Championship | 2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5

03-01-2007 18:21 UTC-8

Tight Start

In five of the initial six hands, the player who raised first pre-flop took down the pot uncontested. On Hand #3, Chau Giang and Jacobo Fernandez saw the flop. Fernandez bet out and Giang folded.

Tags: Chau Giang

03-01-2007 18:27 UTC-8

Walk This Way

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On Hand #7 and Hand #8, there was no action pre-flop and both big blinds got a walk.

03-01-2007 18:32 UTC-8

JC Tran Wins $1.5 million pot

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Hand #9: JC Tran raised 180K pre-flop and Jacobo Fernandez called. The flop was {A-Hearts}

and both players checked. When the {J-Spades}

fell on the turn, Fernandez bet out 230K. Tran called. The river was {3-Diamonds}

. Fernandez checked and Tran bet 300K. Fernandez went into the tank for a few minutes before he called. Tran flipped over {A-Spades}

for a pair of Aces, while Fernandez showed {Q-Hearts}

for second pair.

Tags: Jacobo Fernandez JC Tran

03-01-2007 18:43 UTC-8

The first half hour of play featured limited action from the table. There was only one hand that went to the river and was shown down. The pre-flop aggressor has been picking up pots through the first 15 hands or so with 180K or so being the standard raise. JC Tran increased the chip lead to over $4 million. Chau Giang has slipped to 990K.

03-01-2007 18:45 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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JC Tran 4.2M
Paul Wasicka 3.35M
Jacobo Fernandez 3M
Eric Hershler 2.2M
David Bach 1.7M
Chau Giang 990K

03-01-2007 18:47 UTC-8

Chau Giang Wins Battles of the Blinds

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Jacobo Fernandez raised 240K from the small blind and Chau Giang pushed all in for the rest of his chips. Fernandez folded and Giang is up to 1.3M.

Tags: Chau Giang

03-01-2007 18:58 UTC-8

80 Hands Until First Elimination?

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At the 2006 WPT L.A. Poker Classic, a new record was set on the number of hands played before the first elimination. That number was 80 hands. It took nearly four hours before the first player busted out.

03-01-2007 19:01 UTC-8

Tran on a Roll

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JC Tran picked up three out of four hands and appears to be in control of the action at the final table. He's approaching 5M in chips.

03-01-2007 19:05 UTC-8

Chau 2, Jacobo 0

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Hand #21: In another battle of the blinds, Jacobo Fernandez raised pre-flop to 180K. Chau Giang moved all in and Fernandez folded as he flashed 8-7o. Giang showed K-10.

Tags: Chau Giang Jacobo Fernandez

03-01-2007 19:13 UTC-8