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Maria Ho wins 2019 LA Poker Classic $25k High Roller

The US West Coast has recently witnessed a great poker series called the LA Poker Classic (LAPC) which was scheduled between 16^th January to 6^th March 2019 for the 26^th time at the Commerce Casino in LA. The LAPC One Million event was won by Josh Prager last month for $227,775. Rainer Kempe, the German pro, even registered a win in this series in $25k HR.

Now, his girlfriend Maria Ho won another one of LAPC events too. She won another one of the $25.5k HR events and beat 2018 GPI Female Player of the Year Kristen Bicknell in heads-up. Ho earned $276,690 (~INR 1.93 Crores) as the first-place cash prize.

A total of 28 entries were made in the $25.5k High Roller which was the 68^th event out of the 69 scheduled events in the festival. Heavyweights like Sean Winter and Manig Loeser featured on the Final Table too.

When the heads-up battle was reached, 2018 GPI POY and Kristen Bicknell’s boyfriend Alex Foxen was standing next to Kempe behind the rail. Matt Savage, the tournament’s director, spoke of the heads-up match as a battle between two of poker’s power couples.

Ho now has over $3 million in live cashes. Her biggest one came in a 2011 WSOP event for finishing 2^nd. She had won $540,020 there. She is among the top worldwide female players and has accomplished a lot in her career previously. She was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame last year too. Today being International Women’s Day , this win where she beat another top female pro in heads-up makes it even more special for her.

The icing on the cake is that Ho won the event on her birthday, 6^th March. Many tweets wishing her happy birthday came from respected poker personalities like Hong Kong’s Kitty Kuo, Poker Central, Drew Amato, and others. Here are the tweets:

Top 5 Pay-outs –

1. Maria Ho – $276,690
2. Kristen Bicknell – $180,070
3. Sean Winter – $117,190
4. Tamon Nakamura – $76,270
5. Manig Loeser – $49,640

2019 LAPC Main Event has reached the Final Table of 6 on 6^th March. The champion will be declared after the FT gameplay scheduled on 11^th March in Las Vegas’ HyperX Esports Arena. Stay tuned to GutshotMagazine.com for the final LAPC update as well as other poker news from around the world.

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