2024 NAPT Las Vegas

$550 NAPT Mystery Bounty
Day: 1b
Event Info

2024 NAPT Las Vegas

Event Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$300,000
Entries
332
Players Left
51
Average Chip Stack
195,294
Total Chips
9,960,000
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
5,000 / 10,000
Ante
10,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
100
Players Left
16

Karel Kratochvil Bags the Chip Lead After Day 1b in NAPT Las Vegas $550 Mystery Bounty

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

The second annual PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas (NAPT) festival kicked off with the $550 Mystery Bounty event. Today, the first two of five Day 1 flights took place at Resorts World Las Vegas. Day 1a, which began at noon local time, attracted 232 entrants, with 35 players making the money and advancing to Day 2. The second flight started at 5:00 p.m. local time and drew 100 entrants, with 15 players set to advance to Day 2 and secure at least a minimum cash. The chip leader at the conclusion of Day 1b was Karel Kratochvil, who bagged an impressive 437,000 chips.

Kratochvil climbed to the top of the leaderboard largely due to a massive double up during hand for hand play, where he made quad threes on the river against his opponent’s turned wheel. Right behind him is Ryan Wolfson in second place with 414,000 chips, followed by Tim Reilly in third with 337,000 chips.

Timothy Reilly
Timothy Reilly

Top 10 Chip Counts From Day 1b

PlaceNameCountryChip Count
1Karel KratochvilCzech Republic437,000
2Ryan WolfsonUnited States414,000
3Tim ReillyUnited States337,000
4Roni HakimUnited States334,000
5Robert NolenUnited States314,000
6Jeffrey YarcheverUnited States254,000
7Kevin LeeUnited States213,000
8Tao QinUnited States160,000
9Mitchell HalversonUnited States159,000
10Rommel LiscanoUnited States101,000

Also advancing to Day 2 is World Series of Poker bracelet winner Nicholas Seward, who bagged 55,000 chips. Notable players who were unable to cash include Jeff Platt, Terrance Reid, Myles Mullaly, Daniel Willis, and Eric Siegel.

The 15 remaining players found themselves in the money after Sergio Dantas was eliminated in brutal fashion on the stone bubble. Action folded to the small blind Ryan Wolfson who jammed all in with pocket threes against the big blind Dantas pocket queens, who had a stack of 135,000. To the delight of several shorter stacks in the field, Wolfson flopped a set of threes, eliminating Dantas and bursting the bubble.

Sergio Dantas
Sergio Dantas

There are still three more starting flights for players to try to make the money, with two more flights scheduled for tomorrow and the final Day 1e flight on Sunday at noon. All remaining players will combine for Day 2 on Monday at noon, when the mystery bounties come into play. Day 2 will resume from the earliest finishing time of the starting flights, which is currently Day 1a, wrapping up with 15 minutes remaining in Level 17, featuring blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante.

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Tags: Daniel WillisEric SiegelJeff PlattJeffrey YarcheverKarel KratochvilKarel Kratochvil BagsKevin LeeMitchell HalversonMyles MullalyNicholas SewardRobert NolenRommel LiscanoRoni HakimRyan WolfsonSergio DantasTao QinTerrance ReidTim Reilly