We saw Gavin Griffin rise from his seat and quickly made our way over. It looked as though Griffin was all in with 
against the 
of Steven Karp. With a board reading 
, Griffin's nines lost the race and he was eliminated from the NAPT Los Angeles Main Event. Karp is up to 275,000.
Carter Gill was all in preflop with the 
. He was up against the 
for Tom Lee and dominated. The board ran out 
and Gill hit the rail.
Matt Affleck raised to 18,000 and Joseph Melancon made the call to see the flop come down 
. Both players checked and the 
paired the board on the turn. Affleck fired 25,000 and Melancon called.
The river completed the board with the and Affleck bet 43,000. Melancon folded and another pot was pushed Affleck's way.
Sebastian Saffari was all in preflop with the 
against the 
for Mark De Faria. The board ran through 
and Saffari was eliminated.
Matt Affleck raised to 18,000 from under the gun and then action moved around to Larry Lipman on the button. He made the call. Joe Tehan was in the small blind and reraised all in for 233,000. The big blind and Affleck folded before Lipman tanked for a couple minutes. He wound up making the call and tabled the . His eights were behind the 
for Tehan.
The flop came down 
and Tehan nailed a set of queens to get a stranglehold on this double up. The turn was the 
and the river the . Lipman also made a set, but it was no good. Tehan doubled and now has about 500,000. Lipman was left with 190,000.
Eric Haber raised to 22,000 only to have Peter DeBest move all in for 80,000. Cary Katz then moved all in himself for around 125,000 and Haber made the call.
Haber:
Katz:
DeBest: 
Haber and DeBest were in bad shape, especially after the flop fell 
. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Katz's aces held up to bring him up to 360,000. Meanwhile, DeBest was eliminated from the tournament and Haber dropped to just 40,000.
Mark De Faria raised on the button only to have Wayne Lewis move all in for 78,000 more from the big blind. De Faria made the call with and found himself in a dominating position against the 
of Lewis.
The 
flop changed nothing and Lewis needed to catch an eight or running straight cards to stay alive. The turn did not help and neither did the river. Lewis was eliminated from the tournament while De Faria is up to 380,000.
From the cutoff seat, Bryn Kenney raised to 19,000. Cary Katz called from the big blind and the two saw the flop come down . Katz checked and Kenney checked.
The turn card was the 
and Katz checked again to Kenney. He checked behind.
The river completed the board with the 
. Katz fired 16,000 and Kenney quickly raised to 59,000. Katz called right away and showed the 
for a flush. Kenney held the for a broadway straight, but Katz's flush won the pot.
On the flop of 
, Mark Ader checked to Jason Mercier. Sporting the Team PokerStars Pro USA badge, Mercier fired 19,000. Ader made the call.
The turn added the to the board and both players checked to see the hit the river. Ader checked and Mercier cut out 64,000. Ader tank-called and watched Mercier flip up the for two pair. Ader mucked and Mercier won the pot to improve to 485,000 in chips.
Eric Haber was all in for the last of his chips on the flop of 
. Garrett Thompson was his opponent. Thompson held the and Haber the 
.
The turn and river finished the board with the and . Thompson made a flush and sent Haber out the door.
