Legends of Poker -- WPT Season 4

Day 1A Field 1A began with 494 players with names coming from all over. But the eliminations began quickly as last year's champion Doyle Brunson was gone within four hours of the start. Others gone include Paul "X-22" Magriel, Barry Shulman, T.J. Cloutier, Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, Dewey Tomko, Chris Grigorian and Gabriel Thaler. Phil Hellmuth Jr. was given an "F-bomb" 10 min penalty after becoming upset over losing to another player who played what Phil termed an "inferior hand". The top 6 prize pool payouts will be #1 $1,125,000, #2 $588,210, #3 $333,600, #4 $291,900,#5 $250,200 and #6 $208,500. Here are the top players and chip counts from Day 1A:

1. Luong Trinh 115,000
2. Tim Phan 82,000
3. Amnon Filippi 69,500
4. Gabe Kaplan 68,000
5. Barry Greenstein 42,700
6. David Chiu 38,000

Day 1B The second half of the field made up of 345 players began play today, continuing down to reach the 140 mark which took about 4 hours. The remaining players from Day 1A and 1B will combine to go on to Day 2 on Monday August 29th. Players eliminated on Day 1B include Chris Ferguson, Chad Brown, J.C. Tran, Freddy Deeb, Morgan Machina, Minh Nguyen, Jean Robert Bellande, Randy Jensen, Senthil Kumar, Scotty Nguyen, Melissa Hayden and John Juanda. Some who are still in the running include Lakers owner Jerry Buss, (who's face is on some of the chips at the Bicycle Club), Carlos Mortensen, James Van Alstyne, Vinnie Vinh, Shirley Rosario and Aaron Kanter. Top chip leaders with counts for Day 1B are:

1. Kevin ODonnell 103,000
2. Tommy Hang 87,000
3. Dan Heimiller 60,000
4. Carlos Mortensen 53,000
5. Kristy Gazes 51,000
6. David Singer 50,000

Day 2 With 260 players from Day 1A and approximately 140 players from Day 1B, play continued until the top 72 were reached. These fortunate players represent the "in the money" portion of the tournament payout structure, so they will see cash for their efforts. Some who did not make the cut include Chau Giang, Ron Rose, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Phil Hellmuth Jr., David Chiu, Evelyn Ng, Chris Bigler, Paul Sexton, Mel Judah, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Barry Greenstein (eliminated by Jennifer Harman), Jerry Buss and Aaron Kanter. Here are the top 6 players with chip counts:

1. Alex Kahaner 581,600
2. Paul Phillips 401,400
3. Kevin O'Donnell 395,500
4. Luntom Anderson 382,900
5. Andy Bloch 343,800
6. Webber Kang 319,600

Day 3 72 players began their quest to become part of the WPT Final Table which will be played on Wednesday August 31st. Those who were playing had some smiles as they would receive cash if they busted out of the tournament at this point. Some who busted include Jennifer Harman, Jason Steinhorn, Carlos Mortensen, Gabe Kaplan, Andy Bloch, Can Kim Hua, Paul Phillips, Cyndy Violette and Webber Kang. Of the six who remain, one will become champion and have $1,125,000 and a seat to the WPT championships. Here are the final table players with chip counts:

1. Todd Phillips 1,900,000
2. Alex Kahaner 1,855,000
3. Kenna James 1,540,000
4. Jake Minter 1,525,0000
5. Tim Phan 1,085,000
6. Kevin O'Donnell 500,000

Day 4 Final Table Results Alex Kahaner is the tournament champion winning $1,125,000 and a seat to the 2006 WPT championships. Play began at 5:00 p.m. and went on into the midnight hour before it was finished. The winning hand for Alex came when he went all in with Kh Jc and was called by Kenna James with pocket 6's. The dealer flopped 5d 4c 2h, turn card was 9h and the river was Kc, giving Alex the win. Here are the final table results:

1. Alex Kahaner $1,125,000
2. Kenna James $588,210
3. Jake Minter $333,600
4. Tim Phan $291,900
5. Todd Phillips $250,200
6. Kevin O'Donnell $208,500

WPT Ladies Night III
The Bicycle Club
September 1

1. Jennifer Tilly
2. Lily Elviro
3. Marsha Waggoner
4. Cecelia Mortensen
5. Isabelle Mercier
6. London Gallagher