Während der Final Table der WPT in Baden bereits feststeht, kamen gestern 505 Spieler an die Tische des WPT L.A. Poker Classics Main Event. Der Australier Joe Hachem zeigte eine starke Perfomance und landete in den Top 5.
Beim WPT L.A. Poker Classics Main Event gibt es nur einen Starttag. Allerdings können die Spieler heute noch vor Beginn des siebten Levels einsteigen. Bisher sind es 505 Spieler, allerdings kommen sicher noch ein paar Teilnehmer hinzu. Der Preispool wird somit erst im Laufe des heutigen Tages bekanntgegeben.
Rund 20% des Feldes musste bereits an die Rails, darunter namenhafte Spieler wie zum Beispiel Mike Sowers, Nam Le, Joseph Cheong, Darryll Fish, Will Failla, Vanessa Selbst, Jonathan Duhamel, Dan Smith, Andy Frankenberger, Jonathan Little und Antonio Esfandiari. Auch Dominik Nitsche musste bereits früh an die Rails.
Besser hingegen machten es Barry Greenstein, Scott Seiver, David Chiu, Jennifer Harman, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Hellmuth und der fränzösische Team PokerStars Pro Elky. Chipleader ist Kamaleddin Abdolrahimi. Club WPT Spieler des Tages wurde Joe Hachem, der sich auf Rang 4 einreiht:
Chipcounts nach Tag 1
| Player Name | Chipcount |
| Kamaleddin Abdolrahimi | 140,000 |
| Wartan Jalnakrian | 131,075 |
| Joel Micka | 121,900 |
| Joe Hachem | 116,700 |
| David Peters | 113,300 |
| Michael DiVita | 110,750 |
| David Pham | 101,000 |
| Levon Khachatryan | 100,350 |
| Cylus Watson | 100,000 |
| Daniel Callaghan | 99,050 |
| Maria Ho | 96,725 |
| Scott Seiver | 91,975 |
| Matt Brady | 91,425 |
| Ryan Eriquezzo | 89,700 |
| Justin Young | 88,325 |
| Jennifer Tilly | 86,375 |
| Eric Froehlich | 85,250 |
| Chris DeMaci | 84,950 |
| Shannon Shorr | 83,425 |
| Dani Stern | 79,750 |
| David Chiu | 79,625 |
| Todd Terry | 77,325 |
| Steve Gee | 76,250 |
| Ty Reiman | 73,875 |
| Steven Kelly | 71,650 |
| Mack Lee | 68,475 |
| Joe Serock | 67,350 |
| Nicholas Verkaik | 67,100 |
| Victor Ramdin | 66,500 |
| Galen Hall | 66,125 |
| Sean Jazayeri | 62,625 |
| Paul Volpe | 62,225 |
| Sam Stein | 61,000 |
| Soi Nguyen | 59,750 |
| Ray Henson | 59,100 |
| Isaac Baron | 58,575 |
| Glen Chorny | 58,525 |
| John Racener | 58,375 |
| David Williams | 57,900 |
| Tony Dunst | 57,325 |
| Jesse Sylvia | 57,200 |
| Scott Clements | 56,275 |
| Alexander Venovski | 56,175 |
| Zach Hyman | 56,000 |
| Jonathan Aguiar | 55,975 |
| Brandon Meyers | 55,250 |
| John Smith | 55,000 |
| Matt Stout | 54,925 |
| Brian Hastings | 54,425 |
| James Carroll | 53,050 |
| David Tuthill | 52,300 |
| Tom McCormick | 52,000 |
| Jason Koon | 51,200 |
| Matt Giannetti | 51,175 |
| Tommy Vedes | 51,150 |
| Michael Winnett | 50,000 |
| Josh Hale | 49,125 |
| Brian Rast | 48,875 |
| Mimi Tran | 48,800 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 48,600 |
| Nick Schulman | 48,200 |
| Naoya Kihara | 48,025 |
| Ryan Welch | 47,800 |
| Jared Hamby | 47,800 |
| Eli Elezra | 47,700 |
| Chris Klodnicki | 47,675 |
| Dan Kelly | 47,575 |
| Elky Grospellier | 46,800 |
| Elliot Smith | 46,375 |
| Barry Greenstein | 46,050 |
| Owais Ahmed | 46,000 |
| Jamie Kerstetter | 45,950 |
| Keith Lehr | 45,900 |
| Taylor Paur | 45,700 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | 45,275 |
| Alex Phahurat | 44,475 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 44,350 |
| Noah Schwartz | 44,050 |
| Dan O’Brien | 42,700 |
| Steve Billirakis | 42,050 |
| Kyle Julius | 41,500 |
| Danielle Andersen | 41,125 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 41,100 |
| Scott Dorin | 40,700 |
| Carlos Mortensen | 40,675 |
| Average | 40.400 |
| Mike Leah | 40,250 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 40,100 |
| Ashton Griffin | 40,075 |
| Don Zewin | 40,000 |
| Trevor Pope | 40,000 |
| McLean Karr | 39,700 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 39,025 |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | 38,750 |
| Ronnie Bardah | 38,475 |
| John Dolan | 38,200 |
| Joe Tehan | 38,025 |
| Dwyte Pilgrim | 38,000 |
| John Hennigan | 37,750 |
| Mohsin Charania | 37,275 |
| Chris Moore | 37,050 |
| Jennifer Harman | 36,150 |
| Matt Affleck | 36,025 |
| Steve Gross | 35,700 |
| Lee Markholt | 35,550 |
| Jesse Yaginuma | 35,200 |
| Lauren Kling | 35,000 |
| Ana Marquez | 34,425 |
| Mike Matusow | 34,025 |
| Hans Winzeler | 33,425 |
| JC Tran | 33,350 |
| Dan Shak | 32,975 |
| Matt Haugen | 32,225 |
| Andras Koroknai | 32,000 |
| Kevin Song | 31,700 |
| Stephen Bokor | 31,450 |
| Bart Hanson | 31,000 |
| Kazu Oshima | 30,450 |
| Ray Qartomy | 30,325 |
| Ryan Fair | 30,225 |
| Frank Mariani | 29,850 |
| Jason Senti | 29,600 |
| Phil Laak | 29,450 |
| Jon Turner | 29,250 |
| Byron Kaverman | 28,825 |
| Gavin Griffin | 27,600 |
| David Paredes | 27,225 |
| Toby Lewis | 27,125 |
| Owen Crowe | 27,000 |
| Josh Brikis | 26,075 |
| Ryan Julius | 25,925 |
| Jared Ingles | 25,850 |
| Liz Lieu | 25,600 |
| Jeff Gross | 25,400 |
| Jeremy Druckman | 25,375 |
| Justin Zaki | 25,000 |
| Zoltan Kovacs | 24,625 |
| Chad Brown | 23,950 |
| Fabrice Soulier | 23,800 |
| Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 22,550 |
| Derek Gregory | 22,375 |
| Jimmy Tran | 22,175 |
| Larry Lipman | 22,000 |
| Jake Balsiger | 21,950 |
| David Baker | 21,725 |
| Brandon Steven | 21,700 |
| Matt Salsberg | 21,650 |
| Greg Sessler | 20,950 |
| Edward Sabat | 20,850 |
| Michael Lipman | 20,800 |
| Chris Tryba | 20,700 |
| Mari Lou Morelli | 20,500 |
| Tomislav Dobrilovic | 20,075 |
| Jonathan Roy | 19,500 |
| Shawn Buchanan | 19,500 |
| Jamie Armstrong | 19,500 |
| Chris Taylor | 19,375 |
| Jason Somerville | 19,350 |
| Prahlad Friedman | 18,850 |
| Bryn Kenney | 18,000 |
| Adam Geyer | 18,000 |
| Michael Benvenuti | 17,525 |
| Tony Ma | 17,100 |
| Russell Thomas | 16,900 |
| Amir Lehavot | 16,900 |
| Micah Raskin | 16,500 |
| Phil Hellmuth | 16,050 |
| Joseph Kuether | 15,700 |
| Keven Stammen | 15,450 |
| Allen Kessler | 15,025 |
| Amanda Musumeci | 14,400 |
| Tristan Wade | 14,325 |
| Lacey Jones | 14,300 |
| Steve Brecher | 13,800 |
| Christian Harder | 13,475 |
| Leo Wolpert | 13,125 |
| Ali Eslami | 12,200 |
| Alex Queen | 11,700 |
| Jeff Vertes | 9,875 |
| David Sands | 5,775 |
| Raymond Davis | 5,600 |
