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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Chewy Picks Up Some Chips

Lucky Chewy
Lucky Chewy
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger opened to 5,500 and got one caller.

Flop: {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {2-Hearts} Lichtenberger bet 8,000, and his opponent called.

Turn: {7-Clubs} Chewy fired again, this time 16,500 and got another call.

River: {10-Hearts} Both players checked. Lichtenberger tabled {Q-Hearts} {10-Spades} and scooped the pot with his rivered four-flush. Fake it till you make it, baby. He was up to 235,000 after the hand.

So Long Sorel

Sorel Mizzi walked right into the dreaded five-bet shove. He opened the action with a raise to 5,500. Andy Seth, seated two seats to his left, re-raised to 13,200. A player behind Seth flatted the three-bet, folding everyone else and bringing the action back to Mizzi.

Mizzi was in the tank for more than a minute before putting in the fourth bet, a raise to 39,000. Seth responded by nonchalantly tossing a short stack of brown (10,000) chips into the pot, enough to put Mizzi all in. The player in between the two got the message and folded.

Mizzi, with another 80,000 behind the 39,000 he already had in the pot, called all in with {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}. He had a live ace against Seth's {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}, but the board blanked out {5-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {8-Hearts} to send Mizzi to the rail.

Andy Seth, the chip leader to start the day, once again appears to be the chip leader with approximately 515,000 chips in his stack.

Tags: Andy SethSorel Mizzi

Turner Crests 500K

Jon Turner posted to twitter earlier how much he loves his current table. His stack size reflects that. We passed by Turner's table just in time to see his 42,000-chip river value bet get paid off. On a board of {9-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {6-Hearts}, Turner showed down a full house, {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs}. His opponent never showed his hand choosing instead to ship the 42,000 in chips to Turner. He then put his hands on his head as if to say, "What was I thinking?"

Turner now has just more than 500,000 in chips.

Tags: Jon Turner

Phildo Pholding

USCphildo
USCphildo
It's been a rough level for Philip "USCphildo" Collins. First we caught up with the action on a {Q-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} board with about 25k in the pot. Collins bet 12,500, his opponent shoved, and Phildo quickly gave up his pocket kings. "Bad turn card," he said. Actually, might have been a very good turn card for him as his opponent flashed a pair of fives for the flopped set and turned boat.

A few hands later, Collins went heads up to a {K-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {5-Clubs} flop. His opponent fired out 7,100, and Phildo called. The turn was the {A-Clubs}, and Collins called a 19,500 bet. The {A-Spades} came on the river, and Collins' opponent bet 41,000. Phildo found another fold, leaving himself with around 125,000.

Tags: Philip Collins

Kling Grinding Away

A player from early position raised to 6,000 and Fabrice Soulier called in middle position. A player in the cutoff seat called as well and then Lauren Kling squeezed in a reraise from the big blind to 25,000. The original raiser tanked before folding his hand after several minutes and then the two players folded behind him. Kling raked in the chips and moved up to 160,000.

Tags: Lauren Kling

Wachtel Whacked

Nate Wachtel moved all in for about 50,000 over the top of a raise to 5,500 from middle position. The player that raised made the call and held {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}. Wachtel held an underpair and his suits were dominated as well with the {3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}.

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Wachtel was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Nate Wachtel

Here Comes Raymer

The Fossilman is building
The Fossilman is building
Greg Raymer just took his pocket queens up against LAPT Costa Rica winner Amer Sulaiman's pocket jacks. The board ran out {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Raymer had Sulaiman covered. The 2004 WSOP Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro member is now up to 175,000 chips.

Tags: Amer SulaimanGreg Raymer

Hidden in Plain Sight

Mr. Billirakis
Mr. Billirakis
When we were looking over the end of Day 1 chip counts last night, there was one name that caught our eye -- Steve Billirakis.

Really? Steve Billirakis? Did he play? We certainly didn't see him. It was a footnote that was filed away and soon forgotten in all the hubbub of the start of Day 2.

During the course of the day, a player on one of the outer tables started building a stack. He took his 40,000 starting count and increased it to more than 400,000. And who was that strange player with the massive stack?

None other than Steve Billirakis.

So, Steve, we apologize for not spotting you yesterday. It looks like you're the recipient of this year's "Hey look! It's Marco Traniello!" award, first christened at 2009 EPT San Remo.

Tags: Steve Billirakis

Negreanu Makes Quads; Smith Boosted

Not only is Kristy Arnett our new on-camera personality, but she's also got some skills reporting the action from around the room. Here's some of the news she gathered.

"With a dwindling stack of 22,200, Negreanu pushed all in from early position. It folded around to the big blind who asked how much the bet was for. Negreanu answered and then the big blind called and flipped over pocket eights. Negreanu sheepishly showed his pocket sevens. He wasn’t behind for long though as the flop came {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. Quads were good for a double up as the turn and river blanked off and Negreanu now has nearly 50,000 chips."

In case you didn't catch it from our video gallery, here's an interview Kristy did with Daniel Negreanu early in the day on Day 1 shortly after he doubled up just minutes into action.

She also reported a hand with Justin "BoostedJ" Smith and here's how that went.

"Justin Smith repopped a middle-position raiser on the button with the {A-Spades}{10-Spades}. The original raiser called and the flop came {Q-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Spades}. After the opponent checked, Smith followed through with a bet and was check-raised all in. Smith snap-called after flopping the nuts against his opponent's {A-}{Q-}. The board ran out {J-Clubs}, {8-Hearts} to move Smith up to 150,000."

Tags: "BoostedJ"Daniel NegreanuJustin SmithKristy Arnett