Michael Berk raised to 1,300 in the cutoff and was called by David Vanreyk on the button and Dan Shak in the big blind.
The flop came 4♣7♦5♣, and it checked around to Vanreyk, who bet 1,200.
Shak then moved all in, putting himself at risk, resulting in two quick folds from Berk and Vanreyk.
David Vanreyk opened the action with a raise to 1,300 from under the gun, and was called by John Riordan in early position. After it folded to the big blind Michael Berk, he three-bet to 6,800. Vanreyk folded and Riordan made the call.
After the 10♥9♥K♣ flop, Riordan called a bet of 7,500 from Berk.
Both players checked after the 9♠ on the turn, which brought the J♠ on the river. Berk checked to Riordan, who bet out 8,000 and got a snap fold from Berk to give Riordan the pot.
Nicholas Seward limped in the small blind and Mario Colavita raised to 2,200 in the big blind. Seward made the call.
The flop came A♥Q♦4♣ and Seward check-called a bet of 1,800 from Colavita.
On the 10♣ turn, Seward checked again and Colavita sized up with a bet of 7,500, resulting in a quick fold from Seward.
Action was three-way to the 9♠6♥5♠ flop, where Myles Mullaly checked in the big blind and Robert Buckenmayer followed from under the gun.
Sam Grafton fired 1,400 on the button and Mullaly made the call. Buckenmayer then check-raised to 5,000.
The produced folds from Grafton and Mullaly, earning Buckenmayer the pot with no further action.
Valentyn Shabelnyk completed the small blind and Lawrence Greenberg raised to 3,500 in the big blind. Shabelnyk called.
The flop came 8♦10♥2♣ and Shabelnyk check-raised to 6,000 over Greenberg's bet of 2,500.
Greenberg tossed his cards into the muck after some consideration.
Action folded to Matthew Sabia on the button and he raised to 1,400. The small blind folded and the big blind Mark Egbert made the call.
The flop came 4♣3♥9♥ and Egbert checked to Sabia who bet out 1,800. Egbert then raised to 5,100, which Sabia called.
After the 7♠ on the turn, Egbert bet all in for his stack of 11,500, which Sabia quickly called.
Mark Egbert: 9♠5♠ 
Matthew Sabia: J♠9♣
Both players had top pair, but the bigger kicker of Sabia had Egbert on the brink of elimination. The 4♥ on the river brought no help for Egbert, as Sabia took the pot and eliminated Egbert.
Han Feng opened the action with a raise from under the gun and was three-bet by Isaac Kempton in the hijack to 4,000. Feng made the call.
The flop came 4♣10♣A♠ and Feng check-raised to 6,000 over Kempton's bet of 2,500. Kempton called, bringing the 3♣ turn which went check-check.
On the K♦ river, Feng sized up with a bet of 18,000 and after a brief moment of thought, Kempton made the call. Feng tabled 8♠7♠, while Kempton turned over A♣Q♦ for a pair of aces to earn the pot.
The 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $5,300 Main Event will play down to a winner this weekend, but there has been plenty of side event action throughout the past week. PokerNews has live reported several of those tournaments, and during that time our live reporting team has captured some big and game-changing hands.
For example, we already published an article on Jeremy Becker getting his aces cracked by Jonathan Little early in the $25,000 Super High Roller. You can read all about that hand here.
Time to look at some other interesting hands from the past week of the PokerNews live updates from the 2024 NAPT.
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