Events number 4 and 5 of the 2011 World Series of Poker are now under way, and the majority of the WSOP “Rematches” have taken place. Read on for the latest WSOP 2011 updates.
Event #3 – $1,500 Omaha Hi Low Split (8 or Better)
Francesco Barbaro leads the 25 remaining players in the $1,500 Omaha Hi Low tournament, going into the third day’s poker.
Allen Cunningham busted in 26th, which signalled the end of play, while Men “The Master” Nguyen finished one place back in 27th. Erik Seidel, James Dempsey and Barry Greenstein all went deep, but could only manage top 40 finishes.
Still in the hunt for the Omaha Hi Low bracelet are Humberto Brenes, Andreas Krause and Scott Clements.
Event #4 – $5,000 No Limit Hold’em
865 bought into the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament, making for a total prize pool of $4,065,500. Heading into day two, 243 of those remain in the hunt for the $874,116 first prize and, of course, the World Series of Poker bracelet, with British player Gavin Cochrane leading the field.
Victor Ramdin is just behind the Brit in second place, with Erick Lindgren, J.C. Tran, David Williams and Jennifer Tilly just some of the other big names left in the tournament.
Event #5 – $1,500 Seven Card Stud
112 of the original 357 entrants remain going into the second day’s poker at event number 5 of the 2011 WSOP, the first Seven Card Stud event of the series. The total prize pool for the event is $481,950.
The chip leader is Kerry Shakura of Edmonton, Canada, while the likes of Andy Bloch, Shaun Deeb, Eli Elezra, Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Frank Kassela all remain in the hunt for the WSOP bracelet.
World Series of Poker Rematches
Additionally, two of the three WSOP “Rematches” have also been settled. These poker head to heads were intended to recreate some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, providing some of the world’s top poker players an opportunity for redemption.
The first match saw Johnny Chan take on Phill Hellmuth, in a rematch of the 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event, in which Hellmuth beat Chan to deny him a third success WSOP Main Event title, becoming the youngest ever WSOP Champion in the process.
In this WSOP rematch, Chan managed to exact his revenge for being denied the ultimate hat trick, after a late suckout left Hellmuth crippled. Chan had controlled the earlier stages of the match, giving Hellmuth no chance to get into the game. Hellmuth would win a small pot, before Chan would win a larger one.
After surviving several all in contests, Hellmuth finally caught a break after getting the money to the middle with A – 9 against Chan’s K – T; his hand stood up. The lead didn’t last long though, as Chan hit a seven outer to leave Hellmuth in serious trouble, from which he was unable to recover.
The second of the rematches saw Sam Fahar out for revenge for his 2003 Main Event heads up defeat, in the WSOP event that kicked off the huge online poker boom. This contest was a best of three, that saw Moneymaker emerge victorious once more.
The first clash saw the two start with the same chip stacks as they had that day in 2003 and Moneymaker managed to win out. The second match saw the chip stacks reversed, and Farha did the business.
The deciding contest saw Farha and Moneymaker begin dead level in chips, and the match proved an intense and aggressive affair. However, Farha was unable to gain revenge for his WSOP Main Event defeat, as Moneymaker put him all in holding K – J and Farha made the call with a dominated K – T, finding no help from the board.
The final WSOP grudge match will be between Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel, as the pair recreate the famous 1988 WSOP Main Event heads up clash immortalised in the file Rounders. This has not yet taken place due to Seidel’s deep run in Event #3, the Limit Omaha 8 or Better event.
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