Michael Farrow raised to 500 on the button and Kyle Fleishman three-bet to 2,100 in the small blind. Farrow called and they went heads-up to a flop of J♣6♠2♠.
Fleishman bet another 1,200 and Farrow called. The turn was the 6♦ and Fleishman bet 3,000.
"This is a weird one," Farrow said as he tossed ace-king into the muck. "Weird one," he repeated while Fleishman raked in the pot.
Rory Cox raised to 300 in early position and Arsani Abouelyamin three-bet to 1,200 in the hijack. Michael Liang then four-bet to 3,500 on the button, Cox folded, and Abouelyamin moved all in for around 10,000. Liang snap-called.
Arsani Abouelyamin: A♠10♥
Michael Liang: A♥K♠
Liang had Abouelyamin dominated as the flop came 6♠8♣9♦. The K♦ turn gave Liang top pair, while Abouelyamin missed the 3♣ river as he was sent to the rail.
There was already around 20,000 in the pot as Luka Sabo and Andrew Porter went heads-up on a board of 8♦6♦9♠4♦5♥. Porter then moved all in from the big blind.
Sabo was in the cutoff and tanked for several minutes until he called for his last 12,000. Porter showed 4♥2♥ for just a pair of fours as Sabo turned over A♥A♦ to win the pot.
"Tough to fold those aces," tablemate Paul Houvener told Sabo after the hand.
Porter was left with just 1,500 and was eliminated shortly afterward as the first bustout of the day.
The second of three starting flights kicks off today at 11 a.m. for the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour $5,300 Main Event. Yesterday's flights saw a total of 276 hopefuls make their way to Resorts World in search of a Day 2 bag. However, just 73 were able to advance to Thursday's Day 2.
From a star-studded field, it was Bin Weng who captured the chip lead by the end of the night. The former GPI #1 player built a large stack early in the proceedings and never looked back on his way to a bag of 359,000.
Bin Weng
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Bin Weng
United States
359,000
239
2
Michael Lavenburg
United States
307,500
205
3
Andrew Voor
United States
281,000
187
4
Martin Carnero
United States
267,000
178
5
Eric Medved
United States
240,000
160
6
Jonathan Newman
Canada
232,500
155
7
Colton Blomberg
United States
216,500
144
8
Eric Blair
United States
213,500
142
9
Nathan Wasson
United States
211,500
141
10
Zhiqin Zeng
United States
209,500
140
Players begin the tournament with 30,000 in tournament chips with blinds at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 60 minutes in length and ten levels will be played on Day 1. The tournament is single re-entry per flight, with registration open through to the start of Day 2 on Thursday, November 7 at 12 p.m.
Along with Day 1b, there is a turbo Day 1c at 6 p.m. which features 30 minute levels. After 276 players entered Day 1a, the $3,000,000 guarantee is almost halfway fulfilled with two starting flights still to come.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas Main Event.
