California State Poker Championship Ends

The California State Poker Championship tournament series ended with a $2,500 buy-in main event that attracted 362 entrants and left the winner, Eric Crisp, standing alone with a first-place prize of nearly $325,000. Notable poker pro Can Kim Hua was the runner-up in the event, earning almost $167,000.

The main event started on Saturday and ended late last night. Only 27 players claimed a piece of the nearly $878,000 prize pool.

The following are the final table payouts:

1. Eric Crisp, Arlington, VA - $324,815
2. Can Kim Hua, Las Vegas, NV - $166,790
3. Louis Cohen, Denver, CO - $83,395
4. James Doty, Canyon Country, CA - $52,670
5. Osmin Dardon, West Covina, CA - $39,505
6. Dallas Jenkins, Los Angeles, CA - $30,725
7. Abdol Vahedi, Encino, CA - $21,945
8. Jose Velador, Lake Elsinore, CA - $17,555
9. Stanley Fulton, Las Vegas, NV - $14,045

Leading up to the main event, there were 17 preliminary tournaments. All prelims combined had more than 5,000 competitors, generating a total prize pool that exceeded $2.3 million.

Crisp made his first major tournament cash in event No. 6, a $300 buy-in no-limit hold'em (with rebuys) tournament which churned out the biggest prize pool of the preliminary tournaments at more than $422,000. He finished in 11th place but faired much better in the main event. Also making his first cash in this event was former baseball player Jose Canseco. He came in 16th place. Loi Phan defeated a field of 581 players to win almost $142,000. Phan then went on to place ninth in the championship event at the Borgata Poker Open.

Following the ladies event which was won by Gabriela Wagner, was event No. 13, another $300 buy-in no-limit hold'em (with rebuys) event. The total prize pool was more than $385,000. Out of the 512 entrants, Paul Lui had all of the chips and more than $131,000 at the end of the tournament.

For results on all of the California State Poker Championship events, click here.

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