2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info

2009 L.A. Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣5♣
Prize
$1,686,260
Event Info
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0

Back in the Trenches

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Nick Binger
Nick Binger
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!