2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event Day 3 | 2010 NAPT Venetian

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

02-22-2010 11:44 UTC-12

Oops!

[user75032]

The tournament staff announced the blinds and antes for Level 17 as 3,000 / 6,000 / 1,000. Turns out the schedule calls for 3,000 / 6,000 / 500. The oversight was discovered after a few minutes.

02-22-2010 11:48 UTC-12

Players have been going down fast since the bubble.

101st - Tom McEvoy
102nd - Greg Raymer
111th - James "mig.com" Mackey
113th - Andrew "Good2cu" Robl
120th - Jonathan "driverseati" Tamayo
126th - Jon "PearlJammed" Turner

Tags: Andrew Robl Jimmy Fricke Jon Turner

02-22-2010 12:13 UTC-12

Bing!

donpeters

Michael Binger moved all in on a final board of {Q-Hearts}

for a little less than a pot-sized bet for about 150,000. Anselmo Villarreal tanked for a few minutes and then made the call for less. Binger announced a straight and tabled the {10-Spades}

. Villarreal mucked and was eliminated from the tournament. Binger jumped to 425,000 chips.

Tags: Anselmo Villarreal Michael Binger

02-22-2010 12:16 UTC-12

Pilgrim Getting Emotional

donpeters

Dwyte Pilgrim raised preflop from the button and was called by Robert Wisiak in the big blind. The flop came down {8-Spades}

and Wisiak checked. Pilgrim fired a bet and Wisiak called.

The turn was the {A-Clubs}

and Wisiak checked again. Pilgrim fired 34,000 and Wisiak made the call again.

The river was the {4-Clubs}

and Wisiak led out with a bet of 65,000. "I feel like crying right now," said Pilgrim, tossing his hand into the muck. "That's an emotional hand right there."

He dropped back to 230,000 chips while Wisiak moved up to 500,000.

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim Robert Wisiak

02-22-2010 12:19 UTC-12

Aguiar Continues to Build

donpeters

Paul Villamizar raised to 15,000 from middle position and then Jonathan Aguiar called from the big blind.

The flop came down {J-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn was the {A-Hearts}

and Aguiar fired 25,500. Villamizar called.

The river completed the board with the {A-Spades}

and Aguiar fired 67,000. Villamizar mucked and Aguiar improved to nearly 450,000 chips.

Tags: "FatalError"Jonathan Aguiar Paul Villamizar

02-22-2010 12:19 UTC-12

Miami John Flops the Joint

[user140525]

Miami John Cernuto checked the {K-Clubs}

flop. His lone opponent, Anthony Grappo, bet 16,000. Cernuto raised to 50k, and his opponent instantly moved all in for not much more. Miami John tabled {A-Diamonds}

for a flopped Broadway. Grappo's {K-Hearts}

for two pair was far behind. The {8-Clubs}

on the turn and the {A-Spades}

on the river didn't change anything. After busting Grappo, Miami John was around the 500k mark now.

Tags: Miami John Cernuto

02-22-2010 12:20 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

[user75032]

The following players were all recently eliminated. Each was paid out $9,643:

89th - Robert Durante
90th - Michael McNeil
91st - William Beasley
92nd - Kitty Kuo
93rd - Steven Karp
94th - Robert McLaughlin
95th - Brett Richey
96th - David Sayago

02-22-2010 12:30 UTC-12

Blair Still Building

[user140525]

Eric Blair is putting his giant chip lead to good use. He took a flop heads up with John Taitt.

Flop: {8-Hearts}

Taitt checked, Blair bet 23,000, and Taitt called.

Turn: {J-Diamonds}

Taitt check-called Blair's 31,000 bet.

River: {6-Clubs}

Taitt checked a third time, and Blair stuck out a stack of 25k chips, enough to put his opponent all in about four times over. Taitt made the call for his last 100,000 and showed {9-Spades}