2010 NAPT Venetian

2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 2
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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
Players Left 1 / 872
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Miami John Chipping Up

Miami John manages his stack.
Miami John manages his stack.
Miami John Cernuto, now the biggest stack at his table, is collecting as many brown 10k chips as he can. He's one of the few people in the room with an actual stack of them as supposed to three or four sitting off to the side. One of his tablemates complained. "It makes your stack look too small, John. We don't feel how many chips you have."

Cernuto picked up a two more brown chips when a player in early position open shoved for 22,500. Cernuto called, and everyone else folded.

Miami John: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}
At risk player: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}

Uneventful board: {8-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}

Cernuto is hovering around the 200k mark now.

Tags: Miami John Cernuto

Lindley's Fives Good

Giggity
Giggity
From under the gun, Christina Lindley raised to 3,800 before Josh Arieh reraised from the next seat to 8,000. Action folded back around to Lindley and she made the call.

The flop came down {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and both players checked. The turn card was the {4-Diamonds} and both players checked again. After the {9-Spades} on the river, Lindley fired 10,000. Arieh tanked, but eventually made the call, only to muck his holding when he saw Lindley turn over the {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}.

Lindley is up to 120,000 and Arieh down to 88,000.

Tags: Christina LindleyJosh Arieh

No More Dinner

That's right players, you're all going to stay hungry until the end of the day. That or grab something quick to eat on one of the shorter breaks because the one-hour dinner break has been removed. The players will still be taking a break after every level.

Klinging On

Lauren Kling picked up a nice pot worth 20,000 chips after she fired 16,000 on the flop of {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{5-Clubs} with one player to act behind her. Her opponent folded and Kling moved to 65,000 chips.

Tags: Lauren Kling

Scotty No Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen
To understand the demise of Scotty Nguyen, we need to rewind the action on his final hand to the river of the previous hand. He was facing Dan Shak, with Shak playing from the small blind. Nguyen either bet or raised to 20,000 on the river, leaving himself about 18,500 behind. Shak raised all in, forcing Nguyen to muck his hand in disgust.

The very next hand, Nguyen opened for 5,000. Shak, now seated with the button, called the raise before the big blind moved all in.

"Alright, baby," said Nguyen, tossing his last 13,000 into the pot. Shak, however, needed a count on the big blind. The number: 61,300. 56,300 more to call.

While Shak was considering a call, a Russian player in the 10-seat popped out of his chair, opened up a video camera and started filming. "Is that allowed?" Shak asked. "I don't mind. I just wonder if it's allowed to play and be a photographer at the same time."

"The question is, 'Will I go on tilt if I lose this hand?'" Shak asked himself. "I don't think I will, but it's not worth it." He open-folded {A-Spades} {J-Spades}.

"I wanted to play with you, baby!" said Nguyen, opening {2-Spades} {2-Diamonds}. The big blind showed down a dominating {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}.

"Ace-jack of spades wins this hand for sure," predicted Shak. He certainly seemed correct after a flop of {A-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {J-Hearts}. "There you go," he said with a laugh.

"Thanks for the fold," quipped the big blind. The rest of the board rolled out {Q-Diamonds} and {6-Clubs} to complete Nguyen's elimination from the tournament.

Shak still has about 150,000.

Tags: Dan ShakScotty Nguyen

Poker is Easy

It's a double-up for Lisa Hamilton straight out of the "Poker is Easy" handbook: flop a set, then get paid by top pair, top kicker. Hamilton, in the big blind, was the only caller of Carter King's pre-flop raise to 4,100. Both players checked an {8-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} flop.

Hamilton checked again when the turn fell {J-Clubs}, inducing King to bet 5,400. She raised that bet to 15,200, then called when King moved all in. Hamilton was the one at risk of elimination with approximately 41,000 chips in the middle, but she had the best hand. Her {4-Spades} {4-Hearts} made a set of fours against her opponent's {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}, top pair.

Once the dealer put the {7-Spades} out as the river, a pot worth 95,000 chips slid Hamilton's way. She took the last 8,000 of Carter's chips a few hands later. His {J-?} {8-?} flopped two pair, but she runner-runnered a flush to end his day.

Tags: Carter KingLisa Hamilton

Binger Forced to Fold

Michael Binger
Michael Binger
Michael Binger raised to 4,000 from the button before the small blind three-bet to 15,000. Binger made the call having position on his opponent.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Spades} 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 {Q-Hearts} 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.

Tags: Michael Binger

Turner Gets Jammed

PearlJammed
PearlJammed
Jon "PearlJammed" Turner called a middle-position raise and saw an {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {7-Spades} flop heads up. The raiser checked, and PearlJammed checked behind. The turn brought the {J-Diamonds}. 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.

Tags: Jon Turner

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