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Ali Eslami is the hottest player on the tournament circuit at the moment. And he leads a tiny field as Day 2 has started at the WPT Hollywood Poker Open.
Eslami, who currently holds the #1 rank on the 2011 PTPR Player of the Year Leaderboard, could seriously increase his lead with a big score.
Shannon Shorr and 2010 PTPR Player of the Year third place finisher Thomas Marchese are also Top 5 in chips. Shorr has had good results the past six months, but a major victory has eluded him in this time-span.
Unfortunately, the big story is not the play of the runners, but the lack of runners actually entered in this field. Less than 100 players at a WPT event? How about the defending champion, Carlos Mortensen not defending his championship, instead chosing to play at Mohegan this week?
The NAPT event at Mohegan Sun does seem to be the major reason why we have such a small field here - add to that the WSOP Circuit St. Louis Main Event starting today, the EPT Berlin event that's currently ongoing and even the current Heartland Tour event on the go and, well, that's what you get, too many tournaments in too short of a time-frame.
Eslami, Shorr, Marchese and others will certainly try to take advantage of this and pickup valuable PTPR Points and a WPT bracelet along the way.
Notable elimantions include:
Randal Flowers, Vivek Rajkumar, Steve Gross, Christian Harder, Andy Frankenberger, Dwyte Pilgrim, Joseph Cheong, Michael Benvenuti and Bobby Suer.
PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Open
WPT Hollywood Poker Open NLH Main Event
April 9-13, 2011
Hollywood Casino
Hollywood, Indiana, USA
Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $931,200
Entries: 97
Defending Champion: Carlos Mortensen
POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 125
2nd position 75
3rd position 45
4th position 35
5th position 30
6-7th position 25
8-11th position 10
12-15th position 8
16-18th position 5
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