2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 3
Raymer Avoids Elimination
"That's worse than I had hoped," Raymer remarked.
Neither player improved on the all-club flop, . Raymer spiked an ace on the turn, , but the river created a board flush and a chopped pot.
Tough Draw!
The chips are already flying around the table. Joseph Cutler tried opening a pot from late position with a raise to 12,500. Miscikowski re-raised the small blind to 26,500 in front of big blind Mackey, who four-bet shoved all in for more than 200,000. That was the end of the action.
Maldito Rio
Just a few hands later, Mackey played a three-way pot with Blake Buffington and Nam Le. On a flop of , Buffington opened for 27,000. Mackey was the only caller. Buffington checked the turn and was then faced with a bet of 45,000. He tanked for more than a minute before tossing in a call.
On the river Buffington moved all in. Mackey asked for a count (62,500) and then called with , top pair. Buffington turned over for a flush draw that made a running two pair. Mackey's frustration was evident all over his face as he paid off the river bet.
Busquet Bluffs Kling
The final community card was the and Kling bet 26,000. Busquet fired in a raise to 75,000 and Kling went into the tank. She eventually folded and Busquet showed a bluff with the . Kling wasn't happy when she saw his hand and dropped to 165,000 chips.
Raymer Doubles Up Nestola
Raymer held pocket eights, but was behind Nestola's pocket tens.
The turn was the and the river the to earn Nestola the double up. Raymer was left with 112,000 chips.
Big Stack Report
Pautrot Holds and Triples
Fuller and Bunch held the same hand with . Pautrot held pocket tens.
After a board of , Pautrot tripled his stack to over 300,000. The other two players split the side pot.
O'Dwyer Dropping
Recent Eliminations
Ben Stoesser is also out. He re-raised all in for roughly 50,000 after Steve Billirakis opened with a standard raise from the button. Billirakis called with , a 3-to-1 underdog to Stoesser's . It was the river (isn't it always the river?) that did in Stoesser, . Billirakis' 6-high straight dragged the pot and increased his count to 560,000.