Action was picked up on the turn with around 14,000 in the middle in a hand between Kenzo Ishida on the button and William Toivonen from middle position who had limp-called a raise preflop.
With the board reading J♣9♥6♥Q♦, Toivonen led all-in for 20,900 which sent Ishida into the tank. After some deliberation he opted to call and the cards hit their backs.
William Toivonen: K♣Q♥
Kenzo Ishida: A♠A♥
Ishida made the correct call with his overpair but Toivonen had several outs to improve.
Ishida pleaded with the dealer as he yelled,"Deuce!" before the dealer peeled the 2♠ on the river as he held to eliminate Toivonen.
Three players saw a board of 6♦8♣6♥ in a five-bet pot with around 60,000 in the middle and Paul Houvener already all in preflop from middle position after starting the hand with 19,000. Wagner Wysotchanski checked from under the gun, Mario Colavita shoved for 7,900 from the cutoff and Wysotchanski called with a covering stack to put both players at risk.
Paul Houvener: 10♠10♣
Mario Colavita: A♣A♥
Wagner Wysotchanski: K♥Q♥
Colavita's aces remained ahead when the rest of the board ran out J♥5♦ and he tripled up while Houvener was sent to the rail.
On Monday night, the 2024 NAPT Event #6: $360 NLH Unlimited Re-Entry attracted 89 players who rebought 17 times. The 106-entry field generated a prize pool of $26,700, and it was a familiar face coming out on top on Will “The Thrill” Failla, who claimed the Spadie trophy and $7,130 in prize money.
The real thrill of it all though is that Failla, who is in action in today's Day 1a field, didn’t even mean to play the tournament. He registered thinking it was a $360 satellite into the $5,300 NAPT Main Event.
"I bought into the $1,100 event but there were no more rebuys," he told PokerNews. "I didn't want to wait around until about six or seven for the next flight. I thought there was a satellite to it, and I said, 'What's the next thing going right now? The satellite?' And she goes, 'The $360.' So I give her the money and next thing I know I'm a half hour in, win a couple of hands, and a guy says, 'How many people are in the satellite?' Someone said what satellite? You're not in a satellite. Get the f*** out of here. He says, 'Will, you're in a $25K guaranteed tournament, not a satellite.'"
Failla continued: "I said, no f***ing way. I said, can you pick me up seriously? He said I played hands and had chips so they couldn't. I tried everything I could to go to dinner with my friends before the next $1,100 flight but I just couldn't lose a hand. It really f***ed up right in a way. I haven't played a $360 tournament since I was like four years old."
Event #6 Final Table Results
Place
Player
Prize
1
Will Failla
$7,130
2
Veselin Dimitrov
$4,600
3
Faramarz Ghorbani
$3,280
4
Matej Gorba
$2,520
5
Suhail Khader Khan
$2,020
6
Richard Lee
$1,620
7
Nick Jivkov
$1,290
8
Fabian Hein
$1,030
Some others to cash the tournament were Liron Altman (9th - $830), Mahesh Lad (10th - $660), Vanderlai Alvino (11th - $660), Alberto Rodriguez (12th - $530), and Mandy Island (13th - $530).
With around 8,000 in the pot and a board reading 4♥7♥8♠A♦, JC Alvarado bet 3,500 under the fun and Colton Blomberg called next to act.
When the 5♥ completed the board on the river, Alvarado paused for a few beats before dropping in his remaining stack of 13,200 and Blomberg snap-called.
JC Alvarado: 7♦7♣
Colton Blomberg: A♥8♥
Alvarado had flopped a set of sevens but Blomberg rivered the heart flush to score the knockout.
Jeff Platt opened to 500 from under the gun before RunGood Kansas City Gold Pass Winner Eric Medved three-bet to 1,300 from the cutoff. In the big blind, Stephan Nussrallah came along and Platt called as well.
Three-ways to a K♣7♦4♣ flop, the action checked to Medved who bet 1,000 and both opponents called.
The Q♣ turn checked through to the Q♠ river which saw the action check to Medved again. He opted to overbet for 11,000. Nussrallah took a moment and folded before Platt went into the tank. After a minute of deliberation he decided to let it go.
Medved looked back at the PokerNews team and asked, "Are you going to report this?" before he tabled the 3♥ for a fearless bluff as he dragged the pot.
