Live Tournament Updates
Seating Assignments for Day 4
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
The official chip counts have been released by the Bicycle Casino, and here are the seating assignments for Day 4, which starts Wednesday at 2:00 pm PT. TABLE 11 1. Denny Lee - 481,000 2. Ben Fineman - 159,000 3. Trong Nguyen - 457,000 4. Paul Smith - 946,000 5. Matt Keikoan - 744,000 6. Zachary Clark - 388,000 7. Adam Weinraub - 161,000 8. Takashi Shiono - 461,000 9. Jinyun Lin - 363,000 TABLE 12 1. Layne Flack - 807,000 2. Samuel Ngai - 220,000 3. Allen Cunningham - 420,000 4. Kirk Conrad - 416,000 5. Gary Najaryan - 211,000 6. Philip Stark - 307,000 7. Ron Jenkins - 740,000 8. Amit Makhija - 842,000 9. Tan Le - 294,000 TABLE 13 1. Marco Johnson - 310,000 2. Sirous Baghchehsaraie - 176,000 3. Rodeen Talebi - 230,000 4. Lee Markholt - 779,000 5. Jim Hof - 201,000 6. Kyle Wilson - 619,000 7. Maria Ho - 158,000 8. Raymond Voskanian - 160,000 9. John Phan - 244,000 Correction: The official results last night showed Raymond Voskanian with only 16,000, but he actually has 160,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker10:25 AM, 08/27/08
Seating Assignments for Day 4
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
10:13 AM, 08/27/08
WPT Legends of Poker - Official Chip Counts
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
The official chip counts have been released, but we're still waiting on the seating assignments. We should have them posted by morning. 1. Paul Smith - 946,000 2. Amit Makhija - 842,000 3. Layne Flack - 807,000 4. Lee Markholt - 779,000 5. Matt Keikoan - 744,000 6. Ron Jenkins - 740,000 7. Kyle Wilson - 619,000 8. Denny Lee - 481,000 9. Takashi Shiono - 461,000 10. Trong Nguyen - 457,000 11. Allen Cunningham - 420,000 12. Kirk Conrad - 416,000 AVERAGE - 413,703 13. Zach Clark - 388,000 14. Jinyun "Kent" Lin - 363,000 15. Marco Johnson - 310,000 16. Philip Stark - 307,000 17. Tan Le - 294,000 18. John Phan - 244,000 19. Rodeen Talebi - 230,000 20. Samuel Ngai - 220,000 21. Gary Najaryan - 211,000 22. Jim Hof - 201,000 23. Adam Weinraub - 181,000 24. Sirous Baghchehsaraie - 176,000 25. Raymond Voskanian - 160,000 26. Benjamin Fineman - 159,000 27. Maria Ho - 158,000 Day 4 begins Wednesday at 2:00 pm PT. Return to WorldPokerTour.com for complete live coverage, chip counts, photos, video interviews with Amanda Leatherman, and hand-for-hand coverage of the final 18 players.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker01:45 AM, 08/27/08
The Brutality of Poker
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
Video description: WPT Champion Adam Weinraub started the day as chip leader and took a number of beats toward the end of the day, fortunate to still be around. Watch this video to see just how cruel this game can be.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker
12:42 AM, 08/27/08
Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Paul Smith
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
12:22 AM, 08/27/08
Official Chip Counts Coming Soon
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
The casino staff gathered up the chip bags, and they will compile and release the official chip counts soon. We'll post them as soon as we get them, but the numbers on our "Chip Counts" page are all from the final 15 minutes of play.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker12:15 AM, 08/27/08
Amit Makhija Doubles through Trong Nguyen in the Last Hand of the Night
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
On a board of 10
9
8
, Amit Makhija gets it all in with the ten-high straight (76
) against Trong Nguyen's top two pair (109). The river brought the 4, no help to Nguyen who shipped over 400,000 across the table on the last hand of the night. Amit Makhija doubled up to 842,000 this hand.
12:02 AM, 08/27/08
Matt Graham Eliminated in 28th Place ($14,085)
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
Matt Graham pushes all in preflop and is called by Kyle Wilson.
Graham: AK
Wilson: KK
Board: J96410
Kyle Wilson's kings hold on to eliminate Matt Graham taking his stack to 619,000.
11:57 PM, 08/26/08
Matt Graham Eliminated in 28th Place ($14,085)
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
Matt Graham was just eliminated in 28th place (details to come). There is another player all in at another table, so we're waiting for the resolution of that before play is complete for the night. Either way, Day 3 will be finished in a few minutes.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker11:52 PM, 08/26/08
Trong Wins Another
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
In early position Lee Markholt raises to 30,000, Zach Clark raises to 96,000 and Trong Nguyen calls from the button as does Markholt.
The flop comes 976, Markholt checks, Clark bets 77,000, Nguyen calls and Markholt folds. The turn brings the 5 and both players check. The river comes the 2 and both players check again.
Nguyen shows QQ and Clark mucks his hand.
Trong Nguyen is now up to 590,000 and Zach Clark drops down to 375,000.
11:45 PM, 08/26/08
