The first days are completed at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. 7,319 players entered the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event and over 4,000 will be moving onto the next rounds. Included in those 4,000 are all 10 members of the Fatty’s Poker crew. Every Fatty’s All-Star and the “Five” made it through to survive another day. Congrats guys.

What does that mean? You get atleast $20,000 towards your fantasy poker team as each Fatty’s member earned $10,000 in the fantasy poker game for advancing to the next day. If your other 8 players advanced, they received $5,000. Check  your fantasy poker standings now to see how you are doing in the free fantasy sports game.

POKER COUNT FOR FATTY’S CREW

All 10 of the Fatty’s participants have moved onto to the next day. They will again start play on Saturday for their Day 2 action. Here is a look at how the Crew is doing so far after Thursday.

Fatty’s All-Stars (chip count estimated)

ScottE Mayhem – $90,000 chips

Carmine – $75,000 chips

Old Man Bill – $50,000

Kenny -$25,000

Mike Nose – $18,000

Fatty’s Five

Newman – $40,000

Chris – $22,000

Big Al – $22,000

Tommy – $14,000

Eric, $8,000

Let’s hope that Crew continues to build their chip stacks come Saturday. If a Fatty’s player survives Saturday, they will earn $20,000 towards your fantasy poker team cash totals. View your fantasy poker standings now to see how your team is doing.

Good luck to the Crew.

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Fantazzle and Fatty’s Poker are merely a week away from the start of their FREE Fantasy Poker Challenge, giving fantasy players the chance to fill rosters of poker players and have a shot at a free seat in the 2011 World Series of Poker.

However, this new fantasy poker game isn’t just about cards and luck. In fact, if you have the right information and pick the right guys from Fatty’s Poker, you’re likely to have the upper hand, as the two players selected from the Fatty’s pools earn double the points in the fantasy poker game.

To start the week, we’re profiling the first of two Fatty’s groups, the “Fatty’s Five”. Each group consists of five elite Fatty’s players who are available to be picked in their respective pools for the fantasy poker game. The members of the “Fatty’s Five” are Erik the “Luck Box”, “Big Al” Riccobono, Tommy “Jelly”, Chris “Toutie”, and Tommy “Newman”.

The easy pick here would be Al Riccobono, the leader in cash earnings out of this pool, winning around $165,000 live and almost $100,000 online. While the big money might be enticing, all fantasy players need to give hard looks at other aspects of each player’s game.

Experience can’t be ignored in an up-and-down game like poker, and it’s worth noting that Chris “Toutie” is the player in this pool that has played the longest, participating in poker tournaments since 2003. It’s also worth noting that Tommy “Newman” and Erik “Luck Box” are the newbies of the player pool, only participating in poker tournaments since 2005.

Other interesting notes are Erik “Luck Box” being “lucky”, and winning this year’s “Fatty’s Five” contest. “Newman” has cashed out in 4 of the last 5 WSOP events he has played in while “Big Al” Riccobono cashed out in both the 2007 and 2008 Main Event.

If we had to call it, the race is close between “Newman” and “Big Al”, with “Big Al” topping the competition due to his recent success, overall experience, and cash earnings.

To get all the information on the “Fatty’s Five” and the “Fatty’s All Stars”, just visit Fatty’s Poker, and be sure to sign up to play the free fantasy poker game at Fantazzle!

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Fantazzle and Fatty’s Poker are proud to bring to you the Free WSOP Fantasy Poker Challenge. Select your lineup of 10 professional poker players for your chance of winning up to $12,000 in prizes. Top 3 finishers win entries into the 2011 World Series of Poker. The first place winner will win a seat at the 2011 Main Event in Las Vegas. In all, over 100 contestants will win prizes for entering the FREE game.

Fatty’s Poker is a new reality TV show showcasing a group of New Yorkers playing in Weekly Poker Tournaments at Fatty’s. Every member of the “Crew” dreams about playing against the greats at the World Series of Poker and Fatty’s gives them the chance by offering prize packages to major poker events including the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Fantazzle has integrated the Fatty’s Crew into the Free Fantasy Poker Challenge. Your fantasy poker lineup will consist of 10 players, broken down into 10 different player groups. The first two groups consists of Fatty’s Crew members. You will first select a player from the “Fatty’s Five” and then select a player from the “Fatty’s All-Star” group. Your two selected Fatty’s members will earn you double the points compared to the other players in your lineup. To help you select Fatty’s members, we have included a bio and poker stats for each crew member.

Outside of the two Fatty’s players, the rest of your fantasy poker lineup will consist of 3 Poker Pros, 1 Past WSOP winner, 2 Female Poker players, 1 Online Pro and an International Poker player. Fantazzle is also giving you the opportunity to write-in your own candidate in the categories.

The scoring of the game is simple. At the WSOP, your players earn cash throughout the tournament as they advance each day. At the end of each day at the WSOP, if your player is still alive, you will earn fantasy cash. The further they advance, the more money you will earn. After Day 4, the “money” rounds begin. You will earn as much fantasy cash as your poker start earns at the WSOP. If your player cashes out for $50,000, that amount go towards your fantasy cash.

Visit Fantasy Poker Scoring for more information and breakdown on the ways you can earn fantasy cash.

This FREE WSOP fantasy poker game offers over $12,000 in prizes. Be sure to get your fantasy poker lineup in before the tournament starts on July 5th.

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