America's Poker Classic got underway at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA. This tournament series began April 1 and runs for nearly three weeks, culminating April 18. In the next issue, we'll bring you results from the latter events in this series, including the main event, a three day, $250,000 guaranteed no-limit hold 'em tournament.
We have results from the earlier stages of this 21-event tournament series in this issue, including the first event-which was a good deal for those playing. The starting event, a $100 buy-in no-limit hold 'em tournament came with a $50,000 guarantee, but with a pool of entrants totaling only 434 players, a slight overlay was available to players. Instead of a $43,400 prize pool, in-the-money finishers divvied up $50,000 in winnings, with the lion's share going to Vasile Buboi who took home $16,810 when he defeated Nam Trung Nguyen for first place. For his second place finish, Nguyen won $8,575.
In the second event, a $200 buy-in, no-limit hold 'em tournament played over two days on April 2 and 3, Ashot Nordanyan took home $44,010 in first-place money when he defeated Hung Du, who was shown the door with $21,635 for second place. This event paid the first 60 places, which was a trifle more than the top ten percent of the field. More to come next issue as America's Poker Classic rolls to conclusion at the Bike.
THE BICYCLE CASINO AMERICA'S POKER CLASSIC
EVENT #10 4/8/10
POT LIMIT OMAHA
BUY-IN $200 + $25
PLAYERS 25
PRIZE POOL $5,820
1. Cecil Beida . . . . . . . . $3,000
2. Maxwell Wirth . . . . . $1,800
3. Aida Donnell . . . . . . . $1,020
4. Raouf Malek . . . . . . . $1,020
EVENT #9 4/7/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 255
PRIZE POOL $49,470
1. Bao Dao . . . . . . . . . . $17,160
2. Tony Kayden . . . . . . . $8,660
3. James Pierce . . . . . . . $3,955
EVENT #8 4/7/10
7 CARD STUD HI-LO 8/B
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 80
PRIZE POOL $7,760
1. Henry Ferguson . . . . $3,105
2. Alan Hosseini . . . . . . $1,785
3. Bill Mendicki . . . . . . . .$930
EVENT #7 4/6/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 168
PRIZE POOL $16,496
1. Manolo Garcia . . . . . $6,175
2. Luis Concha . . . . . . . $3,026
3. Corey Hudson . . . . . . $1,550
EVENT #6 4/6/10
CHINESE POKER
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 38
PRIZE POOL $4,056
1. Chao Kuo . . . . . . . . . $1,841
2. David Nguyen . . . . . . . .$920
3. Rogelio Almanza . . . . . .$555
EVENT #5 4/5/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM TURBO
BUY-IN $50 + $10
PLAYERS 347
PRIZE POOL $16,829
1. Phuc Bi . . . . . . . . . . . $5,579
2. Arytyun Tatoyan . . . $2,825
3. Shawn Uwaine . . . . . $1,345
EVENT #4 4/5/10
OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 110
PRIZE POOL $10,670
1. William Sheppard . . $4,025
2. Denfield Eudelle . . . . $1,970
3. Paul Bing . . . . . . . . . . $1,010
EVENT #2 4/2/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $200 + $25
PLAYERS 587
PRIZE POOL $145,500
1. Ashot Nordanyan . . $44,010
2. Hung Du . . . . . . . . . $21,635
3. Steven Shaffer . . . . . $11,500
4. Paul Cha . . . . . . . . . . $7,300
5. Louis Laxineta . . . . . . $5,830
6. Jonathan Rosenthal . $4,460
EVENT #1 4/1/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $100 + $20
PLAYERS 434
PRIZE POOL $50,000
1. Vasile Buboi . . . . . . $16,810
2. NamTrung Nguyen . . $8,575
3. Nguyen Le . . . . . . . . . $4,175
4. Fred Dakduk . . . . . . . $2,500
5. Robert Durant . . . . . $2,025
