2011 World Series Of Poker Event 7

With half a dozen events down, the 7th event ushers in one of the championship events of the tournament - the pot limit Hold 'em Championship. This is a major event, offering a large buy-in that will equate to a large prize pool. With a buy-in requirement of $10,000, this tournament will likely have a fairly small pool. This championship event will have a better bracelet than most normal events. The fact that this tournament is generally one of the more sought after by professionals, amateur players will encounter stiff resistance throughout their foray into this event. A seven figure prize pool is likely in this event, making it one of the more lucrative events in the early leg of the series.

The tournament will begin on June 3rd. Being a 3 day event, it should end on the 5th. The players will have to pay $10,000 to play this Pot Limit hold 'em tournament. This should be one of the better championship events to participate in, especially considering the fact that you cannot just shove on every hand. If you are going to play through this tournament, we recommend that you brush up on your pot limit hold 'em skills through free online poker. In last year's edition of the tournament, 171 players came out to build a $1,607,400 prize pool. Matt Keikoan won $425,969 for his efforts, while Daniel Idema won second place and $262,243.

Tournament Updates
(New Updates Posted Daily During Event)

Day 1 Update - The first day of the Pot Limit Hold 'em Championship is on the books, and just over half of the field is still alive. This $10,000 buy in championship tournament brought out 249 players, building a prize pool of $2,340,600. As the first championship event, players were excited to enter this event. There are many big names still in the competition, and this is any one's tournament to be won.

Chip stacks range from 159,000 down to 5,500. John Juanda, Anette Obrestad, Allen Cunningham, David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Mike Matusow, Hoyt Corkins, David Chiu, Dwyte Pilgrim, Robert Mizrachi, Todd Brunson, Jason Mercier, Vladimir Shchemelev, Jennifer Tilly, Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Laak, Sorel Mizzi, Barry Greenstein, Eric Cloutier, Josh Arieh, Daniel Negreanu, Steve Billirakis, Men Nguyen and James Dempsey are amongst the biggest names in the event. These players are respectively placed from low to high in terms of chip counts.

Binh Nguyen is currently the chip leader, with 159,000 chips in his pile. Sunny Chattha is in second with 142,000. James Dempsey and Men Nguyen are in fourth and fifth, with 132,300 and 129,900 chips respectively. Daniel Negreanu is situated in 18th place, with 103,400 chips to his name.

The bubble is expected to burst during the second day of play. The 27th-19th place players will receive $20,129 for their efforts. First prize will receive a whopping $573,456 for winning the event, as well as the first championship bracelet in the event. With so many big players remaining, it is likely that day 2 will be one write with excitement.

Day 2 Update - As the first world championship event, the Pot Limit Hold 'em championship attracted 249 players into the $10,000 buy in tournament. Just over half of the field survived into day 2, with many professional players still in the running. The prize pool began at 27th place. Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Todd Brunson, Vladimir Shchemelev, Mike Matusow, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Tilly, and Phil Laak were amongst those who survived into the second day.

The defending champion, Valdemar Kwaysser, was one of the earlier defeats in the event. Phil Laak wasn't too far behind him, as the Unabomber's luck had run out. Josh Arieh had also been eliminated fairly early. Mike Watson, Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Jeffrey Lisandro, David Benyamine, Steve O'Dwyer, Erick Lindgren, and Eric Baldwin were also sent home. Daniel Negreanu was eliminated was one of the final eliminations of the night, and he had even become the bubble boy of the event.

Day 3 Update - The final day of the tournament came with early eliminations. The 27th place holder was eliminated on the first hand of the day. Jonathan Jaffe ended up sending Darren Kramer home, building Jaffe's chip count to 400,000. Jennifer Tilly started off on a high note, running with pocket rockets and building her stack. Mike Matusow had also doubled up fairly early. Tommy Vinas eliminated Binh Nguyen and Marco Traniello simultaneously, building his stack with an additional 445,000 chips. Jennifer Tilly and Mike "The Mouth" Matusow ran through the tournament into 21st and 20th place respectively. Matusow's final chips ended up in Robert Mizrachi's stack, bringing him to 630,000 chips. Eric Cloutier, Tommy Vinas, Sam Stein and Amir Lehavot had all ended up at the final table. Amir Lehavot ended up winning the tournament, with Jarred Solomon right behind him. Lehavot's bracelet came with a $573,456 top prize, offering him a huge return on investment over the $10,000 buy-in for this tournament.

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