2010 LAPC Commerce Schedule

By Pauly
Los Angeles, CA

If you don't know, the 2010 L.A. Poker Classic starts this Wednesday at Commerce Casino just outside the City of Angels. The LAPC is the second largest series of live poker (second to the WSOP). This year's LAPC includes two WPT events in addition to 51 total events spread out over 43 days. The cash games and side action are so huge that it's tough to find games in Las Vegas when the LAPC is running because all of the grinders can be found at Commerce.

The first event starts Wednesday at 1pm with a $1,000,000 guaranteed NL event. The buy-in is a modest $335 which means I'll be among the oodles of dead money in that tournament. There are four starting days for this opening event and if you bust out one day, you can buy back in the next day for $335.

According to Matt Savage (who is the TD for the LAPC), "Players that buy into the 10K WPT Main Event before the 19th (of February) get into the $200,000 WPT Invitational on the 20th."

This year's new events also include a $25,100 NL High Roller, a $1,065 No-Limit Hold'em w/ $1,000 Rebuys (including a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool), $1,065 PLO with Rebuys, $1,065 Badugi, $1,065 8 Game Mix, and $1,585 Chinese Poker (1/2 High and 1/2 Low).

The popular events will be the $10,000 NL Main Event (defending champ is Andrew Cornel Cimpan), the WPT Invitiational (Freddy Deeb won last year), $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Scotty Nguyen won last year), $10,000 NL Heads Up Championship (Vivek Rajkumar won last year), and $5,100 No Limit Hold'em (Hafiz Khan won kast year).

Of course, the craziest and toughest tournament in poker will be going down at Commerce. The Ironman Tournament returns! The brainchild of Matt Savage, the $2,100 Ironman Tournament has a $10,000 Main Event seat added to the prize pool. The Ironman has no schedule breaks (although you can walk away from the table at anytime to pee, make calls, smoke cigarettes, or take a nap -- but you will be dealt out and your blinds posted and folded). Three meals are served to you at the table (if you last that long). 50% of the total prize pool goes to the winner.

Event #18 $220 NL has a cool concept with two starting days. If you bust out Day 1A, you can buy back in on Day 1B.

Here's the schedule...

2010 LAPC
1/20 - Event #1 $335 NL Day 1A ($1 million guaranteed)
1/21 - Event #1 $335 NL Day 1B ($1 million guaranteed)
1/22 - Event #1 $335 NL Day 1C ($1 million guaranteed)
1/23 - Event #1 $335 NL Day 1D ($1 million guaranteed)
1/24 - Event #2 $335 Limit Hold’em ($100K guaranteed)
1/25 - Event #3 $545 NL
1/25 - Event #4 $335 Seven Card Stud ($50K guaranteed)
1/26 - Event #5 $335 NL Shootout
1/26 - Event #6 $335 Omaha 8
1/27 - Event #7 $545 NL (with $10,000 Main Event seat added)
1/27 - Event #8 $335 Seven Card Stud 8
1/28 - Event #9 $545 Omaha 8
1/29 - Event #10 $545 Six-handed NL ($250K guaranteed)
1/30 - Event #11 $335 NL with rebuys
1/30 - Event #12 $545 H.O.R.S.E.
1/31 - Event #13 $545 NL ($200K guaranteed)
2/1 - Event #14 $335 NL
2/2 - Event #15 $545 Limit Hold’em
2/3 - Event #16 $335 Six-handed NL
2/4 - Event #17 $345 Heads-up NL
2/5 - Event #18 $220 NL Day 1A ($250,000 guaranteed)
2/6 - Event #18 $220 NL Day 1B ($250,000 guaranteed)
2/7 - Event #19 $335 NL Double Stack
2/8 - Event #20 $545 NL Double Stack
2/8 - Event #21 $545 PLO8
2/9 - Event #22 $335 NL
2/9 - Event #23 $545 Omaha 8
2/10 - Event #24 $1,065 NL
2/10 - Event #25 $545 Stud 8
2/11 - Event #26 $545 NL (with 10K Main Event seat added)
2/11 - Event #27 $1,065 Six-handed NL
2/12 - Event #28 $545 Limit Hold’em
2/13 - Event #29 $1,065 NL with rebuys ($1,000,000 guaranteed)
2/14 - Event #30 $335 Knockout NL ($100 per bounty)
2/14 - Event #31 $1,065 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw
2/15 - Event #32 $1,585 NL
2/15 - Event #33 $1,065 Badugi
2/16 - Event #34 $335 NL
2/16 - Event #35 $1,065 8-Game
2/17 - Event #36 $1,065 H.O.R.S.E.
2/17 - Event #37 $1,585 Chinese Poker
2/18 - Event #38 $1,065 NL
2/18 - Event #39 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
2/19 - Event #40 $335 NL Shootout ($100K guaranteed)
2/19 - Event #41 $1,065 Six-handed PLO with rebuys
2/20 - Event #42 WPT Celebrity Invitational
2/21 -Event #43 $2,100 Iron Man NL
2/22 - Event #44 $335 NL ($200,000 guaranteed)
2/22 - Event #45 $3,085 Six-handed NL
2/23 - Event #46 $1,065 NL
2/23 - Event #47 $10,000 Heads-up NL
2/24 - Event #48 $545 NL shootout
2/24 - Event #49 $5,100 NL
2/26 - Event #50 $10,000 WPT NL Main Event Championship
2/28 - Event #51 $25,100 High Roller NL

Most tournaments start at 1pm. On days there are two events scheduled, the second event starts at 4pm.

Click here for the official schedule and tournament structures.


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