$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 2 Completed
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 696
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The unofficial tally of remaining players is 170; we won't get an actual figure from the Commerce crew until the bag and tag process has concluded. Today saw the WPT's own Antonio Esfandiari soar to the top of the leaderboard early on and it looks as though he'll maintain the overnight chip lead, slightly ahead of newcomer Kofi Farkye. By our end-of-day estimates, Esfandiari has approximately 405,000 heading into Day 3, while Farkye will return to the felt with right around 390,000 in chips.
Several big names were sent packing throughout the day, including but not limited to, Phil Hellmuth, Erik Seidel, Kevin Saul, David Oppenheim, Amir Vahedi, Mike Matusow and Gavin Griffin. Among those who'll be back for tomorrow's Day 3 action include last year's LAPC champ Phil Ivey, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Haralabos Voulgaris, Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza, Paul Wasicka, Chris Ferguson, and Mike Sowers.
Tune in at noon local time tomorrow for our continued live coverage of the 2009 LA Poker Classic from the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
Until then, good night and good luck!
and was in the lead with top pair. Saul showed 
, a hand that had not connected with the board in any appreciable way. The turn was a 
that at least gave Saul outs to a gutshot straight, but he missed the river.When the stacks were counted down, Farkye had Saul covered by about 12,000 chips. His new count is 375,000; Saul is out of the tournament.
on a board of 
. That payoff, combined with a pot of about 40,000, meant that 75,000 total chips were shipped to Medic's opponent. Medic himself retained about 35,000.
on a board of 
; his opponent showed 
for a set of fives that held up through the 
turn and 
river. It was only a hit of 20,700 for Leonidas; he still has about 124,000.A few minutes later, chip leader Antonio Esfandiari bet 23,000 on a flop of
. His opponent moved in for 40,800 total and was quickly called by Esfandiari. They were both on draws; Esfandiari had the inferior hand with 
against his opponent's 
. The 
on the turn meant that Esfandiari could only chop the pot; he lost it all when the river blanked 
.Don't cry for Antonio. He still leads the field with approximately 400,000 chips.
A player in early position limped into the pot for 1,000 and when the action got around to Baron in mid-late position, he kicked it up to around 4,000. Action then folded around to the big blind, who moved in for what looked somewhat like a smallish 15,000.
"If I call, he can't reraise, right?" asked the limper of Baron.
"No," several at the table replied, including Steve Paul-Ambrose who was sitting to Baron's immediate left.
No matter, the limper folded and left Baron alone to challenge the all-in player, which he did, tossing the additional amount across the betting line before tabling
; his opponent was in bad shape with the 
.The board ran out a safe
for Baron, whose Big Slick held up to win him the pot and eliminate his opponent.
Laak:
Grospellier:
Laak gritted his teeth upon seeing Grospellier's hand. The board improved neither player, running out
. As Grospellier stacked 194,000 total chips, Laak wordlessly stood up, grabbed his backpack and exited the ballroom through a side door.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
