The popular NAPT series returns to Las Vegas, specifically to Resorts World Las Vegas casino, from November 1st to 10th. Players will be treated to 36 tournaments on this date, including the popular Mystery Bounty format, two High Roller events ($10k and $25k), and of course the $5,300 NAPT Main Event with a $3,000,000 guarantee will reign supreme.
Compared to last year, the buy-in has been increased to the traditional $5,300 and the guarantee has been increased from $1.5m to $3m. Will it manage to surpass last year's numbers? Last year's edition, which returned to Vegas after 12 long years, produced 1,095 entries, and it was Sami Bechahed who enjoyed the $268,945 in winnings and prize money back then.
There will be no shortage of live streams from this stop either, and you can look forward to live streams from Day 4 and the final day of the Main Event throughout the weekend (November 9 and 10). Also filming during NAPT will be the second season of the popular show The Big Game on Tour, which will feature Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth and 4-time Super Bowl winner Ron "Gronk" Gronkowski.
Start of the Main Event
The first flight of the $5,300 Main Event was also played during American Election Night, with 276 entries. A total of 73 players made it to the pack of stacks at the end of the day, led by WPT series record holder Bin Weng. In addition to him, names such as Jonathan Little, John Racener, Jeremy Ausmus and Patrick Leonard also secured their advancement.
Winning "by mistake"
One of the side events was the $360 NLH event, in which 106 entries took care of the $26,700 prizepool. One of the entrants in this tournament was Will "The Thrill" Failla, who ended up taking home the trophy and a $7,130 prize. The funniest part about this win, however, is the fact that Will turned the tournament on by mistake.
"I was playing a $1,100 tournament that I busted out of and couldn't re-enter. The next flight wasn't for another 6 hours, so I went to play a satellite for now. At the cashier I asked what was being played and was told 360. So I paid the entrance fee and went to play. After about an hour of play, someone at my table asked the other player if he knew how many people were playing satellite. So I chimed in that, after all, this is satellite, right? Anyway, I found out that I was playing some $360 tournament, and truth be told, I wanted to blow it off quickly and go to dinner with my friends, but I couldn't lose. It was unbelievable!"
The most expensive tournament will see a winner today
The most expensive event of the NAPT stop was the $25,000 Super High Roller, which saw a total of 60 entries. After the first day of play, Scott Seiver settled into the chiplead, but Day 2 didn't go the way he wanted and Scott didn't even make it to 8 ITM positions. During Day 2, first Nicholas Seward (AK vs QQ) took care of bubble-boy position, and then we saw four more eliminations before the end of the day.
This left the last four players to make it to the final day, with Stephen Song leading the way by a wide margin. The winner of this year's EPT Barcelona Main Event will start the final table with a 9m stack, which is 60% of the total chipcount. Standing in his way of another trophy will be pro Sean Winter, 3-time WSOP champion James Collopy and Edward Sebesta. Each of the finalists is assured of a $158,500 prize, with a $439,400 bonus awaiting the winner here.
Final Day Chipcount:
- Stephen Song - 9,010,000 (180bb)
- Sean Winter - 2,450,000 (49bb)
- James Collopy - 2,210,000 (44bb)
- Edward Sebesta - 1,335,000 (27bb)
Sources - PSlive, Flickr, PokerNews
