Andrew Rubinberg led out for 700 from the big blind on a flop of 4♠3♦2♦ and Kinzang Tobgay called in early position.
The turn was the K♠ and Rubinberg bet another 1,500. Tobgay again called and the 3♣ fell on the river. Rubinberg then bet 2,000 and Tobgay called once more.
Rubinberg turned over 6♦5♣ for the flopped straight and Tobgay mucked A♣4♣.
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Victor Paredes bet 1,500 from the cutoff on a flop of J♣10♠3♣ and an opponent on the button called.
The turn was the 6♦ and Paredes checked over his opponent, who bet 5,500. Paredes called to see the 7♦ river, where the button moved all in for 16,000.
Paredes called and his opponent showed A♣Q♥. Paredes turned over A♥J♥ for top pair to take the pot and send his opponent to the rail.
In a three-way pot on a board of K♠5♠A♦, Nawaung Maran bet 2,600 from the cutoff and Ralf Bos called on the button as an early-position player got out of the way.
Maran checked on the 2♦ turn and Bos bet 3,000. Maran called and checked again on the 9♦ river. Bos checked back and showed A♠9♠ for two pair to beat out the K♦Q♠ of his opponent.
Heads-up on a board of 6♥K♠8♥5♦, a player on the button bet 3,300 and Kinzang Tobgay called in the cutoff.
The river was the 9♣ and the button bet another 4,500. Tobgay took a minute before he called, showing Q♣Q♥. His opponent mucked and Tobgay took down the pot.
The second annual PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop at Resorts World Las Vegas will officially get underway this afternoon with the start of $550 Mystery Bounty.
The first of five starting flights in the mystery bounty event gets underway at noon local time, while Day 1B will take place this evening at 5 p.m. PokerNews will be providing live updates for each flight along with the next three flights on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.
$550 Mystery Bounty Schedule
*Date
Time
Event
Buy-in
Tournament
Guarantee
Fri, Nov 01
12:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1A
$300,000
Fri, Nov 01
5:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1B
$300,000
Sat, Nov 02
12:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1C
$300,000
Sat, Nov 02
5:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1D
$300,000
Sun, Nov 03
12:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1E
$300,000
The tournament will see players starting with 30,000 in chips and blind levels of 100/200/200. Blinds will increase every 30 minutes with 20-minute breaks periodically and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 10, which is when registration will close.
Each field will play down to 15% and those players will be in the money heading into Day 2, which is when bounties are introduced.
Last year's$1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty closed out the series drawing 265 players as Canada's Timothy Rutherford won the spade trophy and $24,650.
Timothy Rutherford
The mystery bounty event marks an exciting start to the long-awaited festival that will see over a hundred Gold Pass winners competing in the $5,300 Main Event, including PokerNews giveaway winner Luis Rivera.
Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site here in chilly Las Vegas and ready to provide updates on the first event of this year's NAPT festival.
