$10,000 LAPC Main Event Day 2 | 2025 LA Poker Classic

02-24-2025 21:50 UTC-8

Bello Doubles Up

Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Travis Egbert checked the 9♣4♥9♥ flop in middle position before Elvyn Bello fired 18,000 from the cutoff. After taking some time, Egbert announced all in and was snap-called by Bello.

Elvyn Bello: A♠9♠ All in
Travis Egbert: K♥J♣

Bello flopped trip aces, improving to a full house on the 8♠8♣ runout to double up through Egbert.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Egbert	342,000 66,000	66,000
Elvyn Bello	232,000 124,000	124,000

Tags: Elvyn Bello Travis Egbert

02-24-2025 21:42 UTC-8

Lee Shoves on Kasabyan

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action was three-way to the 5♥3♣K♣ flop, where Paul Lee checked from the big blind. Martin Carnero followed with a check in middle position and Gevork Kasabyan fired 12,000 on the button.

Lee made the call while Carnero got out of the way. The 9♣ turn saw Lee check again and Kasabyan slid out a bet of 14,000. Lee then check-raised to 35,000 and Kasabyan made the call.

The dealer flipped over the J♠ river and Lee announced all in for 89,000. Kasabyan took some time before sending his cards into the muck.

"Flush?" asked Kasabyan, which was answered by a nod from Lee as he raked in the pot.

At nearby tables, Matthew Salsberg and Kenneth Kim were both sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Carnero	332,000 18,000	18,000

Gevork Kasabyan	234,000 83,000	83,000
Paul W. Lee	208,000 98,000	98,000
Matthew Salsberg	Busted
Kenneth Kim	Busted

Tags: Gevork Kasabyan Martin Carnero Paul Lee

02-24-2025 21:40 UTC-8

Cohen Snap-Calls Jaka's River Bet

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Faraz Jaka opened under the gun to 6,500 and Jonathan Cohen called from early position. Action folded to Ari Shin who called from the cutoff.

All three players checked the flop of 2♥5♣10♦.

This led to the 7♠ turn. Jaka pushed forward 19,500 and Cohen called before Shin folded.

The Q♦ river did not slow down Jaka who slid out 50,000. Cohen snap called the bet.

Jaka rolled over J♥J♦ while Cohen revealed a flopped set with 5♠5♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Cohen	335,000 85,000	85,000

Faraz Jaka	215,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Ari Shin Faraz Jaka Jonathan Cohen

02-24-2025 21:28 UTC-8

Egbert Continues to Climb

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Travis Egbert opened to 7,000 on the button and Zaher Samaan defended his big blind.

The 8♣A♠A♣ flop saw Samaan check to Egbert, who fired 3,500. The call was made and the 6♥ turn was flipped up. Samaan checked again and Egbert sized up to 11,500.

After taking some time, Samaan opted to lay it down and Egbert added more chips to his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Egbert	408,000 12,000	12,000
Zaher Samaan	164,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Travis Egbert Zaher Samaan

02-24-2025 21:19 UTC-8

Baxter's Check-Raise Takes Down Pot

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Erick Torres

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A four-way hand took place when Jonathan Cohen opened under the gun to 8,000. Action folded to Evgeniy Tsyrenov who called. Both Billy Baxter and Faraz Jaka called from the small and big blind respectively to take four players to the flop.

The wet flop of 5♣6♦4♣ began with a check from Baxter before Jaka slid out 8,000. Cohen folded leading to Tsyrenov calling.

Baxter responded with a check raise to 40,000 folding out Jaka.

Tsyrenov mulled over his decision before letting go of his hand awarding the pot to Baxter, who flashed the 7♣ to the table as he raked in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeniy Tsyrenov	350,000 38,000	38,000
Jonathan Cohen	250,000 42,000	42,000

Faraz Jaka	210,000 84,000	84,000

Billy Baxter	153,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Billy Baxter Evgeniy Tsyrenov Faraz Jaka Jonathan Cohen

02-24-2025 21:15 UTC-8

Bello Wins a Flip

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Zaher Samaan opened to 7,500 in the hijack before Elvyn Bello moved all in on his left for 50,500. Action folded back to Samaan, who took some time before making the call.

Elvyn Bello: A♠K♥ All in
Zaher Samaan: J♥J♦

Bello was flipping for his tournament life and connected with the 8♣10♥K♣ flop to make top pair. Samaan could not catch up on the 7♦ turn or Q♥ river, as Bello doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zaher Samaan	215,000 39,000	39,000
Elvyn Bello	108,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Elvyn Bello Zaher Samaan

02-24-2025 21:09 UTC-8

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

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02-24-2025 21:00 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Egbert	396,000 293,000	293,000
Evgeniy Tsyrenov	388,000 50,000	50,000
Adam Weinraub	362,000 107,000	107,000
Frank Brannan	357,000 53,000	53,000

Martin Carnero	350,000 58,000	58,000

Gevork Kasabyan	317,000 143,000	143,000
Anthony Hu	298,000 66,000	66,000
Faraz Jaka	294,000 74,000	74,000

Jonathan Cohen	292,000 160,000	160,000

Eric O'Brien	282,000 101,000	101,000
Zaher Samaan	254,000 69,000	69,000
Amir Mirrasouli	252,000 12,000	12,000
Brian Hastings	250,000 18,000	18,000

Richard Hasnip	248,000 34,000	34,000
Alex Kim	240,000 88,000	88,000
Mitchell Hynam	230,000 15,000	15,000

Michael Nia	215,000 30,000	30,000
Yan Yan	202,000 4,000	4,000
Ari Shin	193,000 63,000	63,000
Michael Wang	173,000 74,000	74,000

Victor Espinal	170,000 61,000	61,000
Vince Salvatore	164,000 104,000	104,000
Eshaan Bhalla	154,000 1,000	1,000
Steven Forman	149,000 113,000	113,000
Cecile Ticherfatine	144,000 61,000	61,000