WPT LA Poker Classic Day 2 – Neff Running Well

The World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic has just witnessed Day 2 get played out, with another 27 players being added to the registrations after taking advantage of being able to buy-in before the day started. That meant that the total size of the field in this event was 517, though only 402 took part in Day 2 due their being 120 eliminations on Day 1.

That number was reduced further by the end of Day two as we only saw 164 get through the day and into Day 3.

The numbers were calculated today as well, which gave a total prize pool of $4,855,990 with the winner taking home $1,004,090 of it. There will be 63 players paid out, with the minimum amount they can win being $18,360.

Prize Structure!

1st – $1,004,090

2nd – $651,170

3rd – $429,810

4th – $316,650

5th – $236,250

6th – $193,560

7th – $161,300

8th – $128,550

9th – $96,780

10th-12th – $70,970

13th-15th – $57,570

16th-18th – $49,630

19th-21st – $43,180

22nd-24t – $38,710

25th-27th – $34,250

28th-36th – $29,780

37th-45th – $25,810

46th-54th – $21,840

55th-63rd – $18,360

The player that finished at the top of the chip rankings on Day 2 was Peter Neff as he bagged up a nice 284,700 chips. This put him just in front of a chasing pack that included some big names like Ryan Eriquezzo, Scott Seiver, Jeremy Ausmus, Eli Elezra and Brandon Cantu.

We lost a big number of players throughout the day, with some very notable names in amongst them all. We saw Matt Salsberg, Matt Giannetti, Mike Matusow, Kyle Julius, Phil Hellmuth, Ronnie Bardah, Brian Hastings and Allan Kessler all hitting the rail.

They will have to wait until the next WPT stop to attempt to get themselves a major poker title, as they and we already know that no poker player can win all of the time.

So come back tomorrow when we bring you the report on what happens on Day 3 of this popular World Poker Tour event, where we should start to learn which players are going to be the major forces in this event. With the top ten already quite closely matched, we expect the hip lead to change quite frequently as the day progresses.

The Current Top Ten!

Peter Neff – 284,700

Ryan Eriquezzo – 265,000

Naoya Kihara – 260,400

Evan McNiff – 248,500

Scott Seiver – 244,100

Justin Young – 234,600

Sam Stein – 233,400

Randy Ohel – 230,800

Arthur Morris – 228,500

Trevor Pope – 225,000

Here is a video of the Day 2 chip leader: