25K Fantasy Draft 2026

2026 Draft
Day: 1
Event Info
25K Fantasy Draft 2026
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$600,000
Total Entries
24
Players Left
24
Players Left 24 / 0
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Team Glaser Confirms Final Team Member

PlayerPrice
Brandon Shack-Harris16
Craig Chait1
Sean Winter13
Kristen Foxen16
Dan Smith8
James Obst55
Blaz Zerjav57
Patrick Stacey34

Future Poker Hall of Famer Jason Mercier Goes for $1

Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

Malcom Traynor went to Team Trump Power for $5, leaving the team three more picks.

Next, Frederic Normand went to Team Chocolate Factory for $3.

One steal of the draft may have been former Mid-Major Player of the Year Nick Pupillo, who went to Team DNegs for $2.

Another steal was six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier, who went to Team Stake Kings for just $1.

Meanwhile, five-time bracelet winner Anthony Zinno went for $7 to Team Handsome Horses.

Poker Hall of Famer Sells for Just $1.00

Justin Fawcett sold for $1 as the last player for Team Premiums Only.

Christian Harder went to Team Fleyshman for $6, and then Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel sold for $1 to the same team to bring captain Dan Fleyshman one player away from a complete roster.

Justin Zaki sold for $1 to Team Noori, becoming just the third member of their team, and then Jon Kyte went for $12 to Team Chocolate Factory.

Renji Mao was a $7 pickup for Team Spitework, before Team Blez/NGNF got Matt Schreiber for $2.

Team Premiums Only Leads With Linde

PlayerPrice
Dylan Linde59
Thomas Taylor34
AJ Kelsall15
Andrew Ostapchenko12
Ryan Hoenig58
Cherish Andrews1
Yuval Bronshtein3
Justin Fawcett1

Draft Picking Up as Phillips, Laskowitz, Reid, and Molnar Find Homes

Sam Laskowitz
Sam Laskowitz

The draft is speeding up now as the night gets closer to an end. Tyler Phillips went for $5 to Team Glue Factory as their penultimate pick.

Next, high-stakes pro American Sam Laskowitz went to Team Blez/NGNF for two pips highers at $7.

And poker media's TJ Reid, still recovering from a $3 million score at WSOP Paradise, drafted himself for $5.

And then, Michael Molnar went to Team Gators for the value price of $1.

Nick Guagenti's Team Blades & Shades Second to Finish

PlayerCost
Jesse Lonis69
Ray Henson4
John Monnette36
Chris Hunichen35
Christian Roberts8
Phil Hui12
Jack Pan12
Allen Le24

Yuval Bronshtein Penultimate Selection for Team Premiums Only

Yuval Bronshtein
Yuval Bronshtein

Yuval Bronshtein went for $3 to Team Premiums Only, becoming the seventh member of their team.

Thomas Gluszo sold to Team Chocolate Factory for $35, and then Matt Vengrin went to Dan Sepiol's Team Glue Factory for $6.

Qinghai "Jack" Pan was a $12 pickup for Team Blades & Shades, and Allan Le went to the same team for $24 to close out their team.

Obst, Pisarenko, Simao, and Zerjav Find Their Teams

James Obst
James Obst

Tennis and poker pro James Obst went to Team Glaser for $55 after several competing bids. They later picked up the young Slovenian Blaz Zerjev for $57.

Maksim Pisarenko then went to Team Glue Factory for $19.

After that, Brazlian crusher Joao Simao went for $20 to Team Handsome Horses.

Dong Chen to Team DNegs; Jim Collopy to Team Lang

Dong Chen
Dong Chen

Phil Hui was nominated for $1 but ended up selling for $12 to Team Blades & Shades.

Jason Daly went to Jeremy Becker's Team Back Office for $5.

Dong Chen became the fourth player on Team DNegs for $4, and then Jim Collopy went to Team Lang for $14.

Ashish Gupta was the next player off the board, selling for $1 to Gary Benson's Team Trump Power, and then Daniel Rezai went for $18 to Team Handsome Horses.

Zamani, Andrews, Tang and Seed Get Planted

Martin Zamani
Martin Zamani

Tyler Moncek nominated Martin Zamani with the bid starting out at $1. He ended up going for $3 to Team Gators.

Next, two-time GPI Female Player of the Year Cherish Andrews went for $1 to Team Premiums Only.

Poker Hall of Famer Huck Seed then went for $7 as the final pick of Team Wasserson.

And recent Triton Montenegro Main Event champion Danny Tang went to Team Banana for $12.