Will "The Thrill" Failla Accidentally Enters Wrong NAPT Tournament and Wins It!
On Monday night, the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Event #6: $360 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry attracted 89 players who rebought 17 times. The 106-entry field generated a prize pool of $26,700, and it was a familiar face coming out on top on Will “The Thrill” Failla, who claimed the Spadie trophy and $7,130 in prize money.
The real thrill of it all though was that Failla didn’t even mean to play the tournament. He registered thinking it was a $360 satellite into the $5,300 NAPT Main Event.
"I tried everything I could to go to dinner with my friends before the next $1,100 flight but I just couldn't lose a hand."
"I bought into the $1,100 event but there were no more rebuys," he told PokerNews. "I didn't want to wait around until about six or seven for the next flight. I thought there was a satellite to it, and I said, 'What's the next thing going right now? The satellite?' And she goes, 'The $360.' So I give her the money and next thing I know I'm a half hour in, win a couple of hands, and a guy says, 'How many people are in the satellite?' Someone said what satellite? You're not in a satellite. Get the f*** out of here. He says, 'Will, you're in a $25K guaranteed tournament, not a satellite.'"
Failla continued: "I said, no f***ing way. I said, can you pick me up seriously? He said I played hands and had chips so they couldn't. I tried everything I could to go to dinner with my friends before the next $1,100 flight but I just couldn't lose a hand. It really f***ed up right in a way. I haven't played a $360 tournament since I was like four years old."
Event #6 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Failla | $7,130 |
| 2 | Veselin Dimitrov | $4,600 |
| 3 | Faramarz Ghorbani | $3,280 |
| 4 | Matej Gorba | $2,520 |
| 5 | Suhail Khader Khan | $2,020 |
| 6 | Richard Lee | $1,620 |
| 7 | Nick Jivkov | $1,290 |
| 8 | Fabian Hein | $1,030 |
Some others to cash the tournament were Liron Altman (9th - $830), Mahesh Lad (10th - $660), Vanderlai Alvino (11th - $660), Alberto Rodriguez (12th - $530), and Mandy Island (13th - $530).
Failla is in action on Day 1a of the NAPT Main Event. Live updates here!
*Images courses of PokerStars NAPT.
