The major highlights of this week during the preliminary events at the L.A. Poker Classic hosted at Commerce Casino inlcuded some big buy-in events. The $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event was the marquee tournament, and it was won by Scotty Nguyen, who took home the top prize and another major H.O.R.S.E. title. Frank Kassela won the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha rebuy event, defeating a field of 50 players who purchased 36 rebuys. Other highlights included preliminary wins by Frankie O’Dell ($1,000 H.O.R.S.E.) and Jeff Madsen ($1,000 no-limit hold’em). Here is a look at the full results from the week:
Buy-in: $1,000
Number of Entries: 212
Total Prize Pool: $205,640
First-Place Prize: $56,036
Places Paid: 24
Final-Table Results:
1: Frankie O’Dell (pictured right) — $56,036
2: John Cernuto — $30,846
3: Christopher Tryba — $22,620
4: Cyndy Violette — $17,274
5: Tony Ma — $13,058
6: Ira Friedman — $9,254
7: Raymond Davis — $5,758
8: Dennis Eichhorn — $4,730
Event No. 23 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $1,000
Number of Entries: 332
Total Prize Pool: $322,040
First-Place Prize: $88,087
Places Paid: 36
Final-Table Results:
1: Kenneth Cruz (pictured right) — $88,087
2: Aaron Kweskin — $48,306
3: Joel Chang — $32,204
4: Yury Parad — $22,865
5: Cornel Cimpan — $17,068
6: Jesse Rockowitz — $13,526
7: Ian Kim — $10,144
8: Gioi Luong — $7,568
9: Steve Simmons — $5,475
Event No. 24 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $1,500
Number of Entries: 255
Total Prize Pool: $371,025
First-Place Prize: $107,593
Places Paid: 27
Final-Table Results:
1: Jeff Madsen (pictured right) — $107,593
2: Fred El Adli — $58,993
3: Tyler Patterson — $40,813
4: Matt Heiligerthaler — $27,085
5: Lance Oliver — $21,148
6: Matt Stout — $16,696
7: Luke Driour — $12,615
8: David Peters — $9,276
9: John Phan — $6,678
Event No. 25 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $500
Number of Entries: 511
Total Prize Pool: $247,835
First-Place Prize: $64,437
Places Paid: 54
Final-Table Results:
1: Neil Ho (pictured right) — $64,437
2: Jeffrey Vanchiro — $35,193
3: Fabio Dagata — $24,040
4: Kasey Nam — $16,481
5: Elvis Huynh — $12,020
6: Aaron Kweskin — $9,418
7: Milt Pappas — $7,063
8: Benjamin Tang — $5,205
9: Saifuddin Ahmad — $3,718
Event No. 26 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $1,500
Number of Entries: 195
Total Prize Pool: $283,725
First-Place Prize: $90,793
Places Paid: 18
Final-Table Results:
1: Luis Sanchez — $90,793
2: Justin Filtz (pictured right) — $48,517
3: Brian Friesen — $30,926
4: David Fox — $22,698
5: Phong Chau — $18,442
6: Motoyuki Mabuchi — $13,903
7: Wayne Chang — $11,065
8: Chris Bjorin — $8,228
9: Paul Pugh — $5,958
Event No. 27 (pot-limit Omaha)
Buy-in: $5,000
Number of Entries: 50
Rebuys: 36
Total Prize Pool: $412,100
First-Place Prize: $185,445
Places Paid: 5
Final-Table Results:
1: Frank Kassela (pictured right) — $185,445
2: Raphael Zimmerman — $103,025
3: Mickey Mills — $61,815
4: Randy Ohel — $41,210
5: Andreas Krause — $20,605
Event No. 28 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $300
Number of Entries: 1,362
Total Prize Pool: $396,342
First-Place Prize: $92,746
Places Paid: 99
Final-Table Results:
1: Andy Le — $92,746
2: Richard Doyen — $51,762
3: Patrick Khalafian — $36,067
4: Thomas Heitz — $23,781
5: Ali Barmaki — $16,646
6: Michael Millard — $12,683
7: Patricia Mikesell — $9,512
8: Jack Mgdesyan — $6,936
9: Gary Miles — $4,954
Event No. 29 (H.O.R.S.E.)
Buy-in: $10,000
Number of Entries: 96
Total Prize Pool: $921,600
First-Place Prize: $339,743
Places Paid: 9
Final-Table Results:
1: Scotty Nguyen (pictured right) — $339,743
2: Chino Rheem (pictured above) — $181,227
3: Jeff Madsen — $121,323
4: Chris Tsiprailidis — $85,830
5: Matt Graham — $65,105
6: Bob Golick — $51,281
7: Amnon Filippi — $39,300
8: John Monnette — $28,241
9: Kenny Tran — $10,000
Event No. 30 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $1,000
Number of Entries: 304
Total Prize Pool: $294,880
First-Place Prize: $80,652
Places Paid: 36
Final-Table Results:
1: Raz Mael — $80,652
2: Sam Stein — $44,232
3: Damdy Sim — $29,488
4: Samir Jaber — $20,936
5: Michael Mizrachi — $15,629
6: Duan Remington — $12,385
7: Carlos Johnson — $9,289
8: Andrew Zuzolo — $6,930
9: Erica Schoenberg (pictured right) — $5,013
Event No. 31 (no-limit hold’em)
Buy-in: $500
Number of Entries: 502
Total Prize Pool: $243,470
First-Place Prize: $63,301
Places Paid: 54
Final-Table Results:
1: Nancy Todd Tyner — $63,301
2: Chris Birchby — $34,573
3: Michael Lawson — $23,617
4: Russell Cockrell — $16,191
5: Kyle Bowker (pictured right) — $11,808
6: Ablahad Salim — $9,252
7: Shawn Glines — $6,939
8: Chris Walker — $5,113
9: Ingar Robles — $3,652
