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Last Updated: February 25, 2006

2006 L.A. Poker Classic blog available
January 19 - February 24, 2006

Commerce Casino
6131 E. Telegraph Road
Commerce, CA , USA
Commerce Casino website
DATE
EVENT
ENTRY FEE
Jan 19
$300+$30 
Jan 20
$300+$30 
Jan 21
$300+$30 
Jan 22
$500+$40 
Jan 23
$500+$40 
Jan 24
$500+$40 
Jan 25
$500+$40 
Jan 26
$500+$40 
Jan 27
$1,000+$60 
Jan 28
$500+$40 
Jan 29
$1,000+$60 
Jan 30
$1,000+$60 
Jan 31
$1,000+$60 
Feb 1
$1,000+$60 
Feb 2
$1,000+$60 
Feb 3
$1,000+$60 
Feb 4
$300+$30 
Feb 5
$1,000+$60 
Feb 6
$1,500+$80 
Feb 7
$1,500+$80 
Feb 8
$1,500+$80 
Feb 9
$2,500+$90 
Feb 10
$2,500+$90 
Feb 11
$1,500+$80 
Feb 12
$500+$40 
Feb 13
$500+$40 
Feb 14
$500+$40 
Feb 15
Super Satellite - No Limit Hold'em 
$1,000+$20 
Feb 16 - 21
$9,900+$100*
Feb 22 - 24
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*First place finisher will also win entry into the WPT No-Limit Hold'em Invitational.
blog available = tournament blog posts available. Click here for A Rounder's Blog, as our resident rounder shares his insights playing in several of the L.A. Poker Classic events.

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EVENT #1, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 19, 2006
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $334,068
Entries: 1,148
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Ryan Kallberg
$113,583
2
Nick Wertz
$60,132
3
Badei Khoury
$28,730
4
Lawrence Truong
$20,044
5
Michael Landau
$13,697
6
Frederick Arni
$10,356
7
Michael Leanos
$8,352
8
Merrick Kenzeth
$6,681
9
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$5,353
The top 45 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #2, LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 20, 2006
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $139,971
Entries: 481
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Luis Velador
$51,789
2
Al Barbieri
$26,594
3
Cecil Belda
$13,297
4
Stephane Fitoussi
$8,398
5
David Bertucci
$6,299
6
Anthony Lee
$4,899
7
Sean Akamine
$3,499
8
Mark Jones
$2,799
9
Anh Nguyen
$2,240
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #3, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 21, 2006
(Multi-ReBuy, $250,000 Guaranteed)
TOP 30 RESULTS
Buy-In: $300 + $30
Prize Pool: $718,188
Entries: 862
Rebuys: 1,135 ~ Add-ons: 471
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Joe Tehan
$244,179
2
Ben Chung
$129,274
3
Fu Wong
$61,764
4
James 'Major' Polk
$43,091
5
Kevin Gugliotta
$29,446
6
Brett Helm
$22,264
7
Tuan Pham
$17,955
8
Steve Dao
$14,364
9
Marcellodel Grosso
$11,491
10
Victoria Condos
$8,618
11
Scott Lazar
$8,618
12
Anthony Guadagni
$8,618
13
David Elischakov
$6,464
14
Mehdi Sadeghian
$6,464
15
Antonio Abesamis
$6,464
16
Tam Nguyen
$5,027
17
Paul Lee
$5,027
18
Steve Simmons
$5,027
19
Douglas Lambech
$4,309
20
Cuong Huynh
$4,309
21
Raymond Davis
$4,309
22
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$4,309
23
Emilio Magliozzi
$4,309
24
Shawn Chang
$4,309
25
Ed Mayor
$4,309
26
Tony Souri
$4,309
27
Michael Fountain
$4,309
28
Christos Psillas
$2,873
29
James Woods
$2,873
30
Stephen Burns
$2,873
The top 45 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #4, OMAHA HI-LO SPLIT - January 22, 2006
FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $122,220
Entries: 252
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Joseph Cutri
$45,222
2
Ed Fernandez
$23,222
3
Alan Mittelman
$11,611
4
Freddie Legaspi
$7,333
5
Jeffery Peterson
$5,500
6
Raffi Krikorian
$4,278
7
Peter Han
$3,056
8
Andrew Wang
$2,444
9
Laurette Thurber
$1,956
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #5, 7 CARD STUD - January 23, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $83,905
Entries: 173
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Manuel Nacrur
$32,722
2
Joe Brandenburg
$16,781
3
Franco Brunetti
$8,390
4
Laurence Kantor
$5,537
5
Moon Chang
$4,195
6
Bob Golick
$3,356
7
Randy Holland
$2,517
8
Nick Cavacini
$1,687
9
Luis Padilla
$1,258
10
Jehouda Arad
$1,258
11
Roland Viola
$1,258
12
Michael Mueller
$1,258
13
Levon Torosyan
$922
14
David Neiorf
$922
15
John Hoang
$922
16
Gary Pflieger
$922

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EVENT #6, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM- January 24, 2006
(one rebuy)
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $358,900
Entries: 480
Rebuys: 260
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Theo Tran
$132,793
2
Hoan Ly
$68,191
3
Jose Chavez
$34,095
4
Dani Pourat
$21,534
5
John Droutsas
$16,150
6
Joe Schulman
$12,561
7
Yohannes Muruz
$8,972
8
Gevork Kasabyan
$7,178
9
Jeffery Peterson
$5,751
10
Rob Amereno
$4,306
11
Daniel Torla
$4,306
12
Bill Shalhoob
$4,306
The top 27 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #7, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM SHOOTOUT - January 25, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $160,050
Entries: 330
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Kevin Blakey
$54,915
2
Russ Ortega Jr.
$29,135
3
Massoud Setayesh
$14,450
4
Edward Yoo
$9,650
5
Anthony Reategui
$7,200
6
Bahman Sabahai
$5,600
7
Danny Walker
$4,000
8
Agop "Jack" Boghossian
$3,200
9
Lance Allred
$2,560
10
Eugene Viado
$1,920
11
Wayne Filos
$1,920
12
Morgan Machina
$1,920
The top 33 place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #8, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 26, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $324,465
Entries: 669
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Gevork Kasabyan
$110,318
2
David Nguyen
$58,403
3
Young Phan
$29,201
4
Joe Phanhyaseng
$19,467
5
Thomas Cardona Jr.
$14,600
6
Mark Boonnark
$11,356
7
Mark Lebowitz
$8,111
8
Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma
$6,489
9
Malixi Ressell
$5,191
10
Thomas Honkana
$3,900
11
Steven Giufre
$3,900
12
Keit Tran
$3,900
The 36 top place finishers received prize money. For more complete results, you can go to PokerPages.com.

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EVENT #9, LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 27, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $170,720
Entries: 176
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Kevin Song
$64,881
2
Tina Tateossian
$32,436
3
Syed Kadri
$16,047
4
Eric Arreca
$10,243
5
Luis Velador
$6,828
6
Luis Sanchez
$5,975
7
Chris Overgard
$5,121
8
James Pittman
$4,268
9
Aryan Ansari
$3,414
10
Karen Manfrede
$2,731
11
Chris McClung
$2,731
12
Tim Lyons
$2,731
13
Steve Naideth
$2,390
14
Rob Amereno
$2,390
15
Talia Khiu
$2,390
16
Joe Brandenburg
$2,048
17
Patrick Wachs
$2,048
18
Ryan Buckardt
$2,048
The top 18 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #10, LADIES NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 28, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $500 + $40
Prize Pool: $58,200
Entries: 120
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Crystal Osgood
$22,115
2
Mio Shibata
$11,058
3
Maria Anguelova
$5,470
4
Sherry Godfrey
$3,492
5
Kathy Kolberg
$2,328
6
Linda Balint
$2,037
7
Grace Wang
$1,746
8
Victoria Davidson
$1,455
9
Reka Hallgato
$1,164
10
Theresa Lavin
$930
11
Lauren Szidak
$930
12
Elizabeth Brandenbrug
$930
13
Ruth Turobiner
$815
14
Lora Foley
$815
15
Katlryn Roacl
$815
16
Nash Ball
$700
17
Marla Schwartz
$700
18
Susan Rhodes
$700
The top 18 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #11, 7-CARD STUD HI/LO - January 29, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $131,920
Entries: 136
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Albert Chamy
$51,448
2
Qui "Candy" Liu
$26,384
3
Howard Ross
$13,192
4
Paramjit Gill
$8,706
5
Gerard Rechnitzer
$6,596
6
Vince Burgio
$5,276
7
Anton Brenner
$3,957
8
Chester Foster
$2,645
9
Men Nguyen
$1,978
10
Marty Appel
$1,978
11
David Bertucci
$1,978
12
William Sheppard
$1,978
13
Rocky Enciso
$1,451
14
Pete Lawson
$1,451
15
Kevin Blakey
$1,451
15
Stan Singer
$1,451
The top 15 place finishers received prize money.

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EVENT #12, NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM - January 30, 2006
FINAL RESULTS
Buy-In: $1,000 + $60
Prize Pool: $329,800
Entries: 340
PLACE
NAME
PRIZE
1
Mickey Mills
$122,019
2
Rod Dingler
$62,662
3
Rosario Ortega
$31,331
4
Adam Maciel
$19,788
5
David Baker
$14,841
6
Bert Darakor