Negreanu & Coleman Among Early $25K Point Leaders; Look at Mark Gregorich's $2,500 League

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Jun 01, 2024 4 min read Last updated Jun 07, 2024

The 2024 World Series of Poker (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 $3 in the draft, meaning Coleman is putting up 14 points per dollar (Pts/$).

League commissioner Daniel Negreanu is not far behind with 39 points, 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 a 37th-place finish in Event #3 for $4,596.

$25K Fantasy Points Leaders (as of 6/1/24)

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.

See full results and leaderboards at 25KFantasy.com

Mark Gregorich's 2024 $2,500 Fantasy Draft

In addition to the $25K Fantasy and ODB��s accompanying $500 league open to the public, there was a third league �C the $2,500 Fantasy run by Mark Gregorich. That draft took place at PokerGO Studio immediately after the $25K draft and attracted 14 teams.

The draft had the same rules as the $25K version, and not surprisingly some of the same players went for a hefty price including Shaun Deeb ($112 to Team Nick G), Daniel Negreanu ($111 to Team Ned Ryerson), Alex Livingston ($111 to Team Mike N), and Yuri Dzivielevski ($105 to Team Oz Gary).

Those four were the only ones to go for over $100, but several others cost a pretty penny including Joao Vieira ($88 to Team MG), Koray Aldemir ($85 to Team Oz Gary), Jeremy Ausmus ($81 to Team Joey C), Josh Arieh ($76 to Team Dan F), Chance Kornuth ($76 to Team Dan F), Phil Hellmuth ($72 to Team Alex L), Benny Glaser ($70 to Team YOLO), and Ben Yu ($70 to Team MG).

$2,500 Fantasy Current Standings (as of 6/1/24)

Click here to see the full list of players drafted in the $2,500 Fantasy.

Saturday Sweats

The first Saturday of the 2024 WSOP will offer some $25K Fantasy implications starting with the finale of Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up NLH Championship. The 64-player bracket is down to the final four, and Artur Martirosian of Team Lang is still alive. How many points he��ll earn for his team will be determined this afternoon. No other $25K Fantasy players cashed the tournament.

There will also be some major points earned in Event #7: $1,500 Dealer��s Choice (6-Handed), which started with 530 entrants but is now down to the final 10. A pair of $25K Fantasy players are still in contention in John Hennigan (Team AJ��s Eagles) and Shaun Deeb (Team Lady Gaga).

In that tournament, Jeff Madsen finished in 12th place to earn points for Team AJ��s Eagles, while some other players to cash were Jerry Wong (30th place �C Team The Dinkers), Chino Rheem (34th place �C Team Negreanu), AJ Kelsall (38th place �C Team Livingston), Taylor Paur (47th place �C Team Noori), Daniel Weinman (55th place �C Team Lucky), Julien Martini (56th place �C Team Girl Dads), Yingui Li (60th place �C Team Lady Gaga), Yueqi Zhu (78th place �C Team Kalas), and Dustin Dirksen (80th �C Team Girls Dads).

In Event #8: $5,000 PLO 8-Handed, there are still 130 players remaining including a bunch of $25K players including but not limited to Dylan Smith, Anson Tsang, Joao Simao, Bryce Yockey, Anthony Zinno, Joao Vieira, and Chance Kornuth.

Similarly, among the $25K players who made it to Day 2 of Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold��em (8-Handed) are Renan Bruschi, Nick Guagenti, and Georgios Sotiropoulos.

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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