Poker Tournament Results

Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 7

Place	Name	Prize
1	Chad Viall (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$106,249
2	Benjamin Tang (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$56,055
3	Arlen Karapetian (Encino, CA, USA)	$29,310
4	Vasile Buboi (Anaheim, CA, USA)	$25,645
5	Benjamin Nguyen (West Hills, CA, USA)	$21,985
6	Michael Hirschensohn (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$18,315
7	Sarkis Telikyan (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$14,655
8	Johnathan Rosenthal (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$10,990
9	Johnny Johnson (Burbank, CA, USA)	$7,325
10	Duoc Nguyen (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$4,030
11	Behzad Javadzadeh (Orange, CA, USA)	$4,030
12	Brian Ortiz (USA)	$4,030
13	Mohammadreza Gole (USA)	$3,295
14	Cary Herer (Chestnut Hill, MA, USA)	$3,295
15	David Taylor	$3,295
16	David Phan (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$2,565
17	Paul Falsone (Norco, CA, USA)	$2,565
18	Fred Mills (Trabuco Cyn, CA, USA)	$2,565
19	Fi Tran (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,830
20	Daniel Dahan (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,830
21	Albertin Hernandez (Downey, CA, USA)	$1,830
22	Chikon Ling (USA)	$1,830
23	Julie Nhien Thi Dang (Montclair, CA, USA)	$1,830
24	Jeff Madsen (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,830
25	Alex Tran (Lake Elsinore, CA, USA)	$1,830
26	Kirk Conrad (Orange, CA, USA)	$1,830
27	Tad Jurgens (Gold Canyon, AZ, USA)	$1,830
28	Johnny Tang (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$1,285
29	Farzin Akhtar (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$1,285
30	Travis Case (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$1,285
31	Sanjin Karnataki (San Diego, CA, USA)	$1,285
32	Joshua Chait (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,285
33	Hakob Gabrielyan (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$1,285
34	Raymond Voskanian (Glendale, CA, USA)	$1,285
35	Tom Honkawa (Granada Hills, CA, USA)	$1,285
36	Michael Sugg (Moorpark, CA, USA)	$1,285
37	Dionicio Banuelos (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,100
38	Eric Dam (Evansville, IN, USA)	$1,100
39	David Wren (USA)	$1,100
40	Clayton Patterson (USA)	$1,100
41	Mike Dao	$1,100
42	Bassam Alsharairi AKA "Sam" (Irvine, CA, USA)	$1,100
43	George Laird (N Hollywood, CA, USA)	$1,100
44	Joseph Tellez (Rch Cucamonga, CA, USA)	$1,100
45	Jason Young AKA "JBY" (Suffern, NY, USA)	$1,100
46	William Salie (USA)	$915
47	Timothy Kuo (San Gabriel, CA, USA)	$915
48	Anna Wroblewski AKA "poker pixie" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$915
49	Nam Le Huntington (USA)	$915
50	Oliver Altman (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)	$915
51	Sotirios Zafiris (USA)	$915
52	Michael Memeritt (USA)	$915
53	John Carreno AKA "JohnyCanCan" (San Diego, CA, USA)	$915
54	Houman - Manny Haddadnia AKA "Warrior" (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$915

Tournament Report

Chad Viall Plays to the End - Wins at Sunrise The 2008 Legends of Poker brought 535 players together in two day 1 flights on Saturday. The final 150+ players returned on Sunday to play for a prize pool of $366,369. With almost 3.8 million chips in play (includes 724 rebuys) and a first prize of $106,249, the room is filled with players looking to accumulate lots of chips. The final table was set at 3:30am with a couple of short stacks and a micro-stack. Play was extremely fast right out of the gate. On hand #2 Chad Viall had Duoc Nguyen covered preflop and all-in. Chad's As-3s and Duoc's K-10 saw a board of A-7-5-10-5. Chad Viall scores Aces-up for a better two pair and Duoc Nguyen finishes in 10th place and earned $4,030. Just two hands later, Johnny Johnson pushed his remaining 40K in preflop and was called by the small blind. Benjamin Nguyen held A-8 and Johnny was a slight dog with K-J. The board came 8-6-3-X-A and Benjamin N. led the entire way. Johnny Johnson finished in 9th place and added $7,325. Johnny, entering the final table with only three big blinds waited out 4 hands before making his move and earned an additional $3,300 over the 10th place payout. On hand #8 Jonathan Rosenthal pushed his last 115,000 in preflop with an A-9 and was called by Chad Viall holding a dominated A-8. The board landed J-6-5-6-8 and the river 8 allowed Chad to overcome the domination and sent Jonathan Rosenthal out in 8th place for a 2-day pay check of $10,990. Six hands later found Sarkis Telikyan, short stacked after taking a beat a couple of hands before, all-in with a Js-10 from the big blind. Benjamin Tang called with a K-3 and the board followed 2s-5-6s-4s-2. Benjamin hit the straight on the turn while Sarkis could not quite make his spade draw on the river. Sarkis Telikyan finished in 7th place and collected $14,655. With four players out in the first 14 hands, play started to slow with some discussion of chip count deals but nothing close to agreement. About an hour later Michael Hirschensohn was all-in with an A-J in the cutoff and was called by Benjamin Tang on the button with 8-8. The board fell Q-4-2-10-9 and Benjamin's pocket pair held up while Michael finishes in 6th place for $18,315 in prize money. On hand #52 the duel of the Benjamin's took place. Benjamin Tang held a K-Q and had Benjamin Nguyen covered and dominated with a Kh-Jh. The board ran out 10-9-8-K-5 and Tang's kicker bests Nguyen's hand. Benjamin Nguyen finished in 5th place and earned a respectable $21,985. About one orbit later, Vasile Buboi was all-in with A-K post flop against Arlen Karapetian's 10-3 on a board of 3-3-6-A-K. Arlen's set couldn't be beat even though Vasile hit top two. Vasile Buboi was eliminated in 4th place and earned $25,645. With the clock nearing 7am, Arlen Karapetian called Benjamin Tang's all-in preflop. Arlen had the lead with A-Q against Benjamin's K-2. The board was 9-8-2-8-6 and Benjamin pairs his deuce for a knockout. Arlen Karapetian collected $29,310 for his 3rd place finish. Heads up play started with Chad holding roughly 2:1 chip lead against Benjamin Tang. Both players cordially agreed that they would play it to the end. The end was just 3 hands into the heads up match. On hand #74 Chad raised 200,000 preflop and on the button. Benjamin called and the flop came Ah-A-2h. In a fury, all the chips went in and Chad showed pocket 3s and Benjamin showed 8h-5h. Benjamin desperately needed to hit a heart on the river (another deuce would create a chop). The 6c found its way to the river and Chad Viall took down a Legends of Poker title and $106,249. Benjamin Tang secured 2nd place and received $56,055. -- Jay 'Bugsy' Siegel BIOGRAPHY Chad Viall has been playing poker for over 7 years. He was introduced to poker while working a deadbeat job in San Francisco when a friend dragged him to the casino. Chad found success early at the poker table and has been playing professionally ever since. Chad is a firm believer in hands-on training and has honed his skills during countless hours at the tables. He has never cracked open a poker book and relies on playing the player to extend his edge.