Jesse Yaginuma Eliminated in 10th Place ($63,410)
Mar 01, '11
Gregory Brooks raised to 90,000 under the gun preflop and Jesse Yaginuma reraised all in for 170,000 from early position. Steve Gross then reraised 300,000 from the cutoff to isolate and Brooks got out of the way. The final two players then revealed their cards:
Gross: A
10
Yaginuma: A
9
Board: Q
7 3 K 4
Yaginuma was eliminated on the hand in the three-way tie for 10th place and he took home $63,410 in prize money.
Player Tags: Gregory Brooks
Jason Senti Eliminated in 14th Place ($56,880)
Mar 01, '11
Gregory Brooks raised to 60,000 from middle position and Jason Senti reraised all for 550,000. Brooks made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Senti: Q Q
Brooks: K J
Board: K 8 7 6 9
Brooks won the hand to grow his stack to 1.4 million while Senti was eliminated in 14th place and he took home $56,880 in prize money.
Player Tags: Jason Senti, Gregory Brooks
Gregory Brooks Wins L.A. Poker Classic ($1,654,120) -- Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in Second Place ($908,730)
Mar 03, '11
Gregory Brooks raised to 325,000 preflop and Vivek Rajkumar made the call. The flop was dealt 7 3 2 and Rajkumar checked. Brooks bet 400,000 and Rajkumar went into the tank for a while before he check-raised all in for 3.5 million. Brooks made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Brooks: 8 7
Rajkumar: J 10
Turn and River: 2 and A
Brooks won the tournament and $1,654,120 in prize money. He was also awarded a trophy that is in the form of the classic Frederic Remington sculpture the “Bronco Buster,” a WPT bracelet, and $25,000 seat in the WPT Championship. This is his first major tournament title. Rajkumar was eliminated in second place, just short of his second WPT title. He did take home $908,730 in prize money as a consolation.
Player Tags: V R, Gregory Brooks
Gregory Brooks Grabs a Big Lead
Mar 03, '11
Vivek Rajkumar raised to 250,000 preflop and Gregory Brooks made the call. The flop was dealt J 4 2 and Brooks bet 375,000. Rajkumar made the call and the 5 fell on the turn. Brooks bet 950,000 and Rajkumar spent some time in the tank before he made the call.
The river was dealt 4 and Brooks bet 2,450,000. Rajkumar made the call with A K, but he fell to the 10 7 of Brooks, who had flopped a flush.
Rajkumar was left with 4,625,000 after the hand and Brooks was back in a commanding lead with 15,805,000.
Player Tags: V R, Gregory Brooks
Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up
Mar 03, '11
Gregory Brooks raised to 230,000 preflop and Vivek Rajkumar reraised to 720,000. Brooks made the call and the flop fell Q J 7. Rajkumar checked and Brooks bet 540,000. Rajkumar spent some time in the tank and then he made the call.
The flop was dealt 5 and Rajkumar checked again. Brooks then tanked for a bit before moving all in. Rajkumar thought it over for a long time and eventually made the call for his tournament life. Their cards:
Rajkumar: 8 8
Brooks: K 10
River: 4
Rajkumar doubled up to 9,060,000 after the hand and Brooks still held the lead with 11,370,000.
Player Tags: V R, Gregory Brooks
Carlos Mortensen Eliminated in Third Place ($640,680)
Mar 03, '11
Carlos Mortensen raised to 200,000 from the button preflop and Vivek Rajkumar made the call from the small blind. Gregory Brooks also made the call from the big blind and the flop fell J 5 3.
Rajkumar checked and Brooks bet 380,000. Mortensen then raised to 800,000. Rajkumar mucked, Brooks reraised all in, and Mortensen quickly made the all-in call. Their cards:
Brooks: 6 4
Mortensen: K J
Turn and River: 5 and 10
Brooks hit a fifth club on the river to win the hand with a flush. Mortensen was eliminated in third place and he will take home $640,680 in prize money. That makes Brooks the dominating chip leader heading into the final match.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Gregory Brooks
Gregory Brooks Doubles Up
Mar 03, '11
On the fourth hand of play Vivek Rajkumar raised 125,000 under the gun and Gregory Brooks reraised to 315,000 from the cutoff. Steve Gross then reraised to 655,000 from the small blind and Rajkumar moved all in. Brooks made the all-in call and Gross got out of the way. Their cards:
Rajkumar: Q Q
Brooks: A A
Board: 10 9 2 5 J
Brooks doubled up on the hand and he now holds five and a quarter million. Rajkumar watched his stack fall to 3 million after the hand.
Player Tags: V R, Steve Gross, Gregory Brooks
