25K Fantasy 2024

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25K Fantasy 2024

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2024 WSOP $25K Fantasy Hands of the Week: Two Royal Flushes, Negreanu's Quads & Brutal Rivers

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway

The $25K Fantasy league rolls on, and as of June 19, Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) is still on top with 899 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (765 points) and Team Baker (673 points). Of the 19 teams, Team Chingas is on the bottom with 213 points. Check out 25Kfantasy.com to see the current standings.

PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

As a result, we can capture some of the biggest, best, and most game-changing hands involving the $25K Fantasy roster. Here are five from the last week of action in the 2024 WSOP.

Click here to see the big $25K Fantasy hands!

2024 WSOP Day 32 $25K Fantasy Sweats – Five $25K Players Remain in Event #66: $10,000 PLO Championship

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Stephen Chidwick remains in the $10K PLO
Stephen Chidwick remains in the $10K PLO

On Day 32 of the 2024 WSOP, Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship will play down to a winner from the final five, though none are $25K Fantasy players. Likewise, it is the same situation in Event #65: $5,000 Seniors High Roller.

In Event #66: $10,000 PLO Championship, 48 players from an 811-entry field return for Day 2 action including five $25K Fantasy players – Stephen Chidwick (Team DPMC), Felipe Ramos (Team Baker), Michael Mizrachi (Team TheCoffeeBreakers), Eric Wasserson (Team Negreanu), and Jerry Wong (Team The Dinkers).

Hundreds of players return for Day 2 of Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors including $25K Fantasy players, but surprisingly none of them are $25K Fantasy players!

Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey has a big stack in Event #68: $2,500 NLH.

Event #68: $2,500 NLH started with 2,229 entrants and after Day 1 just 335 remained including 15 $25K Fantasy players like Phil Ivey (Team Sepiol), Joao Simao (Team Sternheimer), Nick Pupillo (Team Lang), and “Texas” Mike Moncek (Team Oz).

Finally, Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better will see 157 players from a 611-entry field return for Day 2 including 15 $25K Fantasy players like Phil Hellmuth (Team TheCoffeeBreakers), David “Bakes” Baker (Team Lang), and Punnat Punsri (Team TheCoffreeBreakers), just to name a few.

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates, and have even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2024 WSOP!

$25K Fantasy Standings as of June 28 -- The Dinkers Retake the Lead in a Big Way

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
RankTeamScore
1.Team The Dinkers897
2.Team Sternheimer764
3.Team Baker671
4.Team Sepiol641
5.Team Noori560
6.Team Lady Gaga530
7.Team Livingston523
8.Team Kalas492
9.Team NGNF489
10.Team AJ's Eagles477
11.Team Girl Dads459
12.Team DPMC447
13.Team Oz437
14.Team Negreanu323
15.Team Wilson286
16.Team TheCoffeeBreakers.com280
17.Team Lang242
18.Team Lucky230
19.Team Chingas213

2024 WSOP Day 31 $25K Fantasy Sweats – Big Points Coming from $50K PPC Finale

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Will Daniel Negreanu win the $50K PPC?
Will Daniel Negreanu win the $50K PPC?

Day 31 of the 2024 WSOP will see Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship play down to a winner. Just five players remain, and of those the top four stacks are $25K Fantasy players –Chris Brewer (Team The Dinkers), Daniel Negreanu (Team DPMC), Dylan Smith (Team Chingas), and Bryce Yockey (Team The Dinkers). The only other player still alive is David Benyamine, albeit on the extreme short stack. Later today one of those players will walk away with one of the most prestigious titles in all of poker and a $1,178,703 first-place prize.

Just 13 players remain in Event #60: $3,000 NLH, though none of them are $25K Fantasy players. Similarly, Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship is down to the final 60 players from a 5,110-entry field but none are draftees, and the same cane be said of the final six in Event #63: $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw. David “ODB” Baker (Team TheCoffeeBreakers) was the last $25K Fantasy player in that tournament busting in seventh place for $14,030.

Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir is one of two $25K players still in Event #64: $600 NLH Deepstack.

Event #64: $600 NLH Deepstack began with 5,271 entries, but only 283 return for Day 2. Of those, only two players are in the $25K Fantasy league – Koray Aldemir (Team Kalas) and Nick Guagenti (Team Baker), both of who are sitting decent chip-wise.

Finally, Event #66: $10,000 PLO Championship will see a couple hundred players return to action including a plethora of $25K Fantasy players including but not limited to Jim Collopy (Team Girl Dads), Josh Arieh (Team TheCoffeeBreakers), Michael Mizrachi (Team TheCoffeeBreakers), Alex Foxen (Team Sepiol), and Christian Harder (Team TheCoffeeBreakers).

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates, and have even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2024 WSOP!

$25K Fantasy Standings as of June 27

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
RankTeamScore
1.Team Sternheimer758
2.Team The Dinkers727
3.Team Sepiol637
4.Team Baker618
5.Team Noori560
6.Team Lady Gaga530
7.Team NGNF489
8.Team Kalas484
9.Team AJ's Eagles475
10.Team Livingston467
11.Team Girl Dads459
12.Team Oz437
13.Team DPMC347
14.Team Negreanu323
15.Team Wilson286
16.Team TheCoffeeBreakers.com280
17.Team Lang242
18.Team Lucky230
19.Team Chingas143

Greg Raymer Reflects on Historic WSOP Main Event Win 20 Years Later

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway

In 2003, the game of poker changed forever after Chris Moneymaker topped a field of 839 players to win the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $2.5 million. By doing so, the Moneymaker effect ignited the “Poker Boom,” which saw the tournament field triple the following year.

The 2004 Main Event was the last to be held at the birthplace of the WSOP – Binion’s Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas. The venue was packed to the rafters with 2,576 players entering that year’s tournament, and with the ESPN cameras capturing all the action several poker players made a name for themselves that year including young guns David Williams and Josh Arieh, while 1995 WSOP Main Event champ Dan Harrington made history by following up his third-place finish in the 2003 WSOP Main Event by placing fourth in 2004 for $1.5 million.

However, when the dust settled it was a patent attorney from Connecticut by the name of Greg Raymer winning the whole thing for a smooth $5 million and a gold bracelet. While attempting to defend his title in 2005, which doubled from the year prior by attracting 5,619 players, Raymer proved his win was no fluke by making another deep run, ultimately falling in 25th place for $304,680.

It’s been 20 years since Raymer’s victory, but he hasn’t slowed down as he’s continued to play poker all across the globe. In recognition of Raymer’s anniversary, PokerNews caught up with the champ, who will be at the 2024 WSOP!

Click here to read Raymer's interview with PokerNews!

2024 WSOP Day 30 $25K Fantasy Sweats – Dozens Eye Up Final Tables in Wednesday Action

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Chris Brewer leads the final 12 in the $50K PPC
Chris Brewer leads the final 12 in the $50K PPC

Day 30 of the 2024 WSOP will see Day 4 of Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker play out. The 10,939-entry field is down to 45 players but none of them are $25K Fantasy players. The last three all fell on Day 3 but amassed some points for their respective teams – John Riordan managed to hit the field bonus (52nd place = 101 points for Team Girl Dads), while both Jeremy Becker (313th place = 1 point Team NGNF) and Ryan Leng (120th place = 1 point for Team Sepiol) cashed the event.

Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship is down to a dozen players including Chris Brewer (Team The Dinkers), Phil Ivey (Team Speiol), Bryce Yockey (Team The Dinkers), Joao Vieira (Team Noori), Jeremy Ausmus (Team Noori), Dylan Smith (Team Chingas), James Obst (Team NGNF), Daniel Negreanu (Team DPMC), Michael Mizrachi (Team TheCoffeeeBreakers), and Renan Bruschi (Team Sternheimer).

Day 3 of Event #60: $3,000 NLH will see 105 players return to action including a trio of $25K Fantasy players including Kristen Foxen (Team NGNF), Anthony Zinno (Team Wilson), and Wing Po Liu (Team Lady Gaga).

In Event #61: $2,500 Mixed Omaha 8 & Seven Card Stud 8, 21 players from a 507-entry field return for Day 3 including four $25K Fantasy players – David Williams (Team Negreanu), Dario Sammartino (Team Girl Dads), Joey Couden (Team Baker), and Jeff Madsen (Team AJ’s Eagles).

Jake Schwartz
Jake Schwartz is still alive in the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship.

In one of our favorite tournaments – Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship – the remaining 762 players from a 5,126-entry field are in the money. That includes four $25K Fantasy players in Jake Schwartz (Team Oz), Jerry Wong (Team The Dinkers), Ben Yu (Team Baker), and Ari Engel (Team TheCoffeeBreakers).

Finally, Day 2 of Event #63: $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw will see 68 players from a 453-entry field return to action including 10 players from the $25K Fantasy league – David “ODB” Baker (Team TheCoffeeBreakers), Dario Alioto (Team DPMC), Bin Weng (Team Chingas), Patrick Leonard (Team Lucky), Chance Kornuth (Team Livingston), Brian Yoon (Team Chingas), Brad Ruben (Team Oz), Calvin Anderson (Team Sepiol), Ryan Leng (Team Sepiol), and Justin Saliba (Team Livingston).

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates, and have even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2024 WSOP!
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