Event 53 $5,250 No Limit Hold'em $200k Guarantee Chip Counts
LAPC EVENT #53$5,250 NO LIMIT HOLD'EM $200,000 GUARANTEE2/22/17Entries: 71Prizepool: $355,000PlaceLast NameFirst NameCityStateChipsTableSeat1QartomyRayHoustonTX318,5002912YifrachGal Los...
View ArticleFresh Counts From The $5,250 Final Six
Blinds: 2,000-4,000 Average: 295,000Ray Qartomy - 525,000Gal Yifrach - 320,000Gary Sewell - 305,000Koray Aldemir - 270,000David Lopez - 170,000Raj Ramakrishnan - 155,000
View ArticleSome Counts From the Player of the Series Freeroll
Blinds: 600-1,200 Players Left: 40 Average: 42,000Deepinder Singh - 105,000Jeffery Peterson - 105,000Thu Nguyen - 87,000David Pham - 78,000Dan Heimiller - 75,000Craig Chait - 45,000Harry Arutyunyan -...
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David Lopez Eliminated in 6th Place ($18,640)
David Lopez moved all in on the button with [Ad][Qc], and unfortunately for him, Ray Qartomy woke up with [Ac][Kh] in the big blind. The flop of [7c][4h][4s] gave Lopez some outs for a chop, but the...
View ArticleRamakrishnan Doubles Through Aldemir
Koray Aldemir doubled up through Ray Qartomy, but he wouldn't hold onto those chips for very long. On the next hand, Aldemir would put Raj Ramakrishnan at risk holding [8s][8h]. Ramakrisnan had...
View ArticleUpdated Counts From the Final Five
Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Average: 355,000Ray Qartomy - 480,000Gal Yifrach - 405,000Gary Sewell - 385,000Raj Ramakrishnan  - 280,000Koray Aldemir - 220,000
View ArticleHeads Up in the Escalator Event
Despite the lengthy blind levels, it has taken just three hours for us to get heads-up in the Escalator Event. Kenneth Morrison started the day with a big chip lead, and he hasn't let up all day, as he...
View ArticleJust Two Tables Left in the Freeroll
We are down to the final 18 in the Player of the Series Freeroll, and among the players still in are David Pham, Craig Chait, Dan Heimiller, Thu Nguyen, Deepinder Singh, and Randy Holland.
View ArticleAldemir Doubles Through Ramakrishnan
Raj Ramakrishnan moved all in on a flop of [Ad][8d][2h] with [7d][7c], but he had bad timing, as Koray Aldemir had [Ac][8s]. The turn and river would bring no miracles for Ramakrishana, who is our...
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Raj Ramakrishnan Eliminated in 5th Place ($23,960)
After Ray Qartomy raised it up on the button, Raj Ramakrisnan moved all in for his final 11 big blinds. When Qartomy got the total, he said "I have to call!"Qartomy: [Qc][10h]Ramakrisnan: [4s][4d]It...
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Congratulations to Kenneth Morrison, Winner of the Escalator Event!
Over in the Escalator Event, Kenneth Morrison has put away Frank Lin after a heads up battle that lasted about 90 minutes. According to Morrison, he had to get lucky to defeat Lin, as on the final...
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Final Table Photos From the POTS Freeroll
Seat 1: Jeffery Peterson - 165,000Seat 2: Keith Rogers - 195,000Seat 3: Adam Kipnis - 370,000Seat 4: Deepinder Singh - 330,000Seat 5: Andrew Cha - 202,000Seat 6: Michael Garner - 58,000Seat 7: Randall...
View ArticleFresh Counts From the Final Four
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 Average: 445,000Ray Qartomy - 750,000Koray Aldemir - 550,000Gal Yifrach - 300,000Gary Sewell - 205,000
View ArticleAldemir Takes the Chip Lead
For the first time all day long, someone other than Ray Qartomy has the chip lead, and it is Koray Aldemir. This is the hand that got him the chip lead.There is about 150,000 in the middle on a...
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Gary Sewell Eliminated in 4th Place ($31,060)
Gary Sewell seemed to have been card dead for quite some time, as he blinded down to under 100,000. Eventually, he would shove all in with [Ah][6s], but Koray Aldemir woke up with [Kc][Kd] in the big...
View ArticleYifrach Doubles Through Aldemir
Koray Aldemir moved all in from the small blind, easily having Gal Yifrach covered. Yifrach called from the big blind, and was very happy to see he was in a dominating position.Yifrach:...
View ArticleWhat's Coming Up: Satellite Day Here at the LAPC
As has become tradition here at the Commerce Casino, the final day before the LAPC Main Event has been deemed "Satellite Day." We will he having three satellites throughout the day, all with a buy-in...
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Player Profile: Tim Cramer, Winner of the $100,000 Guaranteed Event
It's a good time to be poker pro Tim Cramer. Two months ago, Cramer took down the first ever So Cal Poker Championship, a tournament that played out at four casinos over a period of four months. He...
View ArticleCounts From the Final Five in the Freeroll
We are down to the top five players in the POTS freeroll, but only three of them will earn the coveted free seats to the Main Event. The chip counts for all players can be found below. The next player...
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Congratulations to Andrew Cha, Keith Rogers, and Adam Kipnis, Winners of the...
After Deepinder Singh busted out in 5th place, it was Jeffery Peterson who would finish as the "bubble boy", though he did take home over $2,000 for his efforts today. In the end, it is Adam Kipnis...
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