2011 World Series Of Poker Event 31

The scheduled 31st event is a Pot Limit Omaha tournament. The buy-in on this one is a little higher than the previous PLO tournament in the series, requiring a risk of $3,000 to enter this tournament. As one of the more attractive games to professional players and esoteric gamers, this tournament should yield a fairly significant prize pool. Those who want to enter may already do so, and registration will be open until the event starts.

The 31st event begins on June 17th. Players will have until this time to enter the event. June 19th is the anticipated ending date, so it is unlikely that it will run longer than this. The $3,000 buy-in could help bring in a large prize pool, so money is likely to be had in the event. Since PLO is one of the more esoteric forms of hold 'em, so many professional players will probably be filling out the list of players. The event starts at 5 PM

Tournament Updates
(New Updates Posted Daily During Event)

Day 1 Update - Though the 31st event had been delayed by a little over an hour, the 685 players who entered this $3,000 PLO tournament had begun to play for the prize pool of $1,870,050. Ben Lamb held the chip count by the end of the day, holding 169,800 chips. Jeffrey Lisandro, Tex Barch, Robert Williamson, Eli Elezra, Erick Lindgren and John Juanda are all still in the mix. Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Mercier, Mike Matusow, Bertrand Grospellier, Jonathan Duhamel and Daniel Negreanu had all been eliminated from play. Of the 138, only 63 players will be paid. The top prize is $420,802, and the bracelet winner will take this piece of the prize.

Day 2 Update - Sam Stein has taken the lead in the second day of play of the 31st event. He controls 843,000 chips, and is one of only 26 players remaining in the event. Ben Lamb is in second, with 657,000 chips to his name. The blinds have reached 3000/6000, And a few players are at the cusp of elimination due to stacks of under 50,000. Today's major eliminations include Jeff Lisandro, John Juanda, Eli Elezra, Joe Hachem, and John Racener. The third day should put this event on the books, giving a bracelet and a prize of $420,802 to the player who succeeds.

Day 3 Update - Sam Stein gripped the chip lead in day 2, and he would ultimately hold it all the way through the final day, despite having to contend with 24 other players who wanted the bracelet and the top prize. Clearly they did not want it as badly, as Stein stuck it out in a tournament that ran until 5AM. Stein had to deal with Ben Lamb in heads up play, though heads up only lasted around 30 minutes. On the final hand, Stein opened from the button to 120,000, and Lamb made the call behind him. A slop of 3d-Kh-Jc fell, and Lamb bet 150,000. Stein called and a 10c fell on the turn. Lamb fired another bullet of 225,000, and Stein, after taking some time to think about it, raised the pot by its full amount. Lamb shoved his final 900,000 an Stein made the call. Lamb held Qc-Js-9d-4h, while Stein held Ac-Qh-7h-6h. Stein was way out in front, and only an Ace would keep Lamb alive by chopping the pot. A 2d fell on the river and gave Stein the bracelet and a prize of $259,918.

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