Rizen still alive in the WPT

Local tournament phenom Eric "Rizen" Lynch is still alive in the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic. Of course, Pauly is there, dropping a WPT live blog of the results. The tournament started with 692 entrants chasing a $2,391,550 prize pool. 379 players remain, and Rizen is in the middle of the pack sitting in 139th place with 39,250 in chips. By my calculations, tournament average is 36,517 so Rizen is at 107.5% of average.. They return at level 7, with 300-600 blinds with a 75 ante, at 3:30 this afternoon. Best of luck, Rizen. Put your luckbox in overdrive and bring this one home.

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Update: spoke with the infamous Pauly this afternoon, and he is going to do his best to get some coverage of Rizen on his live updates. Play resumes at 3:30 PST, so look for updates tonight via Pauly's live blogging coverage. Unrelated Update: in a very impressive move, Party has confiscated (and correctly redistributed) the $140k illicitly won by JJProdigy (by entering two accounts in the 02/12/06 $500k Guaranteed $215 Buy-in Tournament). Details here. Backstory here.