L.A. Poker Classic Event #21 - $1500 Limit Holdem

After last night’s epic battle in the Shootout event, we were prepared for another long evening as we got ready to start the twenty-first event of the Classic, the $1500 Limit event. They had started with one hundred and seventy six players and played into the wee hours of Wednesday morning to get down to […]

L.A. Poker Classic Event #22 - $2500 No-Limit Holdem

With the World Poker Tour’s Main Event starting on Friday, you would have figured that the tournament on Thursday would be a quick event. Everyone would want to get their rest as they prepared for the $10,000 WPT event. The table even attempted to comply, as we started the night with nine players, after chip […]

L.A. Poker Classic - World Poker Tour Main Event - Day One

As the skies opened up and the rains fell on Friday, the L. A. Poker Classic moved on to the Main Event, the $10,000 buy in tournament for the World Poker Tour. It started precisely at 3:30 Friday afternoon although, admittedly, many players had not quite gotten to the point of being in the event […]

L. A. Poker Classic - World Poker Tour Main Event - Day Two

The clash at the Commerce Casino continued into Day Two on Saturday, as there were about 200 survivors from the first day of action in the World Poker Tour Main Event Championship in Los Angeles. There were some losses that were unexpected in the final moments of Level Six. Daniel Negreanu, who had been playing […]

L.A. Poker Classic - World Poker Tour Main Event - Day Three

When we came to the tables to start Day Three of the Main Event of the L. A. Poker Classic, we had whittled the field down to only fifty three players. The plan for the day was to make it down to the final three tables, then decide where to go from there. Most of […]

LA Poker Classic - World Poker Tour - Commerce Casino - Day Four - Final

A World Poker Tour event has a slightly different feel to it. The pros all know what being on television means to them (not to mention the $1.8 million top prize), and the amateurs all know what their 15 minutes of fame might mean to them in their home games were they to be able […]

LA Poker Classic - World Poker Tour - Final Report

I walked into the hustle and bustle that can only be found at a TV set five minutes before a taping is set to begin. Stressed production assistants, whose blood pressure is way too high for their young years are running around screaming things like “What do you mean Harley’s having a tuna sandwich….We need […]

LA Poker Classic - PPT - Final Table

The first thing you notice upon entering the PPT set is the look is different than that of its cousin, the WPT. The PPT set has the look of an old warehouse, where people have gathered to play a hush hush game of good ol’ backroom poker.
But, the participants don’t look like they are dressed […]

L. A. Poker Classic Kicks Off Today

The poker action is already running at a heated pace and it is only the third week of January. Starting on January 19th, the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA, starts up a month long celebration of poker with the 2006 version of the L. A. Poker Classic, which has shown in the past to […]

L. A. Poker Classic In The Home Stretch

After almost a month of poker, the professionals are beginning to step to the felt at the L. A. Poker Classic, just in time for the World Poker Tour $10,000 Championship Event and the WPT Invitational which starts upon its completion. While the early action has been dominated by local Los Angeles and California pros […]

2007 L.A. Poker Classic Poised to Begin at Commerce Casino

Poker returns to the West Coast in a big way in the weeks ahead with this year’s edition of the L.A. Poker Classic set to kick off at the Commerce. Satellites are already underway, with the LAPC’s first event being a $330 no-limit tourney on January 25.
This year’s L.A. Poker Classic lineup offers 30 events […]

L.A. Poker Classic - Day 1 Recap

The largest and most prestigious tournament in California kicked off on Saturday at Commerce Casino outside of Los Angeles with the L.A. Poker Classic championship main event, which also happened to be the latest stop on the World Poker Tour. 791 players bought in for $10,000 each for a shot at the coveted $2.4 million […]

L.A. Poker Classic - Day 2 Recap

368 players returned to Commerce Casino for the L.A. Poker Classic with their thoughts on one thing: the $2.4 million first place prize. 152 players would survive the day and advance to the next day of play. Action moved along at a quick pace and tournament director Cheri Dokken decided to end Day 2 at […]

L.A. Poker Classic - Day 3 Recap: Bursting the Bubble

With 152 players remaining in the L.A. Poker Classic, the tense atmosphere in the ballroom at the Commerce Casino added to the looming pressure. With $2.4 million at stake, players did not want to make any crucial mistakes as they raced towards the money bubble.
The top 54 places paid prize money and many of the […]

L.A. Poker Classic - Day 4 Recap - Down to 18

54 players returned to the Commerce Casino for the fourth day of action at the L.A. Poker Classic main event. By Midnight, only 18 players remained and JC Tran leaped out in front of the pack with a massive $3.46 million stack, which was almost as much as second, third and fourth places… combined. In […]

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