2024 NAPT Las Vegas
Sami Bechahed raised to 3,000 in the hijack before Diego Sanchez moved all in for 22,500 on the button. Maxx Coleman reshoved for 28,000 in the big blind and Bechahed called to put both players at risk.
Diego Sanchez: A♣K♠
Maxx Coleman: A♠Q♠
Sami Bechahed: A♥Q♦
Sanchez had Coleman and Bechahed dominated as he was poised for a triple up on the 6♥4♥10♥J♦ board. The river, though, was the 7♥ as Bechahed hit a flush to win the pot and send Sanchez and Coleman to the rail.
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66,000
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On Tuesday night, Event #3: $1,100 RunGood Open reached its conclusion. The tournament attracted 480 runners and surpassed the $400K guarantee by offering up a $460,800 prize pool to the top 72 finishers.
Among those to cash the tournament were Chad Hicks (9th - $8,520), Andrew Rodgers (14th - $5,140), Joe Serock (15th - $5,140), Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot (22nd - $3,380), Mark Seif (28th - $2,560), and Bob Mather (48th - $1,940).
The tournament ended with a heads-up deal that saw Illinois poker pro Richard Bai win the title and $68,530 in prize money, which brought his lifetime tournament earnings up to $1,711,546 according to the Hendon Mob.
The NAPT RunGood Open title was the latest on an impressive poker resumé for Bai, who won the 2017 MSPT Potawatomi for a career-high $139,086. Two years later, he won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit $1,700 Main Event at the same stop for $138,317 and a gold ring (he has two career WSOPC gold rings), and in 2021 he took down the Wynn Fall Classic $1,100 NLH event for $97,842.
NAPT RunGood Open Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Richard Bai | $68,530* |
| 2 | Camilo Bencosme | $65,757* |
| 3 | Kyle Watanabe | $52,593 |
| 4 | Fabian Gumz | $31,260 |
| 5 | Ben Ludlow | $23,960 |
| 6 | Paul Lampl | $18,500 |
| 7 | Victor Holanda | $14,320 |
| 8 | Yi Lin | $10,940 |
*Denotes heads-up deal.
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Young Eum opened to 3,000 from the button, Andrew Voor three-bet to 12,000 from the small blind and Eum made the call.
The flop came J♠8♦J♥ and Voor fired a 9,000 continuation-bet that was called by Eum.
Voor checked-called a 12,000 bet from Eum on the 2♥ turn. On the 3♦ river Voor checked, Eum sized down with a 6,000 bet and Voor called.
Eum could only show a missed gutshot with Q♦10♠ while Voor had ace-high with A♠Q♣ to take the pot.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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300,000
19,000
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42,000
90,500
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Last year’s PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $1,650 Main Event wrapped saw the final seven players from a 1,095-entry field return to battle it out at a live-streamed final table. After eight hours of play, it was poker dealer Sami Bechahed, whose wife was nine months pregnant at the time, emerging victorious to claim a $268,945 top prize and the first NAPT Main Event title in 12 years!
“(It took) a lot of patience. I don’t know what to say, I’m seriously so shaken,” Bechahed told PokerNews after the win. “It’s surreal to me with this stacked final table with (Sergio) Aido, (Nick) Schulman, (David) Coleman … very good players. I came out on top. It’s surreal.”
Bechahed started collecting live tournament cashes in July 2018 when the French-born poker dealer moved to the other side of the felt. He had already nabbed three six-figure scores in his five-year career and had $941,234 in prior tournament earnings.
“I came in as the chip leader, so I didn’t have to be intimidated by anybody,” he added. “I have a lot of mad respect for all of them, but I’m here to play poker. I’m mostly playing poker to have fun but I take it very seriously. So, I came here to have fun, play my best game, and got really lucky.”
2023 NAPT Las Vegas Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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| 1 | Sami Bechahed | United States | $268,945 |
| 2 | Jonathan Borenstein | United States | $168,175 |
| 3 | David Coleman | United States | $120,130 |
| 4 | Ping Liu | United States | $92,410 |
| 5 | Sergio Aido | Spain | $71,080 |
| 6 | Nick Schulman | United States | $54,680 |
| 7 | Sandeep Pallampati | United States | $42,060 |
In a blind on blind battle on the turn, Stephen Mathews led for 7,000 from the small blind and Luther Tran made the call in the big blind.
The completed board read K♦10♠2♦4♥2♠. Mathews led for a third time for 15,000. Luther took some time before he cut out a raise to 51,000. Mathews deliberated for about a minute before he flicked in the call. Luther tabled Q♥2♣ for rivered trips much to the distaste of Mathews who was left short after the hand.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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205,000
44,500
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40,000
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Martin Zamani raised to 4,000 in early position and was called by Anthony Hu in the hijack, button Eric Medved, and big blind Nikolai Tulin.
The flop came 7♦6♦5♣ and Tulin led out for 4,000. Zamani called and Hu raised to 15,000. Medved then moved all in, Tulin called for 73,000, and both Zamani and Hu got out of the way.
Nikolai Tulin: 9♦8♦
Eric Medved: 9♠9♥
Tulin had flopped the nut straight to go with a flush draw, then improved to a straight flush on the 10♦ turn. The river was the 8♣ and Tulin doubled up.
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185,000
119,000
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100,000
7,500
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90,000
150,000
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Michael Lang opened to 3,500 from the hijack and then called after Frank Brannan moved all-in for 16,500 from the small blind.
Frank Brannan: A♥J♦
Michael Lang: A♦9♥
Brannan was in good shape with a dominating ace and it stayed that way on the 10♠7♦3♣K♠2♠ as he secured the full double to breathe new life.
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20,000
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With three players seeing a board of K♦Q♠8♠ and around 12,000 in the middle, Guan Huang checked from the big blind and Stephen Mugar checked from the hijack. Adam Hendrix bet 4,000 from the cutoff and Huang called before Mugar moved all in for 20,500. Huang got out of the way before Hendrix called with a covering stack to put Mugar at risk.
Stephen Mugar: 8♥8♣
Adam Hendrix: A♠10♠
Mugar had flopped bottom set but Hendrix had plenty of outs in the form of a gutshot and the nut-flush draw. The 4♣ turn was a brick and the 4♠ river improved Mugar to a full house to double up through Hendrix.
Shortly after this hand Huang was eliminated.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
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57,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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