Ferguson Keeps Chipping Up
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2009 L.A. Poker Classic
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 6
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
Sowers on the Move
board, where Sowers bet 325,000. Cimpan called but never showed his hand. He mucked after Sowers tabled 
for two pair, aces and kings. The million chip pot was pushed to Sowers.
Oops!
. He checked to Sowers, then called again after Sowers bet 325,000.Both players checked the
turn. When the river fell 
, Cimpan checked again. Sowers didn't hesitate to fire 520,000. Cimpan took about a minute before calling, giving us a rare showdown.Sowers:
Cimpan:
An excellent call by Cimpan, sniffing out a stone bluff from Sowers! Cimpan's two pair, kings and sevens, were the winning hand, propelling him to roughly 3.0 million in chips.
A Record?
The last several hands have been raise-it-and-take-it affairs.
Nguyen Movin' on Up
flop. The turn brought a third heart, the 
and a bet of 250,000 from Nguyen. Cimpan called to see a fourth heart, the , hit the river. Nguyen took the pot down with a bet of 350,000.The crowd is getting loopy now. After the earlier "Ole, ole ole ole" chants, we've had one guy shouting "We believe in Jesus" and another group chanting "B! I! N! H! BINH!" They then catcalled at a buxom, blonde cocktail waitress who appeared on set briefly to give the players some water.
All In and Call! Sowers Doubles Through Ferguson
, to Sowers, who bet 350,000. Ferguson moved all in and quickly Sowers called! The cards were quickly opened:Ferguson:
Sowers:
Ferguson flopped top pair but it was in rough shape against Sowers' overpair. The turn
took all the drama out of the hand; it made an unbeatable set of kings for Sowers. Ferguson paid him 1.19 million after the river fell .
Level: 31
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Ferguson Eliminated; Walsh Doubles Twice
Pat Walsh looked down at
and quickly moved his stack in the middle. He was called by Mike Sowers, who showed . Could it be that we would have back-to-back eliminations? Not at this tournament. Following the established trend, Walsh doubled up on a board of 
, robbing the audience of any kind of sweat. Following that hand, the players went on break.
6:50pm -- Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 6th Place ($240,538)
The fateful elimination finally came, and it was the player who started as the shortest stack of the day. Chris Ferguson raised to 300,000 and was called by Cornel Andrew Cimpan. Ferguson checked a flop of
, prompting Cimpan to move all in. I've covered Ferguson at countless tournaments over the course of the last year, and I can never remember him tanking as long as he did here. He seemed genuinely stuck and unsure what to do with his hand. After three minutes, a few restless railbirds started shouting for Cimpan to call a clock. TD Savage immediately got on the mic and threatened to throw them out if they didn't stop. Ferguson thought it over for another 30 seconds, then called all in. He was the player at risk of elimination as the cards were exposed:
Cimpan:
Ferguson:
Ferguson had gone with his gut and called all in with unimproved ace-king, but he was behind Cimpan's pocket pair. The turn was the
, no help for Ferguson. He needed any ace, any king, any ten or any six on the river to stave off elimination. The river 
sent him to the rail, the first player eliminated from the TV table.6:38pm -- Sowers Back to Work
Mike Sowers has lots of rebuilding to do after getting caught bluffing earlier this afternoon. He raised to 250,000 from middle position and was called by Chris Karagulleyan out of the blinds. Karagulleyan had first action on a flop of
. He checked, then folded to a bet of 350,000 from Sowers.6:25pm -- Pat Walsh Doubles Up
The crowd was on its feet for the second time in minutes when Pat Walsh moved all in and was called by Cornel Andrew Cimpan. Cimpan called with
but found himself dominated by Walsh's 
. A chop was a possibility as the board developed 
, but the river 
gave Walsh the double-up, prolonging a trend that started yesterday of short stacks doubling up.
Nguyen Chipping Up
Pat Walsh has been the player most prone to releasing his hand in the face of a reraise today. He opened the pot to 300,000, then watched as Mike Sowers moved all in for about 1.26M behind him. Walsh gave the matter about a minute's worth of thought before mucking.
7:24pm -- Another Pot to Nguyen
We haven't seen much limping today, but Pat Walsh just tried to limp into a pot from the cutoff. Action folded to Nguyen in the big blind, who popped it to 400,000. Walsh called that raise, but folded to a bet of 500,000 on a flop of
.Nguyen is the chip leader at this point.
7:18pm -- Nguyen Pressures Cimpan to Fold
A raised pot between Binh Nguyen and Cornel Andrew Cimpan made it to the turn. With the board showing
, Cimpan led out for 300,000. Nguyen quickly put in a raise to 900,000. Just as quickly, Cimpan folded.Nguyen's supporters must be drunk. Their latest chant is, "B-I-N-H-O, B-I-N-H-O, B-I-N-H-O and Binh-o was his name-o."
Updated Chip Counts
Binh Nguyen - 3,780,000
Cornel Andrew Cimpan - 3,025,000
Chris Karagulleyan - 2,805,000
Mike Sowers - 2,650,000
Pat Walsh - 1,640,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - 6th Place ($240,538)