Poker Tournament Results

California State Poker Championships

Place	Name	Prize
1	Derwin Lowery (Monrovia, CA, USA)	$138,640
2	Johnny Hung-Hsin (Irvine, CA, USA)	$71,940
3	Lorri Broda (Tarzana, CA, USA)	$39,067
4	George Muradyan (Glendale, CA, USA)	$33,350
5	Angie Tran (Houston, TX, USA)	$27,633
6	Dung Le (Midway, CA, USA)	$21,916
7	Cuu Hoang (El Monte, CA, USA)	$16,627
8	Nam Truong (Waterloo, ON, Canada)	$12,518
9	Jeff Tompkins	$7,099
10	Tom Davis (Ventura, CA, USA)	$3,863
11	Thu Nguyen (Midwaycity, CA, USA)	$3,863
12	Manuk Tilbiyan (N. Hollywood, CA, USA)	$3,863
13	Rodeen Talebi (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$3,049
14	Mary Beth Salmieri (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,049
15	Greg Wholey (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$3,049
16	Mike Phu (El Monte, CA, USA)	$2,239
17	Terry Na	$2,239
18	Andrew Bick (Malibu, CA, USA)	$2,239
19	Samuel Bayramyan (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,953
20	Robert Gray (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$1,953
21	Steve Wachtel (Tarzana, CA, USA)	$1,953
22	Chike Obi (Carson, CA, USA)	$1,953
23	Jeff Clayton (Redlands, CA, USA)	$1,953
24	Ralph Harrison (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,953
25	Tien Hoang (Westminster, CA, USA)	$1,953
26	Rashaad Bell AKA "Da Pusher" (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$1,953
27	Yosef Lerman	$1,953
28	Prince Cassell (Corona, CA, USA)	$1,763
29	Cesar Chavez (Yorba Linda, CA, USA)	$1,763
30	Robert MacDonald (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA)	$1,763
31	Timothy Pong (Granada Hills, CA, USA)	$1,763
32	Tiffany Michelle AKA "Hot Chips" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,763
33	Jacky Lee (Santa Ana, CA, USA)	$1,763
34	Jaywill Sands (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,763
35	Jonathan Kwon	$1,763
36	Bryan Hyden (San Jose, CA, USA)	$1,763
37	Chung Law (Milpitas, CA, USA)	$1,572
38	Pho van Tran (West Covina, CA, USA)	$1,572
39	Ralph Perry AKA "rafael" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,572
40	Thoi Vo (Westminster, CA, USA)	$1,572
41	David Taylor (Downey, CA, USA)	$1,572
42	Joon Chung	$1,572
43	Carlos Torres	$1,572
44	Sanjin Karnataki (San Diego, CA, USA)	$1,572
45	Joshua Millet (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,572
46	Areg Ashoghian AKA "BULLETS" (Tujunga, CA, USA)	$1,382
47	Sang Pham (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$1,382
48	LeShea Bonney (Ventura, CA, USA)	$1,382
49	Jeff Grinberg	$1,382
50	Andy Lakey (Temecula, CA, USA)	$1,382
51	Ryan Valentine (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$1,382
52	George Michel (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,382
53	Stephen Martines (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$1,382
54	Jeff Abell (Studio City, CA, USA)	$1,382
55	Ting Li (West Covina, CA, USA)	$1,191
56	Noli Longboy (Van Nuys, CA, USA)	$1,191
57	Tony Ghaffari (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,191
58	Carlos Valdivieso (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$1,191
59	Fred Kurestain (Glendale, CA, USA)	$1,191
60	Gary Miles (Orange, CA, USA)	$1,191
61	Jordan Lee (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)	$1,191
62	John Saini (Sylmar, CA, USA)	$1,191
63	Adam Teeple (Sierra Vista, AZ, USA)	$1,191
64	Vincent Luu (San Jose, CA, USA)	$1,048
65	Kristopher Tong (South Haven, CA, USA)	$1,048
66	Lou Smaldino (Yorba Linda, CA, USA)	$1,048
67	Kyle D. Miaso (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$1,048
68	James Sileo AKA "The Blender" (Burbank, CA, USA)	$1,048
69	Tuyen Nguyen (Yorba Linda, CA, USA)	$1,048
70	Charles Dolan (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$1,048
71	Ablahad Salem (San Diego, CA, USA)	$1,048
72	Ar Vang (Moreno Valley, CA, USA)	$1,048
73	Salima Abbas (Glendale, CA, USA)	$750
74	John Paccione (Torrance, CA, USA)	$750
75	Jason Pringle (Bakersfield, CA, USA)	$750
76	Hershey Entin (Valley Village, CA, USA)	$750
77	Diane Nguyen (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$750
78	James Johnson (Orange, CA, USA)	$750
79	Faramarz Ghezelayagh (Irvine, CA, USA)	$750
80	Tau Duong (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$750
81	Ara Ashikyan (N Hollywood, CA, USA)	$750
82	George Bronstein (Calabasa, CA, USA)	$750
83	Gevork Zhamkochyan (North Hollywood, CA, USA)	$750
84	Gevork Kasabyan AKA "Kyaj" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$750
85	Charles Hester (Claremont, CA, USA)	$750
86	Brian Shin (Porter Ranch, CA, USA)	$750
87	John Nguyen (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$750
88	Nadim Samaan (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)	$750
89	Raymond Doan (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$750
90	Ramzi Srour (Burbank, CA, USA)	$750
91	Blong Yang (Moreno Valley, CA, USA)	$750
92	Lionel Johnson (South Pasadena, CA, USA)	$750
93	Richard Chong (Fullerton, CA, USA)	$750
94	Gennady Neisburd (Northridge, CA, USA)	$750
95	Aurelio Angeles (Cypress, CA, USA)	$750
96	Terence Li (Escondido, CA, USA)	$750
97	Sung In Oh (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$750
98	John Hoang (San Diego, CA, USA)	$750
99	Bobby Suer (Dana Point, CA, USA)	$750
100	Hyun Jung (Glendale, CA, USA)	$750
101	Eric Brown (Northridge, CA, USA)	$750
102	Ha Diep (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$750
103	Fred Lavassani (Burbank, CA, USA)	$750
104	Saguhyon Cheong (Rolling Hills, CA, USA)	$750
105	Richard Baroukh (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$750
106	Mike Carlson (Shakopee, MN, USA)	$750
107	Michael Gutierruez (Santa Paula, CA, USA)	$750
108	Tuan Phan (Santa Ana, CA, USA)	$750
109	Justin Moskowitz (Oak Park, CA, USA)	$750
110	Huy Phan (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$750
111	Elizabeth Hagens (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$750
112	Carl Pollard (Hamden, CT, USA)	$750
113	Paul Ladin (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA)	$750
114	Allen Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$750
115	Jack Boghossian (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$750
116	Larry Vance (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$750
117	Vachagan Zakarian (N Hollywood, CA, USA)	$750
118	Justin Barnum (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$750
119	Darryl Jones (Victorville, CA, USA)	$750
120	Alberto Hans (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$750
121	Brian Walters (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$750
122	Valerie Breiman (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$750
123	Rod Sohrabi (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$750
124	Virgil Garrett (Lakeside, CA, USA)	$750
125	Thida Ear (Bermuda Dunes, CA, USA)	$750
126	Ayyub Patel (Lomita, CA, USA)	$750
127	Chris Gomez (Santa Paula, CA, USA)	$550
128	Haim Avidor (North Hollywood, CA, USA)	$550
129	Timothy Hudson (Encino, CA, USA)	$550
130	Stephan Ovsepyan AKA "Topo" (Montebello, CA, USA)	$550
131	Steve Lehrer (Orange, CA, USA)	$550
132	Fred Adriano (Agura Hills, CA, USA)	$550
133	James Henesy AKA "DanaPointKid" (Porter Ranch, CA, USA)	$550
134	Jay Takata (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)	$550
135	Raymond Voskanian (Glendale, CA, USA)	$550
136	Diana Kim (Fullerton, CA, USA)	$550
137	Mickey "Mouse" Mills (Downey, CA, USA)	$550
138	John Thomas (Burbank, CA, USA)	$550
140	Jason Lacman (La Mirada, CA, USA)	$550
141	Marc Lebowitz (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$550
142	James Trotter (El Segundo, CA, USA)	$550
143	Raymond Dolan (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$550
144	Ray Romasanta (Corona, CA, USA)	$550
145	Rudolph Sisson (Sacramento, CA, USA)	$550
146	Yertonathan Levi (Encino, CA, USA)	$550
147	Jonathan Azoulay (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$550
148	Alan Marks (Newport Beach, CA, USA)	$550
149	Jacky Kan (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$550
150	James Bates (Wildomar, CA, USA)	$550
151	Jorge Walker (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$550
152	Vu Chan (Norwalk, CA, USA)	$550
153	Bijan Ghorbanpour (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$550
154	Conrad Selorio (Downey, CA, USA)	$550
155	Yosef Soumekh (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$550
156	Duy Thang (Murrieta, CA, USA)	$550
157	Kurt Dodge (Sunnyvale, CA, USA)	$550
158	Paul Krok (Beverley Hills, CA, USA)	$550
159	Arthur Hill (Stockton, CA, USA)	$550
160	Richard Hong (La Crescenta, CA, USA)	$550
161	Ali Ansari (Pittsburg, CA, USA)	$550
162	Mike Nguyen (Westminster, CA, USA)	$550
163	John Traches (Whittier, CA, USA)	$550
164	Charles Han (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$550
165	Natalya Novek (West Hills, CA, USA)	$550
166	Aaron So (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$550
167	Binh Ly (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$550
168	Henry So (Oxnard, CA, USA)	$550
169	Chris Nguyen (New Cuyama, CA, USA)	$550
170	Gioi Luong (Westminster, CA, USA)	$550
171	Quan Trieu (Alhambra, CA, USA)	$550
172	Tony Grand (Chatsworth, CA, USA)	$550
173	Jerome Milner (Panorama City, CA, USA)	$550
174	Jonathan Barker (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA)	$550
175	Matthew McClelland (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$550
176	Jeffrey Ayers (Little Rock, AR, USA)	$550
177	Ray Etniel (Burbank, CA, USA)	$550
178	Scott Peterson (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$550
179	Nguyen Nguyen (Westminster, CA, USA)	$550
TIE	Tom Pham (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$275
TIE	Hoang Le (San Diego, CA, USA)	$275

Tournament Report

End of Day 1B Chip Counts   Place Name City State Chips Table Seat   1 Andrew Bick Malibu CA 203 500 39 4   2 George Muradyan Glendale CA 191 000 31 5   3 Tim Pong LA CA 187 000 32 8   4 Jonathan Kwan Walnut CA 184 000 32 7   5 Cuu Hoang LA CA 161 000 37 9   6 Jeff Abell Commerce CA 161 000 36 6   7 Jeff Tompkins Playa del Rey CA 143 000 38 5   8 Dung Le Midway City CA 129 500 32 5   9 Ryan Valentine Long Beach CA 129 500 29 5   10 Joseph Lerman Northridge CA 124 000 38 3   11 Rob MacDonald Rancho Palo Verde CA 121 500 36 7   12 Josh Millef LA CA 116 000 32 6   13 Thu Nguyen Midway City CA 108 500 37 6   14 Sang Pham LA CA 108 000 29 4   15 Eui-Joon Chung Calgary Alberta 108 000 38 4   16 Tiffany Michelle LA CA 104 000 30 4   17 Stephen Martines LA CA 103 000 36 4   18 Mary Beth Salmieri Las Vegas NV 103 000 31 6   19 Sanjiv Karnataki Norwalk CA 97 500 32 3   20 Jeff Grinberg LA CA 93 500 29 2   21 David Taylor Duluth MN 92 500 29 8   22 Gary Miles Orange CA 92 000 31 4   23 Manuk Tilbiyan N. Hollywood CA 90 500 29 9   24 Bryan Hyden Bell Gardens CA 90 000 38 8   25 Rodeen Talebi LA CA 90 000 38 9   26 Terry Na LA CA 87 500 29 6   27 Greg Wholey Santa Monica CA 87 000 30 7   28 Cesar Chavez Yorba Linda CA 86 500 31 1   29 Rashaad Bell Long Beach CA 86 000 37 5   30 Carlos MiTorres Stevenson Ranch CA 84 000 29 3   31 Samuel Bayramyan LA CA 77 000 30 9   32 Vinh Luu Alhambra CA 75 500 32 2   33 Derwin Lowery Palm Springs CA 72 000 30 3   34 Chung Law Milpitas CA 70 000 36 2   35 Angie Tran Houston TX 69 500 38 1   36 Tom Davis Ventura CA 67 500 36 5   37 Andy Lakey Temecula CA 62 000 30 6   38 Lorri Broda Tarzana CA 61 500 32 4   39 Jay Sands LA CA 61 000 39 2   40 Thoi Vo LA CA 61 000 38 7   41 Jacky Lee Santa Ana CA 59 500 39 8   42 Jeff Clayton Glendale CA 59 500 37 2   43 Kyle Miaso Scottsdale AZ 57 500 30 2   44 Tim Tuyen Nguyen Yorba Linda CA 56 000 37 1   45 Chike Obi Carson CA 55 000 36 9   46 Ting Li LA CA 52 000 38 6   47 Jun Yan Irvine CA 51 500 37 7   48 Noli Bdung Van Nuys CA 51 000 38 2   49 Rafe Perry West Hills CA 49 500 39 7   50 Steve Wachtel Tarzana CA 49 500 30 5   51 Lou Smaldino Yorba Linda CA 48 000 29 1   52 Tien Hoang Westminster CA 47 500 39 5   53 Mike Phu El Monte CA 45 500 39 9   54 Ralph Harrison LA CA 44 500 29 7   55 Prince Cassell Corona CA 44 000 30 8   56 Adam Teeple Sierra Vista AZ 42 500 36 8   57 George Michel LA CA 41 000 31 3   58 Ar Vang Moreno Valley CA 39 000 31 7   59 Charles Dolan Orange CA 38 500 36 1   60 Tony Ghaffari LA CA 37 500 37 4   61 Fred Kurestian Tujunga CA 37 000 37 3   62 Jordan Lee Hacienda Heights CA 36 500 31 2   63 Ablahad Salem San Diego CA 35 000 32 1   64 John Saini Granada Hills CA 33 500 32 9   65 Robert Gray Atlantic City NJ 33 000 36 3   66 LeShea Bonney Ventura CA 29 500 31 9   67 Areg Ashoghian LA CA 28 500 39 3   68 Kris Tong Huntington Beach CA 28 500 31 8   69 James Sileo Burbank CA 27 500 30 1   70 Carlos Valdivieso San Antonio TX 21 000 39 1   71 Pho Van Tran West Covina CA 20 500 39 6   72 Nam Truong Waterloo Ontario 11 900 37 8