A look back at Day 30 of the 2011 WSOP: Mizrachi misses, Mercier and Moorman in hunt

As we get closer to the Main Event it was another busy day at the 2011 World Series of Poker with 5 tournaments in action, one winner, one heads-up duel halted by the 10-Level Rule, and a huge turnout for the $5k Triple Chance NLHE tournament.

Event #46: $10,000 No Limit Holdem 6-Max Championship, Day 3

A stacked final table has been whittled down to just two players, with Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier falling short of his second bracelet at the 2011 WSOP after being eliminated in third place. On Thursday Chris Moorman and Joe Ebanks will be back at the Rio to battle for the bracelet and the over $1,000,000 that will go to the winner, with Ebanks holding a commanding lead:

• Joe Ebanks - 11,015,000
• Chris Moorman - 3,215,000

Here is how the final table played out on Wednesday:

3.       Bertrand Grospellier — $447,074

4.       Tristan Wade — $292,866

5.       Taylor Paur — $198,140

6.       Mike Sowers — $138,301

7.       Ben Tollerene — $99,493

8.       Jeremy Menard — $99,493

9.       Nick Grippo — $73,695

Event #47: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card-Stud hi/lo, Day 3

Mike Mizrachi almost followed up his first bracelet in 2010 with one in 2011, but was denied by Owais Ahmed who overcame a Mike Mizrachi chip-lead during heads-up play to win his first WSOP bracelet.

1.       Owais Ahmed - $255,959

2.       Michael Mizrachi - $158,148

3.       Abe Mosseri - $100,532

4.       Scott Bohlman - $72,491

5.       Scotty Nguyen - $53,091

6.       Gerard Rechnitzer - $39,475

7.       Greg Jamison - $29,791

8.       Thomas Whitehair - $22,819

Event #48: $1,500 No Limit Holdem, Day 2

After two full days the latest incarnation of the $1,500 NLHE tournament at the WSOP is down to 30 players with Matt Stout sitting in second place in search of his first WSOP bracelet.

1.       Sebastian Winkler - 1,156,000

2.       Matt Stout - 1,062,000

3.       Alexander Queen - 977,000

4.       Brandon Becker - 919,000

5.       Daniel Lobato - 656,000

6.       Francois Billard - 626,000

7.       Nicholas Lanzi - 624,000

8.       Simon Charette - 564,000

9.       Sven Niklas Heinecker - 554,000

10.   Anthanasios Polychronopoul - 492,000

Event #49: $2,500 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, Day 2

With the tournament down to just 13 players Jason Mercier has a second WSOP bracelet in his sights for the 2011 WSOP -Mercier also won a WSOP bracelet in 2009-but a stacked field that includes some of the top poker players in the world still stands in his way.

1.       Jason Mercier - 358,500

2.       Eli Elezra - 327,000

3.       Scott Seiver - 303,000

4.       Leonard Martin - 242,500

5.       Scott Dorin - 227,500

6.       Shawn Buchanan - 196,000

7.       Nicholas Verkiak - 173,500

8.       Jon Turner - 145,000

9.       Galen Hall - 143,000

10.   David Bach - 115,000

Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Holdem Triple Chance, Day 1

A huge turnout marked the Triple Chance tournament on Wednesday with 236 players surviving the day. Here is a look at the chip leaders at the end of Day 1:

1.       Mark Herm - 148,400

2.       Vladimir Mefodichev - 148,000

3.       James Akenhead - 144,100

4.       Gregory Back - 141,200

5.       Daniel Reijmer - 135,400

6.       Joe Patrick - 134,900

7.       Johnny Lodden - 132,600

8.       Ryan Young - 129,700

9.       Tom McLaughlin - 125,200

10.   Nicolas Yunis -120,300

All results courtesy of www.wsop.com