LA Poker Classic - Live Updates

Doc Sands looked to be in control of this match, until just moments ago.

Sean Jazayeri just won a massive preflop all-in race to cut Sands down to size and take a big step towards the winner's circle.

It was a five-bet shove from Jazayeri with A-K and a call from Sands with pocket queens that got the money in. An ace hit the flop and Sands was unable to redraw on the turn or river.

Jazayeri doubles to roughly 14 million while Sands is knocked down to 2.5 million.

Expect fireworks in the next few minutes.

We're still three handed here at the LA Poker Classic final table but David "Doc" Sands has managed to gain some ground with a key double-up moments ago.

Dan Kelly opened from the small blind and Sands moved all-in from the big blind. Kelly insta-called with A-8 and saw he was out in front against K-9.

A king on the flop turned the tables and bricks on the turn and river made Doc's double official.

Here are the new counts after that hand:

• Sean Jazayeri - 9,680,000
• David Sands - 4,190,000
• Dan Kelly - 2,600,000

LAPC Final Table Picture Gallery

Feast your eyes on the latest photos we've got from the LAPC final table.

It’s a bad day to be named Jason as Jason Burt and Jason Somerville hit the rail, the first two eliminations this afternoon.

It’s much better to be named Sean Jazayeri. The man from Iran has smashed his way into the chip lead, taking a big pot from Noah Schwartz moments ago.

We’ve got the details on the bust below, plus an updated leaderboard, as four-handed play continues.

New Chip Counts

Here’s the updated counts for our final four players.

• Sean Jazayeri – 7,525,000
• Dan Kelly – 4,710,000
• David Sands – 2,630,000
• Noah Schwartz – 1,605,000

Burt Drowns in River (Ernie Heartbroken)

Jason Burt is out in fifth after he made the right decision for all his chips, but was rewarded only with a one-way ticket to the exit.

Burt opened from the small blind to 160k and got a call from Dan Kelly in the big blind.

The flop came down K♦ 4♥ 3♥ and Kelly check-called 180,000. The turn is the Q♠ and Kelly checks again, prompting a 370,000 bet from Burt.

But this time Kelly did not call. He check-shoved all-in. Kelly had Burt covered by about 600k.

Burt thinks for a moment before calling with K♥ J♣ and we see he’s in great shape against Kelly’s J♥ T♣.

But the river was an ace, nailing Kelly’s open-ender and making Jason Burt our official 5^th place finisher.

He receives $252,980.

All That Jazayeri

Sean Jazayeri is playing poker and he’s making hands when he needs to. He’s now sitting on over 7.5 million, thanks in part to this hand against Noah Schwartz.

Jazayeri opened to 150k from the button and Schwartz called from the big blind.

The flop came down A♣ T♣ 8♣ and Schwartz check-called 180,000. The turn was the 2♥ and Schwartz check-calls again, this time for 400k.

The river was the 6♥ and the routine repeats itself: Check from Schwartz, bet 500k from Jazayeri, call from Schwartz.

Jazayeri tables A-K with the king of clubs for top pair top kicker.

The final table of this year's WPT LA Poker Classic plays to a winner today and with two WSOP bracelet winners, a former WPT Champion and a player with over over $4.8 million in lifetime earnings.

It's safe to say this will be a hotly contested title.

We've still got a few hours before the cards hit the felt so we're taking that opportunity to introduce you to the players.

Before we leave tonight one of these players will walk away with a WPT title and over $1.37 million. Click here for the full LAPC payout structure.

Levels at the final table will be one hour and we’ll be starting at 30k/60k with a 10k ante.

So without further ado, meet the players:

Seat 1 - Sean Jazayeri - 4,380,000

Bellevue, Washington native Sean Jazayeri enters the final table as chip leader after eliminating David "The Dragon" Pham in 8th place with aces against kings.

And while Jazayeri has a solid list of live cashes totaling over $160k, he's already guaranteed to blow his previously biggest cash of $48k out of the water with today's payouts starting at over $202,000.

Jason Burt

 

Sean Jazayeri is first in chips with 73 big blinds.

Seat 2 – Jason Burt – 835,000

This isn’t the first time Jason Burt has made it to a WPT final table.

He finished fifth at Festa al Lago in 2009 for over $208,000, meaning if he makes it to fifth or better he’ll have a new personal record for biggest cash.

Burt also made a final table at a $10,000 buy-in WSOP Circuit regional championship back in 2010.

Burt is last in chips with 835,000, roughly 13 big blinds.

Seat 3 – Dan Kelly – 2,570,000

Dan Kelly was a legend online before his breakout performance at the 2010 WSOP.

Kelly had small live results stretching back as far as 2007 but people really took notice when he won the $25k Heads-Up championship at the Series in Las Vegas.

Kelly took $1.31 million for that win and since then he’s racked up another few hundred thousand dollars in results.

Online Kelly plays as djk123 and has earned over $5.1 million playing tournaments, including three WCOOP titles.

Kelly enters the final table fourth in chips with roughly 42 big blinds.

Jason Somerville

 

Seat 4 – Jason Somerville – 840,000

Jason Somerville has a slew of live tournament results totaling over $1.7 million, including a WSOP bracelet in 2011.

Somerville also has a storied career playing online tournaments under the screenname JCarver, with over $2.1 million in winnings.

Somerville has had a very unique couple of weeks and is looking for his biggest live cash here today. And if he does win he’ll be one step closer to winning poker’s Triple Crown.

Somerville enters the table second last in chips with 14 big blinds.

Seat 5 – Noah Schwartz – 3,835,000

Noah Schwartz has been a fixture on the live tournament circuit for the last few years and with this final table he’s broken the $1 million mark in WPT earnings.

Currently ranked 28^th on the Global Poker Index, Schwartz has over $1.9 million in live tournament winnings.

Originally from Miami, Schwartz played online as fouruhaters and has won over $780,000 playing tournaments on the internet.

Schwartz heads into the final table third in chips with 63 big blinds.

Seat 6 – David “Doc” Sands – 4,010,000

David “Doc” Sands has been crushing tournament poker for years and has to be the odds-on favorite to walk away with this title.

Over $2.8 million in online tournament winnings and $1.95 million in live earnings, Sands is most recently known for making a deep run in the WSOP Main Event alongside girlfriend Erika Moutinho.

The couple went out in 29^th and 30^th, both earning $242,000 and change.

Sands went on a massive heater late last night, getting lucky with pocket sevens against tens and queens all-in preflop to survive the final table bubble.

He went on to knock out Allen Carter,  who had the queens in the above hand, to finish second in chips with roughly 66 big blinds.