2010 NAPT Venetian

2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 2
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

Checking in on the Leaders

Three of the biggest stacks to start the day belonged to Andy Seth, Mark Ketteringham and Chris Moneymaker. None of the three players has managed to accumulate many chips so far. In fact, Moneymaker just took a sizable hit to his stack, getting it all in on the turn against a shorter-stacked player for 46,600. The board showed {Q-Hearts} {A-Spades} {8-Hearts} {k-Diamonds}; Moneymaker had a pair and a flush draw, {K-Hearts} {7-Hearts}, against his opponent's set of queens, {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}. The river bricked {5-Diamonds} to set Moneymaker back to about 185,000.

Tags: Andy SethChris MoneymakerMark Ketteringham

Lauria Goes Flushing to Win Monster

Bob Lauria just won a huge pot to move his stack from about 70,000 to roughly 150,000.

On the flop of {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, Lauria checked to Timothy Burt who checked as well. Sorel Mizzi was the third player in the hand and also checked.

The turn card was the {6-Hearts} and Lauria fired 6,000. Burt flat-called and then Mizzi raised it up to 20,000. Lauria moved all in for 64,300 and then Burt went into the tank. Eventually, Burt called all-in for 46,500 total. Mizzi was now up and he tanked for several minutes while getting a massage. He asked for exact counts on the stacks and had the dealer pull in the 20,000 from each player. Eventually, Mizzi mucked his hand, folding the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts} face up. Lauria held the {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} for a higher flush and Burt needed the board to pair with the {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}, having turned a set of sixes.

The river wouldn't do it for Burt, when the {3-Spades} rolled off and the board didn't pair up. He was sent home and Lauria scooped the massive pot to storm to 150,000.

Tags: Bob LauriaSorel MizziTimothy Burt

Grind It Out

With the initial storm having passed and many of the shortest stacks now on the sidelines, play has settled into a more predictable rhythm. Big pots are the exception rather than the norm. Even when pots are three-bet before the flop, action after the flop is often scarce.

Dan Shak recently played one of those three-bet flops, but surrendered a pot of 18,500 to a single bet of 12,000 on an all-small flop, {2-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {5-Spades}. Marco Traniello did the same on a board of {8-Clubs} {5-Spades} {9-Clubs}, check-folding to a single bet from his opponent.

Tags: Dan ShakMarco Traniello

Carter Phillips Update

Phillips seated next to reigning WSOP champ Cad
Phillips seated next to reigning WSOP champ Cad
Carter Phillips is up to 235,000 and one of the biggest stacks in the room. He took a massive pot from Barry Greenstein to cripple Greenstein down to just 1,000. Phillips was most upset that Greenstein was left with some chips and that he didn't get the autographed copy of Barry's book he gives to everyone that busts him from a tournament.

Even with the loss of Greenstein from his table, Phillips is still facing a very strong line up. Joe Cada is seated on his direct left and then Will "Monkey" Souther and "Miami" John Cernuto are on the other side of the table. Jim Pechac just got moved there as well.

Tags: Carter Phillips

Pilgrim Bests Levesque

Eric Levesque raised to 3,200 from the cutoff seat and Dwyte Pilgrim called from the big blind.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Pilgrim checked. Levesque fired 3,800 and Pilgrim called.

The turn was the {9-Spades} and both players checked.

The river was the {2-Clubs} and Pilgrim fired a mere 2,200. "Just 22?" asked Levesque.

"You'd be surprised what 22 can do," responded Pilgrim. Levesque then tossed in the call.

Pilgrim revealed the {8-Spades}{6-Clubs} and two pair, jacks and eights, and Levesque mucked his hand. Pilgrim's up to about 200,000 and Levesque is on 105,000.

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimEric Levesque

Raymer Breaks Out the Six-Bet

All in for the win!
All in for the win!
Wow. This is some sick stuff. Makes us long for a hole card cam. A player in early position raised to 3,000. The player behind him called, and it folded to Greg Raymer on the button. He bumped it to 8,000. Standard so far.

The small blind cold four-bets to 18,000. Big blind folded, and it was back to the original raiser. Does he flat here? Shove? Nope. He re-re-repopped it to 34,800 total, leaving himself about 200k behind. Obvious snap fold from the player behind him, right? Not exactly. He tanked, and tanked, and eventually someone called the clock on him. As the floor was counting down, he gave it up.

And then Fossilman shipped in his stack for the rarely seen six-bet shove. Raymer had 77,600 behind, only about 7k more than the size of the pot. The five-bettor found a fold, and Raymer almost doubled his stack without seeing a flop. "I have to admit my six-betting range their is pretty slim," laughed Raymer.

Editor's note: We've since learned that Mr. Five Bet was Jason "themasterj33" Dewitt, who tweeted that he had jacks.

Tags: Greg Raymer

Small Ball

Michael Binger has been on the war path at his table by the poker room entrance today. He opened a recent pot for 3,200 and was called by Mark Ketteringham and both players in the blinds. All checked the {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {6-Spades} flop. When action on the {4-Diamonds} turn passed to Binger, he fired 7,500. Nobody gave him any further resistance.

As we said earlier, that's been the nature of play for most of the last hour. Danny Wong found himself in a raised pot that got checked through on a flop of {4-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. But when his opponent bet 6,100 on the {10-Diamonds} turn, Wong surrendered.

Tags: Danny WongMark KetteringhamMichael Binger

Levesque Couldn't Be More Wrong

Dwyte Pilgrim has been a monster on the North American circuit for most of the last year and a half. Eric Levesque would have been well served to take notice of that before playing what would turn into Levesque's final hand of the tournament.

Levesque opened the betting on a flop of {K-Spades} {10-Spades} {4-Diamonds} for 4,000. Pilgrim raised to 8,300, not nearly enough to slow down Levesque. Levesque put in a three-bet. Pilgrim stared him down briefly, then one by one dropped matching chips into the pot to call.

The turn fell {6-Diamonds}. "I don't think it's a good card for you," said Levesque. "Am I right?" He took a swig from his bottle of beer while awaiting a reply. Pilgrim offered none.

Finally, Levesque slammed 45,000 into the pot. Pilgrim quickly announced he was all in and Levesque just as quickly called.

Pilgrim: {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}, a set of tens
Levesque: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}, top pair

Levesque was drawing dead. After the {9-Clubs} river, the stacks were counted down and Levesque was busto.

Pilgrim is up to about 240,000.

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimEric Levesque

Rousso Folds Nines

Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso
On a flop of {7-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}, a player fired 12,000 into Vanessa Rousso, who sat behind a stack of about 160,000 chips. Rousso raised the player to 30,000. Her opponent moved all in for 99,900 and Rousso went into the tank. Several minutes later she found a fold and tabled her {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} face up to relinquish the pot. SHe lost some chips and now has about 130,000.

Tags: Phil HellmuthVanessa Rousso