Daewoong Song moved all in from the button for his last 10,000 before Stephen Sola rejammed from the small blind. It was then on Anze Smajd who snap-called.
Daewoong Song: Kx4x
Stephen Sola: Qx6x
Anze Smajd: AxKx
The board ran out jack-high and the ace-high of Smajd was enough to earn a double knockout and the bounties.
Judy Whitlow and Ryan Tosoc were both all in against Timothy Rutherford with Whitlow being the shortest stack and Rutherford having both opponents covered.
Judy Whitlow: Q♣Q♥
Ryan Tosoc: A♠K♠
Timothy Rutherford: Q♠J♥
Whitlow and Tosoc both had premium holdings, but it was Rutherford who flopped a straight as the dealer fanned the 10♦8♦9♥ board. The 4♥2♥ runout didn't change anything to earn him a double knockout.
"Are you kidding?" Whitlow said after taking the beat.
Alexander Jesionek open-jammed a stack of 73,000 from the hijack and Eric Baldwin moved in behind him with slightly less as David Levy snap-called in the big blind with both players covered.
Eric Baldwin: 3♦3♣
Alexander Jesionek: 9♠9♦
David Levy: 2♦2♥
Jesionek had the best pocket pair and his nines held up as the board ran out J♦5♠K♣10♦J♠ to bring him a near triple and to pick up Baldwin's bounty.
Stephen Sola had run up his short stack to around 100,000 and open-jammed on the button as Robert Natividad called in the big blind. "Let's gamble," said Natividad.
Stephen Sola: 6♠6♦
Robert Natividad: 6♥5♥
Sola was in great shape to double up, though the flop of 8♣9♦A♥ gave Natividad some hope with a gutshot. As it happened, the board finished out 8♠A♣ to double pair and the two players chopped the pot, with both playing the board.
"The least likely of outcomes," said Dylan Linde.
"I appreciate the action," said Sola as he pulled his chips back.
Dan Sepiol Jammed his last few big blinds off a short stack and was called in two spots. His K♠2♥ did not improve against the A♠Q♣ and A♣K♣ of his opponents.
At 2:00 p.m. local time, Day 2 of the $1,100 Mystery Bounty will begin at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas at Resorts World Las Vegas. Josh Reichard leads the field after 16 levels of play.
The 265-entry tournament saw 41 players qualify for Day 2, with the prize pool currently at $254,400 with both the payouts and bounties being taken into consideration. Reichard led the pack for most of Day 1, followed by Samuel Rosen and Daewoong Song of Korea. Daniel Sepiol and Camille Brown round out the top five.
Current Top Ten Chip Stacks
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Josh Reichard
United States
893,000
149
2
Samuel Rosen
United States
441,600
74
3
Daewoong Song
Korea
435,000
73
4
Daniel Sepiol
United States
375,000
63
5
Camille Brown
United States
368,000
61
6
David Levy
Israel
354,000
59
7
Liran Betito
Israel
351,000
59
8
Qing Liu
United States
337,000
56
9
Mark Dube
United States
286,000
48
10
Jeremy Pekarek
United States
267,000
45
Bracelet winners Michael Wang, Ryan Tosoc, Eric Baldwin, and Dylan Linde are among the notable players returning for Day 2, despite being outside the top ten.
Michael Wang
The players will be returning on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. for Day 2 of the tournament. The tournament staff has decided to increase the levels from 30 minutes to 40 minutes for Day 2. The objective is to play down to a winner on Day 2 and the blind levels will begin at 3,000/6,000/6,000.
Players that are returning for Day 2 are in the money and have already locked up a min-cash of $810. At the beginning of Day 2, the mystery bounty feature of the tournament will commence. The prize amounts for the Mystery Bounty will depend on the number of tournament entries and the remaining players. The possible prizes may include but are not limited to: $50,000, $30,000, $15,000, $10,000, $5,000, $1,000, and $500.
Stay tuned to thePokerNews team for live updates from the NAPT Main Event and the $5,300 NAPT High Roller at Resorts World Las Vegas all weekend long.
