L.A. Poker Classic -- $10,000 Heads-Up Event Day 2

Day 2 at the $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold'em championship at the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic took the field down to the final four on the winners side of the bracket and the elight eight on the losers side of the bracket in this double elimination heads-up tournament. This has been a favorite event for players here at Commerce Casino, and even those who have been eliminated have stuck around to sweat the action from the rails.

David Oppenheim will face Chris Moore in the final four in the top half of the winners bracket, and Evan Roberts (a trainer for Card Player Pro) and James Mackey will face in bottom half tomorrow beginning at 3 p.m.

Here are the results from the winners bracket on day 2 (winners in bold):

Sweet 16                                        Elite 8                                    

Will Failla vs. David Paredes
                                                     Paredes vs. Oppenheim                                                          
David Oppenheim vs. Anthony Guetti

Quadrant 2

Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Chris Moore
                                                     Chris Moore vs. Ryan Hughes
Ryan Hughes vs. Steve Sung

Quadrant 3

Alex Keating vs. Steve Billirakis
                                                     Steve Billirakis vs. Evan Roberts
Evan Roberts vs. Jeremy Joseph

Quadrant 4

John Racener vs. Nick Schulman
                                                      John Racener vs. James Mackey
James Mackey vs. Vivek Rajkumar

In the losers bracket things played down to the elite eight, and a number of players are now in the prize money after losing their second match in part I of the elite eight. Each player who busts out of the losers bracket tomorrow is gauranteed prize money, as well. The payouts that have been awarded so far are as follows:

Tied for 13th:

Peter Feldman: $20,000
John Conkright: $20,000
Michael Pesek: $20,000
Scott Seiver: $20,000

Here is the full payout structure:

1: $350,000
2: $190,000
3: $100,000
4: $75,000
5: $50,000 (two recipients)
7: $35,000 (two recipients)
9: $25,150 (four recipients)
13: $20,000 (four recipients)

The winner of the losers bracket tomorrow will advance to a challenge round against the champion of the winners bracket. They will need to beat the winners-bracket champion twice to win the tournament, since this is a double-elimintation event. Here are the matches that will begin the losers bracket tomorrow at noon:

Amit Makhija vs. David Paredes

Vivek Rajkumar vs. Ryan Hughes

Owen Crowe vs. Steve Billirakis

Steve Sung vs. John Racener

 

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