2023 NAPT Las Vegas

$1,650 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 NAPT Las Vegas

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$268,945
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$1,609,650
Entries
1,095
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
34
Players Left
7

$1,650 Main Event

Day 3 Started

Day 3 Seat Draw

 TABLESEATNAMECOUNTRYCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS
 351Sami BechahedUSA990,00040
 352Girish ReknarUSA335,00013
 353Sandeep PallampatiUSA445,00018
 354Jianxin WuUSA780,00031
 355Ben LudlowUSA750,00030
 357Sergio AidoSpain1,635,00065
 358Jonathan BussieresCanada550,00022
       
 361Anthony DianatyUSA3,220,000129
 362Joe TehanUSA550,00022
 364Tomas PatkaSlovakia1,010,00040
 365Mitchell HalversonUSA590,00024
 366Masato YokosawaJapan995,00040
 367Mikela ShkurtaUSA885,00035
       
 381Noah BronsteinUSA465,00019
 382Je Wook OhUSA875,00035
 384Senhao CaoChina360,00014
 385Ryan LengUSA770,00031
 386Jonathan BorensteinUSA1,855,00074
 387Timothy RutherfordCanada1,305,00052
 388Leonardo CastroUSA180,0007
       
 391David JacksonUSA570,00023
 393Ping LiuUSA870,00035
 394Matthew WantmanUSA495,00020
 395Jeremy PekarekUSA780,00031
 396Ryan YuCanada1,225,00049
 397Aaron MasseyUSA1,425,00057
 398Aditya PrasetyoUSA1,435,00057
       
 421Scott BallUSA1,785,00071
 423Joshua SuyatUSA365,00015
 424Anthony AskeyUSA470,00019
 425Seunghwan LeeUSA330,00013
 426Liran BetitoIsrael1,885,00075
 427Nick SchulmanUSA1,860,00074
 428David ColemanUSA775,00031

NAPT Las Vegas Main Event Plays Down to the Final Table Today!

Anthony Dianaty
Anthony Dianaty

The first PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas Main Event in 12 years has reached it's Day 3 session with 34 players remaining from 1,095 entries who will head to Resorts World Las Vegas to take their seats in an attempt to march towards a final table appearance and ultimately, an NAPT Main Event title.

Sitting atop the field when Day 3 gets underway will be Anthony Dianaty who could do wrong late on Day 2, consistently adding to his growing chip stack throughout the last few levels of the night to bag 3,220,000. There is no easy path to victory, though, as the field is peppered with names that will undoubtedly be a big problem for anyone looking to run away with the title. Among the final 34 are Nick Schulman, who bagged a top three stack worth 1,860,000, two-time bracelet winner Scott Ball (1,785,000), Aaron Massey (1,425,000), three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng (770,000), David Jackson (570,000) and the world's most subscribed poker YouTube vlogger, Masato Yokosawa, who will sit down behind 995,000 when play resumes.

Top Ten Stacks Coming into Day 3

RANKPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS
1Anthony DianatyUSA3,220,000129
2Liran BetitoIsrael1,885,00075
3Nick SchulmanUSA1,860,00074
4Jonathan BorensteinUSA1,855,00074
5Scott BallUSA1,785,00071
6Sergio AidoSpain1,635,00065
7Aditya PrasetyoUSA1,435,00057
8Aaron MasseyUSA1,425,00057
9Timothy RutherfordCanada1,305,00052
10Ryan YuCanada1,225,000 

The field started Day 2 with 252 players and whittled it's way down to the top 159 that would receive a payout, but bubble play was long and brutal as the room saw multiple come-from-behind doubles on the stone bubble, including a runner-runner straight to crack aces and keep hand-for-hand play going for well over an hour. Once the bubble had finally burst, action picked back up with a slew of all-ins and calls taking place over the next hour to cut the field down even further.

NAPT Main Event Remaining Payouts

 PlacePrizePlacePrize
 1$268,94518$10,495
 2$168,17519$10,495
 3$120,13020$10,495
 4$92,41021$9,125
 5$71,08022$9,125
 6$54,68023$9,125
 7$42,06024$7,935
 8$32,35525$7,935
 9$24,88526$7,935
 10$19,14027$7,935
 11$19,14028$6,905
 12$15,95029$6,905
 13$15,95030$6,905
 14$13,87531$6,905
 15$13,87532$6,005
 16$12,07033$6,005
 17$12,07034$6,005

Players that made Day 2 but couldn't survive to the Day 3 session included David Dongwoo Ko, Dean Morrow, Brandon Cantu, Landon Tice and PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot, who was left short late in the day after a blind versus blind confrontation, busting just a few hands later.

Parker Talbot
Parker Talbot

Action for Day 3 will pick up at 12:00 p.m. local time with 75-minute levels and blinds of 10,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000. Today's action will also be live-streamed with cards up over on PokerStars' YouTube channel starting at 12:30 p.m. PST.

Keep the station stuck on PokerNews to get up-to-date coverage of the exciting conclusion from the floor of the 2023 NAPT Las Vegas Main Event!

Tags: Aaron MasseyAditya PrasetyoAnthony DianatyBrandon CantuDavid Dongwoo KoDavid JacksonDean MorrowDongwoo KoJonathan BorensteinLandon TiceLiran BetitoMasato YokosawaNick SchulmanParker TalbotRyan LengRyan YuScott BallSergio AidoTimothy Rutherford

Level: 24

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Castro First Elimination of the Day

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Leonardo Castro was eliminated by Jonathan Borenstein in one of the first hands of the day.

Castro had moved all in for around 180,000 with K?J? as he was called by Borenstein with Ax10x and couldn't pull ahead as the board bricked out to make him the first elimination of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Borenstein
2,000,000
145,000
145,000
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Leonardo Castro
Busted

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Aido Wins Out of the Big Blind

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded to Girish Reknar on the cutoff who raised to 50,000. Sergio Aido made the call from the big blind to see the flop come 10?3?4?.

Aido checked over to Reknar who checked back to bring the 7? out on the turn.

Aido paused before deciding on a bet in the amount of 45,000. Reknar paused briefly before releasing his hand and sending the pot to Aido.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergio Aido
2,600,000
965,000
965,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Girish Reknar
275,000
-60,000
-60,000

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Tehan Eliminated by Leng

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Joe Tehan
Joe Tehan

With roughly 450,000 in the middle on a 8?4?2?Q?J? completed board, Joe Tehan checked from early position, and Ryan Leng jammed from middle position.

Tehan waited a bit before he called all in for about 350,000.

Leng tabled A?Q?, while Tehan's K?Q? went into the muck and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Leng
2,250,000
1,480,000
1,480,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Joe Tehan
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

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Reknar Doubles Through

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded to Girish Reknar in the cutoff who raised to 50,000. Noah Bronstein was in the big blind and after a moment of thought, arrived at the decision to jam. Reknar called off his smaller stack, setting up a runout and putting himself at risk.

Girish Reknar: J?J?
Noah Bronstein: A?Q?

The board ran out 7?4?4?9?3?, securing a full fouble for Reknar and leaving Bronstein on less than 10 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Girish Reknar
535,000
260,000
260,000
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Noah Bronstein
215,000
-250,000
-250,000

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Cao Ousted by Pekarek

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With about 135,000 in the middle on a 3?2?2? flop, Senhao Cao checked the big blind with only 35,000 behind, and Jeremy Pekarek bet 35,000 in middle position.

Cao exhausted all his time extensions with the possibility of a pay jump before he put in his remaining chips.

Senhao Cao: A?4?
Jeremy Pekarek: Q?Q?

Cao needed an ace or five to survive, but the 6? turn and 8? river bricked out and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeremy Pekarek
925,000
145,000
145,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Senhao Cao
Busted

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