2009 WSOP: Phil Hellmuth Looking For Twelfth Bracelet... In Omaha?

Poker pro Phil Hellmuth will continue his run for WSOP bracelet number 12 today at the 2009 WSOP. (Bodog Beat Image)"]

One of the over-arching storylines at the 2009 WSOP is whether or not poker pro Phil Hellmuth can pull off another record-breaking WSOP bracelet win and collect number 12. Well, Hellmuth is now one of 129 left in the $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better and is sitting pretty at eighth in chips but not that far off the lead.

Oh, and if you didn't catch that, it's an Omaha event, which is weird for Hellmuth. All eleven of his previous bracelets have been in Holdem (No Limit, Limit, etc...), so a bracelet in this event would be especially meaningful for him, being number 12 and his first non-Holdem win. Joining him at the top of the chip counts are Scott Clements, David Benyamine and Josh Arieh.

Elsewhere in the Amazon Room today, the $5,000 No Limit Holdem is down to 17 out of 655 starting players. Current chip leader is Isaac Baron with David "The Dragon" Pham and online poker pro Mike "SowersUNCC" Sowers not far behind.

The $1,500 Seven Card Stud event is down to a final table that features Jeff Lisandro as the chip leader and John Juanda as not the chip leader. First place pays out $124,959.

In the $1,000 Ladies Event, the field narrowed from the 1,060 that ponied up their buy-in to the 146 who will return today to play out Day 2. Among the chip leaders are Svetlana Gromenkova and JJ Liu with notables Maridu Mayrinck, Susie Isaacs and Maria Ho also still in the running.

Aside from that the $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Holdem event gets underway today and should pull in a fairly large field and we'll keep you posted as that develops.

Don't forget that there is still plenty of time left to qualify online for the 2009 WSOP through Bodog Poker and win a $12,000 WSOP prize package that includes some sick gear and access to an exclusive Bodog WSOP party.