Nick Marchington raised to 180,000 on the button with A♣Q♣ and Marco Johnson called in the big blind.
The flop came 6♦5♠4♣ and Johnson led out for 140,000. Marchington called as the J♣ turn gave him a flush draw.
Johnson checked and Johnson bet 510,000. Johnson quickly folded Q♦8♦ and Marchington took down another pot.
Brock Wilson raised to 180,000 under the gun and Jeff Madsen called in the small blind.
Both players checked the Q♦J♣7♦ flop. Madsen then led out for 225,000 on the 4♠ turn and Wilson called.
Madsen bet another 415,000 on the J♥ river and Wilson used a time bank before calling. Madsen showed A♣J♠ for rivered trips and Wilson mucked Q♣10♣.
Yang Li moved all in for 275,000 in the hijack and Brock Wilson called in the big blind.
Yang Li: K♠8♣ 
Brock Wilson: K♦7♦
Both players hit top pair on the K♥Q♥J♠ flop, but the 7♥ turn gave Wilson the lead with two pair. The river was the K♣ and Wilson improved to a full house to send Li to the rail in ninth place.
The 2024 PokerStars North American Poker Tour Las Vegas $5,300 Main Event will play down to a winner this weekend, but there has been plenty of side event action throughout the past week. PokerNews has live reported several of those tournaments, and during that time our live reporting team has captured some big and game-changing hands.
For example, we already published an article on Jeremy Becker getting his aces cracked by Jonathan Little early in the $25,000 Super High Roller. You can read all about that hand here.
Time to look at some other interesting hands from the past week of the PokerNews live updates from the 2024 NAPT.
Matt Affleck raised to 175,000 in middle position with 10♥10♣ and Nick Marchington again three-bet, making it 440,000 from the hijack with A♣7♣. Affleck called.
The flop came 5♠2♠2♦ and Marchington bet 260,000. Affleck called as the A♠ turn gave Marchington the lead with two pair.
Marchington then bet 155,000 and Affleck folded his tens.
Jeff Madsen limped in from early position and Joel Micka raised to 230,000 in middle position. Nick Marchington then three-bet to 600,000 on the button with K♠Q♥ and Madsen folded A♦8♦, while Micka also got rid of A♣Q♣.
The next hand, Marchington raised to 160,000 in the cutoff with A♣4♥ and Yang Li called in the big blind with 7♣4♣.
The flop came 8♠5♥2♣ and Marchington continued for 475,000. Li quickly folded.
Jeff Madsen raised to 170,000 in middle position with 9♠9♥ and Nick Marchington three-bet to 625,000 in the small blind holding A♣9♣. Madsen called and they saw a flop of A♦K♦3♥.
Marchington bet 295,000 with his pair of aces and Madsen folded his nines.
Jeff Madsen raised to 170,000 on the button with A♣4♠ and Brock Wilson called in the big blind.
The flop came J♥4♣3♣ and Madsen bet 205,000. Wilson folded K♦10♣.
Madsen opened again the next hand, making it 175,000 from the cutoff with A♣5♣ as Matt Affleck defended his big blind.
The flop came 7♠3♠2♦ and Madsen bet 100,00. Affleck folded J♣5♠ and Madsen took another pot.
On the first hand of the final table, Brock Wilson raised to 175,000 in early position and Curt Kohlberg three-bet to 450,000 in the hijack. Wilson then moved all in and Kohlberg called for 2,030,000.
Curt Kohlberg: K♠K♥
Brock Wilson: Q♥Q♦
Kohlberg had again picked up a big pocket pair and was poised to continue his ascension up the leaderboard as the board ran out A♣5♣3♥7♣8♣. Wilson couldn't catch up and handed over the pot while Kohlberg moved into second place on the leaderboard.
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