2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 6
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

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Cornel Andrew Cimpan
Cornel Andrew Cimpan
Mike Sowers has become quite active over the course of the last dozen hands. He recently raised again, this time from middle position and to 200,000. Cornel Andrew Cimpan was in the small blind and called to a flop of {2-Clubs} {K-Spades} {3-Spades}. He checked to Sowers, then called again after Sowers bet 325,000.

Both players checked the {Q-Hearts} turn. When the river fell {k-Clubs}, Cimpan checked again. Sowers didn't hesitate to fire 520,000. Cimpan took about a minute before calling, giving us a rare showdown.

Sowers: {8-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Cimpan: {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades}

An excellent call by Cimpan, sniffing out a stone bluff from Sowers! Cimpan's two pair, kings and sevens, were the winning hand, propelling him to roughly 3.0 million in chips.

Tags: Cornel Andrew CimpanMike Sowers