2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 6
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

Nguyen Back on Top

Coming out of a recent extended break, the chip counts showed that Binh Nguyen was barely ahead of Cornel Andrew Cimpan in the counts thanks to a few small pots that Nguyen picked up right before the break.

On the first hand after the break, the two players took a limped flop of {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}. Cimpan called a bet of 175,000 on that flop, and then called a second bet of 350,000 when the turn fell {4-Spades}. The river was the {3-Clubs} and Nguyen didn't slow down. He bet 600,000, putting Cimpan into the tank for about a minute before calling. And what did Nguyen show down? Just {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} -- a pocket pair of aces! It was a 1.2 million chip swing for each player.

Tags: Binh NguyenCornel Andrew Cimpan