Seat 4 was under the gun and raised to 1,600. Antonio Esfandiari then limped from middle position as did the hijack, cutoff and small blind. Five players saw a flop of and action checked to the hijack, who bet 3,600.
Esfandiari was the only player to make the call and the appeared on the turn. Both players checked to see the on the river at which point Esfandiari bet 6,100. The hijack gave it a moment's thought before relinquishing the hand. With that win, Esfandiari is up to around the 100,000 mark.
We didn't catch the hand but 2007 World Series of Poker-Europe Main Event winner Annette Obrestad has been eliminated from the tournament. Obrestad had been mixing it up all day but could never seem to amass chips. Eventually it caught up with her and she has been sent packing.
Alex Kamberis shoved his remaining stack in on the river with a board reading . Kamberis held but little did he know his opponent held pocket fours. After a call, Kamberis was sent to the rail.
An under the gun player opened for 1,000 and Annette Obrestad, who was next to act, called. The button and small blind, which just so happened to be John "The Razor" Phan, both came along to a flop of .
Phan was first to act and he led out with a bet of 1,550. The initial raise folded and action was on Obrestad. She gathered some chips and promptly raised to 4,200. The button got out of the way and action was back on Phan. He certainly had the chip advantage but decided to play it safe and folded. With that, Obrestad is up to 25,000.
We missed the hand that sealed her fate, but Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree has just been put out of her tournament misery after a steady five-level slide took all 30,000 of her chips. Her (former) table tells us that she lost a flip with pocket jacks against ace-king. It's not much for details, but it does give us a good excuse to get her picture up here.
The letter of the day is "A", and your lucky numbers are 9 and 330.
A total of 330 runners turned up for this Day 1a of the NAPT Los Angeles. The ballroom at The Bike is about two-thirds full, giving us space to cram another flight's worth of players in here tomorrow. The staff is optimistic that we'll crush the 700-player mark by the time it's all said and done.
The schedule for Day 1a and Day 1b is 9 levels with no dinner break, which, by our gorilla math, means we'll be out of here right around 11:15 pm.
The player in Seat 1 opened the pot for a raise and Shaun Deeb called with . The flop came down and Seat 1 continuation bet 1,200, which Deeb called. The turn was the and Seat 1 bet 2,500. Again Deeb called and watched the hit the river. Seat 1 fired out 6,000 and Deeb moved all in for 24,000 with his rivered trips. Seat 1 quickly called and flipped over . Just like that, Deeb was eliminated from the tournament.
A player in the cutoff seat opened with a mini-raise to 600, and the last three players left to act all called, including Adam Levy from the small blind.
The flop came out , and the table checked to the raiser. He continued out with 2,000, the button folded, and Levy check-raised to 5,800. That folded the big blind, but the bettor called to see the turn.
It was the , and the action check-checked to the river. Levy led out with another 8,000 chips, and his opponent thought for just a moment before calling. "I have a nine," Levy announced.
"Flush!" exclaimed his opponent, rolling over the to take the pot and leave Levy shaking his head. He's slipped back to about 25,500 now.
and action checked to the hijack, who bet 3,600.
appeared on the turn. Both players checked to see the 
on the river at which point Esfandiari bet 6,100. The hijack gave it a moment's thought before relinquishing the hand. With that win, Esfandiari is up to around the 100,000 mark.
. Kamberis held 
.
. The flop came down 
and Seat 1 continuation bet 1,200, which Deeb called. The turn was the 
hit the river. Seat 1 fired out 6,000 and Deeb moved all in for 24,000 with his rivered trips. Seat 1 quickly called and flipped over 
. Just like that, Deeb was eliminated from the tournament.
, and the table checked to the raiser. He continued out with 2,000, the button folded, and Levy check-raised to 5,800. That folded the big blind, but the bettor called to see the turn.
, and the action check-checked to the 
to take the pot and leave Levy shaking his head. He's slipped back to about 25,500 now.
