2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 3
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Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000

thanks to an ace on the river.On the next hand, Wong had about 70,000 left and called a raise of 22,000 from Blair Hinkle. Wong was in the small blind and attempted a stop-n-go play when he jammed the flop for the rest of his stack after it came


. Unfortunately for him, Hinkle flopped bottom set of twos.The turn was the
and the river the
. Wong failed to catch back up and was eliminated in the hand.
against Pilgrim's
. The flop was a clean
and after the
on the turn, Aguiar had picked up his bag and was ready to go. But the river was the miracle
, a one-outer since someone had folded a queen. "Yes, yes!" yelled Aguiar with a fist pump. "That's why you play poker, Dwyte Pilgrim! That's why you play poker!" Aguiar now has 340,000, and Piligrim was knocked back to around 400,000.


, Ted Lawson had 115,000 of his chips out there with about 200,000 behind when Daniele Nestola put him all in. After several minutes in the tank, Lawson had the clock called on him by someone at the table. With less than ten seconds left on the clock, Lawson made the call and tabled 
. Nestola held 
for a better hand with two pair.The turn was the
and the river the
, failing to help Lawson and sending him to the rail. Nestola now has about 900,000 chips.
.On the turn
, Pautrot bet 40,000 after Pilgrim checked. Pilgrim tossed in matching chips, asking Pautrot, "You have a king? Ten?"The river was a seeming blank, the
. Pilgrim checked again, inducing a bet of 75,000 from Pautrot. Pilgrim snap-called with
, three aces. His kicker played over Pautrot's
.Pilgrim is back up to about 525,000 in chips. Pautrot is now a short stack with just 130,000.
Binger opened with a raise from early position. A short stack then moved all in from late position before Mike De Gilio re-raised all in from the blinds. Binger had both players covered and called, taking the table to a three-way showdown.
Binger:

De Gilio:

Shorty:

"Just no queen," Binger pleaded the dealer, willing to concede the smaller main pot in order to win the large side pot. He didn't get his wish; the flop came
to give De Gilio a set of queens.An irate Binger immediately pounced out of his chair. "So sick!" he wailed. "Every ****ing time! How does that happen in every big ****ing tournament I play!"
De Gilio said nothing as the turn and river came blanks,
and
. He collected both the main pot and the side pot, eliminating the short-stacked player in the process. He's now sitting behind 610,000, while Binger is down to 260,000.
Flop:
- check/checkTurn:
- check/checkRiver:
- Busquet checked a third time, and Cernuto bet 50,000. Olivier looked him up, and just shook his head when Miami John tabled
for the rivered two pair. Cernuto had around 470,000 after the hand. Busquet's still got one of the largest stacks in the room.

. Soulier was on the other end of the spectrum with the 
.The board ran out an uneventful




and Soulier was sent packing as Lichtenberger moved even higher atop the leaderboard.