There was around 1,000 in the pot when three players saw a flop of . The big blind checked to Jeff Madsen in middle position and he bet 650. Chad Brown was in the cutoff and came along as did the player in the big blind.
The turn card was the and action checked to Brown, who bet 1,500. The big blind called while Madsen got out of the way. The two remaining players checked the river and the big blind flipped over for a flush. Brown was obviously beat as he simply folded. With that hit, Brown dropped to around 25,000.
From the hijack seat, Ronnie Bardah raised to 375. His only action was from the player in the small blind. The flop came down and the small blind check-called a continuation bet of 450 from Bardah to see the peel off on the turn. The small blind checked again and Bardah fired out 1,000. His opponent made the call.
The river card was the and the small blind checked. Bardah tossed out 2,800. His opponent thought for a minute and then made the call. Bardah tabled the for a straight. His opponent showed what he called with and that was the for a flopped set of sevens.
From early position, Lauren Kling raised to 400. Alex Keating was on the button and action folded around to him. Keating reraisd to 1,300. The player in the small blind and thought for a little bit before making the call. After Chris Klodnicki folded out of the big blind, Kling reached for some more chips. She put in a four-bet to 4,600. That knocked both of her opponents out of the way and she picked up the pot with some preflop aggression.
The North American Poker Tour Los Angeles marks the fourth stop on Season 1. The first three events were the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure, NAPT Venetian and NAPT Mohegan Sun. Only one player has managed to reach the money in all three events. That player is Jonathan Aguiar and he's out there in the field today trying to make it four for four if he can reach the money in this event.
Aguiar's finishes are as follows:
PCA: 42nd for $52,000
NAPT Venetian: 22nd for $20,089
NAPT Mohegan Sun: 8th for $60,244
That puts Aguiar's grand total at $132,333 for NAPT Main Events. He's the only player to have accomplished cashing in all three main events and that's quite the feat given the quality of play and field sizes in these things.
With about 4,400 in the pot and a board reading , Annette Obrestad bet 4,000 and received a call from her sole opponent in the cutoff. Obrestad showed and the cutoff muttered, "It's good."
Obrestad hasn't been afraid to mix it up here in the early levels. She now sits with right around 31,000.
We've spotted another tough table in the room involving two members of Team PokerStars Pro. Team Pro USA member is joined by Team Pro Hungary member Richard Toth at a table also holding Ryan D'Angelo, Cary Katz and Alec Torelli. This should be a fun one to watch as well.
After the under-the-gun player limped, John Monnette made the call from the next spot. Action the folded over to Ronnie Bardah in the cutoff seat and he made the call. Chris DeMaci was next on the button and he tossed in 150 as well before the small blind completed and the big blind checked.
That brought the six players to a flop of . Action was checked by the first four players to Bardah and he fired 500. Only DeMaci made the call setting up another battle between these two players. Earlier, Bardah barreled into DeMaci with a flush draw, but couldn't get there.
The turn brought the and Bardah stayed on the gas again. He fired a bet of 1,300 and that gave DeMaci something to think about. He thought for a few moments and then tossed his hand in, letting Bardah take this one on the turn.
. The big blind checked to Jeff Madsen in middle position and he bet 650. Chad Brown was in the cutoff and came along as did the player in the big blind.
and action checked to Brown, who bet 1,500. The big blind called while Madsen got out of the way. The two remaining players checked the 
river and the big blind flipped over 
for a flush. Brown was obviously beat as he simply folded. With that hit, Brown dropped to around 25,000.
and the small blind check-called a continuation bet of 450 from Bardah to see the 
peel off on the turn. The small blind checked again and Bardah fired out 1,000. His opponent made the call.
for a straight. His opponent showed what he called with and that was the 
for a flopped set of sevens.
and Bardah stayed on the gas again. He fired a bet of 1,300 and that gave DeMaci something to think about. He thought for a few moments and then tossed his hand in, letting Bardah take this one on the turn.