Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
PokerStars Ambassador Fintan Hand leads the way after the third break of the day, approaching the 250,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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241,000
113,000
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113,000 |
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237,000
67,000
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67,000 |
|
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195,000
195,000
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195,000 |
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|
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180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
|
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
|
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172,500
62,500
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62,500 |
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168,000
168,000
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168,000 |
|
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168,000
21,000
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21,000 |
|
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167,000
167,000
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167,000 |
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165,000
13,000
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13,000 |
Stephen Kurland limped in and Anze Smajd made a raise behind before Mugur Iordan raised to 6,500. When it got back to Kurland, he folded, and Smajd made a tiny reraise to 9,000. Iordan shoved, and Smajd called off the remainder of his stack.
Anze Smajd: A♥A♦
Mugur Iordan: K♠J♦
Iordan gained some outs on the 9♦2♦J♥ flop and added a straight draw on the Q♣ turn. However, Smajd's bullets held up as the 3♦ river was a brick, and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Jesse Spatuzzi opened to 3,000 from the button, and was faced with a three-bet jam from Daniel Lakerveld in the big blind, who had the covering stack. Spatuzzi quickly got his 30,000 stack in the middle.
Jesse Spatuzzi: A♥Q♥
Daniel Lakerveld: 3♠3♥
Spatuzzi was behind in a race, and was in further trouble after the K♥Q♦3♦ flop gave Lakerveld bottom set.
The K♣ turn brought Spatuzzi some hope, but the 5♥ river was a brick, sending Lakerveld the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted |
Two short stack players were all in preflop against Laurens Verschueren, who had both well covered as players flipped their cards.
Vincenzo Maiorano: A♥3♦
Elena Iakovleva: A♠6♦
Laurens Verschueren: K♥K♦
Iakovleva had already stood up to leave as the board ran out 5♦5♠8♣6♠Q♦. Verschueren held with his pocket kings to win the pot, sending both Maiorano and Iakovleva to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Suleyman Yuce opened to 3,500 from the hijack and Brandon Mifsud defended his big blind.
Mifsud check-called a 2,000 bet from Yuce on the Q♥K♣5♥ flop and then both players checked on the Q♦ turn.
The 9♠ completed the board and Mifsud put a min-bet of 1,500 into the middle. Yuce looked him up and Mifsud tabled 6♥5♠ for queens and fives.
Yuce couldn't beat it and mucked — awarding the pot to Mifsud.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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65,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Sergi Reixach opened to 3,000 and was called by Barny Boatman, before Manuel Fritz three-bet jammed for 24,500. Reixach got out of the way, but, after some thought, Boatman shrugged his shoulders and made the call with the covering stack.
Manuel Fritz: K♥K♣
Barny Boatman: A♣10♣
Boatman seemed in trouble versus Fritz's pocket kings, but the ace was in the window on the A♠8♥2♣ flop, and Fritz could not find a king on the 9♣6♠ turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
98,000
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98,000 |
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50,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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Busted | |
Action folded around to Georges Azar, who raised to 3,500 from the small blind. Agharazi Babayev three-bet to 8,500 from the big blind and Azar called.
The flop came 8♠4♦9♣ and Azar led out for 7,500. Babayev moved all in for 28,000 and Azar tutted and then folded his hand to concede the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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158,000 | |
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52,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The fourth season of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) run by PokerStars is well underway and the action only continues to heat up with the recent schedule release for its marquee stop in Las Vegas. Running from Friday November 1st through Sunday November 10th at Resorts World Las Vegas, the series is not one to miss as it features a whopping 36 tournaments in the span of a week and a half.
Buy-ins range from just $250 all the way up to $25,000 so there are plenty of options for those who want to enjoy some live tournament action without breaking the bank while also providing an opportunity for high stakes regulars to satisfy their desire to play for eye watering sums of money. The high volume means the series comes with a healthy $4,000,000 in total guarantees, including a sizable $3,000,000 set aside for the $5,300 Main Event.