entries

Team Aaron (aaronk56)
Team Adam (rickroll)
Team Alan (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Brandon (housenuts)
Team Dan (Nolan Hee)
Team Daniel (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Dave (Julie)
Team David (D1iabol1cal)
Team George (Vivian)
Team James (Don)
Team Jeremy (Mixedgamelover)
Team John (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Jonathan (sixfour)
Team Joseph (Josephine)
Team Mark (marknfw)
Team Matt (iraisetoomuch)
Team Matthew (master3004)
Team Michael (Booker Wolfbox)
Team Nick (FerencL)
Team Phillip (xander biscuits)
Team Robert (Zahida)
Team Walter (Swee)
Team William (Phat Mack)
Team Yuki (Jenny)


$300 entries

Team Adam/Adam Friedman (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Adam/Adam Hendrix (rickroll)
Team Alan/Alan Engel (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Dan/Shaun Deeb (Nolan Hee)
Team Daniel/Daniel Negreanu (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Nick/Nick Pupillo (FerencL)
Team William/Bill Chen (Phat Mack)

$500 entries

Team Adam/Adam Friedman/Kathy Chang (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
Team Adam/Adam Hendrix/Maria Ho (rickroll)
Team Alan/Alan Engel/Angela Jordison (Doctors Without Borders)
Team Dan/Shaun Deeb/Maria Ho (Nolan Hee)
Team Daniel/Daniel Negreanu/Kathy Chang (Reporters Without Borders)
Team Nick/Nick Pupillo/Kathy Chang (FerencL)
Team William/Bill Chen/Hui Chen Quo (Phat Mack)

With most of the results from when I was away included, we now have 187 teams qualified for Summer In Vegas.

1 Aaron 51 6
2 Adam 67 8
3 Alan 43 9
4 Albert 17 5
5 Alexander 61 7
6 Allen 11 6
7 Andrew 121 8
8 Anthony 97 6
9 Anton 18 5
10 Arthur 25 5
11 Austin 15 5
12 Ben 16 7
13 Benjamin 56 6
14 Bradley 23 6
15 Brandon 47 7
16 Brian 106 6
17 Bruce 12 5
18 Bruno 44 6
19 Bryan 31 5
20 Carlos 56 6
21 Casey 11 5
22 Chad 24 5
23 Charles 61 5
24 Chris 31 6
25 Christian 35 6
26 Christopher 142 6
27 Clayton 6 5
28 Corey 13 6
29 Craig 30 7
30 Dale 7 6
31 Dan 18 6
32 Daniel 191 6
33 Danny 19 6
34 Dave 13 5
35 David 314 8
36 Denis 17 6
37 Dennis 26 6
38 Derek 22 6
39 Dominick 2 5
40 Donald 22 6
41 Dylan 22 6
42 Edward 31 7
43 Eric 88 8
44 Erik 18 5
45 Ethan 6 6
46 Fabio 35 6
47 Fedor 4 5
48 Felipe 52 7
49 Fernando 37 5
50 Frank 43 6
51 Frederic 11 5
52 Gabriel 57 6
53 Gary 45 6
54 George 52 6
55 Gordon 4 5
56 Grant 10 6
57 Greg 18 6
58 Gregory 39 6
59 Guilherme 38 5
60 Gustavo 32 5
61 Hal 3 5
62 Hayashi 2 5
63 Henry 15 6
64 Ian 26 7
65 Ilya 10 6
66 Jack 29 6
67 Jake 10 5
68 James 159 8
69 Jan 15 5
70 Jason 107 8
71 Jay 23 6
72 Jeff 22 7
73 Jeffrey 72 6
74 Jennifer 12 5
75 Jeremy 46 6
76 Jerry 15 6
77 Jesse 20 5
78 Joao 30 5
79 Joe 25 5
80 Joel 24 5
81 John 208 8
82 Jon 18 6
83 Jonathan 81 8
84 Jonathon 5 5
85 Jordan 36 6
86 Jorge 36 5
87 Jose 78 6
88 Joseph 152 7
89 Josh 12 5
90 Joshua 78 9
91 José 6 5
92 Julian 17 5
93 Jun 12 6
94 Jung 7 5
95 Justin 63 5
96 Keita 3 5
97 Kelly 12 5
98 Ken 11 5
99 Kenji 7 5
100 Kenneth 46 7
101 Kevin 82 8
102 Kyle 35 7
103 Lasse 3 5
104 Lawrence 23 6
105 Leandro 20 5
106 Leonard 8 6
107 Li 10 6
108 Luke 11 5
109 Maksim 16 5
110 Marc 35 5
111 Marcelo 37 6
112 Marco 27 6
113 Marcos 25 5
114 Marina 3 6
115 Mark 111 8
116 Marshall 5 5
117 Martin 42 6
118 Matheus 28 5
119 Matt 11 6
120 Matthew 135 8
121 Michael 384 9
122 Mike 31 6
123 Mitchell 12 6
124 Murilo 7 5
125 Nathan 22 6
126 Nicholas 72 8
127 Nick 14 6
128 Oleksandr 4 5
129 Pablo 15 5
130 Patrick 47 7
131 Paul 88 7
132 Paulo 27 5
133 Pedro 39 6
134 Peter 78 9
135 Philip 24 7
136 Phillip 18 6
137 Rafael 59 6
138 Randy 16 6
139 Raymond 21 6
140 Ricardo 43 5
141 Richard 110 6
142 Robert 181 8
143 Roberto 29 5
144 Rodrigo 42 5
145 Roman 17 5
146 Ron 10 5
147 Ryan 81 8
148 Sam 14 5
149 Sami 5 5
150 Samuel 43 5
151 Sarah 5 6
152 Scott 88 7
153 Sean 42 6
154 Sergio 25 5
155 Sheng 3 5
156 Siddharth 5 5
157 Stanislav 11 6
158 Stephanie 5 5
159 Stephen 53 6
160 Sterling 3 5
161 Steve 34 5
162 Steven 80 8
163 Ted 4 5
164 Thomas 126 6
165 Tiago 7 5
166 Timothy 46 5
167 Tobias 10 6
168 Todd 23 6
169 Tony 32 6
170 Troy 11 5
171 Tsz 9 5
172 Tyler 29 6
173 Vegard 2 5
174 Victor 36 6
175 Vincent 42 7
176 Walter 20 7
177 Wayne 10 6
178 Wendy 8 6
179 William 119 8
180 Wing 5 6
181 Yan 9 5
182 Yannick 4 5
183 Yosuke 4 5
184 Yuki 9 6
185 Yuriy 6 5
186 Yuval 3 5
187 Zachary 32 6

So, am I still on Team Dave? Yup, there I am!
And the good news: I'm now the #1 Mixed Game player so if some big cash comes along it will be Worthan who gets booted off not me.
Should I book my hotel/flight now?

PLAYER	HOLDEM$	OMAHA$	STUD$	DRAW$	MIXED$	OTHER$	#QUALIFICATIONS
Dave DiGiovanni-Hersh	0	660	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Poces	15858	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Sheehan	13000	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Spencer	0	0	0	0	1843	0	1
Dave Worthan	0	0	0	0	1652	0	1

Results added from Estonia & Slovakia - now 208 teams!

1 Aaron 52 6
2 Adam 70 8
3 Alan 44 9
4 Albert 17 5
5 Alexander 63 7
6 Allan 14 6
7 Allen 11 6
8 Andre 44 5
9 Andrew 122 8
10 Anthony 97 6
11 Anton 19 5
12 Arthur 25 5
13 Austin 15 5
14 Ben 16 7
15 Benjamin 58 6
16 Bradley 23 6
17 Brandon 47 7
18 Brian 107 6
19 Bruce 12 5
20 Bruno 44 6
21 Bryan 31 5
22 Carlos 56 6
23 Casey 11 5
24 Chad 24 5
25 Charles 62 5
26 Chris 31 6
27 Christian 38 6
28 Christopher 144 6
29 Clayton 6 5
30 Corey 13 6
31 Craig 31 7
32 Dale 7 6
33 Dan 18 6
34 Daniel 202 6
35 Danny 20 6
36 Dario 4 5
37 Dave 13 5
38 David 317 8
39 Denis 18 6
40 Dennis 26 6
41 Derek 22 6
42 Dominick 2 5
43 Donald 22 6
44 Dylan 22 6
45 Edward 31 7
46 Eric 89 8
47 Erik 23 6
48 Ethan 6 6
49 Fabio 35 6
50 Fedor 4 5
51 Felipe 52 7
52 Fernando 37 5
53 Frank 46 6
54 Frederic 11 5
55 Gabriel 58 6
56 Gary 46 6
57 George 55 6
58 Gordon 4 5
59 Grant 10 6
60 Greg 18 6
61 Gregory 39 6
62 Guilherme 38 5
63 Gustavo 32 5
64 Hal 3 5
65 Hans 9 5
66 Hayashi 2 5
67 Henry 16 6
68 Ian 26 7
69 Ilya 10 6
70 Jack 30 7
71 Jacob 35 6
72 Jake 10 5
73 James 161 8
74 Jan 15 5
75 Jani 5 5
76 Jari 7 6
77 Jason 109 8
78 Jay 24 6
79 Jeff 22 7
80 Jeffrey 75 6
81 Jennifer 12 5
82 Jeremy 46 6
83 Jerry 17 6
84 Jesse 21 5
85 Joao 31 5
86 Joe 25 5
87 Joel 26 5
88 John 214 9
89 Jon 19 6
90 Jonas 10 5
91 Jonathan 82 8
92 Jonathon 5 5
93 Jordan 36 6
94 Jorge 36 5
95 Jose 80 6
96 Joseph 152 7
97 Josh 12 5
98 Joshua 78 9
99 José 6 5
100 Jukka 3 5
101 Julian 18 5
102 Jun 12 6
103 Jung 7 5
104 Justin 63 5
105 Keita 3 5
106 Kelly 15 5
107 Ken 12 5
108 Kenji 7 5
109 Kenneth 49 7
110 Kevin 84 8
111 Kyle 35 7
112 Lars 9 5
113 Lasse 3 5
114 Lawrence 24 6
115 Leandro 20 5
116 Leonard 8 6
117 Li 10 6
118 Luke 11 5
119 Maksim 17 5
120 Manuel 12 5
121 Marc 35 5
122 Marcelo 37 6
123 Marco 27 6
124 Marcos 25 5
125 Marina 3 6
126 Mark 117 8
127 Markus 6 5
128 Marshall 5 5
129 Martin 48 6
130 Matheus 28 5
131 Matias 7 6
132 Matt 11 6
133 Matthew 138 8
134 Max 12 5
135 Michael 390 9
136 Mika 6 6
137 Mike 31 6
138 Mitchell 12 6
139 Morten 4 6
140 Murilo 7 5
141 Nathan 22 6
142 Nicholas 72 8
143 Nick 15 6
144 Oleksandr 5 5
145 Oliver 11 5
146 Pablo 15 5
147 Patrick 49 7
148 Paul 93 7
149 Paulo 27 5
150 Pawel 5 5
151 Pedro 39 6
152 Peter 82 9
153 Philip 24 7
154 Phillip 19 6
155 Piotr 6 5
156 Rafael 59 6
157 Randy 16 6
158 Raymond 22 6
159 Ricardo 43 5
160 Richard 114 6
161 Risto 4 6
162 Robert 183 8
163 Roberto 29 5
164 Rodrigo 43 5
165 Roman 19 5
166 Ron 11 5
167 Ryan 81 8
168 Sam 14 5
169 Sami 10 7
170 Samuel 44 5
171 Sarah 5 6
172 Scott 89 8
173 Sean 43 6
174 Sergio 25 5
175 Sheng 3 5
176 Siddharth 5 5
177 Stanislav 13 6
178 Stephanie 5 5
179 Stephen 54 6
180 Sterling 3 5
181 Steve 35 6
182 Steven 83 8
183 Ted 4 5
184 Thomas 130 7
185 Tiago 7 5
186 Timothy 46 5
187 Tobias 12 7
188 Todd 24 6
189 Tony 34 6
190 Troy 11 5
191 Tsz 9 5
192 Tyler 29 6
193 Vegard 2 5
194 Vesa 4 5
195 Victor 39 6
196 Vincent 43 7
197 Walter 20 7
198 Wayne 10 6
199 Wendy 8 6
200 William 121 9
201 Wing 5 6
202 Yan 9 5
203 Yannick 4 5
204 Yosuke 4 5
205 Yuki 9 6
206 Yuriy 6 5
207 Yuval 3 5
208 Zachary 32 6

Now that Daniel Cates has cashed in Rio, it's time to have a look at Team Daniel.
Cates got in with that cash and Negreanu & Zack got in due to their PokerGo Mixed Games results.

PLAYER	HOLDEM$	OMAHA$	STUD$	DRAW$	MIXED$	OTHER$	#QUALIFICATIONS
Daniel Cates	0	46699	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Lowery	448136	0	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Negreanu	0	0	0	0	252350	0	1
Daniel Sepiol	5290644	0	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Smuskovics	0	126230	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Zack	0	0	0	0	348950	0	1

Complete teams & rosters has been updated here

There are now 214 teams and 1043 players.

For those who are wondering: Isn't Jeremy Becker on Team Jeremy yet?
Jeremy Becker has cashed 14 times for $45,847.
That leaves him $5453 behind Jeremy Joseph for the #2 holdem spot.

PLAYER	HOLDEM$	OMAHA$	STUD$	DRAW$	MIXED$	OTHER$	#QUALIFICATIONS
Jeremy Ausmus	36250	24139	0	0	214800	0	2
Jeremy Felicetti	64716	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy Hamey	2050	3740	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy Joseph	51300	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jeremy Schofer	0	0	0	0	1416	0	1

Most of the results are in from Bally's in Black Hawk (Denver).
3 cashed in the STUD tournament and 2 were called ERIC.
Team Eric now has an almost complete set of qualifiers (just missing draw).
Bally's did have a draw tournament too but those results are not in. When they are, Team Eric might be the first to complete all 12 qualifications.
The complete list of teams (219!) and players have been updated here.

PLAYER	HOLDEM$	OMAHA$	STUD$	DRAW$	MIXED$	OTHER$	#QUALIFICATIONS
Eric Pfenning	26328	37443	810	0	8808	0	3
Eric Baldwin	288226	0	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Blair	200275	0	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Dawson	0	3828	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Eichhorn	0	0	1300	0	0	0	1
Eric Rivkin	4709	1119	0	0	8146	0	1
Eric Salcedo	0	0	0	0	0	521	1
Eric Schneller	0	0	0	0	0	180	1

BTW, nobody has picked Team Eric yet.......hint, hint.