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[DanielNegreanu]

1. Team 6: "The Professionals"Co-Captain- Daniel NegreanuCo-Captain- Jennifer Harman6) Gabe Thaler11) Freddie Deeb22) David Chiu27) Nick Schulman38) Mike Matusow43) Evelyn Ng2.Team 3:Co-Captain- John JuandaCo-Captain- Erik Seidel3) Annie Duke14) Antonio Esfandiari19) Martin deKnijff30) John D'Agostino35) Mimi Tran46) Phil Gordon3.Team 4:Co-Captain- Barry GreensteinCo-Captain- Phil Ivey4) David Benyamine13) Vanessa Rousso20) Chad Brown29) Josh Arieh36) Tuan Le45) Mike Caro4.Team 5:Co-Captain- Chris FergusonCo-Captain- Ted Forrest5) Gus Hansen12) Phil Laak21) Joe Cassidy28) Jack Fox37) Clonie Gowen44) Paul Darden5.Team 8:Co-Captain- Doyle BrunsonCo-Captain- Todd Brunson8) Hoyt Corkins9) Isabelle Mercier24) Humberto Brenes25) Michael Gracz40) Chip Jett41) Tony Guoga6.Team 2:Co-Captain- Chip ReeseCo-Captain- Eli Elezra2) Patrick Antonious15) Kenna James18) Lee Watkinson31) Men Nguyen34) Esther Rossi47) David Williams7.Team 1:Co-Captain- T.J. CloutierCo-Captain- Dewey Tomko1) Chau Giang16) Danny Alaei17) Carlos Mortenson32) Linda Johnson33) Layne Flack48) Amir Vahedi8.Team 7:Co-Captain- Mike SextonCo-Captain- Cyndy Violette7) Scotty Nguyen10) Robert Williamson23) Michael Mizrachi26) Gavin Smith39) Jennifer Tilly42) Liz Lieu Being a well balanced team is much better than having three winning players and, say, five losing players. The better players on the team will be forced to make up for what the weaker players on the team lose. Similar to other sports. If you had three great forwards on a hockey team, but the rest of the team sucked, that team would lose to a team with ZERO superstars but a deeper team. Your only as good as your weakest link.

[Highlow16]

Nick Schulman was a great pick. This kid owns, watched him a ton online shorthanded... hes sick. excelent choice

[nutzbuster]

Solid looking ranking. Team 3 for second? I still think team 4 is the next best.Best of luck! Gonna be awesome.(btw, is there a PPL web site up yet?)

[Zeppelinlives]

I like your strategy, like in Fantasy Football, if your key player has a bad week, you're screwed.

[JMoney2681]

DanielNegreanu, on Monday, October 9th, 2006, 8:19 PM, said:

Youre only as good as your weakest link.

Sorry, had to do it...FYP!

[rocketpoker828]

JMoney2681, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 3:30 AM, said:

Sorry, had to do it...FYP!

If you're going to be the grammar police, there should be an apostrophe.To keep this on topic, I really like the pick of Thaler. He a solid cash game player and should help the team a lot.Team 4 is good too, I agree with Nutz that they may be second best.

[HarryDemetriou]

To rank the teams I believe you need to have a detailed description of the format and the scoring system.Anyone know where these details can be found?BTW I would agree with Daniels assessments of the top three teams despite not knowing the scoring system. (Hope its accumulative money).

[stevel999]

Details of the scoring system and format are not yet available.

[Balloon guy]

DanielNegreanu, on Monday, October 9th, 2006, 8:19 PM, said:

7.Team 1:Co-Captain- T.J. CloutierCo-Captain- Dewey Tomko1) Chau Giang16) Danny Alaei17) Carlos Mortenson32) Linda Johnson33) Layne Flack48) Amir Vahedi Your only as good as your weakest link.

Wow, you place this team as number 7, second to last.I see alot of talent here; Alaei, Chau, Flack, Tomko.Do you really see Johnson, Mortenson, Vahedi and TJ as being that weak. Is it because they are so much more tournament players and their cash skills lack?Or is it because Tomko took you for a bunch on the golf course?Frankly we need to know.

[socalpoker_j]

Balloon guy, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 11:18 AM, said:

Or is it because Tomko took you for a bunch on the golf course?Frankly we need to know.

lol

[crowTrobot]

nothing like motivating your opponents

[showstopper24]

Highlow16, on Monday, October 9th, 2006, 8:31 PM, said:

Nick Schulman was a great pick. This kid owns, watched him a ton online shorthanded... hes sick. excelent choice

whats his name online?I initially chose team 4 to be the best with Daniel's team not far behind. I have to change my mind. If it was poker i think team 4 would be great but in a nl holdem cash game, Daniel and Jennifer will be terrific.

[socalpoker_j]

showstopper24, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 4:45 PM, said:

whats his name online?I initially chose team 4 to be the best with Daniel's team not far behind. I have to change my mind. If it was poker i think team 4 would be great but in a nl holdem cash game, Daniel and Jennifer will be terrific.

Poker and NL Hold Em are different how? NL HE is a variation of poker.

[mcpickl]

showstopper24, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 3:45 PM, said:

whats his name online?I initially chose team 4 to be the best with Daniel's team not far behind. I have to change my mind. If it was poker i think team 4 would be great but in a nl holdem cash game, Daniel and Jennifer will be terrific.

TheTakeover

[DanielNegreanu]

Balloon guy, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 11:18 AM, said:

Wow, you place this team as number 7, second to last.I see alot of talent here; Alaei, Chau, Flack, Tomko.Do you really see Johnson, Mortenson, Vahedi and TJ as being that weak. Is it because they are so much more tournament players and their cash skills lack?Or is it because Tomko took you for a bunch on the golf course?Frankly we need to know.

Alaei is the stud on this team and Chau will help him as well. Aside from that, many of those players could be a cash game nightmare. The type of player you want for this format is a player who excels in cash game poker. You have a group of good tournament players here that could potentially do very, very, poorly in this format. Some of the talent you see is... well, nevermind.

[theresa113]

DanielNegreanu, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 10:37 PM, said:

Some of the talent you see is... well, nevermind.

Wow... this speaks volumes.

[Spence]

Hoping I can find a line for this somehwere.I could see heavy money going on Greenstein / Ivey.Would like to see what I could get DN's team at =)

[showstopper24]

socalpoker_j, on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006, 5:18 PM, said:

Poker and NL Hold Em are different how? NL HE is a variation of poker.

i was saying other variations of poker not just nl holdem.

[Canuckickstan]

Team 7:Co-Captain- Mike SextonCo-Captain- Cyndy Violette7) Scotty Nguyen10) Robert Williamson23) Michael Mizrachi26) Gavin Smith39) Jennifer Tilly42) Liz Lieu Fair to say this team is stacked ?

[showstopper24]

Besides Daniel's team, does anyone know the names of the other teams?