Championship Day 1 | 2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5

02-24-2007 20:38 UTC-7

Lee Watkinson Plays A Big Pot With Kings

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Lee Watkinson got a significant portion of his stack in with pocket Kings, only to have opponent flip over the other two Kings. No four flushes on the board, and Watkinson chops the pot. No Chimpanzees were harmed in the making of this post.

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02-24-2007 20:35 UTC-7

Mike Matusow Eliminates Layne Flack

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Layne Flack ran his pocket kings into Matusow's aces and has been eliminated from the tournament.

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02-24-2007 20:26 UTC-7

Huck Seed Takes Another Hit

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On a flop of {4-Spades}

, Seat 1 checked and Huck Seed bet 500. Seat 1 check-raised all-in for his last 2075 and after going into the tank, Seed called. Seat 1 showed the {8-Diamonds}

for a double gutshot straight draw while Huck tabled the {K-Clubs}

. The turn was the {2-Diamonds}

, but the

spiked on the river, making Seat 1's straight.

Seed is now down to 4300 chips.

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02-24-2007 20:12 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations: Barry Shulman and Chip Jett

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More players are busting out in Level 2 including Barry Shulman (father to Jeff and husband to Allyn) and Chip Jett, who once took second place in a WPT event back in 2003 when he lost heads-up to Howard Lederer at the Party Poker Million II.

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02-24-2007 20:01 UTC-7

1st place prize is:

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$2,426,870

Total Payouts for Main Event entered in "Prize Pool and Payouts" on the right.

Total prizepools for all 30 LAPC events: $16,854,883.

02-24-2007 20:00 UTC-7

Walkers

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We seem to have a lot of professionals walking from their tables in these early rounds.

02-24-2007 19:53 UTC-7

Breaking Tables

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The only two tables that were filled downstairs have been broken and we are now starting on the "tent" tables out on the patio. Of the 790 starters we are now playing with 760 players.

02-24-2007 19:46 UTC-7

Mark Seif Eliminated

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Mark Seif has made an early exit from the tournament.

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02-24-2007 19:45 UTC-7

Todd Brunson Arrives

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Todd Brunson just strode into the room as the players were settling in from the first break. His long hair was out of his legendary ponytail and wet from the shower. Hey, it's 5:45 PM-- that's morning for these guys.

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