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

03-01-2007 02:26 UTC-7

Day 5 Complete; Final Table Set

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The final table will start at 5pm local time. Here's the chipcounts for the final six players:

1. JC Tran $3.47M
2. Paul Wasicka $3.39M
3. Jacobo Fernandez $3.37M
4. David Bach $2.27M
5. Eric Hershler $2.16M
6. Chau Giang $1.37M

The average stack is $2.64M

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03-01-2007 01:05 UTC-7

Bill Edler Bubbles

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Bill looked up at us and said: "Funny how the most fun you can have in poker is when you are short."

Then he moves all-in and is called by JC Tran.

JC shows {A-Hearts}

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Bill shows {3-Clubs}

and the flop is Heart, Heart, Heart!!!

Bill Edler 7th place $189,840.

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03-01-2007 00:48 UTC-7

Vincent Procopio Out

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Paul Wasicka makes it 1,060,00 to go and Vincent Procopio moves all-in for 1,020,000. Vincent shows {Q-Hearts}

Paul holds {A-Hearts}

, there is a K on the flop, another on the turn and no Queen.

Vincent Procopio 8th place $151,870.

Tags: paul wasicka vincent procopio

03-01-2007 00:43 UTC-7

Wasicka vs. Edler

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Paul Wasicka makes it 170K to go and Bill Edler moves all-in; Paul thinks and ponders and finally makes the call.

Paul (760K all-in) with {A-Spades}

Bill shows {Q-Diamonds}

the board goes blank-blank-blank-blank-blank and Paul get a big double up.

Tags: bill edler paul wasicka

03-01-2007 00:27 UTC-7

Half the Stacks

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All the 5K chips are gone, replaced by the 10K blue chips and everyone looks like they are in the game.

Two players to go before we sleep.

03-01-2007 00:15 UTC-7

Does Chip Stack Matter?

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Today we will follow the 18 remaining players and see just how much size matters. Here is the list of players in order by chip stack at the start of today's play. We will update this list as we play down today to the six player final table and pay attention to the bustout out order.

1 JC TRAN 3,461,000
2 Jacobo FERNANDEZ 1,334,000
3 Jason STRASSER 1,196,000 [12th place]
4 Bill EDLER 1,160,000
5 Tad JURGENS 1,059,000 [11th place]
6 Ben JOHNSON 1,055,000 [9th place]
7 David BACH 985,000
8 Chau GIANG 813,000
9 Paul WASICKA 806,000
10 Eric HERSHLER 745,000
11 Chris BELL 636,000 [13th place]
12 Joseph CORDI 512,000 [14th place]
13 Vincent Propocio [8th place]
14 Richard MUNRO 371,000 [18th place]
15 Jay CHANG 333,000 [10th place]
16 Kristy GAZES 307,000 [16th place]
17 Juan ALVARADO 282,000 [15th place]
18 Shan JING 266,000 [17th place]

Tags: bill edler chau giang chris bell jason strasser jc tran kristy gazes paul wasicka

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

03-01-2007 00:06 UTC-7

Shared Pain: Ben Johnson Finishes 9th

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Perhaps every player at the table had felt Ben Johnson's pain. Johnson was left with only the ante on this hand and easy pickings for a group attack. But Vinnie Procopio (UTG) started the ball rolling by stepping away from the table saying, 'I'm out. Good luck.' Out of turn and without looking at his cards, Chau Giang said, 'I will fold for you.' And the cards flew into the muck, player by player. The blinds, Bill Edler (SB) called an JC Tran checked.

Both blinds checked down the board of {Q-Hearts}

.

Edler's {A-Spades}

was good enough to take it.

Ben Johnson 9th place $121,500

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02-28-2007 23:56 UTC-7

A Chip and a Ben

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With pocket Queens Ben Johnson is all-in and David Bach calls with the nut flush drawn. David get there on the river and when the smoke has cleared and the chips are counted, Ben Johnson as exactly ONE CHIP. He will be all in on the ante next hand and no chip and a chair here. He is gone in 9th place. See the next post for the semi-heart warming details.

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