Another thousand plus poker players entered Day 1b of the opening L.A Poker Open tournament series event on Friday, November 6, 2009. Commerce Casino's $500K guaranteed prize pool event continues to draw large fields with the irresistible payout. For the second day in a row, 99 places were paid with the top 27 entrants moving on to Day 2 on Sunday, November 8, 2009.
| The second batch of 27 players : |
1 Pat Bonilla, Upland, CA 283,000 |
At 5:00 p.m. today, registration closes and the tournament staff will begin calculating the final pay out structure. Today is the day that the day that the total prize pool will be announced, and this poker writer is taking the over on $600K. You can expect to see me among the masses of poker players determined to make the final cut.
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