Final Payouts From Last Night’s Championship

Below you will see the full  breakdown of payouts from the Liz Flynt Poker Championship, which ended in a five-way chop. Greg Newhouse and James Dowdy took home the most money, while Carl Kremer, Andy Phan, and Jarod Einsohn all took home about $16,000. Click here for...

A Deal Has Been Struck: Greg Newhouse is the Champion!

A Deal Has Been Struck: Greg Newhouse is the Champion!

The final five players broke down the chips, and after the short stacks did some haggling, a deal was struck! Greg Newhouse had the most chips at the start of the deal, and he will be taking home $21,500 for first place here tonight. James Dowdy is not far behind him...

Eddie Pyatetsky Eliminated in 6th Place ($6,600)

Eddie Pyatetsky Eliminated in 6th Place ($6,600)

Eddie Pyatetsky moved his short stack in preflop holding [Kc][2c], and Andy Phan shoved over the top with [Ad][4d]. The board ran down [3d][Qc][6h][7c][4h], and Tran took down the pot with a pair of fours.

Updated Counts From the Final Six

Blinds: 60,000-125,000 Average Stack: 3.35 million Greg Newhouse - 6.2 million James Dowdy - 5.3 million Carl Kremer - 3.3 million Jarod Einsohn - 2.4 million Andy Phan - 1.9 million Eddie "E-Cap" Pyatetsky - 750,000

Shane Igoe Eliminated in 7th Place ($5,250)

Shane Igoe Eliminated in 7th Place ($5,250)

Shane Igoe became the next extreme short stack in this event, and just like the players before him, Greg Newhouse played the executioner. Igoe was live with 9-8 vs the Ace-King of Newhouse, but Igoe was never able to catch up. With that, we are down to six players. We...

Duy Pham Eliminated in 8th Place ( $4,700)

Duy Pham Eliminated in 8th Place ( $4,700)

Duy Pham rode the extreme short stack as long as he could, even making a couple pay jumps for his efforts. But it finally caught up to him, as Greg Newhouse just did him in. Facing a raise from Newhouse, Pham committed his short stack with [Ah][7c]. He was in rough...

Dowdy Wins Biggest Pot of the Tournament

James Dowdy and Eddie Pyatetsky just tangled in a huge pot that saw a pot of over five million pushed to Dowdy. After Dowdy raises preflop and Pyatetsky called, the flop came down [7d][6d][9d].  Dowdy fired out 500,000, and Pyatetsky called to see the [5h] come on the...

Karlo Gharabegian Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,300)

Karlo Gharabegian Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,300)

After a bluff of his was picked off, Karlo Gharabegian was left with just 600,000. He shoved that in preflop, and after a tank from the big blind, Greg Newhouse made the call. "You have a pair?" asked Gharabegian. He was relieved to hear Newhouse say no, as he held...

Khoa Ha Eliminated in 10th Place ($3,500)

Khoa Ha Eliminated in 10th Place ($3,500)

Khoa Ha shoved all in preflop holding [Ah][Ks], and a few seats over, Carl Kremer shoved over the top with [Qh][Qd]. The ladies help up on a ten high flop, but the [Ks] on the turn gave Ha the lead. However, it lasted about 2.5 seconds, as the dealer put the [Qs] on...

Unofficial Final Table Seats, Names, and Counts

  Seat 1: Khoa Ha - 920,000 Seat 2: Duy Pham - 460,000 (short stack) Seat 3: Jarod Einshon - 1.8 million Seat 4: Karlo Gharabegian - 1.4 million Seat 5: Carl Kremer - 1.55 million Seat 6: Shane Igoe - 830,000 Seat 7: James Dowdy - 2.85 million Seat 8: Greg...