2008 WPT L.A. Poker Classic -- Tournament Results

Venue: Commerce Casino -- Commerce, California

Dates: January 24 – March 3

Number of Events: 29 

January 25 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $35 – 1,191 Players 

1. Kimya Williams -- $77,631
2. Jun Zhou -- $48,729
3. Khang Pham -- $31,539
4. Jose Hurtado -- $20,795
5. David Salcedo -- $14,556
6. Joshua Molina -- $11,091
7. Carl Kuran -- $8,318
8. Robert Wein -- $6,065
9. Tyler Isono -- $4,332

January 26 – Limit Hold’em -- $300 + $35 – 387 Players 

1. Robert Pacleb -- $30,408
2. Frank Mariani -- $17,005
3. Joseph Bibartola -- $11,543
4. Donald Oleson -- $7,996
5. Anthony Tran -- $5,969
6. Paul Nason -- $4,730
7. John Cernuto -- $3,547
8. Chuck Futrell -- $2,646
9. Jack Boghossian -- $1,914

January 27  – Omaha High/Low Split -- $300 + $35 – 368 Players 

1. Stan Zdanowich -- $28,918
2. David Kim -- $16,170
3. Matt Ardo -- $10,977
4. Alan Hornbacher -- $7,603
5. David McGee -- $5,676
6. Nickolai Orlov -- $4,498
7. Manolito Navarro -- $3,373
8. Hang Lam -- $2,517
9. Colin Gordon -- $1,820

January 28 – No-Limit Hold’em  w/Re-buys -- $300 + $35 – 811 Players 

1. Buddy Lavassani -- $158,144
2. Denny Lee -- $99,569
3. Diane Nguyen -- $63,950
4. Phat Chung -- $42,633
5. Adrian Cimpan -- $30,256
6. Glen Bean -- $23,036
7. John Lombard -- $17,191
8. Le Banh -- $12,721
9. Jordan Siegel -- $9,283

January 29 – Seven Card Stud -- $500 + $45 – 136 Players 

1. Paul Vinci -- $19,850
2. Di Xia -- $11,210
3. Randall Holland -- $7,980
4. Tommi Han -- $5,540
5. John Cernuto -- $4,190
6. Sirous Baghchehsaraie -- $3,230
7. Mitchell Ledis -- $2,570
8. Susan Lee -- $1,910

January 30 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $45 – 533 Players 

1. Shan Jing -- $64,595
2. Lance Tahata -- $39,290
3. Mark Nasser -- $25,070
4. Yong Han -- $17,190
5. Marc Aubin -- $12,540
6. Shengxiong Jin -- $9,820
7. Ryan Kallberg -- $7,370
8. Alan Myerson -- $5,430
9. Vagan Sudzhyan -- $3,880

January 31 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout -- $500 + $45 – 280 Players 

1. Ben Keiky -- $38,010
2. Keith Rogers -- $21,250
3. Alexander Mackenzie -- $15,350
4. Allan Le -- $9,910
5. Tony Grand -- $7,740
6. Jalil Akhavan -- $6,110
7. David Rheem -- $4,620
8. Chris Amaral -- $3,400
9. Paul Leaverton -- $2,440

February 2 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $45 – 550 Players 

1. David Gutfreund -- $66,710
2. Abedeen Aamir -- $40,550
3. Jeffrey Smith -- $25,870
4. Ricky Chow -- $17,740
5. Paul Henrick -- $12,940
6. Steven Rosen -- $10,140
7. Ellwood Unzellman -- $7,600
8. John 'Phi' Nguyen -- $5,600
9. Itasu Suzuki -- $4,000

February 3 – Ladies No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $65 – 82 Players 

1. Vanessa Selbst -- $26,500
2. Erica Schoenberg -- $14,690
3. Crystal Osgood -- $10,920
4. Christina Hung -- $7,800
5. Jana Delacerra -- $5,850
6. Denise Aaron -- $4,290
7. Katrina Lim -- $3,380
8. Carol Neal -- $2,600
9. Julie Le -- $1,950

February 4 – Seven Card Stud High/Low -- $300 + $35 – 173 Players 

1. Men Nguyen -- $15,129
2. Raymond Bonavida -- $8,558
3. Paramjit Gill -- $6,092
4. Terry Wells -- $4,229
5. William Mendicki -- $3,197
6. Daniel Lawrence -- $2,467
7. Ali Ghazi -- $1,963
8. Ruy Hiek -- $1,460

February 5 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $65 – 265 Players 

1. Thu Nguyen -- $71,980
2. David Pham -- $42,670
3. Frank Sinopoli -- $29,050
4. Robert Wein -- $18,760
5. John "J.R." Reiss -- $14,650
6. Peter Nguyen -- $11,570
7. Al Barbieri -- $8,740
8. Diane Nguyen -- $6,430
9. Roger Barnes -- $4,630

February 6 – Omaha High/Low Split -- $1,000 + $65 – 134 Players 

1. Paul Darden Jr. -- $41,580
2. Phillip Penn -- $20,800
3. Richi Burrell -- $15,730
4. Susan Genard -- $10,920
5. Ben Boyd -- $7,800
6. Daniel Kim -- $6,370
7. Paul Vinci -- $5,070
8. Wing Wong -- $3,770
9. Raymond Davis -- $2,730

February 7 – Turbo No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed -- $500 + $45 – 251 Players 

1. Ut Nguyen -- $38,945
2. Robert Fisher -- $19,480
3. Tomer Maman -- $14,610
4. Bill Williams -- $10,230
5. Richard Krynsky -- $7,300
6. Paul Vinci -- $5,970
7. Ryan Hughes -- $3,650
8. Zachary Lament -- $3,650
9. Gerard Rechnitzer -- $3,650