The "straddle" is on at Table 1 as players have agreed to blind raise under-the-gun.
Johan Schumacher kicked off the party by raising to 200 from under the gun and Bin Weng three-bet to 600 on the button. Schumacher called.
Schumacher checked on the flop of 4♦J♠J♥ and Weng continued for 200. Schumacher folded.
The next hand, Trong Engedal "straddled" to 200 from under the gun and Weng three-bet to 600. Schumacher four-bet to 2,000 in the big blind and Weng called.
Schumacher continued for 1,500 on the 9♣5♣10♦ flop and Weng raised to 4,000. Schumacher folded, leading Weng to claim it was a "value raise" before showing the 8♣.
"See, this is much funner than 100/100!" said Chance Kornuth.
In a heads-up pot on a board of 7♣9♦J♦A♦, Chance Kornuth bet 200 and Bin Weng raised to 1,500. Kornuth then three-bet to 6,200 to bring a quick fold from Weng, leading to Kornuth to show the 9♣.
"That's good enough!" said Weng.
"I'm willing to bluff with the best hand," said Kornuth.
The next hand, Weng opened in the hijack and Kornuth called on the button as the big blind also came along.
Weng continued for 400 on the A♠J♣10♥ flop and only Kornuth called. Weng sized up to 2,000 on the 4♥ turn and Kornuth folded.
Christopher Bilinsky opened in the cutoff and David Ives three-bet on the button.
Bilinsky four-bet to 3,500 and Ives came back over the top with a four-bet to 10,800. Bilinsky folded, and it was the right move as Ives turned over A♠A♥.
After several exciting side events at 2025 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas at Resorts World Las Vegas, it's time for coverage of the $5,300 NAPT Main Event.
The NAPT Main Event kicked off on Thursday with Day 1a and continues on Friday at 11 a.m. local time with Day 1b. Like the first starting flight, players will start with 30,000 chips and blinds of 100/100/100. Levels will last 60 minutes in duration.
Day 1b will play ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break scheduled at the end of Level 6. Players from the three starting flights will combine for Day 2 on Saturday.
Last year's NAPT Main Event drew 895 runners for a prize pool of $4,340,750 as Britain's Nick Marchington won the trophy and $765,200, while the final table also included longtime pros Jeff Madsen, Marco Johnson and Matt Affleck, as well as Japanese poker superstar Masato Yokosawa and high-stakes pro Brock Wilson.
2024 NAPT Las Vegas Main Event Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
Nick Marchington
United Kingdom
$765,200
2
Joel Micka
United States
$478,450
3
Jeff Madsen
United States
$341,750
4
Marco Johnson
United States
$262,900
5
Curt Kohlberg
United States
$202,250
6
Masato Yokosawa
Japan
$155,550
7
Brock Wilson
United States
$119,650
8
Matt Affleck
United States
$92,000
Nick Marchington
The Main Event is scheduled for six days, with streamed coverage from PokerStars of the final day on November 12.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on site at Resorts World and ready to provide coverage of the NAPT Main Event.
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