2007 WSOP Recap, Part Three: POY Pool Standings

With half the poker "season" in the books, here is how our POY Pool has shaped up thus far:

WOLF:

John Hoang 324
Men Nguyen 746
Allen Cunningham 1440
Erick Lindgren 447
Justin Bonomo 804
Nenad Medic 132
Victor Ramdin 117
John Cernuto 936
Gavin Smith 1291
Max Pescatori 624
Kenna James 509
Kevin O'Donnell 192
Marcel Luske 480
Hung La 0
TOTAL: 8042

Analysis: Wolf drafted well, but has been crippled by off-years from Lindgren, Ramdin, Men, and especially John Hoang. With the Turkey Shoot and Ho-Ho-Holdem looming, an epic John Hoang/Paul Lui battle will likely determine our last place finisher.


GAMBLER:

Jeff Madsen 320
Gioi Luong 2313
Tom Franklin 0
Kathy Liebert 1282
Phil Ivey 1502
Barry Greenstein 1212
John D'Agostino 74
Eugene Todd 673
Vanessa Rousso 0
Darrell Dicken 2084
Jason Sagle 0
Michael Binger 997
Paul Lui 0
Joel Patchell 0
TOTAL: 10457

Analysis: Joel drafted like a rookie and is paying the price. A
slew of questionable to shitty picks leaves him reeling.


ALEX:

Michael Mizrachi 1540
John Phan 2206
David Williams 372
Scotty Nguyen 1994
Joe Tehan 603
Joe Sebok 876
Chris McCormack 0
David Baker 300
Anthony Reategui 0
Steve Wong 666
David Singer 600
Eric Froehlich 341
Shane Schleger 1776
Jordan Morgan 240
TOTAL: 11514

Analysis: A few unexpected busts and a lack of a go-to horse has this team in trouble. However, many of these guys are capable of getting hot and accumulating points in a hurry.


BAG:

JC Tran 4368
Shannon Shorr 484
Thomas Fuller 480
Roland de Wolfe 1693
Joe Hachem 0
Daniel Negreanu 2010
Alex Jacob 800
Bill Edler 3448
Al Barbieri 620
Lance Allred 1296
Tony Ma 944
An Tran 432
Daniel Quach 0
Chris Reslock 909
TOTAL: 17484

Analysis: Bag seemingly alternated between brilliant and horrendous picks. He has gotten monster performances from Tran and Edler (currently #1 and #4 in the POY race) as well as some solid contributions from his middle-round picks. A very respectable effort from a POY pool rookie.


MOON:

Nam Le 2049
David Pham 3570
James Van Alstyne 2952
David Daneshgar 1474
CK Hua 276
John Juanda 235
Cliff Josephy 0
Minh Nguyen 0
Erik Cajelais 918
Chad Brown 1392
Scott Clements 2690
Doug Carli 754
Tim West 1224
James English 954
TOTAL: 18488

Analysis: A very impressive team overall. The bottom of Moon's lineup dwarfs the top of some of the other teams. Four weak members drafted in the middle rounds prevent this from being a blowout.