Give Me a Break, Give Me a Break
Players are now on their last break of the day. When they return, one more level will be played and the remaining players will return tomorrow to play down to a final table.
2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Los Angeles
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Los Angeles
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$3,229,857
Entries
701
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Affleck Doubles Through Raskin
Micah Raskin raised to 40,000 from middle position before action moved over to Matt Affleck on the button. Affleck flatted and everyone else folded. The flop came down 
and Raskin fired out 50,000. Affleck raised to 150,000. Raskin checked back at his hole cards and then fired all in. Affleck looked back at his cards and then called, putting himself at risk for his last 546,000 total.
Affleck: 
Raskin: 
Affleck's jacks were in the lead against the pair of threes that Raskin held. The turn brought the 
and kept Affleck in front. The river completed the board with the 
and Affleck gave a nice little fist pump as he earned the double up to about 1.2 million in chips. Raskin slipped down to 1.6 million.
23
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The cards are back in the air, and the final 23 are laid out thusly:
Table 1
Seat 1: Anthony Nardi
Seat 2: Thomas Young
Seat 3: Al Grimes
Seat 4: Mike Leah
Seat 5: Michael Binger
Seat 6: Christopher Demaci
Seat 7: Joseph Melancon
Seat 8: James Casement
Table 2
Seat 1: Ray Henson
Seat 2: Jacob Toole
Seat 3: Carl Beliveau
Seat 4: Alan Myerson
Seat 5: Jason Mercier
Seat 6: Aaron Lerner
Seat 7: Jimmie Guinther
Seat 8: George Lind III
Table 8
Seat 1: --empty--
Seat 2: Micah Raskin
Seat 3: Carlos Watanabe
Seat 4: Matt Affleck
Seat 5: Mark De Faria
Seat 6: Joe Tehan
Seat 7: Jonathan Gagnon-Villeneuve
Seat 8: Anh Van Nguyen
Redraw Time
The remaining players are now redrawing seats for the final three tables. Tournament staff have announced that we will finish this level, play one more, and then call it an early night.
Verkaik Downed
Nicholas Verkaik had doubled Al Grimes a few hands earlier and may have been tilting when he moved all in with 
and was called by the 
of Grimes. The board ran out 
and Verkaik was bounced from the tournament.
Mercier Takes Katz to the Pound
Joe Tehan raised to 34,000 preflop, Jason Mercier flatted, and Cary Katz moved all in for 218,000. Tehan folded and Mercier made the call.
Katz: 
Mercier: 
It was another race situation and this time Mercier was ahead. The 
flop changed nothing and neither did the 
river. Katz needed to hit the last card to stay alive. The dealer burned and the river was the 
. Mercier's pocket fives held and Katz was eliminated from the NAPT Los Angeles.
DeMaci Continues to Roll
On a flop of 
, the big blind checked and Christopher DeMaci bet 68,000. Ray Henson then raised to 153,000 and the big blind folded. Action was back on DeMaci and he refused to back down, making it another 104,000 to go. Henson tanked for a few mintues before folding. He is down to 570,000 while DeMaci is up to 3.25 million.
Gagnon-Villeneuve Raises, Lind Reraises
Team PokerStars Online member George Lind fired 50,000 on the flop of 
. Jonathan Gagnon-Villeneuve raised him to 135,000. Lind wasn't having any of that and reraised to 265,000. Gagnon-Villeneuve thought for a minute and then folded.
Gagnon-Villeneuve dropped to 1.23 million while Lind moved up to 875,000.
DeMaci Keeps Building
After the flop came down 
, Jimmie Guinther fired 82,000. Chris DeMaci was next to act and called. Ray Henson folded.
The turn added the 
to the board and Guinther checked. DeMaci fired 114,000 and Guinther folded. DeMaci's got about 1.5 million now.
Mercier Takes a Few Chips Before Taking Them All from Ader
On the flop of 
, Mark Ader checked to Jason Mercier. Mercier fired 38,000 and Ader made the call. The turn brought the 
and both players checked to see the 
pair the board on the river. Ader fired out 49,000. Mercier raised to 138,000 and Ader folded.
A few hands later, Mercier and Ader got all of the money in preflop. Mercier held two fours against Ader's 
. The fours held for Mercier and he moved his chip stack to about 1.4 million while busting Ader from the tournament.