[jojobinks]

put up a chip, pick a player, and go go go.
you can take up to 2 players, for the price of 1 chip per horse.

the player that lasts longest wins his backer the chips. if two players tie (both lose in semis, quarters, et cetera), it's a chop and we'll work out a deal to apportion the chips.

the draw party is 2/28, so picks in this thread will shut down at 5pm pacific on Thursday night. if you don't pay up you'll be cursed by a gypsy and lose weight until you are so thin that it's really gross.

more precise directions:

• figure out who you want.
• make your post. you must include the player(s) you want AND the casino chip you're putting up. if your chip isn't up within 2 hours of your post...then your picks are INVALID and available for others to take. clarification 2/26: if you have two players, you should be posting 2 different casino chips. if you don't have two different casino chips...work out a deal with another member. be creative. get it done.
• new rule 2/26/08...no changing players. after you player has been properly claimed (by posting and putting up a chip) you may not swap him out.
• wait and watch cardplayer next weekend
• do one of the following two things: 1) collect the chips 2) ship your chip(s) to the winner.

here's the field. i won't make my picks until at least 10 players are gone.
bold = taken. in red = provisionally taken (no bounty posted??)
[s]1. Alexander, Jason[/s]
2. [s]Antonius, Patrik[/s]
3. Bellande, Jean-Robert
4. Benyamine, David
5. Bloch, Andy
6. Brown, Chad
7. Brunson, Doyle
8. Brunson, Todd
9. Chan, Johnny
10. Cheadle, Don
11. Clements, Scott
12. Cloutier, T.J.
13. Cunningham, Allen
14. Deeb, Freddy
15. Duke, Annie
16. Dwan, Tom
17. Edler, Bill
18. Elezra, Eli
19. Elizabeth, Shannon
20. Esfandiari, Antonio
21. Farha, Sam
22. Ferguson, Chris
23. Fischman, Scott
24. Forrest, Ted
25. Gold, Jamie
26. Gowen, Clonie
27. Greenstein, Barry
28. Grizzle, Sam
29. Hachem, Joe
30. Hansen, Gus
31. Harman, Jennifer
32. Hellmuth, Phil
33. Hershiser, Orel
34. Ivey, Phil
35. Juanda, John
36. Kaplan, Gabe
37. Kelly, Tom
38. Laak, Phil
39. Lederer, Howard
40. Lindgren, Erick
41. Little, Jonathan
42. Matusow, Mike
43. Mizrachi, Michael
44. Moneymaker, Chris
45. Negreanu, Daniel
46. Nikzad, Hooman
47. Nguyen, Scotty
48. Pham, David
49. Raymer, Greg
50. Rousso, Vanessa
51. Schneider, Tom
52. Schreiber, Daniel
53. Seed, Huck
[s]54. Seidel, Erik[/s]
55. Singer, David
56. Smith, Gavin
57. Tilly, Jennifer
58. Townsend, Brian
59. Tran, J.C.
60. Tran, Kenny
61. Wasicka, Paul
62. Williams, David
63. Yang, Jerry
64. PokerStars.net qualifier: Kunze, Alisha

headsup horse stable

Member            Horse              Stake
Jamby             hellmuth           05 abbiati
                  ivey               ncv paulson 5
button potato     mizrachi           $1 mirage
                  greenstein         $1 bike
technoguru        cunningham         $1 Santa Ysabel Casino
                  forrest            $2 Santa Ysabel Casino
acedeucenouse     farha              .50 bike
                  seed               1 venetian
ace's full        wasicka            mgm detroit .25
                  negreanu           celebrity cruises .50
jojobinks         dwan               wynn $1
                  edler              CP $5
                  d schreiber        luxor 1
                  d singer           mirage 1
                  d benyamine        **freebie**
                  t schneider        $1 treasure island
                  duke               **freebie**
                  nikzad             **freebie**
imthatguy         jesus              $1 el dorado
                  dragon             NYNY $1
ontheuptick       laak               pny 5
                  esfandiari         foxwoods 1
                  a bloch            meskwaki
                  s fischman         cherokee
                  gavin smith        **freebie**
punk101           todd brunson       $1 brantford
                  edog               $1 fallsview
legend            kenny tran         cp $1
                  jc tran            oneita $1
roc_a_fella       gabe kaplan        st jo $1
                  scotty nguyen      st jo $25
k9dr              gus hansen         viejas $3
                  eli elezra         firelake 50c
                  doyle              quapwaw .50
                  little             riverwind .50
                  david williams     **freebie**
TMJ2k             antonius           foxwoods 1
                  brian townsend     foxwoods 1
panthershutch     seidel             NYNY $1
                  lederer            bally's $1
shanghai sparky   matusow            potowatomie 1
                  hachem             potowatomie 1
                  fossilman          hochunk $2
                  deeb               new sonny's $1
                  cloutier           **freebie**
brett butter      clements           HG .50
                  juanda             san manuel .50
                  Shannon elizabeth  Fantasy Springs .50
                  Jason Alexander    **freebie**
greatdeals20      johnny f'in chan   horseshoe .25
                  jen harman         longhorn .50
stevo             chad brown         $25 calgary
                  j-tilla            hotstamped paulson
speakeasy         jamie gold         $1 Ameristar
                  vanessa rousso     **freebie**
                  bellande           las vegas $1
                  cheadle            las vegas $1
                  gowen              las vegas $1
                  grizzle
                  hershiser
                  kelly
                  moneymaker
                  yang
                  zunze

[jamby]

I'm game. I'll take two of the Phils - Hellmuth and Ivey. Chips to be named soon.

Jojo - any rules on the chips?

[Button Potato]

I'm game. I'll take the grinder and Greenstein.

$1 Mirage - $1 Bike

[TechnoGuru]

I will take Cunningham and Ted Forrest



Fresh from the new rack release, $1 & $2 Santa Ysabel Casino

[AceDeuceNoUse]

I'll take Sam Farha and Huck Seed.

Bicycle Club $.50 and Venetian $1

[ACE'S FULL]

I will take Paul Wasika & Daniel N...

[jojobinks]

edited OP. chip must be a casino chip. also, if you pick horses and don't post your chip(s)...you have a two hour grace period. if you don't have chips up within 2 hours, your horses are back in the pool.

since this is a late-breaking rule (even though the OP said you must put up a chip in your post), we'll give posts up to now 24 hours to catch up.

fair enough?

[jojobinks]

tom dwan and bill edler

wynn $1 and crystal park $5

[imthatguy]

I'm in.

Ferguson & Pham

Eldorado Club 25¢ & New York New York $1

[Jonah 99]

I'll stick with my boy's: Laak and Esfandari

I need to see what traders I have left after the recent Chinese poker beating