2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5

Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j6
Prize
$2,429,970
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,593,600
Total Entries
791
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 791
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JC Tran Bluffs Away Chiplead

Jacobo Fernandez
Jacobo Fernandez
On a board of {4-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, JC Tran checks, Jacobo Fernandez (pictured right) bets 10,000, and JC Tran makes it 30,000 almost immediately. Fernandez min raises right back to 60,000. JC Tran calls. The turn is the {7-Hearts}, putting a flush out there. JC Tran checks, and Jacobo takes about 5 full minutes before checking. The river is the {8-Diamonds}, and JC bets out enough to put Jacobo all in. Jacobo goes in the tank for another long time, but eventually calls. JC turns up {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, and Jacobo flips over {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} for the winner.

The pot is close to 400,000. JC Tran is down to about 350,000, and Jacobo is the chip leader.

Tags: chip leaderjacobo fernandezjc tran

Tatalovich Doubles Thru with the Brunson

Richard Tatalovich tried not to look too smug as he pondered the board; his all-in button in the pot and his cards exposed. Tatalovich held {10-Spades}{2-Clubs} to his opponent's AQ. Tatalovich had rivered a magical third ten to best his opponent's flopped pair of aces.

Tatalovich started the day with a shorter stack of 48,300, but now is feeling comfortably average.

Tags: richard tatalovich

Tough Table Again

Bill Edler playing on table 12 called me over and pointed to the next table, which is table 9.

"OK, tell me who is the third best player at that table."

Table nine as we pointed out below has this lineup.
Barry Greenstein Seat 6
Lee Markholt Seat 7
Michael Mizrachi Seat 1
Nam Le Seat 2
Greg Duros Seat 5
Lester Naquin Seat 9
Francois Norpetlain Seat 3
David Slan Seat 4
Van Zakarain Seat 8

I told Bill I couldn't even tell him who the fourth best player at that table was.

He replied: "The problem is, whomever you pick as the third best player at the table, might also be the best player in the world."

Somedays the draws are tough.

Tags: barry greensteinbill edlerlee markholtmichael mizrachinam le

Francis Cipriano Eliminated

Vinny Procopio busted Francis Cipriano. If you switch "busted" with "whacked" you have a storyline from The Sopranos. Vinny P had A-J and Frankie C had Q-J. Both players flopped trip Jacks and thats when all the money went into the pot worth over 100K. Vinny P now has over 105K.

Tags: Vinny Procopio

Another Sleepless Pro

Sean McCabe came by before the start of Day Three and told us he only got about five hours sleep, he wanted more but: "My brain just wouldn't let me sleep, something about a poker tournament."

Sean entered today with 272,600 in 5th chip position.

Tags: sean mccabe

The Great Wall of Tran

The Great Wall
The Great Wall
Chipleader JC Tran arrived during hand one and began stacking his chips and stacking his chips aaaaaaaaaaand stacking this chips. Slowly a pier of stacks began creeping further and further out into the center of the table. Now we are not sure this was an intimidation play by JC but during hand #5 JC casually a 15K raise out while he kept to the task of stacking. After two very long thoughtful folds, Loi Phan in seat one looks to the dealer and says: "Give me that blue button." The dealers here at LAPC have a big blue ALL-IN button they those out for every all-in bet.

JC thought for a moment and folded his hand and went back to stacking his 545 chips, down a few to the Big Blue Button.

Tags: jc tranloi phan