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

Sheets Owned

Eric Haber and the aforementioned puzzled look
Eric Haber and the aforementioned puzzled look

A player under the gun opened with a mini-raise to 4,000, and the action came around to Eric "sheets" Haber in late position. Not seeing the first raise, he tried to make it 5,200, correcting himself with an emphatic "I call!" as he took back some change. Not to be outdone, the button squeezed in a raise to 12,000 straight, enough to fold the initial raiser. "I got myself into somethin' here," Haber said in a fine case of foreshadowing. "All right. Let's flop something good," he said as he splashed in the call.

The flop came down {8-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}, and the action went check-check, Haber with a puzzled look on his face. The {3-Diamonds} turn drew another puzzled look from Haber, but this time he led out with a bet of 15,000. His opponent promptly moved all in for 23,700, and Haber quickly called. He had indeed flopped something good with {K-Hearts} {8-Hearts}, but he was already drawing dead as his opponent showed up the significantly better {K-Spades} {K-Clubs}.

The {10-Clubs} river sealed the double up, taking a little sliver from Haber's stack. He's down to a still-healthy 215,000 now.

Tags: Eric Haber

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Nick Grippo us
Nick Grippo
615,000
-7,000
-7,000
David Sesso
David Sesso
285,000
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
218,000
123,000
123,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eric Haber us
Eric Haber
215,000
78,000
78,000
Romulus Segal
Romulus Segal
205,000
Adam Junglen us
Adam Junglen
190,000
116,800
116,800
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
175,000
140,500
140,500
WSOP 2X Winner
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
170,000
65,000
65,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
170,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
165,000
45,000
45,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
160,000
50,600
50,600
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
155,000
40,000
40,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
148,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
145,000
135,000
45,000
45,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
110,000
50,000
50,000
David Sands us
David Sands
101,000
74,300
74,300
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
100,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Phan us
John Phan
100,000
-1,400
-1,400
95,000
-115,200
-115,200
Greg DeBora ca
Greg DeBora
92,000
92,000
92,000
PokerStars
90,000
85,000
Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
80,000
-54,000
-54,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
73,000
-7,000
-7,000

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Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

Pilgrim Crippled

Justin "Boosted J" Smith limped from middle position and Dwyte Pilgrim called from the small blind. The big blind checked his option and three players saw the flop come {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. All three players checked and the {5-Spades} hit the turn.

Pilgrim checked, the big blind bet 4,500, Smith called, Pilgrim check-raised to 13,000, the big blind flatted, and Smith got out of the way. Pilgrim then bet 22,000 when the {A-Hearts} appeared on the river. The big blind called and showed {5-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a rivered flush, which was better than Pilgrim's {J-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Pilgrim was knocked down to just 20,000 after the hand.

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimJustin Smith

Affleck vs Laak

There was about 16,000 in the pot and a flop of {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} when we reached the table. Matt Affleck was in the hijack position and had bet 7,200 only to be raised to 21,700 by Phil "The Unabomber" Laak on the button.

Affleck made the call and both players proceeded to check the {4-Clubs} turn. When the {Q-Diamonds} hit the river, both players took a long time before checking. Affleck revealed {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Laak simply mucked. Affleck is up to 190,000 while Laak dropped to 90,000.

Tags: Matt AffleckPhil Laak

Lerner Brews, Coffee Strengthening

There was about 40,000 in the pot when we walked up to a board of {7-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}. Clint Coffee and Derek Lerner were heads up, and they both checked to see the {9-Diamonds} on the river. There was just over 39,000 in the pot already, and Coffee led out with a bet of 26,000.

Lerner took pause for a long while, and he seemed to hate the fold he was about to make. He did eventually release his cards though, and that pot moves Coffee up to the quarter-million chip mark. He's got 251,000 by our count.

Tags: Derek LernerClint Coffee