We’ve popped the bubble so day 5 is moving day as we head toward the final 20 tables.
On day 4, we went from 852 players down to 378, a loss of 56%, and reached the money. Of the remaining 378 players (per WSOP list), I count thirteen players at 1,500,000 or above, including eight at 1,750,000 or above and one (Manoj Viswanathan) at 2,000,000 or above.
The official "bubble boy" was Reza Kashani, who moved all-in in a KQ9 flop with KJ but was called by subiime (Joseph Cheong), who flopped middle set. Unfortunately for Kashani, subiime rivered quads and Kashani was sent to the rail in 694th place.
Top ten stacks entering day 5:
2115000 – Manoj Viswanathan
1925000 – Sam Barnhart
1887000 – Heinz Pius
1867000 – Stephane Albertini
1849000 - Daryl Jace (aaaaaaaa)
1813000 – Lars Bonding
1761000 – Kyle Johnson
1756000 – Matthew Kay
1707000 - Mazin Khoury (MSauce)
1672000 - Max Heinzelmann (HotKarlMC)
No former WSOP ME champions remain in the field.
(Eliminated on day 4 – Varkonyi, Johnston, Hellmuth)
Four non-champion final tablists from the last five MEs (including one from 2010's final table) remain:
862000 – Cheong (2010)
582000 – Cunningham (2006)
204000 – Lee (2006)
185000 – Suharto (2008)
(Eliminated on day 4 – Phillips, Childs)
Two 2011 WSOP bracelet winners remain:
1268000 – Lamb
313000 – Bonkowski
(Eliminated on day 4 – Woods, Zhukov, Diaz, Griffin, Viox, Cody)
As for the 2011 WSOP Player of the Year, Phil Hellmuth, who did not win a 2011 WSOP bracelet, leads with 710.25 points but was eliminated from the main event on day 4 prior to the money bubble. Ben Lamb is next with 659.05 points. Lamb would need to come in 145th place or better to take the lead over Hellmuth.
Others remaining who could pass Hellmuth for 2011 WSOP Player of the Year (but only if they win the main event) include David Bach (279.75 points) and Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro (236.25 points).
Five multiple WSOP/WSOPE bracelet winners remain (number of bracelets in parentheses):
1332000 - JP Kelly (2)
619000 – Negreanu (4)
582000 - Cunningham (5)
258000 - F.Deeb (2)
112000 - Cernuto (3)
(Eliminated on day 4 – Chiu, Bjorin, Lisandro, Madsen, Appleman, Johnston, Forrest, Brenes, Hellmuth)
Six women remain in the field - Janet Callaway, Claudia Crawford, Michele Koerner, Mimi Luu, Erika Moutinho and Amanda Musumeci.
Here is an unofficial list of twoplustwo players remaining in the field (thanks to nivelles piret for the initial unofficial list):
1849000 - Daryl Jace (aaaaaaaa)
1707000 - Mazin Khoury (MSauce)
1672000 - Max Heinzelmann (HotKarlMC)
1501000 - Daniel Retallick (my1ifesavins)
1365000 – Bryan Devonshire (MaverickUSC)
1268000 - Ben Lamb (Benba)
960000 - Gionni Demers (rbx88)
949000 – Brendon Taylor (CardSharpCook)
862000 - Joseph Cheong (subiime)
755000 - Andrew Brokos (Foucault)
739000 - Kevin Saul (BeL0WaB0Ve)
689000 - Michael Bena (benza13)
590000 - Ruben Visser (rubenrtv)
545000 - Aaron Jones (aejones)
536000 - Frank Calo (RaineTech)
532000 - Bryan Pellegrino (PrimordialAA)
512000 - Rupert Elder (Rupert)
404000 - Peter Jetten (Apathy)
397000 - Joseph Whittaker (joejoe1337)
357000 – Michael Ium (T_Mac)
335000 - Patrick Poirier (buckshot457)
310000 - Nathan Meyvis (Nate.)
239000 – Mark Maletic (Tonymark01)
213000 - David Vamplew (davidv1213)
208000 - Christian Harder (charder30)
202000 – Ara Melikian (melikman)
194000 - Josh Kay (gostatego)
With four days to go until the final table, a possible schedule to get to the final table is as follows:
Day 5 - 378 to 189 (50% player loss)
Day 6 - 189 to 76 (60% player loss)
Day 7 - 76 to 27 (64% player loss)
Day 8 - 27 to 9 (67% player loss)
