Tournament Information
Tournament:
2011 California State Poker Championship
Date:
May 4 - 22, 2011
Venue:
Commerce Casino
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Event:
No Limit Hold'em (May 4 - 8, 2011)
Buy-in:
$220
Prize:
$463,220
Entries:
2,438
Other Events
| May 4 - 8, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em | $220 |
| May 7 - 8, 2011 | Limit Hold'em | $220 |
| May 8, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - KO Bounty | $220 |
| May 8 - 9, 2011 | Omaha Hi/Lo | $335 |
| May 9 - 10, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Double Stack | $335 |
| May 9 - 11, 2011 | H.O.R.S.E. | $335 |
| May 10 - 11, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed | $335 |
| May 10, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - All-In or Fold | $120 |
| May 11, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Turbo | $125 |
| May 15, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Reverse Turbo | $335 |
| May 16, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Double Stack | $545 |
| May 16 - 17, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Turbo | $220 |
| May 17 - 18, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em | $335 |
| May 17, 2011 | H.O.R.S.E. | $1,065 |
| May 18, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em | $335 |
| May 18 - 19, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - KO Bounty | $1,575 |
| May 20 - 22, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event | $2,575 |
| May 21, 2011 | No Limit Hold'em - Facebook Fans | $50 + 10 |
Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize | GPI | PoY 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alex J. Link | $100,000 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Ryan Buckholtz | $52,320 | — | — | |
| 3rd | Joseph Choueiri | $31,400 | — | — | |
| 4th | Jonathan " " Aguiar | $18,300 | — | — | |
| 5th | Chris Crockett | $13,100 | — | — | |
| 6th | Jon Peck | $10,500 | — | — | |
| 7th | Felix Doc | $7,800 | — | — | |
| 8th | Thanh "Tony" Huynh | $6,500 | — | — | |
| 9th | Mario "Super Mario" Esquerra | $5,200 | — | — | |
| 10th | Mark Gilleland | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 11th | Ali Sarkarati | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 12th | Shawn Van Asdale | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 13th | Behzad "Sam" Teranie | $3,100 | — | — | |
| 14th | Lloyd Caparos | $3,100 | — | — | |
| 15th | Mike Wang | $3,100 | — | — | |
| 16th | Vazgen Ohanian | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 17th | Edward L. Williams | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 18th | Bruce Eric Antman | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 19th | Chauncey Leopardi | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 20th | Thu Nguyen | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 21st | Jeff Clayton | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 22nd | Jian Wang | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Thomas Bachman | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 24th | Raul Bravo | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 25th | Anthony Tao | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 26th | Joseph Tellez | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 27th | Mark Roguel | $2,100 | — | — | |
| 28th | Jayden Lund | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 29th | Kevin "The Snake" Blakey | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 30th | Christopher Amaral | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 31st | Yuan Tai Sun | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Greg Reynolds | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 33rd | Garrett Gilbertson | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 34th | Valentin Vornicu | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 35th | Hong K Byeon | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 36th | Aaron Kweskin | $1,900 | — | — | |
| 37th | John Simonian | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 38th | Huy Quach | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 39th | Michael Pires | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 40th | David "The Dragon" Pham | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 41st | Curtis Epley | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 42nd | Ed Hansen | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Dustin "Dmony33" Orozco | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 44th | Mike Ignacio | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 45th | "Anonymous" Unknown | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 46th | Thomas Emerson | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 47th | Syed Kadri | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 48th | Agop "Jack" Boghossian | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 49th | Efren Reggie Goco | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 50th | Karen Hakopian | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 51st | Sung Yim | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 52nd | Francis Lumayog | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 53rd | Victor Kruglov | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 54th | Kevin Alleva | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 55th | Kwinsee Khoa Tran | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 56th | Rocco Salerno | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 57th | Crystal Osgood-Gray | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 58th | Steven Ayoub | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 59th | Daniel Duong | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 60th | James Kim | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 61st | David Charchian | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 62nd | Brian Dennis | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 63rd | Robert "Bobby" Suer | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 64th | Ronald V. Liboon | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 65th | Kong Xiong | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 66th | Nemo Ace | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 67th | Tony Thai | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 68th | James Pae | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 69th | Juan Citores | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 70th | Dave Aves | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 71st | Stephen Su | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 72nd | Frank Saulle | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 73rd | Frank Fabregas | $1,100 | — | — | |
| 74th | Derek Gomez | $800 | — | — | |
| 75th | Tuan Ta | $800 | — | — | |
| 76th | Jeremy Scharf | $800 | — | — | |
| 77th | Kevin Grubisic | $800 | — | — | |
| 78th | Pogos Simityan | $800 | — | — | |
| 79th | Art Alvarez | $800 | — | — | |
| 80th | "Anonymous" Unknown | $800 | — | — | |
| 81st | Tai Banh | $800 | — | — | |
| 82nd | Shosung Tu | $800 | — | — | |
| 83rd | Vu Phan | $800 | — | — | |
| 84th | Kelly Cappasola | $800 | — | — | |
| 85th | Sam Attar | $800 | — | — | |
| 86th | Adrian Moreno | $800 | — | — | |
| 87th | Michael Noori | $800 | — | — | |
| 88th | Josh Parker | $800 | — | — | |
| 89th | Trevor Wilson | $800 | — | — | |
| 90th | Nicholas Vazquez | $800 | — | — | |
| 91st | Nam Trinh | $800 | — | — | |
| 92nd | Daniel Guerrero | $800 | — | — | |
| 93rd | Meng Chng | $800 | — | — | |
| 94th | Srihari Mupparju | $800 | — | — | |
| 95th | Zare Bagdasaryan | $800 | — | — | |
| 96th | Jack Roessell | $800 | — | — | |
| 97th | Jonathan " " Aguiar | $800 | — | — | |
| 98th | Tri Dao | $800 | — | — | |
| 99th | Mostafa Zarrinnam | $800 | — | — | |
| 100th | George Youkhanna | $800 | — | — | |
| 101st | Nancie Truong | $800 | — | — | |
| 102nd | Farzin Akhtar | $800 | — | — | |
| 103rd | Thomas Adler | $800 | — | — | |
| 104th | James "The Blender" Sileo | $800 | — | — | |
| 105th | Gregory Chew | $800 | — | — | |
| 106th | Melbert Tato | $800 | — | — | |
| 107th | Gary Stone | $800 | — | — | |
| 108th | Daniel Redding | $800 | — | — | |
| 109th | Alejandro Morales | $800 | — | — | |
| 110th | Jane Lee | $800 | — | — | |
| 111th | Jose Sanchez | $800 | — | — | |
| 112th | Pho Van Tran | $800 | — | — | |
| 113th | Saul Gaona | $800 | — | — | |
| 114th | Isaac Choi | $800 | — | — | |
| 115th | Mike Stella | $800 | — | — | |
| 116th | Adam Sheets | $800 | — | — | |
| 117th | Erik Fladseth | $800 | — | — | |
| 118th | Kazu Oshima | $800 | — | — | |
| 119th | Brian Han | $800 | — | — | |
| 120th | Sam Sturzenacker | $800 | — | — | |
| 121st | Amir Hossiendoust | $800 | — | — | |
| 122nd | Joseph Zambri | $800 | — | — | |
| 123rd | Edward Dubendorf | $800 | — | — | |
| 124th | Van Nguyen | $800 | — | — | |
| 125th | Marc Pennebaker | $800 | — | — | |
| 126th | Ben Tang | $800 | — | — | |
| 127th | Mostafa Zarrinnam | $800 | — | — | |
| 128th | Allen Cunningham | $800 | — | — | |
| 129th | Jacky Lee | $800 | — | — | |
| 130th | Rodolfo Liranza | $600 | — | — | |
| 131st | "Anonymous" Unknown | $600 | — | — | |
| 132nd | Behzad Javadzadeh | $600 | — | — | |
| 133rd | Edmund Hung | $600 | — | — | |
| 134th | William Vo | $600 | — | — | |
| 135th | Ricardo Alvarado | $600 | — | — | |
| 136th | Luis Sanchez | $600 | — | — | |
| 137th | Peter Klien | $600 | — | — | |
| 138th | Vinh "Vince" Duong | $600 | — | — | |
| 139th | Varush Amerazian | $600 | — | — | |
| 140th | Steve Cho | $600 | — | — | |
| 141st | Eric Dam | $600 | — | — | |
| 142nd | Simon Turobiner | $600 | — | — | |
| 143rd | Alfons Kela | $600 | — | — | |
| 144th | Brian Chi | $600 | — | — | |
| 145th | Suren Abramyan | $600 | — | — | |
| 146th | Darren Wong | $600 | — | — | |
| 147th | Ashot Darbinyan | $600 | — | — | |
| 148th | Arin Janjik | $600 | — | — | |
| 149th | Ngon Tran | $600 | — | — | |
| 150th | Eric Tang | $600 | — | — | |
| 151st | Dong Lee | $600 | — | — | |
| 152nd | Scott Denick | $600 | — | — | |
| 153rd | S Said | $600 | — | — | |
| 154th | Eddy Chen | $600 | — | — | |
| 155th | Pho Van Tran | $600 | — | — | |
| 156th | Joseph Plante | $600 | — | — | |
| 157th | Justin Deeter | $600 | — | — | |
| 158th | Steve Tourouk | $600 | — | — | |
| 159th | Lorri Broda | $600 | — | — | |
| 160th | Matthew Elsby | $600 | — | — | |
| 161st | Michael Nia | $600 | — | — | |
| 162nd | Franklin Brunsmann | $600 | — | — | |
| 163rd | Thomas Brown | $600 | — | — | |
| 164th | Kegham Dawidian | $600 | — | — | |
| 165th | Andrea Stracuzzi | $600 | — | — | |
| 166th | Khammy Lim | $600 | — | — | |
| 167th | Ming Huang | $600 | — | — | |
| 168th | Bejnamin Lehrer | $600 | — | — | |
| 169th | Paul Chi Ken Lui | $600 | — | — | |
| 170th | David Branning | $600 | — | — | |
| 171st | "Anonymous" Unknown | $600 | — | — | |
| 172nd | John Choi | $600 | — | — | |
| 173rd | Rommel Damasco | $600 | — | — | |
| 174th | Jason Stern | $600 | — | — | |
| 175th | Brian Udo | $600 | — | — | |
| 176th | Alan Jehamy | $600 | — | — | |
| 177th | Douglas Barton | $600 | — | — | |
| 178th | James Czarnecki | $600 | — | — | |
| 179th | Dillon Ly | $600 | — | — | |
| 180th | Carlos Pianelli | $600 | — | — | |
| 181st | Mesrob Fartuchian | $600 | — | — | |
| 182nd | Hill Kerby | $600 | — | — | |
| 183rd | Makram Merhom | $600 | — | — | |
| 184th | Frank Kim | $600 | — | — | |
| 185th | Brent Manning | $600 | — | — | |
| 186th | Freddie Legaspi | $600 | — | — | |
| 187th | Larry Werkheiser | $400 | — | — | |
| 188th | Danny Morgan | $400 | — | — | |
| 189th | Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian | $400 | — | — | |
| 190th | Greg Pohler | $400 | — | — | |
| 191st | Farrell Hinkle | $400 | — | — | |
| 192nd | Sean Hudson | $400 | — | — | |
| 193rd | Paul Han | $400 | — | — | |
| 194th | Tommy Wang | $400 | — | — | |
| 195th | Ramzi Srour | $400 | — | — | |
| 196th | Daniel Guerrero | $400 | — | — | |
| 197th | Hyak Joo Kwon | $400 | — | — | |
| 198th | Khaled Osman | $400 | — | — | |
| 199th | Dong Lee | $400 | — | — | |
| 200th | Travis Dang | $400 | — | — | |
| 201st | Victor Shalom | $400 | — | — | |
| 202nd | John Ha | $400 | — | — | |
| 203rd | Rommel Berges | $400 | — | — | |
| 204th | Mark Nasser | $400 | — | — | |
| 205th | Omer Dagan | $400 | — | — | |
| 206th | Zihao Jiang | $400 | — | — | |
| 207th | Lich Bui | $400 | — | — | |
| 208th | Phillippe Olbrechts | $400 | — | — | |
| 209th | Rashid Karim | $400 | — | — | |
| 210th | Igor Zektser | $400 | — | — | |
| 211th | Kham Hoang | $400 | — | — | |
| 212th | Michael Miller | $400 | — | — | |
| 213th | Jim "Minneapolis" Meehan | $400 | — | — | |
| 214th | Paul Dok | $400 | — | — | |
| 215th | Joseph Myles | $400 | — | — | |
| 216th | Tommy Wang | $400 | — | — | |
| 217th | Roberto Ojeda | $400 | — | — | |
| 218th | Jason Clark | $400 | — | — | |
| 219th | "Anonymous" Unknown | $400 | — | — | |
| 220th | Danny Illingworth | $400 | — | — | |
| 221st | Thomas Mcfadden | $400 | — | — | |
| 222nd | Howard Sellz | $400 | — | — | |
| 223rd | Navil Desai | $400 | — | — | |
| 224th | Steve Lee | $400 | — | — | |
| 225th | Cesar Romero | $400 | — | — | |
| 226th | Ara Bekmezian | $400 | — | — | |
| 227th | Josh Stadelmyer | $400 | — | — | |
| 228th | Randy Thomson | $400 | — | — | |
| 229th | "Anonymous" Unknown | $400 | — | — | |
| 230th | Shawn Glines | $400 | — | — | |
| 231st | Ainav Shalom | $400 | — | — | |
| 232nd | Edward Benson | $400 | — | — | |
| 233rd | Dave Moyses | $400 | — | — | |
| 234th | Farhad Yazdizadeh | $400 | — | — | |
| 235th | Byong Cho | $400 | — | — | |
| 236th | Mitch Krupa | $400 | — | — | |
| 237th | Albertin Hernanadez | $400 | — | — | |
| 238th | Abraham Barbarian | $400 | — | — | |
| 239th | Iris Gomez | $400 | — | — | |
| 240th | Arnie Mena | $400 | — | — | |
| 241st | Kamran Katuzian | $400 | — | — | |
| 242nd | Christopher Knudson | $400 | — | — | |
| 243rd | Moshe Menzur | $400 | — | — | |
