2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Los Angeles

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Los Angeles

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$725,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$3,229,857
Entries
701
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Cada-tonic

We saw Joe Cada walking out the door about a minute before the break, but we weren't sure if he busted or was just beating the rush to the men's room. Now we know.

Cada three-bet shoved his ace-king into an opponent's pocket jacks, and he took a big lead after the {K-} {10-} {X-} flop. The turn {Q-} and river {A-} made Broadway for the jacks, however, sending Cada out into the streets of Bell Gardens.

Tags: Joe Cada

Unabombed

Phil "The Unabomber" Laak recently put in a raise from late position only to have the button move all in for about 14,000 total. Action folded back to Laak and he reluctantly made the call.

Laak: {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Button: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

Laak was in bade shape and couldn't catch as the board ran out {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts}. However, it was just a small hit to his stack and he is still healthy with 134,000.

Tags: Phil Laak

Double or Nothing For Aguiar

Jonathan Aguiar either flashing gang signs or telling us how many NAPT cashes he'll have after today
Jonathan Aguiar either flashing gang signs or telling us how many NAPT cashes he'll have after today

A player under the gun opened to 3,500, and the action passed around to Jon Aguiar in the small blind. He looked down at {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} and moved all in for 23,900 total. When it came back to the raiser, he eventually made the call, then winced as he saw that his {6-Spades} {6-Hearts} was in a bad way.

The board ran out safe for the overpair, coming {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} to earn Aguiar the double up. He's right at 51,000 now.

Tags: Jon Aguiar

Marchese Gives It Up

Action folded to Tom Marchese in the cutoff and he raised to 3,500. Only the big blind called to the {2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} flop. After a check, Marchese bet 3,000 and once again the big blind called.

Both players then checked the {10-Hearts} turn and the {3-Diamonds} hit the river. This time the big blind bet 7,000 and Marchese insta-mucked, leaving himself with around 90,000.

Tags: Tom Marchese

Various Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
223,000
81,200
81,200
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
200,000
-25,000
-25,000
Anh Van Nguyen ca
Anh Van Nguyen
185,000
119,200
119,200
PokerStars
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
140,000
68,500
68,500
WSOP 2X Winner
135,000
-1,000
-1,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
125,000
49,500
49,500
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
110,000
30,400
30,400
WSOP 3X Winner
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
105,000
11,900
11,900
Will Failla us
Will Failla
95,000
30,800
30,800
WPT 1X Winner
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
95,000
62,900
62,900
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000
-44,000
-44,000
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
85,000
13,200
13,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
80,000
-32,000
-32,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
80,000
58,800
58,800
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
72,000
-18,000
-18,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
60,000
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
60,000
13,900
13,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
58,000
-23,300
-23,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Mark Seif us
Mark Seif
54,000
23,200
23,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
54,000
-3,500
-3,500
PokerStars
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
51,000
9,700
9,700
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
50,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
40,000
-17,600
-17,600
WPT 1X Winner
Andreas Hoivold no
Andreas Hoivold
33,000
-62,500
-62,500
EPT 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
31,000
-39,200
-39,200

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Double for Hoivold

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 {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. Hoivold showed {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}. "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 {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Hoivold doubled to around 75,000.

Tags: Andrea Hoivold

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Biscuits for Bardah

Ronnie Bardah (Day 1a)
Ronnie Bardah (Day 1a)

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: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Curcio: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Bardah: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}

The flop came down {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts} 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 {8-Clubs} and the river the {3-Spades}. 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.

Tags: Ronnie BardahTony CousineauJoseph Curcio