Hey - Pauly is over at PokerNews once again providing the world’s finest poker tournament coverage, so I thought I’d give you a little taste of what you’re missing if you’re not reading Tao of Poker or PokerNews.
After five grueling days of poker at the Commerce Casino, six players remain in the hunt for $2.4 million at the L.A. Poker Classic. JC Tran lost a tremendous margin in chips, yet managed to end Day 5 as the chipleader for the second day in a row with $3.47M. 2006 World Series of Poker runner-up Paul Wasicka ($3.39M) closed the gap along with local Jacobo Fernandez ($3.37M). They both only trail Tran by a few thousand. David Bach, Eric Hershler, and Chau Giang also advanced to the final TV table.
18 players began Day 5 with five short-stacked players and JC Tran as the chipleader. He had 2.5 times more chips than Jacobo Fernandez in second place and amassed 21% of the total chips in play. Everyone
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in the ballroom wondered if Tran could make the final table at the L.A. Poker classic in consecutive years. He also bubbled off the final TV table in 2004.
Good shit, right? So go over to PokerNews and read the rest.