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Poker pro Erick Lindgren is among the leaders going into Day 3 of the WPT Legends of Poker event. (Bodog Beat Image)

After two preliminary days of poker at the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event, the remaining 248 players combined in the ballrooms and hallways of the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles to get one step closer to the $1.6 million first-place prize. After all was said and done only 82 players were left standing and will move onto Day 3.

Starting the day with the chip lead was poker pro Ali Eslami, but he found his stack dwindling and he gave up his spot partway through the day and was replaced at day's end by Adam Weinraub. Others who finished the day near the top include Marco Johnson, Max Pescatori, Mark Seif, Erick Lindgren and Antonio Esfandiari. Other notables further down the field are Layne Flack, Eric Seidel, Allen Cunningham, Maria Ho, Kelly Kim and several others, giving this tournament the potential to have a star-studded final table.

Hopefully, we didn't just jinx it.

Several other big name pros, like Phil Laak, Vanessa Rousso, Lee Watkinson and Men "The Master" Nguyen, were not so lucky and found themselves with some extra time on their hands to grab a star homes map and head to Beverly Hills.

Play resumes at 2pm local time and our guess is that they will try to get down to a final table tonight. Remeber, WPT final tables are six-handed. Stay tuned for more updates from the Bodog Beat and if you want a chance to qualify for the WPT for as little as $1, then check out the online poker satellites in the Bodog Poker room.