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Opening $500K Event of Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Open is Well Underway

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CommerceCasino's L.A. Poker OpenOn Thursday, November 5, 2009, Commerce Casino commenced the L.A Poker Open tournament series with its an eye opening $500K guaranteed prize pool event.

Over a thousand poker players entered Day 1a of Event No. 1.  The total places paid for the day included 99 players with the top 27 entrants qualified to advance to the final day of play on Sunday, November 8, 2009.  Participants who came in the top ten percent, but did not qualify for day two, (myself included) received anywhere from $400 to $600, essentially doubling their $220 investment.  The skilled and/or lucky few (depending on how you look at it) that have advanced to the November 8th final day of play are:

    1. George Panagakis, Newport Beach, CA, 287,500 chips
    2. Chad Viall, Los Angeles, CA, 264,000 chips
    3. John Hodge, Los Angeles, CA, 236,000 chips
    4. Brian Levor, Redondo Beach, CA, 158,000 chips
    5. Brandon Burrows, Los Angeles, CA, 158,000 chips
    6. Robert Cramer, Woodland Hills, CA, 157,000 chips
    7. Davis Aalvik, Long Beach, CA, 152,000 chips
    8. Harold Isip, Los Angeles, CA, 144,000 chips
    9. Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks, CA, 143,000 chips
  10. Ted Polocarpio, Los Angeles, CA, 142,500 chips
  11. Daniel Ramirez, Venice, CA, 127,000 chips
  12. Caesar Singh, Los Angeles, CA, 112,500 chips
  13. Greg Pohler, Manhattan Beach, CA, 102,000 chips
  14. Jean Morcos, Los Angeles, CA, 101,500 chips
  15. James Johnson, Ventura, CA, 97,500 chips
  16. Christopher Hopkins, San Diego, CA, 97,000 chips
  17. Danny Nguyen, Los Angeles, CA, 91,500 chips
  18. Steve Bugay, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 73,500 chips
  19. Paul Nguyen, Garden Grove, CA, 72,000 chips
  20. Dorin Apostu, San Dimas, CA, 71,500 chips
  21. Tuan Tran, Los Angeles, CA, 71,500 chips
  22. Abdo Zogheib, Cerritos, CA, 70,000 chips
  23. Phong T. Nguyen, Los Angeles, CA, 68,500 chips
  24. Florentina Omelas, Long Beach, CA, 68,000 chips
  25. Travis Carson, Colorado Springs, CO, 52,000 chips
  26. Raymond Davis, Commerce, CA, 44,500 chips
  27. Johnny Jo, Los Angeles, CA, 33,500 chips

The players with a shot for real money have yet to discovery how just much the final payout structure will be as that amount will not be determined until Commerce Casino at Nightregistration ends on Saturday, November 7th at 5:00 p.m.  It can be assumed, however, that top prize will be over $150K.

Commerce Casino is located at 6131 East Telegraph Rd., Commerce, CA 90040, just off the Santa Ana (5) Freeway at the Washington Blvd. exit. The phone is (323) 721-2100 

  Need Help? Call the gambling hotline: 800 GAMBLING 

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Marie-Lizette lives, works and plays in the greater Los Angeles area. After years of playing the cash tables, Marie-Lizette has turned her attention towards the poker tournament circuit. Marie-Lizette is a professional poker tournament player, blogger, writer, and photographer at events in the...

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