2010 NAPT Venetian

2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2010 NAPT Venetian

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$827,648
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Entries
872
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Marchese Snaps Off Clemente

Daniel Clemente's bluff failed.
Daniel Clemente's bluff failed.
After the elimination of Eric Blair, play seemed to tighten up (the opposite of what usually happens after the first elimination). After a series of raise-it-and-take-it pots, action folded to Tom Marchese in the small blind. He opened for 190 and big blind Daniel Clemente called.

Marchese continued his aggression with a bet of 215,000 on a flop of {7-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {2-Spades}. Clemente called. Both players checked the {K-Diamonds} turn and Marchese also checked the {K-Spades} river. Clemente tried to buy the pot with a river bet of 300,000 but Marchese was there to look him up. Clemente's tabled hand was queen-high; Marchese took the pot with a pair of sevens.

Tags: Daniel ClementeTom Marchese

Fuller Wants No Part of Jamal

What started out as a limped, three-way pot took a very interesting twist on the turn. Yunus Jamal, David Paredes and Thomas Fuller each checked a flop of {8-Spades} {A-Hearts} {8-Clubs}. Jamal and Paredes also checked the {A-Clubs} turn. Fuller, the last person to act, fired out a bet of 80,000 that Jamal check-raised to 325,000. Fuller called after Paredes folded.

The river was the {Q-Clubs}. Jamal, first to act, tanked for about 90 seconds before betting 625,000. Fuller couldn't fold fast enough.

Tags: Thomas FullerYunas Jamal

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

Play Resumes

Cards are back in the air.

Here's how the chips look coming out of the break.

Sam Stein - 9,155,000
Tom Marchese - 4,750,000
Yunus Jamal - 4,025,000
Daniel Clemente - 2,800,000
David Paredes - 2,645,000
Thomas Fuller - 1,910,000
John Cernuto - 1,130,000

"Miami" John Cernuto Eliminated in 7th Place ($104,461)

"Miami" John Cernuto - 7th Place
"Miami" John Cernuto - 7th Place
Sam Stein raised to 220,000 and then "Miami" John Cernuto reraised to 620,000, putting more than half his stack out in the middle. Stein reraised enough to put Cernuto all in and Cernuto made the quick call. The cards were then on their backs.

Stein: {J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Cernuto: {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

The first three cards off the deck after the burn were the {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts} to give Cernuto a pair of aces and improve his lead. The turn brought the {10-Spades} and Stein picked up a pair of tens. He would now need a jack or a ten to send Cernuto to the rail.

"50 bucks for a a ten!" yelled out one of the railbirds supporting Stein.

"Just 50 bucks, that's it?" questioned the floor announcer.

The dealer then burned one last time before dealing the river card. The {J-Diamonds} smacked the felt and nailed Stein with two pair. He went runner, runner to eliminate Cernuto in seventh place and is now over 10 million in chips. Cernuto took home $104,461 for his finish. The three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner now has nearly $4.9 million in career tournament earnings.

Tags: "Miami John""Miami"John CernutoSam Stein