Another big day at the World Series of Poker saw another well-known, first-time, bracelet winner crowned, and another tournament fall victim to the Hard-Stop Rule.
Event #28: $1,500 No Limit Holdem, Day 3
Andy Frankenberger is now 2/3 of the way to a Triple Crown after winning the $1,500 NLHE tournament on Saturday. The Season IX WPT Player of the Year is just the latest well-known poker player to breakthrough with their first WSOP win at the 2011 WSOP.
1. Andy Frankenberger – $599,153
2. Josh Evans – $372,498
3. Rob Shortway – $263,655
4. Owen Crowe – $190,147
5. Tyler Kenney – $138,847
6. Steven Merrifield – $102,600
7. Thao Nguyen – $76,747
8. Sydney Hasson – $58,083
9. Brett Hruby – $44,482
Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix, Day 3
And another tournament ends with less than a handful of players remaining. The 10-Game Mix fell victim to the Hard-Stop Rule with three very strong players still in contention -and perhaps the most dangerous, Shaun Deeb, being felled on the very last hand of the evening! Here is a look at the chip-counts of the three remaining players:
1. Chris Lee – 1,425,000
2. Brian Haveson – 997,000
3. Travis Pearson – 813,000
Event #30: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Holdem Championship, Day 2
With just 35 players remaining the Seniors Championship is yet another possible tournament that will be affected by the Hard-Stop Rule: Here is a look at the Top 10 Chip Counts heading into what is supposed to be the final day of the tournament:
1. Craig Koch – 915,000
2. Hans Werner Pfister – 748,000
3. Gregory Alston – 624,000
4. Bruce Baker – 573,000
5. Richard Harwood – 549,000
6. Michael Millard – 543,000
7. James Hess – 491,000
8. Jack Ward – 488,000
9. James Jarvis – 442,000
10. Kenneth Russell – 429,000
Event #31: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Day 2
Another PLO tournament means a huge starting field, but mainly pros remaining at the end of the tournament. With 25 players left in the field names like Christian Harder, Paul Volpe, Tex Barch, Adam Junglen, Brock Parker, Jeffrey Lisandro, and chip-leader Sam Stein:
1. Ben Lamb – 169,800
2. Joseph Ressler – 139,300
3. Paul Volpe – 125,200
4. Mohamad Kowssarie – 124,800
5. Arthur Morris – 124,300
6. Brian Roberts – 117,000
7. Emmanuel Sebag – 103,800
8. Gabe Patgorski – 102,300
9. Jeffrey Lisandro – 94,100
10. Frank Peelen – 91,100
Event #32: $1,500 No Limit Holdem, Day 1
Another big turnout for a $1,500 NLHE tournament as 2,828 players registered for Event #32. By the end of the day just 362 players remained, with 297 players set to make the money.
1. Adam Lippert – 150,200
2. Rodrigo Portaleoni – 144,800
3. Andrew Barber – 142,400
4. Matthew Wantman – 124,200
5. Jakob Tostesen – 121,100
6. Daniel Close – 118,500
7. Daryl Katz – 114,400
8. Soi Nguyen – 107,200
9. Ramsey Ajram – 104,800
10. Pietermichae Degoede – 103,000
Event #33: $10,000 Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo Championship, Day 1
Event #33 saw a very solid turnout for a $10k Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo tournament with 168 players registering for the event; just 2 players fewer than last years turnout. At the end of the day it was the typical mix of top-tier Poker Pros and Stud specialists atop the leader-board with 2010 WSOP runner-up John Racener leading the way:
1. John Racener- 95,200
2. Akio Ishii – 90,400
3. Maxwell Troy – 88,000
4. David Benyamine – 82,200
5. Ali Eslami – 80,200
6. Felipe Tavares – 80,000
7. Brandon Cantu – 80,000
8. Allen Kessler – 79,500
9. Nick Schulman – 75,900
10. Justin Smith – 73,400
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