2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
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

Movin' on Up

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein
On our last rounds on the floor, we saw some notable players picking up a bunch of chips. Shannon Shorr turned a combination draw in a four-way limped pot that was checked to the turn. Shorr held {6-Spades} {9-Spades} on a board of {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {3-Spades} {7-Spades}. He elected to call a 500-chip bet to take a heads-up river that filled his straight draw, {8-Hearts}. Shorr's opponent checked, then called a bet of 1,400. He couldn't beat Shorr's straight. As a result, Shorr is up to 30,000.

We also saw Barry Greenstein take 5,000 chips off of an opponent in a heads-up pot. Greenstein check-called a bet of 1,000 on a flop of {8-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {9-Spades}, then check-called 4,000 more after the turn fell {A-Diamonds}. Both players checked the river {7-Clubs}, with Greenstein turning over {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} for top pair. That was a winner.

John "the Razor" Phan is also steadily chipping up. He was the only one of three opponents to call a bet of 1,000 from an early position player on a board of {5-Hearts} {9-Spades} {7-Diamonds}. When the turn fell {A-Spades}, Phan's opponent checked and then folded to a bet of 2,000.

Tags: Barry GreensteinJohn PhanShannon Shorr