LA Poker Classic Day 1

The L.A. Poker Classic Championship (LAPC) event at Commerce Casino smashed records for largest field and largest prize money ever for a $10,000-buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT). The field of 790 established pros and aspiring amateurs swelled the prize money to a whopping $7,593.600.

The winner will go home with $2,429,970 and a $25,000 seat in the WPT World Championship in April at Bellagio in Las Vegas. That is the largest first prize ever for a non-championship WPT event. The second place finisher will claim $1,177,010. Fifty four players will share in the prize pool.

The L.A. Poker Classic Championship drew such poker luminaries as Daniel Negreanu, Kathy Liebert, Barry Greenstein, Todd Brunson, Ted Forrest, Gus Hansen, Erick Lindgren, Chip Reiss, Cyndy Violette, Antonio Esfandiari or Phil “The Unabomber” Laak, Ted Forrest, Chau Chiang, Jamie Gold, Joe Hachem, John Hennigan, Mike Matusow, John Juanda, Michael Mizrachi, John Gale, David Williams and such up-and-coming superstars like Gavin Smith, Vanessa Rousso, Patrik Antonius, Michael Gracz, David Benyamine, Kenna James, J.J. Liu, Isabelle Mercier, Nam Le, John Phan, Erica Schoenberg, Johan Storakers, Nick Schulman and Joe Sebok.

Last year’s champion, Alan Goehring, went home with $2,391,550. In 2005, 24-year-old Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi claimed $1,859,909, and 2004’s victor, another 24-year-old, Antonio Esfandiari, took home $1,399,135.

In total, 368 players survived the cut on the first day at the L.A. Poker Classic. Some of the noteworthy names who made it to Day 2 include: Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Kristy Gazes, Erica Schoenberg, Phil Laak, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Gavin Smith, Todd Brunson, Erick Lindgren, Patrik Antonius, Chad Brown, Ted Forrest, Steve Dannenmann, and Erik Seidel.

Joe Sebok is the chip leader going into Day 2 with a little over $200,000 in chips.

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