$550 NAPT Mystery Bounty | 2024 NAPT Las Vegas

11-04-2024 14:01 UTC-8

Halverson Hits a Two-Outer on the River to Double

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Alessandro Orefice raised to 25,000 in middle position, Mitchell Halverson moved all in for 117,000 on the button, and Orefice called.

Mitchell Halverson: 7♣7♥ All in
Alessandro Orefice: 8♣8♠

The 9♥J♠9♦A♥ board left open the possibility of a chop going to the river, but Halverson did better than that by spiking the 7♦ to make a full house and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Orefice	600,000 411,000	411,000
Mitchell Halverson	250,000 91,000	91,000

Tags: Alessandro Orefice Mitchell Halverson

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-04-2024 13:56 UTC-8

Lee Coolers Colavita in a Massive Pot

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Around 80,000 was in the pot as three players went to a flop of Q♣9♠3♠. Kevin Lee then bet 40,000 from early position and Wasim Assaf called on the button.

Mario Colavita then moved all in for 360,000 in the big blind and Lee reshoved. Assaf quickly folded K♦Q♦.

Mario Colavita: Q♠J♠ All in
Kevin Lee: A♠2♠

Colavita was ahead with top pair, while both players had a flush draw. The 5♠ turn completed the flush, but Lee had the nut flush to leave Colavita drawing dead going to the 8♦ river as Lee collected the massive pot to send Colavita to the rail.

"He saved me," Assaf said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Lee	1,000,000 787,000	787,000
Wasim Assaf	330,000 11,000	11,000
Mario Colavita	Busted

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11-04-2024 13:49 UTC-8

Ko Proves Unstoppable as Pawlenko Falls Victim to Cracked Aces

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Dongwoo Ko and Thierry Pawlenko went to a flop of K♣8♣7♣ when Pawlenko got his last 300,000 in the middle from the big blind and Ko put him at risk in middle position.

Thierry Pawlenko: A♣A♠ All in
David Dongwoo Ko: Q♣9♣

Pawlenko showed down aces with the nut flush draw, but Ko had flopped a flush as the board ran out 10♦6♦ to earn him another bounty.

"Did he say GG?" a tablemate asked.

"He said it very quietly," Cory Skolnik replied. "How's your day going?" Skolnik asked Ko.

"It's been okay," Ko said.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Dongwoo Ko	1,500,000 400,000	400,000

Thierry Pawlenko	Busted

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11-04-2024 13:44 UTC-8

Bozkurt Makes a No-Good Boat

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Connor Richards

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ekrem Bozkurt was all in against the bigger-stacked Shyamsundar Challa.

Ekrem Bozkurt: J♣10♣
Shyamsundar Challa: A♦K♦

The board ran out K♣4♣J♠K♥J♥ and both players made full houses with Challa having the best of it to send Bozkurt to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shyamsundar Challa	700,000 523,000	523,000
Ekrem Bozkurt	Busted

Tags: Ekrem Bozkurt

11-04-2024 13:44 UTC-8

Marcello Pulls the First $25,000 Bounty

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Raimondo Marcello already has reason to celebrate no matter how far he progresses in the tournament as he pulled the first $25,000 mystery bounty envelope.

Two more are still up for grabs.

11-04-2024 13:43 UTC-8

Ko Smacks the River For Another Bounty

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Bruce Far limped in from early position and David Dongwoo Ko raised to 30,000 on the button. Far called and the flop came J♠6♥5♦.

Far then pushed all in for 150,000 and Ko snap-called.

Bruce Far: J♥8♥ All in
David Dongwoo Ko: 7♠6♠

Far was ahead with top pair against Ko's sixes as the 8♦ turn gave Far two pair. The river, though, was the 6♦ and Ko improved to trips to send Far to the rail.

"As soon as he won the pot he looked over at him and said GG," tablemate Cory Skolnik said after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Dongwoo Ko	1,100,000 50,000	50,000

Bruce Far	Busted

Tags: Bruce Far David Dongwoo Ko

11-04-2024 13:37 UTC-8

Another Round of Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Lenhart	Busted
Han Feng	Busted
Michael Russell (NV)	Busted
Yiannis Liperis	Busted
Caleb Piderit	Busted

Mario Diaz Quilez	Busted
Christina Gollins	Busted
Tony Phan	Busted
Dil Uhlin	Busted
Tianhang Zhang	Busted
Ralf Bos	Busted
Matthew Lambrecht	Busted

Matthew Olsen	Busted
Michael Pitcher	Busted
Richard Reed	Busted
Eddie Martinez	Busted
Hobin Suh	Busted
Thanh Hoang	Busted
Lingding Chen	Busted
Antony Ammar	Busted
Adam Hay	Busted
Robert Nolen	Busted
Rommel Liscano	Busted

11-04-2024 13:36 UTC-8

Young Collects a Bounty

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Thomas Osmun moved all in for 90,000 from the button and Justin Young put him at risk under the gun.

Thomas Osmun: A♠J♠ All in
Justin Young: A♦Q♦

Both players hit a pair on the J♥Q♠7♥ flop, but Young was ahead with his queens and Osmun couldn't catch up on the 7♠ turn or 8♥ river as he was sent to the rail.