The final nine will return later this afternoon. It should be busy again with a NLHE at 1pm and a $50k guarantee stud at 4pm which should attract the Lakers owners.

1) Peter Nguyen 252k  3rd $10k
2) Ron Bauer 190k       2nd $16k
3) Chad Lewin 151k     7th $3k
4) Dean Gilford 123k   8th
5) Hy Park 111k             6th $4k
6) F Fahim 95k             5th $5k
7) Matt Schultz 78k      4th $7
8) Lily Allen 61k            9th
9( Andy Phan 53k         1st $29k

Yesterday I saw Ted Forrest playing h/u downstairs and that was all. Today they have Chinese poker with Tom Schneider,Men the Master, Greg Mueller and Rob Mizrachi. A cash game with Diane Nguyen, Quinn Do and Patrick McMillan. David Levi and Eli Elezra have just arrived.

 

PartyPoker spokesman Mike Sexton said, in a press release, “If you are looking for big time poker action head to the LAPC.”

Ultimate Bet has an affordable 10 step promotion for a $12k package.UB is now Mac friendly as is Full Tilt who have satellites on Sunday,Tuesday and Thursday for a $12k package. FT will also hold a freeroll,for players,to the WPT celebrity event. This is a fun night where you can rub shoulders with the rich and famous Hollywood types.(Yarom Limor).If you don’t have a FT account yet click one of the links on my site for a great rakeback deal.

Last years field was 696. Could Matt Savage reach 1000 this year with all the hard work he is putting into promoting the event?

Karl told me how he had 40k in chips but his full house ran into quads leaving him with just 11k.

9) Erica Schoenberg
8 Andrew Z
7) Rollo Johnson
6) Duane Remington
5) Michael Mizrachi

Chip counts for the remaining quartet: Sam Stein 780k, Sammy J 300k, Raz Mael 250k + Randy Sim 180k.

4) Sammy Hussain
3) Randy Sim

Downstairs a mixed game between Lyle Berman, Mike Matusow and Ralph Perry. Upstairs a huge crowd watching Michael Mizrachi play his unknown opponent, who must be intimidated by the crowd.

Todays $500 tournament attracted 502. they are already in the money. That includes Roy Winston, Nancy Todd, Morgan Machina, Young Phan + Cindy Dang.

Finally a winner in the $1k. Raz Mael made it third time lucky after two other in the money finishes at this LAPC.
1) Raz Mael
2) Sam Stein

Cindy Dang cashed today

A trip, not literally fortunately, down the 40 steep steps to the high limit cash area reveals a big deuce to seven game. Barry Greenstein, Sheiky Sheikram, Johnny Chan, Bill Baxter and John Hennigan are the participants.

The Boatman brothers, Ross and Barny, have arrived safely. Thanks to Virgin airways. They will probably be disappointed that the Commerce area makes Hendon look good.

36) Mark Jun
35) Joe Dorotik
34) Scott Muckey
33) Eric Pratt
32) Mike Porter
31) James Maltz
30) Amir Ghazvinian
29) Lionel Johnson
28) Paul Var Kleef

Each receives $2101

three tables remain and three ladies: Patricia Mikesell, Liz Hagensick and Marla Schwartz.

304 in todays $1k NLHE.

More eliminations from the $330. Two tables now.
27) Ulises Sandoval
26) Emil Somogyl
25) Jeremy Hunt
24) Mike Rohland
23) Andy Lim
22) Tom Walker
21) Sin Mer
20)Vinny Pahuja
19) Ayyuh Patel
Each receives $2457

Dinner time chip counts:
Patrick Kalafian 480k, Andy Le 400k, Jack Mgdesyan 400k + Richard Doyen 320k. Two tables in play.

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Kristy Arnett

Todays final table is Event # 25 $500 NLHE. Neil Ho started leading the pack of sixteen. He has increased his lead by eliminating a player, Mike Kaplitz, early.
16) Mike Degilio
15) Jesse Simonelli
14) Mike Kaplitz
13) Sang Pham
Players receive $2231.
12) Mike Digaetano
11) Josh Van Duyn
10) Ishdeep Hazuria
Players receive $2478
9) Saif Ahmed
8 Ben Tang
7) M Pappas
6) Aaron Kreskin
5) Elvis Huynh
4) Kasey Nam
3) Fabio Dagata
2) Jeff Vanchiro
1) Neil Ho $64437

Matt Heiligerthaler 123k, Luke Priour 113k, F Adli 112k, Jeff Madsen 110k, John Phan 101k, David Peters 99k, Mike Blocksidge 94k, Kia Mohajeri 86k, V Phan 75k, Sam Stein 75k, Dave Fox 74k + Matt Stout 71k. First place is $107593.

The tournament has begun which means the drinking has begun. John Phan has ordered a bottle of Cabernet and joining him in a glass of the red stuff are Luke Priour, Jeff Madsen and Ted Lawson.

Those not drinking , at least not at the table, are:
23) Taher Alishek
22) Kia Mohajeri
21) Vinny Pahuja
20) Justin Scott
19) Dan Stir

Each player receives $3525.

Sweating Ted are his wife Michelle, Tiffany Michelle and Liv Boeree.

Next batch of  eliminations:
18) Randy Sim
17) Joe Kuether
16) Lawrence Rosen

All players receive $3896

What odds a Madsen v Phan heads up complete with red wine? More eliminations:
15) Tom McCormick
14) Sam Stein
13) Ted Lawson

Each receives $4267

Jeff Madsen leads with approx 355k. John Phan follows with 175k., Luke Priour 170k, Matt H 150k. Now Tiffany has switched her allegiance to Madsen.

Todays $500 had 511 entries including Anna Wroblewski. At 6:10pm only 150 survived including Tony TNT Nasr + ParaG.

A quick walk down the steep stairs revealed very little action in the cash area. Maybe poker players are a romantic group after all. Not so Greg Mueller who has his cocktail waitress girlfriend watching him play Barry Greenstein at Chinese. Cyndy Violette must not have a date either.

7pm: Madsen (1010) eliminates David Fox (KK).Fox wins $4638. John Phan is on his third bottle. On table 35 David Peters eliminates Michael Blocksidge ($4638). Michael had been nursing 4ok in the hope of moving up the ladder.At table 34 Luke Priour, who is looking wasted after trying to match Phan in the drinking comp, eliminates Vu Phan (no relation). $4638. The final table is set.
1) Matt Heiligenthaler
2) Jeff Madsen
3) Fred Adli
4) Tyler Patterson
5) Luke Priour
6) John Phan
7) Lance Oliver
8 Matt Stout
9) David Peters

John Phan is out. Don’t drink and bluff is the lesson here. It is dinner time so Priour and Madsen have a chance to put add some food to their wine. Dinner time chip counts (and final update before my pilgramage back to the foothills)Photos will be added later. 78 left in todays tournament out of 511.

Jeff Madsen 470k, Fred Adli 350k, Tyler Patterson 300k, Luke Priour 110k, Matt Heiligenthaler 75k, Lance Oliver 75k, David Peters 70k + Matthew Stout 60k.

Another million dollar pool expected at Santa Anita tomorrow for the pick 6. Snow Day has been postponed until March.

End of play in the $500. Neil Ho 214k, Fabio Dagata 193k, Saif Ahmad 192k, Jeff Vanchiro 185k, Jesse Simonelli 182k, Elvis Huynh 133k, Josh VanDuyn 124k, Mike Digaetano 122k, Kasey Nam 118k, Aaron Kreskin 105k, Ben Tang 81k, Sang Pham 78k.

German pro Andreas Krause

Upstairs 332 ponied up $1k including a lot of new faces. One European joining the lone Brit, lovely Liv Boeree, was Andreas Klaus.

The HORSE continued from yesterday. First to leave the game was Lakers part owner Jerry Buss. Stephen Su has not even arrived as I write. The legendary LA traffic doesn’t seem as bad as the Vegas traffic in the mid afternoon.
24) Jerry Buss
23) Robert Daniel
22) Kevin Song
21) Joe Fernandez
20) Jason Mercier
19) Stephen Su
18) Stephen Ladowsky
17) Tim Kennedy
17-24 receive $2262

7pm: Chip counts unofficial
Ira Friedman 130k, Frankie O’Dell 130k, Tony Ma 125k, Miami John 115k, Ray Davis 100k, Cyndy Violette 90k, Soheil 80k.

An easier way to win a million than trying to FT the ME? Santa Anita has a double pick6 carryover on Friday. One $2 ticket could be all you need . It is free admission at the track also.

If you do win the pick 6 this could be yours. The viper was parked in valet at the Commerce.

Back to the Commerce. The Matt Savage HORSE tournament attracted a better than expected 212 entries. The event will probably not conclude until Midnight Thursday with the winner taking home  $55k a seat in the WPT Event and some tip money! I am not even going to predict a winner at this stage as pretty much everyone played.

This left downstairs lacking in names although I did chat with Alec Torelli back from his trip to Aus + NZ.

Todays $1k final threw up some fresh names including Spanish Full Tilt pro Raul Paez. The final was once again a slow affair, probably a tribute to Matt Savages structure. Andy Phan was the only elimination in the first two levels today.

7:00pm update
9) Andy Phan
8) Cheang Yoo
7) Sheldon Hayashi
6) John Racener

9) $4173, 8) $5796, 7) $7882 6) $10432

Chip counts:
Randy Ohel 225k, Estrella Baltazar 185k, Raz Mael 180k, Chou Nguyen 170k, Raul Paez 90k.

As you can see it is still a wide open final.

Spanish invader Raul Paez