$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 5 Completed
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
Final Table Set
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Seat 1 - Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson - 1,565,000
Seat 2 - Cornel Andrew Cimpan - 1,740,000
Seat 3 - Pat Walsh - 2,215,000
Seat 4 - Chris Karagulleyan - 4,080,000
Seat 5 - Mike Sowers - 2,045,000
Seat 6 - Binh Nguyen - 1,895,000
Chris Ferguson is the clear headliner at tomorrow's final table, though pros Mike Sowers and Chris Karagulleyan will certainly make Ferguson's road toward claiming his first ever WPT title a long and winding one. Karagulleyan's got the chips, but Ferguson's got the experience. It's going to be a battle to say the least.
Tune in tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. local time for our continued coverage of the 2009 L.A.P.C. Main Event; a new champion will be crowned.
Until then, good night and good luck!
Blake Cahail Eliminated in 7th Place ($180,403)
Cahail:
Karagulleyan:
Karagulleyan had Cahail covered and had the best hand. There was no ace and no hearts on a flop of
. The turn 
was a total blank, leaving Cahail looking for an ace on the river. He didn't get it; the river fell 
, eliminating Cahail in 7th place. He earned $180,403, and with his elimination Day 5 is done.
Updated Chip Counts
Cornel Andrew Cimpan - 2,500,000
Chris Karagulleyan - 2,100,000
Pat Walsh - 1,650,000
Blake Cahail - 1,500,000
Chris Ferguson - 1,425,000
Binh Nguyen - 1,400,000
Payman Arjang Eliminated in 8th Place ($133,632)
"What are you doing?" Arjang asked. "You know I'm not going to raise your blind without a hand." Arjang agonized over the decision for several minutes. He has been taking several minutes to make each decision recently. The players complained to TD Matt Savage and asked for a clock on Arjang.
After thirty seconds had elapsed, Arjang called, leaving himself about 125,000 behind. Karagulleyan was first to act after the flop, so he bet 200,000 in the dark before the flop came down. Arjang called dark, and so the hands were opened.
Arjang:
Karagulleyan:
Several players and railbirds were completely dismayed to see an ace hit a flop of
. When the turn fell 
, it seemed another double-up was imminent. But the room -- and especially the dozen or so players on Chris Karagulleyan's rail -- exploded in a roar when the dealer found the 
as the river card. That river made a set of kings for Karagulleyan, enough to overtake Arjang's pair of aces.Arjang walks away with $133,632 for his eight place finish. We are now one elimination away from ending play.
Level: 29
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Play Resumes
Break Time?
Yep, it's Another Double-Up
. Sowers fired out a bet of 250,000, folding Ferguson, but Cahail responded by moving all in for more than two million chips. Sowers didn't take long to call all in for a total of 1.15 million with
. He was up against Cahail's 
, an overcard and the nut flush draw. The turn and river blanked 
and 
, giving Sowers a huge double-up. He now has 2.675 million in chips; Cahail is down to 1.7 million.
Arjang Doubles Through Karagulleyan
against Karagulleyan's . Neither player connected with the flop or the turn. Karagulleyan was momentarily elated to see the hit the river, thinking it had made him a flush. But there were only two hearts on the board; Arjang's pair of aces doubled him up.Which short stack will be the unlucky one who doesn't double up? Inquiring minds want to know.