Event #26 and DCPS #37 Fire the Same Afternoon — Your Roster Has a Problem

The Collision

WSOP Event #26 starts June 10 with a $2.5M guarantee, and DCPS #37's $1,100 NLH Day 2 kicks off the same afternoon with a $1M guarantee of its own.

Event #26 is a $1,600 NLH with two starting flights. Flight 1D fires at 6:00 p.m. PT on June 9. Flight 1E fires at 11:00 a.m. PT on June 10. DCPS #37 Day 2 starts at 10:00 a.m. PT on June 10. That one-hour gap between the DCPS restart and Event #26's final flight is the entire problem.

Two $1,000+ NLH fields running simultaneously on June 10 means every dual-eligible player on your roster is a coin flip between scoring paths.

Why This Matters for $25K Fantasy

Any player who bagged chips in DCPS #37 Day 1 and also plans to fire Event #26 faces a direct scheduling conflict on June 10. DCPS Day 2 plays down to a winner from a $960 effective buy-in against a $1M guarantee. Event #26's 1E flight, at $1,430 effective, feeds into a $2.5M-guaranteed prize pool. Both are NLH. Both are in the building. Both generate fantasy points.

The question for roster construction on 25kfantasy.com isn't whether these players will play poker on June 10. They will. The question is which field they'll prioritize, and how that choice affects their scoring ceiling.

A player who bags DCPS #37 and skips Event #26's 1E flight loses access to one of the bigger guarantees of the week. A player who abandons a DCPS Day 2 stack to fire Event #26 is leaving equity on the table in a field that's already narrowed. Neither option is free.

The Roster Math

Here's the framework I'm using for any player who might be alive in both:

• DCPS #37 Day 2 favors the short-to-mid stack. If a player bagged 30 big blinds or fewer, the scoring upside from a deep run is real but the bust-out risk is high. Event #26 might be the better fantasy play.
• DCPS #37 Day 2 favors itself for big stacks. A player who bagged a top-five stack in DCPS #37 Day 1 has a clear path to a final table and significant fantasy points. Pivoting to Event #26 costs real expected value.
• Event #26 Flight 1D is the hedge. Any dual-eligible player can fire Flight 1D on June 9 and still show up for DCPS Day 2 on June 10. If they bag in 1D, the conflict evaporates. If they bust 1D, they're back to the same dilemma with Flight 1E.

The buy-in gap matters too. Event #26 at $1,430 effective versus DCPS #37 at $960 effective means the WSOP bracelet event carries a higher scoring multiplier in most salary-cap formats. All else equal, a min-cash in Event #26 outscores a min-cash in DCPS #37.

What I'm Doing

I'm treating any roster slot occupied by a DCPS #37 survivor as a question mark until June 10 morning. If ODB projections shift after Flight 1D results post, that's the signal to act. Players who bag 1D and still have a DCPS stack become dual-path assets. Players who bust 1D and choose DCPS Day 2 over Flight 1E become single-path, lower-ceiling holds.

The safest fantasy play is rostering players who are only in Event #26. No scheduling conflict, no guesswork, full exposure to the $2.5M guarantee. But safe isn't always optimal. The managers who correctly predict which dual-eligible players fire Event #26 over DCPS will have a real edge in a week where most rosters are guessing.