Phil Hellmuth had his third near miss in the 2011 WSOP series, once again coming in 2nd place, this time in the $50K Players Championship.

This is one bracelet that Phil really really wanted.   Emulating only one other (Scotty Nguyen) who has won both the 50K and the Main Event.

Sadly respite a huge chip advantage heads-up at one point the cards didnt fall for Hellmuth, and Brian Rast clawed his way back into the match and into victory.

1 Brian Rast $1,720,328
2 Phil Hellmuth $1,063,034
3 Minh Ly $665,763
4 Owais Ahmed $482,085
5 Matt Glantz $376,750
6 George Lind $300,441
7 Scott Seiver $243,978
8 Ben Lamb $201,338
9 Jason Lester $168,529
10 Vladimir Shchemelev $168,529
11 Jeffrey Lisandro $143,400
12 Yan Chen $143,400
13 Josh Arieh $124,723
14 Michael Binger $124,723
15 Barry Greenstein $108,503
16 Sebastian Ruthenberg $108,503

Chris “Genius28″ Lee has won Event 29 of the WSOP - the $2500 10-Game Mixed Event.  431 players entered to compete in 10 different types of poker, and Lee showed himself to be a solid multi-skilled player by working his way through them all.  Shaun Deeb, another well known online poker player, finshed in 4th position.

1 Chris “Genius28″ Lee $254,955
2 Brian Haveson $157,491
3 Travis Pearson $101,258
4 Shaun Deeb $67,146
5 Kendall Fukumoto $45,839
6 John D’Agostino $32,200
7 Kevin Chance $23,248
8 Don McNamara $23,248
9 David Whitis $17,237
10 Josh Weiland $17,237
11 Tad Jurgens $13,119
12 Septi Popescu $13,119

The 2009 WSOP has definately been the series of multiple bracelets

Phil Ivey got 2
Jeff Lisandro got 3!
Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller got 2
and
Brock ‘t soprano’ Parker got 2

Jeff Lisandro has quite rightly been awarded as player of the series with his bracelets in Stud, Stud Hi-Lo, Razz, and even a deep run in the main event itself.

I think it is great testament to the fact that they are getting the structures correct. It isnt the lottery than some suggest, and the best players are getting through the fields to the final tables, and the bracelets. Obv a little luck helps, but essentially they’re hitting the nail on the head with the format

Amazingly Jeff Lisandro has now won 3 (yes, three!) WSOP Bracelets at the current series.   First he won event 16, the $1500 7-Card Stud event. Then he won event 37, the $10,000 Stud hi-lo.  And then after that he won event 44, the $2500 Razz event.  These 3 bracelets definately highlight him to the world as one of the best Stud players on the planet. 

Event 16 - Bracelet No.1 - Winning $124,959
Event 37 - Bracelet No.2 - Winning $431,656
Event 44 - Bracelet No.3 - Winning $188,370

Phil Ivey, widely regarded as quite possibly the best poker player on the planet, has won his 6th and 7th WSOP Bracelets.  Yes, a second player to get 2 bracelets this year!  Phil Ivey is a Full Tilt pro, and he cements what is looking to be a great year for the Full Tilt pros, with Vitaly Lunkin, Nick Schulman, and Roland de Wolfe all also picking up bracelets

Event 8 - $2500 NL 2-7 Draw

1 $ 96,361 Phil Ivey  
2 $ 59,587 John Monnette  
3 $ 38,892 Yan Chen  
4 $ 26,757 Eric Kesselman  
5 $ 19,346 Rodeen Talebi  
6 $ 14,663 Raphael Zimmerman  
7 $ 11,627 Elia Ahmadian  
8 $ 8,453 Layne Flack

Event 25 - $2500 Omaha Hi-Lo/Stud Hi-Lo

1 $ 220,538 Phil Ivey  
2 $ 136,292 Ming Lee  
3 $ 89,342 Carlos Mortensen  
4 $ 61,919 Dutch Boyd  
5 $ 45,237 Jon Turner  
6 $ 34,747 Eric Buchman  
7 $ 27,993 Tom Koral  
8 $ 23,600 Peter Gelencser

Brock “t soprano” Parker has managed to win two WSOP bracelets in a matter of days.  He first won Event 14, and then literally entered Event 19 as soon as his heads-up battle was complete, and then went on to win that one as well.   In a place where bracelets are like literally rare-gems which many poker players would be lucky to get 1 of in their lifetime, Brock managed to get two of them within under a week.

Brock Parker is a well known and respected online player, who plays under the alias ID of “t soprano” on PokerStars.   He has got around $1.5 million in winnings from the site, from 4731 tournaments, converting $364,738 of that to profit at an ROI of 33%.   Some of his poker friends have won bracelets before, but not to be outdone, Brock now has two of them.

Event 14 - $2500 Limit Holdem 6-max

1 $ 223,688 Brock Parker  
2 $ 138,280 Daniel Negreanu  
3 $ 89,660 Tommi Horkko  
4 $ 60,885 Kevin Hong  
5 $ 43,201 Barry Shluman  
6 $ 31,966 Kyle Ray  
7 $ 23,179 Jim Buckley  
8 $ 23,179 Shawn Buchanan  
9 $ 16,814 Nikolay Losev  
10 $ 16,814 Robert Como  
11 $ 12,197 Jimmy Tran  
12 $ 12,197 Franklin Kline Jr.

Event 19 - $2500 NL Holdem 6-max

1 $ 552,745 Brock Parker  
2 $ 341,783 Joseph Serock  
3 $ 220,633 Russell Crane  
4 $ 148,661 Jesse Rios  
5 $ 104,323 Alexander Wilson  
6 $ 76,123 Clayton Newman  
7 $ 54,777 James Sudworth  
8 $ 54,777 Brian Meinders  
9 $ 39,376 Jay Kinkade  
10 $ 39,376 Alex Ivarsson
11 $ 28,297 Brian Friesen  
12 $ 28,297 Yariv Levi

Brock’s previous best live result before this time was a 6th place in the $10,000 Limit Event in the 2008 WSOP, where he won $102,460

Thang Luu amazingly retained his $1500 Omaha hi-lo WSOP title.   In 2008 it was Event 6, and there were 833 entrants, and he won $243,356.  In 2009 the event was slightly earlier in the schedule being Event 3.  This time there were 918 entrants, and Thang Luu won it again, netting $263,135.  A fantastic acheivement.

1 $ 263,135 Thang Luu  
2 $ 162,110 Ed Smith  
3 $ 106,373 Ming Reslock  
4 $ 73,405 Robert Price  
5 $ 53,293 Pascal Leyo  
6 $ 40,612 Jordan Rich  
7 $ 32,404 Jim Geary  
8 $ 27,029 Freddy Deeb  
9 $ 23,520 Senovio Ramirez III  
10 $ 16,829 Sebastian Ruthenberg  
11 $ 16,829 Lee Mougous  
12 $ 16,829 Richard Toth  
13 $ 12,669 Micah Brooks  
14 $ 12,669 Dan Spear  
15 $ 12,669 Adam Quiggle  
16 $ 9,899 Edgar Cheng  
17 $ 9,899 William Seale  
18 $ 9,899 Henry Hull

WSOP Event 53 - $1500 Limit Holdem Shootout - 823 entrants
1 $ 278,180 Matt Graham  
2 $ 173,564 Jean-Robert Bellande  
3 $ 107,845 Joe De Niro  
4 $ 69,088 Brandon Wong  
5 $ 33,701 Danny Wong  
6 $ 20,221 Spencer Lawrence  
7 $ 13,480 John Kranyak  
8 $ 10,335 Andrew Prock  
9 $ 7,526 Michael Kachan  
10 $ 5,055 Duane Graff  
11 $ 5,055 Mikael Norinder  
12 $ 5,055 Stefan Rapp  
13 $ 5,055 Eric Rivkin  
14 $ 5,055 Steve Kim  
15 $ 5,055 Lorenz Guarin  
16 $ 5,055 Jelger Wiegersma  
17 $ 5,055 Jonathan Tamayo  
18 $ 5,055 Hansu Chu

Event 52 - $1500 NLHE - 2693 entrants

1 $ 625,443 David Daneshgar  
2 $ 385,974 Scott Sitron  
3 $ 275,695 Dan Heimiller  
4 $ 231,584 Farzad Rouhani  
5 $ 189,311 Corwin Cole  
6 $ 148,875 Matt Matros  
7 $ 112,116 Andrey Zaichenko  
8 $ 84,546 Jeff Courtney  
9 $ 57,712 Voitto Rintala  
10 $ 36,391 Gary Biggar  
11 $ 36,391 Todd Hanks  
12 $ 36,391 Brock Mishler  
13 $ 29,039 Joachim Berg-Jensen  
14 $ 29,039 Elliot Smith  
15 $ 29,039 Cody Slaubaugh  
16 $ 21,688 Lars Sundberg  
17 $ 21,688 Daniel Hughes  
18 $ 21,688 Eric Jolly

Phil Hellmuth got within sniffing distance of a 12th WSOP bracelet in the $1500 HORSE event, taking 3rd place behind James Schaaf and Tommy Hang

WSOP Event 51 - $1500 HORSE - 803 entrants
1 $ 256,412 James Schaaf  
2 $ 158,933 Tommy Hang  
3 $ 93,168 Phil Hellmuth  
4 $ 68,505 Esther Rossi  
5 $ 54,804 Jason Dollinger  
6 $ 42,966 Sam Silverman  
7 $ 32,992 Victor Ramdin
8 $ 27,511 Matt Grapenthien  
9 $ 22,031 Edward Brogdon  
10 $ 22,031 Lonnie Heimowitz  
11 $ 16,551 Steven Diano  
12 $ 16,551 Phillip Penn Sr.  
13 $ 11,070 Randy Holland  
14 $ 11,070 Arash Ghaneian  
15 $ 8,878 Keith Sexton 
16 $ 8,878 Art Young