Championship Day 4 | 2007 L.A Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5

02-27-2007 19:26 UTC-7

New Prize Level

[user22113]

Places 28 thru 36 will pay $35,690

02-27-2007 19:30 UTC-7

Short Stacks

[user22113]

Our call right now is that if you are below 200K you are a short stack, with that standard in mind there are currently 7 short stacks.

16 stacks above average, 20 below

02-27-2007 19:38 UTC-7

Chris Bell Doubles Up Against Mike Carson

[user22113]

On a board of {K-Clubs}

, Mike Carson bet 100K into a 100K pot. Chris Bell reraised to 200K. Carson moved all in and Bell called. Carson had {K-Hearts}

and Bell tabed {9-Hearts}

for a set of 9s. Bell won a pot worth 700K, as Carson was crippled.

Tags: Chris Bell Michael Carson

02-27-2007 19:40 UTC-7

Players Are Currently on a 15 Minute Break

[user22113]

The next level will be interrupted at 7 PM for a one hour dinner break and free VD screenings in the Casino Lobby.

02-27-2007 19:42 UTC-7

A Continuing Story

[user22113]

Tad Jurgens started yesterday with three big blinds and a plane ticket home. At present he is sitting on 800K+. Early predictions of his demise were slightly premature.

Tags: tad jurgens

02-27-2007 19:50 UTC-7

Table 1
Seat 1: John Little (35th)
Seat 2: Joe Cordi
Seat 3: John Galbraith (34th)
Seat 4: Jeff Cabanillas
Seat 5: Jason "Strassa" Strasser
Seat 6: JC Tran
Seat 7: Hans "Tuna" Lund
Seat 8: Ben Johnson
Seat 9: Nick "Takeover" Schulman

Table 2
Seat 1: Isaac Haxton
Seat 2: Jay Chang
Seat 3: Chris Bell
Seat 4: Babak Razi
Seat 5: Tad Jurgens
Seat 6: Kristy Gazes
Seat 7: Vinny Procopio
Seat 8: Nam Le
Seat 9: Michael Carson (36th)

Table 3
Seat 1: Sung Yi
Seat 2: Markus Stratzinger
Seat 3: Juan Alvarado
Seat 4: Chau Giang
Seat 5: Lee Markholt
Seat 6: Eric Hershler
Seat 7: Suk Sung
Seat 8: Ted Lawson
Seat 9: Jacobo Fernandez

Table 4:
Seat 1: David Bach
Seat 2: Matthew Giannetti
Seat 3: Joe Awada
Seat 4: Paul Wasicka
Seat 5: Shan Jing
Seat 6: Bill Edler
Seat 7: Sean McCabe
Seat 8: CK Hua
Seat 9: Richard Munro

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

02-27-2007 20:07 UTC-7

Michael Carson Eliminated in 36th

[user22113]

Michael Carson is all-in with {A-Spades}

and sees Tad Jurgens show {Q-Hearts}

. No help for Michael.

Michael Carson 36th place $35,690

Tags: michael carson tad jurgens

02-27-2007 20:09 UTC-7

John Little Getting Little(er)

[user628]

In two consecutive hands, John Little has gone from about 450,000 to 160,000. On the first hand, Little doubled up Ben Johnson when Johnson's {J-Spades}