John Racener, who is the fourth-highest point earner in the history of the $25K Fantasy with 1,640 points behind only Negreanu, Hellmuth, and Deeb, was the 23rd player nominated.

He ended up going for what seemed to be a reasonable $54 to Team Splashy Octopi, joining John Riordan on the roster.

Eric Wasserson was the next nominee, and a bidding war saw Brent Hanks of Team Splash Sports say that $39 was their final bid. It looked for a moment as if that would get the job done, but $3 more worth of bids saw him go to Team Wass.