Freerolling into Tuesday at the Legends of Poker

Sure, all the players still alive at the Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino want to win, but they will be most likely be much more relaxed than they were at the start of the previous day’s competition. Shortly before play ended Monday night (actually Tuesday morning), the 73rd place finisher was eliminating, guaranteeing the remaining 72 competitors at least a $7,500 payday in the $5,000 buy-in tournament.

Play is to resume at 4:15pm PST on Tuesday, as the field should be narrowed to the final six by the end of the night. First prize in this World Poker Tour event is $1.125 million. For the complete payout structure, click here.

Complete Standings After Day 3

(Place/Player/Chip Count)

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
7 . Kevin Song - $264,500
8 . Amnon Filippi - $246,700
9 . Jake Minter - $246,100
10 . Daniel Shak - $228,500
11 . Jason Steinhorn - $212,100
12 . Tim Phan - $201,000
13 . C.K. Hua - $169,800
14 . Mark Bryan - $164,900
15 . Jerry Richardson - $163,300
16 . Massoud Mazhari - $155,500
17 . Joe Michel - $154,000
18 . Terrence Johnson - $151,400
19 . Raj Sawant - $146,800
20 . Steve Hudak - $141,600
21 . Joe Graziano - $140,900
22 . James Olson - $138,700
23 . Jennifer Harman - $134,000
24 . Max Pescatori - $126,100
25 . Jay Katsutan - $122,200
26 . Todd Phillips - $122,000
27 . Ralph Levine - $121,200
28 . Adam Richardson - $117,900
29 . Michael Simhai - $112,500
30 . Kenna James - $106,300
31 . Matt Elsby - $101,100
32 . Yakov Hirsch - $97,100
33 . Jerry Poladian - $95,100
34 . James Robinson - $84,200
35 . Gabe Kaplan - $81,600
36 . Damon Ahmadi - $77,100
37 . Seng Tran - $73,200
38 . Padraig Parkinson - $71,200
39 . Rod Peate - $70,400
40 . Dan Heimiller - $68,400
41 . Phi Nguyen - $66,400
42 . Renee Wexler - $65,000
43 . Matt Gauatin - $65,000
44 . Scott Lundberg - $63,700
45 . Carlos Mortensen - $59,000
46 . Jeff McNurlon - $58,100
47 . Cary Katz - $57,400
48 . John Sacha - $54,500
49 . Eriberto Soto - $53,100
50 . Randall Skaggs - $46,000
51 . Billy Duarte - $46,000
52 . Jamie De'Ath - $45,900
53 . Darren Grosuenor - $45,600
54 . Duo Bac - $45,200
55 . Susan Powers - $44,200
56 . Cyndy Violette - $43,900
57 . Nat Koe - $42,500
58 . James Mordue - $41,500
59 . Iain Glenn - $35,100
60 . Patrick Ford - $34,900
61 . Paul Zibitz - $34,400
62 . Dee Stasnopolis - $27,200
63 . Luong Trinh - $27,200
64 . Ramzi Daniel - $26,000
65 . Jim McManus - $16,300
66 . Wayne Ravenelle - $14,900
67 . Matt Lefkowitz - $14,100
68 . Tony Grand - $13,000
69 . Mihran Freeland - $11,600
70 . Mark Griffin - $9,600
71 . Neil Ricklefsen - $3,700

Originally published August 30, 2005