Yet another successful Matt Savage hosted event is about to come to an end. Many star players of the poker world made their way to sunny California the past few weeks, trying to become the next LAPC Champion.
After five days of battle, the Main Event is down to the final six participants.
The chip leader is WPT Boot Camp graduate Sean Jazayeri. Not many people expect Jazayeri to win today so, Jazayeri may just feel like he's on a freeroll. Jazayeri shouldn't be taken lightly - he does have quite a few live event scores on his resume, including a second place finish at the Wynn Classic last season.
The spotlight today may very well be on David "Doc" Sands. After a successful run at the WSOP Main Event last summer, it seems that Sands is part of everyone's list of poker players on the verge of taking over. Sands (2011 PTPR Rank: 10th) earned seven PTPR Scores in 2011, including a very nice run at the Five Diamond Classic to end the 2011 season.
Doc (pictured, right) has a little over 4M in chips to start final table play.
The man right on Sands' heels is star player Noah Schwartz. Schwartz (2011 PTPR Rank: 828th) - who won a PCA PLO side event in January - is currently 14th on the 2012 PTPR Poker Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard.
WSOP bracelet winners Dan Kelly (2011 PTPR Rank: 539th) and Jason Somerville (2011 PTPR Rank: 77th) are both seeking a first WPT title of their career.
Jason Burt is the remaining player at the final table. Burt (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) earned his big payday in 2009, finishing fifth in the 15K WPT Festa al Lago at Bellagio.
Final table play live from Commerce Casino is set to begin at 4PM PT today!
FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1. Sean Jazayeri - 4,380,000 (73 BBs)
Seat 2. Jason Burt - 835,000 (13 BBs)
Seat 3. Dan Kelly - 2,570,000 (42 BBs)
Seat 4. Jason Somerville - 840,000 (14 BBs)
Seat 5. Noah Schwartz - 3,835,000 (63 BBs)
Seat 6. David Sands - 4,010,000 (66 BBs)
NOTABLE DAY 5 ELIMINATIONS
Season 7 WPT Beau Rivage Champ Allen Carter, David "The Dragon" Pham, Stephen Chidwick, 2010 PTPR Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi, Jason Dewitt, former WSOP World Champion and Season 5 WPT Five Diamond Classic Champ Joe Hachem, Daniel Idema and Nick Binger.
WPT LAPC PAYOUTS (USD) 1st $1,370,240 2nd $806,370 3rd $521,770 4th $355,750 5th $252,980 6th $202,910 RELATED POSTS >> SCHWARTZ LEADS LAPC RACE >> IVEY'S BUBBLE BURSTS >> SELBST WINS LAPC ASG >> ALL-STAR CAST AT LAPC >> EDALAT WINS KICKOFF >> BROOKS WINS 2011 LAPC >> SCWARTZ WINS PLO @ PCA DEFENDING CHAMPION Gregory Brooks (Eliminated) 2011 PTPR Ranking: 26th FINAL TABLE "LIVE" STREAM WPT.com NEXT TOUR STOP WPT Shooting Star Bay 101, San Jose, CA 2011 Champion: Alan Sternberg | PTPR PREMIER EVENT Los Angeles Poker Classic WPT LAPC Main Event February 24-29, 2012 Commerce Casino | California Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $5,270,400 Entries: 549 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 130 2nd place 80 3rd place 50 4th place 40 5th place 35 6th place 30 ALLEN CARTER 30 DAVID PHAM "THE DRAGON" 15 STEPHEN CHIDWICK 15 SOREL MIZZI 15 JASON DEWITT 15 JOE HACHEM 13 ELVIS HUYNH 13 A.J. JEJELOWO 13 SKIP WILSON 13 DANIEL IDEMA 10 NICK BINGER 10 SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN 10 |
