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It's been fairly smooth sailing so far for chip leader Kofi Farkye. He started Day 4 with 837,500 chips and hit a high water mark of roughly 1.14 million.
Even Farkye can't win every pot though; he recently raised to 11,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Cornel Andrew Cimpan in the big blind, who squeezed his cards and then announced he was all in. Farkye snap-called with , only to see that he was behind Cimpan's .
"Again?" Farkye asked. Apparently it was not the first time he ran ace-queen into ace-king. The board ran out , not enough help for Farkye. He paid Cimpan 105,000 total chips, dropping his stack back to 1.035 million.
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Al Barbieri
Something has Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri all wound up -- again -- at Table 33. He's leveled some talk of possible collusion, getting everyone at the table in a talkative mood. Greg Mueller came to the table and compared Barbieri to a wind-up toy as Barbieri bemoaned the lack of "rules" being enforced in the casino and suggested the tournament may as well be played in an alley.
"If we're playing this tournament in an alley, I've got my money on Teddy," said Haralabos Voulgaris, pointing at Teddy "Iceman" Monroe.
"Not in the alley I come from," retorted Barbieri.
"I've led a rough life," mused Monroe. "That's why I need a pain pill every now and then."
The next hand, Mike Sowers asked Barbieri, sitting in the big blind, how many chips he was playing. Barbieri's chips were all in a single, tall stack.
"About the size of my other thing," said Barbieri as he cut down his stack. "There's growers and there's showers."
Barbieri wound up taking a flop of with Peter Feldman. Barbieri checked and then called a bet of 15,000. On the turn , Barbieri moved in for 24,500. Feldman threw his hands up in disgust and folded.
"You don't call that?" Monroe asked Feldman. "Collusion!" he said, trying to get a rise out of Barbieri.
Barbieri dragged the pot but left the bait. "Must have had king-queen or something," he said.
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The pace of eliminations slowed considerably once the shortest of the short stacks busted during Level 1. We went about an hour without an elimination, but Jeff Garza, George Rahme and Matt Brady were recently eliminated in 46th, 45th and 44th places, respectively.
Our own Melissa Castello caught up with one of the game's more interesting characters in Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe during the last break. In the interview, Teddy expressed extreme confidence in his short-stack play and talks about his plans to play the Bay 101 Championship.
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Just before the break, we lost three more players. The lovely Maria Ho was eliminated in 43rd place, earning $32,740 that she can put towards the traffic ticket she received on her way here this morning. Nenad Medic and Jason DeWitt were eliminated in 42nd place and 41st place, respectively.
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For the first time in a long time, Kofi Farkye does not occupy the top spot on the leaderboard. Your new main man is Dan Lu, who's got about 1.2 million in chips. Here's an updated look at the top ten stacks after two levels of play, courtesy of www.worldpokertour.com:
Dan Lu - 1,120,000
Donald D'Auria - 980,000
Kofi Farkye - 915,000
Chris Karagulleyan - 620,000
Ben Sarnoff - 535,000
Jeremy Kottler - 530,000
Peter Feldman - 525,000
Mike Sowers - 520,000
Payman Arjang - 510,000
Nick Schulman - 465,000
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Haralabos Voulgaris
Popular high-stakes cash game player Haralabos Voulgaris has been eliminated from the LAPC Main Event in 40th place ($32,740), prompting a mass celebration amongst hand-for-hand final table bloggers around the world. It's nothing against Voulgaris, or his style of play... He's just got a reeaaally difficult name to work with.
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, only to see that he was behind Cimpan's 
.
, not enough help for Farkye. He paid Cimpan 105,000 total chips, dropping his stack back to 1.035 million.
with Peter Feldman. Barbieri checked and then called a bet of 15,000. On the turn 
, Barbieri moved in for 24,500. Feldman threw his hands up in disgust and folded.