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Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:30 AM Local Time
Ben Lamb accumulated most of his chips on day 1 by not being afraid to play a big pot. Well he has started where he left off today, but unfortunately for him, he was on the wrong side of the pot this time. When we got to the table, Lamb and Rhynie Campbell were in a big pot with about 25,000 in the middle going to the river. The board read , and the river had just been dealt the . Campbell checked to Lamb, who put out 30,000, enough to put Campbell all in. Campbell put his stack together, just short of 20,000, and slid it into the middle to make the call. Lamb said "nice call" and Campbell showed for two pair. Lamb mucked his hand, dropping him to a bit under 160,000, which is still one of the top 10 stacks in the room.
| Ben Lamb | 159,000 | -29,925  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:29 AM Local Time
We're not sure of the exact betting, but we do know that David Chiu got his stack of 39,775 all in preflop against an opponent that had him covered.
Showdown
Chiu:
Opponent:
Chiu was in a dominating spot and primed to double, which is exactly what he did as the board ran out an uneventful . Chiu is up over 80,000.
| David Chiu | 82,000 | 32,875  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:27 AM Local Time
With a flop of , Garry Gates checked and Maya Geller bet out 3,500. Gates made the call and the turn brought the . Gates checked once again and Geller pushed out a bet of 6,000. Gates called and the two saw the fall on the river.
Both players checked and Geller tabled to win the pot.
| Maya Geller | 48,000 | 15,100 |
| Garry Gates | 44,000 | -16,825 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:26 AM Local Time
Amazon Tan
| Carlos Mortensen | 105,025 | |
| David Vamplew | 80,000 | |
| Vivek Rajkumar | 64,500 | |
| Ray Henson | 54,000 | |
| Andy Black | 45,000 | |
| Mohsin Charania | 15,000 | |
| Erick Lindgren | 8,500 | 0 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:22 AM Local Time
As we are getting underway here in the orange section, these are some of the players we've seen shuffling chips.
| Ben Lamb | 188,925 | 0 |
| Lars Bonding | 93,950 | |
| Mike McDonald | 90,650 | |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 85,450 | |
| Daniel Suied | 84,000 | |
| David Ulliott | 73,150 | |
| Taylor Caby | 63,775 | |
| David Levi | 63,575 | |
| Dan Kelly | 62,825 | |
| Robert Varkonyi | 59,525 | |
| Emil Patel | 56,325 | |
| Amnon Filippi | 51,200 | |
| William Thorson | 50,225 | |
| David Chiu | 49,125 | |
| Lee Watkinson | 44,450 | |
| Darvin Moon | 43,675 | |
| Jason Lester | 41,975 | |
| Ted Lawson | 40,000 | |
| Tim West | 38,450 | |
| Eugene Katchalov | 37,925 | 0 |
| Beth Shak | 36,225 | |
| Terrence Chan | 32,850 | |
| Mike Matusow | 32,100 | |
| Brandon Adams | 29,450 | |
| Amit Makhija | 20,525 | |
| Shannon Elizabeth | 17,725 | |
| Cliff Josephy | 13,325 | |
| Eric Mizrachi | 11,450 | |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:21 AM Local Time
We knew Erick Lindgren would be all in early and often as he only started the day with 3,700 chips, and it looks as though he already doubled (and some) to right around 8,500. At the very end of Day 1B he asked the floor, "Can I just take these chips home? I don't want to waste a perfectly good bag." Well, now he is at least on the right track with nearly 20 big blinds. He's still got a lot of work to do if he wants to build up a stack, but we saw Phil Hellmuth come back from lower yesterday so we know it's possible.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:13 AM Local Time
Mark Kroon just lost a chunk of chips here in the early going. Preflop back-and-forthing left Kroon's opponent all in for 31,050 versus Kroon, with the former holding and Kroon . The board came , and Kroon's opponent doubled up.
"Might have all gone in on that flop, anyway," said Kroon, and his opponent agreed. Kroon now has right about 100,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:06 AM Local Time
And back down on the felt. We're underway!
While WSOP POY contender Ben Lamb has unbagged the most chips to start Day 2b (188,925), several are close, including Maynard Little, Ben Mintz, Andrew Hinrichsen, and Raj Vohra. Others sporting big stacks to start Level 6 are Antony Lellouche, Sergey Altbregin, Doug Lee, Ryan D'Angelo, Mark Droon, Kevin Saul and Lyle Berman.
All will be aiming at that total of 478,600 posted by Alexandr Mozhnyakov yesterday, the best of four players who exceeded 400,000 by night's end yesterday. Only 14 ended Day 2a with more 300,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:06 AM Local Time
Level: 6
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:03 AM Local Time
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
| Player | Points | Cashes | Final Tables | Bracelets | Winnings |
|---|
| Phil Hellmuth | 710.25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | $1,591,004 |
| Ben Lamb | 659.05 | 4 | 3 | 1 | $1,331,832 |
| Brian Rast | 550 | 3 | 2 | 2 | $1,976,522 |
| Chris Moorman | 486.20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | $1,051,466 |
| Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 479.25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | $811,639 |
| Sam Stein | 416.13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $731,279 |
| Joe Ebanks | 410.25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | $1,179,031 |
| Owais Ahmed | 408.03 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $764,997 |
| Mikhail Lakhitov | 401.80 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $851,058 |
| Jason Mercier | 385.33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $696,438 |
| Mitch Schock | 364.81 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $406,018 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 343 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $672,627 |
*Through Event #57
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:30 AM Local Time
Good morning everyone. We are back at the Rio to bring you the action from Day 2b of Event #58: $10,000 Main event. Its a very exciting day here at the Rio, as once the days is complete, everyone remaining will have a day off. When they return on Thursday, all of the survivors will be in the same room for the first time in the whole event!
Today we have an astonishing 2490 players coming back from day 1b and 1d. Despite the overwhelming number of players, its safe to say that most everyone will have one eye on one player: Ben Lamb. Lamb has had a decent World Series so far, scoring a 2nd in the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha, a 1st in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha, a 12th in the $10,000 6-handed Championship, and an 8th in the $50,000 Players Championship. Lamb has continued his incredible play, and somehow comes into today as the biggest stack of the day.
There are still plenty of other players to keep an eye on. We also have Patrik Antonius, Jake Cody, Daniel Alaei, Sam Trickett, last year's runner up John Racener, and a slew of former main event champs, including Jamie Gold, Robert Varkonyi, Huck Seed, Joe Hachem, and Berry Johnston.
The cards will be in the air in 30 minutes, and we will be playing five two-hour levels. After that, the players who are left will bag and tag their chips, and enjoy a much deserved day off. Be sure to stay tuned to Pokernews, as we will bring you up to the minute action all day!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:30 AM Local Time
With the conclusion of Day 1d, the Day 2b table and seat draw is now available for viewing. To check out the draw, click here to view the PDF file. All 2,490 remaining players from Day 1b and Day 1d should be listed.
Note that anyone listed with a chip count of "1" did not report their count or it was illegible by the World Series of Poker staff.