$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship | 2009 L.A. Poker Classic

02-26-2009 17:57 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

[user38449]

Here's an updated look at the scoreboard, courtesy of www.worldpokertour.com:

Chris Karagulleyan - 3,230,000
Binh Nguyen - 2,910,000
Mike Sowers - 2,560,000
Cornel Andrew Cimpan - 2,265,000
Pat Walsh - 1,910,000
Chris Ferguson - 985,000

02-26-2009 17:58 UTC-7

Ferguson All-in Again and Still Nobody's Buying

[user75032]

Pat Walsh has the button in Seat 3. Chris Ferguson makes the price of poker 165,000 from early position and is called by Cornel Andrew Cimpan. On a flop of {4-Spades}

, Ferguson takes slightly longer than he usually does to make a decision before moving all in. Cimpan asks for a count; the dealer cuts Ferguson's chips down and counts out 810,000. Cimpan made it seem like he was about to call, but ultimately folded his hand, allowing Ferguson to climb to 1.285 million in the counts.

Tags: Chris Ferugson Cornel Andrew Cimpan

Level: 30

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

02-26-2009 18:00 UTC-7

Still Nothing Doing for Karagulleyan

[user75032]

Chris Karagulleyan came into this final table with the chip lead, but he has been conspicuously silent so far. He tried raising a recent pot to 210,000, but released his hand when the player two seats to his left, Binh Nguyen, reraised to 710,000. That pot pushed Nguyen past Karagulleyan in the counts for the first time.

Tags: Binh Nguyen Chris Karagulleyan

02-26-2009 18:03 UTC-7

Karagulleyan Finally on the Board

[user75032]

It took more than half a level and approximately 25 hands for Chris Karagulleyan to win his first pot. He took down the blinds and the antes with a raise to 275,000, stanching an outward flow of chips that has already cost him 1,000,000 and the spot as the chip leader at the table.

Tags: Chris Karagulleyan

02-26-2009 18:10 UTC-7

Ferguson Living Dangerously

[user75032]

With blinds and antes as high as they are, the short stacks are running out of weapons. Chris Ferguson used one of the few weapons left at his disposal after Pat Walsh raised to 260,000 from early position. When action folded to Ferguson in the big blind, he moved all in for roughly 1.2 million total. Walsh folded.

The players have seemed more or less content to "wait for a better spot" so far, but how much longer can that continue? The increasing blinds and antes wait for no one.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Pat Walsh

02-26-2009 18:15 UTC-7

The Mike Sowers Power Hour

[user75032]

Cornel Andrew Cimpan has the button in Seat 2. Mike Sowers is the first player to act. He gets things started by raising to 200,000 and is called by Binh Nguyen. On a flop of {8-Clubs}

, Sowers again acts first and bets 350,000. That's enough to chase Nguyen out of the pot.

Tags: Binh Nguyen Mike Sowers

02-26-2009 18:22 UTC-7

Welcome Back, Chris Karagulleyan!

[user75032]

We finally had something for the large Chris Karagulleyan contingent to cheer about. Karagulleyan had the button and called a preflop raise to 290,000 by Pat Walsh. Walsh had to act first on a flop of {4-Clubs}

and opted for a bet of 300,000. Karagulleyan called, drawing a few murmurs from the crowd. Those murmurs grew louder when the turn fell {4-Hearts}

and Walsh checked. Karagulleyan fired out 500,000 and took down the pot, drawing a roar from his contingent. They even busted out in a few rounds of the familiar soccer chant, "Ole ole ole ole. Chris K, Chris K."

Tags: Chris Karagulleyan Pat Walsh