NO ENTRY FEE
If you don't want to do any of the guessing, just say you want to enter: random.org will pick for you.
I don't see too much activity over at Xander's quiz so I'm not sure what the chance of me giving away that $200 is (unless xander wins it).
So, here's another quiz with a guaranteed $200 prize (via PokerStars or Amazon)
The same rules for scoring as quiz #1 except it's a 100 point penalty for no cash instead of 1000 and the USA will be broken down into the 50 states.
All of your players will work together as a team - low score wins.

Send me a list of which countries (or states) you think will do the best at WSOP 2022 (in order).
Make the list as long or as short as you like. After your list is exhausted, countries/states will be given out using random.org.
It will be a draft with you getting the top country/state from your list. Picking order will be determined by random.org. It will be a snake draft.

We'll give you an extra day to enter. Cards are in the air tomorrow but since this is such short notice we'll accept entries until cards in the air for Event #3 (11AM on June 1st).
Enter by PM is probably best so nobody else can see your list.

We'll use Hendon's "born" state first then "residence" for Americans - all non-Americans go by flag displayed
Remember that if you pick Georgia to tell us if it's country or state.

TIP: Daniel Negreanu is a Canadian.
TIP: Phil Hellmuth is from Wisconsin.
TIP: Shaun Deeb is from New York

Here are a list of all the places Hendon Mob considers to be a country: https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ran...by_nationality
Remember: England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland are countries. UK is not.

I guess it's possible for the "USA" to get results: player has USA flag but no state shown. Don't know if there are any players like this.

Just thought of the "District Of Columbia". Those would be players counted as "USA" as they have no state. So, add "USA" to your list.

and I'll guarantee 30 entries and limit it to just 30
if we get less than 30, I'll give out "random" entries to charities or starving artists
if we get more than 30, preference goes to those who submit a list

we'll make the random entries totally random (from the entire list not those remaining on the list)
this will give the random entries a little better chance to win

the people who submit a list will just be drafting against others who submitted a list

So far, I have 52 country/states on my list but I'm waiting to watch the 25kfantasy draft to pick up some important inside info

Since this is entry by PM, you can revise your list at any time until entries close

One more day before entries close.
Only 2 entries (and that includes me!).
My list may change in case something strange happens in event #1.

One thing I noticed in the 25kfantasy draft: some players have the USA flag but were born in another country.
We'll use country of birth (Eli Elezra will play for Israel).

No entries yet from people who don't want to make a list - who just want the $200.
It's easier than finding money in the street.
If you find money in the street, you have to bend over to pick it up. Here, you can just stay sitting in your easy chair.

Let's go!

I will adjust my list a little bit later based on 25k fantasy.

I wanted to get an initial placeholder in before in case there was a mad rush

Doesn't appear to be a rush of any kind.

I don't think people understand that they don't need to do anything in order to get a shot at the $200.
Maybe it'll be just you and me.

I'd better start working on a list of "charities and starving artists". I may need it if 2+2ers don't want the money.

We'd better set the max countries/states per team at 10.
With just 2 list entries we would need a draft that lasted 90 rounds. We might be ready for WSOP 2023!
A draft with 10 rounds is much more doable.
But don't put in a list of 10 - in order for your list to last 10 rounds you need (10 X number of list entries).

If we max out at 30 list entries then we'll have 6 or 7 country/states per team.

It doesn't sound reasonable but the more list entries there are, the better chance the random entries have of winning.
So, if you don't need the $200, enter anyway so Doctors Without Borders has a better chance of winning!

Yes, I want to play.
(Greenone3)

Ok you can rand me a list.

Randomise my list pls

looks like about 11 hours to enter
currently only 2 list entries!

Random list pls.

Coming up to just 3 hours to go and still only 2 list entries!

If we ran it this way, me & xander biscuits would each grab all the good country/states and the randoms would have no chance.
SO... I've found a list of countries and a list of states. I'm simply going to shuffle these 2 lists together and the randoms will choose from that list.
That way me & xander (and any late entrants) will have an advantage but the randoms will still have some sort of chance.

Our advantage is we know who's hot and who's not. We know the state of the world. And we know this is being played in Las Vegas. All info that should give us an advantage.

90 minutes to go
2 list entries and 4 "random" entries
I'm starting on a list of charities and starving artists so that we'll have 30 teams ready to start drafting at 11AM

BTW, everyone will be drafting from the same pool of countries/states with no duplicates
since there are 219 country/states on the "random" list, each entry will get 7 picks

48 minutes to go
I now have a list of 24 "charities and starving artists" so we'll have a full slate of entries in case there isn't a flood of last minute entries

and another brainwave!
the 6 2+2ers who entered my Olympics pool but did not get a shot at the prize money (because PokerStars kicked 7 of the top 10 players off their site) are carried-forward to this pool.
Also, that pool was $215 so I've increased this pool to $215

the carried-forward entries are:

rickroll
toots babos
xander biscuits (he'll now have 2 entries)
J.E.C
Billion$Guy
marknfw

21 minutes left - the tension is almost unbearable!

12 minutes
I imagine there are a whole flock of 2+2ers with their finger hovering over that "send" button

and then there were 5 (minutes left)

ENTRIES CLOSED

Our first priority is to get random.org warmed up so we get your drafting order

our 30 entries are made up of

2 normal/list entries
4 requested/"random" entries
6 carried-forward from my previous pool entries
8 charities
10 starving artists

Cool

Prediction: my random entry will out perform my list entry