Tran Loses a Few Chips
and the small blind fired 400. Shulman folded and Tran called.The turn card put the
out there and the small blind led again, this time making a bet of 1,200. Tran folded and slipped back to 47,000 chips.
2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 NAPT Venetian
Buy-in
$4,750
Entries
872
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
and the small blind fired 400. Shulman folded and Tran called.The turn card put the
out there and the small blind led again, this time making a bet of 1,200. Tran folded and slipped back to 47,000 chips.
Greenstein Busts Charania
, Mohsin Charania fired 3,000 before Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000. Charania moved all in and Greenstein called.When the hands were turned over, Charania held a set of fives with the
. He was behind though, and needed the board to pair against Greenstein's made straight with the 
.The river couldn't find any help for Charania as the
rolled off and he was sent to the rail. Greenstein moved up to 49,000 chips.
Le Moving Up
. His opponent made the call, bringing the two players to a turn card of the 
. Both checked the turn and then the 
fell on the river.Le fired 2,200 and his opponent made the call, but did so with an unhappy look at his face. Le showed him the highest straight available with the
. The other player held the 
for a smaller straight.Le is now just over 80,000 in chips.
Brown Beneficiary of Bad Bluff
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. With 2,300 chips in the middle, Men Nguyen was the first mover, making a weak stab of 600 at the pot. He was called by a middle position player and by Brown before the small blind made a small check-raise to 2,800. Nguyen quickly surrendered.The second player tanked for a few moments before calling. Brown then asked the small blind, "How much are you playing?" He was told that the small blind had about 18,000 before also calling.
The turn was a total brick,
. The small blind tanked for a minute and then fired out a third of his remaining stack, 6,000. Again each of the second player and Brown tanked before calling. On this street Brown eyed the middle position player's stack (approximately 17,000 behind after calling the 6,000) before calling.The river was the
. The small blind tanked one more time and then moved all in for 11,900. It was apparently a very tough decision for the player caught between the small blind and Brown. Ultimately he opted to fold, a decision which brought a snap-call from Brown.Brown triumphantly turned over the nuts,
. The small blind sheepishly tossed in his complete airball, 
, and quickly exited the tournament area, having bluffed off more than 70 big blinds.The player in between the small blind and Brown copped to folding a set of queens after the hand had ended.
Brown is now up to about 90,000 chips.
Fricke Always with Nothing
, Jimmy Fricke fired 4,500 with only one other player in the hand with him. After tanking for a few minutes, the player folded and Fricke scooped the pot. He's now up to 50,000 chips."You win another one without showing, big man?" asked a player from the other end of the table.
"Yep, I always have nothing," responded Fricke.
AmichaiKK Doubles with Some Trouble
against an opponent with on a 
flop. The debate was over whether the dealer had pulled in the correct number of chips before counting Makowsky's remaining stack. Things seemed settled and she dealt the
turn and 
river. Makowsky's trip jacks were good for the double up, but again the dealer had difficulty counting the correct amount of chips out of Makowsky's opponent's stack. The floor watched and shrugged, not able to do much to help. Eventually Makowsky was satisfied, and he stacked about 44,000 as the table moved on to the next hand.
Le Tank-folds
, two players checked over to Nam Le. He fired a bet of 1,500 and the first player called. The next player folded.The turn card was the
and the first player bet out 4,000. Le folded his hand after finding out how many chips his opponent had left (11,600) and a few minutes in the tank.
Ho Doesn't Fall for the Trap
. The player made the call and then another jack fell on the river with the . The player checked to Ho and she didn't fire. Her opponent tabled 
for quads.Ho is sitting on 35,600.
Steicke Stuck
. He checked and then was the only player to call a bet of 1,300. Both players checked the turn, inducing Steicke to bet 4,000 when the river came . His opponent quickly called with two pair, . That beat out Steicke's smaller two pair, , to take the pot.
When Did Kenny Tran Get Here?
flop and was called. He check-called a bet on the turn and checked again when the river fell . His opponent made the price of a showdown 9,000 chips."I only lose to a set," mused Negreanu. "Do you really have a set?" Negreanu studied his opponent a few moments longer and then threw 9,000 of his own chips into the pot. His opponent showed down a complete airball,
. Negreanu happily turned over -- a busted ace-high flush draw -- to rake in the pot with a very "sick call".Negreanu is up to about 55,000.