2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 2
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Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
With more than 100,000 in the main pot, Moneymaker and the early-position player were betting into the side pot on a flop of
. The early-position player checked, inducing a feeler bet of 20,000 from Moneymaker. That player must have sensed weakness; he check-raised to 50,000, drawing a disgusted snap muck from Moneymaker, who showed
.With the side pot decided, it was time for the reveal for the main pot. The all in player opened
; amazingly he was ahead against the early-position player's unimproved
!"Oh my god," moaned Moneymaker. He looked like he had been punched in the gut until the dealer peeled off the
on the turn. "Thank goodness," he said. It didn't completely take the sting out of losing 50,000 chips, but it vindicated Moneymaker's fold."It's been that kind of a day," he added, as we eyeballed his stack. The total now is roughly 115,000.
Flop:
The woman in the small blind bet out 5,500, and Graham made the call.Turn:
Quick check-check.River:
The small blind checked, and Graham bet just 1,600. Is opponent asked the dealer to spread the pot and decided she had to call with
for top pair. Graham showed
and scooped the pot with trip queens.




, Dwyte Pilgrim checked to Amit Makhija. Makhija fired 13,000 and Pilgrim made the call. Makhija won the hand when he revealed the 
to beat Pilgrim's 
and moved up to 65,000. Pilgrim dropped to 195,000.
flop heads up. The raiser checked, and PearlJammed checked behind. The turn brought the
. Turner's opponent checked again, and he bet 7,500, around the size of the pot. "Raise," announced the other player, tossing out two 10,000 chips. Turner said nothing, just pushed out a big stack of smaller chips that amounted to 37,500, a raise of 17,500. His opponent snap-shoved, having PearlJammed well covered. Turner mucked almost as fast, leaving himself only 32,000.
The flop came down


and the small blind stayed aggressive with a bet of 15,000. Binger checked the players stack size and then made the call.The turn card was the
and the small blind moved all in for roughly 60,000. Binger took about a minute to fold he hand and lost the pot, slipped back to 180,000 chips.