WCOOP – Event #17, $320 NLHE 6-Max: ‘pes4fans’ Takes Short-Handed Title
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) held another short-handed tournament on Wednesday, in Event #17, $320 No Limit Hold’em (6-Max). While the structure may be the same, the buy-in for this event was steeper than the $215 Event #1 and resulted in nearly 2,000 fewer participants.
Despite that, the pre-tourney guarantee was yet again […]
WCOOP – Event #18, $530 7-Card Hi/Lo: ‘BigLL’ Scoops Title
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) saw yet another successful day on Thursday with Event #18, $530 7-Card Stud H/L. This year’s event had 598 entries which saw the smallest amount of participants for any WCOOP event held so far, but the prize fund still far surpassed the pre-tourney guarantee of $200,000, generating […]
WCOOP – Event #19, $530 PLO: Big Bucks for ‘buck21′
The final weekend of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) kicked off on Friday with two great events, the first being the $530 Pot Limit Omaha tourney (Event #19) with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. Last year’s event saw 867 participants while this year’s drew 1,046, generating a prize pool of $523,000, with $112,445 […]
WCOOP – Event #20, $530 NLHE Triple Shootout: ‘lyerly_’ Survives Outage to Win
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued on Friday with Event #20, $530 NLHE Triple Shootout, with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. The event had a cap of 729 players, which was reached an hour prior to the event’s start time. Play continued on quickly throughout the evening, with the final table of […]
WCOOP – Event #21, $5,200 H.O.R.S.E.: ‘hairos’ Chops and Wins
PokerStars held two of its biggest events in this year’s World Championship of Online Poker on Saturday, with the first being Event #21, $5,200 H.O.R.S.E. This year, the event brought in 177 entrants, two more than last year, and generated a prize pool of $885,000. Mirroring the WSOP, the H.O.R.S.E event had the biggest entry […]
WCOOP – Event #22, $1,050 LHE: ‘Sowerss’ Claims Limit Bracelet
The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) continued on Saturday, with Event #22, $1,050 Limit Hold ‘Em, the last tourney before the Main Event. The guaranteed prize pool of $200,000 was again not needed as the 616 participants generated a prize pool of $616,000, with $145,376 going to first place and the final seven […]
LA Poker Classic: Event one Day one - $300 NLHE
A whopping 799 players paid $300 (+30) to enter the first event at this years LA poker Classic at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. This 799 number easily eclipsed the prior record of 678 players from last year’s $300 + rebuys NLHE event. The prize pool for the event is a staggering $232,509, with […]
Final Results: LA Poker Classic Event One - $300 NLHE
Last night Dannie Perry became what every regular guy rounder dreams of. Wednesday afternoon, Perry walked in to the Commerce Casino, and just like his 798 fellow competitors, he plunked down his $300 buy in, and dreamed of hoisting the trophy. But, unlike the other 798, Dannie’s dream became a reality. Dannie Perry walked out […]
LA Poker Classic - Event two - $500 buy in - 7 Card Stud - Day One
7 Card Stud players are often unique to the tournament scene, as a good number of them do not play in the any of the other events of a tournament series (except for Stud/8). Stud being the only non-common card game, it holds a unique place in the tournament landscape.
Interestingly enough, however, because the explosion […]
LA Poker Classic - Event two - $500 buy in - 7 Card Stud - Day Two
Final Table with Chip Counts
James Carroll 37,700 in chips
Max Pescatore 34,900
Quan Quong 32,800
Bradley Williams 18,300
Dave McAfee 17,500
Gevork Kasabyan 17,300
Ki Suk Hong 13,900
Bruce Levitt 8,600
The final table of the LAPC 7 Card Stud event started off very quickly, with three players eliminated almost immediately. Then things slowed down significantly, with virtually no notable activity for two […]
LA Poker Classic - Event Three - Omaha High/Low - Final
A record was set at the Commerce Casino Saturday night. I’m certainly not referring to the 883 players, and 1400+ rebuys in the $300 NLHE event that started Saturday night (see more about that in the day one report on that event).
No, I’m referring to the record set for the fewest words ever spoken at […]
LA Poker Classic - Event Four - $300 Rebuy NLHE
Rebuy tournaments are a unique beast in the poker world. Players employ many different strategies in these events. Some plan to rebuy multiple times, pushing the edges with hands that most players would throw away in the hopes of getting a stack early, and bullying from there. Other players plan their rebuys out in advance, […]
LA Poker Classic - Event #4 - $300 NLHE w/rebuys - Final Report
Poker is a game of diversity, where all are equal at the table (except for the size of their chip stacks, of course). The final table of the No Limit Hold Em $300 rebuy event at the Commerce casino was a study in diversity. The final table had a clothier, a restaurant consultant, a poker […]
LA Poker Classic - Event #5 - $500 buy in - 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Split - Final
When I woke up this morning, I got the final table chip counts for this event. They looked like this.
Paul Darden 77,100 in chips
Liz Heim 68,300
Saundra Taylor 15,300
Dr Max Stern 11,100
Roberto Flood 11,100
Paul Honas 5,400
Brian Hegstad 4,200
Henry Uranga 2,400
And I thought to myself “Hmmm…I wonder if Darden will carry the trophy out in his left […]
LA Poker Classic - Event #6 - $500 - Limit HE Shootout - Final
A shootout is an interesting tournament format. At the LA Poker Classic’s Event # 6, it was basically a story of two separate tournaments. At 3pm yesterday, 280 players started, forming twenty-eight different single table tournaments. Since this was limit, the last table didn’t finish until almost 10pm (there was a one hour dinner break). […]
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