2012 WPT LA Poker Classic Down to 18: Noah Schwartz Leads

The 2012 WPT LA Poker Classic was down to 18 players having had 549 entrants. 

Noah Schwartz leads the pack with 1,770,000 chips while Dan Kelly follows with 1,749,000.  Schwartz has won close to $2 million in live poker tournaments to date. 

Canadian Jason Somerville continues to go strong in 7^th place heading into Wednesday. 

David Sands, World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe Hachem and Sorel Mizzi are other big names still hanging in there and looking to make the final table.

2012 WPT L.A. Poker Classic Final 18 Chip Counts

1

Noah Schwartz

1,770,000

2

Dan Kelly

1,749,000

3

A.J. Jejelowo

1,573,000

4

Stephen Chidwick

1,420,000

5

Jason DeWitt

1,182,000

6

Sean Jazayeri

1,126,000

7

Jason Somerville

1,025,000

8

David Pham

855,000

9

David “Doc” Sands

819,000

10

Joe Hachem

700,000

11

Elvis Huynh

675,000

12

Skip Wilson

625,000

13

Jason Burt

609,000

14

Sorel Mizzi

600,000

15

Allen Carter

580,000

16

Nick Binger

565,000

17

Daniel Idema

433,000

18

Shahen Martiroslan

236,000

- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com