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

Feb 24, 2007

Lee Watkinson Plays A Big Pot With Kings

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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Feb 24, 2007

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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Feb 24, 2007

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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Feb 24, 2007

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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Feb 24, 2007

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.

Feb 24, 2007

Walkers

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

Feb 24, 2007

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.

Feb 24, 2007

Mark Seif Eliminated

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Mark Seif has made an early exit from the tournament.

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Feb 24, 2007

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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Feb 24, 2007