Ivey, Hellmuth and Monnette among $10k HORSE leaders
Monday, 18 June 2012
The stacked HORSE field is down to just 15 with some very familiar names still in the hunt. Elsewhere, former World Champ Joe Cada heads the 19 remaining players in the $1.5 No Limit Hold'em.
$10k HORSE - Monnette, Hellmuth and Ivey still in
The 178 starters in the $10k HORSE event are down to just 15 with John Monnette leading the way. This year's $5k Five Card Stud bracelet winner will start the final day with 825,00 chips ahead of David Bach on 645,000 and David 'Bakes' Baker on 574,000.
Phil Hellmuth is handily placed to win a second bracelet at this year's WSOP returning in fourth place. Other notables still chasing the $451,779 first prize include Brandon Shack, John Hennigan, Scott Clements and Dan Kelly. Phil Ivey is hanging in there too but will have his work cut out with a stack of just 102,000 to play with.
The chip leaders are as follows:
John Monnette – 825,000
David Bach – 645,000
David Bakes Baker – 574,000
Phil Hellmuth – 571,000
Brandon Shack-Harris – 500,000
Matt Waxman – 458,000
Abe Mosseri – 384,000
John Hennigan – 344,000
Dan Kelly – 243,000
Scott Clements – 229,000
$1.5k No Limit Hold'em – Former World Champion Joe Cada leads
Former World Champion Joe Cada is the big story going into the final day of the $1.5k No Limit Hold'em event. Just 19 of the 2,811 starters are left with the 2009 Main Event holding the chip lead. Cada chipped up just before the close to finish with a stack of 1,869,000 putting him just ahead of Michael Aron 1,745,000 Valentyn Shabelnyk 1,391,000 and Cherish Andrews 1,383,000 who are also in the seven-figure stack club.
Other notables still standing include Adam Kornuth, Carter Phillips, JC Tran and Dwyte Pilgrim. British hopes rest with Surrey's Najib Kamand who returns as the short stack with 142,000.
Players eliminated yesterday who made the money included Terrence Chan 20th, James Akenhead 37th, Ted Forrest 45th, William Reynolds 80th and Priyan de Mel 89th.
The chip leaders are as follows:
Joe Cada – 1,869,000
Michael Aron – 1,745,000
Valentyn Shabelnyk – 1,391,000
Cherish Andrews – 1,383,000
Maximilian Lehmanski – 908,000
Adam Kornuth – 892,000
Carter Phillips – 586,000
John Nelson – 550,000
Jonathan Poche – 491,000
Jim Kasputis Jr. – 457,000
The 19 survivors are all guaranteed at least $19,012. The action resumes at 9pm UK time.