Mit dem zweiten Tag beim $10.000 Championship Event der World Poker Tour (WPT) ging es gestern im Commerce Casino in Los Angeles weiter. Mit der Late Registration brachte man es auf insgesamt 549 Starter. Nach Tag 2 sind nur noch 182 davon übrig, die Führung hat Gordon Vayo.
Mit viel Action ging es in den zweiten Tag. So konnte zum Beispiel PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree gleich mit den Assen gegen die Queens verdoppeln. Viele der Big Names blieben aber an Tag 2 auf der Strecke, darunter Allen Kessler, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, Keven Stammen, Mike Sexton, Men Nguyen, Kara Scott, Shawn Buchanan, Carlos Mortensen und Ari Engel sowie Chino Rheem, Freddy Deeb, Erik Seidel und Mike Matusow.
Unter den verbliebenen 182 Spielern sind aber ebenfalls noch viele Pros, die zum Teil aber schon sehr unter Druck stehen. So rettete Will Failla zum Beispiel nur 18.100 in Tag 3, Noah Schwartz hat mit 20.600 auch nicht viel mehr. Ganz anders sieht es bei Gret „FBT“ Mueller aus, der auf Rang 3 im Chipcount liegt, auch Shaun Deeb, Sorel Mizzi und Dan Kelly mischen ganz vorne mit.
An Tag 3 stehen nun fünf Levels auf dem Programm und man wird knapp an die Bubble kommen. Das Preisgeld wird auf die ersten 54 Plätze aufgeteilt, wobei das Erreichen der Geldränge $21.080 bringt. Auf den Sieger der LA Poker Classics warten satte $1.370.240.
| PLACE | FIRST | LAST | COUNT | TABLE | SEAT |
| 1 | GORDON | VAYO | 284.000 | 41 | 2 |
| 2 | BEHZAD | TERANIE | 280.000 | 42 | 9 |
| 3 | GREG „FBT“ | MUELLER | 279.700 | 32 | 1 |
| 4 | DARREN | ELIAS | 257.400 | 25 | 5 |
| 5 | VASILE | BUBOI | 238.700 | 33 | 9 |
| 6 | KEITH | FERRERA | 235.100 | 18 | 2 |
| 7 | ERIC | CLOUTIER | 231.300 | 17 | 2 |
| 8 | JOE | TEHAN | 223.200 | 24 | 4 |
| 9 | BARRY | WOODS | 206.600 | 32 | 5 |
| 10 | SHAUN | DEEB | 197.400 | 12 | 3 |
| 11 | SOREL | MIZZI | 195.600 | 26 | 3 |
| 12 | DANIEL | KELLY | 194.100 | 31 | 5 |
| 13 | SAM | BARNHART | 191.300 | 24 | 7 |
| 14 | JASON | SOMERVILLE | 190.300 | 40 | 7 |
| 15 | GRANTLAND | HILLMAN | 188.000 | 16 | 6 |
| 16 | TUAN | PHAN | 181.000 | 20 | 7 |
| 17 | CASEY | STEWART | 177.000 | 25 | 2 |
| 18 | SCOTT | BAUMSTEIN | 175.800 | 41 | 1 |
| 19 | A.J. | JEJELOWO | 174.900 | 25 | 1 |
| 20 | GAVIN | GRIFFIN | 174.300 | 18 | 7 |
| 21 | EDMUND | CHAN | 172.600 | 42 | 7 |
| 22 | JAMIE | SHAEVEL | 168.900 | 33 | 2 |
| 23 | MICHAEL | ARON | 165.000 | 28 | 4 |
| 24 | TYLER | PATTERSON | 157.800 | 42 | 6 |
| 25 | BRYCE | YOCKEY | 156.500 | 26 | 7 |
| 26 | DAVID | BAKER | 145.800 | 38 | 2 |
| 27 | NICK | SCHULMAN | 144.900 | 24 | 3 |
| 28 | KUNAL | PATEL | 144.100 | 28 | 5 |
| 29 | SEAN | JAZAYERI | 141.400 | 34 | 5 |
| 30 | PAUL | LIEU | 136.600 | 42 | 5 |
| 31 | ERIC | PRATT | 136.100 | 31 | 3 |
| 32 | JAMIE | ARMSTRONG | 124.500 | 19 | 5 |
| 33 | TRI | HUYNH | 124.500 | 18 | 6 |
| 34 | JASON | DEWITT | 123.800 | 26 | 5 |
| 35 | XUAN | NGUYEN | 123.300 | 31 | 7 |
| 36 | BILLY | BAXTER | 122.500 | 32 | 6 |
| 37 | TYSON | MARKS | 122.400 | 17 | 3 |
| 38 | ADAM | FRIEDMAN | 119.800 | 28 | 7 |
| 39 | MATT | CROOKS | 119.800 | 12 | 8 |
| 40 | BRYAN | PICCIOLI | 119.600 | 18 | 1 |
| 41 | ISAAC | BARON | 118.800 | 25 | 4 |
| 42 | ROBERT | NEHORAYON | 118.200 | 32 | 4 |
| 43 | DROR | MICHAELO | 117.800 | 20 | 9 |
| 44 | J.C. | TRAN | 117.000 | 12 | 5 |
| 45 | VIVEK | RAJKUMAR | 115.000 | 42 | 3 |
| 46 | JOHN | RACENER | 114.500 | 33 | 3 |
| 47 | MASA | KAGAWA | 114.500 | 18 | 9 |
| 48 | JOHN | HENNINGAN | 114.400 | 24 | 6 |
| 49 | JOSH | ARIEH | 114.200 | 40 | 8 |
| 50 | SHAHEN | MARTIROSIAN | 112.700 | 26 | 2 |
| 51 | JAMES | CARROLL | 112.200 | 24 | 2 |
| 52 | ALON | YEHUDAI | 112.000 | 31 | 6 |
| 53 | JUSTIN | YOUNG | 112.000 | 17 | 9 |
| 54 | HOYT | CORKINS | 110.600 | 27 | 4 |
| 55 | RANDY | GIL | 110.400 | 34 | 9 |
| 56 | BRANDON | MEYERS | 110.100 | 39 | 6 |
| 57 | CHRIS | JOHNSON | 110.000 | 12 | 4 |
| 58 | DANNY | ILLINGWORTH | 108.800 | 33 | 7 |
| 59 | TOD | HOLLEY | 108.700 | 17 | 1 |
| 60 | TRAVIS | CARSON | 108.100 | 20 | 4 |
| 61 | DANIEL | O’BRIEN | 107.800 | 17 | 6 |
| 62 | BRIAN | BRUBAKER | 107.700 | 16 | 8 |
| 63 | EVAN | LAMPREA | 107.700 | 20 | 8 |
| 64 | IMHPOUNH | VONGVONE | 107.300 | 28 | 3 |
| 65 | JOE | HACHEM | 106.200 | 33 | 6 |
| 66 | ERICK | LINDGREN | 106.100 | 17 | 7 |
| 67 | PHIL | IVEY | 106.000 | 38 | 1 |
| 68 | JOHN „RAZOR“ | PHAN | 104.500 | 20 | 6 |
| 69 | MATTHEW | WAXMAN | 104.400 | 38 | 9 |
| 70 | PHIL | HELLMUTH | 104.200 | 33 | 1 |
| 71 | TODD | TERRY | 101.800 | 31 | 9 |
| 72 | VANESSA | ROUSSO | 101.500 | 40 | 5 |
| 73 | FRANCO | BRUNETTI | 101.400 | 27 | 8 |
| 74 | MATT | AFFLECK | 99.500 | 27 | 9 |
| 75 | DANIEL | IDEMA | 93.700 | 16 | 9 |
| 76 | SETH | FISCHER | 92.100 | 31 | 4 |
| 77 | ELVIS | HUYNH | 91.400 | 26 | 1 |
| 78 | SERGEY | PEVZNER | 90.400 | 40 | 2 |
| 79 | JEFFREY LEE | PETERSON | 90.200 | 32 | 2 |
| 80 | CHAU | GIANG | 88.700 | 19 | 4 |
| 81 | DAVID | PAREDES | 87.700 | 16 | 2 |
| 82 | NICHOLAS | DILEO | 87.200 | 20 | 2 |
| 83 | PHILIP | STARK | 87.200 | 35 | 5 |
| 84 | SKIP | WILSON | 86.000 | 12 | 2 |
| 85 | MIKE | FINSTEIN | 85.800 | 25 | 8 |
| 86 | HAFIZ | KHAN | 85.600 | 42 | 4 |
| 87 | DAVID | FUNKHOUSER | 84.400 | 38 | 6 |
| 88 | TONY | HACHEM | 82.300 | 19 | 7 |
| 89 | PAUL | BARON | 81.400 | 26 | 6 |
| 90 | JEFF | YARCHEVER | 81.200 | 33 | 4 |
| 91 | MATT | MARAFIOTI | 81.000 | 27 | 3 |
| 92 | THOMAS | MARCHESE | 79.600 | 32 | 3 |
| 93 | KEN | LAWSON | 78.300 | 35 | 6 |
| 94 | PAT | WALSH | 77.000 | 16 | 3 |
| 95 | CHRISTOPHER | DEMACI | 76.800 | 19 | 3 |
| 96 | BRYAN | LESKOWITZ | 75.100 | 32 | 7 |
| 97 | JAMES | MALTZ | 74.400 | 27 | 5 |
| 98 | ALEXANDER | NUDIN | 73.400 | 16 | 1 |
| 99 | MATT | STOUT | 73.100 | 34 | 3 |
| 100 | CHRISTIAN | HARDER | 72.000 | 18 | 5 |
| 101 | BADIH | BOUNAHRA | 71.800 | 40 | 6 |
| 102 | MIKE | BAXTER | 71.700 | 31 | 1 |
| 103 | RAY | DEHKHARGHANI | 69.800 | 35 | 7 |
| 104 | ANDREW | LICHTENBERGER | 69.400 | 40 | 3 |
| 105 | TIGRAN | MANUKYAN | 69.300 | 34 | 7 |
| 106 | ALLEN | CARTER | 69.200 | 28 | 1 |
| 107 | SCOTT | SEIVER | 68.800 | 17 | 8 |
| 108 | MATT | SCHREIBER | 68.600 | 41 | 8 |
| 109 | YEVGENIY | TIMOSHENKO | 67.800 | 24 | 1 |
| 110 | SANDEEP | PULUSANI | 67.700 | 26 | 4 |
| 111 | LAWRENCE | LIPMAN | 66.800 | 38 | 5 |
| 112 | JULIE | DANG | 66.100 | 38 | 8 |
| 113 | DOUG | GLADSTONE | 65.900 | 35 | 9 |
| 114 | AMIT | MAKHIJA | 64.600 | 19 | 6 |
| 115 | OGNJEN | SEKULARAC | 64.500 | 19 | 2 |
| 116 | HENRY | SO | 63.700 | 28 | 6 |
| 117 | DAVID | PHAM | 63.600 | 25 | 9 |
| 118 | ANDY | HUYNH | 60.200 | 20 | 5 |
| 119 | JOHN | TAITT | 60.100 | 40 | 1 |
| 120 | PHIL | COLLINS | 59.800 | 41 | 4 |
| 121 | TOM | LEE | 59.200 | 17 | 4 |
| 122 | JASON | PAQUIN | 59.100 | 28 | 8 |
| 123 | LAWRENCE | GREENBERG | 57.800 | 19 | 8 |
| 124 | JENNIFER | HARMON | 56.400 | 41 | 5 |
| 125 | C | F | 56.000 | 35 | 4 |
| 126 | JORDAN | LEWIS | 55.400 | 41 | 3 |
| 127 | MATT | SALSBERG | 55.100 | 34 | 1 |
| 128 | NICK | BINGER | 53.800 | 34 | 2 |
| 129 | LIV | BOEREE | 52.100 | 20 | 3 |
| 130 | MIKHAIL | TIMOSHIN | 51.500 | 27 | 6 |
| 131 | FARAZ | JAKA | 51.400 | 18 | 4 |
| 132 | BEN | HAMNETT | 50.800 | 38 | 4 |
| 133 | TIM | CRAMER | 50.100 | 41 | 7 |
| 134 | JASON | BURT | 47.100 | 35 | 3 |
| 135 | ALAN | MYERSON | 47.000 | 27 | 1 |
| 136 | JEAN „PRINCE“ | GASPARD | 46.300 | 28 | 9 |
| 137 | ANDREW | SOSS | 46.000 | 34 | 8 |
| 138 | TORNADO TIM | JOSEPH | 45.800 | 16 | 4 |
| 139 | GERMAN | TEITELBAUM | 45.500 | 31 | 2 |
| 140 | WILL | NGUYEN | 45.100 | 41 | 6 |
| 141 | YAO | SHI | 42.500 | 12 | 1 |
| 142 | JONATHAN | LITTLE | 41.400 | 18 | 3 |
| 143 | KENNY | SHIH | 41.200 | 12 | 7 |
| 144 | ELI | BERG | 40.100 | 18 | 8 |
| 145 | SAM | STEIN | 40.000 | 39 | 3 |
| 146 | DUEY | DUONG | 39.600 | 32 | 9 |
| 147 | BRUCE | KRAMER | 38.900 | 16 | 7 |
| 148 | SOPHOS | SONG | 38.800 | 25 | 7 |
| 149 | PATRICK | ESKANDAR | 38.300 | 25 | 3 |
| 150 | SHANNON | SHORR | 38.100 | 26 | 9 |
| 151 | ANDY | PHAN | 38.000 | 41 | 9 |
| 152 | ERIC | HERSHLER | 37.300 | 42 | 8 |
| 153 | JOHN | CLANCY | 36.000 | 42 | 2 |
| 154 | ALEXANDER | VENOVSKI | 35.800 | 39 | 4 |
| 155 | BRIAN | PARK | 35.100 | 39 | 5 |
| 156 | BARRY | GREENSTEIN | 34.000 | 39 | 9 |
| 157 | DANA | KELLSTROM | 30.500 | 35 | 8 |
| 158 | ARDAVAN | YAZDI | 30.000 | 39 | 2 |
| 159 | VITOR | COELHO | 30.000 | 27 | 7 |
| 160 | JOSEPH | ELPAYAA | 28.900 | 35 | 1 |
| 161 | SUPER MARIO | ESQUERRA | 28.500 | 26 | 8 |
| 162 | NEJDEH | YEROOMIAN | 28.500 | 24 | 8 |
| 163 | CASEY | HIDLE | 28.200 | 39 | 7 |
| 164 | JOHN J. | MARTIN | 27.900 | 19 | 1 |
| 165 | NICK | RAMPONE | 27.800 | 28 | 2 |
| 166 | SCOTT | SITRON | 27.200 | 40 | 9 |
| 167 | CARL | FROMMER | 27.000 | 12 | 9 |
| 168 | TOM | MCCORMICK | 25.100 | 35 | 2 |
| 169 | DAVID „DOC“ | SANDS | 23.800 | 24 | 5 |
| 170 | JORDAN | SIEGEL | 23.400 | 16 | 5 |
| 171 | WILLIAM | REYNOLDS | 22.300 | 20 | 1 |
| 172 | PETE | DE BEST | 21.500 | 42 | 1 |
| 173 | JESSE | YAGINUMA | 21.100 | 33 | 5 |
| 174 | QUAN | TRAN | 21.100 | 39 | 1 |
| 175 | NOAH | SCHWARTZ | 20.600 | 27 | 2 |
| 176 | STEPHEN | CHIDWICK | 19.700 | 19 | 9 |
| 177 | RON | JENKINS | 19.500 | 39 | 8 |
| 178 | WILL „THE THRILL“ | FAILLA | 18.100 | 32 | 8 |
| 179 | SAMEER | ALJANEDI | 18.100 | 38 | 3 |
| 180 | SHANE | SIGSBEE | 15.700 | 38 | 7 |
| 181 | AMNON | FILIPPI | 12.800 | 34 | 4 |
| 182 | POGOS | SIMITYAN | 11.800 | 12 | 6 |
1 — $1.370.240
2 — $806.370
3 — $521.770
4 — $355.750
5 — $252.980
6 — $202.910
7 — $155.480
8 — $110.680
9 — $79.060
10 – 12 — $60.610
13 – 15 — $47.430
16 – 18 — $39.530
19 – 27 — $34.260
28 – 36 — $28.990
37 – 45 — $23.720
46 – 54 — $21.080