We’re nearing the home stretch in the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) L.A. Poker Classic. The $10,000 buy-in tournament saw its money bubble burst on Sunday and a champion will be crowned three days from now. In the meantime, members of the online poker community are jockeying for position at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, including Dan Wretchy Martin, who sits at #10 on the leaderboard entering Day 4 on Monday. Former WPT champion Mark Newhouse paces the field with a stack of 498,000, while Martin is at 335,000.

The money bubble popped yesterday when Thomas Fuller exited in 73rd place. He was all-in pre-flop with A-K against pocket aces, ultimately failing to hit a gutshot straight draw on the turn or river. Every player remaining is assured at least $18,000, while the top two players will earn more than $1 million. Fuller’s elimination ended play for the day on Sunday in Level 15, when blinds were 1,200-2,400 with a 400 ante.
Taylor taypaur Paur, the chip leader entering Day 3 of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic, owned the 14th largest stack when play wrapped up. He was at 322,500, down slightly after doubling up Mark Kamran, who flopped a set. Paur will take a seat at Table 22 on Monday, where his company will include Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso and fellow online poker player David Bakes Baker (pictured at left).

Barry barryg1 Greenstein was eliminated late in the day after shoving pre-flop with pocket nines. An opponent with pocket jacks made the call and Greenstein could not draw out. Also exiting was Jonathan FatalError Aguiar, who picked an inopportune time to shove with J-7. In a similar fate to Greenstein, a player with pocket jacks called and neither improved.

Of the 72 players remaining in contention, six are women. Lauren locoenlacabeza Kling is holding at 44,000 chips, the 67th largest stack in the room. Meanwhile, UB.com pro Annie Duke (pictured at right) has the 15th largest count at 321,000.

Baker is the tournament’s short stack at 17,000, or about seven big blinds. Baker doubled up Gavin Griffin early on with pocket sixes against Griffin’s A-7. An ace hit on the flop and Griffin held on for the win. Griffin was later eliminated with K-J against pocket eights just before the money bubble.

Jason treysfull21 Mercier (pictured at left), who made his debut on GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” last night, was ousted after his pocket nines could not overcome the pocket aces of Tim Begley. Mercier’s opponent flopped the nut flush draw and made a set on the river to send him home. Also departing was Adam Roothlus Levy, who 3bet all-in with 10-8 and found himself dominated by pocket kings. The flop came 10-high to make matters interesting for the UB.com pro, but no further help came on the turn or river.

Here are the top 10 chip stacks as play kicks off on Monday for Day 4 of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic:

1. Mark Newhouse - 498,000
2. Chris Moore - 489,000
3. Masa Kagawa - 432,000
4. John Cautela - 417,000
5. Shawn Pilot - 400,500
6. Millad Jorshari - 386,000
7. Gevork Kasabyan - 378,000
8. Tim Begley - 369,500
9. Tri Huynh - 353,000
10. Dan Wretchy Martin - 335,000

Joining Martin on Monday will be several members of the online poker community, including:

14. Taylor taypaur Paur – 322,500
15. Annie Duke – 321,000
27. Craig craigthedeac Boyd – 227,000
30. Peter Belabacsi Traply – 221,500
47. Vivek Psyduck Rajkumar – 157,500
48. Jeff JaffaCake Kimber – 157,500
65. Dylan ImaLucSac Linde – 45,500
66. Matthew mlagoo LaGarde – 44,000
67. Lauren locoenlacabeza Kling – 44,000
69. Jon PearlJammer Turner – 31,500
72. David Bakes Baker – 17,000

Taking place concurrently with Day 3 of the WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event was Day 1 of the $25,000 High-Roller tournament. Andrew luckychewy Lichtenberger (pictured at right) leads the event’s survivors with 237,900 chips after Day 1. Other members of the online poker community vying for the top prize of $425,000 are Bertrand ElkY Grospellier, William Reynolds XO Reynolds, Steve MrSmokey1 Billirakis, Christian charder Harder, and Mercier. A field of 23 players remains and the top six will finish in the money.

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