2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Los Angeles

Main Event
Day: 5
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

Nguyen Doubles with Heart

Nguyen all smiles after finding his double
Nguyen all smiles after finding his double

Ray Henson raised to 205,000. Anh Van Nguyen moved all in from the big blind, declaring, "All the marbles!" He moved all in for 765,000 and Henson called.

Henson: {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Nguyen: {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Henson picked up a pair of kings to take the lead. Nguyen wasn't too far out the door as he did hold the only heart in his hand.

The turn brought the {7-Clubs} and didn't help Nguyen. He would need a heart or a four on the river in order to double up and stay alive.

The dealer delivered all the heart Nguyen needed when the baby {2-Hearts} smacked on the river. Henson lost the pot and about half of his stack to Nguyen, who now has over 1.5 million in chips.

Tags: Anh Van NguyenRay Henson

Henson Dominated but Doubles

Henson doing a little sweating as the flop comes out
Henson doing a little sweating as the flop comes out

Action folded to Ray Henson in the small blind and he moved all in for 750,000. Chris DeMaci was in the big blind and snap-called.

Henson: {J-Spades}{9-Clubs}
DeMaci: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}

Henson was in bad shape and needed help. He got just that when the flop fell {2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, giving him a pair of nines. The {J-Diamonds} on the turn gave DeMaci a pair of jacks but Henson had hit two pair. He needed to dodge an ace on the river to double, which is what he did as the {6-Spades} hit. Henson is up to 1.5 million while DeMaci dropped to 5.85 million

Tags: Chris DeMaciRay Henson

Aggression from the Big Stack

Joe Tehan owns the left side of the table
Joe Tehan owns the left side of the table

Chris DeMaci completed from the small blind and Joe Tehan checked in the big blind. The flop came down {4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts} and DeMaci checked. Tehan fired 100,000 and DeMaci called.

The turn brought the {7-Spades} and DeMaci checked again. Tehan fired 275,000 and DeMaci folded.

Tags: Chris DeMaciJoe Tehan

Big Stacks Collide

Ray Henson was under the gun and raised to 205,000. Chris DeMaci, who was next to act in the cutoff, then reraised to 500,000. Action was then on Joe Tehan on the button and he made it 1,050,000 to go. Both the blinds folded, as did Henson, and action was back on DeMaci. He announced that he was all in for 5.25 million and put the pressure back on Tehan, who thought about it for a minute before releasing. With that, Tehan dropped a million while DeMaci added over 1.3 million to his stack.

Tags: Ray HensonChris DeMaciJoe Tehan

Big Stacks Battle Again

Joe Tehan
Joe Tehan

Chris DeMaci raised to 165,000. Joe Tehan wanted to get involved and reraised to 430,000 from the button. Action folded back through the blinds to DeMaci. He looked back at his hand, placed a chip on top of his cards and then riffled some chips before making the call.

The flop came down {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{2-Spades} with 1.03 million already in the middle. DeMaci checked the flop and Tehan bet 435,000. DeMaci folded and Tehan won the pot.

Tags: Chris DeMaciJoe Tehan

DeMaci's Straight

Chris DeMaci completed from the small blind and Joe Tehan raised to 225,000 from the big blind. DeMaci called and the two saw the flop come {J-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}. Both checked to see the {3-Spades} fall on the turn. Both checked again and the {7-Hearts} hit the river. DeMaci checked and Tehan checked. DeMaci tabled the {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a straight and won the pot.

Tags: Joe TehanChris DeMaci