2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun

2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event
Day: 3
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

Selbst Pays Off Bambrick

Vanessa Selbst checked the turn on a board of {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{A-Clubs} to Ryan Bambrick. He fired 65,000 and Selbst made the call.

The river card was the {5-Clubs} and Selbst checked again. Bambrick fired 120,000 and Selbst made the call.

"Top two," announced Bambrick, tbaling the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Selbst mucked and dropped to 1.62 million. Bambrick moved up to 700,000.

Tags: Ryan BambrickVanessa Selbst

"For the Twitter."

Bax shows his horses how it's done.
Bax shows his horses how it's done.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy got a nice little lift courtesy of Alexander Queen. Queen opened the button for 14,000 before Josephy, in the small blind, made it 40,000. Queen was undeterred, four-betting all in. Josephy picked at his cards one more time and then called. Queen sensed he was in trouble.

Queen: {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}
Josephy: {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}
Board: {J-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {J-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {5-Diamonds}

Neither player improved. Josephy's ace-king was the best hand and took down the pot, sending Queen to the rail in the process.

"How much did he have?" Josephy asked the table. "For the Twitter."

We eyeballed the total of Josephy's new stack at about 550,000.

Jetten a Little Better

Peter Jetten opened to 15,000 from early position and only Ryan D'Angelo called from the big blind. As you can tell, D'Angelo is probably the most active player in the tournament right now. He's involved in the majority of hands at his table.

The two took a flop of {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and D'Angelo checked. Jetten fired 20,000 and D'Angelo called. The turn card was the {6-Diamonds} and both players checked. After the {10-Hearts} fell on the river, both checked again.

"Is a pair good?" asked D'Angelo.

"I have a pair, too," answered Jetten.

D'Angelo tabled the {4-Spades}{3-Spades} and Jetten the {8-Spades}{6-Spades}. Jetten's sixes and tens were better than the fours and tens of D'Angelo and he won the pot.

Tags: Peter JettenRyan D'Angelo

Ader Able to Double

Bill Kontaratos raised to 16,000 from early-middle position before action folded to Mark Ader in the big blind. Ader pushed all 86,500 of his chips in the middle and after a minute in the tank, Kontaratos made the call. He held {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} to Ader's {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Ader doubled through Kontaratos to about 180,000.

Tags: Bill KontaratosMark Ader

Another Notch for Froehlich

Efro preserving his strength between hands
Efro preserving his strength between hands
Ship another 60,000 chips to Eric Froehlich. He opened from late position for 15,000, then called small blind Salvatore Tamburello's all in of 60,000 total. Tamburello's {A-Clubs} {9-Clubs} was a roughly 3-to-1 favorite over Froehlich's {A-Spades} {7-Spades}, but that wasn't enough this time. Froehlich flopped two spades, {2-Spades} {6-Hearts} {10-Spades}, the turned the {7-Clubs} to make a pair. That card left Tamburello with few outs. The {5-Hearts} that came on the river wasn't one of them.

Froehlich's stack is well above average, with about 450,000 chips.

Pahuja Climbing Again

Vinny Pahuja
Vinny Pahuja
From under the gun, Anton Talle raised to 15,500. Vinny Pahuja called from the small blind and the big blind folded, leaving the two heads up to the flop.

The first three community cards were the {Q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and Pahuja checked. Talle took his time to bet out 22,500. Pahuja made the call.

The turn card was the {7-Spades} to the board and paired it with sevens. Pahuja checked again over to Talle and he fired 41,500. It was roughly a third of his remaining stack to call, but Pahuja stuck in the chips.

The river completed the board with the {10-Diamonds} and Pahuja checked. Talle quickly checked behind, not firing another bullet. Pahuja then tabled {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Talle mucked his hand.

Pahuja moved up to 284,500 chips while Talle dropped back to 140,000.

Tags: Anton TalleVinny Pahuja

Jamison Rocking the Pink

Dale Jamison
Dale Jamison
At the beginning of the last level, Dale Jamison called a three-bet all in for 100 big blinds with pocket eights - and was somehow in great shape against a pair of fives - to win a 1,000,000-chip pot. In one fell-swoop, he accumulated enough chips to merit the introduction of the pink T25,000 chip. And he's been putting his full 20-stack of them to good use bullying his table. He raised preflop on the button, and Mike Beasley defended his big blind.

Flop: {10-Hearts} {4-Spades} {3-Hearts} - Beasley checked, and Jamison bet 25,000. Beasley called.

Turn: {4-Clubs} - Both players checked.

River: {A-Spades} - Beasley bet out 26,000, and Jamison raised to 76,000 with those scary pink chips. Beasley took a long time to make the call but not very long to muck once Jamison showed {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts}. Jamison is up to 1.6 million, pretty close to chip leader Vanessa Selbst's 1.7 million.

Tags: Dale Jamison

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000