So the WSOP is staring in a couple of days and I thought I'd run a little game about it.

Send me some answers to the following questions and I'll score them once we know the answers.

FYI I'll be playing but have not followed poker closely for a number of years and so my answers will likely be way off. Don't feel like this is a game for hard-core poker fans. Just submit a few answers with little thought and have a bit of fun.

Yes or No Section

1. Will Phil Hellmuth win a bracelet?
2. Will Daniel Negreanu make at least 2 final tables?
3. Will Adam Friedman final table the 10k Dealers Choice event?
4. Will Mike Matusow get a 5 figure cash or better?
5. Will Doyle Brunson play an event?
6. Will a woman win an open bracelet event?
7. Will there be a two time bracelet winner?
8. Will someone from Asia win a bracelet?
9. Will someone from Africa reach a final table?
10. Will someone with more than one million dollars in tournament cashes make it to the Main Event final table?

Who Section
1. Who will cash for the most this year?
2. Who will score the most POY points?
3. Who will reach the most final tables this year?
4. Who will cash the most times this year?
5. Which former Main Event champ will last longest in the Main Event this year?

Numbers Section
1. Most total entries in a single event?
2. Oldest open bracelet winner (years only)?
3. How many entries in the 50k Poker Players Championship?
4. How many people will play the Main Event?
5. How many million dollar plus payouts will there be?
6. Youngest player to reach the Main Event final table (years only)?
7. Largest number of cashes by a single player?
8. Best finishing position of a former Main Event champion in the Main Event?
9. Best finishing position of a woman in the Main Event?
10. Biggest first prize compared to entry fee? (Send me how many times bigger it will be/multiplier)

Scoring rules for anyone who cares


If you have questions about something that's not clear to you then ask them in thread or suffer the wrath of a potentially unfavorable ruling.

PM ME YOUR ANSWERS, PREFERABLY IN AN UNNUMBERED, UNSPACED LIST WITH NO ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

FEEL FREE TO CROSS POST THIS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES/SUB FORUMS, BUT I WILL ONLY ACCEPT ENTRIES FROM PMS FROM 2+2 ACCOUNTS.

THERE IS NO MONEY INVOLVED IN THIS GAME, IT'S JUST FOR FUN. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE MAKING SIDE BETS ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS GAME.

My entry is in and it's not changing even if major events would normally dictate than a change is +EV

Glgl everyone.

Oh and get your entry in by cards in the air for event 1 or it won't count.

are you using all events?
even online?
even non-open?

All events count unless it specifies open events.

Online events count.

If it's a who question then online counts as long as names are revealed.

in

7 in so far.

About 11 hours still to get in.

Entries closed

I'll do a write up later on

i just entered. sorry 1.5 hours post closing.

Here are the entries:

xander biscuits	jmmj05	pwnsall	SootedPowa	Wilbury Twist	vesku	FerencL	BulltexasATM	housenuts
Yes	no	No	No	No	No	no	No	no
Yes	yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes	Yes	yes
Yes	yes	No	No	No	No	no	No	no
Yes	yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	yes	Yes	no
Yes	yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	no	No	yes
Yes	no	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes	No	no
Yes	yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes	Yes	yes
Yes	yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes	No	yes
Yes	no	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	no	No	yes
Yes	yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	yes	Yes	yes
Stephen Chidwick	Daniel Negreanu	Chris Ferguson	Shaun Deeb	Daniel Negreanu	Stephen Chidwick	Stephen Chidwick	Daniel Negreanu	Daniel Negreanu
Stephen Chidwick	Daniel Negreanu	Ben yu	Shaun Deeb	Shaun Deeb	Stephen Chidwick	Shaun Deeb	Shaun Deeb	Daniel Negreanu
Benny Glaser	Daniel Negreanu	Daniel Negreanu	Shaun Deeb	Daniel Negreanu	Stephen Chidwick	Stephen Chidwick	Daniel Negreanu	Daniel Negreanu
Jeremy Ausmus	Shaun Deeb	Scott clements	Shaun Deeb	Ryan Laplante	Stephen Chidwick	Daniel Negreanu	Allen Kessler	Daniel Negreanu
Greg Raymer	Phil Hellmuth	Joe Cada	Koray Aldemir	Ryan Riess	Joe McKeehen	Joe McKeehen	Joe Hachem	Joe Cada
17234	28569	21000	5555	12144	25000	12837	8000	8890
72	61	48	62	63	57	56	53	59
40	86	220	57	72	130	85	74	125
7500	8123	8600	6023	7544	7800	7537	7600	6942
34	17	9	44	11	31	33	34	188
24	27	22	23	24	24	22	24	22
20	17	23	24	17	9	18	13	10
70	256	38	69	31	54	57	62	36
109	33	42	120	55	5	37	114	21
2001	1111	2000	667	1100	2500	2037	100	750

I'll do more detailed, question by question specifics analysis in the coming days.

glgl everyone

Yes or No Section

1. Will Phil Hellmuth win a bracelet?

1 yes
8 no

2. Will Daniel Negreanu make at least 2 final tables?

9 yes

3. Will Adam Friedman final table the 10k Dealers Choice event?

2 yes
7 no

4. Will Mike Matusow get a 5 figure cash or better?

7 yes
2 no

5. Will Doyle Brunson play an event?

6 yes
3 no

6. Will a woman win an open bracelet event?

5 yes
4 no

7. Will there be a two time bracelet winner?

9 yes

8. Will someone from Asia win a bracelet?

7 yes
2 no

9. Will someone from Africa reach a final table?

5 yes
4 no

10. Will someone with more than one million dollars in tournament cashes make it to the Main Event final table?

7 yes
2 no

Nice mix of opinions.

My strategy was that it's more fun to root for things than against them and you'll also have a longer sweat.

In hindsight I should have made questions where there was more than 1 correct answer. Stuff like "who will win a bracelet?" and "Who will cash at least 10 times?" etc.

Predicting a lot of 0 for 5 in this round and a lot of tied rankings.

Oh well.

Who Section

1. Who will cash for the most this year?

Daniel Negreanu x4
Stephen Chidwick x3
Chris Ferguson
Shaun Deeb

2. Who will score the most POY points?

Shaun Deeb x 4
Stephen Chidwick x2
Daniel Negreanu x2
Ben Yu

3. Who will reach the most final tables this year?

Daniel Negreanu x5
Stephen Chidwick x2
Shaun Deeb
Benny Glaser

4. Who will cash the most times this year?

Daniel Negreanu x2
Shaun Deeb x2
Jeremy Ausmus
Allen Kessler
Stephen Chidwick
Scott Clements
Ryan Laplante

5. Which former Main Event champ will last longest in the Main Event this year?

Joe McKeehan x2
Joe Cada x2
Joe Hachem
Phil Hellmuth
Ryan Reiss
Greg Raymer
Koray Aldemir

I think the people with Deeb and Negreanu have the best shot at scoring some points in this thing. Lot of the other guesses are people swinging wild.

I predict the best someone will do is get 2 right and most people will get none right.

i just threw total guesses. my 188 million dollar cashes seems like an outlier.

1. Most total entries in a single event?

SootedPowa	5555
BulltexasATM	8000
housenuts	8890
Wilbury Twist	12144
FerencL	12837
xander biscuits	17234
pwnsall	21000
vesku	25000
jmmj05	28569

Biggest ever event was the Big50 in 2019 which had 28,371 entries. jmmj05 thinks we're going to break records.

SootedPowa is less optimistic. The 2005 Main Event had more entries than he guessed.

Event #5 currently at 12,869.
They need a power failure in Vegas so they can't sell any more entries.

Adam Friedman busted the 10k Dealer's Choice on day 1 meaning no 4 wins in a row and the answer to question 3 is no.

Everyone except me and jmmj05 gets one correct.

20,080 entrants in the Housewarming event which is extremely likely to be the best attended tournament

Here are the provisional rankings for that question:

Rank	Player	Guess	Error Margin
	ANSWER	20080	0
1	pwnsall	21000	920
2	xander biscuits	17234	2846
3	vesku	25000	4920
4	FerencL	12837	7243
5	Wilbury Twist	12144	7936
6	jmmj05	28569	8489
7	housenuts	8890	11190
8	BulltexasATM	8000	12080
9	SootedPowa	5555	14525

Sorry for the lack of updates, but busy life and all those other excuses.

Let's make up for it by having an update now...

1. Will Phil Hellmuth win a bracelet? - Not happened yet

2. Will Daniel Negreanu make at least 2 final tables? Final table count currently at 0

3. Will Adam Friedman final table the 10k Dealers Choice event? Did not happen. He won a bracelet elsewhere but did not FT this one. NO

4. Will Mike Matusow get a 5 figure cash or better? He's had 2 of them!! $16,165 in the 10k 08 and $17,010 in the Flip N Go YES

5. Will Doyle Brunson play an event? Don't think so. Please correct me if I'm wrong

6. Will a woman win an open bracelet event? Kate Kopp won the CLOSED Casino Employees Event which doesn't count. Nothing else of note from a woman yet. I'm probably wrong, but I haven't even noticed any final tables.

7. Will there be a two time bracelet winner? Not yet, but it usually happens towards the end for obvious reasons.

8. Will someone from Asia win a bracelet? Tong Li from Shaghia in China won the 25k PLO. Last I checked China was in Asia YES

9. Will someone from Africa reach a final table? All quiet on the African front. Have not noticed a single African flag on any of the updates. Anything could happen but it's not seeming likely as things stand.

10. Will someone with more than one million dollars in tournament cashes make it to the Main Event final table? We'll have to wait to find out...

Yes or No Section current standings:

Rank	Player	Points
1	vesku	3
1	FerencL	3
1	SootedPowa	3
4	pwnsall	2
4	xander biscuits	2
4	Wilbury Twist	2
4	jmmj05	2
4	housenuts	2
4	BulltexasATM	2

1. Who will cash for the most this year? The Hendon Mob isn't counting bounties and therefore neither am I (which disadvantages me)

Daniel Negreanu x4 $62, 456
Stephen Chidwick x3 $44,253
Chris Ferguson $0
Shaun Deeb $203,414

2. Who will score the most POY points?

Shaun Deeb x 4 27th
Stephen Chidwick x2 Not in the top 100
Daniel Negreanu x2 Not in the top 100
Ben Yu Not in the top 100

3. Who will reach the most final tables this year?

Daniel Negreanu x5 0 so far
Stephen Chidwick x2 0 so far
Shaun Deeb 1 so far
Benny Glaser 1 so far

4. Who will cash the most times this year?

Daniel Negreanu x2 2 so far
Shaun Deeb x2 8 so far
Jeremy Ausmus 2 so far
Allen Kessler 3 so far
Stephen Chidwick 1 so far
Scott Clements 0 so far
Ryan Laplante 3 so far

5. Which former Main Event champ will last longest in the Main Event this year?

Joe McKeehan x2 ???
Joe Cada x2 ???
Joe Hachem ???
Phil Hellmuth ???
Ryan Reiss ???
Greg Raymer ???
Koray Aldemir ???

I think the best an African has come to a final table is an 11th by South Africa in a NLH.

On the distaff side, Von Altizer was leading her final table in event #20 pretty much all the way but finished 2nd.

I wonder how pwnsall is doing here? He/she looks like the only one with a chance to get the $200 bonus.

Raymond Rahme from South Africa finished the 2007 Main Event in 3rd place - https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=34525

Gee, not looking so good for giving away that $200 to anyone who can win this one and my 12 country WSOP pool.
Looks like pwnsall or xander in my pool
However, look at xander's solid set of "yes"s in the yes/no here.
Look at the players picked by pwnsall.
Does not look good.

Isn't that darn WSOP over yet?