Jonathan Pastore opened to 25,000 in early position before Michael Nia three-bet to 57,000 on his left. Adam Weinraub made the call on the button and action folded back around to Pastore.
After a moment, Pastore moved all in. Nia let it go while Weinraub made the call.
Jonathan Pastore: K♣K♦
Adam Weinraub: 8♠8♦
Pastore was able to dodge Weinraub's outs on the 7♦6♥A♦5♦5♠ runout to take down the pot. After folding kings earlier, Pastore doubled his stack through Weinraub.
Faraz Jaka raised to 27,000 with A♥10♥ in the cutoff and made the call after Michael Nia three-bet to 95,000 with Q♣Q♥ on the button.
Jaka checked the 8♣2♥4♥ flop, with Nia firing 125,000. That produced a call from Jaka and the 10♦ turn was flipped over. Another check from Jaka saw Nia slide out a bet of 250,000.
After taking some time, Jaka counted out the call and the 2♠ river completed the board. Both players checked it down, with Nia's pair of queens holding to claim the pot.
Jonathan Pastore opened to 25,000 from early position with K♠K♣ and Frank Brannan three-bet in the cutoff to 75,000 holding A♠A♣. Pastore then four-bet to 125,000 and Brannan called.
Pastore led out for 35,000 on the A♦3♠10♥ flop and Brannan made the call. The 10♠ turn saw Pastore take some time before checking to Brannan, who checked back.
The dealer revealed the 6♦ river and Pastore checked again. Brannan moved all in, putting the decision back on his opponent. Pastore took some more time and opted to lay it down, as Brennan raked in a sizeable pot.
After nearly two months of exciting poker action at the 2025 LA Poker Classic, the day has finally arrived. The final table is set in the $10,000 LAPC Main Event, with $372,280 up top under the lights of the feature table. Play will get underway at 2:00 p.m. local time in the stream theater at The Commerce Casino & Hotel.
The remaining nine contenders have navigated their way through a field of 145 entries over three days of play, and everyone is looking up at Faraz Jaka leading the way with 2,210,000 chip is his bag. That represents 184 big blinds, or more than 25 percent of the chips in play, leaving just 6,500,000 for the other eight players.
Faraz Jaka
The group chasing Jaka is full of final table experience, starting with Frank Brannan in second spot with 1,242,000 chips. Brannan held the lead for a good portion of Day 3, before Jaka's run through the final few levels of the night. He now sits just ahead of Elvyn Bello, who rounds out the top three with 1,235,000 for 103 big blinds.
Final Table Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Faraz Jaka
United States
2,210,000
184
2
Frank Brannan
United States
1,242,000
104
3
Elvyn Bello
Dominican Republic
1,235,000
103
4
Adam Weinraub
United States
1,005,000
84
5
Michael Nia
United States
992,000
83
6
Anthony Hu
United States
813,000
68
7
Gevork Kasabyan
United States
558,000
47
8
Jonathan Pastore
France
375,000
31
9
Cecile Ticherfatine
France
280,000
23
Adam Weinraub
Just one other player will enter the final day with more than a million chips, as Adam Weinraub bagged one chip over that mark (1,005,000). Weinraub has been at the top of the leaderboard after every day of this event, and will be looking to finally claim the top spot tonight.
Michael Nia finished last night just shy of that million mark, after his rollercoaster day ended with 992,000 chips. That was good for fifth position, just ahead of high-stakes regular Anthony Hu. Always a dangerous opponent in any event, Hu bagged 68 big blinds in his bid for this prestigious title.
Next on the chip list is Gevork Kasabyan, who put a steady run together on Day 3 to collect 558,000 chips. WSOP bracelet winner Jonathan Pastore holds the next position with 375,000, while Cecile Ticherfatine will enter as the short stack carrying 23 big blinds into action.
Cecile Ticherfatine
LAPC Main Event Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$372,280
2
$235,990
3
$138,900
4
$84,320
5
$65,400
6
$54,010
7
$47,200
8
$42,140
9
$37,230
Everyone has earned at least $37,230, with the larger pay jumps still to come until one of the nine players earns the LAPC trophy and $372,280 first-place prize.
The remaining contenders will return to the LAPC poker room to take final table photos and prepare for the livestream, with action getting underway at 2:00 p.m. local time. The clock was paused last night with 65:17 left in Level 18, where blinds will resume at 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante.
The PokerNews team will once again be on the floor for all of the final table action, so be sure to tune in as the LAPC Main Event wraps up here in Los Angeles.
