L.A. Poker Classic Returns to the Commerce Casino$10,000 WPT Main Event Begins Feb. 25 |
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The L.A. Poker Classic tournament series will get underway Wednesday with its first of 54 scheduled events over the next six weeks at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. The first event is a five-day $335 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament with a $1 million guarantee. It will feature four starting days, with day 1A beginning at 1 p.m. PST Wednesday. Last year’s field contained 5,847 entrants, creating a prize pool of $1.6 million. Darrell Cain took first place for $363,936.
The tournament series will end on Mar. 3, with a winner being crowned in the $10,000 World Poker Tour no-limit hold’em main event. There were 745 players who entered the 2010 main event. It was Andras Koroknai who took home the biggest chunk of the $7.1 million prize pool — beating Raymond Dolan heads up for the $1.7 million first-place prize.
Along the way there will be opportunities for players to participate in a variety of games, including Texas hold’em, pot-limit Omaha, seven-card stud, Omaha eight-or-better, seven-card stud eight-or-better, H.O.R.S.E., mixed games, deuce-to-seven single draw, and even a special Chinese poker event. Buy-ins range from $125 to $25,100.
Some of the largest events will include a $5,100 heads-up championship (Feb. 22), a $5,100 eight-game mix championship (Feb. 17), and a $25,100 high roller event (Feb. 27). The $10,000 WPT main event begins Feb. 25 and is expected to draw more than 600 participants, creating a prize pool of more than $6 million.
Stay tuned to Card Player for a recap of the action.
Here’s a look at the L.A. Poker Classic schedule:
| Event | Date | Buy-in |
| Event 1 – No-Limit Hold’em | Jan 19 | $335 |
| Event 2 – Limit Hold’em | Jan 23 | $335 |
| Event 3 – No-Limit Hold’em | Jan 24 | $545 |
| Event 4 – Seven Card Stud | Jan 24 | $545 |
| Event 5 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | Jan 25 | $335 |
| Event 6 – Omaha 8/B | Jan 25 | $335 |
| Event 7 – No-Limit Hold’em | Jan 26 | $545 |
| Event 8 – Seven Card Stud 8/B | Jan 26 | $335 |
| Event 9 – No-Limit Hold’em | Jan 27 | $335 |
| Event 10 – Omaha/Stud 8/B | Jan 27 | $545 |
| Event 11 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed | Jan 28 | $545 |
| Event 12 – No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Bounty | Jan 29 | $335 |
| Event 13 – H.O.R.S.E. | Jan 29 | $545 |
| Event 14 – No-Limit Hold.’em | Jan 30 | $545 |
| Event 15 – Seven Game Mix | Jan 30 | $335 |
| Event 16 – No-Limit Hold’em | Jan 31 | $335 |
| Event 17 – Pot-Limit Omaha | Jan 31 | $335 |
| Event 18 – No-Limit Hold’em Heads Up | Feb 01 | $345 |
| Event 19 – Limit Hold’em | Feb 01 | $545 |
| Event 20 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo | Feb 02 | $125 |
| Event 21 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 06 | $335 |
| Event 22 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 07 | $545 |
| Event 23 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 08 | $335 |
| Event 24 – Omaha 8/B | Feb 08 | $545 |
| Event 25 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 09 | $1,065 |
| Event 26 – Stud 8/B | Feb 09 | $545 |
| Event 27 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 10 | $545 |
| Event 28 – Pot-Limit Omaha 8/B | Feb 10 | $545 |
| Event 29 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo | Feb 11 | $220 |
| Event 30 – No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys | Feb 12 | $125 |
| Event 31 – No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys | Feb 12 | $1,065 |
| Event 32 – No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Bounty | Feb 13 | $335 |
| Event 33 – No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw | Feb 13 | $1,065 |
| Event 34 – No-Limit Hold’em Tag Team | Feb 14 | $335 |
| Event 35 – Chinese Poker 1/2 High 1/2 Low | Feb 14 | $1,585 |
| Event 36 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 15 | $545 |
| Event 37 – 8 Game Mix | Feb 15 | $1,065 |
| Event 38 – H.O.R.S.E. | Feb 16 | $1,065 |
| Event 39 – Commerce Bounty Championship | Feb 16 | $1,600 |
| Event 40 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 17 | $1,065 |
| Event 41 – Commerce 8 Game Mix Championship | Feb 17 | $5,100 |
| Event 42 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | Feb 18 | $335 |
| Event 43 – Pot-Limit Omaha Six Handed w/ Rebuys | Feb 18 | $1,065 |
| Event 44 – WPT Celebrity Invitational | Feb 19 | Invitation only |
| Event 45 – No-Limit Hold’em Ironman | Feb 20 | $2,100 |
| Event 46 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 21 | $335 |
| Event 47 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed | Feb 21 | $2,575 |
| Event 48 – No-Limit Hold’em | Feb 22 | $1,065 |
| Event 49 – Commerce Heads Up Championship | Feb 22 | $5,100 |
| Event 50 – No-Limit Hold’em Seniors Championship | Feb 23 | $545 |
| Event 51 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | Feb 23 | $545 |
| Event 52 – No-LImit Hold’em | Feb 23 | $5,100 |
| WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event | Feb 25 | $10,000 |
| Event 54 – Commerce High Roller | Feb 27 | $25,100 |
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