Taylor von Kriegenbergh finishes Day 2 at the third spot – WPT Venice 2011
Excitement kept building at the WPT (World Poker Tour) Venice, as the Day 2 of the tournament finished on Thursday with just 40 out of 213 players alive in the race for the $841,345 prize pool. The only member of the elite WPT Champions Club to finish in
the Top-10 was Taylor von Kriegenbergh, who ended up at number three, with 326,900 chips, on the leaders’ board. Tuesday’s chip leader, Andrea Dato, couldn’t held his lead on Day 2 and wrapped up the proceeding by holding the fourth spot in
the standings, with 282,500 chips in the bag.
Kriegenbergh was the last participant of the night to enroll himself in the exclusive 300 club, claiming the fourth spot in the tournament standings. The champion of the WPT inaugural edition of Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Florida in season IX, Kriegenbergh,
crushed a number of participants to build his huge pile of stacks and also eliminated Vincenzo Natale in the process. The official leaders’ board after Day 2 of WPT Venice is:
1. Wanny Piazza 373,500
2. Marvin Rettenmaier 330,000
3. Taylor von Kriegenbergh 326,900
4. Andrea Dato 282,500
5. Michele Caroli 279,000
6. Fernando Cimaglia 266,200
7. Johan Guilbert 233,000
8. Ronnie Bardah 225,000
9. Alejandro Sanchez 217,400
10. Steve O’Dwyer 197,900
Taylor von Kriegenbergh winning the three-way tussle
The hand started off with Kriegenbergh raising the bet earlier on, followed by successive raises by Kristijonas Andrulis and Vincenzo Natale. After a couple of rounds of bet raisings, the flop finally fell on the board with a nine of diamonds, five of spades
and four of hearts.
Kriegenbergh : ace of spades, queen of spades
Andrulis : ace if hearts, king of diamonds
Natale : queen of hearts, jack of hearts
Andrulis was favourite for the hand until a queen of diamonds tarnished his excitement, leaning the favour towards Kriegenbergh, with Natale still hoping to see a jack on the river. An eight of hearts left both players’ hearts popped to their mouths, as
Kriegenbergh reigned supreme with his pair of queens to win the pot. Dejected Natale pulled himself out of the chair to leave the table after a disappointing elimination.
Kriegenbergh – 325,000
Andrulis – 65,000
Natale – eliminated
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