2009 L.A. Poker Classic
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 5
Event Info
2009 L.A. Poker Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 696
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, then checked again when the river fell 
. Nguyen bet 150,000 but was put to the test when Ferguson moved all in for 715,000 total. He put his faith with his cards after thinking it over for a minute and called. Ferguson calmly turned over 
, having gone runner-runner for the flush. Nguyen mucked.That pot doubled Ferguson up to 1.73 million, almost the exact count that he had at the beginning of the day. It's like he's starting fresh (apart from the fact that the blinds and antes have doubled since the start of the day). Nguyen is down to 1.07 million.
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Cahail checked the
flop to Hyman, who made a large continuation bet of 215,000. Cahail check-raised all in for more than a million chips. Hyman had only 650,000 behind. He spent three minutes in the tank before calling all in with 
. Cahail turned over 
for a very craftily played pair of aces. The turn 
and river 
were no help to Hyman. He's been eliminated in 12th place, earning $64,477.Cahail now has 2.85 million in chips.
We asked Tournament Director Matt Savage about the size difference just to be sure we weren't seeing things, and he confirmed, offering the following prop bet:
Savage says he's willing to part with up to $20 -- an absolute freeroll -- if anyone can execute a perfect odd-even riffle using two full stacks of the big chips (20 chips in each stack, 40 chips in total). We'll let you know if any attempts are made.
. Sowers turned over 
. Ferguson's luck didn't turn on this hand, as the board came out all spades, 
. With neither player holding a spade, the board played for both, resulting in a chopped pot.
. He moved all in for 230,000. Mike Sowers called the 230,000 before Binh Nguyen, the final of the three players to act in the hand, moved all in. Sowers quickly folded, allowing Nguyen the opportunity to eliminate Kottler.Kottler:
Sowers:
Kottler had an overcard and the nut flush draw against Nguyen's top pair, but his ship never came in. Neither the
that hit the turn nor the 
that fell on the river improved Kottler. He left the tournament in 13th place to a round of applause from the rail.
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
