2006 POY Update

The Wolf and I held a poker fantasy draft at the beginning of the year, using Cardplayer's Player of the Year points as our scoring system. We each selected 25 players and used the following scoring system:

5 pts for POY
3 pts for 2-5
2 pts for 6-10
1 pt for 10-20

With only one major event left in the poker calendar, here is where our ponies rank:

My Team:

1. David Pham (71): No longer logging the hours of the Hoangs and Luongs
2. John Juanda (127): Would likely be higher on the list if not for the horrible beat he received at the hands of Paul Wasicka
3. Phil Ivey (29)
4. James Van Alstyne (57): Still searching for that real breakthrough.
5. Scotty Nguyen (34): Has also cut down on his hours
6. JC Tran (4): Would be right up with the Grinder if his WCOOP victory counted for POY
7. Nam Le (3)
8. Minh Nguyen (204)
9. Tim Phan (578)
10. Barry Greenstein (66)
11. Bill Edler (43): Has disappeared after a huge start
12. Anthony Reategui (16): Has curtailed travel in the fall after a huge first half of ‘06
13. Allen Kessler: (366)
14. David Singer (51)
15. Jennifer Harman (scoreless)
16. Bill Gazes (2406)
17. Gavin Smith (104)
18. Erik Seidel (3041)
19. Chris Bell (298)
20. Darrell Dicken (534)
21. Amnon Filippi (190)
22. Chris Ferguson (830)
23. Adam Friedman (619)
24. Daniel Negreanu (76)
25. Thomas Fuller (956): Just three wins at the Five Diamond from cracking the top 20


Wolf’s Team:

1. Men Nguyen (86)
2. John Phan (33): I expect him to crack the top 20 before all is said and done
3. Quinn Do (784): A very chic pick at the start of the year; may no longer be playing poker
4. Erick Lindgren (12)
5. Michael Mizrachi (1)
6. Tom Franklin (31)
7. John Hoang (5): A possible #1 overall pick in the 2007 draft
8. Tony Ma (123)
9. CK Hua (23): Parlayed a bad beat on gamblegambel into a WSOP final table
10. Max Pescatori (37): Has utterly disappeared since winning his bracelet
11. Freddy Deeb (3057)
12. Nick Schulman (3057)
13. Ted Forrest (1209)
14. Hasan Habib (300)
15. Gioi Luong (20): Roughly 4000 cashes and 800 final tables the last two years
16. Allen Cunningham (11)
17. Layne Flack (scoreless)
18. David Levi (2161): A stunningly poor year from a perennial top 20 threat
19. Juha Helppi (139)
20. Phil Hellmuth (6): Likely would have competed for first if he had played more events
21. Mark Seif (scoreless)
22. Carlos Mortensen (187): A tenth and two ninths in massive WSOP events
23. Antonio Esfandiari (scoreless)
24. Amir Vahedi (380)
25. Hung La (scoreless): scoreless in POY pts but not in life

If nothing changed during the last month, the Wolf would win by a score of 13-7. I'm going to need a lot to happen from Singer, Negreanu, Scotty, etc to have a chance, and might even need Nam Le or JC Tran to tackle the Grinder. Most likely I will owe the Wolf a drink in the Bahamas 45 days from now.

If you're interested in taking part in the 2007 draft let me know.