2011 WSOP: SUPERSTAR SATURDAY - RAST, JUANDA PLAY SPOILERS

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The Superstars of Poker invaded the Rio's Amazon Room on Saturday night but only two left with bracelets!

Let's start with Event 15 - Pot Limit Hold'em. It was a thrilling final two with Brian Rast stopping fan favorite Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler in the end. Kessler's online rail was massive and most were disapointed when Rast finally pulled it off.

Also at the final table was Ali Eslami - the 32 PTPR Points collected moves him up one spot to 2nd overall on the 2011 PTPR Player of the Year Leaderboard - surpassing Eugene Katchalov in the process.

John Gordon, Ted Lawson, Ronald Lee and Christin Harder also collected PTPR Points in this event.


But the major buzz of the night came from Event 16 - Deuce to Seven Lowball World Championship - where Phil Hellmuth was momnets away from bracelet number twelve.

Alas, The Poker Brat was not able to finish off John Juanda when he had the opportunity. Hellmuth seemed to have control of the final table when we were down to five players but Juanda held him off, collecting his fifth bracelet.

It was a who's who of poker stars when we hit the money. Richard Ashby, Steve Sung, Nick Schulman, David "Bakes" Baker (who won the event last year), Hasan Habib, Joe Cassidy, Greg Raymer, ElkY, Johnny Chan, Brandon Cantu and Chino Rheem all finished in the money.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 14 Pot Limit Hold'em
June 9-11, 2011

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,032,750
Entries: 765

FINAL RESULTS:
BRIAN RAST 132
ALLEN KESSLER 82
DAJUAN WHORLEY 52
DAISUKE ENDO 42
MIKE PAASONEN 37
ALI ESLAMI 32
JOHN GORDON 32
TED LAWSON 17
RONALD LEE 17
ANDREW COHEN 17
ELIAS BRUSSIANOS 17
JEREMY VAUGHN 15
TOMMY FELICE 15
ARIEL CELESTINO 15
NICK DAVIES 15
CHARLES RITCHIE 12
CHRISTIAN HARDER 12
DAVID MERCER 12

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 World Series of Poker
Event 15 Deuce to Seven Lowball World Championship
June 9-11, 2011

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $1,184,400
Entries: 126

FINAL RESULTS:
JOHN JUANDA 126
PHIL HELLMUTH 76
RICHARD ASHBY 46
STEVE SUNG 36
NICK SCHULMAN 31
DAVID BAKER "BAKES" 26
HASAN HABIB 26
JOE CASSIDY 11
GREG RAYMER 11
BENJAMIN PARKER 11
BERTRAND GROSPELLIER "ElkY" 11
JOHNNY CHAN 9
BRANDON CANTU 9
CHINO RHEEM 9