Hellmuth Goes for Bracelet #12 at $10k 2-7 Lowball Championship Final Table
In what could be considered the toughest final table ever, Phil Hellmuth will look to break out of his tournament slump and win his twelfth World Series of Poker bracelet Saturday at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. The formidable final includes former bracelet winners John Juanda, Greg Raymer, Hasan Habib, Steve Sung, Nick Schulman, David "Bakes" Baker, Richard Ashby and the lone non former bracelet winner Joe Cassidy.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier barely missed the final table as well, going out in 11th place for $27,928. Johnny Chan finished one worse, in 12th.
Although the smallest field of the 2011 WSOP so far, it was stacked with respected top pros like Steve Zolotow, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, Michael Mizrachi, Bill Chen, Eric Seidel, Eli Elezra, Daniel Alaei, Shaun Deeb, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, and 2011 bracelet winners Matt Perrins and Eugene Katchalov. David Williams, Jason Mercier, and Huck Seed went deep but just missed making the money.
After fourteen events at the 2011 WSOP, this will be the first event with a high profile winner, and multiple bracelet winner.
The tournament had 128 entrants for the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit). The winner will take home $367,170.
Final table chip counts:
1. Richard Ashby 700,000
2. Joe Cassidy 540,000
3. David Bakes Baker 492,000
4. Steve Sung 441,000
5. Hasan Habib 437,000
6. Greg Raymer 355,000
7. Phil Hellmuth 339,000
8. Nick Schulman 306,000
9. John Juanda 171,000
WSOP.com will live stream this final table once play reaches 7-handed, which is the official final table. That is expected to occur around 5:00 PM Las Vegas time today. Click HERE to follow the live video stream.
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier barely missed the final table as well, going out in 11th place for $27,928. Johnny Chan finished one worse, in 12th.
Although the smallest field of the 2011 WSOP so far, it was stacked with respected top pros like Steve Zolotow, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, Michael Mizrachi, Bill Chen, Eric Seidel, Eli Elezra, Daniel Alaei, Shaun Deeb, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, and 2011 bracelet winners Matt Perrins and Eugene Katchalov. David Williams, Jason Mercier, and Huck Seed went deep but just missed making the money.
After fourteen events at the 2011 WSOP, this will be the first event with a high profile winner, and multiple bracelet winner.
The tournament had 128 entrants for the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit). The winner will take home $367,170.
Final table chip counts:
1. Richard Ashby 700,000
2. Joe Cassidy 540,000
3. David Bakes Baker 492,000
4. Steve Sung 441,000
5. Hasan Habib 437,000
6. Greg Raymer 355,000
7. Phil Hellmuth 339,000
8. Nick Schulman 306,000
9. John Juanda 171,000
WSOP.com will live stream this final table once play reaches 7-handed, which is the official final table. That is expected to occur around 5:00 PM Las Vegas time today. Click HERE to follow the live video stream.
