Day 5 of the WPT LA Poker Classic wrapped up earlier than expected last night, primarily because Daniel Strelitz knocked out three of the last four players on his way to a massive chip lead.
Just shy of 6.5 million in chips with the blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 5,000 ante, Strelitz has more than 215 big blinds — an unusually deep stack rarely seen at WPT Final Tables, even with structures as great as this one.
Strelitz leads a tough final table which include veteran WPT commentator and WPT Montreal champion Mike Sexton. Sexton, who was inducted into poker’s Hall of Fame in 2009, is now in with a shot at joining the very small elite of players who have won two WPT titles in the same season.
Also among the final six competing for a $1 million first prize are poker pro Jesse Martin, chess player Richard Tuhrim and Bulgarian WSOP bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov. Martin has a prolific poker tournament career with 74 cashes and nearly $2.4 million in career earnings; his biggest score was $594,570 when he finished third in the $50k Poker Players Championship at the 2014 World Series of Poker.
Seat 1. Mike Sexton – 1,165,000 (39 bb)
Seat 2. Jesse Martin – 2,540,000 (85 bb)
Seat 3. Jared Griener – 1,895,000 (63 bb)
Seat 4. Daniel Strelitz – 6,485,000 (216 bb)
Seat 5. Simeon Naydenov – 2,860,000 (95 bb)
Seat 6. Richard Tuhrim – 680,000 (23 bb)
Among those who cashed on Day 5 were Joe Serock, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Rainer Kempe.
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