2010 NAPT Venetian

2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2010 NAPT Venetian

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♥10♣
Prize
$827,648
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Entries
872
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
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Resurgent Rousso

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[user75032]
The prognosis for Vanessa Rousso's continued tournament existence was not so great a few hours ago. Now she has 1.2 million chips and is once again firmly in control of her own fate.

Sitting in the big blind, she called a raise to 27,000 from Ravi Raghavan. Both players checked the {j-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} flop. When the turn came {3-Spades}, Rousso fired out a bet of 50,000. Raghavan called.

The river was a third spade, {5-Spades}. Rousso led out for another 125,000, then proudly turned over the second nuts, {k-Spades} {9-Spades}, after Raghavan called. Raghavan could only say, "Wow," as he mucked.

Tags: Ravi RaghavanVanessa Rousso

Stein Inherits a Windfall

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[user140525]
Livb waits while the floor counts his stack.
Livb waits while the floor counts his stack.
One table has had several big stacks all day. And now it has one ginormous stack. Sam Stein raised to 27,000 from early position, and Olivier Busquet made it 90,000. Stein asked Busquet how much he had behind. He had 790,000 when the hand started, and Sam had him covered by about 100,000. Stein made it 259,000 total. Livb tanked for a bit before announcing that he was all in. Snap call from Stein.

Showdown
Stein:{K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Busquet: {A-Hearts} {K-Spades}

Board: {J-Spades} {4-Spades} {2-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}

Busquet was stunned to have gone from 65 big blinds to out in a blink. "I suck. I just suck," he kept muttering. "I don't know why I can't fold that hand."

The floor counted down the stacks, and Livb was indeed out. Sam Stein now has has a field-crushing 1.9 million.

Tags: Olivier BusquetSam Stein

Rousso Climbs More

donpeters
donpeters
From under the gun, Vanessa Rousso raised to 25,000. Mark Ketteringhm flatted from the cutoff seat and then David Paredes reraised from the button to 79,000. Rousso moved all in for 425,000 and Ketteringham got out of the way. Paredes thought about it for a minute and then slid his hand into the muck.

Rousso's now up to 550,000.

Tags: David ParedesMark KetteringhamVanessa Rousso

Rousso's Limp Pays Off

donpeters
donpeters
From early-middle position, Vanessa Rousso limped in. Cody Slaubaugh limped from the cutoff seat and then David Paredes completed from the small blind. Joe Cutler checked his option in the big blind and the four players went to the flop.

It came down {Q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades} across the middle of the table. Paredes checked and Cutler checked with action moving over to Rousso. She fired 30,000 and then Slaubaugh called. Paredes and Cutler both folded, halving the amount of players in the hand.

The turn card was the {6-Diamonds} and paired the board. Rousso bet again, making it 40,000 to go this time. Slaubaugh called.

The river was the {3-Diamonds} and Rousso checked. Slaubaugh thought about it for a little bit, but then checked behind. He then mucked his hand when Rousso tabled the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} for two pair with a king kicker. She's now up to 425,000 chips.

Tags: Cody SlaubaughVanessa Rousso

Game Over, Pilgrim

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[user75032]
Dwyte Pilgrim
Dwyte Pilgrim

"All in and a call!" came the cry from the dealer on Dwyte Pilgrim's table. Pilgrim was all in with a somewhat short stack against Andy "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger. Pilgrim had the smallest pair possible, {2-Hearts} {2-Clubs}. Lichtenberger had the second-biggest pair possible, {K-Hearts} {k-Diamonds}. The board ran out {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {A-Clubs}, a very bad board for Pilgrim even if Lichtenberger hadn't had a pocket pair.

Pilgrim is out in 44th place. Lichtenberger is among the top three stacks with roughly 1.71 million chips.

Here's an interview our very own Kristy Arnett did with Pilgrim earlier on one of the breaks.

Tags: Andy LichtenbergerDwyte Pilgrim

Villamizar Bad Beated Out

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[user75032]
Blake Buffington moved all in from early position for 167,000 chips. Action passed to an even shorter-stacked Paul Villamizar in the big blind, who seemed to have a very difficult decision. After about a minute he opted to call all in, taking us to a showdown.

Buffington: {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}
Villamizar: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

Buffington stood up and was putting his jacket on after a flop of {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} {2-Diamonds}, not realizing that he had Villamizar covered. However, a {J-Hearts} spiked on the turn to give Buffington to lead. He took his jacket off and sat back down in time for the turn to brick off {3-Spades}.

Villamizar is out and we are down to 44 players.

Tags: Blake BuffingtonPaul Villamizar

Short Stack Survival

[user75032]
[user75032]
Jose Alboukrek made his move all in from late position for 208,000 with {k-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. Michael De Gilio was waiting in the big blind with pocket jacks and made the call. Everything was looking grim for Alboukrek until he spiked a king on the river, {8-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {K-Hearts}. He doubled up to about 425,000 while De Gilio slipped back to 360,000.

Tags: Jose AlboukrekMichael De Gilio

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