$1,650 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 NAPT Las Vegas

11-09-2023 14:03 UTC-8

NAPT Las Vegas Main Event Livestream Coverage

Kaelaine Minton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The NAPT live stream will be doing what it does best on Twitch and YouTube across three dates during the 2023 NAPT Las Vegas festival. November 10 sees James Hartigan, Joe "Stapes" Stapleton, Maria Ho, Griffin Benger, and Nick Walsh provide commentary and analysis of Day 3 of the $1,650 NAPT Las Vegas Main Event.

The coverage continues on November 11 with the Main Event's final table before concluding on November 12 when the $5,300 NAPT Las Vegas High Roller final table takes place at Resorts World Las Vegas.

Brazilian NAPT fans can tune into coverage of a Brazilian-Portuguese stream anchored by Felipe de Paulo and Flavio de Valle.

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Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-09-2023 14:25 UTC-8

Spurlin Doubles Through Williams

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jordan Spurlin open-jammed a stack of around 50,000 on the button and David Williams called in the big blind with a bigger stack.

Jordan Spurlin: J♠J♥
David Williams: A♣6♠

The dealer showed a boxed card with the 8♦ and called the floor before putting out a runout of 10♦5♣K♥8♠2♦ that confirmed a double for Spurlin.

As poker commentator Nick Schulman took a seat, he got some recognition from Ralph Marquez.

"Are you the PokerGO guy?" asked Marquez. "I could recognize your voice from a mile away."

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	320,000 50,000	50,000

Ralph Marquez	200,000 -15,000	-15,000
David "ODB" Baker	140,000 25,000	25,000

Jordan Spurlin	107,000 33,000	33,000
David Williams	40,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tags: David Williams Jordan Spurlin Nick Schulman Ralph Marquez

11-09-2023 14:26 UTC-8

Pre-Bubble Eliminations

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Franco	Busted
Alexander Farahi	Busted
Jim Collopy	Busted

11-09-2023 14:34 UTC-8

Alati Ousted by Baldwin's Rivered Straight

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Brandon Bloom

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Richard Alati was all in for about 44,000 in the big blind and at risk against Eric Baldwin in the small blind.

Richard Alati: K♠J♥
Eric Baldwin: 5♠3♠

The Q♣7♣6♣ flop left Alati needing to fade additional outs, as did the 9♦ turn, and the 4♣ spiked the river to give Baldwin a seven-high straight to eliminate Alati a few spots off the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	210,000 119,500	119,500

Richard Alati	Busted

Tags: Richard Alati Eric Baldwin

11-09-2023 14:35 UTC-8

"Baby Shark" Soft Bubbles With Cracked Queens

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Christina Gollins was all in for around 50,000 against Mario Arribas, who had her covered.

Christina Gollins: Q♦Q♠
Mario Arribas: J♥J♣

"Baby Shark" had her opponent pipped and was in great shape to double up before the flop landed K♣J♦2♥ to give Arribas a set. The A♥A♠ runout improved him to a full house as Gollins was eliminated a few spots off the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Arribas	150,000 50,500	50,500
Christina Gollins	Busted

Tags: Christina Gollins Mario Arribas

11-09-2023 14:36 UTC-8

Peters Doubles as the Bubble Looms

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Chris Land

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jeremy Pekarek raised to 11,000 from the hijack only to see David Peters commit his last 85,000 to the pot from the button. The blinds got out of the way and with action back on Pekarek, he paused to double-check his cards. Eventually, he decided to flick in a call to put Peters at risk and headed to a runout.

David Peters: J♠J♣
Jeremy Pekarek: K♥Q♥

The 4♦J♥10♣ flop kept Peters way out in front but gave Jeremy Pekarek an open-ended straight draw and backdoor hearts to go with it. When the 4♥ landed on the turn giving Peters a full house, the 9♥ river became meaningless as Pekarek sent a full double to Peters just a few spots from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	182,000 80,000	80,000

Jeremy Pekarek	112,000 500	500

Tags: David Peters Jeremy Pekarek

11-09-2023 14:37 UTC-8

Hand-For-Hand

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The floor has instructed dealers to hold up for hand-for-hand play with 161 players remaining and 159 spots paid.

11-09-2023 14:55 UTC-8

Williams Doubles on the Bubble

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Chad Holloway

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, there were two all-ins and a call. In one of them, Ralph Marquez had raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and the short-stacked David Williams just called from the big blind, leaving himself a paltry 16,000 behind.

The flop fell 5♠K♥9♣ and Williams put in his remaining chips, which Marquez called.

Ralph Marquez: A♣8♣
David Williams: K♠Q♣

Williams' stop-and-go play had him out in front, but the 4♣ turn made things interesting as Marquez picked up a flush draw.

Fortunately for the 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up, the 6♥ river was a brick and he doubled on the bubble to keep his 2023 NAPT dreams alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ralph Marquez	150,000 -50,000	-50,000
David Williams	65,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: David Williams Ralph Marquez

11-09-2023 15:00 UTC-8

Ghozlani Doubles on the Bubble

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Brandon Bloom

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Chad Brewer raised to 10,000 in early position and Karim Ghozlani moved all in for 33,000 in middle position. Action folded back to Brewer who called.

The players waited to reveal their holdings while the other tables finished. After several minutes, a crowd swarmed the table and the cards were flipped over.

Karim Ghozlani: A♠A♦
Chad Brewer: K♥Q♠

A king in the window brought excitement in the air as the dealer spread the K♣3♦2♣ flop, but the anticipation quickly turned to a room of groans as the A♥ turn locked up the pot for Ghozlani before the meaningless K♠ confirmed his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Brewer	149,000 -33,000	-33,000
Karim Ghozlani	78,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Karim Ghozlani Chad Brewer