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




The flop came down





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



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.