2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 4
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

Checking in on the Chip Leader

It's been fairly smooth sailing so far for chip leader Kofi Farkye. He started Day 4 with 837,500 chips and hit a high water mark of roughly 1.14 million.

Even Farkye can't win every pot though; he recently raised to 11,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Cornel Andrew Cimpan in the big blind, who squeezed his cards and then announced he was all in. Farkye snap-called with {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}, only to see that he was behind Cimpan's {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}.

"Again?" Farkye asked. Apparently it was not the first time he ran ace-queen into ace-king. The board ran out {K-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {9-Hearts}, not enough help for Farkye. He paid Cimpan 105,000 total chips, dropping his stack back to 1.035 million.

Tags: Kofi Farkye