Only nine players remain in the third event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe, the ?5,000 + ?250 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha, and among them sit quite a few well known pros.

Amid the last nine players competing for WSOP Europe bling in Event #3, as well as a top prize worth ?204,048, sits Robert Williamson III, Ross Boatman and "the Professor" Howard Lederer, though all three have some serious work to do if they're going to get past current chip leader Jani Vilmunen, who currently dominates the field with 899,000 in tournament chips.

Other players to have competed today include Sorel Mizzi, Joe Beevers, Barry Greenstein and Tom "durrrr" Dwan, who made the money but probably only about enough to cover half of one of his regular online hands (?12,713).

The final nine competing for tomorrow's Event #3 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet are as follows:

Jani Vilmunen- 899,000 in chips

Aarno Kivelio- 608,000

Howard Lederer- 320,000

Daniel Hindin- 320,000

Roberto Romanello- 306,000

Ville Haavisto- 249,000

Ross Boatman- 180,000

Jeffrey Kimber- 133,000

Robert Williamson III- 64,000

For more information about the WSOP Europe visit www.worldseriesofpoker.com, or check out PokerNews.com for live updates and chips counts straight from London.


Story by Mark Anderson