Commerce Casino and Matt Savage have put together a tournament schedule that may prove to be even better than that of the World Series of Poker.
The 2010 Los Angels Poker Classic (more affectionately known as the "LAPC") boasts 50 events over 43 days, including a $10,000 World Poker Tour ("WPT") Championship. In addition, the LAPC will host the only WPT Celebrity Invitational on the tour.
Already considered one of the largest tournament series on the poker tour (second only to the World Series of Poker ("WSOP")), the LAPC is bigger and better for 2010 and offers events for every poker player, beginning with the everyday recreational player all the way up to the best of the hard core professionals. During his first year at Commerce Casino, tournament director Matt Savage had his ear all but chewed off with requests from some of the most prevalent card players in the business, each requesting their favorite game to be incorporated into the LAPC tournament schedule. As proof that he had been listening, Mr. Savage has added some new events to the LAPC tournament schedule that have never before been incorporated into a poker series in this country. 
Highlights include the opening event which is the $335 No-Limit Hold'em 4-day tournament with a $1,000,000 Guarantee, a $25,100 Commerce High Roller, a $1,065 No-Limit Hold'em with $1,000 Re-buys (another $1,000,000 Guarantee and one that players have been begging for since the WSOP took out all Re-buy events), the $2,100 Ironman Tournament, the $1,065 Badugi event (1st time in the USA), the $1,065 8-Game Mixed Poker (2-7 Triple Draw, limit hold 'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Seven-card stud, Seven-card stud Eight or better, No-Limit Hold 'em and Pot Limit Omaha), $1,455 Chinese Poker 1/2 High 1/2 Low, the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, $10,000 Heads-Up Championships, and $1,065 2-7 Triple Draw.
The LAPC $10,000 WPT Championships have launched the careers of many of the worlds most well known poker professionals, including Antonio Esfandiari in 2004, Michael Mizrachi in 2005, Alan Goehring in 2006, Eric Hershler in 2007; and, although he did not win a WSOP main event bracelet last year, poker darling Phil Ivey won his first WPT championship title at the 2008 LAPC after repeatedly falling short at a record eight final tables prior. Simply put, winning any LAPC trophy grants bragging rights for a lifetime.
In addition to some of the best tournament events ever put together for a single series, the cash games at the Commerce Casino during LAPC are 
widely considered to be the juiciest on the poker tour. If one should happen to bust out of a tournament, profitable live action games can be found all over Commerce Casino. The $40 limit and no-limit hold-em games can be found at the broken tournament tables next to the satellite games in the Ballroom, the $100, $200, $400 and $500-$1500 no-limit hold-em and $2-4 through $8-16 limit games can be found in the Galleria, and all of the high stakes games are located just off the staircase, adjacent to Stakes restaurant..
All Events over 100 Players will be 2 day events unless noted, approximately 13 hours of play for 1pm events and 10 hours for 4pm starts, with final tables returning the following day at 3pm, unless otherwise instructed. Players are allowed to re-enter following day in events with multiple day starts.
Single table satellites ranging from $40 to $240 begin January 15, 2010 and run daily from 10:00 a.m. to Midnight and $225 Re-buy Super Satellites run January 20 to February 23 nightly at 7:00 p.m. (at least one $10,000 main event seat guaranteed for each super satellite). $1,050 HORSE Mega Satellites are February 16 and 17, 2010 and Heads Up Championship Megasatellites are February 21 and 22. The $1,050 Main Event Mega Satellites are set for February 19 at 11am, 3:30pm, and 8pm and again on February 23 and 24 at 8pm.
Commerce Casino is the largest poker casino in the world with more than 200 poker tables and 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.
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