David Coleman & Daniel Negreanu Among Early $25K Point Leaders
The 2024 WSOP is only five days in, but already there have been some moves and shakers in the $25K Fantasy League.
As of this writing, David Coleman is the top point earner with 42 points thanks to a sixth-place finish in Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion NLH Freezeout for $69,231. That’s great value for Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay & the Florida crew) as they bought him for just $3 in the draft, meaning Coleman is putting up 14 points per dollar (Pts/$).
Not far behind with 39 points is league commissioner Daniel Negreanu, though his points per dollar is a paltry 0.3 Pts/$. Negreanu, who belongs to Team DPMC (defending champs Donnie Peters and Matt Clark) finished 50th in Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion for $9,141 and the following day placed 16th out of 3,485 players in Event #3: $500 WSOP Kickoff NLH Freezeout for $8,541.
The best value of the draft so far is Team Lady Gaga’s (Ren Lin) Qiang Xu, who they bought for a dollar. Xu, who won a bracelet at the 2023 WSOP, has 35 points (35 pts/$.) thanks to 37th-place finish in Event #3 for $4,596.
$25K Fantasy Points Leaders (as of 6/1/24)
| Rank | Player | Team | Score | Salary | Cashes | Pts/$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Coleman | Team The Dinkers | 42 | 3.00 | 1 | 14 |
| 2. | Daniel Negreanu | Team DPMC | 39 | 132.00 | 2 | 0.3 |
| 3. | Qiang Xu | Team Lady Gaga | 35 | 1.00 | 1 | 35 |
| 4. | Shaun Deeb | Team Lady Gaga | 21 | 104.00 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 5. | Ben Yu | Team Baker | 14 | 67.00 | 1 | 0.21 |
| 6. | Brian Rast | Team The Dinkers | 12 | 37.00 | 1 | 0.32 |
| 6. | Aram Zobian | Team Wilson | 12 | 7.00 | 1 | 1.71 |
| 6. | Chris Hunichen | Team Kalas | 12 | 15.00 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 9. | Jeff Madsen | Team AJ's Eagles | 10 | 1.00 | 1 | 10 |
| 10. | Yingui Li | Team Lady Gaga | 4 | 1.00 | 3 | 4 |
Team Lady Gaga is out to an early lead in the league with 61 points, though Team The Dinkers are close behind with 58 points. Team DPMC sits with a respectable 39 points, while Team Baker (David “ODB” Baker) is next closest with 17 points. On the other end of the spectrum, a trio of teams sit with a single point, though Team Sepiol (Dan Sepiol) is in dead last with zero points.