$1,650 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2023 NAPT Las Vegas
$1,650 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 NAPT Las Vegas
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$1,609,650
Entries
1,095
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
252
Players Left
34
Bubble Bursts On Day 2 Of NAPT Main Event As Anthony Dianaty Leads 34 Remaining Players
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
An exciting Day 2 of the $1,650 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Main Event wrapped up late on Thursday with 34 players remaining. Leading the way is Florida's Anthony Dianaty with a stack of 3,220,000 as the Tampa native looks to add to his $826,106 in tournament earnings.
There were plenty of well-known faces in the Day 2 field and a handful of them found bags at the end of the evening, including poker commentator Nick Schulman, Japanese poker vlogger Masato Yokosawa, Sergio Aido, Scott Ball and Matthew Wantman.
Each of the remaining players has a payday of at least $6,005 locked up and a shot at the $268,945 up top for the first NAPT champion in 12 years.
NAPT Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Dianaty | USA | 3,220,000 | 129 | |
| 2 | Liran Betito | Israel | 1,885,000 | 75 | |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | USA | 1,860,000 | 74 | |
| 4 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA | 1,855,000 | 74 | |
| 5 | Scott Ball | USA | 1,785,000 | 71 | |
| 6 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 1,635,000 | 65 | |
| 7 | Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 1,435,000 | 57 | |
| 8 | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,425,000 | 57 | |
| 9 | Timothy Rutherford | Canada | 1,305,000 | 52 | |
| 10 | Ryan Yu | Canada | 1,225,000 | 49 |
Day 2 Action
There were 252 players who returned for Day 2 and each of them fought hard to make it into the money with only 159 spots paid. Some of those eliminated before the money include Ryan Laplante, Adam Hendrix, Donnie Peters, Benjamin Kaupp, Asher Conniff and $10,300 Super High Roller champion Jesse Lonis.
An early highlight of the day was Brazil's Leonardo Boen hitting quads twice in one orbit, including in a hand where he flopped quads holding pocket nines to eliminate Ukraine's Valentyn Shabelnyk.
Someone else who took a beat was Christina "Baby Shark" Gollins, whose pocket queens were outflopped by the pocket jacks of Mario Arribas to go out a few spots off the money.
Play slowed down significantly during hand-for-hand play on the money bubble and several players received doubles to make it into the money, including 2004 WSOP Main Event runner-up David Williams, Karim Ghozlani and John Morgan.
Eventually, Turbo Nguyen found himself flipping against Matthew Wantman with pocket tens against king-jack. A king on the flop gave Wantman the lead and Nguyen couldn't hit the two-outer and ran out of turbo to go out on the money bubble.
The post-bubble casualties included Andrew Moreno and Jonathan Glendinning, who were both eliminated by Girish Reknar in a massive hand that saw Reknar hitting a flush to beat out Moreno's straight and Glendinning's set, as well as David Peters, Michael Jozoff, Matthew Hunt, Hirokazu Kobayashi and Jeremy Eyer.
PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot had a big stack for much of the day but fell in the last level of play as he ran ace-jack into the ace-queen of Liran Betito in a blind versus blind confrontation. Fellow ambassadors Maria Konnikova and David Kaye were also unable to survive the day.
Day 3 will kick off at noon Vegas time on Level 24 with blinds of 10,000/25,000/25,000. Levels will increase to 75 minutes in duration and shot clocks will be introduced. The tournament will be streamed by PokerStars on a 30-minute delay from Day 3 on, so be sure to follow along.
NAPT Main Event Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $268,945 | 18 | $10,495 | |
| 2 | $168,175 | 19 | $10,495 | |
| 3 | $120,130 | 20 | $10,495 | |
| 4 | $92,410 | 21 | $9,125 | |
| 5 | $71,080 | 22 | $9,125 | |
| 6 | $54,680 | 23 | $9,125 | |
| 7 | $42,060 | 24 | $7,935 | |
| 8 | $32,355 | 25 | $7,935 | |
| 9 | $24,885 | 26 | $7,935 | |
| 10 | $19,140 | 27 | $7,935 | |
| 11 | $19,140 | 28 | $6,905 | |
| 12 | $15,950 | 29 | $6,905 | |
| 13 | $15,950 | 30 | $6,905 | |
| 14 | $13,875 | 31 | $6,905 | |
| 15 | $13,875 | 32 | $6,005 | |
| 16 | $12,070 | 33 | $6,005 | |
| 17 | $12,070 | 34 | $6,005 |
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site at Resorts World tomorrow for Day 3 of the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event.
Day 3 Seat Draw (full)
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| TABLE | SEAT | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 1 | Sami Bechahed | USA | 990,000 | 40 | |
| 35 | 2 | Girish Reknar | USA | 335,000 | 13 | |
| 35 | 3 | Sandeep Pallampati | USA | 445,000 | 18 | |
| 35 | 4 | Jianxin Wu | USA | 780,000 | 31 | |
| 35 | 5 | Ben Ludlow | USA | 750,000 | 30 | |
| 35 | 7 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 1,635,000 | 65 | |
| 35 | 8 | Jonathan Bussieres | Canada | 550,000 | 22 | |
| 36 | 1 | Anthony Dianaty | USA | 3,220,000 | 129 | |
| 36 | 2 | Joe Tehan | USA | 550,000 | 22 | |
| 36 | 4 | Tomas Patka | Slovakia | 1,010,000 | 40 | |
| 36 | 5 | Mitchell Halverson | USA | 590,000 | 24 | |
| 36 | 6 | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | 995,000 | 40 | |
| 36 | 7 | Mikela Shkurta | USA | 885,000 | 35 | |
| 38 | 1 | Noah Bronstein | USA | 465,000 | 19 | |
| 38 | 2 | Je Oh | USA | 875,000 | 35 | |
| 38 | 4 | Senhao Cao | China | 360,000 | 14 | |
| 38 | 5 | Ryan Leng | USA | 770,000 | 31 | |
| 38 | 6 | Jonathan Borenstein | USA | 1,855,000 | 74 | |
| 38 | 7 | Timothy Rutherford | Canada | 1,305,000 | 52 | |
| 38 | 8 | Leonardo Castro | USA | 180,000 | 7 | |
| 39 | 1 | David Jackson | USA | 570,000 | 23 | |
| 39 | 3 | Ping Liu | USA | 870,000 | 35 | |
| 39 | 4 | Matthew Wantman | USA | 495,000 | 20 | |
| 39 | 5 | Jeremy Pekarek | USA | 780,000 | 31 | |
| 39 | 6 | Ryan Yu | Canada | 1,225,000 | 49 | |
| 39 | 7 | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,425,000 | 57 | |
| 39 | 8 | Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 1,435,000 | 57 | |
| 42 | 1 | Scott Ball | USA | 1,785,000 | 71 | |
| 42 | 3 | Joshua Suyat | USA | 365,000 | 15 | |
| 42 | 4 | Anthony Askey | USA | 470,000 | 19 | |
| 42 | 5 | Seunghwan Lee | USA | 330,000 | 13 | |
| 42 | 6 | Liran Betito | Israel | 1,885,000 | 75 | |
| 42 | 7 | Nick Schulman | USA | 1,860,000 | 74 | |
| 42 | 8 | David Coleman | USA | 775,000 | 31 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,220,000 | |
|
1,885,000 | 505,000 |
|
1,860,000 | 10,000 |
|
1,855,000 | 55,000 |
|
1,785,000 | 835,000 |
|
1,635,000 | 1,635,000 |
|
1,435,000 | 185,000 |
|
1,425,000 | -155,000 |
|
1,305,000 | 5,000 |
|
1,225,000 | -269,000 |
|
1,010,000 | 742,000 |
|
995,000 | 245,000 |
|
990,000 | 870,000 |
|
885,000 | 425,000 |
|
875,000 | 45,000 |
|
870,000 | 120,000 |
|
780,000 | 65,000 |
|
780,000 | 370,000 |
|
775,000 | -625,000 |
|
770,000 | -330,000 |
|
750,000 | 450,000 |
|
590,000 | 425,000 |
|
570,000 | -30,000 |
|
550,000 | -80,000 |
|
550,000 |
Play Ended
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
With 34 remaining players on the tournament clock, play has ended for Day 2.
The full chip counts and a recap are to follow.
Three More Hands
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The tournament clock has been paused and the dealers have been instructed to deal three more hands before the players can bag and tag their chips for Day 3.
Prasetyo Scores Double With Superior Pocket Pair
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Aditya Prasetyo raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Jonathan Bussieres three-bet to 125,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Praseto who four-bet jammed for 600,000, and Bussieres called.
Aditya Prasetyo: Q♥Q♣
Jonathan Bussieres: J♦J♣
The board ran out K♦6♣3♣10♠A♠ and the ladies stayed in front to secure Prasetyo's double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | 875,000 |
|
|
630,000 | 200,000 |
Betito Doubles Through Talbot Blind vs Blind
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Action folded to Parker Talbot in the small blind who raised to 70,000. Liran Betito was in the big blind and after checking his cards, decided to jam for 680,000. Talbot didn't seem to love it but did make the call to set up a runout with Betito at risk.
Liran Betito: A♦Q♦
Parker Talbot: A♣J♠
The board ran out 9♦6♥8♥K♠7♥, keeping Betito in the lead for the full double as Talbot is left with right at 10 big blinds.
Talbot would get the remainder of his stack in just a few hands later and bust to be the last PokerStars Ambassador standing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,380,000 | 865,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Counts As the Night Winds Down
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000 | 230,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
750,000 | -115,000 |
|
550,000 | -110,000 |
|
350,000 | 30,000 |
Massey Adds With Aces Up
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
With roughly 500,000 in the middle on the turn of a K♣7♣2♠A♥ board, Joe Tehan bet 180,000 in the small blind, and Aaron Massey called in middle position.
The 10♣ river was checked through and Massey tabled A♦K♠ to claim the pot with aces and kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,580,000 | 650,000 |
|
|
550,000 | -150,000 |
Chen Goes Runner-Runner to Crack Aces
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Benny Chen raised to 170,000 from the cutoff with only 20,000 behind and Joshua Suyat called in the small blind.
The dealer fanned out the J♣6♣3♠ flop, Chen put in his remaining 20,000, and Suyat called.
Benny Chen: A♥7♦
Joshua Suyat: A♦A♣
Chen was in rough shape, but the 5♣ turn gave a bit of hope, and the 4♠ river gave him a straight for the unlikely double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 | -54,000 |
|
325,000 | -75,000 |