Team Girl Dads got a Player of the Year contender in Jesse Lonis for $36. Lonis joins John Riordon and Jim Collopy, which leaves Team Girl Dads with $103 for their final five picks.
| Player | Price |
|---|---|
| John Riordan | $18 |
| Jim Collopy | $33 |
| Jesse Lonis | $46 |
The Dinkers then got their second draft pick, getting John Racener for the same price as Lonis.
| Player | Price |
|---|---|
| Chris Brewer | $60 |
| John Racener | $36 |
Mike Matusow, whose documentary was unveiled last night, started off at $1.
His final price came in at $11 after Team Negreanu conceded to Team Livingston, who got their third draft pick.
| Player | Price |
|---|---|
| AJ Kelsall | $36 |
| Chance Kornuth | $73 |
| Mike Matusow | $11 |
Jim Collopy became the second selection of Team Girl Dads going for $33, joining John Riordan.
Daniel Negreanu then nominated a player whom he's traditionally had on his team in Nick Schulman. Kid Poker didn't seem too interested in him this year as first letting some other teams bid him up, but then at the last minute bid $62. That inspired a few other bids but ultimately Schulman ended up on Team Negreanu once again, this year going for $66.
David Peters then went for $13 to Team AJ's Eagles (AJ Kelsall's first pick), followed by Dan Zack to Team NGNF for $20.
| Player | Prize |
|---|---|
| Chad Eveslage | $75 |
| Ren Lin | $55 |
| Dan Zack | $ 50 |
Adrian Mateos went to Team Lucky for $45, leaving them with $106.
| Player | Price |
|---|---|
| Dylan Linde | $61 |
| Adrian Mateos | $45 |
All-time SCOOP winner Benny Glaser was next up for grabs and ended up in Team Sternheimer for $76, their first evening pick.
Mike Gorodinsky rounded out a trio of picks and Team Wilson got their man with a bid of $20.
Chance Kornuth was the next player nominated and Daniel Negreanu got in on the bidding for the first time but soon bowed out as bidding began to rise through the fifties into the sixties and ultimately to Team Livingston for $73, joining AJ Kelsall on the roster.
Phil Hellmuth, the league's all-time points earner, became the 18th player nominated in the 2024 $25K Fantasy Draft, but despite his strong performances over the past decade-plus, his price was slow to increase.
That said, it did inch up dollar-by-dollar to $72 as a winning bid by TheCoffeeBreakers.com, who selected their third player and left themselves just $5 to make their next five selections. That means they're relegated to five $1 picks, which likely won't happen until the tail end of the draft.
| Player | Prize |
|---|---|
| David "ODB" Baker | $50 |
| Josh Arieh | $73 |
| Phil Hellmuth | $72 |
Team Livingston and Team Lucky have been involved in and amongst the bidding, but neither team has yet made a winning bid. That was until Team Livingston, led by Alex Livingston, bagged AJ Kelsall for $36.
Next up for auction was Dylan Linde. Team Lucky (Shaun Deeb - Daniel Weinman - Josh Arieh) got off the board, when they landed the bracelet winner for $61.
Brian Yoon was the next player nominated and went to Team for $47 to Team Chingas, and then Bradley Ruben followed for $50 to Team Oz to join their previous selection of Jake Schwartz.
Dylan Weisman was then nominated and it seemed as if he might go for $1 before another big came in last second. That spurred a series of bids that saw his price start to rise through the teens, into the twenties dollar-by-dollar, jumps throughout the thirties and forties, and finally into the fifties settling on a winning bid of $59 by Team Baker.
After drafting Chad Eveslage for $75, Team NGNF was back in the mix when Ren Lin became available.
Brett Hanks made it transparent that he wanted the GGPoker Ambassador on his side, and he eventually got his man after no other team wanted to beat his $55 bid.
| Player | Price |
|---|---|
| Chad Eveslage | $75 |
| Ren Lin | $55 |
After Jake Schwartz went to Team Oz for $41, Chad Eveslage became the 10th player nominated.
Another bidding war ensued in which teams went from $40 to $50 to $60 to $69. From there it was dollar-by-dollar between Team NGNF and a couple teams.
"$75 and we're out, I promise," Brent Hanks declared while placing said bid. Whether or not that would've been true will never be known as the $75 bid by Team NGNF proved enough to get the job done.
The bidding for Josh Arieh began at $30, with Shaun Deeb immediately making it $31. Within a flash, the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year's price had broken the $70 mark.
TheCoffeeBreakers.com got their second pick of the evening after their $73 bid was unmatched.
| Player | Price |
|---|---|
| David "ODB" Baker | $50 |
| Josh Arieh | $73 |
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