$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Day 2 | 2009 L.A. Poker Classic

02-22-2009 13:13 UTC-7

Corkins Starts by Doubling

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It could have been a very, very short day for Hoyt Corkins. On a flop of {4-Spades}

, he raised to 4,600 after his lone opponent opened for 1,600. Corkins' opponent moved all in and Corkins, with a similar-sized stack, made the call.

Corkins: {9-Clubs}

Opponent:

The turn fell {3-Spades}

, no help to Corkins. "Gimme a nine," he asked the dealer. The dealer produced one of the two remaining nines, the {9-Hearts}

as the river card. When the stacks were counted down, Corkins just barely had his opponent covered. That player was eliminated; Corkins now has about 28,000.

Tags: Hoyt Corkins

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

02-22-2009 13:03 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

[user75032]

Players are in their seats and cards are in the air.

02-22-2009 12:48 UTC-7

Actions returns to the Commerce Casino today for Day 2 of the L.A. Poker Classic Main Event. Just more than 400 runners survived Day 1. They'll be taking their seats in about fifteen minutes to play another five levels.

We just received the official chip counts from the end of Day 1 play. Our scan of the room last night suggested that Daniel Negreanu might have been the overnight chip leader; the official counts show Negreanu in fifth place with 112,375 behind Kofi Farkye (114,850), Daniel O'Brien (116,325), Danny Wong (132,025) and chip leader K.J. Nam (135,350).

Whoever is the chip leader at this stage of the tournament is largely irrelevant though. No six-day poker tournament was ever won on Day 1. The six-handed final table, set to take place Thursday, seems a long distance away and plenty of fortunes can change between now and then.

Cards are in the air shortly. Stick around!