2024 NAPT Las Vegas

$5,300 NAPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 NAPT Las Vegas

Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$3,000,000
Entries
236
Players Left
163
Average Chip Stack
43,436
Total Chips
7,080,000
Level Info
Level
6
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
600
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
236
Players Left
163

Colavita Triples with Aces

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Three players saw a board of 686 in a five-bet pot with around 60,000 in the middle and Paul Houvener already all in preflop from middle position after starting the hand with 19,000. Wagner Wysotchanski checked from under the gun, Mario Colavita shoved for 7,900 from the cutoff and Wysotchanski called with a covering stack to put both players at risk.

Paul Houvener: 1010 All in
Mario Colavita: AA All in
Wagner Wysotchanski: KQ

Colavita's aces remained ahead when the rest of the board ran out J5 and he tripled up while Houvener was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Mario Colavita
75,000
75,000
75,000
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Wagner Wysotchanski
15,000
15,000
15,000
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Paul Houvener
Busted

Tags: Mario ColavitaPaul HouvenerWagner Wysotchanski

Will "The Thrill" Failla Accidentally Enters Wrong Tournament at NAPT and Wins It!

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Will Failla
Will Failla

On Monday night, the 2024 NAPT 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 is that Failla, who is in action in today's Day 1a field, didn’t even mean to play the tournament. He registered thinking it was a $360 satellite into the $5,300 NAPT Main Event.

"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

PlacePlayerPrize
1Will Failla$7,130
2Veselin Dimitrov$4,600
3Faramarz Ghorbani$3,280
4Matej Gorba$2,520
5Suhail Khader Khan$2,020
6Richard Lee$1,620
7Nick Jivkov$1,290
8Fabian 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).

Will Failla
Will "The Thrill" Failla ships a Spadie!

Tags: Will Failla

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Alvarado Set Up And Flushed By Blomberg

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With around 8,000 in the pot and a board reading 478A, JC Alvarado bet 3,500 under the fun and Colton Blomberg called next to act.

When the 5 completed the board on the river, Alvarado paused for a few beats before dropping in his remaining stack of 13,200 and Blomberg snap-called.

JC Alvarado: 77 All in
Colton Blomberg: A8

Alvarado had flopped a set of sevens but Blomberg rivered the heart flush to score the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
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Colton Blomberg
60,000
30,000
30,000
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JC Alvarado
Busted

Tags: Colton BlombergJC Alvarado

Kyte Rivers a Set

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jon Kyte opened to 500 from under the gun and received calls from John Sitton in the cutoff and Natalie Ferguson in the big blind.

All three players checked the J52 flop leading to the 6 turn. Ferguson bet 700, Kyte called and Sitton folded.

On the 10 river Ferguson check-called a 2,400 bet from Kyte, who turned over 1010 for a set to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Jon Kyte
35,000
5,000
5,000
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Natalie Ferguson
25,000
25,000
25,000
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John Sitton
14,500
14,500
14,500

Tags: John SittonJon KyteNatalie Ferguson

Notable Level 2 Entrants

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Farah Galfond us
Farah Galfond
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Kade ca
Vanessa Kade
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Jon Kyte no
Jon Kyte
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Sami Bechahed fr
Sami Bechahed
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Landon Tice us
Landon Tice
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Lawrence Brandt us
Lawrence Brandt
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
30,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Victoria Livschitz us
Victoria Livschitz
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
30,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 3X Winner

Medved Bluffs and Shows

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jeff Platt opened to 500 from under the gun before RunGood Kansas City Gold Pass Winner Eric Medved three-bet to 1,300 from the cutoff. In the big blind, Stephan Nussrallah came along and Platt called as well.

Three-ways to a K74 flop, the action checked to Medved who bet 1,000 and both opponents called.

The Q turn checked through to the Q river which saw the action check to Medved again. He opted to overbet for 11,000. Nussrallah took a moment and folded before Platt went into the tank. After a minute of deliberation he decided to let it go.

Medved looked back at the PokerNews team and asked, "Are you going to report this?" before he tabled the 3 for a fearless bluff as he dragged the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Medved
40,000
40,000
40,000
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Jeff Platt
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Stephan Nussrallah us
Stephan Nussrallah
20,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Jeff PlattStephan NussrallahEric Medved

Wilk Puts Porter in the Blender

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With two players seeing a final board of JK103A and around 15,000 in the middle, Jess Wilk checked from under the gun and Andrew Porter bet 7,500 from the button. Wilk moved all in for 19,000 and Porter went into the tank.

After a few minutes Porter, who had Wilk covered, flicked in the call. Porter had a set with JJ but Wilk had rivered a Broadway straigh twith QQ to double up through Porter.

Player Chips Progress
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Jess Wilk
54,000
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Andrew Porter
20,500
-19,500
-19,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew PorterJess Wilk