$500 NL Holdem - 2008 Legends of Poker Event #22

2008 Legends of Poker
$500 Limit Holdem
Final Results
World Poker Tour (WPT)
Season 7 Results

2008 Legends of Poker Tournament
The Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens, California
World Poker Tour (WPT) Season 7
August 19, 2008

Limit Hold'em
Buy-in: $500 + $45
Number of Entries: 150
Prize Pool: $72,750

Official Results:

Place Name Hometown Prize

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Eric Chhor
Chris Grigorian
Lawrence Fujii
Bill Williams
Manh Tran
Victoria Papazian
John Cernuto
Vince Burgio
Raena Janes
Louis Werman
Pogos Simityan
Ryan McNight
David Miller
Roland Viola
Sirous Baghchehsaraie
Ryan Kallberg
John Bessett
Jay Campos

Azusa, CA
Panorama City, CA
Henderson, NV
Riverside, CA
Sacramento, CA
Glendale, CA
Las Vegas, NV
West Hills, CA
Tucson, AZ

$27,460
$13,460
$6,910
$4,365
$3,275
$2,545
$1,820
$1,635
$1,455
$1,275
$1,275
$1,275
$1,090
$1,090
$1,090
$910
$910
$910

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2008 Legends of Poker Tournament Report
Event #22 - $500 Buy-in Limit Holdem

Eric Chhor Controls Limit Holdem Final Table

The 2008 Legends of Poker continued with Event #22, a $545 buy-in Limit
Hold'em tournament. A field of 150 players vied for a share of the $72,750
prize pool. Final table play began with 25:06 left at level 14 with blinds at
2,000/4,000 playing 4,000/8,000. Lawrence Fujii arrived to the final table as
the chip leader with 124,000 of 675,000 chips in play.

It did not take long to lose our first player from the final table. On hand #6,
Louis Werman got his last chips in with pocket 7's against Chris "The
Armenian Express" Grigorian who held A-K. When the board came 4-A-5-9-10
Grigorian's pair of Aces bested Werman's pair of 7's sending Werman out in
10th place for $1,275.

Raena Janes got her last chips in with A-7 on a flop of Q-7-4. Manh Tran's Q-6
was ahead of her middle pair of 7's. The turn was a 6 giving Tran two-pair.
Janes needed a 7 but an 8 on the river sealed it for Tran knocking Janes out
in 9th place for $1,455.

Vince Burgio and Lawrence Fujii got involved in a hand with a board of
8-5-J-Q-A. Fujii showed down A-K for a pair of Aces. Burgio did not show but
by his reaction it was all but obvious the river Ace was a lucky catch for Fujii.
Burgio finished in 8th place for $1,635.

"Miami" John Cernuto came to the final table with a decent chip stack but
after losing a couple of sizeable pots he found himself short stacked putting
his last chips in on a flop of Q-6-2. Cernuto held Q-2 and flopped two-pair. Bill
Williams held K-6 and when the turn came a King, Williams jumped ahead
with a higher two-pair. The river 10 was no help to Cernuto as he finished in
7th place for $1,820.

Victoria Papazian, Manh Tran, and Lawrence Fujii got involved in a big 3-way
pot. Papazian was all-in preflop with A-6. Manh Tran got his last chips all-in
with K-Q on a flop of 9-10-Q. Fujii held J-8 and flopped a Queen-high straight.
After the turn came an Ace and river came a 9, Fujii's straight knocked out
two players sending Papazian and Tran out in 6th place for $2,545 and 5th
place for $3,275, respectively.

After moving a couple spots up after the double knockout, Bill Williams found
himself all-in with pocket 5's. Eric Chhor held A-9. The board came A-A-K-9-3
and Chhor's Aces full of 9's sent Williams out in 4th place for $4,365.

Three-handed play lasted for a while. On hand #80 Eric Chhor and Lawrence
Fujii capped the betting before the flop and on the flop of K-4-3. Fujii was
all-in with A-7 against Chhor's A-K. The turn and river were no help to Fujii as
Chhro's pair of Kings sent Fujii, winner of event #11 Stud 8 or better, out in
3rd place for $6,910.

We were now heads up between Chhor and Grigorian. After a handful of
hands, there were negotiations for a deal. Chhor had the chip lead at this
point and after the numbers were agreed to, he was declared winner of
event #22.

-- O.J. Alcaraz

BIOGRAPHY

This was Eric Chhor's first win at the Legends of Poker series. His best run
was back in 2003 when he made 4 final tables at the LA Poker Classic. He
enjoys split games especially Omaha Hi/Lo. He described his strategy tonight
as patient and focused on position. He stayed away from marginal hands and
situations that helped him build his chip stack and control the final table
leading him to tonight's win.