2010 NAPT Venetian

2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 NAPT Venetian

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$827,648
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Entries
872
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Phillips and Hinkle Battling

Hinkle won this battle
Hinkle won this battle
On the board of {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{K-Spades}, Carter Phillips checked to Blair Hinkle. He bet 3,300 and Phillips made the call.

The final card on board was the {8-Spades}, completing a possible flush draw. Phillips checked again over to Hinkle. He fired 9,000 and then Phillips tank-folded his hand.

Phillips lost a few thousand chips on the hand, but still has about 77,000 in his stack. Hinkle moved up to 70,000 with that pot. These two have been battling back and forth since Hinkle was moved to Phillips' table.

Tags: Blair HinkleCarter Phillips

The Poker Brat and the Poker Kat

Poker Brat
Poker Brat
Sometimes watching poker is a real thing of beauty. We came to Kathy Liebert and Phil Hellmuth's table in time to see the Poker Brat make a late position re-raise to 4,000. The original raiser, seated in early position, was the only caller.

Both players checked a flop of {6-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {5-Hearts}, with Hellmuth donning his trademark sunglasses after the flop was already out. On the {7-Hearts} turn, Hellmuth's opponent tried a lead of 6,000. Hellmuth double-checked his cards and then called.

The river was the {K-Diamonds}. Hellmuth's opponents hands got very antsy, suddenly shuffling chips and cards as if he couldn't decide whether or not to bet. He finally checked and Hellmuth checked behind quickly.

"I just have nines," Hellmuth's opponent said, ready to muck his hand. After all, what hand could 9s possibly beat on that board?

"Nines?" Hellmuth replied. "They're good. Nice hand." His opponent opened {9-Hearts} {9-Spades} to collect the pot.

Hellmuth, true to form when he's being beaten out of a pot, started muttering about what a "big hand" a pair of nines is. Liebert then piped up that Hellmuth really isn't supposed to have a hand there that can't beat a pair of nines.

"Even if you bluff-raised you probably can beat nines there," she said. "There's really only one hand that you can have."

"Well, if I raise with something like ace-queen of hearts or ace-jack of hearts..." said Hellmuth, his voice trailing off.

Hellmuth retains 25,000 of his starting 30,000-chip stack.

Tags: Kathy LiebertPhil Hellmuth

Prizepool and Payouts

The final numbers are in and a whopping 872 players put up the $5,000 buy-in for the PokerStars.net NAPT Venetian Main Event, creating a prizepool worth over $4 million! The cap was set at 890 players and was nearly reached. First place will receive $827,648 with the rest of the final table being paid out as follows.

1st - $827,648
2nd - $522,306
3rd - $309,366
4th - $241,064
5th - $184,816
6th - $144,639
7th - $104,461
8th - $60,266

A min-cash will net you $7,232 and 128 places will receive a payout.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

The Numbers Update

We don't have an official announcement of numbers yet, but the big board in the main poker room has been fixed at 872 for several levels now. It's a safe guess that number will be the final tally of entrants, a very impressive showing for the inaugural tournament of NAPT Season 1.

Mackey Doubles Up

James Mackey
James Mackey
James Mackey was all in preflop and called by one opponent. Mackey held the {A-Spades}{K-Spades} for two suited overcards against his opponent's {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}.

Mackey flopped an ace and it held from there as the board ran out {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. He now has 48,000 chips.

Tags: James Mackey

Bake Me a Cake

Amanda Baker raised to 950 preflop and was called by only the player in the big blind. The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and the big blind checked. Baker checked behind.

The turn card was the {2-Hearts} and the big blind checked. Baker fired 1,200 and then her opponent check-raised to 3,200. Baker thought about it and then made the call.

The river was the {4-Diamonds} and the big blind fired 6,200. Baker thought about her decision again for a little bit and then put out the chips for the call. Her opponent held his hand as if he was going to muck and Baker tabled the {K-Spades}{10-Spades}. The player seemed surprised that Baker called with her hand and he mucked his. She's now up to 58,000 chips.

Tags: Amanda Baker