2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 5
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

Sowers is the New Chip Leader

Mike Sowers
Mike Sowers
Mike Sowers is the new chip leader after winning a massive pot from Chris Karagulleyan. The two raised it up preflop, driving out all other players, to take a flop of {A-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades}. Karagulleyan was first to act and led out for 120,000. Sowers called.

Both players checked the {Q-Diamonds} turn. When the river fell {7-Diamonds}, Karagulleyan confidently pushed out 290,000 chips.

"You hit that seven, huh?" said Sowers. "I call. I call." He flipped open {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} for two pair, aces and sevens. Karagulleyan's cards hit the muck.

Largely thanks to that pot, Sowers is now the chip leader with 1.7 million chips. Karagulleyan is back under a million, to about 750,000.

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