2011 WSOP: The Main Event starts today

[Poker Guru]

We are just hours away from the biggest and most prestige filled tournament in the poker world, the World Series of Poker Main Event! Most of the big names in poker are going to take part this year and we can expect a huge prize pool since the 2011 WSOP has seen many record fields. The Main Event is a 13-day event with 4 starting days.

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The final table, where usually all players are guaranteed at least a million dollar each, will be played in November - just like it has been since 2008 when Peter Eastgate broke Phil Hellmuth's 19-year-old record of being the youngest player to win the Main Event.

We will keep you updated on the Main Event action from start to finish!

[Rajat]

The richest prize money in sports. Wonder how much will be the 1st prize this time!

[danishshaikh]

$$$$$$$$$$ i guess this figure :)

[jackseo]

Darn, what place is this ? seems huge one yar

[Rajat]

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas (USA)

[soojy007]

b-e-a-uuuuuuuuutiful !

mesmerizing....

[danishshaikh]

Every Poker Players dream the WSOP has to be that good!

[mohitsharma]

Whoooa wats that....WSOP freaking crazy!

[Poker Guru]

Team PokerGuru Pro Aditya Agarwal (http://www.pokerguru.in/player/intervention)has made it to Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event!

He will return to the Rio with 73,350 chips as Day 1c and Day 1a combine on Monday.

[dark horse]

hey how many indians have gone?

[Rajat]

@dark horse: Quite a few Indians are playing the WSOP this year!

[techdemo]

I can only identify Vivek Rajkumar and Aditya Agarwal. There are a few others but I do not know them.

[danishshaikh]

its hard to say but may be around 10

[danishshaikh]

i see one more Indian Amit Makhija so it makes 3....still counting

[dark horse]

haven't the winners of poker dream challenge gone? rajesh and sanjay?

[danishshaikh]

I guess no bcoz i dont see any update on their facebook wall :(

[Rajat]

Hmm too bad... 6865 runners and 8.7 Million USD for 1st ... It would have been awesome to be cheering for some more Indian Players :)

[danishshaikh]

@Rajat i agree wid you hopefully we see some more participation next year.....

[Rajat]

Well just noticed Raj Vohra is playing Day 1D and going strong.

[danishshaikh]

Yeah he has a good stack of 167,450 and is 3rd in chip lead >>>:)

[dark horse]

not goin even when they had the chance to go..thats bad.

[techdemo]

Well I can speak for Lawrence and he got stuck with a very BIG project and could`nt make it.

[danishshaikh]

6 days have now passed since the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off. In the 42-year history of WSOP, the Main Event this year is the third-largest ever, with 6,865 participants and more than 1.4 billion in prize money. Anyhow, the 4 starting days are in the books and also Day 2a (822 of 2,031 through to Day 3). We are now waiting for the official Day 2b results to be released. It will be interesting to see how many survived from the 2490-player field.

Below you can see a list of well-known players with chips left:

Doug Lee, Freddy Deeb, Alexandre Gomes, Donny Mizrachi, Phil Laak, Matt Matros, Kristy Gazes, David Bach, David Oppenheim, Joshua Tieman, Fred Berger, Shannon Shorr, Adam Junglen, Brad Garrett, Minh Ly, Mike Caro, Jason Mercier, Dan Shak, Jason Alexander, Daniel Negreanu, Annette Obrestad, Mickey Appleman, Ted Forrest, Lee Childs, Shaun Deeb, J.P. Kelly, Tex Barch, Ville Wahlbeck, Mel Judah, Vitaly Lunkin

[danishshaikh]

Day 2b of the 2011 WSOP Main Event came to and end about 2 hours ago. The day started with 2490 players and ended with 1,080 players remaining. This means that about 1,900 players are through to Day 3 of the tournament, which starts tomorrow.

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In the lead is no one else than Ben Lamb, who took down the $10k PLO event for $814k, finished 2nd in the $3k PLO event, and has cashed in another 2 events at the 2011 WSOP. Other big names with plenty of chips left are Patrik Antonius (361,000 - 7th place),

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Tony Hachem (245,100 - 27th) and Jeff Madsen (231,500 - 29th).

We will return with more updates on the 2011 WSOP Main Event as soon as Day 3 comes to an end. Stay tuned!

[danishshaikh]

2011 WSOP Main Event: 900 players will return tomorrow

Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event came to and end about half an hour ago. Out of the 1,864 players that started the day, "only" 900 players will return to play Day 4 tomorrow. In the lead are two americans - Patrick Poirier with 1,328,000 chips and Daryl Jace with 1,282,500. Sebastian Ruthenberg, from the UK, is the biggest name in the very top of the remaining field of players. Ruthenberg, who has 1 WSOP bracelet and 1 EPT title, played fantastic poker during Day 3 and has accumulated 889,000 chips and is in 6th place at the moment.

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Apart from Ruthenberg, there are many big names with plenty of chips left (just to mention a few) - JP Kelly (33rd place - 492k), Ben Lamb (37th place - 450k), Erick Lindgren (64th place 355k), Tony Hachem (65th place - 355k), Allen Cunningham (87th place - 274k), Freddy Deeb (265k), Sorel Mizzi (93rd place - 250k), Jake Cody (95th place - 250k).

[danishshaikh]

Interview with the British pro Ben Lamb!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh2u9yKlTMY

[danishshaikh]

The 5th day of the 2011 WSOP Main Event is in the books. Out of the 6,865 players who signed up for the tournament 8 days ago, 142 players will return tomorrow and play Day 6 of the tournament. Not less than 5 players will return with more than 4 million in chips tomorrow. Chip leader is David Bach, from USA, with 4,7 million, closely followed by Pius Heinz (4,699,000) and Kyle Johnson (4,654,00).

The 3 biggest names in the top of the remaining field of players are Ben Lamb (5th place with 4,032,000 chips), Sebastian Ruthenberg (7th place with 3,354,000), and JP Kelly (15th place with 2,664,000 chips). Apart from these 3 players, there are quite a few big names with chips left. It start getting extremely exciting now as we're only 2 days away from the final table - where some huge prize money is up for grabs!

We will return with an update in some time