Championship Day 4 | 2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5

Feb 27, 2007

Kristy Gazes Resteals from Lester Naquin

Lester Naquin raised 35K on the button and Kristy Gazes re-raised 105K from the small blind. Naquin headed into the tank for a few minutes as he constantly counted his chips before he eventually mucked.

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Feb 27, 2007

DanHarmetz Eliminated in 48th Place

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Dan Harmetz goes down to CK Hua's 9-9.

DAN HARMETZ 48th place $22,780

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Feb 27, 2007

Bodog Ari Eliminated in 49th Place; Peter Jetten Busts in 50th

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With 2-2 Alan Engel runs into Q-Q from Roland Weedon. While Jay Chang sent Jetten to the rail.

ALAN "Bodog Ari" ENGEL 49th place $22,780
PETER JETTEN 50th place $22,780

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Feb 27, 2007

Bright Lights of L.A.

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The WPT second camera unit is shooting B-roll footage of the final six tables. The camera has a light attached and several players have complained about the shiny bright light in their faces. When a player comlained, one of the floor people joked, "Where are your sunglasses?"

Feb 27, 2007

Nam Le 1, Markus Stranzinger 0

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Nam Le picked up a big pot worth over 250K off of Markus Stranzinger on a board of {A-Clubs}

. He bet 60K on the river and Stranzinger mucked after several minutes of deliberation.

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Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Feb 27, 2007

Three More Players Down

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DANIEL WOODWARD 53rd $22,780
STEVE YOON 52nd $22,780
STAN JABLONSKI 51st $22,780

Feb 27, 2007

The Rapid Bustouts

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Usually in tournaments, as soon as the money bubble bursts, there's a series of quick bustouts. Smaller stacks who had been hanging on hoping to squeak into the money make moves. Since play ended last night just as the bubble broke, the first few moments of this level should have several eliminations.

Feb 27, 2007

Greg "FBT" Mueller Doubled Through Jason Strasser

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Greg "FBT" Mueller doubled up against Jason Strasser's A-Q. Mueller won a pot worth over 200K.

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Feb 27, 2007

One of the Good Guys (Bill Edler)

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Our Day Four chipleader has slowly but surely become a known force in the world of Poker. Bill Edler's most recent accomplishment was a win in the Crystal Park Casino Heads-Up just two weeks ago. Bill moved through a big name field here in LA including defeating Barry Greenstein in the Heads-Up finals.

Yesterday, Bill was unhappy with his play in the early evening but kept his cool and his patience and then played a pair of pocket rockets perfectly to double up and put himself back near the top of the leaderboard. Late steady play rewarded Bill with the top spot entering today's Day Four.

Known to the poker media as one of the truly good guys on the poker circuit, Bill lives in Las Vegas with his new wife and daughter. They were married this past summer on the eve of the 2006 WSOP.

About the only leak detectable in Bill's game is a fundamental math problem. Bill likes to keep his stacks in exact sizes and is often seen trading chips with other players to maintain a uniformity of chip stacks and colors. When asked about this behavior: superstition? artistic merit? witchcraft? Bill responded: "No, I just am not very good at math. Earlier today I forget whether I had 260,000 or 360,000. The well ordered stacks are because I can't count."

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