Day 1b World Series of Poker Main Event
Below you will find our Main Event report for Day 1b of the World Series of Poker. You will find raw numbers including top chip counts and number of players that entered. We will also talk about some of the top stories from Day 1b of the WSOP. You may also want to read our Day 1a report, or our Main Event report from 2010.
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Number of Entrants for Day 1b of the WSOP
2011: 985
2010: 1489
Players moving on from 2011 Day 1b: 616
As you can see from the above numbers, there was a large dip in sign ups between the 2010 Main Event Day 1b and the 2011 Main Event Day 1b. This has led many to speculate that there will be under 5,000 total entries for the 2011 WSOP Main Event. This speculation appears to be unfounded. The tournament director has already confirmed that there are over 2,000 entrants for Day 1c. This number should swell even further as late registration is still open.
Top Chip Counts Day 1b World Series of Poker
Ben Lamb 188,925
Andrew Hinrichsen 175,480
Fabian Reyes 158,825
Javier Martinez 156,250
Guillermo Ramirez 152,600
Arnaud Esquevin 148,250
Edward Yee 139,725
Ryan D’Angelo 133,525
Quoc Nguyen 131,700
Notable Players Moving on From 2011 Day 1b
Mark Kroon (online player PokerH0)
Kevin Saul (top online and live pro)
Carlos Mortensen (former WSOP Main Event Champ)
Patrik Antonius
John Racener (final table in 2010 Main Event)
David “Bakes” Baker
Jean Robert Bellande
Justin Bonomo
David Chiu
Allen Cunningham
Eugene Katchalov
Ted Lawson (I have straight fame)
Erick Lindgren
Chantel McNulty (former poker hottie, now fake face)
David “Devilfish” Ulliott
Notable Exits from World Series Day 1b
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi
Justin “BoostedJ” Smith
Tuan Le
Nacho Barbero
Nicolas Levi
Erica Schoenberg (poker hottie married to Erick Lindgren)
Melissa Hayden
Eric Froehlich
Top Story from Day 1b of the Main Event
The top story of day 1b of the World Series of Poker is the continued run good of Ben Lamb. Lamb has been on fire during the 2011 World Series of Poker, and this carried over to the Main Event. He finished the day with with almost 190,000 in chips, after being down to around 15,000 at one point. Even Mr. RunGood himself, Jason Mercier, tweeted that he wished he could run like benba (Lamb is widely known by this moniker).
As mentioned above Lamb has been extremely successful in the 2011 World Series. Lamb has cashed four times in the 2011 WSOP. He has made three final tables, including taking the bracelet in the $10,000 buy in Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. It will be interesting to see if Lamb can keep up his hot streak during the rest of the Main Event.
Another Day 1b Tidbit
It appears as though the large majority of the name players advanced from Day 1b of the Main Event. This leads me to believe that it will perhaps be deemed the easiest of all the starting days. I’m guessing there were lots of satellite qualifiers that entered Day 1b. I struggled to find a lot of notables that busted out in Day 1b.