World Poker Tour -- Legends of Poker Day 2Phil Collins Storms to a Huge Chip Lead in LA Despite Being Sick |
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Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event began at 1 p.m on Sunday, August 22. A total of 241 players joined the action and at the end of the night just 60 remained.
Phil Collins (pictured right) is the overnight chip leader with 898,000 after starting the day with just 13,000 and an empty stomach. He was up most of the night before day 2 with a bout of food poisoning. His sickness made today’s performance even more impressive. A poker version of Michael Jordan playing in Game 5 of the NBA Finals with the flu in 1997 and scoring 38 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to victory over the Utah Jazz.
Collins was at his best at the end of the night, when he eliminated two players during the final level of play. Here are the hands from Card Player’s live reports:
Eric Blair Eliminated by Phil Collins
Eric Blair raised from the cutoff and Phil Collins reraised from the big blind before Blair reraised all in to 100,000. Collins made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Blair: A
Q
Collins: Q Q
Board: 5
4 3 J 9
Collins held 625,000 after the hand and Blair was eliminated from the tournament.
Justin Young Eliminated by Phil Collins
Phil Collins raised to 6,000 under the gun and Justin Young made the call. The big blind jumped into the pot as well and the flop was dealt 9 6 5. Action was checked to Young, who bet 11,000, and the big blind made the call before Collins check-raised to 50,000 total. Young then reraised all in for 100,000 and the big blind mucked. Collins made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Collins: 5 4
Young: 6 6
Turn and River: 7 and J
Collins won the hand with a flush and he built his stack to 800,000. Young was eliminated from the tournament on the hand.
There were a ton of notable professionals that hit the rail during the day. They included Phil Hellmuth, Raymond Dolan, Ray Henson, Ryan Young, Maria Ho, Kristy Gazes, Matt Keikoan, Scott Clements, Vinnie Vinh, Van Nguyen, Zach Hyman, Zachary Clark, Tim West, Tom West, Shawn Buchanan, William Reynolds, Steve Gross, Shane Schleger, Steve O’Dwyer, Steve Brecher, Chad Brown, Chad Batista, Dan Heimiller, Adam Levy, Adam Geyer, Barry Greenstein, Allen Cunningham, Jeff Madsen, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Tilly, Frank Kassela, J.J. Liu, Jason Mercier, David Oppenheim, and Justin Young.
Even with all of those eliminations many professionals have survived to day 3 which will take place on Monday. They include Joe Hachem, Allen Kessler, Ted Lawson, Chris Moore, Amit Makhija, Darryll Fish, Ali Eslami, Charlie Hook, Peter Rho, Joe Sebok, Tim Phan, David Sands, Marco Johnson, and November Nine member Soi Nguyen. Some of the familiar faces that advanced did so with big chip stacks. Erica Schoenberg (245,000), Jonathan Aguiar (248,500) and Jared Jaffee (253,500) each had strong days, just missing the top 10 on the leader board.
You can check out other big hands from the day on the live reporting page for the WPT Legends tournament on CardPlayer.com. Here are the top 10 chip counts at the end of the night:
1. Phil Collins — 898,000
2. Andrew Frankenberger — 589,000
3. J.C. Alvarado — 430,000
4. Kyle McCammond — 410,000
5. Tom Braband — 374,000
6. Jordan Young — 359,000
7. Elliot Smith — 337,000
8. Jason Dorfman — 336,500
9. Adam Schiffer — 322,500
10. Jonathan Little — 305,200
Day 3 will begin at 1 p.m. tomorrow when 60 players will return to the Bicycle Casino. The plan is to play down to the final 27 players tomorrow. Stay tuned to Card Player for live updates, chip counts, photos, and videos from this WPT championship event.
The money bubble should burst a few levels into the day tomorrow. The top 45 spots will walk away with at least $10,200. Here is the break down for the prize pool:
1st: $750,000
2nd: $370,000
3rd: $174,772
4th: $109,000
5th: $86,000
6th: $63,000
7th: $45,000
8th: $35,000
9th: $29,000
10th-12th: $24,000
13th-15th: $19,500
16th-18th: $15,500
19th-27th: $13,000
28th-36th: $11,500
37th-45th: $10,200
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