2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun

2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
$750,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,700
Entries
716
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Collins Doubles

A short-stacked Phil "USCphildo" Collins just got a much needed double up.

A player in middle position raised to 700 and Collins moved all in for about 5,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to the raiser and he called with {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}. Collins was ahead with {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{J-Spades}, giving Collins' opponent a straight draw. "King on the turn," Collins asked for. "Lets make it interesting." Whether he meant it or not, Collins doubled after the {2-Spades} turn and {4-Diamonds} river missed his opponent. He is up to just over 10,000.

Tags: Phil Collins

Brown Trending Downwards

Andrew Brown recently lost more than 10,000 of his starting 30,000 chips. He opened the pot pre-flop with a raise to 800 and was called by one player in position. Both men checked a {9-Spades} {4-Spades} {10-Clubs} flop. On the turn {6-Clubs}, Brown led out with a bet of 1,250. His opponent raised to 2,700, with Brown casually tossing calling chips into the pot.

Brown checked the river {7-Hearts}. His opponent deliberated before making a pot-sized bet of 7,000. Brown quickly called, then shook his head and mucked when his opponent turned over {7-Clubs} {8-Clubs} for a ten-high straight.

Potter Potted

JP_OSU's smile only lasted another minute.
JP_OSU's smile only lasted another minute.
Jason "JP_OSU" Potter raised to 550 under-the-gun, and after two players in middle position called, Steven Levy squeezed to 2,300. When it folded back to Potter, he four-bet to 5,375. Two more folds put the decision on Levy again, and after asking for a count of Potter's stack and thinking for a bit, he moved all in. Potter was well-covered and would be putting his tournament life on the line with a call.

The went deep into the tank, apologizing to the table. "I'm really not Hollywooding," Potter promised. "I know this is snap-call or snap-fold spot, but I did a weird thing this hand, and I have to think about it."

Finally, he made the call to see that his {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} was in bad shape against Levy's {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}. The board ran out {A-Hearts} {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Spades}, sending JP_OSU home early. Levy is up to around 65,000. With Potter's exit, the table got slightly easier, but it's still insane. Bill Gazes and Jason Somerville are there, and Eric Ladny, Ty Reiman, and Levy are sitting in a row.

Lee Loses One

Bernard Lee raised before an opponent reraised preflop. Lee made the call and the two players saw a flop of {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Lee fired 2,150 and his opponent called.

The turn added the {A-Spades} to the board, pairing it up with bullets. Lee checked and his opponent checked.

The river completed the board with the {10-Hearts} and Lee checked again. After some thought, his opponent checked behind and tabled the {K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. Lee mucked and dropped back to about 48,000.

Tags: Bernard Lee

Jason Young Chipping Up

Jason Young saw a {Q-Spades} {7-Clubs} {3-Hearts} flop five ways. After one check, he bet 1,500 and picked up one caller. He fired another 2,275 after the {5-Diamonds} on the turn, and his opponent called again. The river was the {A-Clubs}, and Young tried to get another 3,625 out of his opponent. The man folded instead and tried to convince Young to show. Jason checked his cards again and considered it but decided just to muck instead.

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Pezzin Departs

Pat Pezzin was recently added as a member of Team PokerStars Canada. This event marked his debut in that position and it has not ended well. Pezzin was recently spotted slowly departing the tournament room, backpack slung over his shoulder. He stopped at a side table to grab a free bag of Miss Vickie's potato chips (Simply Sea Salt variety) before heading out the door. It's safe to say he is busto.

The 700 Club

The official number is in and it's 716. Although that number is smaller than NAPT Venetian, this is a massive event at Mohegan for a $5,000 buy-in. When we get all the other numbers like prizepool and payout breakdown, we'll let you all know.

Glantz Sees Triple to Double

A glance from Glantz
A glance from Glantz
Matt Glantz and Tom "KingsofCards" Marchese had already built a sizable pot by the time Glantz moved all in on the river for 13,500. Marchese called to pay off Matt's set of deuces. Tom, who said he flopped two pair, was down to 15,000 after the hand. He's got a lot of work to do if he wants to win both the first and second NAPT Main Events.

Tags: Matt GlantzTom Marchese

The Real Action

"You've gotta give me a better price."
"You've gotta give me a better price."
If it's a poker tournament that Phil Ivey is playing, he's booking action. Ivey's flavor du jour is Tiger Woods to win the Masters. He booked action with Bill Gazes and David Singer at +555.

Table Break Drama Continues

The already-eliminated Will the Thrill stirs things up at Gavin Smith's table before it broke.
The already-eliminated Will the Thrill stirs things up at Gavin Smith's table before it broke.
We mentioned earlier that many of the players seated in the poker room are unhappy because all of those tables are full of people who registered last night and this morning or who won super satellites yesterday. That means none of them are online qualifiers and many of them are part of the fashionably late, high roller crowd. Once the always fashionable, always high-rolling Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler pointed out the disparity in table draws, the grumbling spread quickly.

Now a few tables there have been broken, but not in any discernible order. Some of the most vocal tables (though not Allen Kessler's) were among those broken quickly. The players left in the poker room started to complain after the table with Gavin Smith, David Williams, Shaun Deeb, and Lars Bonding was broken with no explanation. Vanessa Selbst asked Floor Supervisor Christopher Sevick how tables were being broken, and first he said that the break order was random. That's pretty unusual for a live tournament. Selbst expressed concern that players at really tough tables (basically every table in the poker room) could bribe tournament staff to be "randomly" chosen to break next.

Then Sevick changed his story to stay that rather than a random break order, there was no order at all and that he didn't know what was happening and was waiting for orders. "I don't have any information," Sevick said. "My hands are tied." You can imagine the reaction players had to this news.

Ten minutes later, there were still no clearer answers. PokerNews asked Sevick how he chose which tables should be the first three to break. He said that he was simply told by higher ups to break those table numbers and given no further information or explanation. We'll keep you posted if the double talk starts making sense.