10:58pm: Priest out With the elimination of William Priest (at the hands of Jonathan Aguiar) we are at 24 players and finished for the night. A full wrap-up and chip count coming. 10:39pm: Flop nuts, lose to quads Flopping the nuts is a cause for celebration. It rarely happens. If your opponent happens to hit a good piece of the board, you're most likely getting paid off in a big way. You might even double up. At least that's what Ronald McGinnity had to be thinking when he looked down at K♥T♠ and the flop came down Q♠J♥9♠. The turn
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Day 5
NAPT Venetian: Tom Marchese captures first title on American soil
The arc of a poker tournament is usually hard to define. Chips move, leaders come, and leaders go. It is rare to see a story define itself as well as it did at the NAPT Venetian event. By the penultimate day, a leader had established himself, and the story became...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 5, Levels 30-32 (100,000-200,000-20,000)
11:57pm: Marchese wins NAPT Venetian ($827,648), Stein in second ($522,306) The last hand of the night started with a 4♣5♥9♦ flop, and the two put a few chips into the pot to see the 3♣ on the turn. Stein bet 1,825,000 chips, and Marchese calmly called. The T♠ dropped...more
NAPT Venetian: Final table player profiles
Eight hundred seventy-two players started the tournament at NAPT Venetian. Eight have made the final table. We have players from all over America ready to sit down and play for the NAPT title. Sam Stein begins the final table with the chip lead. NAPT Venetian final table player profiles Seat...more
Day 4
NAPT Venetian: Stein takes chip lead to final table
Sam Stein is a wrecking ball. Broad-shouldered and burly, Stein has approached the last two days of this tournament with a grim-faced determination that makes it look like he's been told he has to mow the lawn or clean out the garage. No matter whether he's flopping sets against overpairs...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 4, Levels 25-27 (30,000-60,000-5,000)
8:15pm: And that's a wrap for Day 4 With eight players, we have our NAPT Venetian final table with Sam Stein as its chip leader. A full wrap of today's events will be posted in short order. Join us tomorrow at 2pm for live coverage of all the action...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 4, Levels 22-24 (15,000-30,000-3,000)
4:10pm: Break! New level and post coming... As players take a few minutes away from the tables to relax, the tournament staff is preparing to begin Level 25. And we'll be starting a new post for Levels 25 and 26, which you can find on the homepage. Chip counts...more
Day 3
NAPT Venetian: 24 Sail Through to Day 4
When we started at noon on Saturday, there were nearly 90 tables filled with 872 players, filling the entire poker room and curling all around the immediate environs, zig-zagging every which way. Sort of like those famous canals of the Italian city from which the Venetian gets its name....more
NAPT Venetian: Day 3, levels 21 and 22 (8,000-16,000-2,000)
1:12am: Day 3 concludes With that last flurry of eliminations, Day 3 swiftly comes to a close. The remaining 24 players are starting to bag up their earnings thus far, but all well know there's still a long way to go to that $827,648 first prize. 1:06am: Rousso hits...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 3, levels 19 and 20 (6,000-12,000-1,000)
10:35pm: End of level That's 20 levels in the books. Of the 872 who began on Saturday, just 36 remain. 10:17pm: Cernuto survives "Miami" John Cernuto left for the dinner break after a very tough laydown to an all-in from his opponent, and he was left with less chips...more
Day 2
NAPT Venetian: Dreams of Poker Stardom
Stardom may be too strong a word. This is only the first American stop of the inaugural season of the North American Poker Tour, a series of live poker tournaments that has already proven itself a serious contender in the poker world. And there were 872 players in the $5,000...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 2, levels 13 and 14 (1,500-3,000-300)
9:21pm: Day 2 concludes The last hands of Day 2 have been dealt, and Andrew Lichtenberger is the one bagging the most chips with 618,000, followed by Day 1 chip leader Andy Seth with 602,600, and Steve Billirakis with 591,200. It appears we're still about 20 eliminations away from...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 2, levels 11 and 12 (1000-2000-200)
6:13pm: Break time Players are now on break. Further reports on the next levels can be found HERE. 6:02pm: Negreanu doubles When Daniel Negreanu alerted the media via Twitter that he was down to 15K chips, we planted ourselves in the area to see the forthcoming action. It didn't...more
Day 1
NAPT Venetian: The perfect party
Anyone who has ever thrown a party has shared the same anxiety. What if no one comes? What if too many people come? What if I didn't buy enough bean dip? It's a nerve-rattling time, and one that can only be soothed when everything turns out to perfection. The North...more
NAPT Venetian: Day 1, levels 7 and 8 (400-800-100)
9:19pm: Day 1 concludes The last hands of Level 8 have been dealt, and the bagging has begun. Looks like approximately 510 players remain from our starting field of 872. In the late breaking news department, Erica Schoenberg and Eric Baldwin both busted right near the end of the evening....more
NAPT Venetian: Day 1, levels 5 and 6 (200-400-50)
6:49pm: Last break With six levels complete, we have reached our last break of the day. 6:40pm: You want numbers? We got your numbers right here... The first North American Poker Tour stop at the Venetian in Las Vegas had its challenges. Not only was it the inaugural NAPT...more
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