World Series of Poker -- $50,000 Player's Championship Day 2Ben Lamb Jumps to the Top on Day 2 with 74 Players Remaining |
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Day 2 of the $50,000 Player’s Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker has come to a close and of the original 128 players who entered there are 74 who remain in the hunt for the top prize worth $1,720,328 and a spot on the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.
Recent gold-bracelet winner Ben Lamb is the overnight chip leader with 704,000. He booked his first bracelet by winning the $10,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em event a few days ago and he could make it a very successful summer with a deep run in this event. Gus Hansen is close on his heels with 688,700. Sebastian Ruthenberg (669,600) and David Oppenheim (608,000) are the only other players to hold more than 600,000.
Other notable chip counts include former champion David Bach, who holds 377,800. Phil Hellmuth is still in the mix with 271,200. Former final tablists in the event making another run include Erick Lindgren (341,000) and David Singer (216,700).
The day began with 123 players and the bustouts were not brisk, but they were consistent. The notable eliminations included Doyle Brunson, Huck Seed, David Chiu, Mike Sexton, Joe Cassidy, Mike Matusow, Isaac Haxton, Chau Giang, Justin Bonomo, Steve Zolotow, Allen Kessler, Tom Dwan, John Juanda, Jason Mercier, Joe Hachem, Patrik Antonius, defending champion Michael Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, and Daniel Negreanu.
Hand of the Day:
Defending Champion Michael Mizrachi Eliminated:
Michael Mizrachi moved all in under the gun for 7,900 preflop and David Benyamine made the call in the small blind. Their cards:
Mizrachi: K
8
Benyamine: A
9
Board: K 6 4 9 9
Mizrachi was eliminated on the hand and his title defense came to a close on the second day of the tournament. It will now be up to his brother Robert Mizrachi (205,200) to take home the title.
Check back in tomorrow night for another recap of events as the players get closer to the money in the event. The money bubble will burst when the final 16 remain, and that may or may not happen during the five levels that will be played tomorrow.
Here is a look at the seating chart and chip counts for day 3, which begins on Monday at 3 p.m.:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
| 275 | 1 | Jon Turner | 88,800 |
| 275 | 2 | Alexandre Luneau | 468,200 |
| 275 | 4 | Bill Chen | 278,900 |
| 275 | 5 | Marco Johnson | 160,500 |
| 275 | 6 | Barry Greenstein | 237,900 |
| 275 | 7 | Brian Rast | 184,400 |
| 275 | 8 | Michael Binger | 166,000 |
| 276 | 1 | Abe Mosseri | 371,000 |
| 276 | 2 | Eugene Katchalov | 124,000 |
| 276 | 3 | Daniel Alaei | 74,000 |
| 276 | 4 | Sorel Mizzi | 193,300 |
| 276 | 5 | Erick Lindgren | 341,000 |
| 276 | 6 | John Racener | 51,500 |
| 276 | 7 | Nick Schulman | 106,000 |
| 276 | 8 | Doug Booth | 287,300 |
| 282 | 1 | Justin Smith | 388,600 |
| 282 | 2 | Minh Ly | 82,400 |
| 282 | 3 | David Bakes Baker | 86,900 |
| 282 | 4 | Steve Sung | 253,200 |
| 282 | 5 | Josh Arieh | 433,800 |
| 282 | 7 | Jesse Martin | 160,400 |
| 282 | 8 | Tristan Clemencon | 36,500 |
| 284 | 1 | Fabrice Soulier | 252,200 |
| 284 | 2 | Jim McCrink | 114,000 |
| 284 | 3 | Brian Hastings | 364,000 |
| 284 | 4 | Vladimir Shchemelev | 302,600 |
| 284 | 5 | Greg Mueller | 320,200 |
| 284 | 6 | Matt Hawrilenko | 138,500 |
| 284 | 7 | Carlos Mortensen | 196,900 |
| 286 | 1 | Phil Galfond | 196,700 |
| 286 | 2 | Roman Yitzhaki | 361,400 |
| 286 | 3 | Hoi Cheung | 303,800 |
| 286 | 4 | Matthew Ashton | 223,300 |
| 286 | 5 | David Baker | 482,700 |
| 286 | 6 | Sebastian Ruthenberg | 669,600 |
| 286 | 7 | Shaun Deeb | 247,900 |
| 286 | 8 | Jeffrey Lisandro | 147,700 |
| 287 | 1 | Yan Chen | 405,200 |
| 287 | 2 | David Benyamine | 353,200 |
| 287 | 3 | Alexey Makarov | 165,900 |
| 287 | 4 | Gus Hansen | 688,700 |
| 287 | 5 | Ashton Griffin | 328,600 |
| 287 | 6 | Robert Williamson III | 332,200 |
| 287 | 7 | David Singer | 216,700 |
| 287 | 8 | Chad Brown | 205,000 |
| 291 | 1 | Brett Richey | 358,400 |
| 291 | 2 | David Bach | 377,800 |
| 291 | 3 | Scott Seiver | 375,000 |
| 291 | 4 | Robert Mizrachi | 205,200 |
| 291 | 5 | Bertrand Grospellier | 43,700 |
| 291 | 6 | Guillaume Rivet | 238,600 |
| 291 | 7 | Sebastien Sabic | 193,300 |
| 291 | 8 | Ronny Kaiser | 167,700 |
| 294 | 1 | Jennifer Harman | 255,000 |
| 294 | 2 | Steve Billirakis | 409,000 |
| 294 | 3 | Dario Alioto | 210,500 |
| 294 | 4 | Lamar Wilkinson | 14,200 |
| 294 | 5 | Jason Lester | 105,500 |
| 294 | 7 | Jared Bleznick | 181,500 |
| 294 | 8 | Leonard Martin | 127,600 |
| 296 | 1 | Scott Clements | 213,000 |
| 296 | 2 | Andrey Zaichenko | 291,000 |
| 296 | 3 | George Lind | 398,500 |
| 296 | 5 | John Hennigan | 204,300 |
| 296 | 6 | Phil Hellmuth | 271,200 |
| 296 | 7 | David Oppenheim | 608,000 |
| 296 | 8 | Benjamin Lamb | 704,500 |
| 298 | 1 | Owais Ahmed | 129,500 |
| 298 | 2 | Rami Boukai | 408,600 |
| 298 | 3 | Shawn Buchanan | 132,700 |
| 298 | 4 | Tom McCormick | 238,900 |
| 298 | 6 | Raymond Dehkarghani | 75,000 |
| 298 | 7 | George Danzer | 192,700 |
| 298 | 8 | Matt Glantz | 471,100 |
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