WPT Legends of Poker Tournament Underway

The WPT Legends of Poker tournament kicked off this weekend at The Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. The field is 25% larger than last year’s, won by Doyle Brunson, growing to 839 players. It is so big, in fact, that the first “day” was split into two flights, with 494 players competing on Day One and 345 on Day Two. Players were assigned their days on a first-come, first-served basis.

About 140 players were still standing after the first two days and will be merged when Day 3 commences on Monday. Buy-in was $5,000 to make the total prize pool $4.195 million. First prize for this event is $1.125 million. The payout structure and chip leaders are listed below.

Top Twenty Chip Leaders

(Place/Player/Chip Count)

1. Luong Trinh - 108,675
2. Kevin O'Donnell - 102,275
3. Gabe Kaplan - 101,850
4. Seng Tran - 99,975
5. Tim Phan - 88,100
6. Susan Powers - 84,450
7. Tam 'Tommy' Hang - 82,675
8. Russell Harris - 75,425
9. Michael Simhai - 68,200
10. Barry Greenstein - 67,950
11. Amnon Filippi - 64,825
12. Adam Richardson - 64,450
13. James Olson - 63,600
14. Todd Arnold - 61,550
15. Johan Storakers - 59,300
16. Juan Carlos Mortensen - 57,050
17. Terrence Johnson - 54,850
18. Andrew Bloch - 54,775
19. Kevin Song - 53,900
20. Dao Bac - 53,750

Payout Structure

(Place/Prize Money)

1. $1,125,000
2. $588,210
3. $333,600
4. $291,900
5. $250,200
6. $208,500
7. $166,800
8. $125,100
9. $83,400
10-12. $45,870
13-15. $37,530
16-18. $29,190
19-27. $20,850
28-36. $14,595
37-45. $12,095
46-54. $9,800
55-63. $8,340
64-72. $7,500

Originally published August 29, 2005