Live Tournament Updates
Brenes vs. Schwartz
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
Humberto Brenes raises 8,000 preflop and Noah Schwartz reraises 22,000 from the big blind. Brenes goes into the tank but eventually folds. "I'll show you one time my friend, only for you," says Schwartz who then flips over pocket aces.
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI07:40 PM, 02/25/08
Four Spots From the Money
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
The money bubble is quickly approaching, as there are 67 players left in the field at the final eight tables. The average stack is just under 200,000.
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI07:40 PM, 02/25/08
Michael Kamran Gets Really Lucky to Survive
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
Michael Kamran is short stacked and all in with K-J. His opponent makes a great call and shows K-Q. Both players flop a king but the rest of the cards are low, putting the possibility of a chop out of reach. The turn is another blank, putting Kamran on the brink of bubbling the tournament. The dealer turns over the river card, and it's a jack! Kamran lets out a loud yell, clearly excited about the hand with $22,000 potential. His opponent, to his credit, stays quiet as he counts out what he owes. Kamran is still short stacked with just under 90,000, but he has a lot more breathing room.
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI07:33 PM, 02/25/08
Phil Ivey Distances Himself From the Pack
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
With 69 players remaining, Phil Ivey is building his stack even higher while the other big stacks are taking hits. Here's the current top of the leaderboard: 1. Phil Ivey - 653,000 2. Mike Hamparsomian - 464,000 3. Blair Hinkle - 460,000 4. Andrew Robl - 460,000 5. Yury Parad - 440,000 6. Danny Fuhs - 435,000 The average stack is about 193,000.
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI07:30 PM, 02/25/08
Ivey Grabs a Cool 26,000
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
On a flop of A
8
6, Phil Ivey makes the price of admission 22,000 from middle position, and his opponent goes into the tank on the small blind. He eventually folds and concedes the 26,000 pot to Ivey.
07:26 PM, 02/25/08
Richard Kirsch Is Eliminated
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
After taking a bad beat and doubling up one of his opponent in the previous had, Richard Kirsch moves all in for his last 41,000 with A
K when the player in seat 5 makes the call with 99. The board comes Q
42109, no help to Kirsch as he is eliminated just after the dinner break.
07:22 PM, 02/25/08
Esfandiari Takes a Peek
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
Seat 2 moves all in for 43,000 and Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari goes into the tank. At one point he peeks under the brim of his opponent's hat to try and get a read on him. He eventually folds and seat 2 takes down the pot.
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI07:22 PM, 02/25/08
Play Resumes
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
The players return from dinner with one hour and 10 minutes left in Level 15, with blinds at 2,000-4,000, and a 500 ante. With 72 players remaining, the field is nine spots away from the money bubble. The top 63 players are guaranteed at least $22,020. Everyone is seated and ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal!
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI07:01 PM, 02/25/08
Chip Movers
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
Only 72 players remain with an average chip count of 184,722 heading into the dinner break. Phil Hellmuth managed to climb a few spots in the chip counts as of late, up from 114,000 to 245,000. WPT Season VI Mandalay Bay Champion, Shawn Buchanan hit his stride this level, up to 210,000 from 112,000. David Singer managed to make up some ground late into the level, up to 168,000 from 73,000. Antonio Esfandiari fell off the leader board for the first time today, down to 200,000 from over 400,000 at one point over the last few hours. Jennifer Tilly plummeted this past level from 126,000 down to 50,000. Leaderboard Blair Hinkle - 602,000 Phil Ivey - 565,000 Andrew Robl - 525,000 Yury Parad - 415,000 Daniel Fuhs - 375,000 Recent Eliminations Kenna James Thayer Rasmussen Anna Wroblewski Haralabos Voulgaris Chris Bell Ray Davis Mark Seif Odie Dardon
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI06:02 PM, 02/25/08
Dinner Break Until 7:00 pm PT
Level 30: 100,000-200,000, 30,000 ante
The remaining 72 players take a one-hour dinner break, and play will resume about 7:00 pm PT. After dinner, they will finish this level (more than an hour left), and play one more before Day 3 concludes. The top 63 players will finish in the money (guaranteed at least $22,020), and we expect to bust the bubble later this evening.
Sorted In: L.A. Poker Classic, Commerce Casino, Season VI05:58 PM, 02/25/08
