$5,300 NAPT Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2025 PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas
$5,300 NAPT Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2025 PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$3,579,300
Entries
738
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
16
Players Left
6
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Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The PokerStars North American Poker (NAPT) Las Vegas Main Event was reintroduced in 2023 after a more-than-decade-long absence, and in those first two years, the champion has been a European. For the third year in a row, the Golden Shard trophy is an overwhelming favorite to head back across the Atlantic after Thomas Boivin seized control on Day 5.
Boivin picked up two aces on the last hand of the night to bust Abdullah Akbarpoor as the Belgian high roller took a massive chip lead over the rest of the final table. Boivin comes back tomorrow with 12,545,000 and more than half the chips in play with six players remaining, nearly 10,000,000 ahead of his closest challenger.
NAPT Final Six Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 12,545,000 | 125 |
| 2 | Jen Shahade | United States | 3,015,000 | 30 |
| 3 | Ekrem Bozkurt | United States | 2,570,000 | 26 |
| 4 | Gal Yifrach | United States | 2,280,000 | 23 |
| 5 | Michael Berk | United States | 985,000 | 10 |
| 6 | Peter Mugar | United States | 715,000 | 7 |
Boivin began the day as chip leader, but his path back to the top wasn’t smooth over the course of the day. Boivin had fallen to a short stack at the final table when he was all in for 1,885,000 with the nut flush draw against Gal Yifrach’s set of fives. Boivin ended up making his flush on the river to double up, then won a massive pot off Michael Berk with trip queens against two jacks. Boivin has already enjoyed a good week here at Resorts World, finishing runner-up in the $50,000 Super High Roller a few days ago to add to his more than $13 million in live earnings.
PokerStars Team Pro Jen Shahade had an equally tumultuous day. Shahade was down to less than 200,000 when she hit a runner-runner flush to double up against Akbarpoor. She then beat Berk’s fours with two tens to double up yet again to over 1,000,000, before finally picking up two kings to bust Matthew Beinner in ninth place. Shahade ended up in second place with 3,015,000 and is already guaranteed to eclipse the largest score of her long career.
Ekrem Bozkurt is in third place with 2,570,000, while Yifrach sits in fourth place heading into the final day with 2,280,000. Berk (985,000) and Peter Mugar (715,000), meanwhile, find themselves with less than 10 big blinds to work with once action picks up tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.
Day 5 began with 16 players remaining out of 738 entries. Katherine Porrello was the first elimination after running her ace-king into Bozkurt’s aces. Michael Walsh (15th) and Jeremy Halaska (14th) soon followed, while Bozkurt picked up aces again to bust Carl Shaw in 13th.
After Mathew Perez fell in 12th place, Berk flopped quad tens to eliminate Jesse Yaginuma in 11th. Baurzhan Akimov then flopped trip sevens and got his last 1,340,000 in against Mugar’s kings, but Mugar spiked another king on the river to make a full house and eliminate Akimov on the final table bubble.
Mugar led at the start of the nine-handed final table with 4,900,000, while Richard Green was in second place with 3,500,000. But nothing seemed to go right for Green once action resumed, and he was eliminated in eighth place after losing a flip with tens against Berk’s tens.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $650,050 | ||
| 2nd | $408,550 | ||
| 3rd | $291,800 | ||
| 4th | $224,450 | ||
| 5th | $172,650 | ||
| 6th | $132,850 | ||
| 7th | Abdullah Akbarpoor | Turkey | $102,200 |
| 8th | Richard Green | United States | $78,600 |
The sudden elimination of Akbarpoor brought the night to an end with 14 hands remaining in Level 29 with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. The final six have already locked up $132,850, while the champion earns $653,050 and the prestigious PokerStars Golden Shard trophy. Tomorrow also marks the start of the PokerStars live stream beginning on a 30-minute delay at 1 p.m.
Boivin already has one hand on the trophy, but he still has five competitors who will try to snatch it away from him tomorrow. PokerNews will be following all the action at the final table and providing live updates until a new NAPT champion is crowned.
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
With just six players remaining, the action has concluded on Day 5 in the $5,300 NAPT Main Event. The final six players will return tomorrow with 14 hands remaining in level 29 with the blinds at 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. Each player has locked up at least $132,850 thus far but there is still a whopping $653,050 awaiting the winner, along with the PokerStars Golden Shard trophy.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $650,050 | ||
| 2nd | $408,550 | ||
| 3rd | $291,800 | ||
| 4th | $224,450 | ||
| 5th | $172,650 | ||
| 6th | $132,850 | ||
| 7th | Abdullah Akbarpoor | Turkey | $102,200 |
| 8th | Richard Green | United States | $78,600 |
A full recap of the day will be posted shortly.
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,545,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
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3,015,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
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2,570,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
2,280,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
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|
985,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
715,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Abdullah Akbarpoor raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Thomas Boivin called in the small blind.
The flop came 5♣5♥4♠ and Akbarpoor bet 200,000. Boivin called to the 8♥ turn, then folded to another bet of 400,000 from Akbarpoor.
The next hand, Akbarpoor again opened to 200,000 in the hijack and Boivin three-bet to 500,000 on the button. Akbarpoor moved all in for 3,200,000, and Boivin instantly called.
Abdullah Akbarpoor: A♥K♠ 
Thomas Boivin: A♠A♣
Akbarpoor had run right into Boivin's aces, and the J♣8♠4♠6♦2♣ board offered no miracles as he was sent to the rail in seventh place.
"Like I was earlier, you took it. Aces, aces, aces," Ekrem Bozkurt said to Boivin.
"I had one more aces that nobody knows about," Boivin replied.
The remaining six players are bagging up their chips for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,500,000
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Jen Shahade opened to 225,000 from under the gun and Abdullah Akbarpoor called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of 9♦8♣7♣ where Shahade started with a check.
Akbarpoor threw in a bet of 300,000 and Shahade check-raised to 825,000. Akbarpoor mulled it over for a bit but decided to send his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,160,000
1,060,000
|
1,060,000 |
|
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2,750,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Thomas Boivin raised to 200,000 on the button and Gal Yifrach called in the big blind. Boivin continued for 100,000 on the K♦K♥Q♣ flop, and Yifrach quickly folded.
Boivin won the next two pots with preflop raises before he opened again, making it 200,000 in middle position. Abdullah Akbarpoor called this time.
The flop came 5♦3♠2♣ and Boivin bet 275,000. Akbarpoor folded and Boivin won his fourth pot in a row.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
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|
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2,800,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,100,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
800,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The action folded around to Jen Shahade in the small blind who ripped all in as the bigger stack. Gal Yifrach was in the big blind with 1,165,000 and made the call for his stack.
Gal Yifrach: K♦10♦
Jen Shahade: Q♥8♣
The flop came A♠5♣3♠ and Yifrach was still in front with his king-high. The 4♥ on the turn provided some chop outs but the 4♦ on the river ensured Yifrach of a double up.
"Sorry guys," Yifrach said to the table who was itching to bag up for the day. "Sorry, not sorry."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,430,000
1,030,000
|
1,030,000 |
|
|
||
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2,290,000
1,210,000
|
1,210,000 |
|
|
||
Level 29
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
"What am I going to do? Stick it in and hope for the best," Gal Yifrach said as he raised to 1,000,000 in the hijack. The rest of the table folded and he took the blinds and ante.
Michael Berk then limped in from the small blind and Thomas Boivin raised to 300,000 in the big blind. Berk came back with a reraise to 1,000,000, and Boivin called.
Berk checked the Q♦Q♠6♥ flop and Boivin bet 400,000. Berk called to the 8♥ turn, where Boivin bet another 750,000. Berk took his time before calling once more.
Both players checked the 4♥ river and Boivin turned over K♣Q♣ for trips. Berk tossed two jacks into the muck as Boivin opened up a massive chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,800,000
3,600,000
|
3,600,000 |
|
|
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|
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1,400,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
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1,200,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
