2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 5
The river fell . Stein fired again for 430,000. Paredes dove into the tank for about a minute before raising to 1,130,000. Marchese, sitting behing Paredes, then moved all in for 1,970,000!
Stein quickly folded but Paredes could be seen talking to himself. Looks of "what have I walked into" flashed across his face. With more than 4.5 million chips in the pot and only 800,000 to call he was clearly having a hard time finding a fold. He did finally fold, showing , a six-high straight. Marchese said nothing as he raked in the pot.
Fourth street brought the and Stein checked. Jamal checked behind before the was placed on the river. Stein was first to act and he fired a bet of 360,000. Jamal studied his opponent while methodically shuffling chips. He then asked Stein how much he had left. Another minute later, Jamal made the call.
Stein tabled the for three queens with a nine kicker. Jamal double checked his cards and then flung them into the muck.
We didn't expect much action on a flop of but action is what we got. Paredes checked to the pre-flop raiser, Marchese, who made a small-ish bet of 195,000. Clemente quickly raised that bet to 550,000; Paredes re-raised all in. Marchese got out of the way, allowing Clemente to put the rest of his chips on the line. He was the player all in and at risk of elimination.
Clemente:
Paredes:
Clemente showed down a pair of aces and was in good shape against Paredes' pair and gutshot draw. The board bricked off and , giving Clemente the double-up. He popped out of his chair to go give a high-five to one of his railbirds.
The turn was the . Stein was up first again and wouldn't be checking this time. He bet 180,000. Fuller made the call.
The river card produced the . Stein fired 430,000 into the pot and Fuller folded his hand.
With action back to Paredes, he quickly moved all in. Marchese just as quickly flicked his cards towards the dealer.
Sam Stein - 7,450,000
Tom Marchese - 4,000,000
Thomas Fuller - 3,950,000
Daniel Clemente - 3,275,000
Yunus Jamal - 3,050,000
David Paredes - 2,350,000
John Cernuto - 1,500,000
Eric Blair - 1,450,000