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Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
Final six convene today for WPT Legends
The Razor is looking to cut an even deeper path into poker history. He's the biggest name at the WPT Legends final table today.
By Sarah Polson
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. The excitement in the poker world was high this week as several top pros made it deep in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino in Las Angeles this week.
However, as the final three tables whittled their way down to the final six who will return today for the televised final table, pro and pro fell by the wayside leaving Amit Makhija as the chip leader and John Phan as the most recognizable name at the table.
When play gets underway today at 4 p.m., the players heading back into action will be:
- Amit Makhija, $3.225 million
- John Phan, $2.415 million
- Zach Clark, $2.025 million
- Kyle Wilson, $1.425 million
- Paul Smith, $1.130 million
- Trong Nguyen, $980,000
Layne Flack just missed out on making the televised final table as he went out in eighth place. He was taken out by John Phan, who pretty much solidified his spot at the final table with Flack's bustification.
Phan had made it $110,000 to go pre-flop, and Flack reraised it up to $360,000. Phan countered by going all-in and Flack quickly called to show his A
A
.
Phan flipped up 7 7
, and though he was behind, the 7
6 4 flop gave him the push he needed. Flack still had a chance until the 7 fell on the turn to give Phan quads. The dealer flipped up the Q to finish off the river, and Flack picked up a little more than $100k for his finish.
Some of the other players who made it all the way down to the final three tables but couldn't quite make it to the final were Allen Cunningham, Maria Ho and Lee Markholt.
The final table today, however, could be quite interesting as Phan looks to add another win to cap off his summer of poker. He walked away with two World Series of Poker bracelets this year and has a couple of final tables at WPT events from this summer as well.
Phan still has to get past Amit Makhija, who has nearly $1 million in chips more than him. Plus, Makhija has an online poker reputation to back up his play and a pretty serious desire to win.
"I'm just trying to play for first place. I want the title," Makhija said in an interview with PokerListings.com. "I want the win. It will be a real big accomplishment for me."
For poker fans not willing to wait to see the broadcast of the WPT event, they can get the blow-by-blow account of the final table live in the PokerListings.com Live Tournaments section. The table is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. PST, and so will our coverage.
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