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Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas to Host Jennifer Harman SPCA Tournament
Опубликовал | КомментарииOne of the most popular celebrity poker tournaments in Las Vegas will be making its return in April, with a host of top professional poker players and celebrities turning out.
On Monday, the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas announced that it would once again play host to the Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament on April 13th (a Tuesday). The event, now in its fourth year of play, consistently draws out the cream of the poker playing world along with notable celebrities for an evening of charitable support and poker. The Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) will once again be the recipient of the proceeds raised.
The tournament, which begins at 5:00pm on April 13th, is a $300 buy in No Limit Hold’em event and players will have the opportunity to buy back in for $100 during the first three 20-minute levels. At the end of this period, there is also a $100 add-on option that will give players double their starting stack. Poker’s premier tournament director, Matt Savage, will once again oversee the proceedings and also helm the silent auction that will take place prior to the start of the tournament. The winner of the tournament will take away a seat at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and a special Curtis & Co. watch, with the remainder of the final table splitting up prizes valued at $30,000.
This year’s event will not lack celebrity star power or poker skill. Confirmed celebrities include “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress Cheryl Hines, “Saved by the Bell” Principal Dennis Haskins, actor Lou Diamond Phillips, modern artist Michael Godard, and ESPN poker commentator Lon McEachern. Top professionals who are slated to appear for the tournament include Marco Traniello, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Hoyt Corkins, Andy Bloch, Chau Giang, David Chesnoff, Lacey Jones, Jeff Madsen, Todd Brunson, James Van Alstyne, Shun Uchida, Erica Schoenberg, David Grey, David Singer, and Lee Watkinson.
The defending champion of the tournament, David “HEYIMDRO” Rowan, will attempt to repeat and 2008 champion Seth Dupree will seek to take his second victory. The inaugural champion of the tournament, noted poker player Kirk Morrison, was able to parlay his win into a deep finish at the 2007 WSOP Main Event, finishing 56th for $154,194, of which he contributed 5% back to the NSPCA. Even with the poker enjoyment and the silent auction, however, the event is about raising funds for the NSPCA, a no-kill animal shelter in Las Vegas.
With the $130,000 in proceeds from the first year of the tournament, the NSPCA was able to add a wing to the property (that was named for Harman) and expand the number of animals it is able to support. Since that first tournament, Harman’s charity event has raised over $500,000 for the NSPCA. Harman has also lent her name to past charitable poker tournaments outside of the NSPCA, such as last year’s two-day event in Reno that raised $111,000 for the National Kidney Foundation, another charitable outreach close to her heart.
The Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament at the Venetian has all the markings of being one of the top charitable poker events of the year. A good cause, high-profile celebrities, and top poker players in attendance all will make for an enjoyable evening for those in attendance.
NAPT Venetian – Main Event: Tom Marchese takes down the first prize of $827,648
Опубликовал | КомментарииIt came to be these 8 (2 PokerStars qualifiers) relatively unknown players who made it to the final table in the NAPT Venetian Main Event. Sam Stein, Thomas Fuller, David Paredes, Yunus Jamal, Tom Machese, Eric Blair, Daniel Clemente and John Cernuto.
Anyhow, the 2 players that dominated the final table and made it to heads-up were Sam Stein and Tom Marchese. Sam Stein took the command almost straight away, and because he had won almost every single pot in the 3 past days, no one thought that[...]
NAPT Venetian Main Event – Final Table Summary
Опубликовал | КомментарииAs promised, here is a follow up article to the one I wrote last week about the first ever NAPT tournament, the Venetian Main Event. Given that this was the first PokerStars sponsored event in the U.S.A., it comes as no surprise that the final table was comprised of a few very talented online players.
This first NAPT event came to a finish just a few days ago. The $5k buy-in tournament wrapped up with eight players at the final table including two online tournaments pros, two online cash game pros, and a three time WSOP bracelet winner in “Miami” John Cernuto.
Sam “KingKobeMVP” Stein and Eric “ericb09” Blair led the way for the online tournaments pros, while David “dlpnyc21” Paredes and Tom “kingsofcards” Marchese represented the online cash pros. Sam Stein came into the final table with the chip lead, bringing in over 100 big blinds.
Stein continued his winning ways, outracing Blair’s pocket sevens with ace king to eliminate him in 8th. He followed that up by outrunning Cernuto’s ace five suited with jack ten suited, bringing the final table down to six. Even David Paredes’s pocket aces couldn’t hold versus Stein’s pocket jacks, as Stein flopped a jack to take Paredes out in fifth.
Stein had over half the chips in play with four left, but Yunus Jamal and Daniel Clemente were sent packing in a quick fashion by Tom Marchese, leaving Stein with approximately 16.4 million in chips, and Marchese with 9.5 million in chips going into heads-up play. Heads-up started with the blinds at 100k/200k 20000 ante.
Stein’s chip lead evaporated rather quickly at this point, and heads-up didn’t last long at all. Stein became well known during the tournament as someone who wasn’t a fan of folding as he rarely folding flops and he was willing to make thin calls. Those calls cost him as he doubled Marchese into the chip lead and subsequently lost the tournament, calling Marchese down with 2nd pair in the final hand when Marchese had top set.
See below for the handsome final table payouts. It’s safe to say that the first NAPT event was a great success at the Venetian, and we look forward to many more PokerStars sponsored events in North America.
1st: Tom Marchese – $827,648
2nd: Sam Stein – $522,306
3rd: Daniel Clemente – $309,366
4th: Yunus Jamal – $241,064
5th: David Paredes – $184,816
6th: Thomas Fuller – $144,639
7th: John Cernuto – $104,461
8th: Eric Blair – $60,266
Tom Marchese wins PokerStars NAPT Venetian Main Event
Опубликовал | КомментарииThey say you’re getting old when policemen start looking young. The same could be said about poker players and Bluff Europe is feeling quite aged this morning after a pair of young whippersnappers with a combined age of 43 took the top two places at the NAPT Main Event for almost $1.4m.
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Ashton Griffin Wins NAPT Venetian High-Roller Bounty Shootout
Опубликовал | КомментарииPoker pro Ashton Griffin edged out DoylesRoom personality Hoyt Corkins heads-up to win the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) High-Roller Bounty Shootout at the Venetian. The $25,000 buy-in tournament awarded a top prize of $460,000.
The final table was stacked with a mix of veterans and young guns of the industry, with one former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, Peter Eastgate, who became the youngest winner ever of the $10,000 buy-in tournament in 2008 at the tender age of 22. Joe Cada would shatter Eastgate’s record one year later. Eastgate was the first casualty of the seven-handed High-Roller Bounty Shootout final table after pushing pre-flop with pocket eights and running into Scott Seiver’s pocket jacks. Eastgate could not catch up, but he collected $75,000 for reaching the final table plus a $5,000 bounty for any player knocked out along the way.
The next to go was Brett Richey, who first doubled up with A-K against A-8. On the following hand, he looked down at A-Q and pushed again. Griffin made the call and showed K-Q of clubs, giving Richey a commanding lead pre-flop and a tantalizing opportunity for another double up. The board read 4-4-4-7, setting Richey up for success, but a king on the river gave Griffin the win.
Young gun Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, who earned his online moniker after playing an inordinate number of suited cards as a beginner in poker, pushed all-in from the small blind with Q-10 and was up against Seiver’s A-J of clubs. The flop gave Seiver top pair and a flush draw to boot; Seiver won the pot with a boat. Jaka landed in fifth place in the made-for-television tournament.
Seiver then pushed with Q-10 and ran into Corkins’s A-K. Corkins turned two pair to seal the win in the hand and Seiver, a WSOP bracelet winner, was eliminated from contention. Corkins had doubled through Seiver just prior to the latter’s final hand with pocket jacks against Seiver’s wired pair of fives. Corkins turned a set to send Seiver’s chip stack plummeting.
Joe Cassidy was eliminated from the NAPT Venetian High-Roller Bounty Shootout after moving all-in from the small blind with A-2 of diamonds. Griffin, sitting in the big blind, woke up with A-9 and made the call. A nine came on the flop and Cassidy was ousted. Entering heads-up play in Las Vegas, Griffin held a 2:1 chip lead over Corkins, who is fresh off a win in the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Southern Poker Championship.
Two hands into heads-up play, a winner was determined. Corkins called all-in with 9-3 on a flop of 4-5-9. However, Griffin held 9-8, out-kicking Corkins and handing him the final table’s winner-take-all $460,000 grand prize. He cashed in a Pot Limit Omaha preliminary event during the 2009 WSOP Europe for £15,000. One year prior, Griffin landed in seventh in the Latin American Poker Tour’s (LAPT) San Jose, Costa Rica stop for $29,000.
All was not lost for Seiver, however, who collected a $100,000 bonus courtesy of PokerStars for knocking out the most number of players. Seiver single-handedly sent all six of his opponents at his first round table to the rails and two more at the finale for a total of eight.
Four hours of coverage on ESPN2 will be dedicated to the NAPT Venetian High-Roller Bounty Shootout and Main Event. The action kicks off on April 19th and will air according to the following schedule:
April 19th: Venetian $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout: 9:00pm to 11:00pm ET
April 26th: Venetian $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout: 9:00pm ET
April 26th: Venetian $5,000 Main Event: 10:00pm ET
Next up for the NAPT is a trip to Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. The $5,000 buy-in NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event kicks off on April 7th and runs through the 11th.
Ashton Griffin wins NAPT Venetian $25k High Roller
Опубликовал | КомментарииThe PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s event at the Venetian cardroom, Las Vegas, was a roaring success all-round; highlighted by the presence of an incredible $25,000 buy-in, high roller bounty shootout event.
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Tom KingOfCards Marchese wins inaugural NAPT Venetian poker tournament
Опубликовал | КомментарииMarchese is a well known commodity in the world of online poker, but the man known as “KingofCards” to his online fans has had zero success in live tournaments. That was until he won the first-ever NAPT event at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas. Marchese and 871 other poker hopefuls put up the $5,000 [...]
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Tom Marchese Wins NAPT Venetian Main Event
Опубликовал | КомментарииThe inaugural North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Venetian Main Event has crowned a champion. Tom Marchese, a 22 year-old from New Jersey, took down the first NAPT event on U.S. soil and earned $827,000.
Marchese defeated Sam Stein heads-up. In the $5,000 buy-in tournament’s final hand, Marchese pushed all-in, having Stein covered, on a board of 4-5-9-3-10. Stein made the call with just 4-2 for a pair of fours, but Marchese flipped up pocket tens for a set. The win was worth $827,000. Marchese told PokerStars officials following the grueling five-day tournament, “It’s a bit overwhelming. The event is definitely one of my new favorites. The turnout was great, the structure was really good, and the tournament staff did a really good job all week. I’ll definitely be back next year.”
Despite 35 countries being represented at the Venetian, the final table was wholly American poker players. Eric Blair was the first casualty of the group. Soon after the first break of the day, Blair pushed over the top of a raise by Marchese with pocket sevens and Stein re-shoved with A-K. The flop came king-high, sending Stein out in front in the hand for good. Blair earned $60,000 for his NAPT Venetian final table appearance.
Poker veteran “Miami” John Cernuto was ousted in seventh place, earning $104,000. Stein shoved over the top of a pre-flop raise by Cernuto with J-10 and Cernuto made the call with his tournament life on the line holding A-5 of clubs. The flop of A-9-4 hit Cernuto hard, giving him top pair and a commanding lead. The turn was a 10, giving Stein a pair of his own. Needing to catch a five-outer on the river to send Cernuto home, Stein was elated to see a jack fall.
Cernuto was the lone Full Tilt Poker pro at the final table in the PokerStars sponsored event. He’s also a three-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, having taken down his first piece of hardware 14 years ago in a Limit Seven Card Stud High-Low event for $147,000. Cernuto has also made two World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables, including a runner-up showing in the Season 5 Celebrity Invitational.
Thomas Fuller was eliminated shortly thereafter in sixth place. Daniel Clemente put in a raise pre-flop and Fuller announced that he was all-in with pocket jacks. Clemente, however, showed pocket queens and was a 5:1 favorite heading to the flop. The board ran out 3-A-7-6-6 and Fuller collected $144,000.
Stein stamped his ticket to heads-up play after taking out David Paredes in fifth place. Moments after Paredes found pocket aces to move past four million in chips, he picked up pocket rockets again and committed his chips. Stein showed pocket jacks and hit a set on the flop, cracking Paredes’ aces. Stein stacked a colossal 70% of the chips in play by the time the hand was over.
Yunus Jamal was eliminated in fourth place, boosting his bankroll by $241,000. Jamal’s tournament life came down to a race, as he held pocket tens against Marchese’s A-Q. The flop was A-J-6, propelling Marchese into the lead with top pair, but a king on the turn left Jamal calling for a queen on the river to make a straight. Instead, a harmless deuce fell and Jamal was denied an NAPT title.
Clemente departed in third place after calling all-in with A-8 against Marchese, who showed pocket queens. The board ran out J-2-9-7-9 and Clemente earned $309,000. Stein held a 3:2 chip lead entering heads-up play against Marchese. From there, the two would need less than 45 minutes to determine a winner. Stein raked in $522,000 for second place. Here’s how the leaderboard shook out in the NAPT Venetian Main Event:
1. Tom Marchese – $827,648
2. Sam Stein – $522,306
3. Daniel Clemente – $309,366
4. Yunus Jamal – $241,064
5. David Paredes – $184,816
6. Thomas Fuller – $144,639
7. “Miami” John Cernuto – $104,461
8. Eric Blair – $60,266
Today is the final day of play in the NAPT tournament series. The $25,000 High-Roller Bounty Shootout will play down to a winner starting at Noon PT with a final table featuring DoylesRoom pro Hoyt Corkins, Scott Seiver, Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, Joe Cassidy, Peter Eastgate, Ashton Griffin, and Brett Richey.
Tom Marchese Wins NAPT Venetian Stop
Опубликовал | КомментарииPokerStars North American Poker Tour held their first ever tour stop at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The main event of the tour stop had a field of 872 and it was twenty two year old poker pro Tom ‘kingofcards’ Marchese who outlasted the field to down the first place win.
Tom Marchese Fights the Odds and Wins First NAPT Venetian
Опубликовал | КомментарииWhen the newly-formed PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour (NAPT) was announced at the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January, the buzz was serious. The PCA Main Event was the first stop on the tour, and winner Harrison Gimbel became the first NAPT champion.
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