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Poker Tournament Results
LA Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 4
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Chris Bigler |
| 1 |
Chris Bigler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$67,190 |
| 2 |
Manfred Jaschkowitz (Lexington, KY, USA) |
$35,790 |
| 3 |
David Rheem AKA "Chino" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$17,100 |
| 4 |
An "The Boss" Tran (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$11,930 |
| 5 |
Matthew Milliken (Madison, WI, USA) |
$8,150 |
| 6 |
Martin Bader (UK) |
$6,165 |
| 7 |
Chris Bjorin (London, UK) |
$4,970 |
| 8 |
Khanh Hua (El Monte, CA, USA) |
$3,975 |
| 9 |
Tom Birmingham (Bristol, UK) |
$3,190 |
| 10 |
Hung La (Manhattan Beach, CA, USA) |
$2,385 |
| 11 |
Garrett Moran (Winnetka, CA, USA) |
$2,385 |
| 12 |
Tony Abesamis (West Covina, CA, USA) |
$2,385 |
| 13 |
Tim Derosa (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$1,785 |
| 14 |
Joon Tag Cho AKA "JT" (Silver Hill, AR, USA) |
$1,785 |
| 15 |
Rick Muniz AKA "Reno" (Corona, CA, USA) |
$1,785 |
| 16 |
Talio Khio (Chicago, IL, USA) |
$1,390 |
| 17 |
Charles Doumitt (Jackson, TN, USA) |
$1,390 |
| 18 |
Gregory Wynn (Phoenix, AZ, USA) |
$1,390 |
| 19 |
Johan Storakers (Stockholm, Sweden) |
$1,200 |
| 20 |
Tom Macex |
$1,200 |
| 21 |
Frankie O´Dell (Denver, CO, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 22 |
Ken Goldstein (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 23 |
Gioi Luong (Westminster, CA, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 24 |
Robert Schulz (Southaven, MS, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 25 |
Bedo Danayan AKA "Peter" (Pasadena, CA, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 26 |
Sam Simon (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 27 |
Fred Wolf (Chatsworth, CA, USA) |
$1,200 |
| 28 |
David Levi (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$990 |
| 29 |
Payman Arjang (Woodland Hills, CA, USA) |
$990 |
| 30 |
Nicholas Dileo (Boston, MA, USA) |
$990 |
| 31 |
Richard Sparks (Beverly Hills, CA, USA) |
$990 |
| 32 |
Anton Ulker (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$990 |
| 33 |
John Hoang (Elk Grove, CA, USA) |
$990 |
| 34 |
Chuck Barker (Richardson, TX, USA) |
$990 |
| 35 |
Ellas Alawi |
$990 |
| 36 |
Jon Peck (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) |
$990 |
| 37 |
Patrick Wachs (Simi Valley, CA, USA) |
$800 |
| 38 |
Fred Dak (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$800 |
| 39 |
Mike Laing (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$800 |
| 40 |
Paramjit Gill (Diamond Bar, CA, USA) |
$800 |
| 41 |
Jenny Kang (Portland, OR, USA) |
$800 |
Tournament Report
CHRIS BIGLER IS THE LAST MAN STANDING IN SHOOTOUT EVENT
Chris Bigler, a transplanted Scandinavian who now makes his home in Las Vegas, was declared the winner of event 25 of 2006 LAPC, $500 no-limit hold’em shootout, after a four-way deal ended the proceedings.
At the end, Bigler had 25,100 in chips and collected $37,730. Manfred Jaschkowitz, a Kentucky nightclub owner, had 20,500 and took home $33,000. David “Chino” Rheem, a Miami poker player, had 19,300 and earned $31,770. And An Tran, a pro player from New York, had 17,100 and collected $29,510. As a bonus, Tran got to keep the custom designer sunglasses accompanies the Remington “Bronco Buster” trophy that Bigler took home.
In explaining his strategy, Bigler said he played very, very solid poker to win his first table, and then just played good poker at the final table. “It was a good table, not too crazy,” he observed. He said he had great confidence in himself, but also admitted he got lucky when he almost got knocked out with A-J versus A-Q, but survived with a “big suck-out.”
Bigler is a veteran pro. Among his numerous cash-outs are a win in $2,500 no-limit at the Mirage Poker Showdown, and two seconds in Professional Poker Tour events, along with a fifth in the World Series championship event. Europe was also represented by Chris Bjorin and Thomas Birmingham, both from England. (And this wasn’t even a pot-limit event.)
The final table started with blinds of 300-600 and 13 minutes remaining. Tran had 20,550 chips, making him the starting leader.
It took only eight hands for the first player, Hung La, to be knocked out. In the classic match-up, he raised all in for 6,200 morewith A-K, and Bigler, with Qd,-QH, also moved in. The queens would have done the trick, but four diamonds also fell to give Bigler a flush. Tenth place was worth $2,385.
Birmingham was crippled when he had A-K and lost to pocket aces that made a flush. Soon after, he was all in with Ks-Qs. A queen flopped, but Rheem, with A-Q, had the bigger kicker and Birmingham finished ninth, cashing out for $3,190.
After blinds went to 400-800, recreational player Khan Hua was knocked out by a pro player, Matthew Milliken. Hua had A-9 to A-Q for Milliken, and finished eighth after the board showed A-Q-J-5-4. Eighth place paid $3,975.
Bjorin went out in seventh place. He had pocket 9s and Jaschkowitz, with A-J, flopped an ace. Bjorin, whose cash-outs include pot-limit Omaha wins at the British Open and European Poker Championships, and a third in a limit hold’em event at LAPC in 1994, picked up $4,970 for seventh.
Then Bigler got lucky when he was all in with K-9 against Jaschkowitz’ A-J, and flopped a straight. Building chips, Bigler now knocked out another player. Martin Bader, a San Diego patent attorney, moved in for 1,500 with K-Q and ran into Bigler’s pocket kings. Sixth place was worth $6,150.
Blinds now moved up to 500-1,000 with 200 antes. Immediately after, Milliken checked out in fifth place. He had Q-2 and flopped a queen, not much use against Rheem, who had A-10 and flopped two more aces. Milliken’s payday was $8,150
Four players are the largest number of players allowed to make a deal, since all get 50 points in the all-around points race, and do not become a factor in negotiations. The four finalists now made their deal, and Bigler took the title and trophy. —Max Shapiro
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