2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event Day 4 | 2010 NAPT Venetian

02-23-2010 08:16 UTC-12

Jason Dewitt Eliminated in 23rd Place ($20,089)

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Jason Dewitt got his money in good. The rest was out of his hands. He played a raised pot against Sam Stein. Dewitt bet a flop of {10-?}

, then was put to a decision when Stein raised enough to put him all in. After more than a minute, Dewitt called with {A-?}

. Stein showed {Q-?}

for a double gutshot straight draw. The turn bricked {5-?}

, but Stein filled a straight with the {J-?}

river to send Dewitt to the rail.

02-23-2010 08:15 UTC-12

Christina Lindley Eliminated in 24th Place ($20,089)

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Christina Lindley had just doubled up, but she was still well below 10 big blinds when she got it all in to race Daniele Nestola.

Showdown
Lindley: {6-?}

Nestola:

The door card was bad news for Lindley on the {A-Hearts}

flop. The

on the turn and the {Q-Clubs}

on the river didn't help her, and the last woman standing was out in 24th place.

02-23-2010 08:12 UTC-12

Early Action

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In the first ten minutes of the day, we've had two showdowns already. On Table 56, Christina Lindley managed to double up her exceedingly short stack to a somewhat less short stack.

A few minutes later Eric Blair and David Paredes played a pot over on Table 60. Blair bet 75,000 on a flop of {Q-Spades}

. Paredes, sitting in position, called to the {4-Diamonds}

turn. Both players checked. Blair checked again on the {5-Clubs}

river, then called a bet of 125,000 from Paredes. Paredes tabled {J-Clubs}

for a pair of jacks, which was enough to take down the pot.

Tags: David Paredes Eric Blair

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

02-23-2010 08:09 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Cards are in the air. 51 minutes remain in Level 22. Here's the draw:

Table 56

Seat 1: Tom Marchese (1,795,000)
Seat 2: Daniele Nestola (872,000)
Seat 3: Jonathan Aguiar (567,000)
Seat 4: Daniel Clemente (805,000)
Seat 5: Christina Lindley (103,000)
Seat 6: John Franciosi (286,000)
Seat 7: Joseph Cutler (742,000)
Seat 8: Mark Ketteringham (470,000)

Table 59

Seat 1: Andrew Chen (410,000)
Seat 2: John Cernuto (473,000)
Seat 3: Yunus Jamal (1,074,000)
Seat 4: Kyle Zartman (1,483,000)
Seat 5: Daniel Cossette (1,033,000)
Seat 6: Blair Hinkle (614,000)
Seat 7: Michael De Gilio (385,000)
Seat 8: Steve Billirakis (2,372,000)

Table 60

Seat 1: Sam Stein (3,409,000)
Seat 2: Jason Dewitt (622,000)
Seat 3: Steve Stolzmann (363,000)
Seat 4: Andy Lichtenberger (539,000)
Seat 5: Eric Blair (3,700,000)
Seat 6: Thomas Fuller (1,540,000)
Seat 7: David Paredes (706,000)
Seat 8: David Miscikowski (1,839,000)

02-23-2010 07:50 UTC-12

The Final Table is in Sight

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Yesterday's Day 3 was a very, very long day for the 24 survivors of the 2010 PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour Venetian Main Event. Play started at noon and didn't wrap up until well after midnight.

These 24 men and women have ensured themselves of at least $20,089 in prize money. But all eyes are on the brass ring at the top of the payouts list: first-place money of $827,648 and the title of champion.

Eric Blair leads the field with 3.7 million chips. He's followed closely by Venetian 5-10 NLHE regular Sam Stein, with 3.4 million. After that there's a significant drop to third place, which is where Steve Billirakis will start the day with 2.3 million in chips.

The action gets underway just after noon local time, in about fifteen minutes. While you're waiting, why not check out coverage of the High Roller Bounty Shootout?