L.A. Poker Classic Launches at Commerce Casino with 3,234 Players - Seyed Edalat Walks a Long Road to Victory.
After a few preliminary tournaments—an employee tournament and a Facebook event—the serious action got underway at Commerce Casino’s L.A. Poker Classic. It was a five-day, $340 buy-in re-entry event that attracted a supersized field of 3,234 competitors who slugged it out for shares of a $1 million prize pool.
While 161 players eventually made the money, it was Seyed Edalat—whose previous best cash was a mere $1,000—topping the big field and winning $113,560 after defeating Russell Higa heads-up. Steve Moreschi took home third-place money of $65,345, while Henry Noyes and Eric Chhor finished fourth and fifth, winning $62,810 and $51,385 respectively.
Commerce likes long tournaments, and the L.A. Poker Classic is no exception. This poker festival got off the ground on January 17, and finishes up February 28. Our coverage will continue in the next few issues of Poker Player Newspaper.
COMMERCE CASINO
L.A. POKER CLASSIC
EVENT #2 1/24/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 3,234
PRIZE POOL $1,000,000
1. Seyed Edalat . . . . . $113,560
2. Russell Higa . . . . . . $81,585
3. Steve Moreschi . . . . $65,345
4. Henry Noyes . . . . . . $62,810
5. Eric Chhor . . . . . . . $51,385
6. Anthony Petreccia . $48,090
7. Ahmad Asad . . . . . . $41,240
8. Danny Illingworth . $41,240
9. Thomas Matthews . $39,970
EVENT #19 2/5/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $150
PLAYERS 247
PRIZE POOL $30,875
1. Eric Prince . . . . . . . . $4,685
2. Seren Davtyan . . . . . $5,135
3. Hanth Tran . . . . . . . . $5,080
EVENT #18 2/5/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
DOUBLESTACK TURBO
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 169
PRIZE POOL $50,000
1. Andrew Gerl . . . . . . $10,350
2. Behzad Teranie . . . . . $8,395
3. Scott Schauer . . . . . . $8,530
EVENT #17 2/4/12
H.O.R.S.E
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 104
PRIZE POOL $50,000
1. Matthew Schultz . . . $13,990
2. Galium Mansour . . $12,000
3. Patrick Schulze . . . . . $6,200
EVENT #16 2/4/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM BOUNTY
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 459
PRIZE POOL $84,915
1. Joseph Choueiri . . . $20,225
2. Behzad Javadzadeh $10,475
3. Robert Durant . . . . . $9,755
4. Brent Hart . . . . . . . . . $9,660
EVENT #15 2/3/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
ALL-IN OR FOLD
BUY-IN $120
PLAYERS 296
PRIZE POOL $29,600
1. Brian Brubaker . . . $10,000
2. Michael Avissar . . . . $5,000
3. Derek Gomez . . . . . . $3,000
EVENT #14 2/3/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM 6-MAX
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 159
PRIZE POOL $45,315
1. Jamie Shaevel . . . . . $13,565
2. Geramy Dickerson . $10,000
3. Gabriel Habbaba . . . $5,440
EVENT #13 2/2/12
HOLD’EM & OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 92
PRIZE POOL $44,160
1. Unknown . . . . . . . . . $15,580
2. Tyson Marks . . . . . . . $9,170
3. Sergey Perver . . . . . . $5,750
OMMERCE CASINO
L.A. POKER CLASSIC
EVENT #12 2/2/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 151
PRIZE POOL $50,000
1. Guda Azulay . . . . . . $11,220
2. Damon Singer . . . . . $10,000
3. Nick Guagenti . . . . . $10,000
4. Robert Plonowski . . . $4,130
EVENT #11 2/1/12
7-CARD STUD HI-LO
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 131
PRIZE POOL $37,335
1. Noah Carlson . . . . . . $8,000
2. J Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,505
3. Eric Rivkin . . . . . . . . $6,350
EVENT #10 2/1/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
DOUBLESTACK
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 237
PRIZE POOL $67,545
1. Keith Baker . . . . . . . $15,008
2. Carlton Fitzgerald . $15,007
3. Einav Shalom . . . . . . $7,430
4. Jason Martasin . . . . . $5,170
EVENT #9 1/31/12
OMAHA HI-LO
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 232
PRIZE POOL $66,120
1. Michael Moed . . . . . $15,390
2. Alex Limjoco . . . . . . $14,000
3. John Esposito . . . . . . $7,270
4. Tyson Marks . . . . . . . $5,060
EVENT #8 1/31/12
SHOOTOUT
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 160
PRIZE POOL $45,600
1. Matthew Schultz . . . $12,825
2. Daniel Furnival . . . . . $7,500
3. Ramzi Srour . . . . . . . $7,500
EVENT #7 1/30/12
7-CARD STUD HI-LO
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 87
PRIZE POOL $50,000
1. Salim Hanna . . . . . . $10,920
2. Luis Concha . . . . . . $10,450
3. Luan Phan . . . . . . . . $13,490
4. Ann Bloom . . . . . . . . $4,630
EVENT #6 1/30/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
DOUBLESTACK
BUY-IN $550
PLAYERS 165
PRIZE POOL $79,200
1. Evgeny Shnayder . . $17,155
2. Arnie Friedman . . . . $14,685
3. Shouan Dabiri . . . . . $14,365
4. Armen Zadoyan . . . . $8,125
EVENT #5 1/29/12
H.O.R.S.E
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 175
PRIZE POOL $49,875
1. Jay Hong . . . . . . . . . $11,215
2. Patrick Schulze . . . . . $7,655
3. Jeff Mitseff . . . . . . . . $5,985
EVENT #4 1/29/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM BOUNTY
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 537
PRIZE POOL $99,345
1. Bobby Pham . . . . . . $17,320
2. Mitta Huxtable . . . . . $4,685
3. Charles Fazio . . . . . $13,115
4. Heath Mendelsohn . $11,350
EVENT #3 1/28/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $340
PLAYERS 227
PRIZE POOL $64,695
1. Tra Do . . . . . . . . . . . $11,295
2. Gary Silver . . . . . . . . $8,350
3. Yusuo Lee . . . . . . . . $11,100
FACEBOOK EVENT 1/21/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $65
PLAYERS 734
PRIZE POOL $36,700
1. Joseph Williams . . . . $2,985
2. Eduardo Velasques . . $4,180
3. Lorraine Canet . . . . . $2,495
EVENT #1 1/18/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $65
PLAYERS 3,333
PRIZE POOL $166,650
1. Van Manlambus . . . $14,365
2. David Marshall . . . . $11,285
3. Robert Cramer . . . . $10,850
4. Joseph Choueiri . . . $16,740
EMPLOYEE EVENT 1/17/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $100
PLAYERS 116
PRIZE POOL $10,440
1. John Cooley . . . . . . . $3,340
2. James Sin . . . . . . . . . $1,920
3. Chad Geske . . . . . . . . $1,310
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