2024 NAPT Las Vegas

Day: 1e
Event Info

2024 NAPT Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$46,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$550
Prize Pool
$576,480
Entries
1,201
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1e
Entries
427
Players Left
63

Maria Konnikova Bags Top Stack in Final Flight of NAPT Mystery Bounty as 179 Players Make Day 2

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

The final and largest starting flight of $550 Mystery Bounty at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) festival at Resorts World Las Vegas saw 63 players advancing and Rhett Van Leeuwen leading the way over big stacks Chang Lin, David Dongwoo Ko and PokerStars Ambassador and recent Life Outside Poker guest Maria Konnikova.

The night ended after simultaneous knockouts that saw Leonidas Georgopoulos and another player missing out on paydays.

The Day 1e survivors will join the 116 players who bagged the previous four starting flights on Nov. 4 at noon local time for Day 2, which will play down to a winner and award the first NAPT title of the series. Bountys will be introduced on Day 2 with prizes up to $25,000 up for grabs.

Day 1e Top 10 Chip Counts

RankNameCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Rhett Van LeeuwenUnited States701,000140
2Maria KonnikovaUnited States505,000101
3Chang LinUnited States426,00085
4David Dongwoo KoCanada423,00085
5Alexandro TricaricoBelgium415,00083
6Nicholas WhiteheadUnited States387,00077
7Ronnie LambUnited States385,00077
8Michael McKuinUnited States361,00072
9Daniel SamsonUnited Kingdom330,00066
10Wasim AssafUnited States319,00064

Final Flight Action

The event drew a total of 1,201 players to nearly double the $300,000 prize pool with a total of $576,480. That's split into $300,250 in the bounty prize pool and $276,230 in the regular prize pool. Prize pool and bounty specifics will be made available on Day 2.

Day 1e was the biggest starting flight by more than a hundred players and occupied nearly the entire Resorts World Poker Room, save for a few cash game tables and the Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival IX in the back corner where Robbie Strazynski celebrated his birthday with a cake that he kindly shared with tournament players and media. Happy Birthday, Robbie!

The big hands continued on Sunday with content creator Nikki Limo getting kings cracked at a table that included Konnikova, as well as Gary Melnick making "the craziest call I ever made" by calling 27-big-blind shove by Irene Carey with queen-nine offsuit. He was dominated as Carey held ace-queen but managed to outflop Carey by spiking a nine.

Nikki Limo
Nikki Limo

Some other departures on Day 1e included Qing Liu, Tyler Patterson, Utah's second-all-time-money-leader Frank Stepuchin and PokerStars Ambassadors Rory Jennings and Marle Spragg. While Spragg didn't survive the flight, the content creator's father, Gary Cordeiro, advanced to Day 2.

Action will pick back up with 19 minutes left in Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/5,000/5,000.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site at Resorts World Las Vegas tomorrow for continued coverage of the NAPT Las Vegas kickoff.

Tags: Daniel SamsonDavid Dongwoo KoFrank StepuchinGary MelnicGary MelnickHappy BirthdayIrene CareyMaria KonnikovaMarle SpraggNikki LimoQing LiuRhett van LeeuwenRobbie StrazynskiRory JenningsTyler Patterson