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L.A. Poker Classic
World Poker Tour Season 4
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 26, 2006
L.A. Poker Classic/WPT
Season 4
Commerce Casino
Commerce, California
World Poker Tour Season 4
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 26, 2006
L.A. Poker Classic/WPT
Season 4
Commerce Casino
Commerce, California
| Tournament Results |
| ALAN GOEHRING |
World Poker Tour Season 4
L.A. Poker Classic
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 26, 2006
L.A. Poker Classic/WPT Season 4
Commerce Casino
Commerce, California
Buy-In: $10,000 + $100
Prize Pool: $6,643,200
Entries: 692
L.A. Poker Classic
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 26, 2006
L.A. Poker Classic/WPT Season 4
Commerce Casino
Commerce, California
Buy-In: $10,000 + $100
Prize Pool: $6,643,200
Entries: 692
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Place Name Prize
1. Alan Goehring (Henderson, NV, USA) $2,391,550 + $25,500 Seat
2. Daniel Quach (Monrovia, CA, USA) $1,162,560
3. Michael Woo (Desert Hot Springs, CA, USA) $571,315
4. Steve Simmons (Mesa, AZ, USA) $338,803
5. J. C. Tran (Sacramento, CA, USA) $265,728
6. Per Ummer (Skara, Sweden) $199,296
7. Anahit Galajian (Glendale, CA, USA) $199,296
8. Kevan Casey (Houston, TX, USA) $132,864
9. Michael McClain (Davis, CA, USA) $99,648
10. David Chiu (Rowland Heights, CA, USA) $73,075
11. Mark Weidmann (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $73,075
12. John Gale (Bushey, United Kingdom) $73,075
13. Juha Helppi (Helsinki, Finland) $59,789
14. Danny Noam (Cave Creek, AZ, USA) $59,789
15. Brian McCann (Reseda, CA, USA) $59,789
16. Jon Kelley (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $46,502
17. Kelly Kim (Whittier, CA, USA) $46,502
18. Bill Gazes (Marina Del Rey, CA, USA) $46,502
19. Rodeen Talebi (Dallas, TX, USA) $39,859
20. Damon Ahmadi (Norwalk, CA, USA) $39,859
21. John Luu (Riverside, CA, USA) $39,859
22. Brock Parker (Silver Spring, MD, USA) $39,859
23. Roy Winston (Rancho Mirage, CA, USA) $39,859
24. James Woods (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $39,859
25. Chris Bigler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $39,859
26. Genefredo Legaspy (USA) $39,859
27. Tom Macey (Chicago, IL, USA) $39,859
28. Jeff Rine (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $26,573
29. Raed Aburkartomy (Anaheim, CA, USA) $26,573
30. Daniel Alaei (Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA) $26,573
31. Jim Miller (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $26,573
32. Amir Vahedi (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) $26,573
33. Can Kim Hua (Rosemead, CA, USA) $26,573
34. Michael Carson (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $26,573
35. Jim Bechtel (Gilbert, AZ, USA) $26,573
36. Allen Cunningham (Ventura, CA, USA) $26,573
37. Edward "Bolivia" Moncada (Oakland, CA, USA) $19,930
38. Gabriel Thaler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,930
39. David Plastik (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,930
40. Julian Hart (Palm Desert, CA, USA) $19,930
41. T.J. Cloutier (Richardson, TX, USA) $19,930
42. Orlando Maldonado (Miami, FL, USA) $19,930
43. Ugur Marangoz (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,930
44. Bradley Berman (Minnetonka, MN, USA) $19,930
45. Scotty Nguyen (Henderson, NV, USA) $19,930
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Tournament Report
TWO BIG DRAW-OUTS ARE KEY TO ALAN GOEHRING'S LAPC/WPT WIN
Alan Goehring, a retired junk bond analyst from New York, overcame a 2-1
chip deficit when he got heads-up with cash game player Daniel Quach as he
took down the championship event of LAPC/WPT 2006, $10,000 no-limit
hold'em. His $2,391,550 win.was the largest first-place payout for any
regular-season WPT event.
Two very big draw-outs helped propel Goehring to victory. The first came
when he hit a one-outer on the river to knock out J.C. Tran in fifth place. The
second came on the final hand, when he had a bare chip lead over Quach.
Goehring, with K-8, was on the ropes against Quach's A-J when the flop came
Q-J-9. Then a king turned to give him the pot and the title.
This is Goehring's second WPT win. He also has a $1 million victory in the first
season of the Bellagio Five-Star/WPT $25,000 championship event, along
with a second-place finish at the WSOP championship in 1999. Quach, who
rarely plays tournaments, finished 190th in this year's WSOP main event.
Final-day action started with 5,000 antes and 25,000-50,000 blinds. None of
the six finalists arrived short-chipped. Counts ranged from 1,505,000 for
Steven Simmons to 3,720,000 for chip-leader JC Tran. In all, over 13 million
chips. There would be numerous chip-lead changes duiring this seven-hour,
144-hand final table. The first all-in didn't come until hand 14 when Simmons
opened for 150,000, Tran re-raised to 400,000, Simmons moved in for over 1
million, and Tran folded. The first all-in call came when Quach raised to
200,000, Tran re-raised to 600,000 and Quach moved in for 1,820,000. Both
had A-K suited and the pot was split.
After the next break, players returned to play with blinds of 40,000-80,000
with 10,000 antes. Tran still led with just over 3 million. The first massive chip
exchange came two hands later when Per 'Nemo' Ummer opened for 225,000
and Simmons raised 1,220,000. Simmons had pocket queens to Ummer's
pocket jacks, and moved into the lead after the board came A-4-3-10-10 Four
hands later, Ummer opened for 500,000 with pocket aces and was called by
Tran with 10-7. A flop of Q-9-8 gave Tran an open-ended straight draw, but
he missed and lost.
Then Goehring took a big pot from Tran with a set of 9s agaist Tran's missed
straight draw. Chips continued to move around the table. By hand 39, Ummer
had taken a slight lead with 3.8 million to 3.5 for Simmons. With blinds at
60,000-120,000 with 15,000 antes(costing each player 270,000 chips a
round), four players were in a close race wth between 2.3 and 2.7 million,
while Goehring and Tran (who had survived an all in with A-K against
Goehring's K-J) were low with 1 and 1.5 million respectively.
Tran would then go all in three more times. He was called once and won with
trip 5s. Next it was Nemo's turn to survive. He had K-Q to Goehring's A-Q and
flopped two pair. We were now playing with 100,000-200,000 blinds and
20,000 antes. Finally, on hand 80, we lost our first player. Ummer moved in
for 1.5 million with Ac-7c. Tran had him just covered and button-called with
Ah-Kh. The board came 10-10-4-J-2, and Nemo was finding the cashier to
collect $199,296.
As play continued, Woo doubled through to over 3 million against Tran, 9s
against 77s. Then, on hand 95, came the most heart-stopping hand of the
night. Tran opened for 600,000. Goehring moved in with 5c-5h and Tran
called, for just 5,000 less, with As-Ad. With a board of 9s-7s-2s-2h, Goehring
could win with only one card, the offsuit 5...and it came! Tran got $265,728
for fifth.
A few hands later, blinds went to $150,000-300,000 with 30,000 antes, and
with Quach leading with 6.4 million. Immediately after, Simmons busted out in
fourth place. He moved in with Jh-10h. Goehring called with Kh-Jh and won
with king-high when the board came 5-4-3-6-Q. Fourth paid $338,803.
The approximate count now was Quach, 6.5 million; Goehring, 3.9 million;
Woo, 3.2 million. On hand 112, Woo raised to 1 million with 5d-5h, and Quach
put him in with Ks-Qd. With a board of As-Ah-Qs-10s, Woo, just like Goehring,
could only be saved by a non-spade 5, but one miracle a night was enough.
It didn't come, Woo was out in third place, worth $571,375, and we were
heads up.
There was now the traditional, bringing-in-the-cash ceremony, the honors
performed by a bevy of beauties led by WPT hostess Courtney Friel.
Defending champion Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi was introduced, and
announced that he became the father of a baby girl two weeks ago. Play
resumed with Quach leading, 9.3 million to 4.5 million for Goehring. After
blinds went to 250,000-500,000 with 50,000 antes, Goehring came very close
to even after Quach opened for 1.5 million, then folded after Goehring moved
in for 3.4 million more.
Over the next 20 hands, Quach increased his lead, then Goehring, chipping
away, gradually moved in front. On the final hand, Quach moved in with
Ad-Jh, and Goehring, barely covering him, called with Kd-Qh and hit a
turn-card king.
Reported by Max Shapiro
1. Alan Goehring (Henderson, NV, USA) $2,391,550 + $25,500 Seat
2. Daniel Quach (Monrovia, CA, USA) $1,162,560
3. Michael Woo (Desert Hot Springs, CA, USA) $571,315
4. Steve Simmons (Mesa, AZ, USA) $338,803
5. J. C. Tran (Sacramento, CA, USA) $265,728
6. Per Ummer (Skara, Sweden) $199,296
7. Anahit Galajian (Glendale, CA, USA) $199,296
8. Kevan Casey (Houston, TX, USA) $132,864
9. Michael McClain (Davis, CA, USA) $99,648
10. David Chiu (Rowland Heights, CA, USA) $73,075
11. Mark Weidmann (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $73,075
12. John Gale (Bushey, United Kingdom) $73,075
13. Juha Helppi (Helsinki, Finland) $59,789
14. Danny Noam (Cave Creek, AZ, USA) $59,789
15. Brian McCann (Reseda, CA, USA) $59,789
16. Jon Kelley (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $46,502
17. Kelly Kim (Whittier, CA, USA) $46,502
18. Bill Gazes (Marina Del Rey, CA, USA) $46,502
19. Rodeen Talebi (Dallas, TX, USA) $39,859
20. Damon Ahmadi (Norwalk, CA, USA) $39,859
21. John Luu (Riverside, CA, USA) $39,859
22. Brock Parker (Silver Spring, MD, USA) $39,859
23. Roy Winston (Rancho Mirage, CA, USA) $39,859
24. James Woods (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $39,859
25. Chris Bigler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $39,859
26. Genefredo Legaspy (USA) $39,859
27. Tom Macey (Chicago, IL, USA) $39,859
28. Jeff Rine (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $26,573
29. Raed Aburkartomy (Anaheim, CA, USA) $26,573
30. Daniel Alaei (Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA) $26,573
31. Jim Miller (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $26,573
32. Amir Vahedi (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) $26,573
33. Can Kim Hua (Rosemead, CA, USA) $26,573
34. Michael Carson (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $26,573
35. Jim Bechtel (Gilbert, AZ, USA) $26,573
36. Allen Cunningham (Ventura, CA, USA) $26,573
37. Edward "Bolivia" Moncada (Oakland, CA, USA) $19,930
38. Gabriel Thaler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,930
39. David Plastik (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,930
40. Julian Hart (Palm Desert, CA, USA) $19,930
41. T.J. Cloutier (Richardson, TX, USA) $19,930
42. Orlando Maldonado (Miami, FL, USA) $19,930
43. Ugur Marangoz (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $19,930
44. Bradley Berman (Minnetonka, MN, USA) $19,930
45. Scotty Nguyen (Henderson, NV, USA) $19,930
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Tournament Report
TWO BIG DRAW-OUTS ARE KEY TO ALAN GOEHRING'S LAPC/WPT WIN
Alan Goehring, a retired junk bond analyst from New York, overcame a 2-1
chip deficit when he got heads-up with cash game player Daniel Quach as he
took down the championship event of LAPC/WPT 2006, $10,000 no-limit
hold'em. His $2,391,550 win.was the largest first-place payout for any
regular-season WPT event.
Two very big draw-outs helped propel Goehring to victory. The first came
when he hit a one-outer on the river to knock out J.C. Tran in fifth place. The
second came on the final hand, when he had a bare chip lead over Quach.
Goehring, with K-8, was on the ropes against Quach's A-J when the flop came
Q-J-9. Then a king turned to give him the pot and the title.
This is Goehring's second WPT win. He also has a $1 million victory in the first
season of the Bellagio Five-Star/WPT $25,000 championship event, along
with a second-place finish at the WSOP championship in 1999. Quach, who
rarely plays tournaments, finished 190th in this year's WSOP main event.
Final-day action started with 5,000 antes and 25,000-50,000 blinds. None of
the six finalists arrived short-chipped. Counts ranged from 1,505,000 for
Steven Simmons to 3,720,000 for chip-leader JC Tran. In all, over 13 million
chips. There would be numerous chip-lead changes duiring this seven-hour,
144-hand final table. The first all-in didn't come until hand 14 when Simmons
opened for 150,000, Tran re-raised to 400,000, Simmons moved in for over 1
million, and Tran folded. The first all-in call came when Quach raised to
200,000, Tran re-raised to 600,000 and Quach moved in for 1,820,000. Both
had A-K suited and the pot was split.
After the next break, players returned to play with blinds of 40,000-80,000
with 10,000 antes. Tran still led with just over 3 million. The first massive chip
exchange came two hands later when Per 'Nemo' Ummer opened for 225,000
and Simmons raised 1,220,000. Simmons had pocket queens to Ummer's
pocket jacks, and moved into the lead after the board came A-4-3-10-10 Four
hands later, Ummer opened for 500,000 with pocket aces and was called by
Tran with 10-7. A flop of Q-9-8 gave Tran an open-ended straight draw, but
he missed and lost.
Then Goehring took a big pot from Tran with a set of 9s agaist Tran's missed
straight draw. Chips continued to move around the table. By hand 39, Ummer
had taken a slight lead with 3.8 million to 3.5 for Simmons. With blinds at
60,000-120,000 with 15,000 antes(costing each player 270,000 chips a
round), four players were in a close race wth between 2.3 and 2.7 million,
while Goehring and Tran (who had survived an all in with A-K against
Goehring's K-J) were low with 1 and 1.5 million respectively.
Tran would then go all in three more times. He was called once and won with
trip 5s. Next it was Nemo's turn to survive. He had K-Q to Goehring's A-Q and
flopped two pair. We were now playing with 100,000-200,000 blinds and
20,000 antes. Finally, on hand 80, we lost our first player. Ummer moved in
for 1.5 million with Ac-7c. Tran had him just covered and button-called with
Ah-Kh. The board came 10-10-4-J-2, and Nemo was finding the cashier to
collect $199,296.
As play continued, Woo doubled through to over 3 million against Tran, 9s
against 77s. Then, on hand 95, came the most heart-stopping hand of the
night. Tran opened for 600,000. Goehring moved in with 5c-5h and Tran
called, for just 5,000 less, with As-Ad. With a board of 9s-7s-2s-2h, Goehring
could win with only one card, the offsuit 5...and it came! Tran got $265,728
for fifth.
A few hands later, blinds went to $150,000-300,000 with 30,000 antes, and
with Quach leading with 6.4 million. Immediately after, Simmons busted out in
fourth place. He moved in with Jh-10h. Goehring called with Kh-Jh and won
with king-high when the board came 5-4-3-6-Q. Fourth paid $338,803.
The approximate count now was Quach, 6.5 million; Goehring, 3.9 million;
Woo, 3.2 million. On hand 112, Woo raised to 1 million with 5d-5h, and Quach
put him in with Ks-Qd. With a board of As-Ah-Qs-10s, Woo, just like Goehring,
could only be saved by a non-spade 5, but one miracle a night was enough.
It didn't come, Woo was out in third place, worth $571,375, and we were
heads up.
There was now the traditional, bringing-in-the-cash ceremony, the honors
performed by a bevy of beauties led by WPT hostess Courtney Friel.
Defending champion Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi was introduced, and
announced that he became the father of a baby girl two weeks ago. Play
resumed with Quach leading, 9.3 million to 4.5 million for Goehring. After
blinds went to 250,000-500,000 with 50,000 antes, Goehring came very close
to even after Quach opened for 1.5 million, then folded after Goehring moved
in for 3.4 million more.
Over the next 20 hands, Quach increased his lead, then Goehring, chipping
away, gradually moved in front. On the final hand, Quach moved in with
Ad-Jh, and Goehring, barely covering him, called with Kd-Qh and hit a
turn-card king.
Reported by Max Shapiro
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