Brits Deep in WSOP Main Event
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Matthew Pitt /
18 July 2011 /
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JP Kelly (Photo credit: The excellent Neil Stoddart)
The third largest-ever World Series of Poker Main Event saw 6,865 players enter over the four starting days and this massive field has now been reduced to such a degree that only 57 players still have chips in front of them.
Each of these players are now guaranteed to take home no less than $130,997 but the vast majority of them will not be thinking of that as they will have one eye permanently fixated on the gargantuan $8,711,956 first place prize, which is accompanied of course by a covered gold and diamond WSOP bracelet.
The chip leader going into the official Day 7 is Ryan Lenaghan, a player who has had some decent success in low buy-in events in the USA over the past few years. He will start the day with a massive stack of 12,865,000 and the knowledge that he is guaranteed to smash his previous best cash by almost $100,000.
Hot on his heels is Ben Lamb who has been in the form of his life at the 2011 WSOP. Lamb finished second to Sam Stein in the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha event and followed that up with an outright victory in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship. Not content with those great results, Lamb then finished 12th in the $10,000 No Limit Hol'dem Six-Max event and then eighth in the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. Absolutely amazing run of form by the extremely talented cash game specialist.
Although most media eyes will be on Lamb there will be plenty of support in the UK for our two surviving players in the Main Event. The little known Samuel Holden returns with 2,220,000 chips whilst JP Kelly will sit down with 3,750,000. Kelly has a great record at the WSOP where he has won two bracelets, both in 2009. He won a $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event at the 2009 WSOP and followed that up with a win in the £1,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the WSOPE. Amazingly, he almost won the same £1,000 event at the 2010 WSOPE but fell just short, losing to Scott Shelley heads-up. Kelly's table draw is quite favourable and I sincerely hope he managed to get an early double up so he can dominate the rest of his opponents. Bring home the bacon for the Brits JP and good luck to everyone still involved in this epic event.
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