The third day of the World Poker Tour LA Classic Main Event started with 186 participants. However, at the end of the day, there were only 72 players remained and had a chance for the win.

Entering the fourth day of the tour, Mark Newhouse possessed the most number of chips. He will have a chance to take his second WPT title if he could take hold of his position until the end. During the fourth day, Newhouse played well ending the day with 498,000 however there were other four players who possess more than 400,000 chips Chris Moore, Masa Kagawa, John Cautela, and Shawn Pilot.
The prize for the first-place in the World Poker Tour LA Classic Main Event is $1.7 million and the five will be joined by Vanessa Rousso, Erica Schoenberg, Hoyt Corkins, Daniel Negreanu, Annie Duke, Carlos Mortensen, Johnny Chan, Prahlad Friedman, and Vivek Rajkumar on the fourth day for the chance to win the prize.

Howard Lederer, Jennifer Tilly, Barry Greenstein, and Paul Wasicka were among the players who joined but unfortunately were eliminated and were not able to compete on the fourth day.

“Bubble Boy” was the title given to Thomas Fuller when he was eliminated and took the 73rd place. His elimination guaranteed a $18,595 for the remaining participants.

There are only two players who won poker’s Triple Crown – World Poker Tour (WPT) title; European Poker Tour (EPT) title and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. Roland de Wolfe is the second man who gained the three titles when he won $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8 bracelet this year. He even wore a Union Jack track suit during the final table of the WSOP game to tell the world that he’s proud to be an Englishman.

The other poker pro who won the Triple Crown was Gavin Griffin. He is the first player who actually got this honor by winning the following events: winning the $3,000 Pot Limit Hold ‘Em at the WSOP in 2004, capturing the EPT Grand Final title in 2007 and succeeding in getting the title at the WPT Borgata classic in 2008.

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