2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 L.A. Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$1,686,260
Event Info
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0

Farkye Playing Lots of Hands

Kofi Farkye
Kofi Farkye
With a stack that's dipping above and below 700,000 chips, it's probably no surprise that Kofi Farkye has been playing hands. Lots and lots of hands. Two hands in a row, he raised to 6,500 from early position. The first time, Men Nguyen called from the small blind and the big blind also called. Both players check-folded to a bet of 15,000 from Farkye on the {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} {2-Clubs} flop.

The second hand, Nguyen was on the button and was the only caller. When Farkye checked a flop of {5-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {9-Hearts} to Nguyen, he bet 8,000. Farkye calmly cut off 25,000 from his sizable stack and check-raised. Nguyen folded after 30 seconds.

Farkye is at about 705,000 in chips. Nguyen slipped to 120,000 after these hands.

Tags: Kofi FarkyeMen Nguyen

Updated Chip Counts

These start-of-Level-16 chip counts are brought to you courtesy of worldpokertour.com:

1. Kofi Farkye - 640,000
2. Mike Sowers - 534,000
3. Donald D'Auria - 427,000
4. Dan O'Brien - 424,000
5. Jason DeWitt - 350,000
6. Peter Feldman - 350,000
7. Anthony Venturini - 312,000
8. Chris Karagulleyan - 287,000
9. Cody Slaubaugh - 280,000
10. Dan Lu - 260,000

One note on Kofi Farkye's count; we just went out to his table. Apparently he took down a sizable pot since the start of the level, as he is currently sitting behind 750,000 chips.

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Timoshenko Shrugs Off Small Hit

Yevgeniy Timoshenko was the only caller of a 30,800-chip all-in bet from an early-position player. That player showed {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} against Timoshenko's {9-Diamonds} {9-Spades}. A king hit the flop, {J-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {6-Spades}, and held up through the {Q-Hearts} turn and {5-Diamonds} river.

"You would have had a bit of a sweat if I had called," said the player on the button. He said he had considered a call with {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}.

Timoshenko didn't mind losing almost 31,000 chips all that much. He still has about 235,000.

Tags: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Akkari Conserves Chips

Andre Akkari was the first player into the pot preflop with a raise to 6,700. Action folded to Haralabos Voulgaris on the button. He cut 17,500 chips off his stack and threw them across the betting line. That folded both players in the blinds, but Akkari wanted to see a flop. He called.

Both men checked a flop that was all hearts, {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {5-Hearts}. On the turn {4-Hearts}, Akkari checked again, then folded to a half-pot bet from Voulgaris.

Tags: Andre AkkariHaralabos Voulgaris

Brady's Check-Raise Doesn't Work

Matt Brady's been playing aggressive poker today. That's often a recipe for success but it can also backfire once in a while. Brady was successful by moving all in for about 180,000 after a player who was new to the table had reraised Brady preflop from 6,900 to 20,000. He was less successful a few hands later when he tried to check-raise a different player from 14,000 to 42,000 on a flop of {3-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {K-Spades}. That player responded by moving all in, drawing a snap-muck from Brady.

Brady now has about 170,000 chips. Incidentally, that's the same count as Shawn Glines, who seemed destined for the rail a few levels ago when he had just 17,000 chips.

Tags: Matt BradyShawn Glines

Defending Champ Exits

In 2008, Phil Ivey was the winner of the L.A. Poker Classic Main Event, pocketing almost $1.6 million in prize money. There won't be a repeat in 2009. Ivey was recently seen exiting the tournament floor after stopping for a quick word with Daniel Negreanu. There are no chips at his seat; he's out.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuPhil Ivey

Medic Wins Somes, Loses More

The ladies love Nenad.
The ladies love Nenad.
Back-to-back hands didn't go so well for Nenad Medic. In position, he called a preflop raise to 5,700 by Daniel Negreanu. Both men cautiously checked a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}. On the turn {K-Hearts}, Negreanu checked again, then quickly folded to a bet of 10,700.

That pot pushed Medic's count to 161,000, but he fell to 90,000 shortly thereafter. With 40,000 in the pot, Medic check-called a bet of 17,000 with the board showing {3-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}. When the river fell {8-Hearts}, Medic led out for 31,700. His opponent raised to 80,000 after about 90 seconds. Medic visibly ran through all of the permutations in his head as to what he might be up against, glanced back at his hand one last time, and then mucked it.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuNenad Medic