Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
2024 NAPT Las Vegas
$5,300 NAPT Main Event
Day: 1a
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The players are going on a 15-minute break.
Action resumes in Level 3 with blinds at 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With around 8,000 in the pot and a board reading 4♥7♥8♠A♦, 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: 7♦7♣ 
Colton Blomberg: A♥8♥
Alvarado had flopped a set of sevens but Blomberg rivered the heart flush to score the knockout.
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60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Busted |
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 J♠5♦2♣ 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 10♦10♥ for a set to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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14,500
14,500
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14,500 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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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 K♣7♦4♣ 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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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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25,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With two players seeing a final board of J♦K♥10♦3♣A♣ 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 J♣J♠ but Wilk had rivered a Broadway straigh twith Q♦Q♠ to double up through Porter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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54,000 | |
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20,500
-19,500
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-19,500 |
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Timothy Ng opened from under the gun and was called by Brad Anderson in the small blind and Los Angeles-based comedian Morgan Jay, who performed at last night's Gold Pass Welcome Party, in the big blind.
On the A♦K♥Q♦ flop, Ng continued for 600 and was called by both opponents.
The 6♠ turn checked through to the 7♦ river. Anderson led for 1,400 from the small blind. Morgan Jay quickly called from the big blind and Ng contemplated for a moment before he over-called to close the action.
Anderson revealed K♦9♦ for the nut flush while Morgan Jay showed 6♦5♦ for a lesser flush as he lost the minimum in a cooler situation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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22,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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12,000
-3,500
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-3,500 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With roughly 1,000 in the pot and a flop of 3♥6♥K♣, Tyler Patterson checked from middle position his opponent to his direct left, Jonathan Newman, bet 500.
Patterson called and then action went check-check on the 10♦ turn.
When the K♦ paired the board on the river, Patterson tossed out a bet of 3,500 and Newman hit the tank. He seemed suspicious and thought for about a minute, but ultimately he released his hand.
It was a small pot for Patterson, who has gotten off to a good start here on Day 1a with nearly double the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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53,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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36,000 | |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up on the K♦J♠2♣ flop in a three-bet pot between Nicholas Reese in the small blind and Maria Konnikova on the button. Reese continued for 2,500 and Konnikova put in the call.
Reese did not slow down on the 4♠ turn as he bet 5,000. Konnikova raised to 12,000 and Reese quickly announced all-in for 22,000 and Konnikova snapped it off as the slightly covering stack.
Nicholas Reese: A♥K♠
Maria Konnikova: J♥J♣
Reese was drawing dead on the irrelevant 10♣ river as Konnikova scored an early elimination with her flopped set.
"Well that was quick," bemoaned Reese as he wished his opponents good luck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Busted | |