Joseph Cheong has been playing with a short stack for quite some time so it was no surprise he put in a raise to 1,025 when action folded to him on the button. Eric Froehlich was in the small blind and decided to come along for the ride.
The flop came down 
and it went check-check. When the 
appeared on the turn, Froehlich led out for 1,225 and Cheong quickly folded. Froehlich is back up to 42,000 while Cheong dropped to just 10,000.
Lauren Kling got her last 10,000 all in preflop with 
and was called by an opponent holding 
. Kling was off to the races for her tournament life as the board ran out 
. Kling's pocket eights held up and she doubled to roughly 21,000.
With about 11,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, John "The Razor" Phan checked to his sole opponent. The player on the button bet 13,000 of his 14,675 stack and Phan raised the additional 1,675.
The button called and showed 
which was far ahead of Phan's 
. The river was the 
and Phan took a small hit to his massive stack. He is still sitting with 140,000.
After a player in middle position raised to 700 and James Van Alstyne called, Josh Brikis attacked with a three-bet from the small blind to 2,500. Both the original raiser and Van Alstyne made the call.
The flop came down 
and Brikis fired 4,100. The first player called and then Van Alstyne mucked.
The turn brought the 
and Brikis checked. His opponent immediately shoved all in and Brikis snap-mucked. Brikis is back down to 15,000 in chips now.
2004 WSOP Main Event winner and PokerStars Team Pro (USA) member Greg Raymer was spotted signing his signature fossil and handing it over to the player in Seat 5. This can only mean one thing: Raymer has been eliminated from the NAPT Los Angeles.
Apparently Raymer dropped down to just 10,000 and moved all in with a small pocket pair against the of Seat 5. It was a coin flip that didn't end in Raymer's favor.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Day 1a is scheduled to play through Level 9 with no dinner break in between. Instead, the Bike has a full menu available for the players and are taking orders right at the table. There are plenty of items to choose from at reasonable prices; however, the wait staff, of which there aren't many, have constantly been busy taking orders. This means anyone hoping to get a bite to eat may have to wait a bit.
Nick Phillips clearly isn't happy about the situation as he tweeted: "Sooo tilted. No dinner break and it's been an hour just waiting to put in order. Not so efficient when there's 3 waiters for about 350 ppl"
Nonetheless, we hear the food is delicious and well worth waiting for.
We arrived at the table and saw all of Ryan Welch's chips in the middle on a board of 
. His opponent was tanking for awhile, decided whether or not to call the 18,975 that Welch had put into the middle. After a few minutes, the player folded and Welch won the pot, showing just the 
to the table.
From the hijack seat, Josh Brikis raised to 750. He got two callers, one on the button and one in the big blind. The flop came down 
and action was checked to Brikis. He fired 1,600 and the button called. The big blind folded.
The turn brought the 
and Brikis was up first. He fired 3,500 and his opponent folded. Brikis moved up to 23,000 in chips.
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