$1,650 Main Event
Day 3 Started
2023 NAPT Las Vegas
$1,650 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 NAPT Las Vegas
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$1,609,650
Entries
1,095
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
34
Players Left
7
| TABLE | SEAT | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 1 | Sami Bechahed | USA | 990,000 | 40 | |
| 35 | 2 | Girish Reknar | USA | 335,000 | 13 | |
| 35 | 3 | Sandeep Pallampati | USA | 445,000 | 18 | |
| 35 | 4 | Jianxin Wu | USA | 780,000 | 31 | |
| 35 | 5 | Ben Ludlow | USA | 750,000 | 30 | |
| 35 | 7 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 1,635,000 | 65 | |
| 35 | 8 | Jonathan Bussieres | Canada | 550,000 | 22 | |
| 36 | 1 | Anthony Dianaty | USA | 3,220,000 | 129 | |
| 36 | 2 | Joe Tehan | USA | 550,000 | 22 | |
| 36 | 4 | Tomas Patka | Slovakia | 1,010,000 | 40 | |
| 36 | 5 | Mitchell Halverson | USA | 590,000 | 24 | |
| 36 | 6 | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | 995,000 | 40 | |
| 36 | 7 | Mikela Shkurta | USA | 885,000 | 35 | |
| 38 | 1 | Noah Bronstein | USA | 465,000 | 19 | |
| 38 | 2 | Je Wook Oh | USA | 875,000 | 35 | |
| 38 | 4 | Senhao Cao | China | 360,000 | 14 | |
| 38 | 5 | Ryan Leng | USA | 770,000 | 31 | |
| 38 | 6 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA | 1,855,000 | 74 | |
| 38 | 7 | Timothy Rutherford | Canada | 1,305,000 | 52 | |
| 38 | 8 | Leonardo Castro | USA | 180,000 | 7 | |
| 39 | 1 | David Jackson | USA | 570,000 | 23 | |
| 39 | 3 | Ping Liu | USA | 870,000 | 35 | |
| 39 | 4 | Matthew Wantman | USA | 495,000 | 20 | |
| 39 | 5 | Jeremy Pekarek | USA | 780,000 | 31 | |
| 39 | 6 | Ryan Yu | Canada | 1,225,000 | 49 | |
| 39 | 7 | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,425,000 | 57 | |
| 39 | 8 | Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 1,435,000 | 57 | |
| 42 | 1 | Scott Ball | USA | 1,785,000 | 71 | |
| 42 | 3 | Joshua Suyat | USA | 365,000 | 15 | |
| 42 | 4 | Anthony Askey | USA | 470,000 | 19 | |
| 42 | 5 | Seunghwan Lee | USA | 330,000 | 13 | |
| 42 | 6 | Liran Betito | Israel | 1,885,000 | 75 | |
| 42 | 7 | Nick Schulman | USA | 1,860,000 | 74 | |
| 42 | 8 | David Coleman | USA | 775,000 | 31 |
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.
Keep the station stuck on PokerNews to get up-to-date coverage of the exciting conclusion from the floor of the 2023 NAPT Las Vegas Main Event!
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the 2023 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Main Event!
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Leonardo Castro was eliminated by Jonathan Borenstein in one of the first hands of the day.
Castro had moved all in for around 180,000 with K♥J♥ as he was called by Borenstein with Ax10x and couldn't pull ahead as the board bricked out to make him the first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Action folded to Girish Reknar on the cutoff who raised to 50,000. Sergio Aido made the call from the big blind to see the flop come 10♣3♦4♥.
Aido checked over to Reknar who checked back to bring the 7♥ out on the turn.
Aido paused before deciding on a bet in the amount of 45,000. Reknar paused briefly before releasing his hand and sending the pot to Aido.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000
965,000
|
965,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
With roughly 450,000 in the middle on a 8♥4♣2♦Q♠J♥ completed board, Joe Tehan checked from early position, and Ryan Leng jammed from middle position.
Tehan waited a bit before he called all in for about 350,000.
Leng tabled A♥Q♥, while Tehan's K♣Q♥ went into the muck and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000
1,480,000
|
1,480,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Action folded to Girish Reknar in the cutoff who raised to 50,000. Noah Bronstein was in the big blind and after a moment of thought, arrived at the decision to jam. Reknar called off his smaller stack, setting up a runout and putting himself at risk.
Girish Reknar: J♦J♥
Noah Bronstein: A♦Q♣
The board ran out 7♣4♣4♠9♥3♦, securing a full fouble for Reknar and leaving Bronstein on less than 10 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
535,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
215,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
With about 135,000 in the middle on a 3♣2♦2♥ flop, Senhao Cao checked the big blind with only 35,000 behind, and Jeremy Pekarek bet 35,000 in middle position.
Cao exhausted all his time extensions with the possibility of a pay jump before he put in his remaining chips.
Senhao Cao: A♥4♦
Jeremy Pekarek: Q♠Q♦
Cao needed an ace or five to survive, but the 6♥ turn and 8♣ river bricked out and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
925,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |