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A look back at Day 15 of the 2011 WSOP

Three bracelets and a Triple Crown were handed out at the 2011 WSOP on Tuesday, not to mention two more tournaments completing Day 2, and two others getting underway!

Event #18: $1,500 No Limit Holdem, Day 4

The six remaining players that returned to the Rio on Tuesday to finish the $1,500 NLHE tournament that was stopped due to the 10 Level Rule probably didnt feel too put out considering nearly $750k was on the line, but in the end it was chip-leader Foster Hays who would win the title.

1.       Foster Hays – $735,400

2.       Casey Kelton – $459,920

3.       Jeff Lavelle – $321,947

4.       Allan Le – $233,043

5.       Stanley Tavanese – $170,648

6.       Robert Koss – $126,409

7.       Tristan Wade – $94,700

8.       Philippe Vert – $71,728

9.       Jordan jymaster11 Young – $54,936

Event #20: $1,000 No Limit Holdem, Day 3

Welcome to the winners circle Jason Somerville! Somerville is a five-time WSOP final table participant who now has a WSOP bracelet to show for his efforts, after four previous top five finishes in the 2009 and 2010 WSOP, including a runner-up finish in 2009.

1.       Jason Somerville – $493,091

2.       Yashar Darian – $305,009

3.       Travis Atkins – $215,855

4.       Richard Fridvalszki – $156,248

5.       Alex Martin – $114,414

6.       Gian Carlos Oliveri – $84,753

7.       Diana Allen – $63,493

8.       Shane Rose – $48,091

9.       James Schaaf – $36,833

Event #21: $10k Seven Card Stud Championship, Day 3

The big news on Day 15 of the 2011 WSOP was Bertrand Grosspellier winning his first WSOP bracelet and completing the fourth Triple Crown in poker history, congratulations ElkY!

1.       Bertrand Grospellier – $331,639

2.       Steven Landfish – $204,924

3.       Maxwell Troy – $128,341

4.       John Hennigan – $92,928

5.       Alexander Kostritsyn – $72,627

6.       Chad Brown – $57,917

7.       Kevin Tang – $47,032

8.       Chris Tryba – $38,812

Event #22: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha, Day 2

A new record was set in the $1,500 triple chance PLO tournament as 1,071 players became 117 on Day 1 of the tournament.

1.       Juha Vilkki – 163,800

2.       Yaniv Birman – 130,100

3.       Cody Munger – 128,100

4.       Nick Binger – 121,600

5.       Frank Peelen – 119,400

6.       Stephen Wolfe – 96,100

7.       Brandon Paster – 94,900

8.       Jonathan Lane – 93,300

9.       Jeff Sarwer – 90,900

10.   Firoz Pirani – 90,700

Event #23: $2,500 Eight Game Mix, Day 2

After two full days of action the $2,500 8-Game Mix is now down to just nine players, with three young pros all looking for their first WSOP bracelet in David Sands, Emil Patel, and Jeff Sarwer.

1.       Juha Vilkki – 1,235,000

2.       Rafael Kibrit – 667,000

3.       Cody Monger – 652,000

4.       Elie Payan – 545,000

5.       Stephan Wolfe – 523,000

6.       Jeff Sarwer -480,000

7.       Roland Israelashvili – 310,000

8.       David Sands – 250,000

9.       Emil Patel – 147,000

Event #24: $5,000 No Limit Holdem Shootout, Day 1

40 players won their table in the $5k NLHE Shootout tournament that got underway on Tuesday including Erik Seidel, Gavin Smith, Jordan jymaster11 Young, Justin Bonomo, Tom Marchese, JP Kelly, Toby Lewis, James Akenhead, and James Dempsey.

Event #25: $1,500 Seven-Card-Stud 8 or better, Day 1

172 of the original 606 players who registered for the tournament will be back in action on Day 2 with a mix of young and old poker talent near the top of the leader-board. The top 10 chip-counts at the end of Day 1 include nine well-known poker player: Frank Kasella, Norman Chad, Bryan Micon, Cyndy Violette, Tom Dwan, Mike Sexton, Karina Jett, and Kristy Gazes.

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