Michele Caroli finishes on the third spot – WPT Venice 2011
To everyone’s surprise, one of the least experienced contestant out of 213 players at the WPT (World Poker Tour) Venice, Edoardo Alescio, claimed the championship title on Sunday night. On the sixth day of the glorious event at
the Casino Di Venezia, in Venice, Alescio came out to be the winner of the five-man final table of the tournament, bagging home $225,842 as the new WPT champion.
Michele Caroli played brilliant poker throughout the tournament and eventually finished at number three in the Day 5 standings on Sunday night. He fetched $86,990 to suffer a third place elimination at the hands of the eventual
champion, Alescio. The official standings at the end of the tournament were as follows:
Player Name
Ranking
Payout
Edoardo Alescio
1
$255,842
Steve O’Dwyer
2
$125,740
Michele Caroli
3
$86,990
Andrea Dato
4
$56,822
Anderea Benelli
5
$45,087
Alex Dovzhenko
6
$35,585
Alejandro Sanchez
7
$26,884
Marvin Rettenmaier
8
$19,770
Christopher Creus
9
$14229
Dario Rusconi
10
$9,779
Michele Caroli losses a big hand to Steve O’Dwyer
With Steve O’Dwyer throwing in 100,000 more in the pot from the button raiser, Michele Caroli made the call from the big blind, having eight of clubs and seven of diamonds in his hand. A queen of spades, jack of clubs and seven
of spades hit the flop and O’Dwyer, having an ace of hearts and four of clubs under his sleeves, made a huge bluff of 95,000, with Caroli calling. A three and two of spades on the board wrapped up the hand for O’Dwyer.
Michele Caroli Eliminated in third place by Edoardo Alescio
Aggressive Alescio threw all his chips in the pot, inducing Caroli to call the bet. With an ace of clubs and jack of spades in his hand, Caroli went all-in and the flop hit the board as a nine of diamonds, five and three of clubs.
Eight of spades on the turn and two of diamonds on the river ensured that Alescio’s ace of spades and queen of clubs prevail over Caroli’s cards, busting him from the final table in the third place. Alescio then went on one-on-one with O’Dwyer and eventually
claimed the championship title by the end of Sunday night.
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