For a player his age, Patrick Chan has seen a lot at the poker table. Usually a cash game grinder, Patrick Chan delved into tournaments a couple of years ago, and he lived out the dream of poker players around the world two years ago when he final tabled the WSOP Main Event. He finished in ninth place, and for some, it would make it tough to get motivated to play for much smaller stakes after. Chan is not one of those players though.
"I just have a love of the game and I just randomly like to play tournament poker nowadays. Since I final tabled the Main Event I don't play all the events but I play some of them when there's a series going in LA, especially the LAPC. I go to East Coast and play there too. I just love poker."
Yesterday, Chan booked the first live win of his young career, when he topped a field of 104 players in the $1,100 No-Limit Event. In the end, a three way chop saw Chan take home over $26,000, and the Remington Trophy.
"I'm feeling great this is my first live win and looking forward to more. It's a great start to the series for me and I'm looking forward to playing more events."
Chan came into the final table as the chip leader, and thanks to being on the right side of a couple of coolers, Chan was able to build up a monster stack. With five players left, Chan had half the chips in play, and he simply cruised from there.
"Oh man I got Aces vs. Ace-King against Kane (Kalas) and I got Kings against Queens against Nick (Grippo). Standard coolers. I ran pretty well for sure."
After building up that stack, Chan was content to sit back and let the hands come to him, rather than put relentless and potentially reckless pressure on the smaller stacks. When the chop allowed him to get just $5,000 less than first place three handed, it was an easy yes for Chan, who is looking forward to a few other events here at the LAPC after this big win.
"I'm really looking forward to the Main Event, the $1,100 Million Guaranteed Event, and probably the $570 tomorrow. Those are probably the best ones the best value tournaments."
Stay tuned to the coverage here at lapcnews.com to see if Chan is able to add to his already impressive tournament poker resume. Congratulations again to Patrick on his victory!