Tonight's only event drew a total of 112 entries, creating a prizepool of $14,000 event. The final 12 spots will get paid out tonight, with a min-cash earning $225. The winner will take home $4,550 and a Hustler Casino trophy. Check below for a full breakdown of the...

Tomorrow we have two events going on, one open tournament, and a satellite to our massive $500,000 Guaranteed event this weekend. The first event will be a $20,000 Guaranteed tournament with a $135 buy-in and $100 rebuys allowed. Registration for this rebuy event will...

Today's lone event has just got underway here in the Crystal Room! It is a $160 buy-in event with a guarantee of $10,000. Registration will be open for the first seven levels, or until about 8 PM. This is a one day event, so come on down and join us for all of the...

While the $100,000 Guaranteed finals were being played out last night, we also had a big event going on that would end up drawing 200 entries. When the dust settled, it was local notable Nikhil Gera who would emerge victorious, taking home $10,250, and a Hustler...

On the turn of a board reading [5d][Ad][9s][Jd], Eugene Castro checks to Thomas Jordan, who moves all in. Castro quickly calls with [Qd][3d], and has the [8d][7d] of Jordan drawing dead. Castro doubles up to over two million, while Jordan falls to just under one...

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 Average Stack: 2 million Kimya Williams - 2.8 million Thomas Jordan - 2.1 million Soo Lee - 1.925 million Shan Jing - 1.6 million Eugene Castro - 1.5 million

Action slowed down quite a bit when we got to seven handed, as we just saw our first all in and call in two hours. In this hand, David Yoon shoved his last 310,000 in with [6h][6c], and he was racing against the [Kh][Qh] of Thomas Jordan. The flop was about as good...

Today's event drew an even field of 200 players, creating a prizepool of $43,000. The top 21 players will be making the money tonight, all locking up at least $500. The eventual winner will take home a five-figure payday, $10,250, and a beautiful Hustler Casino...

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 Average: 1.47 million Soo Lee - 2.43 million Kimya Williams - 1.75 million Eugene Castro - 1.6 million Thomas Jordan - 1.59 million Shan Jing - 1.02 million David Yoon - 795,000 Lynda Tran - 760,000

Seat 1: Lynda Tran - 430,000 Seat 2: Eugene Castro - 980,000 Seat 3: Matthew Witjas - 630,000 Seat 4: Kimya Williams - 1.55 million Seat 5: Cesar Osnaya - 360,000 (short stack) Seat 6: Soo Lee - 2.25 million (chip leader) Seat 7: David Yoon - 1.08 million Seat 8:...

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Average: 572,000 Victor Kruglov - 810,000 David Yoon - 720,000 Shan Jing - 570,000 Lynda Tran - 490,000 Andrew Miramontes - 220,000

The final table is nearly here, as we are down to our final 18 players. The following players each won $1,550 tonight. 19. James Mangiamele 20. Robert Salamone 21. Dylan Herrmann These three all earned $1,350. 22. Ross Tesser 23. Ardavan Yazdi 24. Ly Tran And lastly,...

The big numbers are continuing in this series, as we have just surpassed the posted $25,000 guarantee in this afternoon's event. So far, 124 players have registered, and with registration open for over two more hours, we should get up to around $40,000 in the prize...

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 Average: 367,000 Peter Hengsakul - 580,000 Shan Jing - 505,000 Lynda Tran - 390,000 Ross Tesser - 325,000 Victor Kruglov - 310,000 Andrew Miramontes - 290,000

The eliminations have been coming quickly today, as we are already down to our final 27 players. Below you will see the next round of bustouts. These players all earned $975 tonight. From this point on, there will be a pay jump for every three eliminations. 28. Farzad...

The following players all earned $975 tonight. Once we are down to 27 left, there will be a full three table redraw. 37. Edward Frish 38. Chuanhao Zhang 39. Eugene Tito 40. Vitaly Yudkin 41. Manju Gera 42. Bobby Suer 43. Clifton Allen 44. Kouros Etemadmoghadam 45....

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 Average: 286,000 Peter Hengsakul - 605,000 Shan Jing - 380,000 Ross Tesser - 325,000 Andrew Miramontes - 285,000 Victor Kruglov - 270,000 Lynda Tran  - 235,000

It was a short day for the following palyers, who all took home $600 today. 46. Ronald Murray 47. Mike Stella 48. Zhaolei Xu 49. Joseph Rosenbloom 50. Douglas Lada 51. Xiao Jin

  Peter Hengsakul - 378,000 Ross Tesser - 314,000 Andrew Miramontes - 221,000 Victor Kruglov - 174,000 Eugene Tito - 130,000 Ly Tran - 122,000

The $100,000 Guaranteed finals isn't the only poker being played in the Crystal Room here today. Our $25,000 Guaranteed event will be starting up shortly at 3 PM. The buy-in today is $250, and that will get players 25,000 in chips. All levels today will be 30 minutes...

Yesterday saw 51 players advance to the finals here today to battle it out for a first place prize of $31,000. We will be here all day to give you guys updates from this finals, including names of every player eliminated, and updates from the final table later on today!

As we mentioned in the last post, we had a massive turnout yesterday, as the final prize pool was $154,500. Everyone coming back today has locked up at least $600, but all of their eyes are on the first place prize of $31,000. Check below for a full breakdown of all...

Our tenth event of the Spring Poker Classic was a massive success yesterday, as we had a grand total of 515 entries, creating a prize pool of over $150,000. We will have 51 players coming back today for the restart, and Shan Jing leads the way with 488,000. Not far...

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 Average - 73,000 Ly Tran - 160,00 Mark Jun - 130,000 Nick Shkolnik - 95,000 Peter Hengsakul - 93,000 Victor Kruglov - 51,000 George Kozel - 34,000 Andrew Miramontes - 32,000

Tomorrow we will see a $25,000 Guaranteed Event kicking off at 3 PM. The buy-in for that event will be $250, and registration will be open for the first eight levels, or until about 7:20 PM. All levels will last 30 minutes each, and players may also re-enter within...

Today's massive field just keeps growing, as we already have 125 players registered for the 5 PM flight. That means that the prize pool has just passed the $125,000 mark, and with registration open for over two more hours, we could easily see it go up to $150,000 or...

The first of two flights in this weekend only $100,000 Guaranteed Event drew a huge field of 293 players. That means that the top 29 will be moving on to the finals tomorrow at 2 PM to battle it out in the finals. It also means that we will easily be surpassing the...

We have another exciting week of action coming up in the Spring Poker Classic, including the start of the biggest event of the series, the $500,000 Guaranteed Event. But that's not the only fun event that we have coming up. Here are a few more headline events. In...

The second flight of this $100,000 Guaranteed Event is in full swing now, and below you will see a few of the players who are in that starting session. Included on this list is Ron West, who final tabled four major events here in 2014, including one victory for...

Registration has just closed for the opening flight of the day, and we will have the official numbers soon. It's safe to say that we will easily be surpassing the $100,000 mark in this event as the second flight has just kicked off here in Gardena. Registration will...

We have a few more player photos for you guys, and you can view them below. Actor and part time poker player Bill Fagerbakke is in the building today hoping to make another deep run here in Los Angeles. We also spotted former WPT Legends of Poker Champion Harry...

This weekend only $100,000 Guaranteed Event looks like it will be a great success, as we are on track to nearly meet the guarantee in the first flight alone! If you can't make it down to hop into that session by 4:50 PM, then make sure you don't miss out on the second...

Our first round of player photos here today includes two players who are hoping to repeat their recent successes in the $200,000 Guaranteed Event earlier this week. Andrew Lee would end up finishing in 6th place for over $6,000, while Thanh Le would finish on top of...

We need 334 players to meet the guarantee here today, and just two hours into the first of two sessions, we already have 228 players registered, meaning we are well on our way to crushing that guarantee! Registration for this flight will be open until 4:50 PM today,...

It's time for our special one weekend only $100,000 Guaranteed Event to start up! Today is the only day of qualifying for this event, and there are two starting flights, the first of which has just kicked off. The buy-in for this event is $335, and registration will...

Yesterday's $20,000 Guaranteed Event ended up drawing 237 entries to create a prize pool of over $27,000. In the end, Blaine Goodwin would emerge victorious, taking home $6,525 and a Hustler Casino trophy! He had some stiff competition to deal with once we hit the...

The only event of the night drew a total of 237 players, which created a prizepool of $27,255.  The top 25 will earn a payday of at least $250 tonight, with first place securing $6,525 and a beautiful Hustler Casino trophy. Check below for a full breakdown of the...

The entry field has continued to balloon as the night has progressed, as we now have just under 200 entries into the field. That means that the prizepool is over $22,000 and still growing! Registration is open for another half an hour, so make sure you come join us...

Tomorrow should be one of the busiest days of the whole series, as we are running our only big guaranteed event that has just one day of qualifying! The $100,000 Guaranteed Event will be starting up at 12:30 PM tomorrow with the first of two flights on the day. The...

Tonight's $20,000 Guaranteed Event has draw 148 players so far, meaning we are just $3,000 away from surpassing that guarantee. With registration open until 8:20 tonight, we should easily reach that number, so come on down and spend your Friday night with us!

We have a few player photos from today's one and only tournament. We have a pair of recent big winners here today gunning for another title here at the Hustler Casino. Thanh Le took home over $37,000 on Monday after a four way chop in the $200,000 Guaranteed Event,...

Our only event today is a $20,000 Guaranteed tournament with a buy-in of just $150.  Registration for this tournament will be open for the first seven levels, or until about 8:20 PM local time. Players start with 15,000 in chips, and re-entry is also allowed...

Yesterday's $355 Event with $100 bounties drew a total of 72 entries, creating a prizepool of $21,600. The top seven players got paid, and you can view a list of those players below. Joseph Weinberger eventually emerged victorious, taking home $5,300, along with a...

We have just one event kicking off tomorrow, but it should be one of the bigger one day events we have all series long. The buy-in tomorrow will be just $150, and the prize pool will be at least $20,000, meaning you can turn that small buy-in into a first place prize...

Our second tournament of the day has just kicked off here in the Crystal Room. This event has a buy-in of $160, and a  prize pool of at least $10,000 guaranteed.  Registration will be open tonight until about 10 PM, and you can view a full structure of the event here....

Our night cap tonight is  $160 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed Event. Registration and re-entry will be available through the first seven levels, or until about 10 PM local time. All levels will be 20 minutes long, except for Level 7, which will be 40 minutes long. This...

Another day of poker action is now underway here at the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic. We experimented with our Monster Stack event, and saw great success with it, as 231 players came out to play. We don't expect quite that many here today, but this event with $100...

We also had our survivor event yesterday. These ten players were able to emerge victorious over the rest, all taking home $1,200. Congratulations everyone! Ly Tran Allen Hodjat Jordan Zipkin Joshua Tulcan Michael Wang Pamela Rich Takashi Endo Christopher Banez Jared...

The Monster Stack yesterday drew a whopping 231 entries, nearly doubling the posted guarantee with a prize pool of $49,665. The eventual victor was Nerses Keshishyan, who took home a nice payday of $12,400.  Check below for a full breakdown of the all of the payouts,...

We are continuing with our fun, alternative tournaments tomorrow here at the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic with a bounty event that is kicking off at 2 PM. The buy-in is $335, and $100 of that goes to placing a bounty on everyone's head. Players will start with...

We were expecting a big crowd for this Monster Stack Event today, and you guys certainly disappoint. A whopping 231 players came out to play some poker today, creating a massive prize pool of $49,665 that just missed out on doubling the posted guarantee. The final 23...

Registration for the Monster Stack event has recently closed, but the action isn't stopping yet. Our second tournament of the day, a $155 survivor event, has just started up here in the Crystal Room. The top 10% of players in this event will earn a first place payday...

Our night cap event will be getting underway shortly here in the Crystal Room. This event is a survivor tournament. For those of you unfamiliar with this format, here's how it works. The tournament will be played as normal, with the top 10% of players making the...

The entry count is up to nearly 180 players as this field continues to grow.  Below you will see a few more of the players who are here taking advantage of the extra chips in play today. Jared Griener, Heath Mendelsohn, and Derrick Mokedi all made the Day 2 finals of...

Our first batch of player photos from today's event can be viewed below. On this list is two time major winner here Erich Karle as well as Arkadi Onikoul, who is fresh off a deep run in the $200,000 Guaranteed finals on Monday. Check out those photos below, along with...

We are just two hours into play in today's Monster Stack event, and we have easily surpassed the $25,000 Guarantee on the event. We have already seen 152 players enter into the event, meaning the prize pool is over $32,000, and will continue to grow throughout...

If you like deepstack poker, and let's be honest who doesn't, then you will love the tournament we have for you guys today. It is a $250 buy-in monster stack event. Players will start with a whopping 30,000 in chips, and with the blind levels at 50-100, that means you...

Yesterday's Pot-Limit Omaha event ended up drawing a field of 59 players, and Tomas Broz would ultimately emerge victorious, taking home $3,515 for his efforts. Hermilo Vargas, who final table the WPT Deepstacks Event here in January, finished in 3rd place. Check...

Today's PLO Event drew a total of 59 players, creating a prize pool of $11,800. That cash will be handed out to the final seven players, with 7th place earning $375. The eventual winner will earn $3,515, and a beautiful Hustler Casino trophy. Check below for a full...

We are switching back to No-Limit Hold'em tomorrow with two more tournaments. The first one is a Monster Stack event kicking off at 2 PM. For $250, players will be given 30,000 in tournament chips. Registration for this event will be open for the first eight levels,...

Welcome back for another day of poker action here at the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic. Today we have the only non-hold'em event kicking off, the $235 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha Event. Players will be given 20,000 chips at the start, and registration will be open for the...

The other event yesterday was the $20,000 Guaranteed Event, which ended up drawing 147 players. That created a prize pool of $31,605, and when the dust settled, William Lofgren emerged victorious, taking home $8,650 for his efforts. He was joined at the final table by...

Below you will see a full breakdown of the payouts from the Event #2 finals, which ended in a four way chop at about 3 AM last night. Thanh Le ended up emerging victorious, thanks in large part to hitting a straight flush and quads at the final table. Check below for...

JB Bryan and Thanh Le got in a huge preflop confrontation that saw Bryan's 4.225 million get in the middle holding [Ad][Ac]. He was in great shape against the [As][Kc] of Le, and though he flopped a sweat with [Jd][9c][10h], the miracle queen never came. Bryan doubled...

After chip leader Thanh Le limped in under the gun, Peter Hengsakul moved all in for 2.9 million. Next to act, Oldrich Miklik made the call for a good chunk of his stack. Le got out of the way, and we looked to be headed for a chopped pot. Miklik: [Ac][Qs] Hengsakul:...

Blinds: 75,00-150,000 Average: 3.6 million Thanh Le - 8.2 million Peter Hengsakul - 4.1 million Oldrich Miklik - 3.9 million Sidel Harrak - 3 million James Pilpa - 2.8 million JB Bryan - 2 million Andrew Lee - 1.9 million Barry Kaslov - 775,000

Barry Kaslov raised it up to 300,000 preflop, and James Pilpa moved all in for 1.765 million on top. After about a minute in the tank, Kaslov called for a good chunk of his stack. Kaslov: [Ks][Qs] Pilpa: [Ac][Js] The board ran down [Ah][Kc][2c][5s][7h], and Pilpa's...

We now have eight players left after losing our anonymous player in 9th place in a hand that literally has to be seen to be believed. The short stack moved all in for about 300,000 with [Ac][Jh], and new chip leader Thanh Le called with [6c][5c]. Before the flop, Le...

Seat 1: Will Jordan - 305,000 (short stack) Seat 2: Sidel Harrak - 880,000 Seat 3: Barry Kaslov - 2.9 million Seat 4: Thanh Le - 4.9 million Seat 5: Andrew Lee - 3.08 million Seat 6: James Pilpa - 2.38 million Seat 7: JB Bryan - 4.93 million Seat 8: Anonymous -...

We have just 12 players left in this huge restart, and after two more eliminations, we will be down to our final table. The following three players took home $2,800 tonight. 13. David Yoon 14. Joanna Sommerville 15. Malik Lewis And these three each won $2,325. 16....

As the title indicates, we are down to just 18 players in today's massive Day 2 restart. Andrew Lee, who we interviewed before the start of play today, is still alive and well with two million chips, while local Peter Hengsakul, who has had a big stack all day, is...

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 Average: 1.1 million Greg Pohler - 1.15 million Peter Hengsakul - 960,000 Andrew Lee - 860,000 Erich Karle - 450,000

We are down to the final 27 players, and they have just completed a full three table redraw. We are also now at the point where there is a pay jump for every three eliminations. The following players all took home $1,175 tonight. 28. Arkadi Onikoul 29. Kenneth Garen...

Just one event tomorrow here at the Spring Poker Classic, and it is the only non-hold'em event of the series. It's the $235 buy-in deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha Event, and it's kicking off at 5 PM tomorrow. Players will start with 20,000, and registration and re-entry...

Blinds: 12,000-25,000 Average: 806,000 Peter Hengsakul - 1.2 million Erich Karle - 810,000 Arkadi Onikoul - 570,000 Andrew Lee - 300,000 Ly Tran - 260,000

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Average: 644,000 Peter Hengsakul - 990,000 Harold Roth - 650,000 Ly Tran - 510,000 James Dowdy - 440,000 Erich Karle - 205,000

We are down to just 63 of the starting 147 players here in today's Day 2 finals, and some players are starting to separate themselves from the rest of the field. One of those is Peter Hengsakul, who is a bit down from his tournament high count, but still appears to be...

Today's $20,000 Guarantee Event has already drawn 80 players, meaning we are just $3,000 short of meeting the guarantee already. With registration open until 8:20 PM tonight, we expect to have close to $30,000 in the middle up for grabs tonight. All you need to get in...

Local player Andrew Lee spends most of his time at the poker table in the cash games area, but today he is joining the tournament side of things for this big Day 2 restart. Our Rossana Woo caught up with Lee to discuss how his Day 1 went, and how his game play is...

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 Average: 293,000 Peter Hengsakul - 1.6 million Derrick Mokedi - 540,000 Heath Mendelsohn - 530,000 Jared Griener - 450,000 Ron West - 340,000 Erich Karle - 315,000 LD Gray - 245,000 Raouf Malek - 210,000

Our own Rossana Woo got a chance to catch up with Leon Marzillier before the day 2 restart to talk about how well he's been doing in recent Hustler Casino events, as well as the poker group he is a part of that he credits to his success in the casino....

We do have one new tournament kicking off today alongside the Day 2 finals of the $200,000 Guaranteed event. It is a $250 buy-in tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $20,000. Registration will be open tonight until about 8:20 PM, and players will have the chance...

Phong "Turbo" Nguyen - 249,000 Jared Griener - 214,000 Tommy San - 199,000 Ly Tran - 196,000 Heath Mendelsohn - 159,000 Harold Roth - 143,000