. Hyman turned over a dominating hand, 
, that held up on a board of 
. That double-up pushed Hyman close to an average-sized stack with roughly 655,000. Bryan slipped back to 755,000.
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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. Hyman turned over a dominating hand, , that held up on a board of . That double-up pushed Hyman close to an average-sized stack with roughly 655,000. Bryan slipped back to 755,000.
that was contested between Mike Sowers and Matt Woodward. Sowers checked to Woodward, then called when Woodward bet 80,000. The turn put a third diamond on the board, 
. Sowers checked a second time, then called again when Woodward bet 150,000. Both players checked the river 
, with Sowers turning over the best hand 
for two pairs, jacks and eights.
flop. When the turn paired the board 
, Ferguson led out for 70,000. Kottler called to a river card of 
that both players checked. Ferguson showed down an unimproved 
for a pair of sixes, ace-high; Kottler's 
made two pair, eights and sixes, to take down the pot.
dominated Pilossoph's 
. It was the better hand at the start, and the better hand at the end after the dealer produced a board of 
. Pilossoph was therefore eliminated in 20th place, for which he earned $44,433 in prize money.
against Ferguson's . Ferguson took a stranglehold on the hand with a flop of 
, making top pair of aces and leaving Bryan drawing at running cards for the one million chip pot. One runner, the , hit the turn; a second runner, the 
, hit the river, giving Bryan the second nut flush.When the stacks were counted down, Bryan had 503,000 chips. He doubled to just over one million; that 503,000-chip hit knocked Ferguson back to 1,218,000.
Nguyen:
Cahail:
The flop fell
, no help to either player but giving Nguyen a gutshot draw. That draw filled when the hit the turn, but Cahail made a bigger straight with the 
that hit the river to double up to 576,000. Nguyen took the hit to 842,000.
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The odds-on favorite at the start of play today has to be Chris Ferguson. The grizzled veteran and member of Team Full Tilt is known for his patient tournament style and his ability to steadily accumulate chips. He's at the top of the leaderboard to start the day, leading all runners with 1,721,000 chips, more than double the 696,000 average stack. Ferguson is not a "blaster", so don't expect him to dust off those chips any time short of the last table.
But any one of the remaining twenty players could be the next champion. As long as they have chips, they're not out of the tournament yet. We'll be paying special attention to short-stacked Teddy "the Iceman" Monroe, who had the rail in stitches yesterday with his unique brand of poker commentary.
When play kicks off in fifteen minutes, players will be at the same tables as they were at when Day 4 concluded. That table draw is as follows:
Table 1
Seat 1: Xuan Nguyen (1,130,000)
Seat 2: Blake Cahail (310,000)
Seat 3: Nick Schulman (850,000)
Seat 4: Donnie D'Auria (242,000)
Seat 5: Binh Nguyen (1,040,000)
Seat 7: Danny Lu (662,000)
Seat 8: Payman Arjang (1,488,000)
Table 2
Seat 1: Tam Ly (603,000)
Seat 2: Chris Ferguson (1,721,000)
Seat 3: Pat Walsh (760,000)
Seat 4: Cornel Andrew Cimpan (164,000)
Seat 5: Jeremy Kottler (614,000)
Seat 8: Mark Bryan (561,000)
Seat 9: Zach Hyman (320,000)
Table 3
Seat 2: Chris Karagulleyan (1,146,000)
Seat 3: Mike Sowers (626,000)
Seat 4: Peter Feldman (423,000)
Seat 5: Billy Pilossoph (188,000)
Seat 6: Teddy Monroe (264,000)
Seat 9: Matt Woodward (771,000)
PokerNews will have all the action throughout the day. Feel free to follow along.
