Wsop Event 35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed

Tuesday June 21,2011 : Event 35: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed launched Monday with a field of 507 generating a prize pool of $2.38 million.
 
This event has a unique "triple chance" format in which each player starts with 5,000 in tournament chips, but may take an additional two add-ons, each worth 5,000 in chips, at any time during the first four levels.
 
There was no shortage of talent in the entry field, with Lex Veldhuis, Joshua Tieman, Vanessa Selbst, Barry Greenstein, Humberto Brenes, Matt Jarvis, Andy Black, Ted Lawson, Scott Clements, Sorel Mizzi, T.J. Cloutier, Jeff Lisandro, Andrew Lichtenbgerger, Steve Gross, Frank Kassela, Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand Grospellier, David Williams, Chad Brown, Jason Mercier, Beth Shak and Jonathan Little all spotted taking their seats.
 
Play for the first day halted at level 10 with Vanessa Selbst in the lead, chased closely by Erick Lindgren and Shaun Deeb, but with 110 players – many of them aces – still in the running.  That list includes internet whizz Mike “timex” McDonald, David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Joe Hachem, Brian Rast, Layne Flack, Chance Kornuth, Jeff Lisandro and Jason Mercier.
 
First day eliminations included Grospellier, Carlos Mortensen, Galen Hall, Sammy Farha, Barry Greenstein, Eric Baldwin, Joe Cada, Robert Williamson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Scott Seiver, and Daniel Negreanu.
 
The top 48 finishers will cash in this event, with the winner picking up $619,575.