Play Concludes

Perhaps not the most original headline I've ever come up with, but it's true -- Day 4 at the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic Main Event is over. We played six full levels of poker today, eliminating 43 hopeful poker players along the way.

Much of the star power went out of this event today. Darden, Shak, Binger, Pham, Paul-Ambrose, Medic, Ho, Grospellier and Wasicka -- all notable names that were eliminated during the course of the day.

There is, however, one big name left in the field. Chris Ferguson is likely to be the overnight chip leader, thanks in no small part to Day 3 chip leader Kofi Farkye. Farkye tried to three-barrel Ferguson in the middle of the day, but Ferguson picked it off to increase his count to more than 1.0 million and drop Farkye below par. Farkye ultimately went out in 31st place, while Ferguson steadily chipped up from there to finish with roughly 1.7 million chips.

Twenty players will come back at noon tomorrow for Day 5 of this six-day event. We will play until only six are left. Those six will return on Thursday to battle it out for the $1.68 million first prize.

See you tomorrow!

Tags: Chris Ferguson