2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event Day 2 | 2010 NAPT Venetian

02-21-2010 14:11 UTC-12

Graham Grumpy

[user140525]

When we got there moments before the break, all the chips were already in the middle. Matt Graham tabled {A-?}

and was going to need a lot of help against his opponent's {A-Spades}

.

The board ran out {K-Clubs}

. After sending 106k across the stack, Graham was left with around 48,000.

Tags: Matt Graham

02-21-2010 14:03 UTC-12

Heart Breakin'

[user140525]

Put 15 minutes on the clock for break #4.

02-21-2010 14:01 UTC-12

At a tournament as large as this one, there are going to be many, many floor rulings requested. Some of them are going to be made correctly; some incorrectly. And some are going to be made incorrectly but then over-ruled and the correct decision is going to come out. That's what happened at Dan Shak's table.

Shak played a pot in position against one opponent. After the flop came down, Shak inadvertently bet 7,000 out of turn. His opponent was supposed to act first. The dealer told Shak that the 7,000 must stay in the pot, even after Shak's opponent moved all in for 52,000 and Shak folded. Shak protested that he didn't think that was correct, but the 7,000 went to his opponent anyway.

By the time a floor was summoned to the table, a flop was already out for the next hand. The floor ruled that Shak should have been entitled to the 7,000 but because the table was already on the next hand there was nothing he could do. Shak said that couldn't be right; the floor said he would bring a director over to the table.

A few hands later a director came to give a final ruling. Shak pointed out that neither he nor his opponent had played a single pot since the disputed hand. The director went over all the action with the whole table. He ruled that because Shak's opponent moved all in, rather than checking and allowing Shak's 7,000-chip bet to stand, Shak was entitled to pull the 7,000 back. Therefore 7,000 was returned from his opponent to Shak.

Tags: Dan Shak

02-21-2010 13:57 UTC-12

Richey Bests D'Angelo

donpeters

Brett Richey opened from middle position with a raise to 5,500. Ryan D'Angelo called out of the small blind and the two players took a flop of {10-Hearts}

. D'Angelo checked and Richey checked behind.

The turn was the {7-Hearts}

and D'Angelo led for 7,500. Richey made the call. Fifth street landed the {5-Spades}

on the felt and D'Angelo fired 11,000. RIchey again made the call.

D'Angelo tabled {Q-Spades}

and RIchey held {4-Diamonds}

for a full house. Richey moved up to 225,000 while D'Angelo took a hit to 150,000.

Tags: Brett Richey Ryan D'Angelo

02-21-2010 13:54 UTC-12

Aguiar's Kings Fade Big Draw, Bust JP OSU

donpeters

Jonathan Aguiar just stacked Jason "JP OSU" Potter on a flop of {Q-Hearts}

with pocket kings. Potter held a combo draw with the {J-Spades}

. The turn was the {4-Clubs}

and the river the {10-Clubs}

which failed to complete any of Potter's draws. He nearly doubled his stack and now has over 200,000 chips.

Tags: "FatalError"Jonathan Aguiar

02-21-2010 13:50 UTC-12

Mizzi Squeezes Preflop and Can't Win From There

donpeters

Andy Seth opened with a raise to 4,800 from under the gun plus one. The next player called and then action folded over to the button who called as well. Sorel Mizzi was in the big blind and reraised to 18,300. Seth and then next player folded, but the button came along to the flop.

The first three cards in the middle were dealt the {J-Hearts}

and Mizzi fired 15,800. His opponent on the button made the call.

The turn was the {3-Hearts}

and both players checked. The river completed the board with the {2-Clubs}

and both players checked again. Mizzi showed {A-Clubs}

for ace high and his opponent tabled {8-Clubs}

for a pair of eights. Mizzi slipped back to 112,000 after losing this pot.

Tags: Andy Seth Sorel Mizzi

02-21-2010 13:40 UTC-12

Ship It In

[user75032]

Kevin Schaffel is the latest player to report to the rail. It's worth noting that we're further along in the tournament than we would have expected at this point. The average stack right now is 55 big blinds, much larger than we would expect. We're not sure why the tournament is playing as quick as it is, but we've already lost half the starting field without even finishing the fourth level of the day.

02-21-2010 13:25 UTC-12

Busto or Robusto?

[user75032]

With the field starting to shrink to a more manageable size, here's what we've turned up on our latest sweep:

Busto

Joe Hachem
Nick Binger
Jordan Morgan
Jeff Shulman
Andrew Brown
Michael Mizrachi

Robusto

Fab Soulier - 180,000
Bill Chen - 200,000
Jon Turner - 224,000

02-21-2010 13:18 UTC-12

Small Loss for Pilgrim

donpeters

From the cutoff eat, Dwyte Pilgrim raised to 5,900 and the button reraised to 15,100. Pilgrim made the call. He then checked in the dark as the flop came down {K-Clubs}