Get Ready for Day 2 of $550 Mystery Bounty at NAPT Las Vegas
Day 2 of the $550 Mystery Bounty at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) festival at Resorts World Las Vegas gets underway today at noon local time and will play down to a winner, who will earn the first PokerStars Spade of the series.
Leading the way across five starting flights is Day 1e chip leader Rhett Van Leeuwen with a stack of just over 700,000. The next closest is Day 1a leader Chris Shebat with 570,000, followed by Quang Vu (568,000), Justin Young (522,000) and PokerStars Ambassador and recent Life Outside Poker guest Maria Konnikova (505,000).
$550 Mystery Bounty Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhett Van Leeuwen | United States | 701,000 | 140 |
| 2 | Daniel Samson | United Kingdom | 631,000 | 126 |
| 3 | Chris Shebat | United States | 570,000 | 114 |
| 4 | Quang Vu | United States | 568,000 | 114 |
| 5 | Justin Young | United States | 522,000 | 104 |
| 6 | Maria Konnikova | United States | 505,000 | 101 |
| 7 | Victor Paredes | United States | 479,000 | 96 |
| 8 | Joshua Bergman | United States | 452,000 | 90 |
| 9 | Karel Kratochvil | Czech Republic | 437,000 | 87 |
| 10 | Leon Dejoras | United States | 436,000 | 87 |
Others who will be in the Day 2 field include Christian Roberts, Matthew Lambrecht, Tim Reilly, Ori Hasson and Frank Lagodich.
The event drew a total of 1,201 players to nearly double the $300,000 prize pool with a total of $576,480. That's split into $300,250 in the bounty prize pool and $276,230 in the regular prize pool. Prize pool and bounty specifics will be made available later today.
Action will pick back up with 19 minutes left in Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/5,000/5,000. All eyes will be on the top bounties of $25,000 ahead of a day of bounty poker that will surely be full of carnage.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site at Resorts World Las Vegas tomorrow for continued coverage of the NAPT Las Vegas kickoff.