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
Entries
791
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000

Lucky Dinner with Edler

For a poker player, luck may be defined by how often your aces hold up. For a reporter, luck is scoring interesting dinner break company. Dinner with Bill Edler is like making an inside straight draw.

Edler recently won the Heads-Up Championship at the Crystal Park Casino. But he said that the victory also had its costs. The next tournament he played was Rincon where he said he just couldn't make the adjustment from his heads-up frame of mind. He said, "I played way too cute. I assumed my opponents had nothing; which is a predictably dangerous assumption at a full table." Luckily, Edler has reclaimed his full table mojo and is sitting with a stack of 369,000 here at the Commerce; a stack he is looking forward to wield as the bubble approaches.

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Prize Pool Unhappiness

Almost to a player there is disagreement with the short payout structure. The LAPC pays fewer places then many other tournaments. A 791 player field will typically pay 72 or even 80 places. Here we are paying only 54.

The nearly unanimous player sentiment is pay $2M for first and $1M for second and take the excess $429,970 on the first place prize and the $177,010 on 2nd place and pay down to at least 72 places.

C.K. Hua Takes a Big Pot

C.K. Hua raised to 10,000 from middle position and Raymond Davis re-raised to 25K from the big blind. Hua. called. The flop was the {5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{A-Hearts} and Davis bet out 10,000. Hua called. The turn was the {K-Hearts} and Davis led again, this time for 20,000. Hua made a min-raise to 40,000 and Davis called. The river was the {3-Hearts}, putting four to a flush on the board and both men checked. Davis showed the {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and C.K. Hua showed the {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for two pair.

C.K. Hua dragged the 150,000 pot and sits at 330,000 chips.

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