We ended up with a grand total of 66 players, just getting us to the posted guarantee, creating a prize pool of $10,890. That cash will be handed out to the final eight players tonight, with each of them locking up at least $200. When all is said and done, the victor...

Tomorrow we will have another action packed day here at the Hustler Casino! It will be the start of our next massive guarantee tournament, the $275 buy-in $200,000 Guaranteed event. The first of six starting flights will be kicking off at 1 PM, and the second one will...

We have nearly an hour left in registration for today's special Limit Hold'em Event, and so far, we have 52 players entered. Registration will be open until about 8:15 local time, so you still have a chance to come on down and get your spot. We might end up having an...

In less than a week, the Hustler Casino will be bringing Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em poker back to the tournament room! We already have 30 tickets sold for the event, meaning that nearly half of the slots are already filled. Registration is open for the tournament, and...

The Limit Hold'em specialists are out today here at the Hustler Casino! We went through the field, and spotted Clint Mooney, who got his start in poker playing Limit Hold'em cash games. We also saw Gene O'Leary, who is fresh off a $42,000 score in Event #3 just a...

Last night, we changed things up and had our bounty event. Tonight, we are doing the same, forgoing the standard No-Limit Hold'em and instead going with an old time classic, Limit Hold'em! The buy-in for tonight's event is $200, and players start with 15,000 in chips....

Last night's bounty event was a great success, nearly doubling the posted guarantee. When the dust settled, Quang Vu emerged victorious, taking home $5,850, along with all of the bounties he claimed. He survived a tough final table that included Nikhil Gera (2nd), Ira...

Tomorrow night, we have the World Championship of Limit Hold'em here at the Hustler Casino! The event is a $10,000 Guaranteed Limit Hold'em Event that kicks off at 5 PM tomorrow. Players will start with 15,000 in chips, and registration will open for the first six...

We have another tournament here at the Hustler Casino that has nearly doubled it's posted guarantee. Tonight's bounty event drew 180 players, creating a prize pool of $29,700. The final 18 players will get paid tonight, along with however many bounties they are able...

Today, we have the first of our variant tournaments here at the Spring Poker Classic. This tournament is a $150 buy-in $15,000 Guaranteed event. However, the difference is that this is a bounty event. For every player you knock out, you will immediately get $50!...

The big Day 2 wasn't the only poker that was happening last night in the tournament. Event #4 saw the posted guarantee nearly double, and when all was said and done, Eli Gerloy emerged victorious, taking home a nice payday of $10,450.  Deepinder Singh and Nika...

Play wrapped up last night at about 5:30 AM when the final four players all agreed to a chip chop. The lion's share went to Erich Karle, who took down his second major title here at the Hustler Casino in as many years. Gene O'Leary finished runner up, and there were...

For the first half of the final table, Victor Kruglov could do no wrong. For the second half of the final table, he could do no right. After losing a series of all in's, he called the all in shove of Gene O'Leary. O'Leary: [10c][10h] Kruglov: [As][Js] Kruglov crushed...

After folding for most of the final table, Kevin Ta finally got involved in the action, and scored two striaght double ups through Victor Kruglov. On the first hand, Ta's Q-9 outflopped the A-6 of Kruglov, and on the second one, Ta's Ace-10 held against the A-8 of...

Blinds: 150,000-300,000 Erich Karle- 13.2 million Victor Kruglov- 10.5 million Gene O'Leary- 4.6 million Pogos Simityan- 2 million Kevin Ta- 1.1 million

Tommy San wasn't able to hold onto those chips for very long. Just two hands after busting Paul Chauderson, San bluffed shoved the river, but was picked off by Erich Karle. The board read [7h][6c][6d][Kh][9d] when we got to the table. Karle fired out a bet of 800,000,...

Tommy San moved all in from middle position, and action folded around to Paul Chauderson in the small blind. Both players were close in chips, though San had Chauderson slightly outchipped. After about a minute of tanking, Chauderson announced the call. Chauderson:...

Sometimes, you just know a card is coming before it is dealt. In one of the first hands of the final table, Victor Kruglov doubled up through Jon Peck when Kruglov's pocket sixes flopped a set to crack Peck's aces. The two players exchanged playful verbal spars over...

Mark Jun raised it up, and Victor Kruglov moved all in, having Jun covered. Jun stood out of his chair, announced called, and saw the bad news. Jun: [Jd][Js] Kruglov: [Qh][Qd] The flop brought no help for Jun, and a queen on the turn sealed the hand for Kruglov, who...

Matthew Tauber was crippled down to his last 700,000 when Kevin Ta's Ace-Eight caught up with Tauber's Ace-Nine on the river, and a few hands later, the two did battle again. This time, Tauber's [Jd][3d] was dominated by the pocket queens of Ta. The board brought no...

We are now down to just ten players, and they have all merged onto one table, the unofficial final table tonight. Leading the way is Erich Karle, who knows plenty about winning big tournaments here at the Hustler Casino. Last July, Karle final tabled two major events,...

Matt Salsberg- 18th Place We have two pay jumps to review for you guys. The following three players took home $3,350 for their efforts tonight. 13. Ben Chung 14. Khoung Le 15. Mario Fauceglia And these three players each won $2,600 tonight. 16. Derrick Mokedi 17. Jong...

We have a new chip leader in Event #3, and it's none other than LA regular Paul Chauderson. The seasoned vet is sitting with towers of chips in front of him that we pegged at 3.3 million.  He has some stiff competition, as nearly half of the remaining field have...

We are down to just two tables of players here in the $300,000 Guaranteed event! The following players have each been eliminated, earning $2,150 for their showings. We will be posting some update chip counts for the notables shortly. 19. Tim Shaw 20. Wayne Harmon 21....

The following players have all been eliminated, taking home $1,775 for their efforts. 28. David Niedringhaus 29. Sungho Yang 30. Teeranit Ruangdet 31. Boris Dubon 32. Quang Vu 33. Macradji Yacoubian 34. Jared Kawalsky 35. Morriel Jacks 36. Daniel...

The final 27 players have just done a full redraw, and play has gotten underway again. We still have a slew of notables left in the field, including one of our chip leaders Matt Salsberg. He has some stiff competition left, as you can tell from the list below. Check...

Our afternoon event nearly doubled the posted guarantee, as 187 players came out to create a prize pool of $37,400. That money will be doled out to the top 19 players tonight, all of whom will earn at least $400. The final three players will all earn over $5,000, and...

Now that we are down to our final four tables, we will be posting the name and finishing place of every player remaining. For our first round of bustouts, all of the players below took home $1,500. 37. Oldrich Miklik 38. Vadim Baranovsky 39. Felix Wright 40. Raffi...

We are almost down to our final five tables, and the big money payouts are now within site. Right now, two players have emerged amongst the rest as our two chip leaders. The top stack is recent father Mark Jun, who told us that he just caught a player who bluffed off...

Our own Rossana Woo also had a chance to catch up with local grinder Nick Shkolnik who came into day 2 with a top five chip stack. We talked to him about how he got a monster stack and what he plans to do with it today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B2UPBnT6UE

We have some more updated counts for you guys now that we are down to our final 75 players. Matt Salsberg, who started the day as one of the biggest stacks in the room, still hold that title, with 760,000 right now. Some of the notables that have him currently bested...

We mentioned earlier that the guarantee on this event has already been met, and now, as promised, we have some photos for you guys from today's play. In this crowd, you will see young pro Joey Deluca, who is rubbing elbows with LA regular Dave Foust. We also spotted...

Below you will see the last round of initial photos that we took from today's restart. Later on in the event, we will post some photos of the chip leaders, as well as pictures of everyone who makes the final table. This list includes a pair of players who made one of...

Our Rossana Woo had some time to catch up with Harold Roth before the restart of Event #3 today. Roth is a regular here at the Hustler Casino who has won player of the week three times before. This came from his great success in our daily tournaments, which will be...

We are less than two hours into play in our 4 PM event today, and we have already broken the $20,000 Guaranteed number.  Registration is open until 8:30 local time, so you still have time to come down and add your name to this list. Stay tuned for photos of this event...

We have some more photos from today's final. On this list is Harold Roth, who has won the Hustler Casino player of the week award three times here by dominating the daily tournament. We grabbed an interview with him earlier today, and we will be posting it shortly. We...

We went around the room when play started today, and grabbed a slew of photos for you guys. The first ones can be seen below. Our first group includes two of our top five stacks, Nick Shkolnik and Matt Salsberg. We also spotted two players who have become fathers...

While most of the buzz in the room is surrounding the Day 2 finals of Event #3, we wanted to make sure you guys knew that there is another event today, and it's just kicked off. Cards are now in the air for Event #4, a $235 buy-in $20,000 Guaranteed event. Players...

Ware down to our final 125 players in today's Day 2 finals, meaning that we've already lost a quarter of the field so far. Everyone left has locked up $775, and we wanted to go around and let you guys know how some of the notables are doing right now.  Also, be on the...

Hello everyone, and welcome to our coverage of the Day 2 finals of the $300,000 Guaranteed tournament! Over the last 10 days, 168 players have managed to wade through their opening flights and move on to the Day 2 finals here at the Hustler Casino! Now, those players...

And here is what they will all be playing for! Everyone at the final table tonight will take home at least $5,150.  The top four will all earn over $20,000, and the eventual winner will earn a beautiful Hustler Casino tournament trophy, along with a nice payday of...

Today is the day ladies and gentlemen. After ten qualifying flights spread out over the last five days, we are down to our final 168 players! All of them have already locked up $500, but they all have their eyes set on a much larger piece of the pie. When the night is...

We are down to our final 90 players in the first flight of the day, with the blinds currently at 800-1,600.  We went around to grab some updated chip counts for you guys from some of the notables who are still in. This list includes married couple Lynda Tran and Phong...

We spotted a couple of very familiar faces sitting at adjacent tables in the tenth and final flight of this massive event. Ron West made four major final tables here at the Hustler Casino last year, taking home over $100,000 in doing so. The lion's share of that money...

For the third straight day, we saw a tournament high entry count in our first flight of the day, as 284 players signed up for today's 12:30 session. 261 of these players used their optional add-on's, meaning that the prize pool is now almost $400,000 with one flight...

This is it ladies and gentlemen! The final chance to qualify for tomorrow's finals has just kicked off here at the Hustler Casino! The buy-in is $160, and every player has an optional $100 add-on. You may re-enter as long as registration is open, which will be 9:50...

We took a walk through the field to see who was here to try and qualify, or for some players, double qualify, for tomorrow's big Day 2 finals. We spotted die hard Patriots fan Jared Griener, who already has his ticket for tomorrow's finals. We also saw former WPT...

The players in the first session today are now returning from their first break of the day, and so far, 185 have entered. Registration will be open for another two hours, so you still have plenty of time to come down and join in on the action. The prize pool should...

We have just two more chances for you to come down and qualify for Event #3, which is looking to have a massive prize pool. We are already over $330,000, and with the way the numbers have been looking, we should get over $400,000 in the middle when all is said and...

The qualifying sessions for the $300,000 Guaranteed event are nearly done, as today is the last day of qualifying! Below, you will see the newest list of survivors in this event. Former WPT Player of the Year Matthew Salsberg bagged a huge stack of 670,000 yesterday,...

The 12:30 flight is getting down to the nitty gritty, as only 60 players remain. Only 26 of them will be making the money tonight, and of those 26, just 21 will be earning their Day 2 ticket today. We wanted to walk around the floor and grab you guys some updated chip...

We wanted to pass along an update from the 5 PM flight since they are currently taking their first break of the day. We have 105 players registered so far, and you still have plenty of time to come down and add your name to the tally. Registration is open until 9:20...

We are 90 minutes into play in the second session of the day, and it is shaping up to be another exciting one. We wanted to pass along some photos that we took from this session, including Gene O'Leary, who qualified on the first day after firing six bullets! We also...

We had a tournament high 259 players enter into today's opening flight, with 250 of them using their optional add-on. This means that the top 26 players will be making the money tonight, but only the final 21 will be moving on to Day 2 to play for well over $350,000!...

We have some more pictures for you guys from today's festivites. This list has some of the most successful and consistent tournament grinders in Los Angeles, including Heath Mendelsohn, Peter Hengsakul, Danny Illingworth, and Clint Mooney. Heath Mendelsohn Peter...

The end is in sight for the qualifying heats for Event #3, as the 8th of 10 has just kicked off here at the Hustler Casino. The top 10% tonight will be making the money, but only the final 8% will be pushing on to the Day 2 finals, where a massive prize pool will be...

We have another packed house here on this beautiful Sunday in Gardena, and we have some photos for you guys from the field today. This list includes a few players who have made deep runs in major events here in the past couple of years: Titan Leard, Cody Shedd,...

Yesterday, we saw the biggest flight of the tournament so far, and it looks like we are on pace to break that today. We are three hours into play so far, and we have 212 entrants.  With registration still open for the next 90 minutes, we could very well be looking at...

We have just four starting flights left in the massive Event #3. There is nearly $250,000 in the prize pool so far, meaning that we should easily meet the posted guarantee today, with the last two flights still to come tomorrow. Registration for this flight will be...

Happy Sunday everyone! After two more flights yesterday, we have 96 players who have managed to wade through their starting flights, and move on to Tuesday's finals. With nearly 1,100 players already entered, the prize pool is quickly approaching $250,000, which means...

We are down to our final 50 players in the opening flight of the day, and while nearly half of them will be making the money, only the final 19 will be moving on to the Day 2 finals on Tuesday. We wanted to go around and grab some updated chip counts for you guys. One...

We are two hours into play in today's afternoon flight, and so far, 105 players have entered. Those players are taking a ten minute breather before coming back and playing two hour long levels. Once the ensuing break has wrapped up, registration will be closed. If you...

We have another group of snapshots for you guys so you can see who is here battling it out for those coveted Day 2 tickets. This list is a group of impressive players who have all had major results all around California: Joey Deluca, Brian Gorman, Sean Yu, and Joel...

The fifth flight of the $300,000 Guaranteed event was the biggest one we have seen so far, drawing an impressive 235 players. This means that the top 24 will be making the money tonight, but since only the top 8% will me making Day 2, just 19 of them will make the...

We promised you guys some photos from the floor, and here they are for you! The first round of photos includes LA regulars Lance Allred and Paul Chauderson. We also saw Clint Mooney, as well as David "Sailor Dave" Doeh, who finished 4th here in the $100,000 Guaranteed...

The doors are closed on Flight E, and we are officially at the halfway point of qualifying in the $300,000 Guaranteed Event! The sixth of ten flights has just kicked off here at the Hustler Casino, and all you need to get in is $160! Every player will have an optional...

As we were expecting, the weekend has drawn the big crowds for this event, as the fifth flight is the largest we've had so far. We just crossed the 200 player mark, and we still have an hour left in registration. If you are unable to make it out here before 4:50, we...

Welcome back to the Hustler Casino for another weekend of action at the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic! So far, 65 players have moved on to the Day 2 finals on Tuesday, and we will be sending another crop of players through today. The first flight is now underway, and...

Two days are in the books for the $300,000 Guaranteed event, and so far, 65 players have punched their Day 2 ticket. We already have a double qualifier, and it's none other than our current chip leader Thanh Le, who bagged up 490,000 last night.  He just has Greg...

We have nearly 90 players registered so far in the second session of the day, and registration is open for the next three hours. We went through the floor over there and spotted a couple tough pairings battling it out. On one table, WPT Champion Harry Arutyunyan is...

We have the official prize pool information for you guys from the third of ten flights in the $300,000 Guaranteed event. This time around, we drew 171 players, meaning that the top 17 players will lock up a payday today. However, since only the top 9% will be moving...

The first session of the day is officially closed, and we will have the numbers for you guys shortly. If you weren't able to make it down in time for that session, then don't worry! We have another flight that just kicked off moments ago. The top 10% will be making...

As promised, we have a few more snapshots from the floor of today's session, which has just one hour left in registration! We have a few players who are hoping to make Day 2 after missing out yesterday: Vadim Baranovsky, Nipun Java, and Shahen Martirosian, as well as...

Yesterday, we got close to 200 players in each flight. We are looking to be in a similar range today, as 118 players have entered so far as they take their first break of the day. When they return, they will play two more one hour levels before taking another break,...

We walked around the floor of today's flight to see who was trying to join the 38 players from yesterday. We spotted young pro Joey Deluca, who has had a great 2015 so far. We also saw Tigran Abgaryan, who final tabled the opening event of the Fall Classic last year,...

Yesterday, 38 players moved on from the first two flights of the $300,000 Guaranteed event. Today, we have two more qualifying flights, with the first one kicking off now. All you need is $160 to get in on the action, and every player also has an optional $100 add-on....

The first two qualifying sessions for Event #3 both sent 19 players through to the finals in Tuesday. Leading the way is Greg Pohler, who bagged up a massive stack of 478,000. He is more than 100,000 clear of his next opponent, Doug Smith, who has 360,000. Some...

The second flight of the day drew a total of 185 entries, with 168 of them using their optional add-ons. That means that just like the first flight of the day, the final 19 players will be moving on to Day 2, meaning that 38 players will be advancing today! Tomorrow,...

We are a couple hours into play for the second flight of the day, and so far, we have 136 players registered. Those players are taking their first break of the day, and will be returning shortly. Once they come back, they will be playing two one hour levels, before...

We went around the floor where the 5:30 section is currently playing out, and saw a handful of familiar faces. This included Erich Karle, who final tabled two events at last year's Grand Slam of Poker. We also saw Gene O'Leary, who scored a cash in last night's...

We ended up with an even 190 players in today's Event #3 opening session, meaning that the top 19 players will be in the money, and move on to the Day 2 finals. They will be joined by the top 10% of players from tonight's flight. For tomorrow's two sessions, the top...

The first flight of the $300,000 Guaranteed event is now closed, and we will be posting the numbers for that one shortly. In the meantime, the second flight of the day is just now kicking off here at the Hustler Casino! Just like the first flight, $160 is all you need...

As promised, here is the next round of photos for you guys from today's opening flight of Event #3.  Below you will see Ryan Buckholtz, who final tabled the last major event here at the Hustler Casino, finishing 6th at the final event of the Holiday Classic for...

As you would expect for the biggest event of the series, we spotted a slew of familiar faces here today for the opening flight. This list includes Joel Kop, who final tabled a major at the Fall Poker Classic last year. We also saw WSOPC Rincon Main Event Champion Sean...

The tournament room at the Hustler Casino is buzzing with excitment, as the first flight of the $300,000 Guaranteed event is in full swing. We are two hours into play so far, and we already have 152 players entered in for this opening flight. Registration is open for...

The title says it all folks. The biggest guaranteed event of the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic is now underway! This is the first of 10 Day 1 flights that will be played out over the next five days. Today, the top 10% of players will be making the money, and moving...

We also had the $10,000 Guaranteed event wrap up last night. 115 players came out, creating a prize pool of $14,375. Matthew Tauber emerged victorious, taking home $4,300. Some notables who cashed in the event were Brent Hart (6th), and Eugene O'Leary (13th). Read...

Last night, 155 players battled it out for the title of the opening event of the Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic. When the dust settled, Prince Cassell emerged victorious, taking home $9,750, as well as the beautiful first place trophy. Troy Burgos finished runner up...

Tomorrow is the start of the biggest tournament on our schedule, the $300,000 Guaranteed event! There will be two starting flights a day from Thursday-Monday. Tomorrow, the top 10% of players will be qualifying. On Friday, the top 10% will make the money, but only the...

We wanted to pass along that we are up to 60 players in tonight's $10,000 Guaranteed event. That means that with just one hour left in registration, we have $7,500 in the prize pool, and could be looking at an overlay. Be sure to come on down to get your value in this...

We are bringing back one of the most popular formats of hold'em at this year's Spring Poker Classic: Heads Up! On April 22nd, we will be running a $300 buy-in Heads Up Event, with a maximum of 64 players. Registration opened today, and we already have 16 spots filled...

Registration for the first event of the day is just about to wrap up, but if you can't make it down here in time, don't worry! We have another event kicking off for you guys right now! This tournament is a $150 buy-in $10,000 Guaranteed event. Players start with...

We have our first round of photos for you guys from the 2015 Liz Flynt Spring Poker Classic. This list includes some players who have enjoyed success here in the past, including Ben Chung, and Anthony Washington, who final tabled a major event here last year. We also...

We just hit the two hour mark in today's play, and the players are about to take their first break of the day. So far, 108 players have registered, meaning that we have already topped the posted guarantee of $20,000. With registration open for over two more hours, we...

Welcome back to the Hustler Casino for another action packed poker series! We are kicking off the festivies today with a $150 buy-in $20,000 Guaranteed event. Registration is open for the first six levels, or until about 6:20 local time. All players will have an...