2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 2
Lauria Goes Flushing to Win Monster
On the flop of , 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 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 face up. Lauria held the for a higher flush and Burt needed the board to pair with the , having turned a set of sixes.
The river wouldn't do it for Burt, when the rolled off and the board didn't pair up. He was sent home and Lauria scooped the massive pot to storm to 150,000.
Grind It Out
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, . Marco Traniello did the same on a board of , check-folding to a single bet from his opponent.
Carter Phillips Update
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.
The Monkey Likes Miami
The turn card was the and Cernuto checked again. Souther fired 10,000 and Cernuto mucked his hand.
Pilgrim Bests Levesque
The flop came down and Pilgrim checked. Levesque fired 3,800 and Pilgrim called.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the 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 and two pair, jacks and eights, and Levesque mucked his hand. Pilgrim's up to about 200,000 and Levesque is on 105,000.
Raymer Breaks Out the Six-Bet
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.
Small Ball
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 . But when his opponent bet 6,100 on the turn, Wong surrendered.
Levesque Couldn't Be More Wrong
Levesque opened the betting on a flop of 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 . "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: , a set of tens
Levesque: , top pair
Levesque was drawing dead. After the river, the stacks were counted down and Levesque was busto.
Pilgrim is up to about 240,000.