Commerce Casino is the world’s largest card casino offering more than 200 tables. Established in 1983, the casino values its staff of over 2,500 employees and is proud to be known as “Where. The action never ends at The Commerce, home to the most Poker and Table games in Southern California. Whether you're a seasoned player or just learning the ropes, our friendly staff will find the right table for you. We're known throughout the world as the home of great Poker, including Texas Hold'em, 7-Card Stud, Omaha Hi/Lo, and many more. Oct 28, 2008 COMMERCE, California - (PRESS RELEASE) - Are you tired of losing money to more skilled poker players in your home games? Or perhaps you're too intimated to even venture into a poker game? Then, welcome to Commerce Casino's University of Poker (CCUP), a.
The 25th anniversary running of the L.A. Poker Classic series got underway on Jan. 9, 2018 at the Commerce Casino. The silver anniversary features an expansive and exciting 64-event schedule this year, and roughly six weeks into the festival more than 50 events have concluded. The undeniable highlight of the entire series is World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event which kicks off at noon on Saturday, Feb. 24 at noom local time. As in previous years, players will start with 30,000 in chips with blinds beginning at 50-100.
Registration will stay open until the start of the 10th level, with the tournament played nine-handed until 80 players remain, at which point the tables will shift to eight-handed. The first eight levels will last 60 minutes, increasing to 90 minutes each level on days 2 and 3. On days 4 and 5 levels will last 120 minutes until a final table of six is decided. Redraws will happen at the end of each day and also when the field reaches the following milestones: 24 remaining, 16 remaining, and 9 players remaining.
“The WPT main event is my favorite tournament of the year,” said Commerce Casino Tournament Coordinator Justin Hammer. “It is poker in its purest form. A true freezeout with an amazing mix of big-name poker pros, celebrities, L.A. business people, and players that were just fortunate enough to win their way in. This year, in addition to the 100 or so that will qualify through satellites; Commerce is awarding 30 seats through live cash game promotions. That means that at any given table, there can be a player who won a $150 mega, or even a $2-$4 limit regular that was in the right place at the right time. I’m looking forward to watching a diverse group of players battle to win this prestigious event.”
The L.A. Poker Classic main event is one of the most legendary tournaments on the World Poker Tour, producing winners such as Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Moorman, Michael Mizrachi, Anthony Zinno, Gus Hansen, Alan Goehring, Dietrich Fast, and Phil Ivey. In 2017, Daniel Strelitz topped a field of 521 players to win the $1,001,110 first-place prize. Once again, Commerce is guaranteeing at least $1 million for the 2018 winner.
Players who want to get into the main event at a discounted price still have time to win their seat this weekend with six more scheduled mega satellites. The $1,100 buy-in satellites guarantee a total of 50 main event tickets and run Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday at noon, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
| Date | Time | Buy-In | Guarantee |
| 22-Feb | 8 p.m. | $1,100 | 10 Seats |
| 23-Feb | 12 p.m. | $1,100 | 10 Seats |
| 23-Feb | 5 p.m. | $1,100 | 10 Seats |
| 23-Feb | 8 p.m. | $1,100 | 10 Seats |
| 24-Feb | 10 a.m. | $1,100 | 5 Seats |
| 24-Feb | 5 p.m. | $1,100 | 5 Seats |
As Hammer mentioned, cash game players can get in on the action with 30 main event seats up for grabs. Commerce has been holding a weekly drawing to award five seats. Players just need to make a full house or better to earn an entry into the drawing. Additionally, anyone who wins one of the 64 qualifying events on the LAPC schedule will automatically be entered into a random draw for a $10,000 main event seat into the 2019 WPTLAPC main event.
For more information about the upcoming 25th anniversary L.A. Poker Classic, and to book a hotel room, visit the Commerce Casino website. For the poker rate, email j.hammer@commercecasino.net.
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Commerce Casino is located about 5 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, just off the 5 freeway in the city of Commerce, California. The Commerce Casino’s poker room is the biggest by number of tables in the world with more than 200 tables. This enormous room is internationally famous, mainly due to its association with many major poker events. The Commerce is a glamorous destination for the World Poker Tour — hosting the WPT L.A. Poker Classic and the star-studded WPT Celebrity Invitational every year. High-rolling pros such as Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth are on the honor roll of final-tablists at these events. Famous faces are always darting around throughout the Commerce and serve to cement its status as a world-leading venue. The Heartland Poker Tour Gold Rush series also comes to the Commerce. This event gives mid-stakes players access to huge prize pools for small buy-ins.
The Commerce Casino is truly immense. Only the Rio’s Amazon Room is comparable for the amount of action that can be spread in one place, with thousand-person tournaments able to run here alongside cash games. The Commerce poker room is so large that each quadrant has its own information screen to give information about the games that are running. Speaking of which, the Commerce is the only venue in the state to simultaneously spread the classic no-limit hold’em, limit hold’em, and PLO cash games at a variety of buy-in levels with a bewildering array of other games. Pineapple, crazy pineapple, and razz run regularly, plus mixed games, split-pot games, and so much more. High rollers can escape the rush of the giant poker room by retreating to the dedicated high-stakes room. More than 40 tables sit here, with stakes soaring as high as $400-$800 in the no-limit hold’em game. The Commerce high-stakes room also follows the global trend for open-face Chinese poker and regular Chinese poker as big-time gamblers play for dizzying amounts per point.
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