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LA Poker Classic – Day 3 and Day 4 report
Posted by: Jo Martin - Tue, 2010-03-02 00:06
Day 3 of the LA Poker Classic had an obvious goal: playing down to the money bubble. That goal was achieved, as out of the 186 players who’d bellied up to the tables of the Commerce Casino, only 72 were left alive by the day’s end. At least all these guys were guaranteed a reward for their money and efforts. Those eliminated towards the day’s end came tantalizingly close, but failed to get heir hands on any of the goods nonetheless.
Mark Newhouse was the player who found his way into the chip lead. A previous chip leader, Masa Kagawa managed to preserve his large-stack, and he too finished somewhere in the upper echelon of the provisional Day 3 leader board.
Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso both survived the day, and will continue to represent
PokerStars on the 4th day of the poker tournament. Several other name pros made it through too, but Barry Greenstein, Paul Wasicka, Howard Lederer and Jennifer Tilly weren’t among them. Thomas Fuller was ejected in 73rd place, becoming the official bubble-boy of the
poker tournament.
With nearly $1.8 million waiting for the winner, the battle wore on, on Day 4. The 72 Day 3 survivors logged 5 and a half levels of blinds to play down to the final 22. Day 3 chip leader, Mark Newhouse held on. Although he lost the chip lead, he will still be one of the large stacks heading into the final stretch of the event.
Carlos Mortensen is the new chip leader. He managed to land in the top spot after a nice couple of moves during the last level of play. First, he picked up pocket rockets and made the most of them, stripping Raymond Dolan of his last chips and shooting above the 1 million chip mark. A few hands later, he called Michael Woo’s all-in, holding J,J against Woo’s Q,Q. The flop brought another J though and Woo was done, as Mortensen shot right to the chip lead.
Newhouse got busy during the later levels of play too. He cracked Dan Martin’s pocket Ks, holding J,7 and hitting a two pair on the turn.
Neither Daniel Negreanu, nor Vanessa Rousso made it past Day 4. Annie Duke, Johnny Chan and Steve Sung are still in contention though.
