Přestože o jediném českém zástupci mezi 172 postupujícími nemáme žádné jiné zprávy než tu, že do dalších bojů postoupil na průběžném 62. místě se 100.400 v žetonech, se už tak se jedná o nevídaný úspěch pro naši malou zemičku v srdci Evropy. World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic patří se svou dlouholetou historií mezi nejprestižnější a zároveň nejtěžší turnaje na světě.

Turnajový sál v Commerce Casinu v Californii
Do turnaje konaném v kalifornském Commerce Casinu se neváhalo při buy-inu $10.000 zaregistrovat 534 hráčů, kteří tak vytvořili finální prize-pool ve výši $5.126.400. Peníze si rozdělí 63 nejúspěšnějších, vítěz si přijde na masivních $1.015.460 (více než 20 milionů CZK). Mincash je nastaven na $18.970.
Výrazným chipleaderem je Scott Blackman s 380.000 v žetonech, avšak je pronásledován čtveřicí ve složení Daniel Steinberg, David Paredes, Kazu Oshima a Pete De Best. Účast ve třetím hracím dni, který se bude hrát až do prasknutí bubliny, si zajistili i Bryn Kenney, Adam Friedman, Dan O’Brien, Hasan Habib, Eric Buchman, Christina Lindley, Chris Moorman, Ryan D’Angelo, Jonathan Duhamel, Anthony Gregg, Greg Merson, Adam Levy, Eugene Katchalov, Mike Sexton, JC Tran, Jason Mercier, Blair Hinkle, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, Dan Smith, Allen Kessler, Yevgeniy Timoshenko a řada dalších špičkových hráčů, jejichž kompletní souhrn naleznete v tabulce níže.

Druhý den se stal osudným těmto hráčům: Mike Sowers, Mike Leah, Melanie Weisner, Marco Johnson, Matt Berkey, Matt Brady, Mark Newhouse, Trevor Pope, Taylor Paur, Zo Karim, Vanessa Selbst, Steve Brecher, Russell Thomas, Scott Baumstein, Shannon Shorr, Gavin Griffin, Daniel Alaei, Andy Philachack, Byron Kaverman, Jonathan Little, Jake Schwartz, John Hennigan, Jean Robert-Bellande, Jason Koon, Jesse Sylvia, Jeremy Ausmus, Mike Matusow, Nam Le, a Jeff Gross.
Třetí den se rozehraje ve 21:00 hod. našeho času, živé aktualizace můžete sledovat na stránkách World Poker Tour.
Go go Martine!

Chipleader Scott Blackman
WPT L.A. Poker Classic - postupující do day 3
BUY-IN: $10.000
HRÁČI: 534
POKRAČUJE: 172
PRIZE-POOL: $5.126.400
PRVNÍ MÍSTO: $1.015.460
MINCASH: $18.970
ITM: 63 hráčů
# |
Jméno |
Žetony |
1 |
Scott Blackman |
380,000 |
2 |
Daniel Steinberg |
280,000 |
3 |
David Paredes |
251,000 |
4 |
Kazu Oshima |
237,800 |
5 |
Pete de Best |
229,900 |
6 |
Erkut Yilmaz |
226,700 |
7 |
Bastion Fischer |
222,000 |
8 |
Chris O'Rourke |
205,500 |
9 |
Alex Masek |
199,900 |
10 |
Bryn Kenney |
195,000 |
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11 |
Behzad Teranie |
188,100 |
12 |
Zhong Chen |
186,200 |
13 |
Patrick Bruel |
185,300 |
14 |
Kunal Patel |
177,100 |
15 |
Geoffrey Gates |
171,000 |
16 |
Barry Hutter |
170,100 |
17 |
Jeremy Kottler |
170,000 |
18 |
Naoya Kihara |
169,900 |
19 |
Joey To |
162,400 |
20 |
Adam Friedman |
159,000 |
21 |
Allen Pock |
155,200 |
22 |
Dan O'Brien |
155,200 |
23 |
Allan Lee |
155,100 |
24 |
Ronit Chamani |
154,700 |
25 |
Jesse Yaginuma |
151,400 |
26 |
Hasan Habib |
149,300 |
27 |
Eric Buchman |
146,100 |
28 |
Christina Lindley |
145,700 |
29 |
Joe Tehan |
145,300 |
30 |
Chris Moorman |
143,000 |
31 |
Michael Rocco |
141,200 |
32 |
Jaspal Brar |
140,900 |
33 |
Nicholas Grippo |
138,700 |
34 |
Daniel Heimiller |
138,600 |
35 |
Aaron Motoyama |
136,700 |
36 |
Rob MacDonald |
134,200 |
37 |
Hai Le |
133,600 |
38 |
Tony Hartmann |
133,000 |
39 |
Thomas Winters |
129,900 |
40 |
Ryan D'Angelo |
129,900 |
41 |
Jonathan Duhamel |
129,800 |
42 |
Tim Cramer |
129,000 |
43 |
Anthony Gregg |
127,800 |
44 |
Luis Velador |
127,000 |
45 |
Doanh Le |
125,000 |
46 |
Justin Zaki |
124,500 |
47 |
Kumar Parminder |
122,900 |
48 |
Greg Merson |
121,200 |
49 |
Allard Broedelet |
120,700 |
50 |
Rob McVeigh |
120,500 |
51 |
Adam Levy |
120,500 |
52 |
Eugene Katchalov |
119,800 |
53 |
Lance Allred |
119,400 |
54 |
Joey Weissman |
114,300 |
55 |
Behzad Javadzadeh |
114,100 |
56 |
Guy Calvert |
112,700 |
57 |
Andy Frankenberger |
112,200 |
58 |
Ali Eslami |
107,700 |
59 |
Mike Gorodinsky |
107,200 |
60 |
Eli Arnaldes |
102,600 |
61 |
Mike Sexton |
102,400 |
62 |
Martin Staszko |
100,400 |
63 |
Peter Murphy |
99,100 |
64 |
Ricardo Alvarado |
98,600 |
65 |
Larry Ormson |
96,500 |
66 |
Josh Neufeld |
96,400 |
67 |
Michael Pickett |
96,000 |
68 |
Shankar Pillai |
95,400 |
69 |
Garrett Greer |
95,200 |
70 |
JC Tran |
94,100 |
71 |
John Simonian |
90,700 |
72 |
Tony Paydar |
90,700 |
73 |
Jason Mercier |
90,600 |
74 |
Matthew Szymaszek |
90,400 |
75 |
Mukul Pahuja |
90,200 |
76 |
Blair Hinkle |
87,600 |
77 |
Walter Terrones |
86,700 |
78 |
Quach Truong |
86,400 |
79 |
John Dibella |
86,400 |
80 |
Oliver Price |
86,300 |
81 |
Marvin Rettenmaier |
86,100 |
82 |
Jennifer Tilly |
84,100 |
83 |
Tyler Patterson |
83,600 |
84 |
Darryll Fish |
83,500 |
85 |
Mark Lewin |
83,000 |
86 |
Armin Zadoyan |
82,900 |
87 |
Vince Salvatore |
82,200 |
88 |
Gordon Vayo |
81,900 |
89 |
Candace Collins |
81,600 |
90 |
Andrew Whitaker |
80,100 |
91 |
Glenn Lafaye |
80,100 |
92 |
Antonio Esfandiari |
79,600 |
93 |
Paul Volpe |
79,300 |
94 |
Mo Arani |
79,200 |
95 |
Josh Kay |
78,800 |
96 |
Fabrice Soulier |
78,200 |
97 |
Olaoluwa Okelola |
75,800 |
98 |
Steve Maniaci |
75,500 |
99 |
Mike Hurey |
75,300 |
100 |
Matthew Hyman |
74,900 |
101 |
Ludovic Assouline |
74,500 |
102 |
Brandon Crawford |
71,800 |
103 |
Daniel Negreanu |
71,000 |
104 |
Ravi Raghavan |
70,700 |
105 |
Jeff Schwimmer |
70,400 |
106 |
Robert Mizrachi |
70,000 |
107 |
Allen Kessler |
66,400 |
108 |
Bart Hanson |
65,100 |
109 |
Art of Perse |
64,400 |
110 |
Scott Seiver |
64,200 |
111 |
Joe Hachem |
63,900 |
112 |
Justin Oliver |
62,700 |
113 |
Bobby Oboodi |
62,700 |
114 |
Erik Seidel |
62,200 |
115 |
Phongthep Thiptinnakon |
61,400 |
116 |
Heath Mendelsohn |
61,000 |
117 |
Jordan Siegel |
60,900 |
118 |
Darek Spring |
60,300 |
119 |
Dan Smith |
59,400 |
120 |
Greg Lehn |
59,100 |
121 |
Paul Chauderson |
59,000 |
122 |
Keith Donovan |
58,900 |
123 |
James Mackey |
58,000 |
124 |
Lee Markholt |
57,900 |
125 |
Ted Jivkov |
56,000 |
126 |
James St. Hilaire |
55,200 |
127 |
John Hulett |
55,000 |
128 |
Mohsin Charania |
54,900 |
129 |
Ryan Hartmann |
54,400 |
130 |
Upeshka de Silva |
53,700 |
131 |
Jason DeWitt |
53,600 |
132 |
Majid Yahyaei |
52,300 |
133 |
Eric Hershler |
50,900 |
134 |
Terrence Chan |
50,100 |
135 |
David Baker |
49,900 |
136 |
Ryan Julius |
48,800 |
137 |
Matthew Ara |
48,600 |
138 |
Huy Lam |
44,100 |
139 |
Shaun Suller |
43,700 |
140 |
Richard Baroukh |
43,000 |
141 |
Matt Marafioti |
42,200 |
142 |
Jordan Cristos |
41,800 |
143 |
Daniel Zack |
40,200 |
144 |
Matthew Waxman |
38,900 |
145 |
Joe Serock |
38,500 |
146 |
Pablo Campo |
36,200 |
147 |
Timothy West |
35,800 |
148 |
Tom West |
35,200 |
149 |
Athansios Polychronopoulos |
33,100 |
150 |
Shahen Martirosian |
32,700 |
151 |
Andy Phan |
32,400 |
152 |
Dominik Nitsche |
31,700 |
153 |
Paul Klann |
31,600 |
154 |
Zachary Clark |
30,000 |
155 |
Chris Johnson |
29,900 |
156 |
Jason Mann |
29,700 |
157 |
Jonathan McGowan |
29,100 |
158 |
Ezra Abu Gazal |
27,000 |
159 |
William Davis |
25,800 |
160 |
Matthew Kursar |
24,800 |
161 |
Sean Winter |
24,600 |
162 |
Joshua Thai |
24,000 |
163 |
Josh Rotenberg |
22,100 |
164 |
Kristina Holst |
21,600 |
165 |
Joe Kuether |
20,000 |
166 |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
19,600 |
167 |
Jonathan Poche |
19,000 |
168 |
Marcus Garza |
18,400 |
169 |
Yen Dang |
17,900 |
170 |
Samuel Choae |
17,500 |
171 |
R. Nate Schenz-Davis |
9,400 |
172 |
Mark Ioli |
7,300 |