The first PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Main Event in 12 years has reached it's Day 3 session with 34 players remaining from 1,095 entries who will head to Resorts World Las Vegas to take their seats in an attempt to march towards a final table appearance and ultimately, an NAPT Main Event title.
Sitting atop the field when Day 3 gets underway will be Anthony Dianaty who could do wrong late on Day 2, consistently adding to his growing chip stack throughout the last few levels of the night to bag 3,220,000. There is no easy path to victory, though, as the field is peppered with names that will undoubtedly be a big problem for anyone looking to run away with the title. Among the final 34 are Nick Schulman, who bagged a top three stack worth 1,860,000, two-time bracelet winner Scott Ball (1,785,000), Aaron Massey (1,425,000), three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng (770,000), David Jackson (570,000) and the world's most subscribed poker YouTube vlogger, Masato Yokosawa, who will sit down behind 995,000 when play resumes.
Top Ten Stacks Coming into Day 3
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Dianaty | USA | 3,220,000 | 129 |
| 2 | Liran Betito | Israel | 1,885,000 | 75 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | USA | 1,860,000 | 74 |
| 4 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA | 1,855,000 | 74 |
| 5 | Scott Ball | USA | 1,785,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 1,635,000 | 65 |
| 7 | Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 1,435,000 | 57 |
| 8 | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,425,000 | 57 |
| 9 | Timothy Rutherford | Canada | 1,305,000 | 52 |
| 10 | Ryan Yu | Canada | 1,225,000 |
The field started Day 2 with 252 players and whittled it's way down to the top 159 that would receive a payout, but bubble play was long and brutal as the room saw multiple come-from-behind doubles on the stone bubble, including a runner-runner straight to crack aces and keep hand-for-hand play going for well over an hour. Once the bubble had finally burst, action picked back up with a slew of all-ins and calls taking place over the next hour to cut the field down even further.
NAPT Main Event Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $268,945 | 18 | $10,495 | |
| 2 | $168,175 | 19 | $10,495 | |
| 3 | $120,130 | 20 | $10,495 | |
| 4 | $92,410 | 21 | $9,125 | |
| 5 | $71,080 | 22 | $9,125 | |
| 6 | $54,680 | 23 | $9,125 | |
| 7 | $42,060 | 24 | $7,935 | |
| 8 | $32,355 | 25 | $7,935 | |
| 9 | $24,885 | 26 | $7,935 | |
| 10 | $19,140 | 27 | $7,935 | |
| 11 | $19,140 | 28 | $6,905 | |
| 12 | $15,950 | 29 | $6,905 | |
| 13 | $15,950 | 30 | $6,905 | |
| 14 | $13,875 | 31 | $6,905 | |
| 15 | $13,875 | 32 | $6,005 | |
| 16 | $12,070 | 33 | $6,005 | |
| 17 | $12,070 | 34 | $6,005 |
Players that made Day 2 but couldn't survive to the Day 3 session included David Dongwoo Ko, Dean Morrow, Brandon Cantu, Landon Tice and PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot, who was left short late in the day after a blind versus blind confrontation, busting just a few hands later.
Action for Day 3 will pick up at 12:00 p.m. local time with 75-minute levels and blinds of 10,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000. Today's action will also be live-streamed with cards up over on PokerStars' YouTube channel starting at 12:30 p.m. PST.
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