World Poker Tour London Classic: Day 3 Begins

The World Poker Tour London Classic continues to dominate the poker scene in the UK this week. (Photo by Steve Roberts)"]

Day two of the World Poker Tour London Classic wrapped up late yesterday and 39 players were left to take it to day three. 171 players entered the tournament, creating a massive prize pool of over £800,000 with the first-place winner walking away with nearly a quarter of a million pounds. While Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey were heavily feted to go the distance, both of the players were eliminated in the second day, when competition got especially fierce.

British player Luke Schwartz held the top spot for the majority of the day, at least until late in level 12 when he went in heavy while holding KK against William Martin's QQ. A queen dropped on the flop and Schwartz's descent was hard and fast, dropping the player below the six-figure mark into 30th place as day 2 wrapped up. The top five players going into today's action are as follows:

Giovanni Safina (508,800)
Tonio Roeder (424,200)
Talak Shakerchi (357,900)
Bruce Atkinson (344,600)
Philip Patrick (333,500)

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