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[claypole]

Middy Middy Middy - here ready to rail - bubble just burst in 1500 and Brummie has 80k, ave about 47

[ChipRich]

PLZ WIN MIDDY

[Sack it off]

Will be at the Rio at some point today so will drop by for a rail

[GreekStein]

<3 the 6-bet with Jacks and getting there vs AA. After the PCA, he is owed a few of those!

[Marky147]

Sick hopefully I get a rail the day I get there!

GOGOGOGO Middy!!

[JK]

Matt Ashton 7/8 on the 10k Horse Championship FT. Needs a funk! Durr CL too. Should be epic.

Middy also 3/9 on the final of the $2.5k

[TightEnd]

6th of 6 in

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em


Already a fantastic acheivement he is guaranteed $119,000

Top Chip Counts
1    Thomas Miller    3,600,000
2    Matthew Berkey    3,025,000
3    Mikhail Lakhitov    2,405,000
4    Eddy Sabat    2,015,000
5    Hassan Babajane    1,300,000
6    Thomas Middleton    1,160,000

blinds 25-50k

1          749,610
2          463,480
3          305,015
4          219,885
5          160,949
6          119,528


"A large group of Brits are cheering for Thomas Middleton and they're doing usual singing asking for waves and declaring their love for Middleton."

Richard Gryko finished 12th for $41,000, Steve Watts 23rd for $21,000

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #37: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

4 of 240 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Andrey Zaichenko    2,500,000
2    Fabrice Soulier    2,200,000
3    Shawn Buchanan    1,360,000
4    Daniel Ospina    445,000


1          609,130
2          376,458
3          247,799
4          180,750
5    Tom Dwan       134,480
6    Matthew Ashton       101,813
7    Michael Binger       78,328
8    Jacobo Fernandez       61,160


UK's Matt Ashton finishes 6th, well done

Ram Vaswani 12th for $43,000

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em


74 of 2192 left

Paul Nash is Brummieboy

Top Chip Counts
1    Jamie Armstrong    465,000
2    Sebastian Ruthenberg    400,000
3    Gabriel Alarie    390,000
4    Pim de Goede    370,000
5    Tad Jurgens    370,000
6    Johnny Woolen    308,000
7    Jonathan Spinks    305,000
8    Paul Nash    280,000
9    Per Martin Jacobson    257,000
10    Kwinsee Khoa Tran    255,000


Jack Powell is also still in

$540,000 up top!

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #39: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha

36 of 606 left

Top Chip Counts
1    David Lestock    296,000
2    Rodney Brown    290,000
3    Scott Clements    285,000
4    Eugene Du Plessis    265,000
5    Jonas Mackoff    245,000
6    Rami Boukai    236,000
7    Jan Fernandez    236,000
8    Adam Junglen    180,000
9    Kyle Zartman    175,000
10    Tyler Patterson    145,000

three Brits finished high up


50    Joshua Field       5,266
51    Stephen Chidwick    5,266
52    James Mitchell       5,266

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed


213 of 732 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Randy Dorfman    225,000
2    Daniel Negreanu    144,000
3    Mclean Karr    130,000
4    Matthew Jarvis    120,000
5    Matt Hawrilenko    98,000
6    Carter Swidler    86,000
7    Dan Martin    85,000
8    Shaun Deeb    75,000
9    Nacho Barbero    68,000
10    Zach Gruneberg    65,000

[TightEnd]

JPKellyStars JP Kelly
Made day 2 of $2.5k PLO/PLH....18.5k chips....130 left......63 pay

[TightEnd]

JonSpinks Jon Spinks
353k going into 4/8k, 44 left avg 224k

[TightEnd]

We've reached the requisite ten-level mark, and the chips have been bagged up for one more overnight soak.

Once again, we're going to spare a lot of words here; our ears are ringing from the commotion we've just witnessed over the last four hours or so.

From our starting field of 1,734, just five players remain in the hunt for the bracelet. One of them, Thomas Middleton, was the one responsible for most of the noise tonight as his cheering section of countrymen were well lubricated with alcohol and very much a part of the battle being played out before them. Beers were imbibed from shoes -- yep, true story -- spilled onto the floor, and poured two-by-two down the throats of all in attendance as the dull roar rose to a deafening thunder of chanting by night's end.

And there's reason to cheer. Middleton is atop the pack heading into the final day, but the bracelet can not be won by his fans on the rail tomorrow. He'll have to deal with another Thomas on his left, Thomas Miller who held the chip lead for most of the day until a slide late in the evening. Also still in the hunt for his first bracelet is former APPT champion Eddy Sabat, and the two wild cards, Mikhail Lakhitov of Russia and Hassan Babajane from Boston.

The five of them will be back inside the Amazon Room Friday afternoon at 3:00 to finish this thing out. Here's how they'll stack up when play recommences:
Player   Chips
Thomas Middleton   4,030,000
Mikhail Lakhitov   2,705,000
Hassan Babajane   2,365,000
Eddy Sabat   2,030,000
Thomas Miller   1,885,000

That's all we have for tonight, and our eardrums need some time to recover.


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2011-world-series-of-poker/event-36-no-limit-hold-em/

[TightEnd]

Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 2 completed
Day 2 in the Books, Lin Leads, Weisner Waiting in the Wings

Without a doubt, this could have been the most bizarre day we've ever had here in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Period. If the rapid rate of attrition and the roars from the nearby final tables wasn't enough, it was all capped off with a huge British invasion that practically brought play to a standstill during the last three hands.

Still, from 298 players at the start of Day 2 of WSOP Event #35, we're now down to just 23. And emerging as our chip leader from all the madness is Perry Lin, with just over one million in chips. He's followed by Michael Blanovsky (757,000), Ryan Laplante (701,000), Jonathan Spinks (688,000) and Matthew Lupton (555,000).

We should also point out that Melanie Weisner has bagged up 549,000, but with the "last woman standing" moniker aside, she played some power poker throughout the day and will definitely be the one to watch tomorrow. Could she finally become the first female player to win a WSOP open bracelet since Vanessa Selbst in 2008?

All we know that after all that racket, it's time for a couple of Tylenol for our headaches and a good night's rest. Thanks for staying with us here at PokerNews, be sure to join us once again when we kick off tomorrow at 2.30pm PST (GMT -7).


Top Chip Counts
1    Perry Lin    1,000,000
2    Michael Blanovsky    757,000
3    Ryan Laplante    701,000
4    Jonathan Spinks    688,000
5    Matthew Lupton    555,000
6    Melanie Weisner    549,000
7    Daniel Bobick    481,000
8    Randolph Lanosga    441,000
9    Pim de Goede    440,000
10    Robert Cheung    398,000
11     Paul Nash 390,000