Charles Honkonen bet 2,500 from middle position on a flop of 7?3?2? and Caleb Piderit raised to 6,500 in early position. Honkonen called and they saw the Q? fall on the turn.
Piderit then bet 4,500 and Honkonen again called. The river was the Q? and Piderit bet 21,000, enough to put Honkonen all in. Honkonen leaned back in his seat and tanked for a minute before calling for his last chips.
Piderit turned over 2?2? for a full house and Honkonen tossed A?2? into the muck on his way to the exit.
In a three-way pot on a flop of 7?10?8?, Hobin Suh bet 3,300 and Aleksandr Baturinetc attempted to check-raise but was forced to call as he didn't put in enough for a raise. The player in between folded.
Baturinetc led out for 5,600 on the 3? turn and Suh called. Baturinetc then checked on the 8? river and Suh took some time before betting 8,000. Baturinetc folded to hang onto his remaining 12,000.
Alexey Ruzin bet 3,000 from the cutoff on a flop of J?10?9? and Eric Piderit moved all in for 34,300 under the gun. Ruzin called without noticing that Michael Liang had yet to act in early position. Liang ended up calling and Ruzin's initial call stood.
The turn was the 3? and Liang moved all in for an additional 2,000. Ruzin called and turned over K?Q?, while Liang had 10?10? for a set and Piderit had 5?2? for a flush draw.
"I said I wanted to loosen the table up, but not this much," Piderit said as the river came the K?, completing his flush and earning him a triple up while Ruzin took the last of Liang's chips in the side pot.
Barny Boatman was out of position in a heads-up pot against Victor Shih on a board of 8?K?4?5?9?. Boatman bet 7,600 as the player next to him leaned over to get a read.
"I'm too jetlagged, I can't handle the staredown," Boatman told him. "Just do whatever you're going to do."
Shih folded.
"Your speech-play is too good. You should've kept quiet, I would've called."
The second annual PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) stop at Resorts World Las Vegas will officially get underway this afternoon with the start of $550 Mystery Bounty.
The first of five starting flights in the mystery bounty event gets underway at noon local time, while Day 1B will take place this evening at 5 p.m. PokerNews will be providing live updates for each flight along with the next three flights on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.
$550 Mystery Bounty Schedule
*Date
Time
Event
Buy-in
Tournament
Guarantee
Fri, Nov 01
12:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1A
$300,000
Fri, Nov 01
5:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1B
$300,000
Sat, Nov 02
12:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1C
$300,000
Sat, Nov 02
5:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1D
$300,000
Sun, Nov 03
12:00 PM
1
$550
Mystery Bounty Day 1E
$300,000
The tournament will see players starting with 30,000 in chips and blind levels of 100/200/200. Blinds will increase every 30 minutes with 20-minute breaks periodically and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 10, which is when registration will close.
Each field will play down to 15% and those players will be in the money heading into Day 2, which is when bounties are introduced.
Last year's$1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty closed out the series drawing 265 players as Canada's Timothy Rutherford won the spade trophy and $24,650.
Timothy Rutherford
The mystery bounty event marks an exciting start to the long-awaited festival that will see over a hundred Gold Pass winners competing in the $5,300 Main Event, including PokerNews giveaway winner Luis Rivera.
Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site here in chilly Las Vegas and ready to provide updates on the first event of this year's NAPT festival.
