Events 11 and 12 Continue to Trudge Along

Posted by pokerguru on June 8, 2009

Event #11 has been slow going all along and after over 8 hours of play, they are still going at it. As of this posting, the players were just granted an hour and a half for dinner and then the final four will play until they have a winner. Once again, our endorsement has been the kiss of death. Scott Hall was humming along nicely and then the equivalent of the Sports Illustrated jinx hit him and he went out in 7th. We are going to leave the fate of the game up to the poker gods at this point and just give you the chip counts of the final four.

1) Anthony Harb – 2,500,000
2) Peter Rho – 2,500,000
3) Adam Adler – 2,200,000
4) Jim Geary – 1,950,000

Event 12 is also moving pretty slowly and has finally gotten down to 8 players. Huck Seed is no longer the chip leader at the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, but he is still hanging up at the top of the leader board. There is still a long way to go in this one and they will be sitting there until they have a winner. It is unlikely that this one will be over any time before 2 or 3 in the morning. Here are the chip counts for the final nine.

1) Ville Wahlbeck – 1,250,000
2) Scott Dorin – 925,000
3) David Chiu – 910,000
4) Huck Seed – 875,000
5) James Van Alstyne – 640,000
6) Mark Gregorich – 480,000
7) Todd Brunson – 295,000
8) Mike Wattel – 220,000

In other tournaments…
Event 13 has finally gotten to under 100 players and now stand at 79 remaining. The money hit at 117, so the pace should pick up a bit at this point until we get to the really serious money. There are a ton of short stacks here and I cannot see the hanging around since they have already made the cash. Alan Keating is the current chip leader as of this posting.

Event 14 is almost at the money with only 39 players remaining and 36 getting paid. Once that bubble has been burst, play will definitely accelerate. Lots of big names are still floating around in this one including Negreanu and Greenstein. The fact that they are both atop the leader board spells misery for the rest of this field. Shawn Buchanan is the current chip leader in this event.

Events 15 and 16 just started today and still have huge fields left. Action is moving along very nicely in Event 15 with about half the field already out since early this afternoon. Event 16 has just gotten underway so there is no available information on that event. More information will be posted after the two bracelets of the evening have been awarded.