Update: WSOP Continued

Two new events kick off This year's encouraging numbers at WSOP continue to give reason for optimism. Another two events kicked off on June 21, whereas exciting action could be seen at others. Take event 34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em for example, whose third day saw 27 survivors back, with Michael Souza in the lead. By the end of the day, at level 27, the situation was much different, as the player pool reduced to seven survivors, including chip leader Mark Schmid, Trevor Vanderveen, Justin Cohen, Robbie Verspui, Benjamin Volpe, Andrew Rudnik and Jonathan Clancy, all fighting for the bracelet and the main prize of $488,283. Then, there was the exciting event 35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed, whose second day welcomed a reduced pool of 105 survivors, which included names like Vanessa Selbst (chip leader), Eric Lindgren, Shaun Deeb, Mike "timex" McDonald, and Gregory Brooks, as well as David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Joe Hachem, Brian Rast, Layne Flack, Andy Seth, Jeff Lisandro, Jason Mercier, Chance Kornuth, and Tom Dwan. Day 2, level 18 saw the field further reduce to 21 players fighting for the bracelet and $548,095, including Gregory Brooks (chip leader with 725,000 chips), Erick Lindgren (500,000), Vanessa Selbst (485,000), Joseph Ressler (435,000), Tom Dwan (400,000), Michael McDonald (380,000), Jared Bleznick (340,000) Steven Merrifield (320,000) Jason Mercier (315,000) and Peter Jetten (315 000). As for the events that just started on June 21, events 36 and 37, both attracted a lot of interest, and although the event 36 numbers were somewhat lower than last year's, it still generated a massive prize pool of $3.94 million. Anyway, Event 36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em saw a wild mixture of players, from amateurs, to celebrities, including Ludovic Lacay, Shannon Shorr, Jeff Williams, Scott Montgomery, Jordan Young, Beth Shak, Brad Garrett, Vivek Rajkumar, Lars Bonding, Eric Baldwin, David Pham, Andre Akkari, Alex Gomes, La Sengphet, Erica Schoenberg, Jason Somerville, Dan Fleyshman, Joe Cada, and Jonathan Duhamel. By the end of the day, the action involved 490 survivors who reached level 9, with Chance Kornuth holding a chip lead. In terms of the other event that kicked off on June 21, Event 37: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, the final mixed game championship of the 2011 Series has a star-studded entry field of 240 players, who generated a prize pool of $2.25 million. By late June 21, the action was at level 6, the field reduced to 238 players, and the chip lead in the hands of Eugene Katchalov.