The 6 NAPT Main Event finalists have been announced, led by Nick Marchington

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We're kicking things off with the NAPT Main Event, which is currently underway at Resorts World Las Vegas. The Main Event offered a $3,000,000 guarantee with a buy-in of $5,300, but thanks to 895 entries, the prizepool has grown to $4,340,750.

18 players will compete for a seat in the NAPT Main Event final today18 players will compete for a seat in the NAPT Main Event final today

There is $765,200 waiting for the winner here and the top 6 players will battle it out for that amount today. Just before the end of yesterday's Day 4, Brock Wilson busted out, finishing in 7th place for $119,650.

The top 6 players will go into today's final table and they are led by Nick Marchington with a stack of up to 9,990,000. In second place is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen with a stack of 5,585,000.

All finalists have already pocketed at least $155,550. Play will begin tonight around 9:00 pm our time. You can also look forward to a live stream, which can be found on our website tonight.

Rank Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
1 Nick Marchington United Kingdom 9,990,000 100
2 Jeff Madsen United States 5,585,000 56
3 Joel Micka United States 4,475,000 45
4 Curt Kohlberg United States 3,290,000 33
5 Marco Johnson United States 2,475,000 25
6 Masato Yokosawa Japan 1,085,000 11

High Roller goes to the final

The High Roller will also meet its champion today. It had a buy-in of $10,300 and brought 170 entries, bringing the prizepool to $1,328,900.

13 players have advanced to the final day and all are now assured of a minimum of $33,450 in prize money. However, $385,750 awaits the winner, and the closest to that is currently the owner of two WSOP bracelets, Sam Soverel, who is the chipleader with a stack of 1,630,000. Jon Kyte and David Coleman, for example, are also in contention.

Place Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
1 Sam Soverel United States 1,630,000 109
2 Nicholas Seward United States 1,000,000 67
3 David Stamm United States 775,000 52
4 Jon Kyte Norway 715,000 48
5 Adam Adler United States 700,000 47
6 Brian Altman United States 675,000 45
7 Barry Woods United States 670,000 45
8 Ernest Bush United States 600,000 40
9 Danny Wong United States 435,000 29
10 David Coleman United States 360,000 24
11 Valentyn Shabelnyk Ukraine 345,000 23
12 Ryan Hohner United States 330,000 22
13 Tyler Hirschfeld United States 300,000 20

Source - PSlive, pokernews