WSOPE Event #3: JP Kelly Gunning for Ivey's WSOP Record
After a grueling Day 2, the final table was finally set with JP Kelly among the final 9. If Kelly ends up winning, he could break Ivey's record as the youngest player to win 3 WSOP bracelets.
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| Image source: WSOP.com |
It took 10 levels of play, spanning almost 13 hours, before Day 2 in Event #3 of the World Series of Poker Europe 2010 was concluded. 54 players have made it into the money to each earn at least £2,252, while each of the 9 finalists are guaranteed £10,633.
24 year old British pro JP Kelly (pictured right) is probably the most well known among the 9 finalists. If he ends up winning it all, not only does he get a WSOP bracelet and £133,857, he could also become the youngest ever player to pick up three WSOP bracelets, beating Phil Ivey's record, set when he was 26 years old.
Don't forget to also check out an interview with Phil Ivey, below.
Kelly also out to defend his title
Besides possibly trumping Ivey, Kelly is also the defending champion in this event, and a win here will see him join the illustrious ranks of Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth as the only players who have defended their WSOP Hold'em titles in the same event, in the following year.
The current average chip count stands at 194,000 chips and will make for a relatively short stacked final table as the blinds are already up to 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 chip ante. The shortest stack Jack Lyman will actually start with just 5 big blinds.
Here are the chip counts as they go into the final table:
| WSOP Europe Event #3 Final Table Chip Counts |
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| Rank | Name | Chips |
| 1 | Kaveh Payman | 434,000 |
| 2 | Mehdi Senhaji | 369,000 |
| 3 | JP Kelly | 242,000 |
| 4 | Jeppe Bisgaard | 171,000 |
| 5 | Nicholas Katz | 150,000 |
| 6 | Scott Shelley | 148,000 |
| 7 | Karim Jomeen | 109,000 |
| 8 | Paul Ian Pitchford | 77,000 |
| 9 | Jack Lyman | 40,100 |
| Level info | |
| Level | 19 |
| Blinds | 4,000/8,000 |
| Ante | 1,000 |
| Average chip count | 194,000 |
| Player info | |
| Remaining players | 9 |
| Entries | 582 |
Here is the interview with Phil Ivey where he talks about his time in London, WSOP bracelets and other interesting stuff:
| Interview with Phil Ivey |
