Comparing Event 16 to the rest

The World Series of Poker has finally landed its marquee final table. Event 16, the $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Lowball World Championship, will conclude on Saturday and with nine players left (only seven will make the official WSOP final table), Phil Hellmuth is in contention to win his 12th WSOP bracelet.

Unfortunately for Hellmuth, he has one tough path to navigate as it is filled with some of the best in the game.

Here are some interesting notes and trends that we've seen so far at the 2011 WSOP:

• All 14 bracelet winners this year had never won a WSOP bracelet or even played heads-up for one.
• Seven of the 14 bracelet winners this year earned their first WSOP cash in the event.
• Only Eugene Katchalov didn't surpass his previous WSOP earnings with his win. He had $963,275 in previous earnings, and took home $122,909 for his win.
• Eight of nine players remaining in the 2-7 Lowball event have a bracelet, and five of the nine have more than $1 million in previous WSOP earnings.
• The 14 bracelet winners this year combine for 48 previous WSOP cashes. Two players remaining in Event 16 have more: Phil Hellmuth has 79 and John Juanda 55.
• The 14 bracelet winners had a combined $1,426,706 in earnings. The 2-7 remaining nine have a combined $22,093,650..

Each of the remaining nine in the Lowball World Championship have had incredible success in the game. Here's a look at the stats that make them stand out from the crowd. They are listed in order of chip count entering Day 3 and the cash so far in this event is not included.

NameBraceletsWSOP CashesWSOP Earnings0 (Best previous finish - fourth)

It's a tale of two stories when you compare the first 14 winners to the final nine in Event 16. Category14 2011 WSOP bracelet winnersRemaining 9 in Event 16

Action resumes at 6 p.m. ET. First place in this event will be awarded $367,170.

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