NAPT Las Vegas Underway; Early Signs Indicate Large Turnout on the Horizon
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The hype leading up to the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival was high. Two days into the series and it's easy to see why.
Event #1: $550 Mystery Bounty at Resorts World Las Vegas featured a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. Play kicked off Friday with the first two Day 1 starting flights, followed by additional ones on Saturday. At the time of publishing, with registration still open for a few more hours on Day 1d, the tournament had over 700 entrants, creating a prize pool exceeding the guarantee. And there's still one flight left at noon PT on Sunday.
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If the first tournament is any indication for how big the second annual NAPT Las Vegas will be, suffice to say it's going to be huge. Players flocked to the Resorts World poker room for four straight sessions — and one still to come. We even saw the return of Eric Molina, the notorious trash talker who had his 15 minutes of fame during the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
Molina, 18 years older than he was in 2006, was quieter and refrained from berating his opponents. But he did bust on the soft bubble with a set of aces against a straight on the flop near the end of the Day 1a session.
Pros such as Michael Wang, Christina Gollins, and Chris Moorman all entered Day 1c.
Day 1e on Sunday will likely be the largest starting flight of the Mystery Bounty event, which means the prize pool could crack $500,000. There are 31 tournaments total at Resorts through Nov. 10. The next one to begin will be the $1,100 RunGood Poker Open at 11 a.m. PT on Monday, a $400,000 guaranteed RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) tournament.
The $5,300 Main Event kicks off Nov. 5 and runs until the 10th. There will be at least $3 million in the pot in what figures to be one of the biggest poker events of the year in Las Vegas.
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In this Series
- 1 NAPT Las Vegas Schedule Released, $3M GTD Main Event Headlines Series
- 2 PokerNews' Keith Becker Wins PokerStars Silver Pass to NAPT; Gold Pass Next?
- 3 NFL's Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski Giving Away Gold Pass to NAPT Las Vegas
- 4 Women's Event at NAPT Las Vegas Will Feature $30,000 Guarantee
- 5 Player Kicked Out of MUG; Find Out Who Won Our $10,000 NAPT Gold Pass | PokerNews Podcast #861
- 6 North American Poker Tour in Vegas Returns Nov. 1 w/ $4 Million Guaranteed
- 7 Luis Rivera Wins PokerNews Podcast Gold Pass; NAPT His 2nd Live Tournament Ever!
- 8 West Virginia Firefighter Wins Rob Gronkowski NAPT Gold Pass Giveaway for First Trip to Vegas
- 9 PokerStars NAPT Kicks Off in Las Vegas; The Gronk is Coming! | PokerNews Podcast #863
- 10 Infamous 2006 WSOP Trash Talker Eric Molina Coolered to Soft Bubble NAPT Opener
- 11 NAPT Las Vegas Underway; Early Signs Indicate Large Turnout on the Horizon
- 12 Why Resorts World Las Vegas is the Perfect Venue for the North American Poker Tour
- 13 Jeremy Becker's Aces Cracked to Bust Early in $25k Super High Roller
- 14 Gregor Sverko Kicks Off His NAPT in Style With $550 Mystery Bounty Title
- 15 Joe Stapleton & Morgan Jay Bring the Laughs at NAPT Stand-Up Comedy Night
- 16 Will "The Thrill" Failla Accidentally Enters Wrong NAPT Tournament and Wins It!
- 17 NAPT Side Event Winners: Richard Bai Wins RunGood Open, Ryan Hughes Claims PLO Title
- 18 Sheila Stimson Earns Biggest Win of Her Career in NAPT Women's Event
- 19 Another PokerStars Triumph for Stephen Song; EPT Champ Wins NAPT $25K SHR
- 20 PokerStars Introduces Jason Koon, Caitlin Comeskey as Newest Ambassadors
- 21 NAPT Side Event Winners: David Prociak & Maxx Coleman Mixed Game Masters; Tricarico Triumphs
- 22 NAPT Hands of the Week: A Miracle Double, Cooler Flops, and Dream Spots for Song & Winter
- 23 20 Gold Pass Winners Cash 2024 NAPT Main Event; PA's Brian Frasca Lasted the Longest
- 24 Nick Marchington Takes a Commanding Lead Ahead of NAPT Main Event Finale
- 25 Despite Not Cashing Gold Pass Winner Luis Rivera Reflects on Amazing NAPT Experience
- 26 Nick Marchington Runs Over Final Table in NAPT Las Vegas Main Event for $765,200
- 27 Sam Soverel Keeps the Party Going with NAPT $10K High Roller Win
- 28 Hands of the Week: Two Hands — a Bad Beat and a Cooler — Quickly End NAPT Main Event