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Norm Smith Medallist
BIGFOOTY 2014 WSOP FANTASY TEAM FREEROLL
Hi All
Last years WSOP Fantasy Freeroll was a much bigger success than I thought it would be, so I'm looking forward to hosting it again for 2014 and hoping we can get some more teams involved and more action all round
The Prizes
The same as last year, I'll be putting up a $150 prizepool with the following payout structure
Less than 8 runners = Winner take all
8-12 Runners = $100 for first, $50 for second
As a bonus though, if we managed to get more than 12 runners I'll kick the prizepool up to $200 total, creating a payout structure of 1st $120, 2nd $50 and 3rd $30
The Scoring
Scoring will be the same as last year, using Bluffs WSOP POY Scoring system. http://www.bluff.com/wsop-poy/formula.asp
Simply the person with the most points at the end of the series wins. In the event of a Main Event final table sweat, we'll just have to wait
I may add some bonuses for different achievements so if you have any ideas throw them out there
The Teams
Each team will consist of 12 players, fitting the following requirements
-MINIMUM 3 The Americas Selections (USA, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, South America)
-MINIMUM 2 European Selections (Countries in the European Union, look them if for clarification)
-MINIMUM 1 Asia Pacific Selection (Australia, NZ, China, Japan, Korea etc)
-MINIMUM 1 Rest of the world (Russia, Africa, Middle East and anything that doesnt fall under the other 3)
-The Million Dollar man - This player must have at least one USD$1,000,000 tournament score to his name. Regardless of the buyin size.
-Young Gun - This player must be under 25 years old before the start of the first event
-Non bracelet winner - This player cant have won a WSOP bracelet before
(as previously explained, the 3 feature catagories dont apply to the region catagories, the million dollar man can be from anywhere etc, and he doesnt take up on your region spots, theyre a seperate selection on their own)
Your Sub - Remember whoever your sub replaces, they must fit that catagory. If you select a European as the sub, they cant replace an American.
HOWEVER
You'll see that the team selection is now based on a minimum. This will allow more freedom, you'll essentially have 2 players who can float between regions (ie you can have 5 americans, 2 Euros, 1 Apac and 1 ROW, or 3 Americans, 3 Euros, 2 APAC and 1 ROW etc). This also applies to the sub, if you select 3 Americans, 3 Euros, 2 Asias and 1 ROW, and you'r sub is an American, you can still sub out a European because you'll still have the minimum requires Europeans in your team
I hope that makes sense, its pretty simple so of there is confusion it'll be because of how I've explained it.
Also to add a little flavor, if anybody in the contest is in Vegas and plays a WSOP event and scores points, they'll get those points added to their team as well. So you're all the 13th man of you're side
The Sub
Since the Sub has become such a natural part of our lives, and we are all sick of it burning our AFL Fantasy teams, its only fair we make an effort to save ourselves from the terrible performances of the people we once put our faith in.
The sub will work like this. You can pick any player, fitting any catagory, and that player will wear the green vest. Then if at some point one of your players is failing you, you can activate the sub, swapping a player of your choice from your starting 12. However your sub can only jump in to a catagory that he fits in. An American sub cannot replace a European, and every other which way that applies.
You will lose all the points (if any of course) the player you choose to sub out has earned you so far, and you will only receive the points that your sub earns once he is in your team. (For example, if Sam Trickett is your sub and he wins the first event and you obviously dont have him on your starting 12, you will not get the points for that win, only points from the moment you bring him on)
You do not have to activate your sub of course if you dont feel the need to. You must post your sub change in this thread, and it will be included in all tournaments that start from that point onwards, so dont try and sub in a player whos about to reach a final table, it wont count. However if you sub out a player who is halfway through a tournament, you wont get that players score for that tournament if they happen to cash, so tread carefully.
The Fineprint
Teams need to be in by Wednesday morning for the start of the series!
I'll check all your teams before the start and if theres anything that needs to be corrected I'll let you know
Payouts can either be by bank transfer or pokerstars/fulltilt account
Teams will be on a google doc for sweating and updated scoring
I'll check all your teams before the start and if theres anything that needs to be corrected I'll let you know
Payouts can either be by bank transfer or pokerstars/fulltilt account
Teams will be on a google doc for sweating and updated scoring
As for countries, lets keep it simple. If its a grey area I'll decide where they belong and make it aware. But to get the one I had to deal with most last year out of the way, Dan Kelly is NOT Australian. Lissandro can be either Australian or Italian etc
Anybody is welcome to play, some resources for those less experienced in poker are listed below
2013 WSOP Player of the year leaderboard: http://www.bluff.com/wsop-poy/
Hendon Mob for all poker scores and rankings etc: http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/rankings
Last years selections: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...9BYV9HUDQ4d0VfT1VLSkFueVE&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Teams can be edited up until the start of the first tournament on the 27th of May
Finally as I'm running it, I'll have the final say on any disputes or rulings. I'll always run a fair comp and do my best to keep people updated of any changes etc
For all who express their interest in this thread, I'll send out PM reminders as we get closer
May we all feel as good as this guy
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