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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Graham Goes for Value

Matt Graham raised to just over 3,000 preflop, and picked up a call from the small blind.

Flop: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {2-Diamonds} The woman in the small blind bet out 5,500, and Graham made the call.

Turn: {10-Diamonds} Quick check-check.

River: {Q-Diamonds} 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 {K-Spades} {J-Spades} for top pair. Graham showed {Q-Hearts} {9-Hearts} and scooped the pot with trip queens.

Tags: Matt Graham

"It's Been That Kind of a Day"

CMoney
CMoney
For as great a day as Chris Moneymaker had yesterday, today his day has been nothing but frustration. After an early position player opened for 3,700, Moneymaker called. The player immediately to his left then went all in for 32,300, clearing all remaining players out of the hand back to the original raiser. He called, and then Moneymaker called as well.

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 {2-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {k-Diamonds}. 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 {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs}.

With the side pot decided, it was time for the reveal for the main pot. The all in player opened {10-Clubs} {10-Spades}; amazingly he was ahead against the early-position player's unimproved {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}!

"Oh my god," moaned Moneymaker. He looked like he had been punched in the gut until the dealer peeled off the {Q-Clubs} 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.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Rousso Folds Nines

Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso
On a flop of {7-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}, a player fired 12,000 into Vanessa Rousso, who sat behind a stack of about 160,000 chips. Rousso raised the player to 30,000. Her opponent moved all in for 99,900 and Rousso went into the tank. Several minutes later she found a fold and tabled her {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} face up to relinquish the pot. SHe lost some chips and now has about 130,000.

Tags: Phil HellmuthVanessa Rousso

Levesque Couldn't Be More Wrong

Dwyte Pilgrim has been a monster on the North American circuit for most of the last year and a half. Eric Levesque would have been well served to take notice of that before playing what would turn into Levesque's final hand of the tournament.

Levesque opened the betting on a flop of {K-Spades} {10-Spades} {4-Diamonds} for 4,000. Pilgrim raised to 8,300, not nearly enough to slow down Levesque. Levesque put in a three-bet. Pilgrim stared him down briefly, then one by one dropped matching chips into the pot to call.

The turn fell {6-Diamonds}. "I don't think it's a good card for you," said Levesque. "Am I right?" He took a swig from his bottle of beer while awaiting a reply. Pilgrim offered none.

Finally, Levesque slammed 45,000 into the pot. Pilgrim quickly announced he was all in and Levesque just as quickly called.

Pilgrim: {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}, a set of tens
Levesque: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}, top pair

Levesque was drawing dead. After the {9-Clubs} river, the stacks were counted down and Levesque was busto.

Pilgrim is up to about 240,000.

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimEric Levesque

Small Ball

Michael Binger has been on the war path at his table by the poker room entrance today. He opened a recent pot for 3,200 and was called by Mark Ketteringham and both players in the blinds. All checked the {6-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {6-Spades} flop. When action on the {4-Diamonds} turn passed to Binger, he fired 7,500. Nobody gave him any further resistance.

As we said earlier, that's been the nature of play for most of the last hour. Danny Wong found himself in a raised pot that got checked through on a flop of {4-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. But when his opponent bet 6,100 on the {10-Diamonds} turn, Wong surrendered.

Tags: Danny WongMark KetteringhamMichael Binger