On the flop of , Tim Phan and Adam Levy checked to Wesley Pantling. He fired 1,700 and then Phan made the call. Levy thought for a minute before raised to 5,000 even. Pantling folded, but Phan came along.
The turn was the and Phan tapped the table. Levy checked behind to see the fall on the river. Phan checked and so did Levy. Phan then showed just the , not turning over his other card. Levy didn't show anything and waited to see Phan's also exposed for just ace high. Levy then turned over the for a worse flush draw, but a rivered pair of deuces. Those lowly deuces were good enough to win the pot and add the chips to Levy's stack.
With about 1,500 in the pot and a board reading , the player in the small blind led out for a bet of 1,200 and John "The Razor" Phan raised to 3,200 from the cutoff. The small blind would not be deterred and reraised to 7,200. Phan thought about it for about a minute and then made the call.
The fell on the turn and the small blind bet 8,000, which Phan called. When the appeared on the turn, the small blind looked as if he was going to bet but instead decided to check. Phan asked for a count on his opponent's stack before checking himself.
"I think you got it," said the small blind. "I have king high." Phan waited to see his opponent's before turning over his for a pair of nines. Phan took down the large pot and increased his stack to around 54,000.
After the under-the-gun player limped, John Monnette made the call from the next spot. Action the folded over to Ronnie Bardah in the cutoff seat and he made the call. Chris DeMaci was next on the button and he tossed in 150 as well before the small blind completed and the big blind checked.
That brought the six players to a flop of . Action was checked by the first four players to Bardah and he fired 500. Only DeMaci made the call setting up another battle between these two players. Earlier, Bardah barreled into DeMaci with a flush draw, but couldn't get there.
The turn brought the and Bardah stayed on the gas again. He fired a bet of 1,300 and that gave DeMaci something to think about. He thought for a few moments and then tossed his hand in, letting Bardah take this one on the turn.
We've spotted another tough table in the room involving two members of Team PokerStars Pro. Team Pro USA member is joined by Team Pro Hungary member Richard Toth at a table also holding Ryan D'Angelo, Cary Katz and Alec Torelli. This should be a fun one to watch as well.
With about 4,400 in the pot and a board reading , Annette Obrestad bet 4,000 and received a call from her sole opponent in the cutoff. Obrestad showed and the cutoff muttered, "It's good."
Obrestad hasn't been afraid to mix it up here in the early levels. She now sits with right around 31,000.
The North American Poker Tour Los Angeles marks the fourth stop on Season 1. The first three events were the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure, NAPT Venetian and NAPT Mohegan Sun. Only one player has managed to reach the money in all three events. That player is Jonathan Aguiar and he's out there in the field today trying to make it four for four if he can reach the money in this event.
Aguiar's finishes are as follows:
PCA: 42nd for $52,000
NAPT Venetian: 22nd for $20,089
NAPT Mohegan Sun: 8th for $60,244
That puts Aguiar's grand total at $132,333 for NAPT Main Events. He's the only player to have accomplished cashing in all three main events and that's quite the feat given the quality of play and field sizes in these things.
From early position, Lauren Kling raised to 400. Alex Keating was on the button and action folded around to him. Keating reraisd to 1,300. The player in the small blind and thought for a little bit before making the call. After Chris Klodnicki folded out of the big blind, Kling reached for some more chips. She put in a four-bet to 4,600. That knocked both of her opponents out of the way and she picked up the pot with some preflop aggression.
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, Tim Phan and Adam Levy checked to Wesley Pantling. He fired 1,700 and then Phan made the call. Levy thought for a minute before raised to 5,000 even. Pantling folded, but Phan came along.
and Phan tapped the table. Levy checked behind to see the 
fall on the river. Phan checked and so did Levy. Phan then showed just the 
, not turning over his other card. Levy didn't show anything and waited to see Phan's 
also exposed for just ace high. Levy then turned over the 
for a worse flush draw, but a rivered pair of deuces. Those lowly deuces were good enough to win the pot and add the chips to Levy's stack.
fell on the turn and the small blind bet 8,000, which Phan called. When the 
appeared on the turn, the small blind looked as if he was going to bet but instead decided to check. Phan asked for a count on his opponent's stack before checking himself.
before turning over his 
for a pair of nines. Phan took down the large pot and increased his stack to around 54,000.
and Bardah stayed on the gas again. He fired a bet of 1,300 and that gave DeMaci something to think about. He thought for a few moments and then tossed his hand in, letting Bardah take this one on the turn.
and the cutoff muttered, "It's good."
