Action folds to Phil Ivey in the small blind and he raises to $250,000. Charles Moore makes the call and the flop comes T 7 3, prompting a $300,000 wager from Ivey and another flat-call from Moore. The turn is the A and Ivey bets out $500,000. Moore gives the matter some thought but ultimately folds and Ivey takes the pot.

The tape change break is over and the cards are back in the air from the final table of the Los Angeles Poker Classic. Game on!

Play has been stopped for a tape change break and the action will resume in 10 minutes.

Action folds around to Nam Le in the small blind and he limps in. In the big blind, Phil Hellmuth checks his option and the flop comes J 6 3. Le bets out $140,000 and Hellmuth makes the call. The turn is the K and Le bets out $350,000. Hellmuth asks Le for a count before putting him all-in for his last $600,000.

Le makes the call, turning up K 3 and Hellmuth stands. "Goddamn it, he spiked a king on me." The Poker Brat turns up J 8 and is behind heading to the river. Fifth street is the T and Le has doubled through Hellmuth, who in a sporting gesture destroys the 20-stacks of chips as they are being shipped over to Le.

On the first hand at the final table, Phil Ivey raises to $240,0000 and Charles Moore moves all-in over the top for about $1.2 million more. Ivey goes into the tank forever, faking a call repeatedly before finally pulling the trigger and matching the bet. Ivey turns up A 9 and is way behind Moore's A K, and after the board comes 6h-3 2 J Q Moore has doubled through Ivey and put a damper on the Full Tilt pro's day in the early going.

The audience is prepped, Layla Kayleigh has done her spiel and the dealer has been instructed to do his thing. Cards are in the air and the action is under way from the Commerce Casino on the World Poker Tour!

Here are the chip counts as the players take their seats:

Seat 1	Quinn Do	$1,450,000
Seat 2	Nam Le	$1,180,000
Seat 3	Phil Hellmuth	$2,380,000
Seat 4	Phil Ivey	$4,100,000
Seat 5	Charles Moore	$1,510,000
Seat 6	Scott Montgomery	$2,680,000

 

It's final-table time from the Los Angeles Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino in California. From a starting field of 695 hopeful donkeys the numbers have been whittled down to the ultimate six survivors, including Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey in a death match for the ages.

The WPT soundstage has already collapsed and been picked up and the players are taking their seats. Action will begin momentarily and it don't stop until somebody's toasting with Layla. Stay tuned for action-packed final-table coverage in the PokerListings.com tradition starting now!