2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Sam Stein - 16,380,000
Tom Marchese - 9,460,000
Marchese held the and Clemente held the . Clemente was the player at risk and had about 4.3 million chips.
The flop came down and Marchese kept his lead. The turn added the to the board and then the river was the , giving Marchese the pot.
Just to be sure, the tournament staff double checked the two chip stacks and verified that Clemente was the player with less chips. He earned over $300,000 for his finish, leaving Marchese to do battle with Sam Stein for the title.
For example, Sam Stein opened the last pot to 430,000. Dan Clemente called from the big blind. On a flop of Stein's bet took it down.
Level 32
: 100,000/200,000, 20,000 ante
Y. Jamal moved all in from the button, and Tom Marchese snap-called from the small blind. It was time for a race, with short-stack Jamal's against Marchese's .
The gave Marchese the lead. With the on the turn, Jamal swapped some outs. Now a queen would give him a double up and a ten would eliminate him. The on the river was neither, sending Jamal to the rail in fourth place. He earns $241,064, by far his largest cash to date.
Level: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 20,000
Sam Stein - 13,245,000
Daniel Clemente - 4,560,000
Tom Marchese - 4,150,000
Yunus Jamal - 1,385,000
Some chips were colored up at that break.