Update on WSOP Main Event

The Main Event of the 2009 World Series of Poker started on July 3rd and the official Day 1, which lasted 4 days, saw a total of 6,494. As heard earlier there were several hundred players that didn’t get a chance to play due to limits of daily entry, all on Day 1d of the event.

We are now finished with Day 2 (a and b), and there are still 1724 players remaining in the game. There are still plenty of major poker pros still playing and hoping for a part of the $61 Million prize pool. Some of the pros that are higher in chip count include Phil Ivey, JC Tran, Jeff Lisandro and David Benyamine. Both Ivey and Lisandro are already multiple bracelet winners for this series. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is also high on the chip leader board.

Eleven time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is on the top half of the chip leader board as well. Hellmuth has cashed in five events at this year’s WSOP but hasn’t picked up a bracelet yet. While defending Main Event champ Peter Eastgate is still in the game, his chip stack will need much improvement in the next few days.

Watch here for more updates on the 2009 WSOP Main Event and remember that the final table will not be played out until November 7th.

News Added: 10 July, 2009

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