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This Week in Poker
WPT — Sven Ragnar Astrom Wins First Venice Stop
The World Poker Tour Venice event came to a conclusion on Sunday, May 10, at the Casino de Venezia in Italy. The €4,000+€400 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament drew a total of 397 players, which created a prize pool worth €1,521,260, with a first-place prize worth €397,960 going to the winner. After four days of poker, the winner who emerged was Sven Ragnar Astrom, from Sweden. He defeated fellow Swede Per Martin Jacobson heads up, and Jacobson took home €238,840 for finishing runner-up. Notable professional Michael McDonald also made an appearance at the final table, and he finished in fourth place to take home €109,540.
On the final hand of the tournament, Astrom checked a board of J
7
7
A 4, and Jacobson bet out, which opened up an opportunity for Astrom to check-raise. Astrom decided to check-raise all in, putting Jacobson on a decision for his tournament life. Jacobson quickly called all in and flipped over K 6. Astrom then showed down pocket fours to win the tournament and take home his first WPT title. Astrom revealed after the final that he was playing in his first major live tournament.
There was an intense final-table bubble on the third day of the event that lasted several hours before Dario Minieri busted out of the tournament in seventh place. Minieri held pocket nines on his final hand, which unfortunately ran into the pocket kings of Astrom. The kings held on a 8-8-5-J-Q board, and Minieri was awarded €48,680 for finishing in seventh place. Astrom took a huge chip lead of 2.16 million into the final table as a result of the confrontation, and he held on during the final day for the victory.
Here is a look at the final-table results:
1st: Sven Ragnar Astrom — €397,960
2nd: Per Martin Jacobson — €238,840
3rd: vincent582 — €159,740
4th: Michael McDonald — €109,540
5th: Michele Slama — €86,720
6th: Mario Adinolfi — €66,940
PokerStars RPT – Moscow
The second stop of the PokerStars Russian Poker Tour will take place in Moscow at the Hotel Renaissance through May 16. The $7,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event begins on Thursday, May 14 at 3 p.m. local time. This event is a sport poker series cup of Russia event, and it will take place over three days. The final table will crown a champion on Saturday, May 16. This event was originally scheduled to take place from Feb. 22-28, but the schedule was adjusted to have this event take place before the World Series of Poker in May.
The first RPT stop took place in St. Petersburg at the end of January 2009. The $5,000 main event attracted 201 players, who created a prize pool worth $1,005,000. Oleg Sountsov from St. Petersburg took home the title and gold medal for the win. Runner-up Vadim Markoushevskij was awarded the silver medal, and third-place finisher Alex Pantiukhin took home the bronze medal. These final-tablists will join Team PokerStars pros Alexander Kravchenko and Ivan Demidov from Russia, and Vanessa Rousso and Chad Brown from the U.S. in the tournament field in Moscow.
Here is a look at the schedule for the event:
NOTE: All tournament days begin at 3 p.m. local time. Players will begin with 15,000 in chips and blinds begin at 25-50. Levels will be 60 minutes long for the first eight levels. After that levels will increase to 75 minutes in length. Length of tournament days is decided by the tournament director.
Thursday, May 14: Day 1
Friday, May 15: Day 2
Saturday, May 16: Final day
Check back on CardPlayer.com at the conclusion of the tournament for a recap of the final table.
Looking Ahead
Selected Tournament Schedule
Borgata $500,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack
Buy-in: $1,500
Starting Stack: 30,000
Levels: Day 1 – 50 minutes, Day 2 – 60 minutes, Final Day – 75 minutes
Breaks: 10 minute breaks every two levels
Sunday, May 17, 11 a.m. EDT: Day 1A (play 11 levels)
Monday, May 18, 11 a.m. EDT: Day 1B (play 11 levels)
Tuesday, May 19, 11 a.m. EDT: Day 2 (play down to 18 players)
Wednesday, May 20, 11 a.m. EDT: Final day
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