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WPT Legends of Poker – Two canicule are in the books at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker, which is demography abode at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine affiliate Steven Begleiter continues to advance the way entering Day 3.

Begleiter brought a advantageous dent advance into Sunday in Los Angeles at the Bike’s cast fresh Contest Center. He concluded the day with 426,100 chips, calmly advanced of the additional abode assemblage of Prahlad Friedman, who owns 382,700. Begleiter alone online poker awareness Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron during the aftermost akin of comedy afterwards flopping a set of fives on a 10-8-5 board. Baron addled up abridged queens for an overpair, but bare active cards for a beeline or a queen to survive. However, the lath abounding out 10-6 and Baron was beatific packing.

The best of the WPT’s Bellagio Cup, Team PokerStars Pro affiliate Alexandre Gomes, was alone aboriginal on in the day. Gomes was the dent baton during the aboriginal activity in the Legends of Poker, but begin himself all-in afterwards blame with A-Q (including the ace of clubs) on a lath of K-J-6-10 with three clubs for a even draw. However, an adversary alleged with 3-4 of clubs for a fabricated flush. The river was no help, sending Gomes to the exits. Interestingly, WPT advantage acclaimed that no amateur has anytime won back-to-back WPT contest and no amateur has won assorted tournaments at the aforementioned venue.

Friedman biconcave a ample pot backward in the day to ballista him into additional on the Legends of Poker leaderboard abaft Begleiter. With blinds of 800/1,600 and a 200 ante, Friedman alleged a re-raise to 15,000 from the amateur in the big blind. The bomb fell J-8-5 and the big dark bet out 20,000. Friedman alleged to see a seven on the turn. The activity went check-check to the river, which came the nine of hearts. Friedman led out for 60,000 and his adversary called. Friedman angry over abridged nines for a set, which was abundant to beat the pot and affirmation the additional better dent assemblage entering Day 3. Here is how the Top 10 in the acreage looks:

1. Steven Begleiter – 426,100

2. Prahlad Friedman – 382,700

3. Thug Doanc – 254,400

4. Mike Krescanko – 248,500

5. Bryan Devonshire – 230,200

6. Corwin Mackey – 212,500

7. Billy Baxter – 209,300

8. Sergei Veytser – 207,200

9. Toto Leonidas – 195,300

10. Gary Klonsley – 181,100

Billy Baxter is a seven-time WSOP armlet champ who won No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball contest in 1975, 1978, 1982, 1987, and 1993. More recently, he fabricated the final table of a Deuce to Seven Triple Draw accident in 2008 for $15,000. All told, Baxter has accumulated up over $1.1 actor in WSOP tournaments and fabricated a abysmal run in the 2007 Main Event.

Bryan “badbeatninja” Devonshire and Corwin “mig.com” Mackey are two top-tier online poker players. Both accept additionally had success on the alive felts. Devonshire was the runner-up to Alex Kravchenko in an Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better accident during the 2007 WSOP for $140,000. Mackey won a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em accident in 2007 for his aboriginal bracelet, cyberbanking $730,000 and acquisition Stuart Fox heads-up.

Other notable names actual in the WPT Legends of Poker include:

14. Nick Schulman – 160,000

17. Kevin Schaffel – 152,000

21. Tony G – 147,700

22. Men “The Master” Nguyen – 144,000

25. Greg “FBT” Mueller – 139,900

28. Carter “ckingusc” King – 122,700

31. Adam “Roothlus” Levy – 116,200

36. Daniel Negreanu – 92,600

39. Jonathan Little – 91,200

59. Lee Markholt – 53,700

65. Scotty Nguyen – 45,100

Play will resume today at 3:00pm PT and a champ will be crowned on Wednesday.

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