Tournament Results – WPT 2005 L.A. Poker Classic

Venue: Commerce Casino, Commerce, California
Dates: January 19 – February 24
Number of Events: 29


January 19 -- No-Limit Hold'em -- $300 + $30 – 1,148 Players

1. Ryan Kallberg -- $113,583
2. Nick Wertz -- $60,132
3. Badei Khoury -- $28,730
4. Lawrence Truong -- $20,044
5. Michael Landau -- $13,697
6. Frederick Arni -- $10,356
7. Michael Leanos -- $8,352
8. Merrick Kenzeth -- $6,681
9. Agop "Jack" Boghossian -- $5,353

January 20 -- Limit Hold'em -- $300 + $30 – 481 Players

1. Luis Velador -- $51,789
2. Al Barbieri -- $26,594
3. Cecil Belda -- $13,297
4. Stephane Fitoussi -- $8,398
5. David Bertucci -- $6,299
6. Anthony Lee -- $4,899
7. Sean Akamine -- $3,499
8. Mark Jones -- $2,799
9. Anh Nguyen -- $2,240

January 21 – No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys-- $300 + $30 – 862 Players

1. Joe Tehan -- $244,179
2. Ben Chung -- $129,274
3. Fu Wong -- $61,764
4. James 'Major' Polk -- $43,091
5. Kevin Gugliotta -- $29,446
6. Brett Helm -- $22,264
7. Tuan Pham -- $17,955
8. Steve Dao -- $14,364
9. Marcellodel Grosso -- $11,491

January 22 – Omaha High-Low 8/B-- $500 + $40 – 252 Players

1. Joseph Cutri -- $45,222
2. Ed Fernandez -- $23,222
3. Alan Mittelman -- $11,611
4. Freddie Legaspi -- $7,333
5. Jeffery Peterson -- $5,500
6. Raffi Krikorian -- $4,278
7. Peter Han -- $3,056
8. Andrew Wang -- $2,444
9. Laurette Thurber -- $1,956

January 23 – Seven Card Stud -- $500 + $40 – 173 Players

1. Manuel Nacrur -- $32,722
2. Joe Brandenburg -- $16,781
3. Franco Brunetti -- $8,390
4. Laurence Kantor -- $5,537
5. Moon Chang -- $4,195
6. Bob Golick -- $3,356
7. Randy Holland -- $2,517
8. Nick Cavacini -- $1,687

January 24 – No-Limit Hold’em w/One Rebuy -- $500 + $40 – 480 Players

1. Theo Tran -- $132,793
2. Hoan Ly -- $68,191
3. Jose Chavez -- $34,095
4. Dani Pourat -- $21,534
5. John Droutsas -- $16,150
6. Joe Schulman -- $12,561
7. Yohannes Muruz -- $8,972
8. Gevork Kasabyan -- $7,178
9. Jeffery Peterson -- $5,751

January 25 – No-Limit Hold’em Shootout -- $500 + $40 – 330 Players

1. Kevin Blakey -- $54,915
2. Russ Ortega Jr. -- $29,135
3. Massoud Setayesh -- $14,450
4. Edward Yoo -- $9,650
5. Anthony Reategui -- $7,200
6. Bahman Sabahai -- $5,600
7. Danny Walker -- $4,000
8. Agop "Jack" Boghossian -- $3,200
9. Lance Allred -- $2,560

January 26 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $40 – 669 Players

1. Gevork Kasabyan -- $110,318
2. David Nguyen -- $58,403
3. Young Phan -- $29,201
4. Joe Phanhyaseng -- $19,467
5. Thomas Cardona Jr. -- $14,600
6. Mark Boonnark -- $11,356
7. Mark Lebowitz -- $8,111
8. Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma -- $6,489
9. Malixi Ressell -- $5,191

January 27 – Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $60 – 176 Players

1. Kevin Song -- $64,881
2. Tina Tateossian -- $32,436
3. Syed Kadri -- $16,047
4. Eric Arreca -- $10,243
5. Luis Velador -- $6,828
6. Luis Sanchez -- $5,975
7. Chris Overgard -- $5,121
8. James Pittman -- $4,268
9. Aryan Ansari -- $3,414

January 28 – Ladies No-Limit Hold’em -- $500 + $40 – 120 Players

1. Crystal Osgood -- $22,115
2. Mio Shibata -- $11,058
3. Maria Anguelova -- $5,470
4. Sherry Godfrey -- $3,492
5. Kathy Kolberg -- $2,328
6. Linda Balint -- $2,037
7. Grace Wang -- $1,746
8. Victoria Davidson -- $1,455
9. Reka Hallgato -- $1,164

January 29 – Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/B-- $1,000 + $60 – 136 Players

1. Albert Chamy -- $51,448
2. Qui Liu -- $26,384
3. Howard Ross -- $13,192
4. Paramjit Gill -- $8,706
5. Gerard Rechnitzer -- $6,596
6. Vince Burgio -- $5,276
7. Anton Brenner -- $3,957
8. Chester Foster -- $2,645

January 30 – No-Limit Hold’em -- $1,000 + $60 – 340 Players

1. Mickey Mills -- $122,019
2. Rod Dingler -- $62,662
3. Rosario Ortega -- $31,331
4. Adam Maciel -- $19,788
5. David Baker -- $14,841
6. Bert Darakora -- $11,543
7. Karga Holt -- $8,245
8. Jean Doukoz -- $6,596
9. Luan Phan -- $5,276

January 31 – Omaha High-Low 8/B-- $1,000 + $60 – 159 Players

1. Luis Velador -- $58,607
2. Robert Durant Jr. -- $29,303
3. Anthony Guadagni -- $14,497
4. Brett Jungblut -- $9,253
5. Steve Badger -- $6,169
6. Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma -- $5,398
7. Danny Morgan -- $4,626
8. Terrence Hastoo -- $3,855
9. Steve Choi -- $3,085


Originally published January 23, 2006
Last updated February 2, 2006