I have been a reader of Full Contact Poker's forums for quite some time after seeing one of the best all-around poker players, Daniel Negreanu, open the doors to his blog and website. The poker site didn't last long thanks to the wonderful Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that scared off the newer players and was eventually forced to merge with PokerStars. But, the forums and Daniel's blog have continued to thrive with Daniel's poker success and life going-ons presented in his uncensored voice.

His last entry discuss the poker carnival that is about to begin in a week, the World Series of Poker and some contests via his site for those without $100,000 in entry fees to play most of the events. Fantasy poker is much like the sport variety where you pick the player you think will perform the best based on their strength. Below is a description of the contest that's about to start and all you need to do is sign up as a free member of the Full Contact Poker forums.

Ok the rules for this years WSOP event are a bit different than in past years as not all of the events count for the pool. The only events that count are the "Championship Events" excluding the main event. It wasn't my idea, I swear! The guys at FCP who handle the pool do a lot of work keeping track and limiting the number of events makes the process a bit easier. Here are the rules in a nutshell:

FCP Members will submit a list of 10 players and those players will earn points in the 10 "Championship" Events at the WSOP but not including the Main Event due to the delayed final table.

Your team's final result will be the cumulative total points that your team's players have earned over the 10 events. Most points wins!

Anytime a player from your list makes the top 16 in one of the tournaments you'll earn the following points based on their finish in the tournament:

1st. 50 points
2nd. 44 points
3rd. 40 points
4th. 36 points
5th. 32 points
6th. 28 points
7th. 24 points
8th. 20 points
9th. 16 points
10th. 14 points
11th. 12 points
12th. 10 points
13th. 8 points
14th. 6 points
15th. 4 points
16th. 2 points

Prizes for the top 20 will be as follows:

1st Place - 6 Month Poker VT subscription and a copy of Daniel's New Book, Power Hold'Em Strategy
2nd Place - 3 Month Poker VT subscription and a copy of Daniels's New Book, Power Hold'Em Strategy
3rd - 5th Places - 1 Month Poker VT subscription and a copy of Daniel's New Book, Power Hold'Em Strategy
6th - 10th Places - A copy of Daniel's New Book, Power Hold'Em Strategy
11th - 20th Places - FCP Hat

Qualifying Events:

Event 1: May 30th, World Championship $10K Pot Limit Holdem
Event 8: June 4th, World Championship $10K Mixed Event
Event 11: June 6th, $5K No-Limit Holdem Shootout
Event 14: June 7th, World Championship $5K Seven Card Stud Hi Lo 8 or Better
Event 25: June 13th, World Championship $10K Heads Up No Limit
Event 30: June 15th, World Championship $10K Limit Holdem
Event 33: June 17th, World Championship $10K Seven Card Stud
Event 37: June 19th, World Championship $10K Omaha 8 or Better
Event 45: June 25th, World Championship $50K Horse
Event 50: June 29th, World Championship $10K Pot Limit Omaha

If you want to enter check out the forum called 2008 WSOP Fantasy Pool

And for those high rollers, Daniel is offering big prop bets based upon his performance, read the whole post to get some five figure action.