Germany’s Dietrich Fast leads the final 42 players in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino with more than a million chips. Joining him at the top of the counts are Sam Soverel (979,000), Ty Reiman (937,000) and Danny Nguyen (729,000).
Farid Jattin (661,000), John Hennigan (658,000), Shane Schleger (542,000), WPT Champions Club Member Mike Shariati (473,000), Joseph Cheong (429,000), Ryan Riess (420,000), WPT Champions Club Member Matthew Lapossie (379,000), Alex Keating (369,000), Stephen Chidwick (348,000), Dan Shak (313,000) and WPT Champions Club Member Will Failla (306,000) are also among the final 42 players who bagged chips.
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There were 111 players who made their way back to the Commerce Casino on Monday for Day 3, the looming money bubble was on everyone’s mind — only the top 63 finishers would earn a payday.
The bubble was reached in the fourth level of play and hand-for-hand play lasted for about an hour. It took a cooler situation to burst the bubble when Alon Yehudai’s aces were cracked by David Farber’s kings in a preflop all-in confutation. A king on the flop sealed Yehudai’s fate and guaranteed everybody remaining a min-cash of at least $18,240.
Among those who were unable to survive long enough to earn a cash include Steve Gross, Javier Zarco, Kelly Minkin, current Hublot WPT Player of the Year leader Cate Hall, Andy Spears, Connor Drinan, WPT Champions Club Member David Paredes, Season VII WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger, and Club WPT Qualifier Jason Kim.
Scott Clements, Nick Rampone, Chris DeMaci, Joe McKeehen, Phil Laak and Barry Hutter were among the players who failed to survive the day, but survived long enough to earn a cash.
Day 4 kicks off on Tuesday at noon PT, and we are schedule to play another five 90-minute levels. Be sure to check back to WPT.com for live updates, chip counts, and photos straight from the tournament floor.
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