Makhija To The Top
by Court on 08.26.08, 9:21 pm
With 530k chips Amit “Amak316″ Makhija is now the chip leader in the Legends of Poker WPT event. The tournament is still 12 players from being in the money with 48 players remaining and the top 36 getting paid. Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson and Matt “Mattg1983″ Graham are also near the top, both recently cracking the 400k mark.
Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn (right) was in the high 300k’s but has dropped back about 100k. Here is a rundown of some chip counts.
Amit “Amak316″ Makhija - 530k
Matt “Mattg1983″ Graham - 425k
Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnons - 410k
Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn - 250k
Kyle WIlson - 175k
The tournament is still laden with top pros and some interesting table matchups are emerging. Marco Johnson has Allen Cunningham on his right and Ali Eslami a few seats to his left. Makhija’s table is loaded with known pros, including Erik Seidel, Erick Lindgren, and John Phan. VanDuyn gets Layne Flack and Max Pescatori at his table. Other known players still in include Maria Ho, Lee Markholt, Adam Weinraub, Mark Seif, and David Chiu.
