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World Poker Tour's Legends of Poker Kicks Off with 763 Entries
The Legends of Poker tournament, part of the 16th season of the World Poker Tour, began on August 25, 2017, at the Bicycle Casino in California. The tournament had a buy-in of $4,000 and a total prize pool of $2,738,407. The first place prize was $668,692.
The first day saw 763 entries, 58 of whom made it to the end. The second day had 177 entries, with 62 players making it to the end. The third day was the most crowded with 383 entries, and 150 players made it to the end.
Phil Hellmuth, a new expert for the WPT show, joined Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. Phil Hellmuth made a comeback in the tournament on the second day. He increased his stack to 180,000 after a successful hand against Stan Jablonski. Oddi Dardon became the chip leader after eliminating Mel Winer. The third day had a time limit of 30 seconds per action, with additional time tokens available. William Kassouf was eliminated on the 47th place after losing to David Baker. Scootty Nguyen was the first to be eliminated from the prize money, receiving $7,135. David Mowrey was eliminated on the 76th place after losing to Phil Hellmuth.
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