Michael Woos 'Em at Commerce Casino's Hold'em Series
Michael Woo Takes First Place Prize of $189,876
Last month, between September 10 and 27, Commerce Casino hosted their Hold'em Series, a group of tournaments that drew more than 6,000 players during its 17-day run. Buy-ins ranged from $200 to $2,500 with a prize pools in the hundreds of thousands. We reported on all but the main event last issue, which occurred too late for our press deadline. But we have it for you now, and local player Michael Woo, from Hacienda Heights, captured the $2,580 buy-in tourney. He topped a field of 270 players, and took down the first prize of $189,876.

Tyler Patterson, of Everett WA, finished second, winning $104,105, while Derek Christensen of Farmington, NM finished third, which was good for $72,023. Local players rounded out the top five, with Bao Dao of Los Angeles finishing fourth and winning $47,797, while Murietta's Dan Lu won $37,321 for his fifth place finish.
COMMERCE SERIES
EVENT #17 9/25-27/09
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $2,580
PLAYERS 270
PRIZE POOL $654,750
1. Michael Woo . . . . . $189,876
2. Tyler Patterson . . . $104,105
3. Derek Christensen . . $72,023
4. Bao Dao . . . . . . . . . . $47,797
5. Dan Lu . . . . . . . . . . . $37,321
6. Ed Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,464
7. John Conkright . . . . $22,262
8. Paul Chauderson . . . $16,369
9. Andrew Koly . . . . . . $11,786