PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas Festival Gets Underway Today With $550 Mystery Bounty
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.
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.