Main Event Day 1b | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Los Angeles

11-13-2010 23:18 UTC-7

Gutsy, Gutsy Bluff

Chad Holloway

With about 23,000 in the pot and a board reading {J-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {9-Hearts} , both Seat 3 and the cutoff checked to Faraz Jaka on the button. Jaka grabbed his entire stack, roughly 30,000, and pushed it forward. Seat 3 folded relatively quickly but the cutoff seemed to smell something fishy. He grabbed some chips as if he was going to make the call but then suddenly flicked his hand in the muck.

Jaka smiled, looked back at his cards and showed the {10-Clubs} . "Gutsy, gutsy bluff there," one of Jaka's tablemates stated. "That is just sick. Aren't you afraid someone is just gonna insta-call you?"

Jaka is up to 55,000.

Tags: Faraz Jaka

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

11-13-2010 23:01 UTC-7

Negreanu Turns a Set

Chad Holloway

A player in the cutoff raised to 1,800 and Daniel Negreanu called from the button. The blinds folded and it was heads up to the flop which came down {3-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} . Both players checked and the {6-Hearts} hit the turn.

This time the cutoff bet 2,500 and Negreanu made the call. When the {8-Spades} appeared on the river, the cutoff checked and Negreanu thought for a solid two minutes before sliding in a stack of about 33,000. The cutoff only had 12,000 left and called with {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} . Negreanu showed {6-Spades} {6-Diamonds} for a turned set and eliminated his foe. With that, Negreanu is up to 55,000.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

11-13-2010 22:51 UTC-7

Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Sowers	185,000	137,000
Mike Leah	108,000	-2,000
	100,000	25,000
	85,000	59,000
Adam Junglen	82,000	11,000
Tim Begley	46,000	11,000
Mark Seif	38,000	-3,000
Shawn Buchanan	25,000	-3,000

11-13-2010 22:35 UTC-7

Turner Eliminated

donpeters

Jon Turner's day has just come to an end. The last of his chips went into the middle with pocket fives against an opponent's pocket jacks. Turner couldn't find the help he needed and was sent to the rail.

Tags: Jon Turner

11-13-2010 22:34 UTC-7

Kornuth Gone

donpeters

Chance Kornuth was just eliminated after his all-in shove was called by Faraz Jaka. Kornuth held the {Q-Spades} {J-Hearts} against Jaka's two eights. The board ran out {10-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {3-Spades} and Kornuth hit the rail.

Tags: Faraz Jaka Chance Kornuth

11-13-2010 22:31 UTC-7

Chip Check

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Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Binger	150,000	128,000
	133,000
Joe Cada	110,000	-5,000
Mike Leah	110,000	8,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	72,000	37,000
Adam Junglen	71,000	8,000
Derek Lerner	69,000	30,000
Phil Laak	66,000	-31,525
Jean Gaspard	56,000	25,000
Kristy Gazes	54,000	1,000
Frank Kassela	54,000	10,000
Kathy Liebert	52,000	31,000
Allen Kessler	52,000	2,000
Kenny Nguyen	50,000
Andre Akkari	50,000	6,000
	47,000	-8,000
Eric Haber	46,000	-19,000
Faraz Jaka	46,000	10,000
Todd Terry	46,000	-4,000
Marcello Del Grosso	44,000	12,000
	44,000	2,000
Will Failla	44,000	4,000
Mark Seif	41,000	12,000
Nick Binger	41,000	-11,000
Carter Gill	39,000	-21,000

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11-13-2010 22:27 UTC-7

Bing!

donpeters

Michael Binger just boomed his way to about 150,000 in chips with one single pot. Four players were involved and two were eliminated on the hand.

One player was all in preflop and on the flop of {9-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {7-Diamonds} , Binger fired 2,800. The next player raised to 7,900 and then another player moved all in. Binger called all in and then the player who had raised also called.

Binger: {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}
Player 1: {6-Hearts} {5-Hearts}
Player 2: {A-Hearts} {4-Clubs}
Player 3: {8-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}

The turn was the {A-Clubs} and the river the {6-Diamonds} . Binger's flopped nut straight held up, he busted two players and saw his stack swell to 150,000 in chips.

Tags: Michael Binger

11-13-2010 22:23 UTC-7

Akkari All In

Chad Holloway

There was about 33,000 in the pot and a board reading {9-Hearts} {K-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} when we caught the action. Andre Akkari was in the small blind and moved all in for 15,700 and his sole opponent in the hijack position was debating a call. After about 90 seconds, the hijack let the hand go and Akkari took down the sizeable pot, bringing his stack up to about 50,000.

Tags: Andre Akkari

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100