Faraz Jaka raised to 75,000 with A♦8♥, and Darius Samual called with his A♣7♦.
The flop of Q♦10♥2♦ saw Samual check-call Jaka’s 50,000 bet, leading to the K♠ on the turn, which both players checked
The dealer placed 9♣ on the river, meaning both players were set to chop the pot if there was no action.
Jaka, however, had other things in mind when action fell on him after Samual checked. Jaka took the opportunity to make a 350,000 bet, which placed pressure on his opponent.
Faraz Jaka raised it up to 75,000 on the button with A♦Q♠, and Darius Samual called in the big blind with K♣10♣.
The flop came K♦5♣6♥, and Samual checked his top pair over Jaka, who bet 50,000. Samual decided to raise it up to 125,000, and Jaka made the call.
The turn came with the Q♠ and Samual kept up the pressure, betting 175,000, which was enough to make Jaka give up, and Samual takes the pot to extend his lead.
Faraz Jaka opened to 55,000 on the button with K♦7♦ and Darius Samual defended his blind with K♠6♥.
Both players checked on the 9♣4♣6♠ flop and then Samual led out for 75,000 on the 2♦ turn. Jaka called.
The 4♥ paired the board on the river and Samual bet again for 200,000. Jaka decided to look him up and Samual turned over his two pair to take the pot.
Faraz Jaka opened on the button to 55,000 with Q♠5♠, Darius Samual then three-bet to 175,000 with J♦10♦. Jaka decided to make the call and see a flop.
The flop came out as 7♥J♠9♥, and despite flopping top pair, Samual checked, and Jaka checked behind
The turn came with the K♥, Samual once again checked, but Jaka decided to bet 130,000, and Samual called.
On the river it was the 10♣ which gave Samual two pair, and Samual checked for the third time, and Jaka made a bet of 450,000. But after giving it some thought, Samual laid down his two pair vs Jaka's rivered straight.
Faraz Jaka raised 55,000 while holding K♣3♠, and Darius Samual defended with J♠7♠.
The dealer fanned 8♠Q♣6♠ on the board, giving Samual the flush draw. Both players checked, and K♠ arrived on the turn.
Jaka hit top pair, but Samual hit his flush draw. Samual check-called Jaka's 55,000 bet, and action went to the river, where J♥ appeared.
Samual checked once again, prompting Jaka to bet 150,000. Samual methodically took his time before check-raising to 500,0000. Jaka made the call and saw the bad news, and the dealer pushed the 1,220,000 pot to Samual.
The 2024 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 $3 in the draft, meaning Coleman is putting up 14 points per dollar (Pts/$).
Not far behind with 39 points is league commissioner Daniel Negreanu, 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 37th-place finish in Event #3 for $4,596.
$25K Fantasy Points Leaders (as of 6/1/24)
Rank
Player
Team
Score
Salary
Cashes
Pts/$
1.
David Coleman
Team The Dinkers
42
3.00
1
14
2.
Daniel Negreanu
Team DPMC
39
132.00
2
0.3
3.
Qiang Xu
Team Lady Gaga
35
1.00
1
35
4.
Shaun Deeb
Team Lady Gaga
21
104.00
2
0.2
5.
Ben Yu
Team Baker
14
67.00
1
0.21
6.
Brian Rast
Team The Dinkers
12
37.00
1
0.32
6.
Aram Zobian
Team Wilson
12
7.00
1
1.71
6.
Chris Hunichen
Team Kalas
12
15.00
1
0.8
9.
Jeff Madsen
Team AJ's Eagles
10
1.00
1
10
10.
Yingui Li
Team Lady Gaga
4
1.00
3
4
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.
