L.A. Poker Classic -- Preliminary Update Part IIIRobert Golick Wins Second Stud Title |
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Each player on the tournament trail has their specialty, the one game they can dominate at pretty consistently. Robert Golick has been able to dominate his specialty very consistently this year at the preliminary events at the L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino. Golick won the first seven-card stud event, with a $300 buy-in to take home $14,077 in prize money. This week he won the second seven-card stud preliminary at Commerce. Gollick beat a field of 101 players in the $500 seven-card stud event to take home another $14,718 and prove his expertise at seven-card stud. He also finished second in the $1,000 seven-card stud prelim at the 2008 L.A.P.C.
Other highlights from the past week at Commerce include Jason Mercier defeating an impressive final table in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event and Nikmil Gera winning the largest preliminary prize so far in the $1,000 no-limit hold'em w/rebuys event. Gera took home $195,373 in prize money, and 960 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. The major events start on Sunday, Feb. 15 when things begin in the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha event w/rebuy. Card Player's live coverage team will be there to bring you all of the action from that preliminary, and they will also be on hand to bring you live coverage from the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, the $10,000 no-limit hold'em heads-up event, and the World Poker Tour $10,000 no-limit hold'em championship event. Check in to CardPlayer.com all next week to follow along with the action. Here are this week's results:
Event No. 15 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $500
Number of Entries: 419
Total Prize Pool: $203,215
First-Place Prize: $54,864
Places Paid: 45
Final-Table Results:
1: Khang Pham -- $54,864
2: Leopoldo Araneta -- $28,653
3: Kevin Song -- $20,322
4: Anthony Griffin -- $14,022
5: Edward Hansen -- $10,364
6: Samuel Bayraniyan -- $8,129
7: Dooron Marglit -- $6,096
8: Jesse Rockowitz -- $4,471
9: David Moskowitz -- $3,251
Event No. 16 (seven-card stud)
Buy-in: $500
Number of Entries: 101
Total Prize Pool: $48,985
First-Place Prize: $14,718
Places Paid: 16
Final-Table Results:
1: Robert Golick -- $14,718
2: George Rechnitzer -- $8,327
3: John Delisio -- $5,927
4: Fabrice Soulier -- $4,115
5: Barbara Lewis -- $3,111
6: William Mendicki -- $2,400
7: Brian Goddard -- $1,910
8: Adam Roberts -- $1,029
Event No. 17 (no-limit hold’em w/rebuys)
Buy-in: $1,000
Number of Entries: 404
Rebuys: 342
Total Prize Pool: $723,620
First-Place Prize: $195,373
Places Paid: 45
Final-Table Results:
1: Nikmil Gera -- $195,373
2: Ken Liu -- $102,030
3: Glenn McCaffrey -- $72,362
4: Masoud Pourhabib -- $49,930
5: Thomas Emerson -- $36,905
6: Randall Holland -- $28,945
7: Kenny Lee -- $21,709
8: Xuan Nguyen -- $15,920
9: John Ali -- $11,578
Event No. 18 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $500
Number of Entries: 437
Total Prize Pool: $211,945
First-Place Prize: $57,217
Places Paid: 45
Final-Table Results:
1: Tyson Marks -- $57,217
2: Brian McCann -- $29,884
3: Robert Mason -- $21,195
4: Ira Horning -- $14,624
5: Nicholas DiLeo -- $10,809
6: Jerry Garver Jr. -- $8,478
7: Amir Ghazvinian -- $6,358
8: Sara Chau -- $4,663
9: Reza Payvar -- $3,391
Event No. 19 (pot-limit Omaha)
Buy-in: $1,500
Number of Entries: 71
Total Prize Pool: $103,305
First-Place Prize: $35,577
Places Paid: 9
Final-Table Results:
1: Patrick McMillan -- $35,577
2: Jason Mercier -- $19,008
3: Robert Williamson III -- $14,463
4: William Brewer -- $10,331
5: Adam Junglen -- $7,748
6: Stephen Ladowsky -- $5,682
7: Frank Nasciemento -- $4,473
8: Konjuhi Abdtl -- $3,440
9: Antonio Angelo -- $2,583
Event No. 20 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $2,000
Number of Entries: 188
Total Prize Pool: $364,720
First-Place Prize: $116,711
Places Paid: 18
Final-Table Results:
1: Thung Huynh -- $116,711
2: Barry Greenstein -- $62,367
3: Adam Weinraub -- $39,754
4: Vadim Trincher -- $29,178
5: Matt Vance -- $23,707
6: Adam Croffut -- $17,871
7: Warren Woodall -- $14,224
8: Rich Fuller -- $10,577
9: Samuel Bekerian -- $7,659
Event No. 21 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $1,000
Number of Entries: 239
Total Prize Pool: $231,830
First-Place Prize: $67,235
Places Paid: 27
Final-Table Results:
1: Randy Ohel -- $67,235
2: Chau Nguyen -- $36,861
3: Raul Peaz -- $25,501
4: Estrella Baltazar -- $16,924
5: Raz Mael -- $13,214
6: John Racener -- $10,432
7: Sheldon Hayashi -- $7,882
8: Cheang Yoo -- $5,796
9: Andy Phan -- $4,173
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