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Poker pro Layne Flack and his teeth are among the leaders at the WPT legends of Poker event with only three tables remaining. (Bodog Beat Image)

The WPT Legends of Poker event is getting nearer and nearer its goal of doling out a $1.1 million first-place prize to a new champion as the 79 players who began Day 3 of the tournament are now down to 27 players, or three tables.

Heading the pack down the home stretch is Paul Smith with a stack of 946,000. He is followed closely by Amit Makhija (842,000) and six-time WSOP bracelet winner Layne Flack (807,000). After that, and probably because we jinxed the tournament yesterday by saying there were still a lot of big names left, are not a lot of big names. The few still remaining are Lee Markholt, Allen Cunningham, "Crazy" Marco Johnson and 2007 WSOP last woman standing Maria Ho.

Our deepest apologies go out to Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, David Chiu, Antonio Esfandiari, Gabe Kaplan, Toto Leonidas, Kathy Liebert, Erik Seidel, Kelly Kim and Erick Lindgren for apparently jinxing them out of the tournament. Several of them walked with some pocket change for their efforts, however most of them did not. Enjoy LA, we hear the weather's nice. Rest easy in the fact that you still have more money than us.

Play resumes at 2pm local time and contrary to our incorrect guess yesterday, they will actually play down to a six-handed final table tonight as it is scheduled for Thursday, which is tomorrow. So, 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.