A player in the cutoff position raised to 1,250 and Victor Ramdin popped it to 3,700 from the button. Action folded back to the cutoff and he asked for a count from Ramdin. After the stack was broken down, the cutoff announced all in and Ramdin snap-called.
Ramdin:
Cutoff:
The board ran out and Ramdin doubled to just over 44,000.
Five players were in action on the flop of . The first two players checked to Michael Binger and he bet 2,400. David Williams folded as did the player behind him. The first player who had checked made the call and the other player folded, leaving action heads up to the turn.
Binger and his lone opponent saw the added to the board on fourth street. Both checked and the paired the board on the turn. Binger's opponent fired a bet of 5,300. After some time in the tank, Binger made the call.
"Fives full," said the player, tabling the for a full house. Binger then showed the for trip queens, but lost the pot. He dropped back to 41,500 after that hit.
After Matt Waxman fired 1,700 on the flop of , Jennifer Tilly raised to 4,000. Waxman tanked for a long bit of time and then made the call.
The turn brought the and paired the board. Both players checked and the river produced the . Both players checked again and there was some discussion about who was to show first. Tilly then showed the and Waxman mucked his hand.
Waxman dropped to 45,000 while Tilly increased back to 20,000.
With about 5,500 pulled into the pot, Nick Binger was in the button and reraised the initial raiser in the hijack by 4,500 more. The hijack responded by popping it an additional 7,700 only to have Binger move all in for 17,725 on top. The hijack thought long and hard before letting the hand go. Binger is up to around 48,000.
A player in middle position opened for a raise to 700 and Kathy Liebert moved all in for 2,350 more. Action folded back to the middle position player and he reluctantly made the call.
Liebert:
Middle Position:
Liebert's tournament life was at risk but the board ran out and she doubled to right around 7,000.
Faraz Jaka was under the gun and put in a raise to 750. Four players called him and saw the flop. Action checked to Jaka and he fired 1,800, which only the cutoff called. Both players checked the on the turn and then Jaka bet 10,800 when the appeared on the river. The cutoff thought about it for awhile before folding. Jaka is up to around 60,000.
We're not sure how it happened, but Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has been eliminated from the NAPT Los Angeles. Mizrachi was playing a short stack for much of the day but just couldn't muster a comeback.
Danny Suied checked the flop of . Brett Richey checked behind. The came on the turn and Suied fired 2,200. Richey made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Suied checked. Richey fired 5,600. After a minute, Suied made the call, but only to muck when Richey showed the .
Richey improved to 33,500 while Suied dropped to 43,000.