After a min-raise and call preflop, the flop came down and Luc Lafontaine checked to Toby Lewis, who bet 7,500. Lafontaine the check-raised to 18,000, Lewis moved all in for 65,700 total and Lafontaine tank-called.
Lewis:
Lafontaine:
Lewis was far ahead and stayed there as the hit the turn. He managed to improve to a full house when the appeared on the turn. Just like that, Lewis took a commanding 131,400 to 18,600 chip lead.
Right after, Lafontaine was all in with against the of Lewis. While Lewis was dominated preflop, the flop vaulted him to the lead. The turn kept him there as did the river. After a lengthy heads-up match, Lewis defeated Lafontaine to take down Table 12.
Darren Kennedy raised the button, and Michael Binger defended his big blind with a call.
The flop came , and both players checked through to the turn. Binger decided a bet was in order now, and he made it 6,500 to play. Kennedy called.
The river didn't look particularly scary, and Binger continued right out with another bet, 16,500. Kennedy didn't waste much time calling, and Binger confidently tabled . It was no good. Kennedy turned up to outkick him, and a frustrated Binger needed a quick pep talk from brother Nick on the rail.
Binger is now down to about 52,000, giving the other 98,000 to Kennedy in this back-and-forth battle.
With a board reading , Luc Lafontaine was all in for around 45,000 with and ahead of the of Toby Lewis. The changed nothing and in order for Lewis to win, he needed a five on the river. Instead, it was the and Lafontaine doubled to 90,000 while Lewis dropped to 60,000.
It was the friendliest, most talkative match of the day, but it's over now. Randal Flowers limped in from the button, and Chris Klodnicki knocked the table for a free flop.
It came , and Flowers put out a bet of 3,700. He started talking, throwing out a bunch of scenarios for Klodnicki to consider. "The last time I did this, I had the ace," he said at one point. Klodnicki was undeterred, though, and he check-raised to 10,000. Flowers called.
That brought them to the turn, and Kodnicki fired another 16,000 at the pot. Flowers called quickly once again, and the scary filled out the board. Klodnicki took just a moment to consider before flicking his bounty button into the pot for a symbolic all in. Flowers was baffled. He stood up from his chair and paced around for a moment as he tried to extract some information from his opponent. "You're repping, like, not that many hands right now," he said. "You go all in on the river... I guess you have the king of diamonds." After another minute or two, Flowers resigned himself to the call, tossing his own button into the pot.
Klodnicki tabled for the nuts on the turn, and Flowers quietly mucked, left with just about 5,000 chips.
He put that remainder into the next pot dark, and Klodnicki happened to find in the hole. Flowers was actually not in the worst shape as he tabled . "An ace!" he shouted, thrilled to have an overcard.
The dealer ran a flop of , and that added one more out for Flowers as the case queen would give him the best hand. The turn looked like it for a moment, but it was a near miss. The river was a total blank, the , and Klodnicki has topped Flowers to advance to the second round.
Humberto Brenes was all in with and racing against the of Andrew Seidman. Brenes was quite vocal as the flop came down , which didn't help him one bit. The changed nothing and Brenes needed a ten or ace on the river to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, it was the . Seidman won Table 25 and advanced to Round 2 while Brenes was eliminated.
Chris Klodnicki had 38,000 chips left when he shoved from the button with . Randal Flowers looked down at and made the call, and he was more than confident a suckout was coming.
The flop drew a big reaction from both players, and Flowers was still supremely certain. When the landed on the turn, he made a comment about how bad the river was going to sting now. "A real dagger," he said. But the dealer would not oblige him. The river means Klodnicki will double up to 76,000 and take a 2,000-chip lead over Flowers.
We're not sure how it happened, but after a lengthy heads-up match, Amichai Tzvi Barer defeated Al Grimes, third-place finisher in the NAPT-Los Angeles Main Event back in November, to advance to Round 2.
Likewise, Daniel Colman knocked out Mohsin Charania to take down Table 30.
and Luc Lafontaine checked to Toby Lewis, who bet 7,500. Lafontaine the check-raised to 18,000, Lewis moved all in for 65,700 total and Lafontaine tank-called.
hit the turn. He managed to improve to a full house when the 
appeared on the turn. Just like that, Lewis took a commanding 131,400 to 18,600 chip lead.
against the 
of Lewis. While Lewis was dominated preflop, the 
flop vaulted him to the lead. The 
turn kept him there as did the 
river. After a lengthy heads-up match, Lewis defeated Lafontaine to take down Table 12.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and both players checked through to the 
turn. Binger decided a bet was in order now, and he made it 6,500 to play. Kennedy called.
. It was no good. Kennedy turned up 
, Luc Lafontaine was all in for around 45,000 with 
and ahead of the 
of Toby Lewis. The 
filled out the board. Klodnicki took just a moment to consider before flicking his bounty button into the pot for a symbolic all in. Flowers was baffled. He stood up from his chair and paced around for a moment as he tried to extract some information from his opponent. "You're repping, like, not that many hands right now," he said. "You go all in on the river... I guess you have the king of diamonds." After another minute or two, Flowers resigned himself to the call, tossing his own button into the pot.
in the hole. Flowers was actually not in the worst shape as he tabled 
looked like it for a moment, but it was a near miss. The river was a total blank, the 
, and Klodnicki has topped Flowers to advance to the second round.
