Ep. 66 US Poker Open Fantasy Draft and Predictions

The US Poker Open is almost here! Join Brent, Will, and Remko on this episode of the podcast as they run you through everything you need to know. Not a PokerGO subscriber just yet? Join us now and don’t miss a minute of the action that kicks off on Friday afternoon.

• 4:30 – NBC Sports and Poker Central expand and extend broadcasting partnership, as the Super High Roller Bowl, Poker Masters and US Poker Open will now be broadcasted through 2020 on this marquee US sports channel. What does this mean for the exposure poker gets, and what does it say about the appetite in the USA for the game?
• 11:15 – Comparing poker broadcasts from the era during which the game first got mainstream attention versus the current-day offerings of live and on-demand poker action.
• 17:00 – Previewing the US Poker Open! What numbers will the events get? Who’s doing commentary? What about the mixed games?
• 21:34 – Daniel Negreanu offered a must-win $50,000 bet to all takers for the US Poker Open, but he upped the ante for Phil Hellmuth, offering him up to $250,000 of money to be bet on himself for the win. Which bets will go down? Find out in this segment.
• 25:33 – The US Poker Open fantasy draft! Brent, Will, and Remko pick their five-player teams from players they think are likely to put in a big grind in Las Vegas. Join in on the fun by letting us know which players you think are going to crush! Send your team to [email protected].
• 34:14 – Finally! Recapping the PokerStars Carribean Adventure during which Cary Katz, Bryn Kenney, Adrian Mateos (Are you even a real person?), Maria Lampropoulos, Steve O’Dwyer, Jason Koon and Chris Kruk made headlines in the big events.
• 58:08 – The Aussie Millions hosts its biggest Main Event ever, and what does that tell us about the WSOP Main Event?
• 1:02:10 – More on the “value of team pros” for online poker sites, PokerStars letting go of ElkY and partypoker signing Philipp Gruissem.
• 1:08:50 – It’s all nonsense from here on out!

Join the guys in their fantasy draft – with an autographed hat by all US Poker Open champions for the winner, by selecting your five-player team. Pick one player from each of the rounds the guys drafted in, and send your team to [email protected] before 3pm PT/6pm ET or midnight CET on Thursday.

The draft:

	Brent	Remko	Will
Round 1	Bryn Kenney	Stephen Chidwick	Daniel Negreanu
Round 2	Phil Hellmuth	Brian Rast	Nick Schulman
Round 3	Justin Bonomo	Adrian Mateos	Isaac Haxton
Round 4	David Peters	Jason Koon	Tom Marchese
Round 5	Rainer Kempe	Benjamin Pollak	Cary Katz