Team Banana Lands Three Cashes in One Event

David Baker's Team Banana just placed three players in the $10K Mystery Bounty money on the same night, and that kind of roster density is either brilliant drafting or absurd luck.

Danny Tang finished 20th for $25,980. David Coleman took 54th for $14,330. Scott Seiver grabbed 56th for $13,650. Combined: $53,960 from Event #51, the $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em, all hitting the 25kfantasy.com sweat page within the same update window.

Three cashes from one roster in one event. If any other team matched that density this summer, I haven't seen it.

Three cashes from one roster in one event: Danny Tang, David Coleman, and Scott Seiver combined for $53,960 in Event #51.

Why This Matters for the Leaderboard

In a salary-cap contest, single-event multi-cash nights are the hidden accelerant. Most teams get one sweat per event, maybe two if they loaded up on a large-field bracelet. Three is unusual, and it concentrates scoring in a way that can vault a team up the standings overnight.

Consider the math. Tang's $25,980 alone is a solid hit from a $10K buy-in event. But stacking Coleman's $14,330 and Seiver's $13,650 on top of it means Team Banana pulled nearly $54K from a single tournament without any of the three reaching the final table. All three finished outside the top 15. This was depth, not a heater at the top of the payouts.

That distinction matters. A team that wins when its players go deep is well-constructed. A team that wins when its players min-cash in clusters is resilient. Baker built a roster thick enough in high-roller talent that even modest results compound.

The Drafting Angle

Tang, Coleman, and Seiver are all natural fits for a $10K Mystery Bounty field. They're experienced in large-field events with top-heavy structures, and they tend to fire the mid-stakes bracelet events that many high-profile rosters skip. That's where Baker's construction gets interesting.

Plenty of fantasy managers chase the headline names: the players likeliest to win a single bracelet event outright. Baker clearly went after volume. Three players drawing live in the same event triples your surface area. You don't need any one of them to ship it. You just need them to cash.

All three did.

What to Watch Next

The real question is whether Team Banana can repeat this pattern. The remaining $10K and $25K events on the WSOP schedule will attract similar fields, and if Baker's roster continues to overlap in those tournaments, the compounding effect could be significant. One three-cash night is notable. Two would be a structural advantage that other teams can't easily replicate without a similar drafting philosophy.

For now, $53,960 from one event is the number to beat. If your roster pulled less than that from the entire Mystery Bounty field, Baker's team just lapped you with one tournament.