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2011 WSOP – Day 28 Wrap-up
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2011-06-29 10:45
Day 28 of the
2011 WSOP was supposed to see several bracelets awarded. Unfortunately, due to the 10-level rule, only one of those prospects came to fruition: Ben Lamb won the $10k PLO World Championship event. The rest of the events which were supposed to yield winners were interrupted just short of a final conclusion.
Event #43, the $1,500 NL Holdem one, saw 34 players return to the tables, hell-bent on playing down to the title. The final table took quite a bit to reach though: the better half of the day was gone when the field managed to finally play down to it.
PokerStars’ Andre Akkari made the final table, but the chip lead belonged to Jacob Naquin when the final stretch got going.
Within 2 levels, heads-up play was reached between Akkari and Nachman Berlin. After a little bit of back and forth though, the action was called on account of the hard-stop rule.
Event #44, the $2,500 Seven Card Razz one, was supposed to reach the bracelet too. 23 players showed up for what was supposed to be its final day. Tommy Chen took the chip lead going into the final table. The heads-up stage was reached. Stephen Su and Rep Porter tore into each-other battling for the title, but the day was called here too thanks to the same hard-stop rule.
The $1k NL Holdem event saw 304 players return to action. The money bubble burst, leaving both Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth in the money. Hellmuth eventually busted in 28th place.
Esfandiari survived though, finishing the day 4th in chips. Jonathan Driscoll finished with the chip lead as the field ground down to 21.
The S10k NL Holdem six-handed World Championship Event was one of the new ones that kicked off on Day 28. 474 players registered for this one. The field managed to play down to 162 before the end of the day.
The other event to get going on day 28 was the $2.5k Omaha 8/Stud 8 Event. 450 players showed up, playing down to 201 by the day’s end. Abe Mosseri clinched the chip lead.
