Mixed fortunes for popular fantasy picks

Fantasy Poker has attracted around 127 entrants in all - if you count the PP Blog's own shot at glory - and so far the most popular picks are enduring some contrasting fortunes.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, top of the pile was PPT2 League champion Ronnie Espensen (19 teams) and the Dane is still alive despite taking some blows to his stack, while second in line was the now eliminated Robert Haigh (17 teams).

Another well-backed player was Zoltan Kapitany (16 teams), the Hungarian who final tabled in Vienna and is highly thought of in his native land. He currently boasts around 18,000 chips.

Disappointing his selectors was Ferenc Bartha, however, after Vienna's 3rd-place finished bowed out after his AQ failed to improve against a villain's 66.

Also among the most fancied were Alejandro Rodrigo (12 teams; 21,450 chips), David Gonzalez (10 teams), David Pishvafar (11 teams; 40,000 chips) and Bastian Bluem (9 teams; 39,000 chips).