| Buy-In: | $1,100 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $663,000 |
| Entrants: | 527 |
Shan “Pacman” Jing has won the CPPT Bicycle Casino main event and $135,981.
Jing, who’s known as Pacman in the L.A. poker scene, is a regular in card rooms across California. Aside from a few cashes in Las Vegas, the vast majority of Pacman’s $632,489 live tournament earnings come from tournaments in or around L.A..
Before today, Pacman’s largest cash came from winning the 2007 Winnin’ o’ the Green $1,500 main event for $72,600. Now Pacman gets to add another L.A. victory title to his resume along with his first six-figure score.
Pacman’s score was the largest of the $663,000 prize pool had to offer. The prize pool far surpassed the $500,000 estimated guarantee thanks to 527 entrants, 56 of whom bought in on day 2 through the Quantum Rebuy option.
Pacman’s road to victory involved two lengthy days followed by a shorter final table.
The final nine players convened today at 4pm to play down to a winner and quickly got down to five players. Then play stalled a bit and the final five players battled for two-and-a-half hours.
After we lost our 5th place finisher, Amit Makhija quickly eliminated two more players and got heads-up with the chip lead.
Pacman then doubled up up early on though and when the final two players went on break, Pacman was up to 12.8 million to Makhija’s 8.8 million.
That’s when players decided to end things.
Makhija and Pacman decided on a nearly even chop (Makhija got $135,980 to Pacman’s $135,981) and a flip for the title.
Initially, players wanted to draw a high card but decided on a final hand instead. Pacman got dealt pocket fours while Makhija got ace-nine.
A flip ensued and pocket fours held up.
Makhija finished 2nd while Shan Jing became the CPPT Bicycle Casino main event champion.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded in this event:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Shan Jing | $135,981 | 840 |
| 2 | Amit Makhija | $135,980 | 700 |
| 3 | Zaher Samaan | $56,510 | 560 |
| 4 | Adam Volen | $43,115 | 420 |
| 5 | Joshua Hale | $35,765 | 350 |
| 6 | Douglas Suyemoto | $25,535 | 280 |
| 7 | Cody Shedd | $19,900 | 210 |
| 8 | John Apikian | $15,455 | 140 |
| 9 | Tim Cramer | $11,610 | 70 |
Amit Makhija headlines the final nine. Watch the live stream with hole cards starting at 3:30 PM Pacific.
The blinds have been increased to 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante.
Amit Makhija had quickly stretched the chip lead he began heads-up play with, and Jing was getting quite short by the time this key pot arose.
Jing called from the button with the J
7
and Makhija raised his option to 300,000 with the K2. Jing called and he flop brought the K
9
7. Makhija bet 500,000 and Jing called.
The turn was the 10 and Makhija bet enough to put Jing all-in, and after some thought Jing made the call.
Makhija was a big favorite to take down the pot and secure the title with his pair of kings against Jing’s pair of sevens, but the J on the river had other plans.
With two pair Jing earned a double up to stay alive, increasing his stack to around 7 million.
Here are a look at the chip counts at the start of heads-up play.
Amit Makhija – 13 million
Shan Jing – 8.5 million
Amit Makhija raised to 425,000 from the button and Zaher Samaan moved all in for 1.9 million from the small blind. Shan Jing took some time in the tank before folding from the big blind and Makhija called.
Makhija was behind with his QJ against Samaan’s A7. The flop and turn kept Samaan in the lead as the dealer peeled off a board of K535, but the J fell on the river and Makhija made the best hand to scoop the pot.
Samaan was eliminated to leave Makhija heads-up with Jing for the title.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Shan Jing | 11,100,000 |
| 2 | Amit Makhija | 8,885,000 |
| 3 | Zaher Samaan | 1,650,000 |
| 4 | Adam Volen | $43,115 |
| 5 | Josh Hale | $32,765 |
| 6 | Zaher Samaan | $25,535 |
| 7 | Doug Suyemoto | $19,900 |
| 8 | John Apikian | $15,455 |
| 9 | Tim Cramer | $11,610 |
Adam Volen raised to 400,000 from under-the-gun and action folded to Amit Makhija in the big blind. Makhija took a few moments before moving all in for effectively Volen’s 2.6 million chip stack. Volen quickly called and it was off to the races for Volen’s tournament life.
Volen tabled 99 and was flipping against Makhija rolled over QJ. The flop was J42 and Makhija took the lead. The turn was the J and Volen was still looking for a nine. The river was the 6 and Volen was eliminated in third place as Makhija chipped up to just over 10 million in chips.
The blinds have been increased to 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante.
From under the gun Zaher Samaan raised to 325,000 with the 108.
On his left Shan Jing reraised to 1,000,000 with the A5.
After plenty of deliberation Samaan made the call and the two saw a flop of A107.
Samaan checked and Jing bet 1,200,000. Samaan tanked for quite a while before making the call, leaving himself with only 2.2 million behind.
The turn brought the 7and Samaan again checked. Jing checked back and the river brought the 6.
Samaan again went into the tank but eventually checked again. Jign checked behind and revealed his hand to take the huge pot.
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