$5,300 NAPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 NAPT Las Vegas

11-05-2024 10:52 UTC-8

Welcome to Day 1a of the 2024 PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas $5,300 Main Event

Brett Slezak

The $5,300 Main Event of the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas kicks off today at 12 p.m. local time at Resorts World. After four days of preliminary events, many of poker's biggest names will convene for massive event with a guaranteed prize pool of $3,000,000.

This is the second year of the NAPT's return to Las Vegas. Last year, Sami Bechahed conquered a field of 1,095 players in the $1,650 Main Event to win $268,945. This year, the stakes have increased as the buy-in is $5,300.

2023 NAPT Las Vegas Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sami Bechahed	United States	$268,945
2	Jonathan Borenstein	United States	$168,175
3	David Coleman	United States	$120,130
4	Ping Liu	United States	$92,410
5	Sergio Aido	Spain	$71,080
6	Nick Schulman	United States	$54,680
7	Sandeep Pallampati	United States	$42,060

Today is the first of three starting flights. There is another flight at 12 p.m. tomorrow, as well as a turbo flight 1c at 6 p.m. tomorrow.

Players begin the tournament with 30,000 in tournament chips with blinds at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 60 minutes in length and ten levels will be played on Day 1. The tournament is single re-entry per flight, with registration open through to the start of Day 2 on Thursday, November 7 at 12 p.m.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas Main Event.

Tags: David Coleman Jonathan Borenstein Nick Schulman Ping Liu Sami Bechahed Sandeep Pallampati Sergio Aido

6 days 22 hours ago

Konnikova Sends Out Reese

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Brett Slezak

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♠ All in
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
Maria Konnikova	55,000 25,000	25,000

Nicholas Reese	Busted

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6 days 21 hours ago

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

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

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

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

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6 days 15 hours ago

Nicky P Loves the Ladies

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Brett Slezak

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Nicholas Palma opened to 1,600 from under the gun and Jonathan Little called in middle position. From the big blind, Robyn Alvis three-bet to 5,000 and both opponents called.

On the 5♣3♥3♦ flop, Alvis led all-in for around 29,000. Palma weighed his options before he decided to call and Little quickly got out of the way.

Robyn Alvis: 6♠6♣ All in
Nicholas Palma: Q♠Q♣

Palma was in good shape with his overpair against the sixes of Alvis and his queens held up on the 3♣7♥ runout as he scored the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Palma	95,000 65,000	65,000
Jonathan Little	25,000

Robyn Alvis	Busted

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6 days 15 hours ago

Ausmus Flips Out Pupillo

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Joe Serock opened to 1,800 from under the gun and Dyan Linde called on the button before Nick Pupillo three-bet jammed a stack of around 11,000 from the small blind. Jeremy Ausmus called in the big blind and Serock and Linde folded.

Dylan Linde: Q♦J♦ All in
Jeremy Ausmus: 9♣9♥

Linde flopped plenty more outs on the flop of 4♦3♠2♦ put couldn't hit them as the board finished out 5♣8♣ to mark his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	110,000 15,000	15,000

Dylan Linde	55,000 2,000	2,000

Joe Serock	40,000 -5,000	-5,000

Nick Pupillo	Busted

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6 days 15 hours ago

Jacobson Check-Raises Krpan

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

John Krpan opened to 2,400 from early position and Martin Jacobson defended out of the big blind.

Jacobson checked on the flop of Q♣2♠4♠ and Krpan continued for 2,300. Jacobson check-raised to 6,800 and Krpan called.

Jacobson then moved all in for around 18,500 and Krpan laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	48,000

John Krpan	45,000

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6 days 12 hours ago

Rabinowitz Ends Boatman's Run

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Brett Slezak

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Barny Boatman opened the hijack to 2,600 before Darren Rabinowitz three-bet to 7,000 from the cutoff, and Boatman called.

On the K♠8♥6♥ flop, Boatman led all-in for around 12,000 and Rabinowitz put in the call.

Barny Boatman: 9♠9♥ All in
Darren Rabinowitz: 10♠10♣

Rabinowitz had Boatman pipped with a higher pair and he stayed in the lead on the 6♠A♣ runout as the EPT Paris champion hit the rail late in the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Rabinowitz	150,000

Barny Boatman	Busted

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6 days 10 hours ago

Bin Weng Leads After First Flight in $5,300 NAPT Main Event

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The first starting flight of the $5,300 Main Event of the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) festival at Resorts World Las Vegas wrapped up late Tuesday night with reigning GPI Player of the Year Bin Weng leading the way with over 200 big blinds.

Weng will be joined on Day 2 by big stacks like Michael Lavenburg, Martin Carnero and PokerStars qualifier Andrew Voor. Other players who advanced include Jeremy Ausmus, Dan Sepiol, Patrick Leonard, Brian Altman, Farah Galfond, David "ODB" Baker, Matthew Salsberg and Griffin Benger.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Bin Weng	United States	359,000	239
2	Michael Lavenburg	United States	307,500	205
3	Andrew Voor	United States	281,000	187
4	Martin Carnero	United States	267,000	178
5	Eric Medved	United States	240,000	160
6	Jonathan Newman	Canada	232,500	155
7	Colton Blomberg	United States	216,500	144
8	Eric Blair	United States	213,500	142
9	Nathan Wasson	United States	211,500	141
10	Zhiqin Zeng	United States	209,500	140

Day 1a Action

The eagerly-awaited NAPT Main Event got underway after four days of preliminary events, which initially took place in the Resorts World Poker Room before moving up to the convention area.

Day 1a drew 276 players, pushing the event toward its $3 million guaranteed prize pool.

There were Gold Pass qualifiers in the field like Steven Maddison, Xavier Pacheco, Lee Jackson and Michael Harris, who traded pots with top pros including Chance Kornuth, WSOP Main Event champions Ryan Riess and Martin Jacobson, and PokerStars Ambassadors Maria Konnikova, Maria Ho and Barny Boatman.

There were plenty of highlights on Day 1a, including Kenzo Ishida tanking for five minutes as he nearly folded a straight and Nathan Wasson cracking the aces of mixed game author Dylan Linde.

There are still two starting flights left to play, both of which will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Day 1b will get underway at noon local time, while the turbo-structured Day 1c will kick off at 6 p.m. Action will pick up on Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/1,500/1,500.

Stay tuned as PokerNews will be back on-site tomorrow for coverage of the two remaining Main Event starting flights. Check out the NAPT live reporting hub in the meantime.

Tags: Andrew Voor Barny Boatman Big Blinds Bin Weng Brian Altman Colton Blomberg Griffin Benger Jeremy Ausmus Jonathan Newman Lee Jackson Martin Carnero Martin Jacobson Matthew Salsberg Michael Harris Michael Lavenburg Patrick Leonard Steven Maddison Xavier Pacheco Zhiqin Zeng