Are you sure, or do you have to actually submit it? I guess we'll know soon enough.

From the 'My Summary' page:

Okee....For some reason it's showing me as not having made any picks for Event 6. I don't know if that means that the picks didn't carry over or they did carry and will fill in when it's time to calculate points.

So I've now gone through and made my picks thru event 11.

There is an interesting bug though in their software it seems - it doesn't appear if anyone can see my picks. If you click on the 'view picks' for me, instead of getting your picks beside mine, you'll get a message at the top saying something along the lines of 'cannot find user robbie' and then just your picks below. I *think* it's most likely because of the space in my user name.

Results to date:

Group Rank Everyone Rank Contestant Event Earnings View Picks
1 436 kgb81 $150,668
2 490 johnpmaniac $146,876
3 570 robbie robb $142,140
4 753 n1kita $126,032
5 808 reeldeal07 $124,134
6 1069 rogue23 $93,812
7 1148 tp_longshot $81,492
8 1673 left68wing $17,056

Sorry that it's hard to read. Here's the actual page:

Hey RD,

That's just for event #5 - that doesn't include the previous events. For others, go to that link RD provided and change the dropdown to 'Overall Fantasy Dollars'.

Here's the list:
So, as you can see, Blib is kickin' our asses but one event can turn that around...

One of the things I find most interesting about this is how many pros don't cash. I mean, I knew this, but it's actually kind of reassuring to see that when picking 15 of the best poker players in the world, it's quite common for 12, 14, or even all 15 of them to not even CASH, let alone go deep.

I think that part of that reason is simply that whatever table they land at, EVERYONE is automatically gunning for them. Sure, the idea is to knock everyone out, but I bet that there are more people willing to take risks by pushing when someone like Raymer or Hellmuth (especially Hellmuth) makes a proper-sized raised. It really seems to limit the number of hands that the big names can actually play in. I think this is detrimental to people like Negreanu and Farha who play pretty much anything.

Sure, it would be great to make the money in any event, but think of the story you have (once you embellish it a bit) if you send Hellmuth to the rail and start him off on one his trademark tantrums.

Doh. Thanks RR.

Maybe... but what about the flop side? There are people who are intimidated by the big name players and who will be more likely to lay down a pretty big hand against them. Not only that, but what you are suggesting means it's MORE likely that they will get paid off when they have the goods.

I'm confident that this goes both ways, and pretty much evens out in the end.

It's like what Howard Lederer said last year at the WSOP, everyone would just jump all over him everytime he bet or raised...he was getting played back at so much he just tightened up and let everyone come over the top of him with monsters (AA, Trip 9's etc) and double up through them... it took some readjustment

What a difference one event makes...
 

Hellmuth's 2nd place clobbered us thanks to her having him as one of 'A' players. I had him as a 'C' player and Isabelle as a 'B' player. Too bad I didn't have both of them as 'A' players....

And I aparently didn't have either of them on my team. Whoops. :o

Just noticed that for event #5 I had 6 of my players cash... can anyone beat that?

Are you all playing in the freerolls that you are qualifing for? Each event has one for the top few hundred places. I am pretty sure I have been in some and not known it.....I thought it was top 100 but it looks like it is more than that. Nikita shoould be in a bunch now and is doing well toward a top overall spot too! gj

There's freerolls after each event?!! Well, crap, I guess that teaches me for not reading all the rules before signing up.

OMG! I didn't even realize this! Shit! Last night was the freerolls for event #10 and event #12. The funny part is, I managed to finish 80th out of 500 for event #12 freeroll and I didn't even play!

Hmmm.... gues I forgot all about this.

Are the prizes worth playing for?

For someone like me? Sure. $1000 Freeroll. The HORSE will have a $5K freeroll and the ME has a $10K Freeroll. For someone playing at higher stakes? Guess if you're really really bored....

That said, you and RD are both registered for the event going off tonight at 9:15pm Eastern.

LMAO!! I was going to look for a couple MTTs to play in tonight. Looks like one found me... I'm game. Thanks RR and BB.

Yes, I noticed. I'll give it a look if I'm around. Maybe I'll end up at a table with everyone else sitting out. That's always fun.

Man the site for this sure is down a lot. Blastpromo.com is going to lose this gig if they can't get their shit together.

So, I had forgotten all about the freeroll thing agin... but fortunately, I was playing at Full Tilt when it started and it popped up.

My table was completely empty EXCEPT for the person sitting to my right. Luckily for me, she was wicked passive and folded most of the time, allowing me to take the Blinds. Eventually, I busted her (see below) and had the table to myself for a few hands....

Then some tool came along and sat there, thinking he could play with me. Ask N1kita how that worked out for him. :cool:


Full Tilt Poker Game #786781520: Fantasy Freeroll Event #11 (5191682), Table 30 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:28:51 ET - 2006/07/10
Seat 1: MayorHerb (1,275), is sitting out
Seat 2: HexeriePoker (1,265), is sitting out
Seat 3: elijsha (2,190)
Seat 4: Rogue23 (2,220)
Seat 5: Ronhaul (1,305), is sitting out
Seat 6: JBo686 (1,350), is sitting out
Seat 7: CallMeTracy (1,305), is sitting out
Seat 8: PhallicPhil (1,300), is sitting out
Seat 9: idovermani (1,290), is sitting out
HexeriePoker posts the small blind of 20
elijsha posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rogue23 [Kc Kd]
Rogue23 raises to 125
Ronhaul folds
JBo686 folds
CallMeTracy folds
PhallicPhil folds
idovermani folds
MayorHerb folds
HexeriePoker folds
elijsha calls 85
*** FLOP *** [Kh Ac Qs]
elijsha checks
Rogue23 bets 165
elijsha calls 165
*** TURN *** [Kh Ac Qs] [6h]
elijsha checks
Rogue23 bets 425
elijsha calls 425
*** RIVER *** [Kh Ac Qs 6h] [9d]
elijsha checks
Rogue23 bets 1,505, and is all in
elijsha calls 1,475, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 30 returned to Rogue23
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rogue23 shows [Kc Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
elijsha mucks
Rogue23 wins the pot (4,400) with three of a kind, Kings
elijsha stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,400 | Rake 0
Board: [Kh Ac Qs 6h 9d]
Seat 1: MayorHerb (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: HexeriePoker (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: elijsha (big blind) mucked [7d Ad] - a pair of Aces
Seat 4: Rogue23 showed [Kc Kd] and won (4,400) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: Ronhaul didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: JBo686 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: CallMeTracy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: PhallicPhil didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: idovermani didn't bet (folded)

Exit Tool:

Well, not really "exit," as he is STILL here complaining, threatening to file an "Abuse Report" with Full Tilt. I guess I raised too much - LOL!!!

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Full Tilt Poker Game #786806338: Fantasy Freeroll Event #11 (5191682), Table 30 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:36:18 ET - 2006/07/10
Seat 1: MayorHerb (1,095), is sitting out
Seat 2: HexeriePoker (1,065), is sitting out
Seat 3: WidowsSon (1,080)
Seat 4: Rogue23 (5,855)
Seat 5: Ronhaul (1,125), is sitting out
Seat 6: JBo686 (1,170), is sitting out
Seat 7: CallMeTracy (1,125), is sitting out
Seat 8: PhallicPhil (1,120), is sitting out
Seat 9: idovermani (1,110), is sitting out
Rogue23 posts the small blind of 25
Ronhaul posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rogue23 [3d 3h]
JBo686 folds
CallMeTracy folds
PhallicPhil folds
idovermani folds
MayorHerb folds
HexeriePoker folds
Rogue23: you just don't know it yet i guess
WidowsSon: go a head, wait till i get a hand
WidowsSon raises to 175
WidowsSon: like now
Rogue23 raises to 5,855, and is all in
Ronhaul folds
WidowsSon calls 905, and is all in
Rogue23 shows [3d 3h]
Rogue23: ok
WidowsSon shows [8d Ah]
Uncalled bet of 4,775 returned to Rogue23
*** FLOP *** [Ks 7s 5c]
Rogue23: works for me
*** TURN *** [Ks 7s 5c] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 7s 5c 9d] [9s]
Rogue23 shows two pair, Nines and Threes
Rogue23: bye bye
WidowsSon shows a pair of Nines
Rogue23 wins the pot (2,210) with two pair, Nines and Threes
WidowsSon: un real
WidowsSon stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,210 | Rake 0
Board: [Ks 7s 5c 9d 9s]
Seat 1: MayorHerb didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: HexeriePoker didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: WidowsSon (button) showed [8d Ah] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 4: Rogue23 (small blind) showed [3d 3h] and won (2,210) with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 5: Ronhaul (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: JBo686 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: CallMeTracy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: PhallicPhil didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: idovermani didn't bet (folded)

This is the best freeroll EVER!!!

Wow. Allen Cunningham really ended up kicking my ass in the standings. While, okay, not HIM per se, just all the people that had him as their 'A' or 'B' players. I'm hangin' onto 2nd by the very ends of my fingernails here...

I hope my HORSE picks pan out really good!

Clickin dis...

OK, I'm in. Only fair to give you guys a head start. :D