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

Feb 28, 2007

Estimates and Approximations

As always chip counts during the action should be considered best estimates and close approximations. The dead money is 110K each hand (40/20/5) and the players are firing at that money.

Feb 28, 2007

As the player's arrange their ever growing stacks of orange 5K chips (they did not color up on the dinner break) the various configuratoins of monster stacks are being used by players to intimidate. [Hey, is there a Poker Shrink in the house?]

At or approaching 3 million chips: JC Tran, Eric Hershler and Jacobo Fernandez.

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Feb 28, 2007

What Did Hershler Have for Dinner?

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Eric Hershler gets involved in the very next hand with Jacobo Fernandez, but eventually has to give it up when Fernandez puts 200K in on the 2-2-6 flop.

Hershlers' post dinner activity has grown his stack to 2.8 million.

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Feb 28, 2007

Hershler Continues to Roll

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JC Tran raises 190K and gets called by Eric Hershler. The flop is {9-Clubs}

. Both players check the flop. The turn is a {10-Diamonds}

. Tran checks and Hershler bets out 300K. Tran calls. The river is a {2-Hearts}

. Tran checks again. Hershler bets out 600K.

Tran: You want me to call?

(Tran thinks and slowly counts out 600K)

Tran: You're crazy and I must be crazier.

Tran calls.

Hershler shows down {9-Spades}

for top two pair and Tran mucks.

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Feb 28, 2007

After Dinner Doldrums NOT!

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The players are firing away on all cylinders. Eric Hershler just took down a 350K pot and each of the first five pots have been contested. We are not sitting on the stacks as we were most of the evening.

Feb 28, 2007

Din-Din is Done

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Play has resumed.

Feb 28, 2007

One Hour Dinner Break

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Chip Counts Updated on the right...

Feb 28, 2007

Eric Hershler Doubles

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for Eric runs into {6-Spades}

from JC Tran but a nice big fat {A-Hearts}

on the turn saves Eric Hershler.

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Feb 28, 2007

Fernandez and Procopio Meet Again

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In a previous hand, Vinnie Procopio got the better of Jacobo Fernandez. Fernandez returns the favor.

Procopio raises 100k and Fernandez calls from the BB. Fernandez checks on a flop of {J-Spades}

. Procopio bets 230K and Fernandez calls. The turn brings a {6-Diamonds}

and another check from Fernandez. Procopio bets out 400K. Fernandez asks for a countdown of Procopio's remaining stack, reported at 900K. In the end, Fernandez just calls the 400K. The river is a {6-Spades}

. Fernandez thinks - and checks.

Procopio whips over {A-Clubs}

.
Fernandez shows down {K-Spades}

for the nut flush.

The Procopio-Fernandez score is now 1-1.

Feb 28, 2007

Two Reasons to be Slow

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Not only are players now seated at the ultimate final table in their ultimate final table seats; they also have huge stacks of 5K chips in front of them. During the dinner break (in 20 minutes) there will be a rolling color-up of some of the 5K chips but for now there are lots of chips on the table compared to the blinds.

Only Jay Chang is short stacked.

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