After the player in the cutoff seat raised, Dwyte Pilgrim reraised all in from the big blind for a little over 30,000 in chips. The original raiser called and it was Pilgrim's 
up against the 
for his opponent.
The board ran out 
and Pilgrim hit three jacks to double up to over 60,000 in chips.
Mike Leah, David Sesso and Steve Karp saw the flop come down 
with about 45,000 chips in the middle. Leah was up first and bet 16,500. Sesso called and Karp folded.
The turn card brought the 
and Leah checked with about 60,000 in chips left in his stack. Sesso bet out 22,000 and then Leah went into the tanked. He counted down his chips and moved all in for 60,600. Sesso tanked for a minute before folding, allowing Leah to scoop the pot and increase to around 160,000.
With around 26,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, the big blind checked to Eric Baldwin and he bet 8,200. The big blind then check-raised to 33,000. Baldwin tanked for two minutes before laying his hand down.
"Wanna see the bluff or no?" asked the Big Blind before showing 
. While it wasn't exactly a bluff, Baldwin indicated that it was still the best hand. With that hit, Baldwin is down to around 95,000.
The champion of the first-ever WSOP Circuit $10,000 Regional Championship event has just hit the rail. Jim Anderson won the event last month in Hammond, Indiana, but he won't be winning this NAPT Main Event here in Los Angeles. The player who did the deed was Michael Binger.
On the flop of 
, Anderson check-raised Binger's bet of 5,600 to 15,900. Binger then reraised to put Anderson all in for his last 25,000 or so and Anderson called.
Binger held a flush draw with the 
and Anderson the 
for top pair. The turn brought the eliminating blow to Anderson when the 
fell and gave Binger an unbeatable flush. The river completed the board with the 
.
Anderson packed up his things and left the room while Binger stacked up the chips and moved to 224,000.
From under the gun, Tony Cousineau raised all in for 20,400. Joseph Curcio was a couple seats over and reshoved all in for 53,900. Romulus Segal tanked for a minute or so and then folded. A couple more seats over from Curcio's shove, Ronnie Bardah sat. When action got to Bardah, he moved all in for 41,200. Everyone else folded leaving three sets of hands to be tabled for the all-in confrontation.
Cousineau: 
Curcio: 
Bardah: 
The flop came down 
and Bardah's kings held up so far. Regal slapped the rail of the table and claimed to have folded pocket nines. He would've flopped a set.
The turn brought the 
and the river the 
. Bardah's two kings held up, dodging straight, flush and overcard outs from his two opponents. He earned the win and nearly tripled up to about 110,000. Curcio was knocked down to 12,700 while Cousineau hit the rail.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
Players are now on a 10 minute break.
An under the gun player raised to 4,000 and Andreas Hoivold moved all in from the button for 36,000. The under the gun player called and Hoivold said, "I hope you don't have ace-queen."
The under the gun player then showed 
. Hoivold showed 
. "Why did you say that?" asked the UTG.
"Because I always lose to ace-queen," Hoivold responded.
"You gave me momentary hope," UTG said. The board ran out 
and Hoivold doubled to around 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
80,000
28,300
|
28,300 |
|
|
||
|
64,000
-15,700
|
-15,700 |
|
48,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
223,000
81,200
|
81,200 |
|
200,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
185,000
119,200
|
119,200 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
||
|
|
135,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
125,000
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
30,400
|
30,400 |
|
||
|
105,000
11,900
|
11,900 |
|
95,000
30,800
|
30,800 |
|
||
|
95,000
62,900
|
62,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
85,000
13,200
|
13,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
80,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
||
|
80,000
58,800
|
58,800 |
|
72,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000
13,900
|
13,900 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
-23,300
|
-23,300 |
|
|
||
|
54,000
23,200
|
23,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
54,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
50,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
-62,500
|
-62,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000
-39,200
|
-39,200 |
|
|
||
