$50,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | 2025 PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas

11-05-2025 20:47 UTC-8

Sturm Crashes Out

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened in the small blind and Leon Sturm three-bet to 30,000 in the big blind. Chidwick called.

Chidwick checked on the flop of 5♠5♥10♦ and Sturm continued for 23,000. Chidwick called.

Chidwick checked again on the 7♦ turn and Sturm moved all in to bring a quick call from his British opponent.

Leon Sturm: A♦2♥ All in
Stephen Chidwick: K♠K♣

Sturm had been caught bluffing and couldn't hit an ace as the 9♥ river bricked off to mark the young German's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	720,000 120,000	120,000

Leon Sturm	Busted

Tags: Leon Sturm Stephen Chidwick

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 0

11-05-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Koon Gets Caught Bluffing

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Action picked up on the river with a sizable pot brewing in a hand between Thomas Boivin on the button and Jason Koon in the small blind.

With roughly 375,000 in the middle and the board reading 8♣6♠4♠A♠10♠, Koon moved all in for just over 380,000 to put himself at risk.

Boivin thought for a moment and flicked in one chip, signifying the call. Koon turned over 7♥6♥ while Boivin tabled J♠8♠ for the flush to send Koon packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	1,435,000 585,000	585,000

Jason Koon	Busted

Tags: Jason Koon Thomas Boivin

11-05-2025 20:20 UTC-8

Smith Backdoors His Way to a Flush

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Nick Petrangelo raised to 11,000 under the gun and Dan Smith defended in the big blind.

The flop came 2♥9♥Q♠ and Smith check-called a bet of 7,000 from Petrangelo.

The turn landed the J♠ and Smith check-called again, this time for 34,000.

The river fell the 2♠, completing the backdoor flush draw and Smith checked once more. Petrangelo thought for a moment and elected to check back.

Smith tabled the winner with 9♠8♠ for the flush and the pot was pushed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Petrangelo	300,000 26,000	26,000

Dan Smith	230,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Dan Smith Nick Petrangelo

11-05-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Chidwick Leads Table #2

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	600,000 10,000	10,000

Brandon Wilson	420,000 80,000	80,000
Ben Tollerene	290,000 50,000	50,000
Leon Sturm	175,000 99,000	99,000

11-05-2025 20:05 UTC-8

Koon Bets Out Smith

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Jason Koon opened to 12,000 on the button and Dan Smith called in the big blind.

Smith checked on the flop of 2♣Q♥8♥ and Koon continued for 8,000. Smith laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	450,000 20,000	20,000

Dan Smith	140,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Dan Smith Jason Koon

11-05-2025 20:05 UTC-8

Laskowitz Sees the Bad News

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Action picked up on the river in a hand between Sam Laskowitz in the small blind and Brandon Wilson in the big blind.

With the board reading 4♦7♦4♣10♠4♥, Laskowitz checked and Wilson bet enough to put Laskowitz all in who had 86,000 behind.

Laskowitz took some time to think through his decision, ultimately deciding to flick in the call. He tabled K♦6♠ and saw the bad news when Wilson turned over 6♣6♦ for the full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Wilson	500,000 110,000	110,000
Sam Laskowitz	Busted

Tags: Brandon Wilson Sam Laskowitz

11-05-2025 19:57 UTC-8

A Look at the Day 1 Field

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Connor Richards

11-05-2025 19:53 UTC-8

Chidwick Wins Flip the Hard Way

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Stephen Chidwick raised to 11,000 under the gun and was three-bet by Sam Laskowitz on the button to 35,000. Chidwick then moved all in for 289,000 to put himself at risk and Laskowitz quickly called.

Stephen Chidwick: J♠J♣ All in
Sam Laskowitz: A♦K♥

Laskowitz pulled ahead on the 7♥7♠A♠ flop, pairing his ace. The 5♠ fell on the turn giving Chidwick additional outs to a flush draw.

The river landed the J♥ and Chidwick improved to a full house, jacks full of sevens to stay in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	590,000 300,000	300,000

Sam Laskowitz	86,000 317,000	317,000

Tags: Sam Laskowitz Stephen Chidwick

11-05-2025 19:44 UTC-8

Kaverman Takes from Petrangelo

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Nick Becker

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 0 ante

Byron Kaverman raised to 11,000 in the cutoff and was called by Nick Petrangelo in the small blind and Thomas Boivin in the big blind.

The flop came Q♣Q♦2♦ and it checked to Kaverman who bet 10,000. Petrangelo called and Boivin got out of the way.

On the 10♥ turn, Petrangelo check-called again, this time for 30,000 and the K♦ landed on the river.

Petrangelo checked once more and Kaverman fired out a bet of 75,000. After taking some time to think through his decision, Petrangelo tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Byron Kaverman	373,000 23,000	23,000

Nick Petrangelo	274,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Byron Kaverman Nick Petrangelo Thomas Boivin