Under the gun, Carlos Garcia Sarmiento moved all in for 12,000. To his left, David Peters called, as did Gavin O'Rourke from the cutoff, Chris Huni from the small blind, and Mark Dietrich from the big blind creating a pot of over 60,000 heading to the flop.
The flop came down and action checked over to O'Rourke who bet 25,000. Everyone else folded so O'Rourke and Sarmiento turned up their hands.
O'Rourke:
Sarmiento:
O'Rourke was way ahead after the flop and that left Sarmiento drawing to running cards. The on the turn would seal the deal and as it left Sarmiento drawing dead. The river was the and that was it. O'Rourke took down the big pot and Sarmiento was sent to the rail.
The action folded around to Adrian Mateos in the small blind who announced all in, having more than enough to cover Sebastien Vermette's ten big blind stack. Vermette looked down at his cards and made the call, and the hands were tabled.
Adrian Mateos:
Sebastien Vermette:
Vermette was slightly ahead with his king-high and remained in the lead after the flop bricked out. However, Mateos spiked a jack on the turn which proved to be enough to eliminate Vermette.
After a raise and a call preflop, Ricky Guan and Lucas Greenwood faced off. The flop was and Guan checked over to Greenwood. Greenwood fired a bet of 3,000 and Guan called.
The turn was the and Guan checked a second time. Greenwood thought for a bit this time before making a bet of 12,500. Guan thought a while himself, then eventually released his hand. Greenwood took down the pot and has continued to grow his stack over the course of the level, building to just over 250,000.
On a flop of Jack Sinclair checked over to his lone opponent. The player bet 6,100. Sinclair called.
The turn was the and this time both player checked. The river was the and Sinclair led out with a bet of 6,000. His opponent called and Sinclair turned up . His opponent nodded his head and mucked and the pot was sent over to Sinclair who has been climbing this entire level.
There was a massive pot of about 50,000 chips already in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Previous LAPT side event winner Maria Lampropulos bet 30,000 from the button and her lone opponent in the big blind went into the tank. He had what looked like 50,000 chips remaining. After over two minutes, he ultimately folded, and Lampropulos took the pot to chip up substantially.
There were about 22,000 chips already in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Alan Lau was in the hijack and facing a decision for 14,000 from the player in the big blind. After a bit of time in the tank, Lau called, and the big blind flipped over . Lau tabled so his rivered pair of tens was good enough to win the pot.