Matthew Sabia moved all in for 61,000 in middle position and Jeremy Becker called in the hijack. Nick Marchington also came along on the button.
Becker and Marchington checked to the river on a board of Q?7?9?Q?K? when Becker bet 29,000. Marchington quickly folded.
"Alright, good game guys," Sabia said even before the cards were revealed. Becker turned over A?Q? for trip queens and Sabia tossed 6?6? into the muck before making his exit.
Frank Brannan opened to 10,000 from middle position before David "ODB" Baker three-bet to 28,000 from the button. In the small blind, Upeshka De Silva cut out a cold four-bet to 65,000. With the action back on Brannan, he announced a five-bet to 110,000.
Then, Baker slid a stack of chips forward which was, unbeknownst to him, equal to 253,000. De Silva had a laugh as he folded his hand, and Brannan entered the tank with a little over 300,000 behind.
"I swear I've never done this before," lamented Brannan as he pondered his decision. Eventually he opted to fold his hand, indicating that he folded pocket kings.
"Show a king!" a tablemate requested from Baker, who obliged, showing the K?.
"That was your first and last time ever folding kings," another player said to Brannan.
A few hands after handing over a massive double up to Manuel Fritz, Yunkyu Song went heads-up to the turn against Jonathan Newman with the board showing 2?6?6?10?.
Song then bet 48,000 from the big blind and Newman called in the hijack. The river was the 10? and Song bet 108,000.
Newman took a minute before calling once more as Song turned over 8?6? for a full house. Newman mucked and Song raked in the big pot.
Bin Weng opened to 11,000 in middle position and Nikolai Tulin three-bet to 45,000 in the small blind. Weng four-bet jammed for around 300,000 and Tulin called off with a bigger stack.
Bin Weng: A?8?
Nikolai Tulin: A?K?
Weng was dominated and nothing changed on the run out 10?3?A?10?5? to mark the reigning GPI Player of the Year's elimination.
Shuofei Geng raised to 11,000 under the gun and Brian Yoon three-bet to 35,000 in early position. David Moses didn't see Yoon's three-bet and attempted to just call from the big blind.
"I don't get to keep the chips. They weren't any good anyway," Moses said as he left the bet in the pot and folded. Geng called and he and Yoon went heads-up to the 10?2?3? flop.
Yoon continued for 22,000 and Geng called. The turn was the Q? and Yoon bet another 66,000. Geng again called.
The river was the 6? and Yoon moved all in. While Geng was contemplating the decision for his last 170,000, tablemates Jeremy Becker and Christian De Leon gave each other their phones so they can follow each other on social media.
"What do you do? Your picture looks like you're a model," Becker told him.
"He's a foot porn model," Moses joked. "I should create an OnlyFans account. Those girls make millions," Moses added.
"You look like you would do well," De Leon replied.
Geng eventually flashed the 10? as he folded. The table agreed that the winner of each hand has to show one card. "If you have a jack, this would be the one to show," Becker said to Yoon, who indeed showed the J? as he took the pot.
"This is the best table ever," De Leon said after the hand.
Christian De Leon bet 15,000 from early position on a flop of A?5?4? and Ching Da Wu called in the hijack, as did Brock Wilson in the big blind.
The turn was the Q? and De Leon bet another 40,000. Wu then raised to 120,000 and Wilson moved all in for 288,000. De Leon quickly folded, but Wu spent a few minutes in the tank before calling to put Wilson at risk.
Wilson showed Q?7? for a flopped flush while Wu had K?K? for a flush draw. The river was the 5? and Wilson held on to earn the massive double up.
Jack Macdonald moved all in for 40,000 under the gun and Mike Vanier called in early position. Terrance Reid then reraised to 106,000 in middle position and Vanier folded.
Jack Macdonald: 2?2?
Terrance Reid: K?Q?
Macdonald remained in the lead with his deuces through the turn on a board of 9?7?3?8?, but Reid caught the K? on the river to make top pair and send Macdonald to the rail.
Day 2 of the 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) $5,300 Main Event has concluded after seven 90-minute levels of play here at Resort's World Las Vegas. The day began with 287 survivors from the three starting flights and 60 players who joined just before the end of late registration, bringing the field size to 347 players to start the day. By the end of the night, only 77 players remained.
Masato Yokosawa bagged the Day 2 chip lead after finishing with 845,000, a stack worth 106 big blinds going into Day 3. Yokosawa is most closely followed by Andrew Voor (836,000) while Andre Abreu (795,000) rounds out the top three.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Masato Yokosawa
Japan
845,000
106
2
Andrew Voor
United States
836,000
105
3
Andre Abreu
Portugal
795,000
99
4
Brent Hart
United States
735,000
92
5
Manuel Fritz
Austria
732,000
92
6
David "ODB" Baker
United States
693,000
87
7
Michael Bohmerwald
United States
693,000
87
8
Brock Wilson
United States
686,000
86
9
Casey Stewart
United States
668,000
84
10
Daniel Perrier
Canada
579,000
72
Day 2 Action
Defending champion Sami Bechahed got off to a hot start today, rivering a flush with ace-queen to knock out Maxx Coleman and Diego Sanchez. Bechahed was able to ride that momentum all the way to the end of the night, bagging 240,000. Meanwhile, Stephen Song, who just yesterday took down the $25,000 NAPT Super High Roller for $439,400, was not as fortunate and was eliminated in the first level of the day by Nicholas Marchington in a preflop collision that saw both players flop a set.
Sami Bechahed
Other notables to fall short of the money today include Bill Klein, Nick Schulman, Barny Boatman, Jonathan Little, Jeremy Ausmus, Chino Rheem, Chance Kornuth, Parker Talbot, Patrick Leonard and Maria Ho. Christian Harder was also eliminated just a couple of spots shy of making the money after his pocket aces were cracked by Brock Wilson’s ace-queen.
The money bubble burst late in the night when Michael Lavenburg, holding pocket sixes, committed his short stack and was called by Jared Jaffee, who had pocket sevens. Lavenburg failed to improve and was eliminated on the stone bubble, after which all remaining players were guaranteed a min-cash of at least $8,900.
Bin Weng started the day with the chip lead and remained near the top of the counts throughout the first half. However, his run came to an end shortly after the money bubble burst. Weng made a move at the wrong time, four-bet shoving with ace-eight offsuit, only to run into Nikolai Tulin’s ace-king and failing to improve.
Bin Weng
Among the notables to find a bag at the end of the night were David "ODB" Baker (693,000), Brian Yoon (558,000), Jared Jaffee (495,000), Dan Sepiol (382,000), Jeff Madsen (297,000), PokerStars Team Pro Maria Konnikova (243,000), Jonathan Tamayo (220,000), David Peters (180,000) and Marco Johnson (128,000). Others who made the money but were unable to survive until the end of the night were Erik Seidel (123rd - $8,900), Joe Serock (100th - $9,750), Nick Pupillo (93rd, $11,300), Ethan Yau (86th - $11,300) and Martin Jacobson (83rd - $11,300).
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$765,200
14-15
$39,550
2
$478,450
16-17
$34,400
3
$341,750
18-20
$29,900
4
$262,900
21-23
$26,000
5
$202,250
24-27
$22,600
6
$155,550
28-31
$19,650
7
$119,650
32-39
$17,100
8
$92,000
40-55
$14,900
9
$70,800
56-71
$12,950
10-11
$56,950
72-77
$11,300
12-13
$47,450
Day 3 kicks off tomorrow, November 8 at noon local time on Level 18, featuring blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Shot clocks will be introduced at the start of the day.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will on-site at Resorts World tomorrow for Day 3 of the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event.
