Las Vegas low-stakes regular Jeremy Becker faced a tough situation early on in a high-stakes event at the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) in Las Vegas on Monday. The $25,000 Super High Roller, with 42 entries at the time of writing, brought some of the world’s top poker players to Resorts World Las Vegas, including well-known pros like Scott Seiver, Erik Seidel, and Jeremy Ausmus, who all took to the tables on Day 1 for a shot at the NAPT title.
Becker, typically a lower-stakes competitor with notable success at Wynn Las Vegas—where he’s claimed victory in 16 events as tracked by The Hendon Mob—has been stepping up to larger buy-ins since the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
A Challenging Tournament
Event #2 is one of the featured tournaments on the 2024 NAPT schedule. It kicked off at noon PT in the Resorts World ballroom, starting players with 250,000 chips at the 500/1,000 blind level (1,000 big blind ante). Becker, with nearly $2.5 million in live tournament earnings, joined the field early, but despite a solid stack in the first levels, he hit a roadblock against Jonathan Little in Level 2.
As reported by PokerNews’ Nick Becker, Becker and Little engaged in a high-stakes back-and-forth. Little, seated on the button, moved all in with A♣K♠, only to find himself well behind Becker’s A♠A♥ in the small blind. The flop—9♣10♦J♣—gave Little a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush possibility, and when the Q♦ appeared on the turn, Little completed his straight, leaving Becker with little hope. The river 4♣ sealed Becker’s fate, sending him out of the $25,000 event in Level 2.
Little’s chip count swelled to over 565,000, nearly 400 big blinds, positioning him at the top of the leaderboard. By later in the day, he held around 400,000 chips, or about 100 big blinds, with registration still open and payouts yet to be announced.
This summer, Becker faced off with Landon Tice in a widely discussed cross-booking prop bet during the WSOP. Though neither turned a profit, Becker minimized his losses more effectively and came out ahead in the bet.
Source: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2024/11/jeremy-becker-takes-bad-beat-47296.htm
Becker, typically a lower-stakes competitor with notable success at Wynn Las Vegas—where he’s claimed victory in 16 events as tracked by The Hendon Mob—has been stepping up to larger buy-ins since the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
A Challenging Tournament
Event #2 is one of the featured tournaments on the 2024 NAPT schedule. It kicked off at noon PT in the Resorts World ballroom, starting players with 250,000 chips at the 500/1,000 blind level (1,000 big blind ante). Becker, with nearly $2.5 million in live tournament earnings, joined the field early, but despite a solid stack in the first levels, he hit a roadblock against Jonathan Little in Level 2.
As reported by PokerNews’ Nick Becker, Becker and Little engaged in a high-stakes back-and-forth. Little, seated on the button, moved all in with A♣K♠, only to find himself well behind Becker’s A♠A♥ in the small blind. The flop—9♣10♦J♣—gave Little a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush possibility, and when the Q♦ appeared on the turn, Little completed his straight, leaving Becker with little hope. The river 4♣ sealed Becker’s fate, sending him out of the $25,000 event in Level 2.
Little’s chip count swelled to over 565,000, nearly 400 big blinds, positioning him at the top of the leaderboard. By later in the day, he held around 400,000 chips, or about 100 big blinds, with registration still open and payouts yet to be announced.
This summer, Becker faced off with Landon Tice in a widely discussed cross-booking prop bet during the WSOP. Though neither turned a profit, Becker minimized his losses more effectively and came out ahead in the bet.
Source: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2024/11/jeremy-becker-takes-bad-beat-47296.htm
