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

02-24-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Yan Outkicks Lee

Erick Torres

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Yan Yan opened the betting with a raise to 4,000 from early position. Action folded to the blinds where Paul Lee called from the small blind. Matthew Salsberg came along from the big blind forming a three-way pot.

Both blinds checked on the 10♣9♥3♦ flop before Yan continued for 6,500.

Lee called before Salsberg folded.

Yan and Lee checked through on the 9♠ turn and the 4♠ river leading to showdown.

Lee showed a pair of tens with 10♦8♦, but Yan had him outkicked when she tabled her K♠10♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yan Yan	180,000 83,000	83,000
Paul W. Lee	130,000 43,000	43,000

02-24-2025 17:27 UTC-8

Top Chip Stacks

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeniy Tsyrenov	434,000 83,000	83,000
Martin Carnero	408,000 65,000	65,000

Alex Kim	328,000 222,700	222,700
Steven Forman	282,000 20,000	20,000
Saji Abdelkarim	257,000 214,000	214,000
Gevork Kasabyan	251,000 172,000	172,000
Michael Nia	245,000 33,000	33,000
Brian Hastings	244,000 198,000	198,000

Anthony Hu	232,000 40,000	40,000
George Archer	214,000 31,000	31,000
Zaher Samaan	185,000 55,000	55,000
Paul W. Lee	173,000 34,000	34,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

02-24-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Time for a Break

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Three levels down, three more to go on Day 2.

Players have been sent on another break, with action resuming in 15 minutes.

02-24-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Smith Pays Off Egbert

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Action was three-way through the 5♥3♠10♠8♣ turn, with John Smith and Travis Egbert trading a bet and call while Ark Onikul folded.

Smith checked the Q♥ river from the big blind and Travis Egbert slid out almost all of his stack, betting 45,200 while leaving a single 100 chip behind.

Smith took a moment before announcing a call. Egbert tabled Q♠Q♦ for a set of queens on the river, while Smith showed A♥10♣ for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Egbert	97,000 30,000	30,000
Ark Onikul	62,000 116,000	116,000
John Smith	44,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Ark Onikul John Smith Travis Egbert

02-24-2025 16:56 UTC-8

Wang Wins Flip

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Erick Torres

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

All the chips went in preflop when Jonathan Wang clashed with Francisco Lopez building a 179,000 chip pot.

Jonathan Wang: A♦K♥ All in
Francisco Lopez: Q♠Q♣

A runout of 5♠K♠2♥K♦4♥ improved Wang's A♦K♥ to trips overtaking Lopez's wired queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wang	179,000 157,300	157,300
Francisco Lopez	66,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Francisco Lopez Jonathan Wang

02-24-2025 16:54 UTC-8

Liang's Flop Shove Gets Fold from Samaan

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Erick Torres

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

After going heads up into the flop Zaher Samaan checked a flop of Q♦8♣2♣ to Michael Liang on the button who went all in for 59,500.

Samaan mulled over his decision lamenting the spot before folding his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zaher Samaan	240,000 85,000	85,000
Michael Liang	88,000 88,000	88,000

Tags: Michael Liang Zaher Samaan

02-24-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Phil Galfond Talks Comeback Against 'VeniVidi1993' & Launching a New US Poker Site

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 24th episode, Connor speaks with high-stakes pro and poker coach Phil Galfond about growing up in Maryland, getting into poker with Andrew Robl, playing with Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson, building a slide between his two New York City penthouses and being married to fellow high-stakes poker player Farah Galfond, who was the first Life Outside Poker guest in March 2024.

Galfond also talked about specializing in Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), Black Friday, losing $10 million running Run It Once Poker, poker coaching, how bots and real-time assistance (RTA) are impacting online poker, his new "Galfond" documentary, the recently launched BetRivers Poker and his epic comeback against "Venividi1993" in the Galfond Challenge.

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02-24-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Ingles Scores Double Up

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Erick Torres

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The pot had roughly 50,000 chips on a board of Q♥2♣K♦J♠ in a battle between Pedro Ingles and John Smith.

Smith checked the J♠ turn form the big blind before Ingles bet 14,200 from early position.

Smith called leading to an 8♥ river. Smith elected to go all in before being called by Ingles who was at risk.

Pedro Ingles: A♦10♦ All in
John Smith: K♣5♥

Ingles was awarded the pot with his broadway straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Ingles	152,000 42,100	42,100
John Smith	65,000 109,000	109,000

Tags: John Smith Pedro Ingles

02-24-2025 16:36 UTC-8

Pupillo Sent Packing

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

After seeing two players limp in front of him, Nick Pupillo moved all in. Action folded around to the second limper, Gustavo Ortega, who made the call to put Pupillo at risk.

Nick Pupillo: A♣K♥ All in
Gustavo Ortega: 7♦7♥

Pupillo was unable to find help on the 2♥3♦J♥8♠J♠ runout, ending his tournament as Ortega collected the last of his stack.