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Tuan Le (born February 15, 1978, in Paris, France) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player. Of Vietnamese ancestry, Le was raised in Kansas City, Missouri , in the United States, but by middle school age he was living in Los Angeles, California , where he attended John Burroughs Junior High School, on McCadden and 6th Street.
The Normandie Casino opened its famous Red Dragon Room which featured high-limit Asian games. The Red Dragon Room, with its additional outdoor patio, continues to be one of the most popular Asian gaming rooms in Los Angeles today. The casino is also host to a luxurious V.I.P. Blackjack and Baccarat Room, a first in Southern California.
The Commerce Casino is home to several poker tournament series, [6] including: Los Angeles Poker Classic - Annual tournament beginning in January and running through early March. This is Commerce's major tournament of the year, involving a World Poker Tour event, a Professional Poker Tour event and the celebrity event, the World Poker Tour ...
In the last two decades of his life, Motörhead frontman Lemmy was a daily fixture at the Rainbow whenever the band was not on tour, and often played a video poker machine at the end of the bar table. [10] Producer Kim Fowley used to hang out at the Rainbow, especially in 1975, when he formed the all-girl group The Runaways.
L.A. Poker Classic Commerce Casino, Los Angeles: Alan Goehring (2) $2,391,550 22-24 February 2006 WPT Celebrity Invitational Commerce Casino, Los Angeles: Barry Greenstein (2) $100,000 10-14 March 2006 Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101, San José: Nam Le: $1,198,300 27-30 March 2006 World Poker Challenge Mike Simon $1,052,890 6-9 April 2006
A major expansion was completed in February 2007 which included The Crystal Room which serves as a combination card room, special events room, conference room and poker tournament site. [2] Since 1997, Flynt has hosted "the biggest seven-card stud game in the world"; [2] the game started at Flynt's home but moved to his casino when it opened. [2]
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Philip Courtney Laak (born September 8, 1972) is an Irish-American professional poker player and a poker commentator, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak holds a World Poker Tour (WPT) title, [1] [2] a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, and has appeared on numerous nationally aired television shows.