That's right, our WSOP draft is back this year but with a few changes.
First we are 3 to participate now. Also we each pick 3 players instead of just 2.
We decided to remove the NL Hold'Em 10K main event, the 50K HORSE and the special 40K NLHE event from the list. The big buy ins and/or huge fields of these events make for big cashes that could potentially tilt the odds too much.
We decided on a snake draft and since I suck at winning flips, I had the last pick in the first round.
Joff took a weird but interesting choice with the 1st overall in my opinion drafting Durrr. Durrr is definitly more of a cash game player, that said, I really feel that this year he's all about promoting himself and getting some TV Time. So I have a feeling he could make a big push in the WSOP. Joff's two other choices seem solid to me.
Alex stuck with the two guys he had crushed me with last year and he added Phil Hellmuth. This in my mind is a bad pick. The slower/deeper structures don't seem to favor Hellmuth and the WSOP made this years structure a bit deeper/slower than last year. That said I'm sure Hellmuth would love to prove me wrong here...
As for my choice, I think Greenstein and Lindgren are good all around picks. I'll be lucky if either of them repeats the results they had last year. My wildcard I think is Ivey. He could easily be sidetracked by juicy cash games, but I think he'll make a big push for a bracelet this year again. Hopefully he succeeds better than last year.
So there you have it! The tally is already posted (even though it's quite early) and I can't wait to rail these games from my home!
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