2011 World Series Of Poker Event 56

The last non-championship Hold 'em event is event 56. Players who join in on this event will find that it is one of the last bracelet events that is not the main event. The 56th event is the third to last, requiring a low enough buy-in in order to be one of the more accessible tournaments. Players who want to participate will have to sign up before the day begins. We have found that this tournament will not be as large as the preceding Hold 'em event, but it should be fairly entertaining and profitable regardless.

The event is set to start three days before the main event. Event 56 is going to kick off on July 5th. At 12 PM, players will take to the tables. Those who are participating will be expected to sit at the tables for three days, running until July 7th - the day the main event kicks off. This is one of the last opportunities to win enough to enter the Main event. A buy-in of only $1,500 is required to enter.

Tournament Updates
(New Updates Posted Daily During Event)

Day 1 Update - Day 1 of the last hold 'em tournament that isn't the main event is on the books, and this $1,500 tournament attracted 3,389 entrants - presumably those who want to win their entry int the $10,000 main event. Only 465 remain after the first day, with Benjamin Volpe in the lead. He has 156,200 chips, with David Zemel behind him at 127,700. DAvid Eldridge is right behind them, with 118,000 chips in his pile. Notable eliminations include Antonio Esfandiari, Sorel Mizzi, Vanessa Selbst, and Liv Boeree. A total of 342 players iwll be paid in the event, but only the 63rd place buster and beyond will earn enough to enter the WSOP Main Event, which is set to begin on July 7th.

Day 2 Update - Though the Main Event starts today, 42 players will still be participating in the 56th event. With 463 players coming out to participate, the bubble had burst after two hours of play. David Pham, Kenny Nguyen, Mikhail Shalamov, Randy Lewand, Brock Parker had all made it in the money. Only 1 of the top ten chip leaders going into the event managed to survive. Gavin Smith has managed to earn the chip lead, with a solid 1,000,000 chips in his pile. Bryn Kenney is in second place. This tournament is mostly amateur players remaining, with real notables other than Gavin Smith still in the running.

Day 3 Update - The stoppage of play came at almost 3am, when 10 levels had finished the day. The day had been fairly exciting, as 42 players had come back to play. Of those 42 there had been Gavin Smith and James Boyle, the latter of which caused some degree of controversy. James Boyle ended up delaying a hand by allegedly being disrespectful. He was eliminated in 9th place. Due to the ten level rule, the final three will come out to play with stacks of 8,385,000, 3,440,000, and 3,235,000. Hasan Anter, Nemer Haddad, and Andy Philachack are the remaining players - a Swede and two Americans. out of the 3,389 that had come out to play, only these three remain. A top prize of $777,928 will go to the winner, with a prize of $479,521 and $345,698 to the two runner ups. Players will still have time to join days 1C and 1D of the main event with the conclusion of this tournament.

Day 4 Update - The forced fourth day has come to an end, with Hasan Anter beating out his competition to win the bracelet. Each player entered the day with relatively even chip stacks, but eliminations came fairly quick. Within a half hour of play. Andy Philachack was eliminated in third place, after he shoved with 3s-3d. Nemer Haddad flipped Ac-10h. The flop dropped 10c-6s-7s, giving Haddad a strong lead. Two kings on the turn and the river put Haddad up to 4 million chips, though he still had a 3-to-1 disadvantage. It took almost two hours for heads up play to end, and Anter and Haddad got into it with As-4d in Anter's hand, while Haddad held Ad-2c. It was coming down to a coin flip, but the flip landed in Anter's favor. A flop of Qs-Ks-Ts dropped, giving Anter a flush draw. The flush was completed with the 4s on the turn, but then things went royal when the Js dropped on the river, sending Nemer home with $479,521 for his effort.

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