2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun
2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event
Day: 3
Crowd Control
There was much excitement when one player moved all in and Ryan "G0lfa" D'Angelo called. Everyone stormed the table, but the crush was for nothing as they both turned up ace-king and chopped the pot.
West Sent to the Rail by Nemeth
Rousso Avoids Being Bubble Babe
Bubble Boy = Nicholas Kamen
D'Angelo held two red eights and up flipping with Kamen's . It was Kamen that needed to win the race in order to stay alive in the tournament and stave off a bubble elimination.
The flop came down and Kamen picked up a straight draw to go with his two overs. The turn added the and then the river completed the board with the . Kamen failed to improve and D'Angelo's eights held strong.
Kamen was the 105th finisher and the bubble boy here at Mohegan Sun. D'Angelo picked up about 150,000 chips and everyone is now in the money.
Williams Down, Williams Up
The next hand, it was folded around to Williams in the small blind and he shoved. Justin Pechie made the call with and was trailing Williams' . This time the board came in Williams' favor as it rolled out and he is back over 100,000.
Aguiar Three for Three in NAPTs
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso has made it to the money and also cashed back at the NAPT Venetian, along with Bob Lauria and Mike Beasley. Rousso placed 25th there.. Those are the only three others, along with Aguiar, to cash in both NAPT events on U.S. soil.
Setback for Mizzi
Procopio Doesn't Realize He's Eliminated
"Beautiful!" he said. "Thank you. Someone else call too." Nobody else did.
"I've got a pair," said Procopio, showing .
"We're racing," replied his opponent. He opened .
"Let's race then," Procopio said with a smile. On the flop, he remarked, "I got by that." He repeated that statement on the turn, then added, "No six!"
The river fell to give Procopio's opponent a flush. He didn't see it and sat back down at the table, thinking that his 4s had held up. It took about 30 seconds before the dealer pointed out the flush.
Procopio was very good-natured about his error. "I'm just looking at the cards," he said with a laugh. "I didn't even see he was suited." He then shook hands withe veryone at the table and headed off to the payouts area.
Priest Shoots Down Velsen
The board ran out and Priest earned the elimination of Velsen.