392 entrants create a $1,200,720 prize pool.
Blake Bohn from Savage, Minn. won the 2013 Chicago Poker Classic Main Event Monday night in Hammond, Ind. pocketing $288,171. The win, which came in one of the country’s few $3,200 main events, marks the largest score of Bohn’s career.
“It feels great. I work really hard at it,” Bohn said. “It’s really exciting to run deep. That’s why we put in so many hours, to have a victory like this.”
Bohn had success in Hammond in the past, finishing fifth in the 2011 CPC Main Event, but his 2013 series was fruitless prior to his Main Event run. He came to the final table second-to-last in chips with 486,000 and blinds of 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante. The eliminations came fast, starting with James Snyder in ninth and Ralph Massey in eighth. Bohn slowly worked his way up the pay ladder until he found himself heads-up with Shiva Dudani.
The final hand saw Bohn lead out on a board of [Jx] [5x][2x] and Dudani move all in with [Jx][7x]. Bohn snap-called, tabling [5x][2x] for two pair and Dudani was behind. The turn and river ran out no help and Bohn was crowned champion.
“We love (Charlie Ciresi’s) tournaments,” Bohn said. “The structure here, other than the World Series (of Poker) Main Event, is the second best tournament I play every year. Great value. It’s a fourday structure for a $3,000 event.”
The 2013 CPC Main Event saw a slight attendance increase (9 percent) over last year. The championship tournament drew 392 entrants and boasted a prize pool of $1,200,720. Notable players to finish in the money include Aaron Massey (32nd), Musa Mustafa (31st), David Peters (13th), Christopher Bell (11th) and Ravi Raghavan (10th).
Dudani followed up a seventh place finish in the WSOP Circuit Main Event held here in October with a second place finish Monday night. He began the final table as the chip leader, but was eliminated just short of the title, earning $178,091.
Ralph Massey’s performance at the 2013 CPC wasn’t reflected in the overall points leaderboard, but he may likely have had the most impressive accomplishment of any player at the series. He started things off by outlasting more than 99 percent of the recordbreaking, 5,165-player field in Event 1, recording an 11th place finish and his largest score to date.
Massey capped things off Monday afternoon by making his first career final table in the Main Event, finishing eighth and almost doubling his previous best score.
Ralph’s younger brother, Aaron, won Event 5, a $5,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em tournament, cashing in on more than $70,000. The Massey brothers’ winnings totaled more than $100,000 in all during the 13-day event.
The series, though, be longed to Bohn, a 40-yearold professional player from Savage, MN. His poker resumé boasts 722nd and 126th place finishes in the WSOP Main Event totaling almost $75,000.
CHICAGO POKER CLASSIC
EVENT 6 3/1/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $3,200
PLAYERS 392
PRIZE POOL $1,200,720
1. Blake Bohn . . . . . . $288,171
2. Shiva Dudani . . . . $178,091
3. Dan Perper . . . . . . $117,370
4. Ki Lee . . . . . . . . . . . $82,165
5. Niel Mittelman . . . . $60,889
6. Anthony Hartmann $47,621
7. Stephen Jones . . . . . $39,192
8. Ralph Massey . . . . . $33,860
9. James Snyder . . . . . . $30,642
EVENT 9 3/4/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $240
PLAYERS 328
PRIZE POOL
$73,632
1. Matthew Riley . . . . $17,671
2. Charles Schultz . . . . $10,921
3. Tison Sesi . . . . . . . . . $7,198
4. Joel Casper . . . . . . . . $5,039
5. Kevin Olsta . . . . . . . . $3,734
6. Dylan Thomassie . . . $2,920
EVENT 8 3/3/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 328
PRIZE POOL $110,448
1. Derek Hanauer . . . . $26,513
2. Calvin Simpson . . . . $16,382
3. Frederic Winter . . . $10,796
4. Andrew Draft . . . . . . $7,558
5. Zal Irani . . . . . . . . . . $5,601
6. Nick Choporis . . . . . . $4,380
7. Christopher Rupert . $3,605
8. Oscar Lopez . . . . . . . $3,115
9. Christopher Whatmore . $2,819
EVENT 7 3/3/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM 6-HANDED
BUY-IN $560
PLAYERS 283
PRIZE POOL $157,255
1. Ryan Austin . . . . . . $42,459
2. Nai Lin . . . . . . . . . . . $26,257
3. Daniel Young . . . . . . $17,202
4. Anthony Calabrese . $11,922
5. Robert Richmond . . . $8,709
6. Mykel Robble . . . . . . $6,688
7. Chris Mortell . . . . . . $4,681
8. Hassan Tahsildar . . . $4,681
9. Dominick Fosco . . . . $3,277
EVENT 5 2/27/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
WINNER TAKE ALL
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 64
PRIZE POOL $33,624
1. Orlando Romero . . $33,624
HORSESHOE CASINO - HAMMOND
CHICAGO POKER CLASSIC
EVENT 4 2/27/13
HEADS UP—NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $5,000
PLAYERS 49
PRIZE POOL $223,391
1. Aaron Massey . . . . . $73,721
2. Erik Roussakis . . . . $42,444
3. Hao Sun . . . . . . . . . . $22,339
4. Travis Lutes . . . . . . $22,339
5. Max Steinberg . . . . $15,637
6. Steven Hensley . . . . $15,637
7. Yorell Groves . . . . . $15,637
8. Joel Casper . . . . . . . $15,637
EVENT 3 2/26/13
7-GAME MIX
BUY-IN $1,100
PLAYERS 71
PRIZE POOL $88,870
1. Jean “Prince” Gaspard $30,216
2. Jeffrey Gunnip . . . . $18,696
3. Brian Kelley . . . . . . $12,307
4. James Petzing . . . . . . $8,615
5. Patrick Keogan . . . . . $6,384
6. Richard Austin . . . . . $4,993
EVENT 2 2/24/13
POT LIMIT OMAHA
REBUY UNLIMITED
BUY-IN $350 REBUYS $100
PLAYERS 174
REBUYS 1,017
PRIZE POOL $164,283
1. Alexander Ahmed . . $43,532
2. Chris Lillie . . . . . . . $26,942
3. Donald Walsh . . . . . $17,841
4. Randall Pace . . . . . . $12,732
5. Orlando Romero . . . $9,512
6. Nathan Shields . . . . . $7,590
7. Danny Hannawa . . . . $6,391
8. Tim Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,668
9. Shaun Yu . . . . . . . . . . $5,290
EVENT 1 2/20/13
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $350
PLAYERS 5,165
PRIZE POOL $1,110,015
1. Craig Casino . . . . . $169,304
2. Zal Irani . . . . . . . . $104,275
3. Brian Wright . . . . . $69,376
4. Shealyn Zervas . . . . $49,396
5. Bryan Schumann . . $37,852
6. Dan Heimiller . . . . . $30,747
7. Tavee Kia . . . . . . . . $26,418
8. Nicholas Guagenti . $23,976
9. Ryan Johnson . . . . . $22,866
10. Brian Ehman . . . . . . $16,251
11. Ralph Massey . . . . . $16,251
12. Maurice Dankha . . . $16,251
13. Michael Murray . . . $11,511
14. Drake Bronk . . . . . . $11,511
15. Orlando Romero . . $11,511
16. Chris Karambinis . . . $9,169
17. Joseph Hebda . . . . . . $9,169
18. John Albright . . . . . . $9,169
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