Two Tourneys; Two Leaders

Things are busy, busy, busy on the World Poker Tour. In Vegas, 176 players will return to the felt at Bellagio for Day 3 of the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic, with WPT Champions Club member Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi sitting on the chip lead. Other notables still in the tourney include WPT…

Matt Clark
Dec 6, 2012

Mike Sexton and Doyle Brunson Watch the Action at Bellagio
Things are busy, busy, busy on the World Poker Tour.

In Vegas, 176 players will return to the felt at Bellagio for Day 3 of the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic, with WPT Champions Club member Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi sitting on the chip lead. Other notables still in the tourney include WPT Champions Club members Chino Rheem, Noah Schwartz, Gavin Smith, Scott Clements, and Will Failla.

Daniel Negreanu, a former champion of this event,  fired six separate bullets before the registration period closed, but still couldn’t shoot his way into Day 3. Other players who failed to make it past Day 2 include WPT Champions Club members Jonathan LittleTommy Vedes, and Marvin Rettenmaier. As always, you can follow the action over at our Live Updates page, starting at 12pm PT.

Meanwhile, in beautiful Prague, Day 2 of the PartyPoker.com WPT Prague event is drawing to a close. Marco Lang currently leads the field, but has plenty of stiff competition remaining, with notables such as WPT Champions Club members Eugene Katchalov, Morten Christensen, Mike Watson, and Olivier Busquet all in contention. Other players with playable stacks include Jason Mercier, Jonathan Duhamel, Mike McDonald, Faraz Jaka, and Elisabeth Hille.