We picked up the action on fourth street as the board showed . There was about 7,000 in the pot, and both Frank Kassela and his opponent checked to see the last card.
It was the , and it drew a leading bet of 6,500 from Kassela. His opponent tanked for a good long while with a look of complete confusion on his face. Finally, he called.
Kassela rolled over (a pair of fours), and his opponent studied the scenario for a moment before sliding his cards into the muck. We're not sure what he had, but we know that Frank Kassela has 54,000 now courtesy of that little pot to end the level.
Seat 5 was in middle position and raised to 1,400. Brett Richey called from the hijack and the cutoff called as well. Phil "The Unabomber" Laak was in the small blind and opted to put in a raise to 7,050. Everyone folded to the cutoff who made the call.
The flop came down and Laak immediately bet 5,000. The cutoff tanked for about 90 seconds before making the call. When the hit the turn, Laak bet 8,000 and the cutoff moved all in for right around 20,000 total. Laak snap-called and turned over . The cutoff sheepishly revealed . The on the river changed nothing Laak took down the pot, bringing his stack close to 100,000!
Danny Suied raised to 1,400 from the cutoff seat and Brett Richey called from the button. The flop came down and Suied fired 2,500. Richey called. The river completed the board with the and Suied checked. Richey fired 3,600 and Suied folded, giving Richey the pot and moving him to 42,000 in chips.
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The final 104 players will all get a payday of some sort, though, and the bottom level is worth $7,500. Going up from the, the top 41 will all earn five figures at $11,000 apiece, and the big money hits at the final table. Eighth place is guaranteed $60,000, and each of the top six will score six figures. The full list of the prizes can be found in the "Payouts" tab up there.
Action was checked by one player to November Niner Jason Senti on the flop of . Senti fired 1,500 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the and the first player checked. Senti fired 3,200 this time and was called again.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Senti only showed the after his opponent tabled the for a flush. Senti lost the pot and dropped to about 30,000.
An unknown player opened with a raise to 1,600, and Team PokerStars Pro David Williams pushed his last ~8,000 into the middle. He had ace-king, and he was in good shape to double when his opponent called with ace-queen.
The flop looked like money in the bank as it came king-high, but there was a pesky queen there on the flop too. Sure enough, the bank would soon burn down as another queen on the turn gave Williams' opponent the unlikely trips and the knockout. Williams' elimination sent him over to the cage to pony up his buy-in for Tuesday's $5,000 Bounty Shootout.
On a flop of , Jason Senti called an opponent's all in for around 5,000 with . He was clearly surprised when the all-in player turned up . "Wow," Senti said when he saw the bad news. The on the turn left Senti drawing dead and the was put out on the river.
"Nice hand, sir," Senti said. "You win that one." Senti is down to 25,000.
Back in April, Vanessa Selbst took down the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event. Do you know he she defeat in heads-up action? It was none other than Mike Beasley who earned $428,000 for his second-place finish.
Beasley was back in action today looking to capture his first NAPT title; unfortunately for him, he was just eliminated from the tournament.
. There was about 7,000 in the pot, and both Frank Kassela and his opponent checked to see the last card.
(a pair of fours), and his opponent studied the scenario for a moment before sliding his cards into the muck. We're not sure what he had, but we know that Frank Kassela has 54,000 now courtesy of that little pot to end the level.
. The cutoff sheepishly revealed 
. The 
on the river changed nothing Laak took down the pot, bringing his stack close to 100,000!
and Suied fired 2,500. Richey called. The river completed the board with the 
and Suied checked. Richey fired 3,600 and Suied folded, giving Richey the pot and moving him to 42,000 in chips.
and both players checked. Senti only showed the 
after his opponent tabled the 
for a flush. Senti lost the pot and dropped to about 30,000.
. He was clearly surprised when the all-in player turned up 
on the turn left Senti drawing dead and the 
was put out on the river.