In a heads-up pot on a flop of 4♦Q♣9♦, Andrew Lichtenberger checked from under the gun and Jesse Lonis bet 6,500 on the button. Lichtenberger check-raised all in and Lonis quickly called with Lichtenberger covered.
Andrew Lichtenberger: A♠Q♠
Jesse Lonis: 9♣9♠
Lichtenberger had top pair but had run into a set to be drawing nearly dead before the runout of 7♦Q♦ confirmed his elimination.
In a heads-up pot on a flop of 3♦10♦9♣, Frank Lagodich checked from the big blind and Michael Wang bet 4,000 on the button. Lagodich check-raised to 10,000 and Wang called.
Lagodich bet 25,000 on the 7♠ turn and Wang moved all in for a starting stack. Lagodich called with the same amount.
Frank Lagodich: A♦J♦
Michael Wang: 10♣9♠
Lagodich had run into two pair and needed a diamond or an eight to stay alive, however, the river brought the 2♣ to mark his elimination in one of the first hands of the day.
After a short delay to administer a large amount of Day 2 registrations, cards are now in the air. A total of 23 new players have taken their seat to bring the total remaining to 39.
Chad then sits down for a chat with K.L. Cleeton, the co-founder of RangeTrainerPro. He talks about living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), how poker is a great equalizer for his competitive spirit, and new developments at RangeTrainerPro and how his unique perspective has shaped the innovative tool.
The 2023 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas kicked off in style on Sunday with the $10,300 NAPT Super High Roller, an event that has attracted 36 runners so far inside the convention area at Resorts World Las Vegas. Just 16 of those players remain heading into Day 2, which gets underway at 12:30 p.m. local time, with late registration open until the start of play.
Leading the remaining 16 is Israel's Tom Orpaz, who jumped into the action late on Day 1 and wasted no time chipping up through Ping Liu before muscling the chip lead away from young poker star Jesse Lonis.
Orpaz, who is just a few months removed from an impressive EPT Barcelona run that brought him two trophies, will enter Day 2 with more than 230 big blinds with 355,000 chips against fellow big stacks Sergio Aido (233,000), Richard Green (191,000) and Calvin Lee (188,000).
Lonis, who himself has had a fantastic year of high-stakes poker, will start the day toward the middle of the pack among the likes of high-stakes regulars Sam Soverel and Dan Shak, while Connecticut's Dylan Destefano and Japanese poker vlogger Masato Yokosawa will try to climb from the bottom of the chip counts.
Day 2 action will kick off on Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/1,500/1,500. Levels will be 60 minutes in duration with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled to take place after Level 16.
There is $349,200 in the prize pool so far, though that number will likely climb before the end of late registration.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here at Resorts World Las Vegas for the magnificent return of the NAPT festival.