2011 WSOP Main Event Day 2 Recap – Ben Lamb Leads With 1,866 Remaining

Day 2 of the 2011 WSOP Main Even is officially in the books and there are 1866 players left out of the stating field of 6865. Ben Lamb will be going into Day 3 as the chipleader with over 551K chips. Right behind Lamb is online sensation Kevin ‘BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul who finished the day with 542k chips. In third place is Aleksandr Mozhnyakov who finished the day with 478k in chips.

Nearly 1,200 players need to still bust just to make the money.

The story of the event so far has been Ben Lambs incredible run. Lamb has dominated the field so far and is showing no signs of relenting. A good finish in the Main Event would also help Lamb in his POY standings. As it stands now, Lamb is behind Phil Hellmuth in the standings. If Hellmuth busts before cashing then Lamb has an excellent shot at taking the POY lead. He will have to come in 138^th place or higher in the Main Event in order to overtake Hellmuth in points.

There are 7 former WSOP Main Event winners left: Tom McEvoy (143,600), Huck Seed (68,100), Carlos Mortensen (97,100), Robert Varkoni (110,900), Joe Cada (111,000) Berry Johnston (71,200) and Phil Hellmuth (64,900).

The average starting stack on Day 3 will be 70 big blinds, or about 110K in chips. A few of the notable players with big stacks are: Ryan D’Angelo (462,300), Sam Simon (317,900), Shaun Deeb (294,700), Jeff Madsen (231,500), and Patrik Antonius (361,000). Erik Lindgren started Day 2 in rough shape. He was down to only 6 big blinds when play started but ended up finishing the day with 170K, which is above average.

Some of the notable players who were eliminated during Day 2 were: Liv Boeree, Andy Bloch, Gavin Smith, Jamie Gold, Barry Greenstein, Phil Gordon, Joe Hachem, Mike Matusow, Kenny Tran and Mike Sexton.

Play will resume Thursday with the remaining 1866 players all looking to increase their stack. All players who reach the final table will win life-changing money. The top eight finishers will all win over a million dollars with 1^st place being awarded 8.7 million dollars.

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