LA Poker Classic Kicking Off This Week; PokerNews to Live Report $10K Main Event

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The Commerce Casino in California is hosting will host more than a month of tournament action with the 2025 LA Poker Classic running Jan. 10-March 2.

The series will culminate with the $10,000 buy-in LAPC Main Event beginning Feb. 22, which PokerNews will be on-site to live report.

Big Guarantees in Los Angeles

Action in southern California will kick off with a $400 buy-in opening event that features a massive six starting flights and a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool.

There are other big guarantees throughout the series, such as the $150,000 guaranteed Event #3 $400 XL Bounty, the $300,000 guaranteed Event #13 $600 40/40, the $100,000 guaranteed Event #19 $300 Mystery Bounty (Year of the Snake), and, most notably, the $1 million guaranteed $1,200 Commerce Classic.

LA Poker Classic There will also be plenty of mixed game action, including the $500 Mixed Triple Draw, $500 H.O.R.S.E., $500 Pot-Limit Five-Card Omaha/Big O event.

Before PokerNews gets on site to live report the Main Event, be sure to look out for great content from members of the Commerce poker media team.

Commerce Team Head to commercecasino.com for the full LA Poker Classic schedule.

Other Commerce Highlights

There have been other big recent events at The Commerce. In September, the $1,200 Commerce Casino Hold’em Series Main Event drew 517 entrants for a prize pool of $542,850.

The event saw South Korea’s Sungmin Cho winning the championship trophy and top prize of $87,315 after a three-way chop with six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings (2nd - $80,100) and Paul W Lee (3rd - $72,945).

Sungmin Cho

Commerce Casino Hold’em Series Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sungmin Cho	South Korea	$87,315*
2	Brian Hastings	United States	$80,100*
3	Paul W Lee	United States	$72,495*
4	Naoya Morozumi	Japan	$33,440
5	Katherine Brandt	United States	$25,730
6	Michael Nia	United States	$21,310
7	Martin Carnero	Peru	$17,890
8	Alexander Farahi	United States	$14,520
9	Yan Yan	United States	$11,160

Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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