2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 L.A. Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$1,686,260
Event Info
Buy-in
$9,600
Entries
696
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0

Big Hand Between Walsh and Cimpan Ends Anticlimatically

On a board showing {7-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {6-Spades}, with a decent chunk of change already in the middle, Cornel Andrew Cimpan passed the first action to Pat Walsh who fired a bet worth 80,000. Cimpan then immediately announced "All in," which prompted Walsh to ask for a count.

The dealer pulled 80k from both players into the middle and counted down the remainder of Cimpan's stack, which turned out to be 196,000.

"What is it again?" Walsh asked, now standing, hovering over his chair.

"196" the dealer replied.

Walsh appeared to be calculating his pot odds, before asking Cimpan, "Two tens?"

"Huh?" Cimpan responded with a smile.

"I got outs, I know that..." Walsh fired back.

Ultimately, Walsh surrendered the hand, leaving himself approximately 1.5 million in chips. The hand kicked Cimpan up to around 650,000.

Tags: Cornel Andrew CimpanPat Walsh