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PokerStars NAPT – Day 3 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2010-02-23 15:14
Day 3 of the
PokerStars North American Poker Tour’s Venetian event saw a surviving field of 149 players return to the green felt. This day was a crucial one in the poker tournament because the money bubble would be reached at 129th place.
At the end of the day, only 24 players remained in contention, with Eric Blair holding the largest stack of 3.7 million chips. Sam Stein finished with 3.4 million chips, trailing the leader by only about 300k.
While Blair had amassed the bulk of his stack early in the day, Stein made his move in the home stretch. Most of his chips came from none other than Andrew Lichtenberger, the chip leader of the previous day. The two players locked horns on a flop of 8,J,7 rainbow, after a little bit of a preflop tussle. Lichtenberger shoved about 80k into the middle, and got a call from Stein. The 10s on the turn prompted another bet by Lichtenberger and he was called yet again. The river fell a Kd and Lichtenberger pushed the envelope further, but it soon became obvious he’d walked into a trap: Stein shoved all-in. Pot-committed as he was, Lichtenberger made the call, then mucked his hand when he saw the Ah,Qh turned over by Stein.
Other notable players who are still in it for a share of the prize-pool (and possibly even for the $827,648 top haul) are Steve Bilirakis and PokerStars’ own Andrew Chen.
Michael Binger wasn’t among the lucky ones though. He played extremely well through the
poker tournament, but Lady Luck didn’t side with him. Down to his last 150k chips, he decided to make a do or die move and got it all into the midle holding Ah, 3h. He got a call from Cossette, who had pocket 8s. Binger’s hand failed to improve with the board and bounced he was, his only mistake of the event promptly punished.
The last victim of Day 3 was none other than Vanessa Rousso. She fell in 25th place, after she got crippled when her pocket Qs were cracked by Tom Sinistaj’s As, 9s. Sinistaj proceeded to hit an A and a 9 on the board to add insult to injury and to eliminate Rousso.
