Moorman Wins WPT LAPC and Takes Over Online MTT World List Lead

Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman won $1,015,460 in the live tournament and took over the lead on the online multi-table tournament world list without even playing.

On 1 March, the WPT LAPC $10,000 Main Event kicked off with 534 entrants and a prize pool of $5,126,400 at the Commerce Casino. Quite a number of renowned players made it into cash, including Jonathan Duhamel (61st, $18, 970), Andy Frankenberger (60th, $18,970), Mike Sexton (51st, $22,560), Bryn Kenney (49th, $22,560), Naoya Kihara (47th, $22,560), Joe Tehan (44th, $26,660), Jason Mercier (43th, $26,660), Eugene Katchalov (40th, $26,660), Dan Heimiller (36th, $31,270), Greg Merson (31st, $31,270), Matthew Waxman (26th, $36,400), Jennifer Tilly (22nd, $42,550), Ravi Raghavan (19th, $42,550), and Joe Serock (10th, $100,480). Dan O’Brien bubbled the official Final Table, finishing in 7th place for $137,900.

Chipleader was Michael Rocco, a frequent player if the local tournaments, but the favourite was chip count runner-up Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman. The seat draw was as follows:

Seat 1: Chris Moorman – 3,190,000 (106 BBs)
Seat 2: Patrick Bruel – 2,280,000 (76 BBs)
Seat 3: Josh Neufeld – 1,930,000 (64 BBs)
Seat 4: Glenn Lafaye – 1,855,000 (61 BBs)
Seat 5: Adam Friedman – 1,150,000 (38 BBs)
Seat 6: Michael Rocco – 5,615,000 (187 BBs)

On Level 26 (5,000/20,000/40,000), Adam Friedman got eliminated with pocket fours against Glenn Lafaye’s A-J. Nevertheless, the general dominant force at the table was Moorman, who kept increasing his lead. On the next level, he called Josh Neufeld’s 4-bet all-in for 1,630,000 and showed T T against the latter’s A T on a neutral board.

Seat 1: Chris Moorman – 8,150,000 (163 BBs)
Open: 32.5%
Pots won: 14

Seat 2: Patrick Bruel – 1,705,000 (34 BBs)
Open: 5%
Pots won: 3

Seat 4: Glenn Lafaye – 2,360,000 (47 BBs)
Open: 17.5%
Pots won: 7

Seat 6: Michael Rocco – 3,805,000 (76 BBs)
Open: 25%
Pots won: 12

In a mucked hand, Rocco managed to retake the lead: on Level 28 (10,000/30,000/60,000), Moorman 3-bet his 160,000 open to 420,000, Rocco called and then they both checked the T 7 3 flop. On the 9 turn, Moorman bet 455,000, Rocco raised to 1,500,000 and Moorman called. The latter checked the A river and Rocco bet 2,100,00, leaving just 3700,000 in front of him. After about 3 minutes of tanking, Moorman eventually folded and Rocco won the 3,940,000 pot.

After a long and intense 4-handed game, Moorman opened to 215,000 from the Button on Level 31 (15,000/50,000/100,000) and both blinds, Patrick Bruel and Lafaye called. The flop came J 8 2, it was checked to Mooram and he bet 265,000. Bruel shoved with 1,705,000, Lafaye folded and Moorman called.

Moorman: A J
Bruel: K 8

Turn: 9
River: Q

Bruel was out in 4th place.

Seat 1: Chris Moorman – 5,395,000 (53 BBs)
Open: 37.5%
Pots won: 40

Seat 4: Glenn Lafaye – 7,645,000 (76 BBs)
Open: 21.6%
Pots won: 24

Seat 6: Michael Rocco – 2,980,000 (29 BBs)
Open: 16.6%
Pots won: 35

In another exciting hand, the heads-up was formed soon: Lafaye opened to 325,000, Rocco moved all-in with 2,020,000 and Moorman re-raised all-in for 2,835,000 to see confident chipleader Lafaye call.

Lafaye: Q J
Moorman: T T
Rocco: A 8

Board: K Q J 3 A

Moorman won with a straight and Rocco was out in 3rd place.

Seat 1: Chris Moorman – 7,750,000 (64 BBs)
Seat 4: Glenn Lafaye – 8,270,000 (68 BBs)

Moorman returned to dominate the game and Lafaye was left with little over 2,000,000 in chips by Level 33 (25,000/100,000/200,000). While he came back to up to 4,525,000, Lafaye was still behind in the last hand: he limped to 200,000, Moorman raised to 6000,000 and Lafaye called. The flop came J 7 6, Moorman bet 525,000, Lafaye shoved for 3,900,000 and Moorman snap-called.

Lafaye: 5 4
Moorman: A A

Turn: Q
River: 5

Moorman won the tournament with an over pair.

The British ace took home $1,015,460, his second largest live score ever. What is more, while he had been unable to play online in Los Angeles, his major rivals had been losing more points than him in the latest period, pushing him to the top position of the online MTT world rankings.

The WPT LAPC 2014 end results are as follows:

1st: Chris Moorman – $1,015,460
2nd: Glenn Lafaye – $662,840
3rd: Michael Rocco – $423,440
4th: Patrick Bruel – $332,190
5th: Josh Neufeld – $264,520
6th: Adam Friedman – $200,440