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Monday 25th February 2008 The pros descend on the WPT LA Poker Classic
A total of 428 players came back for Day 2 at the WPT LA Poker Classic, with an incredibly strong field throwing together some really scary looking tables. Two in particular stood out above the rest, and were the centre of attention for the railboards at the Commerce.
Many professional players hit the rail during the first level of play, with a total of seven tables being broken while players made their move to gather chips. Among those who ended up leaving the tournament were Jean-Robert Bellande, Max Pescatori, Jordan Morgan and Carlos Mortensen. As droves of players left the tournament, their chips found new homes, with Mickey Mills inheriting many. Down to 6,000 at one time, he then went on something of a heater before hitting 200,000 around dinner. He eventually ended the day on 129,900 – a mere 2,065% increase on his 6,000 stack.
The table which drew the most attention was Table 14, which included a mix of old-school and new. Bob Stupak and Tony Ma represented the old-school, Danny Wong and Aaron Been the young guns. Defending LAPC champion Eric Hershler had his hands full, and that wasn’t included Phil Hellmuth, who was also on the table.
If you thought that table was tough, Table 9 was a nightmare for any player who wasn’t one of this lot:
Seat 1: Antonio Esfandiari
Seat 2: Anna Wroblewski
Seat 5: Johnny Chan
Seat 6: David Singer
Seat 9: David Benyamine
Just to make it easier, they chucked Phil Ivey on there during the last level of day. It wasn’t all bad news though – he knocked out Johnny Chan after a couple of hands sitting down. Out goes Chan, in comes Ivey. Got to be a marginally softer table now, right?
After the chips had been bagged up for the day, casualties included: Johnny Chan, Paul Wasicka, Barry Greenstein, David Williams, John Juanda, Bill Edler, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Todd Brunson, Erick Lindgren, John Hennigan, and Montel Williams.
Those who had fared better and found themselves on the leaderboard were:
Daniel Fuhs: 397,100
Kyle Burnside: 279,700
Phil Ivey: 279,000
Antonio Esfandiari: 245,000
Blair Hinkle: 224,000
Jennifer Tilly: 218,700
Yury Parad: 213,100
Haralabos Voulgaris: 203,900
Mike Watson: 195,900
Noah Schwartz: 186,800
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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