The 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $5,300 Important Occasion will play all the way down to a winner this weekend, however there was loads of aspect occasion motion all through the previous week. PokerNews has stay reported a number of of these tournaments, and through that point our stay reporting group has captured some massive and game-changing fingers.
For instance, we already revealed an article on Jeremy Becker getting his aces cracked by Jonathan Little early within the $25,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler. You may learn all about that hand right here.
Listed below are another fascinating fingers from the previous week of the PokerNews stay updates from the 2024 NAPT.
Reid ’em and Weep
On Day 1c of the $550 NAPT Thriller Bounty, it was towards the top of the primary stage when reporter Connor Richards caught a giant one. Terrance Reid performed a three-way pot on a board of 4♦J♦10♦ and guess 2,000 as Tom Dean known as from the small blind.
Dean checked on the 5♣ flip and Reid guess 6,800. Dean check-raised to fifteen,000 and Reid shortly moved all in as Dean known as off even faster along with his stack of 26,700.
Tom Dean: A♦6♦ Terrance Reid: Okay♦3♦
Reid had flopped the second nuts however was drawing stone useless in opposition to the ace-high flush of Dean earlier than the meaningless Okay♠ river as groans circled the desk.
Morimatsu Will get a Miracle Double Off Ko
On Day 2 of the identical event, it was Degree 26 (25,000/50,000/50,000) when reporter David Salituro caught a miracle double-up. It started when David Dongwoo Ko raised to 100,000 within the hijack and Chanelle Morimatsu three-bet to 500,000 within the small blind. Ko then moved all in and Morimatsu known as for 950,000.
Chanelle Morimatsu: Okay♠J♥David Dongwoo Ko: Q♦Q♠
Morimatsu had run into Ko’s queens because the Q♥8♦A♣ flop gave him a set, however Morimatsu caught the ten♠ on the flip to make a straight. The river was the three♥ and Morimatsu doubled up.
“This desk is sick. I do not wish to play right here anymore,” Chris Vickrey mentioned after the hand.
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Cooler Flop Offers Gutierrez a Huge Double Up
On Day 2 of the $25,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler, it was Degree 11 (5,000/10,000/10,000) when reporter Tyler Boyer caught a cooler flop. Elias Gutierrez was first to behave and raised to twenty,000 earlier than Scott Seiver three-bet to 66,000 from the hijack. It folded again to Gutierrez who lcalled.
The flop got here J♠7♣7♠ and Gutierrez check-called a guess of fifty,000 from Seiver.
After the two♥ on the flip, Gutierrez once more check-called a guess from Seiver, this time for 165,000.
The river introduced the 9♣ and Seiver guess all in for Gutierrez’s stack of 451,000, which was snap-called. Seiver shortly turned over 8♦7♦ for journey sevens. However Gutierrez confirmed J♦J♣ for a flopped full home, jacks stuffed with sevens to take the huge pot and double up, leaving Seiver brief.
Aces Versus Kings for Winter
One stage later in Degree 12 (6,000/12,000/12,000), reporter Nick Becker witnessed a cooler. A preflop elevating warfare resulted in Sean Winter and Elias Gutierrez getting all of it in with Winter in danger.
Sean Winter: A♥A♠ Elias Gutierrez: Okay♠Okay♣
Winter discovered himself within the dream spot and the board ran out 3♥10♣Q♠J♣4♦ to safe him the large double up. It was a cooler, however Winter was on the higher finish of it, and it little question helped contribute to his deep run when he finally completed in second place for $288,100. In the meantime, Gutierrez completed in fifth place for $122,500.
Click on right here to see who received the NAPT $25,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler
Music Finds the Dream Spot
In the identical event, it was Degree 15 (10,000/25,000/25,000) when Nick Becker caught one other fascinating hand. Clemen Deng moved all in from underneath the gun for 175,000, placing himself in danger. Stephen Music known as within the cutoff and motion folded round to Justin Saliba, who three-bet shoved for 1,715,000 from the large blind. Music snap-called.
Clemen Deng: A♣7♣Justin Saliba: A♥Okay♦ Stephen Music: A♠A♦
The board ran out 3♣Okay♠4♣3♦7♠ and Music’s aces held to scoop an enormous pot and assist propel him to victory within the event.
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