Empty Seats and Broken Tables
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2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 NAPT Venetian
Buy-in
$4,750
Entries
872
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Lauria's Rags Turn to Riches
, one player fired 2,600 into Bob Lauria. Lauria then raised to 5,200, the minimum he could raise to. His opponent folded and Lauria showed the table his rags turned to riches -- 
.
Break Time
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Next Level, Please
When Did Kenny Tran Get Here?
flop and was called. He check-called a bet on the turn and checked again when the river fell 
. His opponent made the price of a showdown 9,000 chips."I only lose to a set," mused Negreanu. "Do you really have a set?" Negreanu studied his opponent a few moments longer and then threw 9,000 of his own chips into the pot. His opponent showed down a complete airball,
. Negreanu happily turned over 
-- a busted ace-high flush draw -- to rake in the pot with a very "sick call".Negreanu is up to about 55,000.
Steicke Stuck
. He checked and then was the only player to call a bet of 1,300. Both players checked the 
turn, inducing Steicke to bet 4,000 when the river came . His opponent quickly called with two pair, 
. That beat out Steicke's smaller two pair, 
, to take the pot.
Ho Doesn't Fall for the Trap
. The player made the call and then another jack fell on the river with the 
. The player checked to Ho and she didn't fire. Her opponent tabled 
for quads.Ho is sitting on 35,600.
Le Tank-folds
, two players checked over to Nam Le. He fired a bet of 1,500 and the first player called. The next player folded.The turn card was the
and the first player bet out 4,000. Le folded his hand after finding out how many chips his opponent had left (11,600) and a few minutes in the tank.
AmichaiKK Doubles with Some Trouble
against an opponent with 
on a 
flop. The debate was over whether the dealer had pulled in the correct number of chips before counting Makowsky's remaining stack. Things seemed settled and she dealt the
turn and river. Makowsky's trip jacks were good for the double up, but again the dealer had difficulty counting the correct amount of chips out of Makowsky's opponent's stack. The floor watched and shrugged, not able to do much to help. Eventually Makowsky was satisfied, and he stacked about 44,000 as the table moved on to the next hand.