2009 L.A. Poker Classic

$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 5
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

Donnie D'Auria Eliminated in 11th Place ($64,477)

Donnie D'Auria can say he got his chips in with the best of it. Payman Arjang opened preflop for all 240,000 of his chips. D'Auria, on the button, had a similar-sized stack and moved it in as well. Once the blinds folded, the players opened their hands:

Arjang: {K-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
D'Auria: {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts}

D'Auria was in prime position to eliminate Arjang, but a board of {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades} gave Arjang the nut flush and the pot. That setback left D'Auria with 20,000 chips.

He folded the first hand after putting in a 5,000 ante; the second hand, his whole stack went in. He was called by Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Mark Bryan and Pat Walsh. Walsh bet the {9-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {7-Hearts} flop, folding the other live players. He turned over {J-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks against D'Auria's {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}; the turn {5-Spades} gave Walsh two pair and an unbeatable hand.

D'Auria reported to the cage after the dealer burned and turned the {2-Spades} as the river card. He earned $64,477 for finishing in 11th place. Not bad for a freeroll.

Tags: Donnie D'AuriaPat WalshPayman Arjang