Wanny Piazza finishes on top after Day 2 – WPT Venice 2011
Day 2 of the WPT (World Poker Tour) Venice witnessed Wanny Piazza climbing up three places to finish at the top of the leaders’ board on Thursday night. The glorious WPT event hosted a total of 213 contestants at the Casino Di
Venezia in the floating city of Venice and only 40 participants have survived the opening three days of high-stake play.
Piazza finished off the Day 1b with 154,000 chips in the bag and increased them more than double by the end of Day 2 of the event, with 373,500 chips. Topper of Day 1b, Andrea Dato, slipped down three places to take the fourth
spot in the standings with 282,500 chips. Following are the official standings of the leaders’ board by the end of Day 2 at the WPT Venice:
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
Wanny Piazza heading to the top spot
In the last hand Piazza played on Thursday night, a raise of 4,200 was witnessed from a competitor in the early position. Ronnie Bardah gave a long pause before he called the bet hesitantly in the cut-off. It was Piazza’s turn
on the small blind and threw in 14,300 chips from his huge pile of stakes, letting his opponents in deep thinking before taking any further step. Both of his opponents avoided the hand and folded to let Piazza take the pot. He threw his cards in the air with
sheer joy, revealing a seven and a two, reaching the top of the leaders’ board.
Piazza - 373,500
Only one contestant from the elite WPT Champions Club finished in the Top-10 after the end of Day 2. Winner of the Season IX’s Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Florida, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, ended his day after taking the third
spot in the standings. He is still about 47,000 chips below Piazza on the leaders’ board but Kriegenbergh is anticipated to bag some huge piles of chips when the Day 3 of WPT Venice begins on Friday night.
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