NAPT Side Event Winners: Richard Bai Wins RunGood Open, Ryan Hughes Claims PLO Title

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When it comes to the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas, most eyes may be on the Gold Pass winners in the $5,300 Main Event, but that’s just one of many tournaments on the schedule.

We already recapped Will “The Thrill” Failla winning an event he didn’t even intend to enter, as well as Gregor Sverko taking down the $550 Mystery Bounty for $46,800 plus $19,500 in bounties.

Below is a look at some other players to capture side event titles at the 2024 NAPT at Resorts World Las Vegas.

Richard Bai Runs Good

Richard Bai
Richard Bai

On Tuesday night, Event #3: $1,100 RunGood Open reached its conclusion. The tournament attracted 480 runners and surpassed the $400K guarantee by offering up a $460,800 prize pool to the top 72 finishers.

Among those to cash the tournament were Chad Hicks (9th - $8,520), Andrew Rodgers (14th - $5,140), Joe Serock (15th - $5,140), Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot (22nd - $3,380), Mark Seif (28th - $2,560), and Bob Mather (48th - $1,940).

The tournament ended with a heads-up deal that saw Illinois poker pro Richard Bai win the title and $68,530 in prize money, which brought his lifetime tournament earnings up to $1,711,546 according to the Hendon Mob.

The NAPT RunGood Open title was the latest on an impressive poker resumé for Bai, who won the 2017 MSPT Potawatomi for a career-high $139,086. Two years later, he won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit $1,700 Main Event at the same stop for $138,317 and a gold ring (he has two career WSOPC gold rings), and in 2021 he took down the Wynn Fall Classic $1,100 NLH event for $97,842.

NAPT RunGood Open Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Richard Bai$68,530*
2Camilo Bencosme$65,757*
3Kyle Watanabe$52,593
4Fabian Gumz$31,260
5Ben Ludlow$23,960
6Paul Lampl$18,500
7Victor Holanda$14,320
8Yi Lin$10,940

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Ryan Hughes Wins $1,100 PLO Event

Ryan Hughes
Ryan Hughes

Another tournament to crown a winner on Tuesday was Event #4: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), which attracted 102 entries and awarded a $97,920 prize pool to the top 13 finishers. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Fabian Rolli (13th - $1,960), Christopher Gregg (12th - $1,960), Anderson Almonte (11th - $2,430), and Ricardo Busch (10th - $2,430).

After Gary Bolden bowed out in third place for $12,030, it left Ryan Hughes to do battle against Justin “Lappy Poker” Lapka. The former ultimate came out on top of the heads-up match to win the trophy and $26,120 in prize money.

Event #4 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Ryan Hughes$26,120
2Justin Lapka$16,850
3Gary Bolden$12,030
4Anthony Hu$9,260
5Ethan Bennett$7,400
6Erik Perez$5,920
7Adam Walton$4,740
8Kyle Knecht$3,790
9Sven Rahmsdorf$3,030

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2024 NAPT Side Event Winners Thus Far...

Martin Abraham
Martin Abraham won Event #13: $360 NLH for $6,650.
DateTournamentTotal EntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
11/4/24Event #1: $550 Mystery Bounty1,201$576,480Gregor Sverko$46,800 + $19,500 in bounties
11/3/24Event #2: Satellite    
11/5/24Event #3: $1,100 RunGood Open NLH480$460,800Richard Bai$68,530
11/5/24Event #4: $1,100 PLO102$97,920Ryan Hughes$26,120
11/5/24Event #5: $25,500 Super High Roller60$1,440,600  
11/4/24Event #6: $360 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry89$26,700Will Failla$7,130
11/4/24Event #7: Satellite    
11/4/24Event #8: $250 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry34$6,800Lee Jackson$2,350
11/4/24Event #9: Satellite    
11/5/24Event #10: Satellite    
11/5/24Event #11: $5,300 NAPT Main Event    
11/5/24Event #12: $330 Women's Event182$50,960Sheila Stimson$11,380
11/5/24Event #13: $360 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry101$30,300Martin Abraham$6,650
11/5/24Event #14: $5,300 PLO Unlimited Re-Entry16$77,600Wagner Wysotchanski$38,800
11/5/24Event #15: $250 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry52$10,400Danielle Mynard$2,520
11/5/24Event #16: Satellite    
11/5/24Event #17: $500 Hyper Turbo KO Freezeout35$16,100Serrano Diego Sanchez$5,550

*Images courtesy of PokerStars.

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